Publication Date:
2005-03-19
Description:
The adherence of Candida glabrata to host cells is mediated, at least in part, by the EPA genes, a family of adhesins encoded at subtelomeric loci, where they are subject to transcriptional silencing. We show that normally silent EPA genes are expressed during murine urinary tract infection (UTI) and that the inducing signal is the limitation of nicotinic acid (NA), a precursor of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). C. glabrata is an NA auxotroph, and NA-induced EPA expression is likely the result of a reduction in NAD+ availability for the NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase Sir2p. The adaptation of C. glabrata to the host, therefore, involves a loss of metabolic capacity and exploitation of the resulting auxotrophy to signal a particular host environment.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Domergue, Renee -- Castano, Irene -- De Las Penas, Alejandro -- Zupancic, Margaret -- Lockatell, Virginia -- Hebel, J Richard -- Johnson, David -- Cormack, Brendan P -- 2PO1DK49720/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01AI46223/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 May 6;308(5723):866-70. Epub 2005 Mar 17.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15774723" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Candida glabrata/*genetics/growth & development/*pathogenicity/physiology
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Candidiasis/*microbiology
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Cell Adhesion
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Culture Media
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Female
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Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
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*Gene Silencing
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Genes, Fungal
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Histone Deacetylases/genetics/metabolism
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Lectins/*genetics
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Mice, Inbred CBA
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NAD/metabolism
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Niacin/administration & dosage/*metabolism/pharmacology/urine
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Niacinamide/pharmacology/urine
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Sirtuins/genetics/metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
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Urinary Bladder/microbiology
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Urinary Tract Infections/*microbiology
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Urine/microbiology
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Urothelium/microbiology
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Virulence
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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