都柏林念珠菌的PCR-RFLP鉴定

目的建立一种准确、可靠的鉴定都柏林念珠菌基因型的方法。方法临床念珠菌分离自临床生殖器念珠菌病患者,45℃温度试验时几乎不生长,且其他表型实验结果也符合都柏林念珠菌特征。对41例临床念珠菌和1例白念珠菌标准株、1例都柏林念珠菌标准株rDNA内部转录间隔区的基因进行聚合酶链反应（PCR）扩增,HpyF10Ⅵ酶切后观察PAGE图谱。结果聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性（PCR-RFLP）后,39例临床株鉴定为白念珠菌。2例临床菌株带型特殊,测序后行BLAST比对分析,1例鉴定为白念珠菌,另1例尚不能肯定为都柏林念珠菌,还需要进一步以其他分子生物学方法鉴定。结论PCR-RFLP方法酶切后两种念珠菌带型区分明显,可以鉴别大部分临床菌株。基因测序是该方法有意义的补充。     

都柏林念珠菌与白念珠菌的实验室鉴别进展

都柏林念珠菌是新命名的可以产生芽管和厚壁孢子的致病念珠菌,常规的实验室检测方法很难将其与白念珠菌相鉴别。本文综述了都柏林念珠菌和白念珠菌的生物形态学特征及形态学、血清学、分子生物学鉴别进展。     

间接免疫荧光法快速鉴别白念珠菌和都柏林念珠菌的初步研究

目的 用一种新制备的单克隆抗体MAb03．2Cl-C2鉴别生物学形态相近的白念珠菌和都柏林念珠菌。方法 用小鼠体内诱导法制备抗白念珠菌芽管胞壁外膜单克隆抗体MAb03．2Cl-C2。用不完全RPMI1640培养液、L—DMEM、H—DMEM、完全1640液、小牛血清诱导白念珠菌和都柏林念珠菌芽管及菌丝形成,间接免疫荧光（IIF）方法检测都柏林念珠菌芽管或菌丝表面有无可与该单抗相结合的成分。收集临床口腔念珠菌病标本涂片,直接做IIF试验。结果 用不完全RP-MI1640培养液37℃,6h可同时最高效率地诱导白念珠菌和都柏林念珠菌芽管或菌丝形成。单抗MAb03．2Cl-C2仅与白念珠菌芽管或菌丝特异性地结合,与都柏林念珠菌的孢子和菌丝不能结合。结论 单抗MAh03．2Cl-C2可用于白念珠菌和都柏林念珠菌实验室的速鉴别。     

鉴别都柏林假丝酵母和白假丝酵母的一种新的烟草琼脂培养基

根据表型特征鉴别都柏林假丝酵母（都柏林念珠菌）和白假丝酵母（白念珠菌）的方法一般不完全可靠，最可信的选择是基于聚合酶链反应（PCR）的分子生物学方法，但因其要求条件较高，不适于推广使用。原本用于鉴定新生隐球菌的Staib琼脂和向日葵琼脂培养基在区分都柏林念珠菌和白念珠菌中的作用逐渐得到肯定,     

婴儿头皮念珠菌病1例

报告菌痂型婴儿头皮念珠菌病1例。患儿头皮出现脓痂16个月。病原菌经真菌直接镜检、真菌培养、芽管试验和科玛嘉念珠菌显色培养基鉴定为白念珠菌。经溶痂和外涂1％咪康唑软膏治疗1周后痊愈。     

