A UBI 31-38 Peptide-coumarin Conjugate: Photophysical Features, Imaging Tracking and Synergism with Amphotericin B Against Cryptococcus

作者：Ferreira Soraya M Z M D; Carneiro Hellem C; Alves Rosemeire B; Batista Ana Carolina S; da Silva Junior Eufranio N; Dias Gleiston G; Resende Jarbas M; Santos Daniel A; Oliveira Debora L; Rodrigues Marcio L; Freitas Rossimiriam P^*

来源：Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2018, 18(2): 157-163.

DOI：10.2174/1568026618666180221113137

• UBI 31-38
• peptide-coumarin conjugate
• fluorescent
• anticryptococcal activity
• interaction studies
• confocal scanning laser microscopy

Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease of global significance for which new effective treatments are needed. The conjugation of the synthetic antimicrobial peptide fragment UBI 31-38 to a coumarin derivative showed to be an effective approach for the design of a novel anticryptococcal agent. In addition to antifungal activity, the conjugate exhibited intense fluorescence, which could be valuable for mechanistic investigations of this molecule. In this work, we studied the photophysical properties of the conjugate and confocal scanning laser microscopy was used to inspect the distribution of the peptide-coumarin conjugate in Cryptococcus cell. The synergism of this compound with amphotericin B or fluconazole against C. gattii and C. neoformans strains was also investigated. The results indicated that the fluorescent conjugate alone as well as its combination with amphotericin B are promising tools against cryptococcosis.

• 出版日期2018