口腔链球菌通过激活白念珠菌中的 Efg1 丝状生长途径促进种间相互作用和黏膜生物膜的形成。

S. oralis activates the Efg1 filamentation pathway in C. albicans to promote cross-kingdom interactions and mucosal biofilms.

机构信息

a School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut , Farmington , CT , USA.

b School of Dental Medicine, SUNY Buffalo , Buffalo , NY , USA.

出版信息

Virulence. 2017 Nov 17;8(8):1602-1617. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1326438. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

Abstract

Candida albicans and Streptococcus oralis are ubiquitous oral commensal organisms. Under host-permissive conditions these organisms can form hypervirulent mucosal biofilms. C. albicans biofilm formation is controlled by 6 master transcriptional regulators: Bcr1, Brg1, Efg1, Tec1, Ndt80, and Rob1. The objective of this work was to test whether any of these regulators play a role in cross-kingdom interactions between C. albicans and S. oralis in oral mucosal biofilms, and identify downstream target gene(s) that promote these interactions. Organotypic mucosal constructs and a mouse model of oropharyngeal infection were used to analyze mucosal biofilm growth and fungal gene expression. By screening 6 C. albicans transcription regulator reporter strains we discovered that EFG1 was strongly activated by interaction with S. oralis in late biofilm growth stages. EFG1 gene expression was increased in polymicrobial biofilms on abiotic surfaces, mucosal constructs and tongue tissues of mice infected with both organisms. EFG1 was required for robust Candida-streptococcal biofilm growth in organotypic constructs and mouse oral tissues. S. oralis stimulated C. albicans ALS1 gene expression in an EFG1-dependent manner, and Als1 was identified as a downstream effector of the Efg1 pathway which promoted C. albicans-S. oralis coaggregation interactions in mixed biofilms. We conclude that S. oralis induces an increase in EFG1 expression in C. albicans in late biofilm stages. This in turn increases expression of ALS1, which promotes coaggregation interactions and mucosal biofilm growth. Our work provides novel insights on C. albicans genes which play a role in cross-kingdom interactions with S. oralis in mucosal biofilms.

摘要

白色念珠菌和口腔链球菌是普遍存在的口腔共生体。在宿主允许的条件下,这些生物体可以形成高度致病的粘膜生物膜。白色念珠菌生物膜的形成受 6 个主要转录调节因子控制:Bcr1、Brg1、Efg1、Tec1、Ndt80 和 Rob1。本工作的目的是测试这些调节因子中的任何一个是否在白色念珠菌和口腔链球菌在口腔粘膜生物膜中的跨物种相互作用中发挥作用,并确定促进这些相互作用的下游靶基因。采用器官型粘膜构建物和口腔咽部感染的小鼠模型来分析粘膜生物膜生长和真菌基因表达。通过筛选 6 株白色念珠菌转录调节因子报告株,我们发现 EFG1 与口腔链球菌相互作用在晚期生物膜生长阶段被强烈激活。在非生物表面、粘膜构建物和感染两种生物体的小鼠舌组织的多微生物生物膜中,EFG1 基因表达增加。EFG1 在器官型构建物和小鼠口腔组织中对稳健的念珠菌-链球菌生物膜生长是必需的。S. oralis 以 EFG1 依赖的方式刺激 C. albicans ALS1 基因表达,并且 Als1 被鉴定为促进混合生物膜中 C. albicans-S. oralis 共聚集相互作用的 Efg1 途径的下游效应子。我们得出结论,S. oralis 在晚期生物膜阶段诱导白色念珠菌中 EFG1 表达的增加。这反过来又增加了 ALS1 的表达,促进了共聚集相互作用和粘膜生物膜的生长。我们的工作为白色念珠菌基因提供了新的见解,这些基因在粘膜生物膜中与 S. oralis 发生跨物种相互作用中发挥作用。

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