| Literature DB >> 27354115 |
Yanan Zhao1, Winder B Perez1, Cristina Jiménez-Ortigosa1, Grayson Hough2, Jeffrey B Locke2, Voon Ong2, Ken Bartizal2, David S Perlin1.
Abstract
CD101 is a novel echinocandin drug being developed to treat severe fungal infections including invasive candidiasis. We have performed a series of studies to evaluate the antifungal properties of CD101 against both echinocandin-susceptible and -resistant Candida strains. Antifungal susceptibility testing performed on a collection of 95 Candida strains including 30 caspofungin-resistant isolates containing fks mutations demonstrated comparable antifungal potency of CD101 relative to micafungin (MCF) across different Candida species. Comparable kinetic inhibition of glucan synthase activity was also observed for CD101 and MCF on both wild-type (WT) and resistant fks mutant Candida strains. Similarly, both drugs yielded nearly identical values for a mutant prevention concentration. In a murine model of invasive candidiasis, CD101 displayed better or at least comparable efficacy relative to MCF in treating WT or fks mutant Candida albicans. An exceptional long-lived pharmacokinetic profile was observed in mice following a single dose of CD101. Collectively, CD101 has great potential not only in treating invasive Candida infections but also in preventing emergence of resistance to currently approved echinocandin drugs.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27354115 PMCID: PMC5096055 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12640
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Microbiol ISSN: 1462-5814 Impact factor: 3.715
Figure 1Chemical structure of echinocandin drugs.
MIC distributions of MCF and CD101 for the Candida isolates included in this study.
| Phenotype | Micafungin | CD101 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species | MIC50 mode value [range (µg/ml)] | MIC50 mode value [range (µg/ml)] | |
|
| WT (10) | ≤0.03 (≤0.03) | ≤0.03 (≤0.03) |
| CR (10) | 1 (0.03–4) | 2 (0.12–2) | |
|
| WT (9) | ≤0.03 (≤0.03) | 0.06 (≤0.03–0.06) |
| CR (11) | 0.06/0.25 – 2/4 (0.06–4) | 1 (0.12–4) | |
|
| WT (1) | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| CR (1) | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
|
| WT (11) | 0.12 (0.03–0.25) | ≤0.03 (≤0.03–0.06) |
| CR (4) | 0.03 (0.03–8) | ≤0.03–4 (≤0.03–4) | |
|
| WT (19) | 4 (2–8) | 2 (2–4) |
|
| WT (15) | 0.03 (0.03) | 0.03 (0.03) |
| CR (4) | 2 (1–2) | 2 (0.25–2) |
CR, caspofungin resistant.
Half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for susceptible and resistant C. albicans and C. glabrata isolates used in the study.
| Fks mutation | IC50 (ng/ml) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | Species | Fks1p | Fks2p | MCF | CD101 |
| DPL1002 |
| WT | — | 17.7 | 14.3 |
| DPL18 |
| F641S | — | 1782.0 | 347.4 |
| DPL20 |
| S645P | — | 2555.8 | 2641.4 |
| DPL22 |
| S645P/S | — | 245.5 | 30.5 |
| DPL50 |
| WT | WT | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| DPL23 |
| WT | F659del | > 10 000 | > 10 000 |
| DPL30 |
| WT | S663P | 6772.3 | > 10 000 |
IC50s are the arithmetic mean of three replicate determinations.
Figure 2CD101 and MCF MPC determination for wild‐type C. albicans and C. glabrata strains. Fungal cell suspension containing 1 × 107 CFU of WT C. albicans (DPL225) or WT C. glabrata (BAD55) were treated with CD101 or MCF ranging from 0.03 to 32 µg/ml for 24 h. Colonies recovered from treatment were measured by quantitative culture. MPC was defined as the concentration where the second sharp decline of colony counts occurred on the concentration–CFU curve.
Figure 3Kidney burden comparison among different treatment groups of mice infected with (A) C. albicans WT strain ATCC 90028 or
(B) C. albicans mutant strain DPL22 S645P/S at 24 h and 48 h post‐infection. Each bar represents the mean burden in the kidneys from five mice. The error bars represent standard deviations.
Figure 4Mean plasma concentration–time profiles of CD101 following single intraperitoneal administration of CD101 at 10, 20, 40 and 60 mg/kg in infected immunocompetent mice. Each symbol represents the mean plasma drug concentration determined for three mice.