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Rouabhia M, Semlali A, Audoy J, Chmielewski W. Antagonistic effect of Candida albicans and IFNγ on E-cadherin expression and production by human primary gingival epithelial cells. Cell Immunol 2012; 280:61-7. [PMID: 23261830 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2012.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Caused mainly by Candida albicans, oropharyngeal candidiasis is the most common oral complication associated with HIV disease worldwide. Host defenses against C. albicans essentially fall into two categories: specific immune mechanisms and local oral mucosal epithelial cell defenses. Since oral mucosa is the first line of defense in the form of a physical barrier against C. albicans invasion, and since epithelial cells are involved in anti-Candida innate immunity through different cytokines, we wanted to determine whether C. albicans alters E-cadherin expression and production, and whether interferon-γ (INFγ), a TH1 cytokine, is involved in the anti-Candida defense. Using primary human gingival epithelial cells, we demonstrated that C. albicans significantly decreased E-cadherin mRNA expression and protein production. This effect was basically obtained at later infective periods (24 and 48h). Interestingly, when IFNγ was added to C. albicans infected epithelial cell cultures, it prevented the side effect of C. albicans on E-cadherin mRNA expression and protein production and deposition. All together, these results suggested concomitant interactions between oral epithelial cells and IFNγ against C. albicans infection.
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- Mahmoud Rouabhia
- Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Buccale, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
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Silva KR, Rodrigues SA, Filho LX, Lima ÁS. Antimicrobial Activity of Broth Fermented with Kefir Grains. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2008; 152:316-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8303-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2007] [Accepted: 06/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BOND R, LLOYD DH. Factors affecting the adherence of Malassezia pachydermatis to canine corneocytes in vitro. Vet Dermatol 2008; 7:49-56. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.1996.tb00226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Henriques M, Azeredo J, Oliveira R. Candida species adhesion to oral epithelium: factors involved and experimental methodology used. Crit Rev Microbiol 2007; 32:217-26. [PMID: 17123906 DOI: 10.1080/10408410601023524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Due to the increasing prevalence and emergence of Non-Candida albicans Candida (NCAC) species, especially in immunosupressed patients, it is becoming urgent to deepen the current knowledge about virulence factors of these species. Adhesion of cells to epithelium is considered one of the major virulence factors of Candida species. However, relatively little is known concerning the adhesion mechanisms of NCAC species to epithelium, as well as about the factors affecting the adhesion process. This review focuses both the mechanisms that regulate the adhesion interactions and the factors involved and the description of the experimental methodology that has been used to perform the adhesion assays.
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- Mariana Henriques
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
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Taguti Irie MM, Lopes Consolaro ME, Aparecida Guedes T, Donatti L, Valéria Patussi E, Estivalet Svidzinski TI. A simplified technique for evaluating the adherence of yeasts to human vaginal epithelial cells. J Clin Lab Anal 2007; 20:195-203. [PMID: 16960895 PMCID: PMC6807347 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Thousands of women all over the world annually suffer of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), an infection caused by yeasts, which mainly affect the mucosa of the vulva and vagina. The adherence of the yeasts to the mucosae is an essential step for colonization and predisposes the start of the infectious process. In this study, a technique capable of evaluating the adhesion of yeasts to human vaginal epithelial cells (HVEC) was employed. Twenty-five vaginal yeast isolates (10 Candida albicans, nine C. glabrata, two C. parapsilosis, one C. tropicalis, two Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and one Trichosporon sp.) were evaluated. A suspension of each yeast was co-incubated with HVEC obtained from a healthy donor in the ovulatory phase. After 1 hr, smears were made, stained with crystal violet and Papanicolaou, and the number of yeasts that adhered to 600 HVEC was evaluated. The adhesion of C. albicans was significantly greater than that of the other species and occurred mainly in the intermediate HVEC, rather than the superficial. In addition, the proposed technique, easy to execute and of low cost showed to be reproducible and enables the determination of the adherence capacity of different isolates, whose adhesion was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy.
