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Wróbel A, Drozdowska D. Recent Design and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies on the Modifications of DHFR Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents. Curr Med Chem 2021; 28:910-939. [PMID: 31622199 DOI: 10.2174/0929867326666191016151018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) has been known for decades as a molecular target for antibacterial, antifungal and anti-malarial treatments. This enzyme is becoming increasingly important in the design of new anticancer drugs, which is confirmed by numerous studies including modelling, synthesis and in vitro biological research. This review aims to present and discuss some remarkable recent advances in the research of new DHFR inhibitors with potential anticancer activity. METHODS The scientific literature of the last decade on the different types of DHFR inhibitors has been searched. The studies on design, synthesis and investigation structure-activity relationships were summarized and divided into several subsections depending on the leading molecule and its structural modification. Various methods of synthesis, potential anticancer activity and possible practical applications as DHFR inhibitors of new chemical compounds were described and discussed. RESULTS This review presents the current state of knowledge on the modification of known DHFR inhibitors and the structures and searches for about eighty new molecules, designed as potential anticancer drugs. In addition, DHFR inhibitors acting on thymidylate synthase (TS), carbon anhydrase (CA) and even DNA-binding are presented in this paper. CONCLUSION Thorough physicochemical characterization and biological investigations highlight the structure-activity relationship of DHFR inhibitors. This will enable even better design and synthesis of active compounds, which would have the expected mechanism of action and the desired activity.
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- Agnieszka Wróbel
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Białystok, Poland
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Infectious diseases are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. With new pathogens continuously emerging, known infectious diseases reemerging, increasing microbial resistance to antimicrobial agents, global environmental change, ease of world travel, and an increasing immunosuppressed population, recognition of infectious diseases plays an ever-important role in surgical pathology. This becomes particularly significant in cases where infectious disease is not suspected clinically and the initial diagnostic workup fails to include samples for culture. As such, it is not uncommon that a lung biopsy becomes the only material available in the diagnostic process of an infectious disease. Once the infectious nature of the pathological process is established, careful search for the causative agent is advised. This can often be achieved by examination of the hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections alone as many organisms or their cytopathic effects are visible on routine staining. However, ancillary studies such as histochemical stains, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, or molecular techniques may be needed to identify the organism in tissue sections or for further characterization, such as speciation.
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- Annikka Weissferdt
- Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicinec, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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Ewida MA, Abou El Ella DA, Lasheen DS, Ewida HA, El-Gazzar YI, El-Subbagh HI. Imidazo[2',1':2,3]thiazolo[4,5-d]pyridazinone as a new scaffold of DHFR inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling study. Bioorg Chem 2018; 80:11-23. [PMID: 29864684 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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New series of thiazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin and imidazo[2',1':2,3]thiazolo[4,5-d]pyridazin analogues were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their invitro DHFR inhibition and antitumor activity. Compounds 13 and 43 proved to be DHFR inhibitors with IC50 0.05 and 0.06 μM, respectively. 43 proved lethal to OVCAR-3 Ovarian cancer and MDA-MB-435 Melanoma at IC50 0.32 and 0.46 μM, respectively. The active compounds formed hydrogen bond at DHFR binding site between N1-nitrogen of the pyridazine ring with Glu30; the carbonyl group with Trp24, Arg70 or Lys64; π-cation interaction with Arg22 and π-π interaction with Phe31 residues. Ring annexation of the active 1,3-thiazole ring analogue 13 into the bicyclic thiazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine (18,19) or imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles (23-25) decreased the DHFR inhibition activity; while the formation of the tricyclic imidazo[2',1':2,3]-thiazolo[4,5-d]pyridazine (43-54) increased potency. The obtained model could be useful for the development of new class of DHFR inhibitors.
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- Menna A Ewida
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt, 12311 Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, 62511 Benisuef, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt, 12311 Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt, 12311 Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, 35516 Mansoura, Egypt.