福建地区94例女性阴道念珠菌感染分离株分型研究

目的 对福建地区临床阴道分泌物分离出的（94株）念珠菌菌株进行分类鉴定,并通过分子生物学及API试验分析传统科玛嘉分类方法的准确性.方法 ①通过科玛嘉显色培养基鉴定菌种,并观察菌株显微镜下形态学表现.②通过ITS区段分子生物学序列分析进行菌种鉴定.③将科玛嘉试验与ITS区段序列分析结果与化验室检验报告结果对比,将鉴定差别菌株进一步行API试验及LSU区段序列分析.结果 ①94株念珠菌经鉴定结果为白念珠菌78株、光滑念珠菌10株、近平滑念珠菌3株、热带念珠菌1株、酿酒假丝酵母菌1株及其中1株为光滑念珠菌及近平滑念珠菌混合感染.②科玛嘉试验可良好的鉴定念珠菌,但对于少见菌种（如酿酒假丝酵母菌）仍缺乏特异性.③一般化验室通过简单菌落形态学及简易科玛嘉检测鉴定仍存在一定误差率（10/94）.④分子生物学方法鉴定菌种准确性高,且可从基因序列分析中鉴定包含C.parapsilosis sensu strico,Candida metapsilosis以及Candida orthopsilosis的近平滑念珠菌复合体菌种.结论 福建地区女性外阴感染的菌种仍以白念珠菌为主,但非白念珠菌的感染也占据相当的比例（16/94）,而在检测方法上,分子生物学技术较科玛嘉试验更能准确的鉴定念珠菌菌种.     

长引物P CR法构建白念珠菌SCH9-MYC融合菌

目的：构建白念珠菌SCH9?MYC融合菌。方法运用长引物PCR扩增含有MYC标签和ARG4筛选标记的质粒序列,采用醋酸锂转染法将质粒序列同源重组到白念珠菌SN152的SCH9基因开放阅读框的C末端,在SC?Leu?选择性培养基上筛选阳性克隆,抽取阳性克隆基因组进行PCR验证,将验证为阳性的转染子进行生长曲线测定、spot assay、菌丝诱导实验,进一步筛选出表型正常的融合菌。结果通过PCR验证鉴定出3株融合菌构建正确,通过生长曲线测定、spot assay、菌丝诱导实验筛选出两株表型正常的融合菌菌株。结论运用长引物PCR扩增方法同源重组可以正确构建白念珠菌SCH9?MYC融合菌菌株。     

紫外线对白念珠菌的影响

紫外线作为重要的环境因子之一,能显著影响包括白念珠菌在内的多种生物的生长及生理过程.研究发现白念珠菌受紫外线照射后菌丝形成被抑制,孢子形成增多且没有向光性;脉冲紫外线辐射可通过多靶点程序使白念珠菌失活;rad 51缺陷株比rad 52缺陷株更易受紫外线损害,同时紫外线可导致白念珠菌杂合性丢失.研究还发现UVC治疗可明显减少烧伤后真菌微生物感染,核黄素/UVA治疗可明显抑制白念珠菌生长.因此紫外线对白念珠菌有一定的抑制作用.     

海洋中分离的抗白念珠菌芽胞杆菌性状特征及系统鉴定

对筛选自中国南海、黄海、渤海4个地区近海海水样品的7株有抗白念珠菌活性,且稳定性较强的芽胞杆菌的形态特征、培养特征及生理生化试验等进行系统分析比较,结果表明,LU-B02为凝结芽胞杆菌(Bacillus coagulans),LU-B13为蜡样芽胞杆菌(Bacillus cereus),其他各菌株为短小芽胞杆菌(Bacillius pumilus),除LU-B02耐盐度5%外,其他耐盐度达10%以上。它们均属于芽胞杆菌的第一群。16S r DNA基因同源性序列比较进一步证实LU-B02为凝结芽胞杆菌,它与凝结芽胞杆菌标准菌株ATCC15950在鉴定特征上虽然相同,但与后者相比,最高生长温度较低,耐盐性较强,可以利用阿拉伯糖、木糖、甘露醇等碳源,可水解酪素,并可稳定地产生抗白念珠菌活性物质,将其命名为Bacillus coagulans subsp.heishijiaosis。尚未见抗白念珠菌的凝结芽胞杆菌菌株的有关报道。     

