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Provedor de dados: 	80	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Antimycobacterial and cytotoxicity activity of microcystins	
Autores: 	Ramos,Daniela Fernandes; Matthiensen,Alexandre; Colvara,Wilson; Votto,Ana Paula Souza de; Trindade,Gilma Santos; Silva,Pedro Eduardo Almeida da; Yunes,João Sarkis.	
Data: 	2015-01-01	
Ano: 	2015	
Palavras-chave: 	Mycobacteria; Antimycobacterial agents; Cytotoxic activity; Microcystins.	
Resumo: 	Background The present work aimed to evaluate the antimycobacterial activity and cytotoxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa toxins, the MC-LR variant and purified extract of [D-Leu1] microcystin-LR. Methods The antimicrobial activity of M. aeruginosa extract and microcystin was evaluated by resazurin microtiter assay against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. terrae, M. chelonae and M. kansasii. The cytotoxicity assay was performed by trypan blue exclusion against the HTC cell line. Results Antimicrobial activity was observed in the hexanic extract of M. aeruginosa (RST 9501 strain) against M. tuberculosis, including sensitive and resistant strains with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) between 1.93 μM and 0.06 μM. The high activity of M. aeruginosa hexanic extract could be attributed to the major presence of the toxins MC-LR and [D-Leu1] MC-LR that showed activity at MIC between 53 and 0.42 μM against tested mycobacterial strains. Even at the highest concentration tested, no toxicity of M. aeruginosa extracts was identified against HTC cells. Conclusions These preliminary results suggest that [D-Leu1] MC-LR is a promising candidate for the development of a new antimycobacterial agent.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100315	
Editor: 	Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos	
Relação: 	10.1186/s40409-015-0009-8	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases  v.21 2015	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess