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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 1999, p. 2038-2042, Vol. 43, No. 8
0066-4804/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Effects of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Proteinase Inhibitors Saquinavir and Indinavir on In Vitro Activities of Secreted Aspartyl Proteinases of Candida albicans Isolates from HIV-Infected Patients

Hans C. Korting,1 Martin Schaller,1,* Gabriele Eder,1 Gerald Hamm,2 Ursula Böhmer,1 and Bernhard Hube3

Department of Dermatology1 and Department of Parodontology,2 Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and Institute for General Botany, Applied Molecular Biology III, University of Hamburg, Hamburg,3 Germany

Received 16 November 1998/Returned for modification 20 January 1999/Accepted 7 May 1999

The effects of therapeutically relevant concentrations of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteinase inhibitors saquinavir and indinavir on the in vitro proteinase activity of Candida albicans were investigated with isolates from HIV-infected and uninfected patients with oral candidiasis. After exposure to the HIV proteinase inhibitors, proteinase activity was significantly reduced in a dose-dependent manner. These inhibitory effects, which were similar to that of pepstatin A, and the reduced virulence phenotype in experimental candidiasis after application of saquinavir indicate the usefulness of these HIV proteinase inhibitors as potential anticandidal agents.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Frauenlobstr. 9-11, D-80337 München, Germany. Phone: 49 89 5160 6151. Fax: 49 89 5160 6007.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 1999, p. 2038-2042, Vol. 43, No. 8
0066-4804/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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