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- Title
Glutathione protects Candida albicans against horseradish volatile oil.
- Authors
Bertóti, Regina; Vasas, Gábor; Gonda, Sándor; Nguyen, Nhat Minh; Szőke, Éva; Jakab, Ágnes; Pócsi, István; Emri, Tamás
- Abstract
Horseradish essential oil (HREO; a natural mixture of different isothiocyanates) had strong fungicide effect against Candida albicans both in volatile and liquid phase. In liquid phase this antifungal effect was more significant than those of its main components allyl, and 2-phenylethyl isothiocyanate. HREO, at sublethal concentration, induced oxidative stress which was characterized with elevated superoxide content and up-regulated specific glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase activities. Induction of specific glutathione S-transferase activities as marker of glutathione (GSH) dependent detoxification was also observed. At higher concentration, HREO depleted the GSH pool, increased heavily the superoxide production and killed the cells rapidly. HREO and the GSH pool depleting agent, 1-chlore-2,4-dinitrobenzene showed strong synergism when they were applied together to kill C. albicans cells. Based on all these, we assume that GSH metabolism protects fungi against isothiocyanates.
- Subjects
HORSERADISH; ESSENTIAL oils; GLUTATHIONE reductase; CANDIDA albicans; GLUTATHIONE peroxidase; CATALASE
- Publication
Journal of Basic Microbiology, 2016, Vol 56, Issue 10, p1071
- ISSN
0233-111X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jobm.201600082