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Shafiek H, Fiorentino F, Cosio BG, Kersul A, Thiberville L, Gómez C, Riera M, Martín ML, Martínez R, Noguera MA, Agustí A, Sauleda J. Usefulness of Bronchoscopic Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia. Respiration 2016; 92:40-7. [DOI: 10.1159/000447431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Travis J, Hart E, Helm J, Duncan T, Vilar J. Retrospective review of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia over two decades. Int J STD AIDS 2009; 20:200-1. [PMID: 19255271 DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The aim of the study was to compare a retrospective case note review of all cases of Pneumocystis carinii (now Pneumocystis jirovecii) pneumonia (PJP) over the period 1997-2004 at North Manchester General Hospital with a previous audit covering the years 1986-1995. During 1986-1995, 777 patients were diagnosed with HIV. One hundred and eighty-one were also diagnosed with PJP. Of these, 11 patients required ventilation with a mortality rate of 100%. For the current review during 1997-2004, 210 patients were diagnosed with PJP, and 64 with severe PJP. Median age was 39 years (interquartile range [IQR] 22-61). Twenty-four patients had a prior diagnosis of HIV (median 43 months, IQR 6-72 months), and for 38 patients this was the presenting diagnosis of HIV. Median CD4 was 34 cells/L (IQR of 12-80 cells/L). Median viral load was 3.5 x 10(5) copies/mL (IQR 1-5.8 x 10(5) copies/mL). Eighteen patients required intubation during this period. Nine (50%) were alive at 30 days postextubation. We believe that the 50% reduction in mortality seen between 1997-2004 in intubated patients with severe PJP is due to the improvement in intensive care management of severe respiratory failure rather than changes in the specific management of PJP. The necessity of ventilation in HIV patients is no longer a mandatory death sentence.
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- J Travis
- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Monsall Unit, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK.
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Schaefer TM, Fuller CL, Basu S, Fallert BA, Poveda SL, Sanghavi SK, Choi YK, Kirschner DE, Feingold E, Reinhart TA. Increased expression of interferon-inducible genes in macaque lung tissues during simian immunodeficiency virus infection. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1839-50. [PMID: 16822691 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2005] [Revised: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Pulmonary infections and dysfunction are frequent outcomes during the development of immunodeficiency associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, and obtaining a better understanding of the immunologic changes that occur in lungs following HIV-1 infection will provide a foundation for the development of further intervention strategies. We sought here to identify changes in the pulmonary immune environment that arise during simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of rhesus macaques, which serves as an excellent model system for HIV-1 infection and disease. To examine the gene expression profiles of macaque lung tissues following infection with the pathogenic SIV/DeltaB670 isolate, we performed cDNA microarray hybridizations with lung total RNAs using two commercially available cDNA arrays and a custom-fabricated, immunologically focused macaque cDNA microarray. In situ hybridization and real-time RT-PCR were performed to provide additional analyses of gene expression. Among the genes exhibiting the highest level of induction in lung tissues were the IFN-gamma-inducible chemokines, CXCL10/IP-10 and CXCL9/Mig. In situ hybridization and real-time RT-PCR strongly supported these findings. Correlation analyses revealed that the levels of expression of IFN-gamma, CXCL9/Mig, and CXCL10/IP-10 mRNAs were all strongly positively correlated, and that CXCL10/IP-10 mRNA and Pneumocystis carinii rRNA were positively correlated. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that inflammatory chemokines are among the most differentially expressed mRNAs in macaque lung tissues during systemic SIV infection of rhesus macaques, and provide insight into the complicated events occurring in the lung tissues during HIV-1 infection in humans.
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- Todd M Schaefer
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Graffner-Nordberg M, Kolmodin K, Aqvist J, Queener SF, Hallberg A. Design, synthesis, and computational affinity prediction of ester soft drugs as inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase from Pneumocystis carinii. Eur J Pharm Sci 2004; 22:43-54. [PMID: 15113582 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2004.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2003] [Revised: 02/02/2004] [Accepted: 02/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A series of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitors, where the methylenamino-bridge of non-classical inhibitors was replaced with an ester function, have been prepared as potential soft drugs intended for inhalation against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Several of the new ester-based inhibitors that should serve as good substrates for the ubiquitous esterases and possibly constitute safer alternatives to metabolically stable DHFR inhibitors administered orally, were found to be potent inhibitors of P. carinii DHFR (pcDHFR). Although the objectives of the present program is to achieve a favorable toxicity profile by applying the soft drug concept, a high preference for inhibition of the fungal DHFR versus the mammalian DHFR is still desirable to suppress host toxicity at the site of administration. Compounds with a slight preference for the fungal enzyme were identified. The selection of the target compounds for synthesis was partly guided by an automated docking and scoring procedure as well as molecular dynamics simulations. The modest selectivity of the synthesized inhibitors was reasonably well predicted, although a correct ranking of the relative affinities was not successful in all cases.