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- Mary Mayumi Taguti Irie
- Division of Medical Mycology, Department of Clinical Analysis, Teaching and Research in Clinical Laboratory Analysis, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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- Division of Medical Mycology, Department of Clinical Analysis, Teaching and Research in Clinical Laboratory Analysis, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Division of Medical Mycology, Department of Clinical Analysis, Teaching and Research in Clinical Laboratory Analysis, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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- Division of Medical Mycology, Department of Clinical Analysis, Teaching and Research in Clinical Laboratory Analysis, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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Sandovsky-Losica H, Chauhan N, Calderone R, Segal E. Gene transcription studies of Candida albicans following infection of HEp2 epithelial cells. Med Mycol 2006; 44:329-34. [PMID: 16772226 DOI: 10.1080/13693780500434701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Previously we observed that infection of HEp2 epithelial cells with Candida albicans results in HEp2 cell actin rearrangement as well as reduced membrane ruffling and motility and that supernatants of a C. albicans culture (Candida metabolite) caused the same changes. In this study, we used microarray analysis to determine changes in gene transcription of C. albicans following infection of HEp2 cells compared to control cultures grown in the absence of HEp2 cells. We observed 201 genes whose regulation was increased at least 2-fold following a 3 h incubation with HEp2 cells as well as 87 genes that are down-regulated. Among the up-regulated genes were ALS2 and ALS5 both of which encode proteins that provide an adherence function for C. albicans. To confirm the changes in ALS transcription, we measured by RT-PCR ALS1-9 at 1 h intervals for a total of 4 h. After 1 h of infection, several of the ALS genes were up-regulated compared to C. albicans grown alone. At 2-4 h, an increase in most of the ALS genes was observed in both infected and control cultures. ALS7 transcription was observed only at 3-4 h, but transcription was similar in both infected and control cultures. By RT-PCR, ALS2 and 5, similar to the microarray data, were significantly increased in infected cells at 3 h. Our results show that gene transcription following the adherence of C. albicans to HEp2 cells includes the up-regulation of genes encoding members of a family of known host recognition adhesins that may be critical to successful colonization and invasion of the organism.
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- Hana Sandovsky-Losica
- Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Sandovsky-Losica H, Segal E. Infection of HEp2 epithelial cells with Candida albicans: adherence and postadherence events. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 46:470-5. [PMID: 16553823 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2006.00070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have previously observed that the infection of HEp2 epithelial cells with Candida albicans results in HEp2 cell actin rearrangement, and that a culture filtrate of C. albicans (Candida metabolite) caused the same changes and reduced membrane ruffling and motility. It was found that the Candida metabolite consisted of several proteins and nonproteinaceous components. In this study we report on the identity of three of the main proteins in the Candida metabolite, namely a secretory aspartate protease (Sap), an agglutinin-like adhesion sequence (Als) and a glucan 1,3-beta-glucosidase. The effect on HEp2 cells caused by the Candida metabolite, an inhibitor of the PKC MAP kinase signal pathway - bisindolylmaleimide (BIM), or the actin polymerization inhibitor - cytochalasin D (CyD) were studied alone and in combination. Exposure of HEp2 cells to the Candida metabolite, together with the BIM or CyD, had profound effects on HEp2 cell morphology, as compared to individually treated cells, and also reduced the adherence of the organisms to HEp2 cells. Our results show that the interaction of C. albicans with HEp2 cells is, not unexpectedly, complex, and involves changes in the host cell that may be related to the effect of Candida-secreted biomolecules.
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- Hana Sandovsky-Losica
- Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Günther J, Nguyen M, Härtl A, Künkel W, Zipfel PF, Eck R. Generation and functional in vivo characterization of a lipid kinase defective phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase Vps34p of Candida albicans. Microbiology (Reading) 2005; 151:81-89. [PMID: 15632428 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27333-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase Vps34p ofCandida albicanshas lipid kinase and autophosphorylation activity and is involved in virulence and vesicular protein transport. In order to characterize the roles of lipid kinase activity, a chimeric Vps34 protein was created which lacks lipid kinase but retains autophosphorylation activity. To this end, six amino acids within the putative lipid-binding site of Vps34p were replaced by the homologous region of the PI 3-kinase-likeC. albicansTor protein. The resulting chimeric Vps34T protein was recombinantly expressed inEscherichia coliand shown to lack lipid kinase activity. The corresponding chimericVPS34TORgene was inserted into the genome ofC. albicans, and this lipid-kinase-defective strain had a distinctive phenotype compared to those of the wild-type strain SC5314 and thevps34null mutant. The lipid-kinase-defective strain was non-virulent, and showed altered hyphal growth, reduced adherence, as well as defective vacuole morphology and endosomal vesicle transport. These results demonstrate an important role for the lipid kinase activity of Vps34p in virulence and vesicular protein transport. On the other hand, the lipid-kinase-defective strain and thevps34null mutant differ in their temperature- and osmotic-stress response. This indicates a possible role for activities different from the lipid kinase function of Vps34p.
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- Juliane Günther
- Hans-Knöll-Institute for Natural Products Research, Department of Infection Biology, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Knöll-Institute for Natural Products Research, Department of Infection Biology, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Knöll-Institute for Natural Products Research, Department of Infection Biology, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences, Tatzendpromenade 1b, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Knöll-Institute for Natural Products Research, Department of Infection Biology, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Knöll-Institute for Natural Products Research, Department of Infection Biology, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Pendrak ML, Yan SS, Roberts DD. Sensing the host environment: recognition of hemoglobin by the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 426:148-56. [PMID: 15158665 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Revised: 02/06/2004] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Adhesion to host cells and tissues is important for several steps in the pathogenesis of disseminated Candida albicans infections. Although such adhesion is evident in vivo and for C. albicans grown in vitro in complex medium, some adhesive activities are absent when cultures are grown in defined media. However, addition of hemoglobin to defined media restores binding and adhesion to several host proteins. This activity of hemoglobin is independent of iron acquisition and is mediated by a cell surface hemoglobin receptor. In addition to regulating expression of adhesion receptors, hemoglobin rapidly induces expression of several genes. One of these, a heme oxygenase, allows the pathogen to utilize exogenous heme or hemoglobin to acquire iron and to produce the cytoprotective molecules alpha-biliverdin and carbon monoxide. The specific recognition of and responses to hemoglobin demonstrate a unique adaptation of C. albicans to be both a commensal and an opportunistic pathogen in humans.
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- Michael L Pendrak
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1500, USA
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Rodier MH, Imbert C, Kauffmann-Lacroix C, Daniault G, Jacquemin JL. Immunoglobulins G could prevent adherence of Candida albicans to polystyrene and extracellular matrix components. J Med Microbiol 2003; 52:373-377. [PMID: 12721311 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Immunocompromised patients are at high risk of developing Candida infections. Although cell-mediated immunity is generally believed to play the main role in defence against fungi, antibodies could also be effective in immune defence by different mechanisms of action. The adherence capacity of four strains of Candida albicans to polystyrene and to some extracellular matrix components was investigated after incubation of the yeasts with non-specific and specific anti-C. albicans IgG. Experiments were carried out using a colorimetric method based upon the reduction of XTT tetrazolium (2,3-bis[2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl]-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide) by mitochondrially active blastospores in the presence of menadione. Incubation of the yeasts with IgG, specific or not, caused a decrease in the capacity for adherence to the surfaces studied. There was no significant effect of the specificity of the tested antibodies on the reduction of adherence capacity. In conclusion, total IgG could play a role in blocking the binding of C. albicans to host and medical device surfaces. These results suggest that regular survey of levels of total IgG in patients suffering from severe hypogammaglobulinaemia could be of interest for the prevention of systemic candidiasis.
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- Marie-Helene Rodier
- Unité de recherche en biologie parasitaire et fongique, Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie médicales, CHU La Milètrie, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de recherche en biologie parasitaire et fongique, Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie médicales, CHU La Milètrie, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de recherche en biologie parasitaire et fongique, Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie médicales, CHU La Milètrie, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de recherche en biologie parasitaire et fongique, Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie médicales, CHU La Milètrie, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de recherche en biologie parasitaire et fongique, Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie médicales, CHU La Milètrie, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France
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Belanger PH, Johnston DA, Fratti RA, Zhang M, Filler SG. Endocytosis of Candida albicans by vascular endothelial cells is associated with tyrosine phosphorylation of specific host cell proteins. Cell Microbiol 2002; 4:805-12. [PMID: 12464011 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2002.00232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Candida albicans escapes from the bloodstream by invading the endothelial cell lining of the vasculature. In vitro, C. albicans invades endothelial cells by inducing its own endocytosis. We examined whether this process is regulated by the tyrosine phosphorylation of endothelial cell proteins. We found that endocytosis of wild-type C. albicans was accompanied by the tyrosine phosphorylation of two endothelial cell proteins with molecular masses of 80 and 82 kDa. The phosphorylation of these proteins was closely associated with the endocytosis of C. albicans because these proteins were phosphorylated in response to the endocytosis of both live and killed organisms, but they were not phosphorylated in endothelial cells infected with a poorly endocytosed strain of C. albicans. The tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and tyrphostin 47 blocked the phosphorylation of the two endothelial cell proteins and significantly reduced endocytosis of C. albicans. Therefore, C. albicans probably induces its own endocytosis by stimulating the tyrosine phosphorylation of two endothelial cell proteins.
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- Paul H Belanger
- St John's Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California 90502, USA
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Sandovsky-Losica H, Berdicevsky I, Tsarfaty I, Segal E. Effect of Candida albicans metabolite(s) on cellular actin. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 215:57-62. [PMID: 12393201 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The present study describes experiments of the effect of Candida albicans metabolite(s) (arcsf) on cellular actin, and constitutes a continuation of our previous investigations regarding the effect of the fungus on actin. Western blot analysis of HEp2 cells exposed to arcsf or subfraction of arcsf (<100 kDa) revealed that the amount of soluble actin was decreased, and total actin increased, as compared to untreated cells. Transmission electron microscopy observations of HEp2 cells interacted with C. albicans or arcsf, and gold-labeled specifically for actin, revealed more intensive labeling, with labeled particles clustered in groups. Confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis has shown, as well, that exposure of HEp2 cells to the <100-kDa subfraction resulted in actin rearrangement, as did the unfractionated arcsf. Our results point to: (1) C. albicans metabolite(s) affects cellular actin by increasing the transition of soluble actin to the insoluble form; (2) the effect is associated with the subfraction of arcsf which is smaller than <100 kDa.
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- H Sandovsky-Losica
- Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Santoni G, Lucciarini R, Amantini C, Jacobelli J, Spreghini E, Ballarini P, Piccoli M, Gismondi A. Candida albicans expresses a focal adhesion kinase-like protein that undergoes increased tyrosine phosphorylation upon yeast cell adhesion to vitronectin and the EA.hy 926 human endothelial cell line. Infect Immun 2002; 70:3804-15. [PMID: 12065524 PMCID: PMC128043 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.7.3804-3815.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The signaling pathways triggered by adherence of Candida albicans to the host cells or extracellular matrix are poorly understood. We provide here evidence in C. albicans yeasts of a p105 focal adhesion kinase (Fak)-like protein (that we termed CaFak), antigenically related to the vertebrate p125Fak, and its involvement in integrin-like-mediated fungus adhesion to vitronectin (VN) and EA.hy 926 human endothelial cell line. Biochemical analysis with different anti-chicken Fak antibodies identified CaFak as a 105-kDa protein and immunofluorescence and cytofluorimetric analysis on permeabilized cells specifically stain C. albicans yeasts; moreover, confocal microscopy evidences CaFak as a cytosolic protein that colocalizes on the membrane with the integrin-like VN receptors upon yeast adhesion to VN. The protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors genistein and herbimycin A strongly inhibited C. albicans yeast adhesion to VN and EA.hy 926 endothelial cells. Moreover, engagement of alpha v beta 3 and alpha v beta 5 integrin-like on C. albicans either by specific monoclonal antibodies or upon adhesion to VN or EA.hy 926 endothelial cells stimulates CaFak tyrosine phosphorylation that is blocked by PTK inhibitor. A role for CaFak in C. albicans yeast adhesion was also supported by the failure of VN to stimulate its tyrosine phosphorylation in a C. albicans mutant showing normal levels of CaFak and VNR-like integrins but displaying reduced adhesiveness to VN and EA.hy 926 endothelial cells. Our results suggest that C. albicans Fak-like protein is involved in the control of yeast cell adhesion to VN and endothelial cells.
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- Giorgio Santoni
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
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Broudy TB, Pancholi V, Fischetti VA. The in vitro interaction of Streptococcus pyogenes with human pharyngeal cells induces a phage-encoded extracellular DNase. Infect Immun 2002; 70:2805-11. [PMID: 12010966 PMCID: PMC127989 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.6.2805-2811.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2001] [Revised: 12/18/2001] [Accepted: 02/28/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The role lysogenic bacteriophage play in the pathogenesis of the host bacterium is poorly understood. In a previous study, we found that streptococcal coculture with human pharyngeal cells resulted in the induction of lysogenic bacteriophage as well as the phage-associated streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin C (SpeC). In this study, we have determined that in addition to SpeC induction, a number of other streptococcal proteins are also released by the bacteria during coculture with pharyngeal cells. Among these, we identified and characterized a novel 27-kDa secreted protein. Sequence analysis of this novel protein demonstrated it to be encoded by the same lysogenic bacteriophage which harbors speC. Protein sequence analysis revealed varied homologies with several streptococcal DNases. Further biochemical characterization of the recombinantly expressed protein verified it to be a divalent cation-dependent streptococcal phage-encoded DNase (Spd1). Although functionally distinct, SpeC and Spd1 are associated by a number of parameters, including genetic proximity and transcriptional regulation. Finally, we speculate on the induction of phage-encoded DNase (Spd1) enhancing the fitness of both bacteria and phage.
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- Thomas B Broudy
- Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Singh P, Ghosh S, Datta A. Attenuation of virulence and changes in morphology in Candida albicans by disruption of the N-acetylglucosamine catabolic pathway. Infect Immun 2001; 69:7898-903. [PMID: 11705974 PMCID: PMC98888 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.12.7898-7903.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A Candida albicans mutant with mutations in the N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) catabolic pathway gene cluster, including the GlcNAc-6-phosphate deacetylase (DAC1), glucosamine-6-phosphate deaminase (NAG1), and GlcNAc kinase (HXK1) genes, was not able to grow on amino sugars, exhibited highly attenuated virulence in a murine systemic candidiasis model, and was less adherent to human buccal epithelial cells in vitro. No germ tubes were formed by the mutant after induction with GlcNAc, but the mutant exhibited hyperfilamentation under stress-induced filamentation conditions. In addition, the GlcNAc catabolic pathway played a vital role in determining the colony phenotype. Our results imply that this pathway is very important because of its diverse links with pathways involved in virulence and morphogenesis of the organism.
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- P Singh
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Limongi CL, Alviano CS, De Souza W, Rozental S. Isolation and partial characterization of an adhesin from Fonsecaea pedrosoi. Med Mycol 2001; 39:429-37. [PMID: 12054054 DOI: 10.1080/mmy.39.5.429.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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We showed previously that mannose and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues are involved in the process of adhesion of Fonsecaea pedrosoi, the causative agent of chromoblastomycosis, to epithelial cells. It was then suggested that lectin-like molecules would be involved in the interaction. In the present study, we used fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled neoglycoproteins (bovine serum albumin [BSA]-mannose and BSA-GlcNAc) to analyze the presence of sugar-binding proteins on the surface of conidia of F. pedrosoi grown at 28 and 37 degrees C. Binding of the neoglycoproteins was measured using flow cytometry. Fungal conidia expressed high levels of binding sites for BSA-mannose and BSA-GlcNAc when grown at 37 degrees C rather than 28 degrees C. Binding was inhibited by previous incubation of the conidia in the presence of chloroquine and trypsin. Chloroquine treatment also inhibited the interaction of fungal conidia with Chinese hamster ovary cells. Extracts from the conidia, obtained using a mechanical cell homogenizer, were purified by affinity chromatography using mannose-agarose or GlcNAc-agarose column. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified material from both columns showed a single protein band of 50 kDa, suggesting that the same lectin-like protein recognizes both carbohydrates.
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- C L Limongi
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ibata‐Ombetta S, Jouault T, Trinel P, Poulain D. Role of extracellular signal‐regulated protein kinase cascade in macrophage killing of
Candida albicans. J Leukoc Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.70.1.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Stella Ibata‐Ombetta
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM EPI 9915, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Pôle Recherche, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM EPI 9915, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Pôle Recherche, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM EPI 9915, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Pôle Recherche, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM EPI 9915, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Pôle Recherche, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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Tsarfaty I, Sandovsky-Losica H, Mittelman L, Berdicevsky I, Segal E. Cellular actin is affected by interaction with Candida albicans. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 189:225-32. [PMID: 10930743 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09235.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Attachment of Candida albicans, an important opportunistic pathogen, to host tissues is an initial step in the development of the infection. The events occurring in the fungal and in the host cells after interaction are poorly understood. In this study we concentrated on the events occurring in the mammalian cells after the interaction with Candida, with emphasis on the cytoskeleton actin. Human cell line cells (HEp2) were exposed to C. albicans or C. albicans-secreted material (culture filtrate) (actin-rearranging Candida-secreted factor, arcsf). The HEp2 cells were examined for cellular changes using confocal laser microscopy (CLSM), transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM and SEM). The CLSM studies, using fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled C. albicans and rhodamine phalloidin actin staining, revealed yeasts adhering to the HEp2 cells or internalized into the cells, with actin surrounding the fungi. Furthermore, actin rearrangement from filamentous network to actin aggregates was noticed. Interaction between the HEp2 cells and C. albicans could be demonstrated also by SEM and TEM after a 2-4-h exposure of the cells to the fungus. Yeasts and hyphae were found attaching to the surface and within the cells. CLSM studies revealed that exposure of HEp2 cells to arcsf was also followed by cellular actin rearrangement, reduced membrane ruffling and decreased cellular motility. The effect was dose- and time-dependent. All these data indicate that the interaction of Candida with HEp2 cells involves signaling events and affects the cellular actin.
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- I Tsarfaty
- Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Cannon RD, Chaffin WL. Oral colonization by Candida albicans. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ORAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL BIOLOGISTS 2000; 10:359-83. [PMID: 10759414 DOI: 10.1177/10454411990100030701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Candida albicans is a commensal yeast normally present in small numbers in the oral flora of a large proportion of humans. Colonization of the oral cavity by C. albicans involves the acquisition and maintenance of a stable yeast population. Micro-organisms are continually being removed from the oral cavity by host clearance mechanisms, and so, in order to survive and inhabit this eco-system, C. albicans cells have to adhere and replicate. The oral cavity presents many niches for C. albicans colonization, and the yeast is able to adhere to a plethora of ligands. These include epithelial and bacterial cell-surface molecules, extracellular matrix proteins, and dental acrylic. In addition, saliva molecules, including basic proline-rich proteins, adsorbed to many oral surfaces promote C. albicans adherence. Several adhesins present in the C. albicans cell wall have now been partially characterized. Adherence involves lectin, protein-protein, and hydrophobic interactions. As C. albicans cells evade host defenses and colonize new environments by penetrating tissues, they are exposed to new adherence receptors and respond by expressing alternative adhesins. The relatively small number of commensal Candida cells in the oral flora raises the possibility that strategies can be devised to prevent oral colonization and infection. However, the variety of oral niches and the complex adherence mechanisms of the yeast mean that such a goal will remain elusive until more is known about the contribution of each mechanism to colonization.
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- R D Cannon
- Department of Oral Sciences and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Mucosal adherence and germ tube formation are considered to be important virulence factors of C. albicans. Adherence is a precondition for colonisation and invasion. We investigated 11 clinical isolates (among them 5 cases recovered from oesophageal thrush) for quantification of the two characteristics and correlated the results with clinical data. Adherence was measured on buccal epithelial cells and the continuous flow culture was used for quantification of germ tube formation. Adherence of strains recovered from clinically, culturally and serologically confirmed oesophageal thrush adhered stronger to buccal epithelial cells than isolates from patients with heavy colonisation without signs of candidosis. Strains with stronger adherence showed a significantly faster and an increased germ tube formation in the continuous flow culture. Strains from oesophageal thrush therefore show a more marked expression of the investigated virulence factors. Therefore a good adherence is a necessity for infection of the oesophagus by C. albicans. The preferential isolation of C. albicans from oesophageal thrush (> 90%) supports this assumption.
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- A Wellmer
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universität Göttingen, Deutschland
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Baillie GS, Douglas LJ. Effect of growth rate on resistance of Candida albicans biofilms to antifungal agents. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:1900-5. [PMID: 9687381 PMCID: PMC105707 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.8.1900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A perfused biofilm fermentor, which allows growth-rate control of adherent microbial populations, was used to assess whether the susceptibility of Candida albicans biofilms to antifungal agents is dependent on growth rate. Biofilms were generated under conditions of glucose limitation and were perfused with drugs at a high concentration (20 times the MIC). Amphotericin B produced a greater reduction in the number of daughter cells in biofilm eluates than ketoconazole, fluconazole, or flucytosine. Similar decreases in daughter cell counts were observed when biofilms growing at three different rates were perfused with amphotericin B. In a separate series of experiments, intact biofilms, resuspended biofilm cells, and newly formed daughter cells were removed from the fermentor and were exposed to a lower concentration of amphotericin B for 1 h. The susceptibility profiles over a range of growth rates were then compared with those obtained for planktonic cells grown at the same rates under glucose limitation in a chemostat. Intact biofilms were resistant to amphotericin B at all growth rates tested, whereas planktonic cells were resistant only at low growth rates (</=0.13 h-1). Cells resuspended from biofilms were less resistant than intact biofilm populations but more resistant than daughter cells; the susceptibilities of both these cell types were largely independent of growth rate. Our findings indicate that the amphotericin B resistance of C. albicans biofilms is not simply due to a low growth rate but depends on some other feature of the biofilm mode of growth.
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- G S Baillie
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Macura AB, Voss A, Melchers WJ, Meis JF, Sysło J, Heczko PB. Characterization of pathogenetic determinants of Candida albicans strains. ZENTRALBLATT FUR BAKTERIOLOGIE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1998; 287:501-8. [PMID: 9638879 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(98)80191-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The study was an attempt to correlate phenotypic pathogenetic determinants of clinical Candida albicans strains with their genotype as determined by PCR fingerprinting. A total of 25 C. albicans strains was tested. Adherence capacity, hydrophobicity and proteinase production were compared with the genotypes of the particular Candida strains. The fungal strains represented eleven genotypes. No correspondence relationship was found between genotype and the markers of pathogenicity.
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- A B Macura
- Institute of Microbiology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Chaffin WL, López-Ribot JL, Casanova M, Gozalbo D, Martínez JP. Cell wall and secreted proteins of Candida albicans: identification, function, and expression. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1998; 62:130-80. [PMID: 9529890 PMCID: PMC98909 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.1.130-180.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 505] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The cell wall is essential to nearly every aspect of the biology and pathogenicity of Candida albicans. Although it was initially considered an almost inert cellular structure that protected the protoplast against osmotic offense, more recent studies have demonstrated that it is a dynamic organelle. The major components of the cell wall are glucan and chitin, which are associated with structural rigidity, and mannoproteins. The protein component, including both mannoprotein and nonmannoproteins, comprises some 40 or more moieties. Wall proteins may differ in their expression, secretion, or topological location within the wall structure. Proteins may be modified by glycosylation (primarily addition of mannose residues), phosphorylation, and ubiquitination. Among the secreted enzymes are those that are postulated to have substrates within the cell wall and those that find substrates in the extracellular environment. Cell wall proteins have been implicated in adhesion to host tissues and ligands. Fibrinogen, complement fragments, and several extracellular matrix components are among the host proteins bound by cell wall proteins. Proteins related to the hsp70 and hsp90 families of conserved stress proteins and some glycolytic enzyme proteins are also found in the cell wall, apparently as bona fide components. In addition, the expression of some proteins is associated with the morphological growth form of the fungus and may play a role in morphogenesis. Finally, surface mannoproteins are strong immunogens that trigger and modulate the host immune response during candidiasis.
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- W L Chaffin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA.
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Borg-von Zepelin M, Eucker J, Rüchel R. [Involvement of secretory Candida proteinases in the adherence of C. tropicalis blastoconidia in a cell culture model]. Mycoses 1998; 40 Suppl 1:64-72. [PMID: 9417516 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The influence of the heterologous acid secretory Candida proteinases on the adherence of the non-proteinase secreting strain of C. tropicalis DSM 4959 to epitheloid cells (vero line) was examined. The proteinases of the following Candida strains were used: C. albicans ATCC 10261 (serotype A), C. albicans ATCC 48867 (serotype B), C. tropicalis DSM 4238. The assays were performed with the previously described in-vitro-adherence test [1] using the following principle steps: Candida proteinases and C. tropicalis blastoconidia were incubated with verocells in microtest plates in phosphate-buffer in the range of pH 4.0 to pH 7.0. Adherent Candida cells were detected according to Filler et al. [2] with anti-Candida-mannoprotein antibodies and a secondary anti-rabbit-peroxidase conjugate. Compared to controls with denaturated proteinases, the photometric evaluation of adherent C. tropicalis cells showed, under optimal conditions, an augmentation of the adherence due to the Candida proteinases of about 50%. The optimum of this adherence augmentation was in the range of pH 5.5 which is outside the general activity optimum of Candida proteinases (pH 3). The degree of purity of these proteinases had no marked influence on the adherence. The specificity of the proteinase dependent adherence augmentation could be demonstrated with the enzyme inhibitor Pepstatin A. C. tropicalis blastoconidia supplemented by pepstatin A and active Candida proteinase adhered in the same range as with denaturated proteinases in control tests. Our results suggest a function of Candida proteinases in the adherence process of blastoconidia to epithelia.
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- M Borg-von Zepelin
- Abteilung Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Hygiene-Institut der Universität Göttingen, BR Deutschland
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Hawser SP, Islam K. Binding of Candida albicans to immobilized amino acids and bovine serum albumin. Infect Immun 1998; 66:140-4. [PMID: 9423850 PMCID: PMC107869 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.140-144.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In this study, we examined the binding of Candida albicans synchronized yeast-phase cells to plastic, immobilized amino acids and bovine serum albumin (BSA) and quantified the binding by using an XTT tetrazolium salt assay and absorbance determination. Our results show that C. albicans binds efficiently and specifically to several nonpolar aliphatic amino acids and positively charged amino acids and to BSA immobilized on tissue culture plastic but not to polar uncharged, negatively charged, or aromatic amino acids. Adhesion of yeasts to immobilized amino acids was not affected by preincubation of cells with BSA, whereas binding to immobilized BSA was affected by preincubation of yeasts with alanine, proline, and leucine but not by arginine or lysine. The ability to distinguish the chirality of these amino acids was also examined by using both the D and L amino acid configurations, and the results show that C. albicans yeasts recognize only the L configuration of these amino acids. The observations that C. albicans specifically binds to certain amino acids indicate that these amino acids may prove useful tools for studying the binding interactions of C. albicans yeasts with host proteins such as components of the extracellular matrix.
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- S P Hawser
- Lepetit Research Center, Gerenzano (VA), Italy
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Sepulveda P, Lopez-Ribot JL, Gozalbo D, Cervera A, Martinez JP, Chaffin WL. Ubiquitin-like epitopes associated with Candida albicans cell surface receptors. Infect Immun 1996; 64:4406-8. [PMID: 8926122 PMCID: PMC174390 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4406-4408.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We have recently reported the cloning of a Candida albicans polyubiquitin gene and the presence of ubiquitin in the cell wall of this fungus. The polyubiquitin cDNA clone was isolated because of its reactivity with antibodies generated against the candidal 37-kDa laminin-binding protein. In the present study, we have further investigated the relationship between ubiquitin and cell wall components displaying receptor-like activities, including the 37-kDa laminin receptor, the 58-kDa fibrinogen-binding mannoprotein, and the candidal C3d receptor. Two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis and immunoblot experiments with antibodies against ubiquitin and the individually purified receptor-like molecules confirmed that these cell surface components are ubiquitinated. In an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, polyclonal antisera to each receptor reacted with ubiquitin, thus demonstrating that the purified receptor preparations used as immunogens contained ubiquitin-like epitopes. It is proposed that ubiquitin may play a role in modulating the activity of these receptors and in the interaction of C. albicans cells with host structures.
