Polyene antimycotics, sometimes referred to as polyene antibiotics, are a class of antimicrobial polyene compounds that target fungi.[1] These polyene antimycotics are typically obtained from some species of Streptomyces bacteria. Previously, polyenes were thought to bind to ergosterol in the fungal cell membrane and thus weakening it and causing leakage of K+ and Na+ ions, which could contribute to fungal cell death. However, more detailed studies of polyene molecular properties have challenged this model suggesting that polyenes instead bind and extract ergosterol directly from the cellular membrane thus disrupting the many cellular functions ergosterols perform.[2][3] Amphotericin B, nystatin, and natamycin are examples of polyene antimycotics. They are a subgroup of macrolides.[4]

Structures

Their chemical structures feature a large ring of atoms (in essence, a cyclic ester ring) containing multiple conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds (hence polyene) on one side of the ring and multiple hydroxyl groups bonded to the other side of the ring. Their structures also often have a D-mycosamine (a type of amino-glycoside) group bonded to the molecule.[5] The series of conjugated double bonds typically absorbs strongly in the ultraviolet-visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum, often resulting in the polyene antibiotics having a yellow color.

Chemical structure of Amphotericin B. Amphotericin B is an example of a yellow polyene antimycotic agent. Note the alternating double and single bonds in the center and the mycosamine group in the bottom-right corner.
Chemical structure of Nystatin.
Chemical structure of Natamycin, sometimes called pimaricin.

Biosynthesis

The natural route to synthesis includes polyketide synthase components.[6]

Other examples of polyenes

References

  1. ^ Baron, S.; Dixon, D. M.; Walsh, T. J. (1996). "Antifungal Agents". Polyene Antifungal Drugs. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. ISBN 9780963117212. PMID 21413319. Retrieved 29 January 2010. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
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  3. ^ Robbins, Nicole; Caplan, Tavia; Cowen, Leah E. (September 8, 2017). "Molecular Evolution of Antifungal Drug Resistance". Annual Review of Microbiology. 71: 753–775. doi:10.1146/annurev-micro-030117-020345. ISSN 1545-3251. PMID 28886681.
  4. ^ Hamilton-Miller (1973). "Chemistry and Biology of the Polyene Macrolide Antibiotics". Bacteriological Reviews. American Society for Microbiology. 37 (2): 166–196. doi:10.1128/BR.37.3.166-196.1973. PMC 413810. PMID 4578757.
  5. ^ Volpon, Laurent; Lancelin, Jean-Marc (2002). "Solution NMR structure of five representative glycosylated polyene macrolide antibiotics with a sterol-dependent antifungal activity". European Journal of Biochemistry. 269 (18): 4533–4541. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03147.x. PMID 12230565.
  6. ^ Khan N, Rawlings B, Caffrey P (Jan 26, 2011). "A labile point in mutant amphotericin polyketide synthases". Biotechnol. Lett. 33 (6): 1121–6. doi:10.1007/s10529-011-0538-3. PMID 21267757. S2CID 10209476.


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