白色念珠菌氟康唑耐药相关基因的差异显示研究

采用差异显示PCR技术 (DifferentialDisplay PCR ,DD PCR)寻找白色念珠菌的氟康唑耐药相关基因。体外用含氟康唑的酵母培养基 (YEPD)诱导培养临床白色念珠菌氟康唑敏感株 4 35 (对咪康唑耐药 ) ,诱导 80d后得到氟康唑耐药子代 4 35 2 (MIC =1 2 8μg mL)。DD PCR比较 4 35 2、4 35分别在含氟康唑、不含药的YEPD液基中的基因表达 ,找到 3个明显差异片段 ,分别与数据库中白色念珠菌的醇脱氢酶基因ADH1、多药耐药基因CDR1及拓扑异构酶基因TOP2有高度同源性。半定量RT PCR中证实了ADH1、CDR1在氟康唑耐药株中的差异表达 ;对已知氟康唑耐药基因MDR1作半定量RT PCR时发现MDR1在氟康唑耐药株 4 35 2中无表达 ,而在氟康唑敏感株 4 35中有表达。结果表明 ,ADH1、CDR1基因的高表达与白色念珠菌氟康唑耐药性形成相关 ,ADH1可能是新的耐药基因 ;MDR1的表达可能在氟康唑敏感株或其它唑类耐药株中也存在     

Interspecific hybridisation between Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis

Abstract Protoplasts from auxotrophic mutants of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis were produced by snail enzyme treatment and their fusion was induced with polyethylene glycol (PEG). During selective regeneration, nutritionally complemented interspecific hybrids were obtained. Their cells contained one nucleus, and the DNA content per cell was higher than in the parents. The isoenzymic and sugar assimilation patterns of the mutants, and those of the hybrids and the products after their haploidisation, were also analysed. The results indicated that the hybrids were partial alloploids containing the total chromosomal set of either of the parental species and one or a few chromosomes of the other.     

Purification and germination of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis chlamydospores cultured in liquid media

Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis are the only Candida sp. that have been observed to produce chlamydospores. The function of these large, thick-walled cells is currently unknown. In this report, we describe the production and purification of chlamydospores from these species in defined liquid media. Staining with the fluorescent dye FUN-1 indicated that chlamydospores are metabolically active cells, but that metabolic activity is undetectable in chlamydospores that are >30 days old. However, 5–15-day-old chlamydospores could be induced to produce daughter chlamydospores, blastospores, pseudohyphae and true hyphae depending on the incubation conditions used. Chlamydospores that were preinduced to germinate were also observed to escape from murine macrophages following phagocytosis, suggesting that these structures may be viable in vivo . Mycelium-attached and purified chlamydospores rapidly lost their viability in water and when subjected to dry stress, suggesting that they are unlikely to act as long-term storage structures. Instead, our data suggest that chlamydospores represent an alternative specialized form of growth by C. albicans and C. dubliniensis .     

Multilocus sequence typing confirms synonymy but highlights differences between Candida albicans and Candida stellatoidea

We used multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) to investigate 35 yeast isolates representing the two genome-sequenced strains plus the type strain of Candida albicans, four isolates originally identified as Candida stellatoidea type I and 28 representing type strains of other species now regarded as synonymous with C. albicans. DNA from all 32 C. albicans synonyms readily formed PCR products with the C. albicans MLST primer sets. Their sequences placed all of them within the existing C. albicans clade structure, represented by 1516 isolates. One isolate, originally received as Mycotorula sinensis, was resistant to flucytosine, but no other unusual susceptibilities were found to polyene, azole or echinocandin antifungal agents. The four isolates of C. stellatoidea type I coclustered with two other sucrose-negative isolates, originally identified as examples of Candida africana, in a group of strains highly distinct from the majority of C. albicans. Our results not only confirm the synonymity of all the isolates with C. albicans but also confirm an obvious genotypic difference in the case of C. stellatoidea type I.     

A purine permease in Candida glabrata

Abstract Competition experiments revealed that adenine and guanine were transported by a purine permease in both Candida glabrata 4 and a C. glabrata 4 cytosine permease negative mutant. The C. glabrata 4 cytosine permease negative mutant was isolated using 5-fluorocytosine selection. This mutant no longer transported cytosine, but transported adenine and guanine. A transport system for hypoxanthine was not detected. Hence, in addition to the cytosine permease, a purine permease exists in C. glabrata . This differs from the purine cytosine permeases in Saccharomyces cereuisiae and Candida albicans which transport adenine, cytosine, guanine and hypoxanthine.     