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- P Sepulveda
- Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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Yan S, Nègre E, Cashel JA, Guo N, Lyman CA, Walsh TJ, Roberts DD. Specific induction of fibronectin binding activity by hemoglobin in Candida albicans grown in defined media. Infect Immun 1996; 64:2930-5. [PMID: 8757815 PMCID: PMC174169 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2930-2935.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Fibronectin (FN) is a major component of host extracellular matrix that may play an important role in the initiation and dissemination of Candida albicans infections. Expression of FN binding requires growth of C albicans blastoconidia in complex medium, and the regulation of FN receptor expression is poorly understood. We now demonstrate that hemoglobin is a potent and specific inducer of FN receptor expression and describe a defined medium supplemented with hemoglobin that greatly and stably enhances the binding activity of C. albicans for soluble FN. Enhancement of FN binding by hemoglobin in strain 44807 was concentration dependent and was maximal at 0.1% hemoglobin with 20- to 80-fold enhancement. The hemoglobin-induced FN binding to C. albicans was saturable, with a Kd of 2.7 X 10(-8) M. Enhancement required growth of C. albicans in hemoglobin-containing medium, since simply exposing blastoconidia to hemoglobin in a nongrowing status did not enhance binding. Induction was reversible following removal of hemoglobin from the growth medium and not associated with germination. Inorganic or protein-bound iron was not sufficient for the induction, since other iron-containing proteins or inorganic iron salts were inactive. Growth in the simple medium yeast nitrogen base supplemented with hemoglobin increased cell adhesion to immobilized FN and to cultured monolayers of bovine corneal endothelial cells. These data suggest that hemoglobin may be an important regulator of FN binding activity in C. albicans and thus may play a role in its pathogenesis.
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- S Yan
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bunetel L, Bonnaure-Mallet M. Oral pathoses caused by Candida albicans during chemotherapy: update on development mechanisms. ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL PATHOLOGY, ORAL RADIOLOGY, AND ENDODONTICS 1996; 82:161-5. [PMID: 8863305 DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(96)80219-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Oral candidiasis occurs at a high frequency among immunocompromised hosts. The development mechanisms of oral pathoses associated with Candida are complex and certainly multifactorial. In immunocompromised patients, they include the evolution of the buccal flora associated with the influence of antineoplastic treatments and immunosuppression. They also include adherence of Candida to epithelial cells of the oral cavity as a function of host cell-related and yeast-related factors. Interaction and cooperation between Candida and bacteria could be a third influence in the development of oral candidiasis. It seems important to determine these mechanisms more precisely so as to improve preventive and therapeutic measures.
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- L Bunetel
- Equipe de Biologie Buccale, UFR d'Odontologie, Rennes, France
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Research devoted to uncovering the mechanisms of adherence of Candida albicans to human tissue is reviewed. The physical aspects of adherence of the fungus to host cells and the biochemical and molecular features, as far as they are known, are discussed. Relevant pre- and post-adherence events in the pathogenesis of disease caused by this fungus are also noted. Putative adhesins and surface receptors of C. albicans for host proteins are discussed in detail.
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- M L Pendrak
- Department of Research, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA
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Candida albicans is frequently isolated from the human mouth, yet few carriers develop clinical signs of candidiasis. Oral candidiasis presents clinically in many forms. This reflects the ability of the yeast to colonize different oral surfaces and the variety of factors which predispose the host to Candida colonization and subsequent infection. Colonization of the oral cavity appears to be facilitated by several specific adherence interactions between C. albicans and oral surfaces which enable the yeast to resist host clearance mechanisms. Thus, Candida has been shown to adhere to complement receptors, various extracellular matrix proteins, and specific sugar residues displayed on host or bacterial surfaces in the oral cavity. Oral candidiasis results from yeast overgrowth and penetration of the oral tissues when the host's physical and immunological defenses have been undermined. Tissue invasion may be assisted by secreted hydrolytic enzymes, hyphal formation, and contact sensing. While these and other phenotypic characteristics may endow certain Candida species or strains with a competitive advantage in the oral cavity, it is the host's immune competence that ultimately determines whether clearance, colonization, or candidiasis occurs.
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- R D Cannon
- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedir, New Zealand
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