Hydroxyurea enhances post-fusion hyphal extension during sexual development in C. neoformans var. grubii.
Hydroxyurea enhances post-fusion hyphal extension during sexual development in C. neoformans var. grubii.
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羟基脲增强 C. neoformans var. 有性发育过程中融合后菌丝的延伸。
DOI:
10.1007/s11046-011-9474-y
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Panepinto,JohnC
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作者:
Zulkifli,MNaim;Kaur,JanNaseer;Panepinto,JohnC
Mating and sexual development inC. neoformansvar.grubiistrains of the H99 background is often less robust than that laboratory generated isogenicC. neoformansvar.neoformans strains in the JEC21 background. InCandida albicansandSaccharomyces serevisiae, slowing of DNA synthesis and engagement of the replication stress response, such as that caused by treatment with hydroxyurea (HU), induces filamentation and pseudohyphal growth, respectively. In this study, we investigated the effect of HU treatment onC. neoformansvar.grubiimorphogenesis. Treatment with HU did not induce filamentation of yeast cells either in liquid culture or on solid YPD or V8 agar. In the presence of the opposite mating partner, we observed early emergence of hyphae in the presence of HU. Semi-quantitative analysis of fusion using marked strains demonstrated that no significant enhancement of fusion in the presence of HU. Transfer of fusion colonies from crosses performed in the absence of HU to V8 + HU revealed enhanced hyphal growth in the presence of HU. Analysis of expression of the target of HU, ribonucleotide reductase, revealed that a phylogenetically divergent catalytic subunit is replication stress responsive inC. neoformans.These results suggest that induction of replication stress promotes post-fusion hyphal growth ofC. neoformansvar.grubiistrains in the H99 background.