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- Malin Graffner-Nordberg
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Wang Y, Bruenn JA, Queener SF, Cody V. Isolation of rat dihydrofolate reductase gene and characterization of recombinant enzyme. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:2517-23. [PMID: 11502523 PMCID: PMC90686 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.9.2517-2523.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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While assays of many antifolate inhibitors for dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) have been performed using rat DHFR as a target, neither the sequence nor the structure of rat DHFR is known. Here, we report the isolation of the rat DHFR gene through screening of a rat liver cDNA library. The rat liver DHFR gene has an open reading frame of 561 bp encoding a protein of 187 amino acids. Comparisons of the rat enzyme with those from other species indicate a high level of conservation at the primary sequence level and more so for the amino acid residues comprising the active site of the enzyme. Expression of the rat DHFR gene in bacteria produced a recombinant protein with high enzymatic activity. The recombinant protein also paralleled the human enzyme with respect to the inhibition by most of the antifolates tested with PT652 and PT653 showing a reversal in their patterns. Our results indicated that rat DHFR can be used as a model to study antifolate compounds as potential drug candidates. However, variations between rat and human DHFR enzymes, coupled with unique features in the inhibitors, could lead to the observed differences in enzyme sensitivity and selectivity.
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- Y Wang
- Structural Biology Department, Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, New York 14203, USA
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Karan C, Miller BL. RNA-selective coordination complexes identified via dynamic combinatorial chemistry. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:7455-6. [PMID: 11472190 DOI: 10.1021/ja010325v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C Karan
- Department of Chemistry University of Rochester Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- F J Vilar
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, Delauneys Road, Manchester M8 6RL, UK
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SOCIETY BT, COMMITTEE SO. The diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in adults. Introduction. Thorax 1999; 54 Suppl 1:S1-14. [PMID: 11006787 PMCID: PMC1765921 DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.suppl_1.s1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Jensen T, Aliouat EM, Lundgren B, Settnes OP, Karlsson A, Dahlgren C, Dei-Cas E, Obel N. Cultured rat and purified human Pneumocystis carinii stimulate intra- but not extracellular free radical production in human neutrophils. J Eukaryot Microbiol 1998; 45:544-7. [PMID: 9783456 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The production of free radicals in human neutrophils was studied in both Pneumocystis carinii derived from cultures of L2 rat lung epithelial-like cells and Pneumocystis carinii purified from human lung. Using the cytochrome C technique, which selectively measured extracellular superoxide generation, hardly any free radical production was observed after stimulation with cultured rat-derived P. carinii. A chemiluminescence technique, which separately measured intra- and extracellular free radical production, was subsequently employed to differentiate the free radical generation. It was established that 1) P. carinii stimulated intra- but not extracellular free radical production in human neutrophils, 2) opsonized cultured rat-derived P. carinii stimulated human neutrophils to a strong intracellular response of superoxide production, and 3) opsonized P. carinii, purified from human lung also stimulated human neutrophils to produce intracellular free radicals.
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- T Jensen
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Deerojanawong J, Chang AB, Eng PA, Robertson CF, Kemp AS. Pulmonary diseases in children with severe combined immune deficiency and DiGeorge syndrome. Pediatr Pulmonol 1997; 24:324-30. [PMID: 9407565 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199711)24:5<324::aid-ppul4>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Pulmonary disease is a common presenting feature and complication of T-cell immunodeficiency. We retrospectively reviewed 15 children with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) and 19 children with DiGeorge syndrome at the time of their first presentation to the Royal Children's Hospital in the 15-year period from 1981 to 1995. In children with SCID, pulmonary disease was a common (67%) presenting feature and the organisms identified were Pneumocystis carinii (PCP) (n = 7), bacteria (n = 4), viruses (n = 3), and a fungus (n = 1). Late pulmonary complications included lower respiratory tract infections, bronchiolitis obliterans, and lymphointerstitial pneumonitis. Pulmonary infections were common (17 occasions) and the organisms identified were bacteria (n = 7), viruses (n = 6), fungi (n = 3), and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 1). Pulmonary complications were responsible for 5 of 9 deaths. PCP was not identified as a late complication in any child, presumably as a result of effective prophylactic therapy. Although pulmonary disease was not a major presenting feature in children with DiGeorge syndrome, pulmonary complications were common. These included recurrent bacterial and viral infections and bronchomalacia, which complicated management and predisposed to morbidity and mortality, even in those without a T-cell defect. We conclude that pulmonary disease is a common manifestation in children with SCID and DiGeorge syndrome.
