Fu Y, Rieg G, Fonzi W A, Belanger P H, Edwards J E, Filler S G
St. John's Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California 90502, USA.
Infect Immun. 1998 Apr;66(4):1783-6. doi: 10.1128/IAI.66.4.1783-1786.1998.
To identify genes encoding adhesins that mediate the binding of Candida albicans to endothelial cells, a genomic library from this organism was constructed and used to transform Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These transformed organisms were screened for adherence to endothelial cells, and a highly adherent clone was identified. The adherence of this clone to endothelial cells was over 100-fold greater than that of control S. cerevisiae transformed with the empty plasmid. This clone also exhibited enhanced adherence to epithelial cells. The C. albicans gene contained within this clone was found to be ALS1. These results indicate that ALS1 may encode a candidal adhesin.
为了鉴定编码介导白色念珠菌与内皮细胞结合的黏附素的基因,构建了该生物体的基因组文库并用于转化酿酒酵母。筛选这些转化后的生物体与内皮细胞的黏附情况,鉴定出一个高黏附性克隆。该克隆与内皮细胞的黏附力比用空质粒转化的对照酿酒酵母高100多倍。该克隆对上皮细胞的黏附力也增强。发现该克隆中包含的白色念珠菌基因是ALS1。这些结果表明ALS1可能编码一种念珠菌黏附素。