c. glabrata

iKIX1 is an Pdr1-dependent gene activation. It re-sensitizes drug-resistant C. glabrata to azole antifungals in vitro and in animal models for disseminated and urinary tract C. glabrata infection.

Rezafungin (SP-3025) is a broad-spectrum and long-lasting echinocandin with potent antifungal activity against Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis.

Isavuconazole (RO-0094815)(BAL-4815; RO-0094815) is the active component of the new azole antifungal agent BAL8557 with MIC(50)s/MIC(90)s ranged from 0.002/0.004 mg/liter for C. albicans to 0.25/0.5 mg/liter for C. glabrata.

Antiangiogenic agent 8 (Compound 3m) functions as both an antibacterial agent and an antiangiogenic compound. It shows minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of 16, 8, 4, 16, and 8 μg/mL against E. coli, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis, S. aureus, and C. glabrata, respectively, with minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBC) ranging from 32 to 64 μg/mL. This compound holds potential for applications in infection control and cardiovascular disease research.

Milbemycin A4 oxime, a derivative of milbemycin A4 and a component of milbemycin oxime, exhibits insecticidal and nematocidal activity. At 0.05 mg/kg, it reduces microfilariae of the heartworm D. immitis in naturally infested dogs and inhibits the growth of C. glabrata clinical isolates with MIC80 values of 16 to >32 μg/ml. At 2.5 μg/ml, it blocks fluconazole efflux from C. glabrata clinical isolates (but not from strains lacking CgCDR1 and PDH1 efflux pumps) and reduces MICs of fluconazole and 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide in wild-type C. glabrata. Furthermore, it enhances adriamycin-induced inhibition of cell growth, increases intracellular accumulation of adriamycin and the P-glycoprotein substrate rhodamine 123 in adriamycin-resistant, but not adriamycin-sensitive, MCF-7 breast cancer cells in a concentration-dependent manner.

Diallyl tetrasulfide is an organosulfur compound that has been found in A. sativum and has diverse biological activities, including antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer properties.[1],[2],[3],[4] It is active against the bacteria S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA; MICs = 0.5 and 2 mg/L, respectively), as well as the fungi C. albicans, C. krusei, C. glabrata, A. niger, A. flavus, and A. fumigatus (MICs = 0.5, 4, 2, 1, 2, and 4 mg/L, respectively).[1] It reduces cadmium-induced increases in hepatic levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and increases cadmium-induced decreases in the hepatic activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD1), catalase, GST, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) in rats when administered at a dose of 40 mg/kg.[2] Diallyl tetrasulfide is cytotoxic to MCF-7 breast cancer cells (IC50 = 92 μM) and reduces tumor growth in a BGC-823 mouse xenograft model when administered at doses of 20, 30, and 40 mg/kg for 32 days.[3],[4]

Sordarin is an inhibitor of fungal protein synthesis originally isolated from S. araneosa.[1] It binds to elongation factor 2 (EF-2) in the presence of ribosomes and inhibits the uncoupled GTPase activity of equimolar mixtures of EF-2 and ribosomes from C. albicans (IC50 = 0.1 μM). Sordarin inhibits protein synthesis in cell-free lysates of C. albicans, C. glabrata, and C. neoformans (IC50s = 0.01, 0.2, and 0.06 μg/ml, respectively) but not in rabbit reticulocytes (IC50 = >100 μg/ml).[1] [2] It inhibits the growth of C. albicans (MIC = 8 μg/ml) but not C. glabrata or C. neoformans (MICs = >125 μg/ml).

Sphinganine is a synthetic bioactive sphingolipid that inhibits the growth of C. glabrata and C. albicans with a minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) value of 0.5 μg/ml for both. More commonly, sphinganine is used as an internal standard in the analysis of sphingoid compounds by chromatographic or spectrometric methods.

Anticandidal agent-1 (compound c2) is a potent, broad-spectrum anticandidal agent that inhibits biofilm formation by blocking hyphal elongation and filamentation, demonstrating activity against C. glabrata and C. albicans with MIC 50 values of 13.51 and 8.65 μg/mL, respectively [1].

Antifungal agent 72 (Compound B8) demonstrates potent activity by inhibiting the efflux pump function and downregulating resistance-associated genes via disruption of the Pdr1-KIX interaction (K i : 11.7 μM). It exhibits efficacy against Fluconazole-resistant strains, evidenced by a MIC of 63 ng/mL, and displays synergistic effects when combined with Fluconazole. This compound is particularly useful for researching C. glabrata infections [1].