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Global Transcriptome Sequencing Identifies Chlamydospore Specific Markers in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis

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  • Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis are pathogenic fungi that are highly related but differ in virulence and in some phenotypic traits. During in vitro growth on certain nutrient-poor media, C. albicans and C. dubliniensis are the only yeast species which are able to produce chlamydospores, large thick-walled cells of unknown function. Interestingly, only C. dubliniensis forms pseudohyphae with abundant chlamydospores when grown on Staib medium, while C. albicans grows exclusively as a budding yeast. In order to further our understandingCandida albicans and Candida dubliniensis are pathogenic fungi that are highly related but differ in virulence and in some phenotypic traits. During in vitro growth on certain nutrient-poor media, C. albicans and C. dubliniensis are the only yeast species which are able to produce chlamydospores, large thick-walled cells of unknown function. Interestingly, only C. dubliniensis forms pseudohyphae with abundant chlamydospores when grown on Staib medium, while C. albicans grows exclusively as a budding yeast. In order to further our understanding of chlamydospore development and assembly, we compared the global transcriptional profile of both species during growth in liquid Staib medium by RNA sequencing. We also included a C. albicans mutant in our study which lacks the morphogenetic transcriptional repressor Nrg1. This strain, which is characterized by its constitutive pseudohyphal growth, specifically produces masses of chlamydospores in Staib medium, similar to C. dubliniensis. This comparative approach identified a set of putatively chlamydospore-related genes. Two of the homologous C. albicans and C. dubliniensis genes (CSP1 and CSP2) which were most strongly upregulated during chlamydospore development were analysed in more detail. By use of the green fluorescent protein as a reporter, the encoded putative cell wall related proteins were found to exclusively localize to C. albicans and C. dubliniensis chlamydospores. Our findings uncover the first chlamydospore specific markers in Candida species and provide novel insights in the complex morphogenetic development of these important fungal pathogens.show moreshow less

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Author: Katja Palige, Jörg Linde, Ronny Martin, Bettina Böttcher, Francesco Citiulo, Derek J. Sullivan, Johann Weber, Claudia Staib, Steffen Rupp, Bernhard Hube, Joachim Morschhäuser, Peter Staib
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-131007
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Frauenklinik und Poliklinik
Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie
Language:English
Parent Title (English):PLoS ONE
Year of Completion:2013
Volume:8
Issue:4
Pagenumber:e61940
Source:PLoS ONE 8(4): e61940. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061940
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061940
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 616 Krankheiten
Tag:NRG1; UME6; epidemiology; expression; gene; growth; morphogenesis; regulator; staib agar; virulence
Release Date:2016/05/12
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung