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Holič R, Šťastný D, Griač P. Sec14 family of lipid transfer proteins in yeasts. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2021; 1866:158990. [PMID: 34118432 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.158990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The hydrophobicity of lipids prevents their free movement across the cytoplasm. To achieve highly heterogeneous and precisely regulated lipid distribution in different cellular membranes, lipids are transported by lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) in addition to their transport by vesicles. Sec14 family is one of the most extensively studied groups of LTPs. Here we provide an overview of Sec14 family of LTPs in the most studied yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as well as in other selected non-Saccharomyces yeasts-Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Kluyveromyces lactis, Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Yarrowia lipolytica. Discussed are specificities of Sec14-domain LTPs in various yeasts, their mode of action, subcellular localization, and physiological function. In addition, quite few Sec14 family LTPs are target of antifungal drugs, serve as modifiers of drug resistance or influence virulence of pathologic yeasts. Thus, they represent an important object of study from the perspective of human health.
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- Roman Holič
- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Bencova A, Goffa E, Morvova M, Valachovic M, Griač P, Toth Hervay N, Gbelska Y. The Absence of PDR16 Gene Restricts the Overexpression of CaSNQ2 Gene in the Presence of Fluconazole in Candida albicans. Mycopathologia 2020; 185:455-465. [PMID: 32451851 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-020-00459-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In yeast, the PDR16 gene encodes one of the PITP proteins involved in lipid metabolism and is regarded as a factor involved in clinical azole resistance of fungal pathogens. In this study, we prepared Candida albicans CaPDR16/pdr16Δ and Capdr16Δ/Δ heterozygous and homozygous mutant strains and assessed their responses to different stresses. The CaPDR16 deletion strains exhibited increased susceptibility to antifungal azoles and acetic acid. The addition of Tween80 restored the growth of Capdr16 mutants in the presence of azoles. However, the PDR16 gene deletion has not remarkable influence on sterol profile or membrane properties (membrane potential, anisotropy) of Capdr16Δ and Capdr16Δ/Δ mutant cells. Changes in halotolerance of C. albicans pdr16 deletion mutants were not observed. Fluconazole treatment leads to increased expression of ERG genes both in the wild-type and Capdr16Δ and Capdr16Δ/Δ mutant cells, and the amount of ergosterol and its precursors remain comparable in all three strains tested. Fluconazole treatment induced the expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter gene CaSNQ2 and MFS transporter gene CaTPO3 in the wild-type strain but not in the Capdr16Δ and Capdr16Δ/Δ mutants. The expression of CaSNQ2 gene markedly increased also in cells treated with hydrogen peroxide irrespective of the presence of CaPdr16p. CaPDR16 gene thus belongs to genes whose presence is required for full induction of CaSNQ2 and CaTPO3 genes in the presence of fluconazole in C. albicans.
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- Alexandra Bencova
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic.,Department of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, University Science Park for Biomedicine, Slovak Academy Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84505, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina F1, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics CBS SAS, Dúbravská cesta 9, 840 05, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics CBS SAS, Dúbravská cesta 9, 840 05, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic.
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Csáky Z, Garaiová M, Kodedová M, Valachovič M, Sychrová H, Hapala I. Squalene lipotoxicity in a lipid droplet‐less yeast mutant is linked to plasma membrane dysfunction. Yeast 2020; 37:45-62. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.3454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Zsófia Csáky
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Membrane Biochemistry Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Membrane Transport, Division BIOCEV Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Membrane Biochemistry Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Membrane Transport, Division BIOCEV Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Membrane Biochemistry Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia
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Gbelska Y, Hervay NT, Morvova M, Konecna A. Sterol Analysis in Kluyveromyces lactis. Bio Protoc 2017; 7:e2527. [PMID: 34541185 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 06/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Sterols are essential lipids of most eukaryotic cells with multiple functions (structural, regulatory and developmental). Sterol profile of yeast cells is often determined during the studies of ergosterol synthesis mutants used to uncover a number of functions for various sterols in yeast cells. Molecular studies of ergosterol biosynthesis have been also employed to identify essential steps in the pathway against which antifungals might be developed. We present here a protocol for the isolation of non-saponifiable lipids (sterols) from Kluyveromyces lactis yeast cells and a chromatographic method for quantitative analysis of sterols in lipid extracts (HPLC) that can be performed in laboratories with standard equipment.
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- Yvetta Gbelska
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Gbelska Y, Hervay NT, Dzugasova V, Konecna A. Measurement of Energy-dependent Rhodamine 6G Efflux in Yeast Species. Bio Protoc 2017; 7:e2428. [PMID: 34541153 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Rhodamine 6G is a highly fluorescent dye often used to determine the transport activity of yeast membrane efflux pumps. The ATP-binding cassette transporter KlPdr5p confers resistance to several unrelated drugs in Kluyveromyces lactis. KlPdr5p also extrudes rhodamine 6G (R6G) from intact yeast cells in an energy-dependent manner. Incubation of yeast cells in the presence of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (inhibitor of glycolysis) and R6G (mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor) leads to marked depletion of intracellular ATP pool ( Kolaczkowski et al., 1996 ). An active KlPdr5p mediated extrusion of R6G from intact yeast cells can be followed by direct measurement of the fluorescence of extruded R6G in the assay buffer.
