Voriconazole resistance genes in Aspergillus flavus clinical isolates.
J Mycol Med
; 30(2): 100953, 2020 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32362445
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The present study was designed to discover novel biomarkers involved in voriconazole resistance in clinical isolates of Aspergillus flavus. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Two voriconazole non-wild-type and two voriconazole-wild-type A. flavus clinical isolates were selected to evaluate possible molecular mechanism involved in A. flavus resistance to voriconazole using the mutation assessment, Quantitative real- time PCR of cyp51A and cyp51C genes and complementary DNA- amplified fragment length polymorphism technique.RESULTS:
No mutations were seen in the cyp51A and cyp51C genes in voriconazole non-wild-type isolates compared to wild- type and reference strains. Regarding to mRNA expression results, no changes were observed in expression fold of cyp51A and cyp51C mRNA expression level in first non- wild- type isolate compared to wild-type isolate. For second isolate cyp51C mRNA expression level was down regulated (5.6 fold). The set of genes including ABC fatty acid transporter XM- 002375835 and aldehydereductase XM- 002376518 and three unknown functional genes were identified. Based on results, the over-expression of AKR1 and ABC fatty acid transporter in the voriconazole non- wild- type isolates suggests these genes could represent a novel molecular marker linked to the voriconazole resistance in A. flavus.CONCLUSION:
The results obtained in this study showed a novel finding as the authors identified AKR1 and ABC fatty acid transporter genes as possible voriconazole target genes in Iranian clinical isolates of A. flavus.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Aspergillosis
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Aspergillus flavus
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Fungal Proteins
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Drug Resistance, Fungal
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Voriconazole
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Mycol Med
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Iran