Candida albicans Tup1 is involved in farnesol-mediated inhibition of filamentous-growth induction.

Eukaryotic Cell
Bessie W KebaaraAudrey L Atkin

Abstract

Candida albicans is a dimorphic fungus that can interconvert between yeast and filamentous forms. Its ability to regulate morphogenesis is strongly correlated with virulence. Tup1, a transcriptional repressor, and the signaling molecule farnesol are both capable of negatively regulating the yeast to filamentous conversion. Based on this overlap in function, we tested the hypothesis that the cellular response to farnesol involves, in part, the activation of Tup1. Tup1 functions with the DNA binding proteins Nrg1 and Rfg1 as a transcription regulator to repress the expression of hypha-specific genes. The tup1/tup1 and nrg1/nrg1 mutants, but not the rfg1/rfg1 mutant, failed to respond to farnesol. Treatment of C. albicans cells with farnesol caused a small but consistent increase in both TUP1 mRNA and protein levels. Importantly, this increase corresponds with the commitment point, beyond which added farnesol no longer blocks germ tube formation, and it correlates with a strong decrease in the expression of two Tup1-regulated hypha-specific genes, HWP1 and RBT1. Tup1 probably plays a direct role in the response to farnesol because farnesol suppresses the haploinsufficient phenotype of a TUP1/tup1 heterozygote. Farnesol did not aff...Continue Reading

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