Effects of Disruption of PMC1 in the tfp1∆/∆ Mutant on Calcium Homeostasis, Oxidative and Osmotic Stress Resistance in Candida albicans

Mycopathologia
Chang JiaMingchun Li

Abstract

The vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) is essential for many cell processes. Our previous study has demonstrated that Tfp1 is a putative subunit of V-ATPase, loss of which causes disorders in calcium homeostasis and decreased resistance to oxidative stress. In this study, we found that further deletion of PMC1, a vacuolar calcium pump, in tfp1∆/∆ mutant led to more severe dysregulation of calcium homeostasis. Besides, the tfp1∆/∆pmc1∆/∆ mutant was more sensitive to H2O2 and had a higher ROS level. As is known, V-ATPase mutants are sensitive to NaCl, and PMC1 mutant is resistant against NaCl. However, the tfp1∆/∆pmc1∆/∆ mutant exhibited sensitivity to NaCl. Mechanism study demonstrated that their sensitivity was associated with reduced osmotic resistance caused by relatively low expression of GPD1. In addition, we first found that NaCl addition significantly declined ROS levels in tfp1∆/∆ and tfp1∆/∆pmc1∆/∆ mutants. In tfp1∆/∆ mutant, decreased ROS levels were relevant to enhanced antioxidant activities. However, in tfp1∆/∆pmc1∆/∆ mutant, reduced ROS resulted from decreased total calcium content, revealing that NaCl affected ROS levels in the two mutants through different mechanisms. Taken together, our data indicated that loss ...Continue Reading

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