Composition and characteristics ofCandida albicans cells differing in resistance to polyene antibiotics |
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Authors: | Alla M Virina Irina I Belousova Igor M Tereshin |
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Institution: | (1) The USSR Research Technological Institute of Antibiotics and Enzymes for Medical Use, 41 Ogorodnikov Prospekt, 198020 Leningrad, USSR |
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Abstract: | Development of resistance to polyene antibiotics in a highly resistantCandida albicans strain was shown to be accompanied by the complete loss of the ability to synthesize ergosterol and the substitution of other sterol components as well as by higher amounts of free fatty acids. No significant differences in lipid and protein composition have been noted between slightly resistant cultures ofC. albicans and initially susceptible ones. Sterols of resistant cultures (added in the solution and incorporated in the composition of native membranes and liposomes) have the same affinity for polyene antibiotics as do sterols of a sensitive strain. It was found that the resistance of the slightly resistantC. albicans strain did not depend on the cell wall. The ability of some detergents to reduce resistance to polyene antibiotics was shown. |
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