Khalili Vajihe, Shokri Hojjatollah, Md Akim Abdah, Khosravi Ali Reza
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, 24th Aftab, Imam Khomeini Street 46168- 49767, Amol, Iran.
Malays J Med Sci. 2016 May;23(3):64-71.
Candida albicans (C. albicans) has several virulence factors, in particular heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), which is expressed by Hsp90 gene. The purposes of this study were to assess the expression of Hsp90 gene in clinical and control isolates of C. albicans obtained from different geographical regions (Malaysia and Iran), different temperatures (25°C, 37°C and 42°C) and mice with candidiasis.
C. albicans isolates were cultured onto sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA). The assessment of the expression of Hsp90 gene was performed using real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
The results showed a significant increase in the expression of C. albicans Hsp90 gene under high thermal shock (42°C) when compared to other temperatures tested (P-value = 0.001). The mean differences in the expression of Hsp90 gene at 37°C were 0.20 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.13-0.29) between Malaysian and Iranian controls (P-value = 0.040) and 0.47 (95% CI 0.27-0.60) between Malaysian and Iranian patients (P-value = 0.040).
The results demonstrated that the expression of C. albicans Hsp90 gene varied between Malaysian and Iranian subjects, representing the efficacy of geographical and thermal conditions on virulence gene expression.
白色念珠菌具有多种毒力因子,尤其是热休克蛋白90(Hsp90),其由Hsp90基因表达。本研究的目的是评估Hsp90基因在从不同地理区域(马来西亚和伊朗)、不同温度(25°C、37°C和42°C)以及患念珠菌病的小鼠中获得的白色念珠菌临床分离株和对照分离株中的表达情况。
将白色念珠菌分离株接种于沙保弱葡萄糖琼脂(SDA)上。使用实时聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)对Hsp90基因的表达进行评估。
结果显示,与其他测试温度相比,白色念珠菌Hsp90基因在高热休克(42°C)条件下的表达显著增加(P值 = 0.001)。马来西亚和伊朗对照之间在37°C时Hsp90基因表达的平均差异为0.20(95%置信区间(CI)0.13 - 0.29)(P值 = 0.040),马来西亚和伊朗患者之间为0.47(95% CI 0.27 - 0.60)(P值 = 0.040)。
结果表明,白色念珠菌Hsp90基因的表达在马来西亚和伊朗受试者之间存在差异,这体现了地理和温度条件对毒力基因表达的影响。