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- J Deerojanawong
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Ruggli GM, Weber R, Messmer EP, Font RL, Moll C, Bernauer W. Pneumocystis carinii infection of the conjunctiva in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Ophthalmology 1997; 104:1853-6. [PMID: 9373116 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(97)30017-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ocular disease, especially the development of choroidal lesions, is a known extrapulmonary manifestation of Pneumocystis carinii infection in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). To our knowledge, conjunctival involvement due to P. carinii has not been described previously. METHODS The authors describe a 33-year-old homosexual male with AIDS in whom a large placoid, white lesion developed involving the tarsal conjunctiva of the right upper lid. Conjunctival malignancy was suspected and biopsies and swabs were taken. At this time, the patient had been receiving monthly aerosolized pentamidine prophylaxis for 18 months, and there was neither a history of pneumonia nor any clinical signs of disseminated infection due to P. carinii. RESULTS Histopathologic examination results of the conjunctival biopsy specimen showed a necrotic, frothy tissue surrounded by activated fibroblasts. Within this material, Gomori methenamine silver stains showed numerous round and cup-like cysts of P. carinii, confirming the diagnosis that had already been obtained by an indirect fluorescent-antibody stain of a conjunctival smear specimen. CONCLUSIONS The presence of white placoid conjunctival lesions in a patient with AIDS may indicate an infection due to P. carinii. Conjunctival disease due to P. carinii widens the spectrum of AIDS-associated ophthalmic pneumocystosis.
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- G M Ruggli
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland
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Kamiya Y, Mtitimila E, Graham SM, Broadhead RL, Brabin B, Hart CA. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in Malawian children. ANNALS OF TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS 1997; 17:121-6. [PMID: 9230974 DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1997.11747874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Sixty children aged between 1 and 23 months admitted to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi for diagnosis of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) were investigated for laboratory diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) by indirect immunofluorescence assay on nasopharyngeal secretions. P. carinii was found in five of the 60 children. Three PCP cases had AIDS. The clinical presentation of children with PCP was of little diagnostic value and all the children were infants. Arterial oxygen saturation was significantly lower in PCP cases. Of the five PCP cases, four died, indicating that the marked hypoxaemia was associated with poor prognosis. These results indicate that an immunofluorescence assay on nasopharyngeal secretions could be used for first-line diagnosis of PCP in Africa.
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- Y Kamiya
- Tropical Child Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
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Improved understanding of Pneumocystis carinii, in particular the widespread use of chemoprophylaxis, has resulted in a declining incidence of infection in patients infected with HIV since the late 1980s. Despite these advances, P. carinii pneumonia continues to represent an important cause of pulmonary disease in HIV-seropositive individuals who do not receive chemoprophylaxis or when breakthrough episodes occur. This article reviews the history, biology, clinical manifestations, prognostic markers, therapy, and chemoprophylaxis of P. carinii pneumonia in HIV-seropositive patients.
