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. 2013 Jan 10;3:439. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00439

Table 1.

Relative amount of sterols (% of total sterols) in different A. fumigatus wild-type (CM-237), cyp51 deleted strains (Δcyp51A Δcyp51B), and azole resistance mutants strains with different cyp51A point mutations (CM-796:G54V; CM-3269:TRL98H; CM-2159: M220K).

Sterol names Strains
CM-237* Δcyp51A Δcyp51B CM-796* CM-3269* CM-2159*
1) 24-methylcholesta-5,7,9(11),22-tetraen-3β-ol 1.09 3.69 2.74 0.85 1.18 0.92
2) 24-methylcholesta-5,8,22-trien-3β-ol 0.91 0.87 0.77 0.90 0.80 0.85
3) 24-methylcholesta-5,7,9,22-tetraen-3β-ol 0.71 5.69 4.57 0.00 0.00 0.00
4) 24-methylcholesta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol (Ergosterol) 78.12 59.48 48.82 84.08 83.70 88.44
5) 24-methylcholesta-7,22 (28)-dien-3β-ol 2.62 1.84 1.18 1.51 1.67 1.09
6) 24-methylcholesta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraen-3β-ol 0.48 0.41 0.25 0.32 0.21 0.28
7) 24-methylcholesta-7,22,24(28)-trien-3β-ol 0.66 1.44 0.71 0.82 0.51 0.20
8) 24-methylcholesta-5,7,24(28)-trien-3β-ol 0.91 0.14 0.34 0.08 0.19 0.16
9) 24-methylcholesta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol (Episterol) 1.51 2.55 2.01 3.59 1.84 1.08
10) 24-Ethylcholesta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol 7.48 5.48 9.26 2.43 6.46 5.10
11) 4,4,14-trimethylcholesta-8,24-dien-3β-ol (Lanosterol) 1.06 1.39 2.87 3.63 0.29 0.18
12) 4α,24-dimethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol 0.99 2.03 0.98 0.73 0.00 0.82
13) 4,4,14,24-tetramethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol (Eburicol) 1.14 9.54 21.95 0.41 1.30 0.23
14) 4,4,24-trimethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol 2.04 5.44 3.56 0.65 0.62 0.65
*

Geometric mean of MICs to antifungal agents of A. fumigatus strains: CM-237: ITC (0.25 μg/ml), VRC (0.48 μg/ml), POS (0.06 μg/ml), FLC (1094.55 μg/ml), AMB (0.26 μg/ml), TRB (5.4 μg/ml); CM-796: ITC (16 μg/ml), VRC (1.19 μg/ml), POS (1.68 μg/ml), FLC (1094.55 μg/ml), AMB (0.15 μg/ml), TRB (2.38 μg/ml; CM-2159: ITC (16 μg/ml), VRC (1.19 μg/ml), POS (2 μg/ml), FLC (1094.55 μg/ml), AMB (0.3 μg/ml), TRB (3.17 μg/ml); CM-3269: ITC (16 μg/ml), VRC (4 μg/ml), POS (0.5 μg/ml), FLC (1094.55 μg/ml), AMB (0.2 μg/ml), TRB (2 μg/ml).