The adhesin Hwp1 and the first daughter cell localize to the a/a portion of the conjugation bridge during Candida albicans mating |
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Authors: | Daniels Karla J Lockhart Shawn R Staab Janet F Sundstrom Paula Soll David R |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1324, USA. |
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Abstract: | The cell wall protein Hwp1 was originally demonstrated to be expressed exclusively in hyphae of Candida albicans and cross-linked to human epithelium by mammalian transglutaminase. Hwp1 is expressed on the walls of hyphae formed by a/alpha, a/a, and alpha/alpha cells. Hence, it is expressed on hyphae independently of mating type. However, Hwp1 is selectively expressed on the wall of conjugation tubes formed by a/a cells, but not alpha/alpha cells, in the mating process. This was demonstrated in all possible crosses between four unrelated natural a/a strains and four unrelated alpha/alpha strains. In zygotes, Hwp1 is restricted to that portion of the wall of the conjugation bridge contributed by the a/a parent cell. Hwp1 staining further revealed that the first daughter bud that emerges from the conjugation bridge does so from the a/a-contributed portion. Hwp1 expression and localization during the mating process is, therefore, mating type specific, opaque phase specific, and alpha-pheromone induced. These results indicate that the mating type-specific contributions to the conjugation bridge during the mating process in C. albicans are qualitatively and functionally distinct and that the a/a portion of the bridge, which selectively contains Hwp1, bears the first daughter cell in the mating process. |
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