Effects of amphotericin B, nystatin, and other polyene antibiotics on chitin synthase.

AUTOR(ES)

Rast, D M

RESUMO

The effects of amphotericin B (AmB), nystatin, filipin, and pimaricin were tested chitin synthase (EC 2.4.1.16) (chitosomes from yeast cells of Mucor rouxii). AmB and nystatin inhibited the enzyme at concentrations greater than or equal to 10 micrograms/ml, filipin was weakly inhibitory, and pimaricin had no effect. The inhibition of chitin synthase by AmB appears to be noncompetitive, with a Ki value of about 0.13 mM. the effect of nystatin was more complex and included a sharp stimulation of chitin synthase activity at approximately 50 micrograms/ml. Our findings suggest the existence of binding sites (sterols?) on the chitosome that are selective for certain polyenes and that play a role in the operation of chitin synthase. Because the minimal growth inhibitory concentrations of AmB or nystatin are lower than the concentrations that inhibit chitin synthase in vitro, the possibility of chitosomal chitin synthase being a primary target for the antifungal action of these polyenes seems unlikely.

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