Polymeric Iron Chelator with Enhanced Iron Affinity as a Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Agent

Jian Qian; Nathan P. Wiederhold; Thomas Patterson; Hoja Patterson; Cory J. Berkland

doi:10.1021/acsapm.1c01269

Polymeric Iron Chelator with Enhanced Iron Affinity as a Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Agent

Jian Qian
, Nathan P. Wiederhold
, Thomas Patterson
, Hoja Patterson
, Cory J. Berkland

Department of Pathology

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Abstract

Developing broad-spectrum antifungal drugs represents a pressing need for reducing the global burden of fungal infections. We took advantage of the conformational stability effect to develop a high-avidity polymeric iron chelator, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid-conjugated poly(l-lysine hydrochloride) (PLL-DHBA), which exhibited a stronger iron affinity than typical siderophores produced by fungi. Minimum inhibitory concentration studies against 8 types of fungi including 37 strains showed that the PLL-DHBA iron chelator exhibited a broad-spectrum antifungal effect. Moreover, PLL-DHBA was even more potent than some traditional antifungal drugs for certain drug-resistant fungi.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6034-6039
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Volume	3
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01269
State	Published - Dec 10 2021

Keywords

antifungal drug
broad-spectrum antifungal effect
polymeric iron chelator
reductive iron assimilation
siderophore

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Polymers and Plastics
Process Chemistry and Technology
Organic Chemistry

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