Aspergillus terreus
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Project description:The filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is the cause of a variety of pulmonary infections (chronic pulmonary aspergillosis) and life-threatening systemic infection that can infect a variety of different organs (invasive aspergillosis). A. fumigatus is widely distributed in the environment and produces large numbers of small conidia that are inhaled daily. A rapid immune response eliminates these in the immunocompetent host but in cases of pulmonary disease or immunosuppression conidia can quickly germinate and grow in the body. Statins interfere with biosynthesis of cholesterol and are therefore used in treatment of hypercholesterolemia. There is increasing evidence for the potential use of statins in preventing and treating fungal infections. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of statins on A fumigatus and to characterize the proteomic alterations occurring in A. fumigatus in response to statin. Pre-growth of A fumigatus in the presence of statin resulted in lower levels of ergosterol. Cells also showed increased permeability as measured by elevated amino acid and protein leakage. Gliotoxin release increased about nine fold in atorvastatin treated cells. Proteomic analysis revealed differential abundance of proteins involved in oxidative stress response such as glutathione S-transferase family protein (8.43 fold increase) and heat shock protein Hsp30/Hsp42 (2.02 fold increase). Protein related to secondary metabolite biosynthesis like nonribosomal peptide synthetase fmpE (3.06 increase) and 3- Aflatoxin B1-aldehyde reductase GliO-like (-2.86 fold decrease) These results indicate that statins have the ability to reduce the growth of A. fumigatus.
2021-09-08 | PXD015254 | Pride
Project description:With particular emphasis on interactions between cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism we investigate the transcriptome of human primary hepatocytes treated by two commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs atorvastatin and rosuvastatin and by rifampicin that serves as an outgroup as well as a model substance for induction of nuclear receptor PXR. Expression profiling with Affymetrix whole genome arrays shows that statins induce extensive transcriptome changes. 7 condition experiment: 3 treatments (atorvastatin, rifampicin, rosuvastatin), each measured at 2 time points (24 and 48 hours), and untreated cells. 4-6 biological replicates for each condition.
2011-09-04 | E-GEOD-24187 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:With particular emphasis on interactions between cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism we investigate the transcriptome of human primary hepatocytes treated by two commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs atorvastatin and rosuvastatin and by rifampicin that serves as an outgroup as well as a model substance for induction of nuclear receptor PXR. Expression profiling with Affymetrix whole genome arrays shows that statins induce extensive transcriptome changes.
2011-09-05 | GSE24187 | GEO
Project description:With particular emphasis on interactions between cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism we investigate the transcriptome of human primary hepatocytes treated by two commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs atorvastatin and rosuvastatin and by rifampicin that serves as an outgroup as well as a model substance for induction of nuclear receptor PXR. Expression profiling with dedicated Steroltalk cDNA arrays shows that statins induce extensive transcriptome changes.
2011-09-05 | GSE24186 | GEO
Project description:Filamentous fungus that produces aflatoxin and causes aspergillosis
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Project description:The statin family of cholesterol-lowering drugs was shown to influence the risk of multiple types of cancers. However, the anti-tumor effects of statins in pancreatic cancer and their efficacy differs among the individual statins, are not currently well-defined. Thus, the aim of the present study was to identify the biological pathways affected by individual statins in human pancreatic cancer. The study was performed on human pancreatic cancer cell linesMiaPaCa-2 and PANC-1, exposed to three statins (Lovastatin, Fluvastatin and Simvastatin). mRNA-seq were performed (Sequenced with PE150, and 20M reads were generated.)
2020-04-30 | GSE149566 | GEO
Project description:Oncogenic transformation alters the metabolism of cellular lipids to sustain tumor growth. We define a reciprocal mechanism by which cholesterol metabolism controls the formation and differentiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Disruption of distal cholesterol biosynthesis by conditional inactivation of Nsdhl, or treatment with cholesterol-lowering statins caused murine pancreatic carcinomas induced by KrasG12D expression and homozygous Trp53 loss to undergo a differentiation switch from a glandular to basal (mesenchymal) phenotype. In parallel, PDACs from patients receiving statins had enhanced mesenchymal features. Mechanistically, statins and NSDHL loss induced sterol response element binding protein 1 (SREBP1), promoting autocrine transforming growth factor beta (TGF) signaling, inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Activation of promesenchymal TGFβ effectors by cholesterol-lowering statins may select for poorly differentiated carcinomas.
2020-08-14 | GSE156210 | GEO
Project description:With particular emphasis on interactions between cholesterol homeostasis and drug metabolism we investigate the transcriptome of human primary hepatocytes treated by two commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs atorvastatin and rosuvastatin and by rifampicin that serves as an outgroup as well as a model substance for induction of nuclear receptor PXR. Expression profiling with dedicated Steroltalk cDNA arrays shows that statins induce extensive transcriptome changes. 10 condition experiment: 3 treatments (atorvastatin, rifampicin, rosuvastatin), each measured at 3 time points (12, 24 and 48 hours), and untreated cells. 3-7 biological replicates for each treatment condition, 20 biological and technical replicates for untreated cells. Common reference design.
2011-09-04 | E-GEOD-24186 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a widely used class of cholesterol-lowering drugs that have an established role in the medical management of cardiovascular disease. Their benefits have also been shown in the surgical setting with decreased cardiovascular complications and lower perioperative mortality following cardiac and vascular surgery. There is now considerable evidence showing statins have useful pleiotropic properties that extend beyond cholesterol lowering, including anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, immunomodulatory and fibrinolytic effects. Growing evidence suggests these effects may be useful in attenuating the proinflammatory and metabolic stress response to surgery and the benefit of statins may extend to other surgical settings such as abdominal surgery.
Laboratory studies demonstrate the surgically-relevant benefits of statins and show they decrease peritoneal inflammation, reduce the severity of intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury, improve survival in models of abdominal sepsis, decrease the formation of postoperative intraperitoneal adhesions and improve the healing of colonic anastomoses. Retrospective clinical studies show statins improve outcomes in sepsis, reduce the postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and are associated with decreased rates of surgical wound infections and postoperative respiratory complications following various non-cardiac general surgical procedures. However, no prospective studies have specifically evaluated the perioperative use of statins in abdominal surgery. Using colorectal surgery as a model for major abdominal surgery, the investigators will conduct a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of perioperative statin use on postoperative morbidity, local and systemic inflammatory response, and functional recovery after surgery.
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