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- Yvetta Gbelska
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Genetics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Konecna A, Toth Hervay N, Valachovic M, Gbelska Y. ERG6 gene deletion modifies Kluyveromyces lactis susceptibility to various growth inhibitors. Yeast 2016; 33:621-632. [PMID: 27668979 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The ERG6 gene encodes an S-adenosylmethionine dependent sterol C-24 methyltransferase in the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway. In this work we report the results of functional analysis of the Kluyveromyces lactis ERG6 gene. We cloned the KlERG6 gene, which was able to complement the erg6Δ mutation in both K. lactis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The lack of ergosterol in the Klerg6 deletion mutant was accompanied by increased expression of genes encoding the last steps of the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway as well as the KlPDR5 gene encoding an ABC transporter. The Klerg6Δ mutation resulted in reduced cell susceptibility to amphotericin B, nystatin and pimaricin and increased susceptibility to azole antifungals, fluphenazine, terbinafine, brefeldin A and caffeine. The susceptibility phenotype was suppressed by the KlPDR16 gene encoding one of the phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins belonging to the Sec14 family. Decreased activity of KlPdr5p in Klerg6Δ mutant (measured as the ability to efflux rhodamine 6G) together with increased amount of KlPDR5 mRNA suggest that the zymosterol which accumulates in the Klerg6Δ mutant may not fully compensate for ergosterol in the membrane targeting of efflux pumps. These results point to the fact that defects in sterol transmethylation appear to cause a multitude of physiological effects in K. lactis cells. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Alexandra Konecna
- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Toth Hervay N, Konecna A, Balazfyova Z, Svrbicka A, Gbelska Y. Insight into the Kluyveromyces lactis Pdr1p regulon. Can J Microbiol 2016; 62:918-931. [PMID: 27556366 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2016-0220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The overexpression of efflux pumps is an important mechanism leading to the development of multidrug resistance phenomenon. The transcription factor KlPdr1p, belonging to the Zn2Cys6 family, is a central regulator of efflux pump expression in Kluyveromyces lactis. To better understand how KlPDR1-mediated drug resistance is achieved in K. lactis, we used DNA microarrays to identify genes whose expression was affected by deletion or overexpression of the KlPDR1 gene. Eighty-nine targets of the KlPDR1 were identified. From those the transcription of 16 genes was induced in the transformant overexpressing KlPDR1* and simultaneously repressed in the Klpdr1Δ deletion mutant. Almost all of these genes contain putative binding motifs for the AP-1-like transcription factors in their promoters. Furthermore, we studied the possible interplay between KlPdr1p and KlYap1p transcription factors. Our results show that KlYap1p does not significantly contribute to the regulation of KlPDR1 gene expression in the presence of azoles. However, KlPDR1 expression markedly increased in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and hinged upon the presence of KlYap1p. Our results show that although both KlPdr1p and KlYap1p transcription factors are involved in the control of K. lactis multidrug resistance, further studies will be needed to determine their interplay.
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- Nora Toth Hervay
- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.,Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.,Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.,Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.,Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.,Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Toth Hervay N, Goffa E, Svrbicka A, Simova Z, Griac P, Jancikova I, Gaskova D, Morvova M, Sikurova L, Gbelska Y. Deletion of the PDR16 gene influences the plasma membrane properties of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis. Can J Microbiol 2015; 61:273-9. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2014-0627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The plasma membrane is the first line of cell defense against changes in external environment, thus its integrity and functionality are of utmost importance. The plasma membrane properties depend on both its protein and lipid composition. The PDR16 gene is involved in the control of Kluyveromyces lactis susceptibility to drugs and alkali metal cations. It encodes the homologue of the major K. lactis phosphatidylinositol transfer protein Sec14p. Sec14p participates in protein secretion, regulation of lipid synthesis, and turnover in vivo. We report here that the plasma membrane of the Klpdr16Δ mutant is hyperpolarized and its fluidity is lower than that of the parental strain. In addition, protoplasts prepared from the Klpdr16Δ cells display decreased stability when subjected to hypo-osmotic conditions. These changes in membrane properties lead to an accumulation of radiolabeled fluconazole and lithium cations inside mutant cells. Our results point to the fact that the PDR16 gene of K. lactis (KlPDR16) influences the plasma membrane properties in K. lactis that lead to subsequent changes in susceptibility to a broad range of xenobiotics.
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- Nora Toth Hervay
- Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Mlynska dolina B-2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Moyzesova 61, 900 28 Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Mlynska dolina B-2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Moyzesova 61, 900 28 Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Moyzesova 61, 900 28 Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, FMPI, Mlynska dolina, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, FMPI, Mlynska dolina, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Mlynska dolina B-2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Culakova H, Dzugasova V, Valencikova R, Gbelska Y, Subik J. Stress response and expression of fluconazole resistance associated genes in the pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata deleted in the CgPDR16 gene. Microbiol Res 2015; 174:17-23. [PMID: 25946325 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In yeasts, the PDR16 gene encodes a phosphatidylinositol transfer protein which belongs to the Sec14 homologue (SFH) family and localizes to lipid droplets, microsomes and at the cell periphery. The loss of its function alters the lipid droplet metabolism and plasma membrane properties, and renders yeast cells more sensitive to azole antimycotics. In this study, the entire chromosomal CgPDR16 ORF was replaced by the ScURA3 gene both in azole sensitive and azole resistant strains of Candida glabrata bearing a gain-of-function mutation in the CgPDR1 gene, and their responses to different stresses were assessed. The CgPDR16 deletion was found to sensitize the mutant strains to azole antifungals without changes in their osmo- and halotolerance. Fluconazole treated pdr16Δ mutant strains displayed a reduced expression of several genes involved in azole tolerance. The gain-of-function CgPDR1 allele as well as the cycloheximide and hydrogen peroxide treatments of cells enhanced the expression of the CgPDR16 gene. The results indicate that CgPDR16 belongs to genes whose expression is induced by chemical and oxidative stresses. The loss of its function can attenuate the expression of drug efflux pump encoding genes that might also contribute to the decreased azole tolerance in pdr16Δ mutant cells.
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- Hana Culakova
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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