Biotransformation of fluorinated drugs and xenobiotics by the model fungus Cunninghamella elegans.
Methods Enzymol
; 696: 251-285, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Some species of the genus Cunninghamella (C. elegans, C. echinulata and C. blaskesleeana) produce the same phase I and phase II metabolites when incubated with xenobiotics as mammals, and thus are considered microbial models of mammalian metabolism. This had made these fungi attractive for metabolism studies with drugs, pesticides and environmental pollutants. As a substantial proportion of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals are fluorinated, their biotransformation has been studied in Cunninghamella fungi and C. elegans in particular. This article details the methods employed for cultivating the fungi in planktonic and biofilm cultures, and extraction and analysis of fluorinated metabolites. Furthermore, protocols for the heterologous expression of Cunninghamella cytochromes P450 (CYPs), which are the enzymes associated with phase I metabolism, are described.
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Biotransformação
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Xenobióticos
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Cunninghamella
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Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450
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Animals
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En
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Methods Enzymol
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2024
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