Signaling Pathways Governing the Caspofungin Paradoxical Effect in Aspergillus fumigatus.

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Title
Signaling Pathways Governing the Caspofungin Paradoxical Effect in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Journal
mBio
Author(s)
Papon N., Morio F., Sanglard D.
ISSN
2150-7511 (Electronic)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
18/08/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
11
Number
4
Pages
e01816-20
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Comment
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Aspergillus fumigatus is responsible for a wide range of diseases affecting several million people worldwide. Currently, a few families of antifungals are available to fight aspergillosis, and we are facing a worrisome increase in resistance to azoles, the drugs used for both first-line treatment and prophylaxis of invasive aspergillosis. In this context, some of the latest antifungals, i.e., echinocandins, have gained attention. Even though acquired resistance to echinocandins is yet uncommon in A. fumigatus clinical isolates, some strains exhibit another characteristic that relies on their capacity to grow at suprainhibitory echinocandin concentrations in vitro This intriguing phenomenon, especially observed with caspofungin and now referred to as the caspofungin paradoxical effect (CPE), relies on molecular mechanisms that were hitherto little understood. Here, we discuss the recent key findings of Valero and colleagues published in mBio (C. Valero, A. C. Colabardini, J. Chiaratto, L. Pardeshi, et al., mBio 11:e00816-20, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00816-20) that will allow a better understanding of the complex regulatory pathway involved in governing the response of A. fumigatus to caspofungin.
Keywords
Antifungal Agents, Aspergillus fumigatus, Caspofungin, Echinocandins, Fungal Proteins, Transcription Factors, Aspergillus fumigatus, caspofungin, paradoxical growth, tolerance, transcription factors
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Web of science
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