Quantification of thigmotropism (contact sensing) of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis

To quantify the thigmotropism, we adapted the our previous method using a chemotaxifilter system in combination with a bioluminescent adenosine triphosphate (ATP) assay based on firefly luciferase-luciferin system and analyzed the relationship between the ability of germ tube formation and thigmotropism of C. albicans and C. tropicalis. Both the ability to form germ tube and the amount of hyphae exhibiting thigmotropism varied depending upon both the species and strains of Candida. C. albicans formed more germ tubes than C. tropicalis. A good correlation was observed between the ability to form a germ tube and the capacity for thigmotropism, and the results gave a level of significance (p<0.05). Further, SEM observation revealed that relatively long hyphae of C. tropicalis with penetrated through the pores of filter membrane. This phenomenon may be of importance in the development of pathogenesis of C. tropicalis as well as C. albicans. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Silver colloidal nanoparticles: antifungal effect against adhered cells and biofilms of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of silver nanoparticles (SN) against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata adhered cells and biofilms. SN (average diameter 5 nm) were synthesized by silver nitrate reduction with sodium citrate and stabilized with ammonia. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) tests were performed for C. albicans (n = 2) and C. glabrata (n = 2) grown in suspension following the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute microbroth dilution method. SN were applied to adhered cells (2 h) or biofilms (48 h) and after 24 h of contact their effect was assessed by enumeration of colony forming units (CFUs) and quantification of total biomass (by crystal violet staining). The MIC results showed that SN were fungicidal against all strains tested at very low concentrations (0.4–3.3 μg ml^?1). Furthermore, SN were more effective in reducing biofilm biomass when applied to adhered cells (2 h) than to pre-formed biofilms (48 h), with the exception of C. glabrata ATCC, which in both cases showed a reduction ～90%. Regarding cell viability, SN were highly effective on adhered C. glabrata and respective biofilms. On C. albicans the effect was not so evident but there was also a reduction in the number of viable biofilm cells. In summary, SN may have the potential to be an effective alternative to conventional antifungal agents for future therapies in Candida-associated denture stomatitis.     

Comparison of the epidemiology, drug resistance mechanisms, and virulence of Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans

Candida dubliniensis is a pathogenic yeast species that was first identified as a distinct taxon in 1995. Epidemiological studies have shown that C. dubliniensis is prevalent throughout the world and that it is primarily associated with oral carriage and oropharyngeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. However, unlike Candida albicans, C. dubliniensis is rarely found in the oral microflora of normal healthy individuals and is responsible for as few as 2% of cases of candidemia (compared to approximately 65% for C. albicans). The vast majority of C. dubliniensis isolates identified to date are susceptible to all of the commonly used antifungal agents, however, reduced susceptibility to azole drugs has been observed in clinical isolates and can be readily induced in vitro. The primary mechanism of fluconazole resistance in C. dubliniensis has been shown to be overexpression of the major facilitator efflux pump Mdr1p. It has also been observed that a large number of C. dubliniensis strains express a non-functional truncated form of Cdr1p, and it has been demonstrated that this protein does not play a significant role in fluconazole resistance in the majority of strains examined to date. Data from a limited number of infection models reflect findings from epidemiological studies and suggest that C. dubliniensis is less pathogenic than C. albicans. The reasons for the reduced virulence of C. dubliniensis are not clear as it has been shown that the two species express a similar range of virulence factors. However, although C. dubliniensis produces hyphae, it appears that the conditions and dynamics of induction may differ from those in C. albicans. In addition, C. dubliniensis is less tolerant of environmental stresses such as elevated temperature and NaCl and H(2)O(2) concentration, suggesting that C. albicans may have a competitive advantage when colonising and causing infection in the human body. It is our hypothesis that a genomic comparison between these two closely-related species will help to identify virulence factors responsible for the far greater virulence of C. albicans and possibly identify factors that are specifically implicated in either superficial or systemic candidal infections.