在钙离子敏感性方面与RCH1遗传互作的酿酒酵母基因的筛选

酿酒酵母ScRCH1是白念珠菌CaRCH1的同功基因,作为人体溶质转运蛋白SLC10A7的同源蛋白,两者都是细胞质膜上钙离子内流的抑制因子。为了研究酿酒酵母RCH1与基因组中其他基因之间的遗传互作,利用合成遗传阵列(Synthetic Genetic Array,SGA)方法构建了RCH1分别与其他非必需基因之间的双基因缺失株文库。钙离子表型筛选表明RCH1与17个基因之间存在遗传互作,其中4个基因BUD9、THR1、RAS2和CPR7在钙离子敏感性方面的功能以前没有报道过。这些结果为深入研究Rch1对钙离子稳态的调控提供了参考。     

酿酒酵母细胞基因组中与转录因子Rim101亚细胞定位相关的磷酸酶和激酶基因的筛选

Rim101是一个具有锌指结构的转录因子,在调控酿酒酵母细胞耐受碱性和高盐环境、钙离子稳态、细胞分裂以及硒毒性方面起作用。前人研究结果显示,细胞周期依赖性激酶基因PHO85的缺失,导致Rim101蛋白在细胞核内积累。为了探索Rim101亚细胞定位的新调节因子,通过荧光显微镜技术对酿酒酵母细胞基因组中编码磷酸酶的73个非必需基因缺失株和编码激酶的139个非必需基因缺失株进行了筛选,发现编码磷脂酰肌醇磷酸(Ptd Ins P)的磷酸酶Sac1调控Rim101的亚细胞定位。     

通过CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑手段构建白念珠菌CaHSL1基因的失活突变体及其表型分析

钙离子稳态和钙离子信号途径对白念珠菌的形态发生、耐药性以及毒力都十分重要。白念珠菌和酿酒酵母菌的细胞质膜蛋白质Rch1p均富集在母细胞和子细胞之间的芽颈部位,负向调控胞外钙离子的内流。与细胞周期调控相关的蛋白激酶Hsl1p也存在于白念珠菌和酿酒酵母菌的芽颈部位。该研究发现,抑制CaHSL1基因的表达或者通过CRISPR(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas9新方法失活CaHSL1基因,均可导致白念珠菌对钙离子敏感,这种钙离子敏感性可以被钙调磷酸酯酶的专一性抑制剂环孢霉素抑制。这个结果表明,钙离子稳态和钙信号转导途径可能与细胞周期调控有关。此外,CaHSL1基因失活突变体对十二烷基磺酸钠、氟康唑、酮康唑、刚果红、潮霉素B、卡泊芬净和Anidualafungin敏感,表明CaHsl1p与细胞质膜和细胞壁胁迫的应答相关。     

酿酒酵母细胞中钙离子信号传导途径的研究进展

酿酒酵母（SaccharomycescP增v括fdP）细胞可以通过ca2＋／钙调磷酸酶信号途径来应对许多外界环境胁迫。在交配信息素、盐或者其他环境压力存在的条件下,钙离子会通过细胞质膜上的未鉴定的钙转运蛋白x和M或者由Cchl和Midl组成的钙通道进入细胞质。胞质内钙离子浓度的增加会激活细胞质里的钙调磷酸酶（calcineurin）。钙调磷酸酶的一个非常重要的作用是去磷酸化细胞质内的转录因子Crzl,造成它快速地从细胞质转移到细胞核,从而诱导包括液泡膜上钙泵蛋白基因PMCl以及内质网膜和高尔基体膜上钙泵蛋白基因尸脚,在内的目标基因的表达。这两个钙泵蛋白和液泡膜上的Ca2＋／H＋交换蛋白Vcxl一起作用,将细胞质内的钙离子浓度控制在50～200nmol／L的正常生理浓度内．使细胞能够正常生长。该综述主要论述了酿酒酵母细胞内Ca2＋／钙调磷酸酶信号途径的最新研究进展。     