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- S J Levine
- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Rosowsky A, Mota CE, Queener SE. Brominated trimetrexate analogues as inhibitors ofpneumocystis cariniiandtoxoplasma gondiidihydrofolate reductase. J Heterocycl Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.5570330665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Human fungal pathogens have become an increasingly important medical problem with the explosion in the number of immunocompromised patients as a result of cancer, steroid therapy, chemotherapy, and AIDS. Additionally, the globalization of travel and expansion of humankind into previously undisturbed habitats have led to the reemergence of old fungi and new exposure to previously undescribed fungi. Until recently, relatively little was known about virulence factors for the medically important fungi. With the advent of molecular genetics, rapid progress has now been made in understanding the basis of pathogenicity for organisms such as Aspergillus species and Cryptococcus neoformans. The twin technologies of genetic transformation and "knockout" deletion construction allowed for genetic tests of virulence factors in these organisms. Such knowledge will prove invaluable for the rational design of antifungal therapies. Putative virulence factors and attributes are reviewed for Aspergillus species, C. neoformans, the dimorphic fungal pathogens, and others, with a focus upon a molecular genetic approach. Candida species are excluded from coverage, having been the subject of numerous recent reviews. This growing body of knowledge about fungal pathogens and their virulence factors will significantly aid efforts to treat the serious diseases they cause.
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- L H Hogan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA.
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Clarke JR, Israel-Biet D. Interactions between opportunistic micro-organisms and HIV in the lung. Thorax 1996; 51:875-77. [PMID: 8984694 PMCID: PMC472602 DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.9.875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Hanano R, Reifenberg K, Kaufmann SH. Naturally acquired Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in gene disruption mutant mice: roles of distinct T-cell populations in infection. Infect Immun 1996; 64:3201-9. [PMID: 8757854 PMCID: PMC174208 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3201-3209.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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When kept under strict specific-pathogen-free conditions, H-21-Abeta (Abeta(-/-),T-cell receptor beta (TCRbeta(-/-)), and recombinase-activating gene 1 (RAG-1(-/-) gene disruption mutant mice, deficient in conventional CD4+ T cells, TCRalphabeta cells, and all peripheral T and B lymphocytes, respectively, consistently developed lethal Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia through natural infection. The most severe symptoms appeared in RAG-1(-/-) mutants. In contrast, TCRdelta(-/-) and beta2-microglobulin(-/-)(beta2m-/-) mutants, deficient in TCRgammadelta cells and conventional CD8alphabeta+ TCRalphabeta cells, respectively, were fully resistant to infection. Our data indicate not only the insufficiency but also the dispensability of CD8 alphabeta+TCRalphabeta cells and of TCRgammadelta lymphocytes in resistance to P. carinii infection. Under disease conditions, large numbers of unusual single-positive CD4+ and CD8alphabeta+ as well as double-negative TCRgammadelta subpopulations of cells accumulated in lungs of TCRbeta(-/-) mutants. This accumulation was consistently accompanied by a drastic increase in the pulmonary B-cell population. In contrast, CD8alphabeta+ TCR alpha beta cells, but no B cells, appeared in lungs of parasitized Abeta (-/-) mutants. Since lung damage and parasite numbers were less prominent in morbid TCRbeta(-/-) and Abeta(-/-) mutants than in diseased RAG-1(-/-) mice, the remaining lymphocytes accumulating in lungs of the former two mutants seem to perform residual resistance functions.
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- R Hanano
- Department of Immunology, University of Ulm, Germany
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Metcheva IS, Stedman TT, Buck GA. An arrayed bacteriophage P1 genomic library of Pneumocystis carinii. J Eukaryot Microbiol 1996; 43:171-6. [PMID: 8640187 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb01386.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We have constructed an arrayed, large insert, multiple coverage genomic library of Pneumocystis carinii DNA using the bacteriophage P1 cloning system. The library consists of approximately 4800 independent clones with an average insert size of approximately 55 kbp individually arrayed in 50 microtiter plates, and is readily screened on ten or fewer microtiter plate-sized filters using a high density colony replicating device. Screening of the library for unique P. carinii sequences detected an average of 4-5 positive clones for each, consistent with a several-fold coverage of the approximately 10-mbp P. carinii genome. Restriction and hybridization analyses demonstrated that the P1 clones in this library are quite stable and contain few, if any, chimeric inserts. Thus, this arrayed, large insert library of P. carinii genomic DNA will be a valuable tool in the future genetic dissection of this important pathogen.
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- I S Metcheva
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298, USA
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- Alexandra I Smith
- Department of Respiratory MedicineRoyal North Shore HospitalSydneyNSW
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- Department of Respiratory MedicineRoyal North Shore HospitalSydneyNSW
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