白念珠菌CaGDT1基因的功能研究

人类跨膜蛋白TMEM165与酿酒酵母Sc Gdt1均属于阳离子/钙离子交换器家族的成员,在本研究中,通过序列比对在白念珠菌中发现了Sc GDT1的同源基因Ca GDT1,表型互补实验显示Ca GDT1基因的表达能够抑制Sc GDT1基因缺失所造成的钙离子敏感性,证明Ca GDT1是Sc GDT1的同功基因。此外,通过同源重组原理敲除了Ca GDT1的2个等位基因。表型筛选结果表明gdt1/gdt1缺失株对钙离子、细胞壁和内质网3种胁迫均不敏感,而对酮康唑和特比萘芬2种抗真菌药物具有耐受性。     

影响白念珠菌表型的信号通路及其转录因子研究进展

白念珠菌是最常见的人类条件致病性真菌。白念珠菌在接受环境刺激信息后,能通过多种信号转导途径使菌体发生形态、毒力等各种表型转换,从而适应生长环境,易于在宿主体内潜伏或致病。该文对白念珠菌表型转换信号通路中主要转录因子的最新研究进展进行了概述,重点介绍介导白念珠菌形态转换和毒力等表型的信号转导主要通路:cAMP-PKA通路和MAPK通路,这些通路的终点都是相关转录因子,如Efg1、Cph1。转录因子能与基因启动子结合,调控白念珠菌相应基因的转录,从而促进或抑制信号的传达,影响白念珠菌的增殖、形态转变、致病力等。可为相关研究工作者进一步了解白念珠菌表型转换的调节机制提供参考。     

白念珠菌SIM1基因敲除与功能研究

目的构建白念珠菌SIM1基因缺失菌,初步考察SIM1基因的功能。方法采用同源重组的方法构建SIM1基因双臂缺失菌,通过测定生长曲线、菌丝诱导、黏附上皮细胞等实验考察SIM1基因缺失菌表型。结果成功构建SIM1基因缺失菌,SIM1基因缺失后没有显著影响白念珠菌生长繁殖、菌丝及被膜形成,但白念珠菌对Caco-2细胞和KB细胞的黏附能力显著下降,对部分药物的敏感性增加。结论白念珠菌SIM1基因缺失导致细胞壁成分改变,并影响白念珠菌对宿主的黏附。     

转录因子Pho4参与白念珠菌药物敏感性的调控

目的通过对缺失相应转录因子基因的白念珠菌进行抗真菌药物敏感性的筛选,考察转录因子对白念珠菌耐药性的影响及调控机制。方法通过微量液基稀释法、点板实验(Spot Assay)检测实验菌株对抗真菌药物的敏感性。采用实时定量PCR(RT-PCR)的方法检测白念珠菌耐药性相关MDR1,CDR1以及ERG11的表达,并通过检测菌株对罗丹明6G的外排能力进一步检测菌株对抗真菌药物的外排能力。结果最低抑菌浓度(minimal inhibitory concentration,MIC)测定和Spot Assay实验结果表明,与亲本菌相比,PHO4基因缺失菌对氟康唑、咪康唑的敏感性显著升高。虽然耐药相关基因的表达增加,但对罗丹明6G的外排能力降低,抗氧化应激能力下降。结论转录因子Pho4的缺失可能通过降低白念珠菌的抗氧化应激能力,减弱对药物的外排作用而导致对唑类药物敏感,但其具体的调控机制有待进一步研究。     

白番红花CrCBF1基因的克隆及功能分析

该研究选取新疆地区耐寒植物白番红花为研究材料,采用RT-PCR方法,从白番红花中克隆得到白番红花CBF1的全长cDNA序列,命名为CrCBF1(GenBank登录号MF681787)。结果表明,CrCBF1基因完整开放阅读框ORF长642bp,编码213个氨基酸,分子量为23.8kD,理论等电点为4.99,具有CBF家族典型的AP2保守结构域;亚细胞定位分析显示,CrCBF1基因编码的蛋白定位于细胞核;酵母自激活分析显示,CrCBF1转录因子具有转录激活活性;酵母功能验证分析显示,过表达CrCBF1基因可以明显提高酵母的抗寒性。     

白念珠菌生物膜滞留菌与转录因子GCN4的研究进展

白念珠菌是一种常见的条件致病性真菌。由于抗真菌药物的广泛使用及体内植入器材表面生物膜的形成,造成其耐药现象的逐年增加。目前白念珠菌生物膜的耐药机制主要有靶酶基因的突变、外排泵基因的高表达、生物膜滞留菌的形成等,其中滞留菌的作用越来越突出。饥饿状态下,不仅滞留菌的形成比例增加,转录因子GCN4表达也增加,滞留菌的形成与转录因子GCN4可能存在一定的相关性。本文将综述白念珠菌滞留菌及转录因子GCN4的相关内容。     

白念珠菌CaSPO75基因的敲除与功能研究

酿酒酵母中ScCsc1是一个最近鉴定的钙离子通透性压力门控阳离子通道蛋白,参与调控胞内离子稳态。ScSpo75是ScCsc1的一个同源蛋白,可能参与孢子壁的装配过程。在白念珠菌中存在一个与ScSPO75同源的基因CaSPO75,其功能尚不清楚,因此采用SAT1-flipper方法敲除CaSPO75的两个等位基因以研究其功能。通过表型筛选,发现该基因的缺失导致白念珠菌对特比萘芬(Teb)、荧光增白剂(CFW)、氯化锰和氯化锌耐受,对酮康唑(KCZ)敏感。因此,CaSPO75基因可能参与白念珠菌耐药性和细胞壁压力反应的调控,以及胞内锰离子和锌离子稳态的调控。     

Characterization of CaGSP1, the Candida albicans RAN/GSP1 homologue

Gsp1p is a small nuclear-located GTP binding protein from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is highly conserved among eucaryotic cells and is involved in numerous cellular processes, including nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of macromolecules. To learn more about the GSP1 structure/function, we have characterized its Candida albicans homologue. CaGsp1p is 214 amino acids long and displays 91% identity to the ScGsp1p. There is functional complementation in S. cerevisiae, and its mRNA is constitutively expressed in the diploid C. albicans grown under various physiological conditions. Disruption of both alleles was not possible, suggesting that it could be an essential gene, but heterozygous mutants exhibited genomic instability.     

Molecular cloning and analysis of CDC28 and cyclin homologues from the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, progress of the cell cycle beyond the major control point in G1 phase, termed START, requires activation of the evolutionarily conserved Cdc28 protein kinase by direct association with GI cyclins. We have used a conditional lethal mutation in CDC28 of S. cerevisiae to clone a functional homologue from the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. The protein sequence, deduced from the nucleotide sequence, is 79% identical to that of S. cerevisiae Cdc28 and as such is the most closely related protein yet identified. We have also isolated from C. albicans two genes encoding putative G1 cyclins, by their ability to rescue a conditional GI cyclin defect in S. cerevisiae; one of these genes encodes a protein of 697 amino acids and is identical to the product of the previously described CCN1 gene. The second gene codes for a protein of 465 residues, which has significant homology to S. cerevisiae Cln3. These data suggest that the events and regulatory mechanisms operating at START are highly conserved between these two organisms.     

The disruption of JEN1 from Candida albicans impairs the transport of lactate

A lactate permease was biochemically identified in Candida albicans RM1000 presenting the following kinetic parameters at pH 5.0: K_m 0.33±0.09 mM and V_max 0.85±0.06 nmol s^?1 mg dry wt^?1. Lactate uptake was competitively inhibited by pyruvic and propionic acids; acetic acid behaved as a non-competitive substrate. An open reading frame (ORF) homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene JEN1 was identified (CaJEN1). Deletions of both CaJEN1 alleles of C. albicans (resulting strain CPK2) resulted in the loss of all measurable lactate permease activity. No CaJEN1 mRNA was detectable in glucose-grown cells neither activity for the lactate transporter. In a medium containing lactic acid, CaJEN1 mRNA was detected in the RM1000 strain, and no expression was found in cells of CPK2 strain. In a strain deleted in the CaCAT8 genes the expression of CaJEN1 was significantly reduced, suggesting the role of this gene as an activator for CaJEN1 expression. Both in C. albicans and in S. cerevisiae cells CaJEN1-GFP fusion was expressed and targeted to the plasma membrane. The native CaJEN1 was not functional in a S. cerevisiae jen1Δ strain. Changing ser²¹⁷-CTG codon (encoding leucine in S. cerevisiae) to a TCC codon restored the permease activity in S. cerevisiae, proving that the CaJEN1 gene codes for a monocarboxylate transporter.