Cargando…
Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans
Fungal cell wall receptors relay messages about the state of the cell wall to the nucleus through the Cell Wall Integrity Signaling (CWIS) pathway. The ultimate role of the CWIS pathway is to coordinate repair of cell wall damage and to restore normal hyphal growth. Echinocandins such as micafungin...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34210108 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7070525 |
_version_ | 1783727921875124224 |
---|---|
author | Reese, Samantha Chelius, Cynthia Riekhof, Wayne Marten, Mark R. Harris, Steven D. |
author_facet | Reese, Samantha Chelius, Cynthia Riekhof, Wayne Marten, Mark R. Harris, Steven D. |
author_sort | Reese, Samantha |
collection | PubMed |
description | Fungal cell wall receptors relay messages about the state of the cell wall to the nucleus through the Cell Wall Integrity Signaling (CWIS) pathway. The ultimate role of the CWIS pathway is to coordinate repair of cell wall damage and to restore normal hyphal growth. Echinocandins such as micafungin represent a class of antifungals that trigger cell wall damage by affecting synthesis of β-glucans. To obtain a better understanding of the dynamics of the CWIS response and its multiple effects, we have coupled dynamic transcriptome analysis with morphological studies of Aspergillus nidulans hyphae in responds to micafungin. Our results reveal that expression of the master regulator of asexual development, BrlA, is induced by micafungin exposure. Further study showed that micafungin elicits morphological changes consistent with microcycle conidiation and that this effect is abolished in the absence of MpkA. Our results suggest that microcycle conidiation may be a general response to cell wall perturbation which in some cases would enable fungi to tolerate or survive otherwise lethal damage. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8306900 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-83069002021-07-25 Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans Reese, Samantha Chelius, Cynthia Riekhof, Wayne Marten, Mark R. Harris, Steven D. J Fungi (Basel) Article Fungal cell wall receptors relay messages about the state of the cell wall to the nucleus through the Cell Wall Integrity Signaling (CWIS) pathway. The ultimate role of the CWIS pathway is to coordinate repair of cell wall damage and to restore normal hyphal growth. Echinocandins such as micafungin represent a class of antifungals that trigger cell wall damage by affecting synthesis of β-glucans. To obtain a better understanding of the dynamics of the CWIS response and its multiple effects, we have coupled dynamic transcriptome analysis with morphological studies of Aspergillus nidulans hyphae in responds to micafungin. Our results reveal that expression of the master regulator of asexual development, BrlA, is induced by micafungin exposure. Further study showed that micafungin elicits morphological changes consistent with microcycle conidiation and that this effect is abolished in the absence of MpkA. Our results suggest that microcycle conidiation may be a general response to cell wall perturbation which in some cases would enable fungi to tolerate or survive otherwise lethal damage. MDPI 2021-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8306900/ /pubmed/34210108 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7070525 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Reese, Samantha Chelius, Cynthia Riekhof, Wayne Marten, Mark R. Harris, Steven D. Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans |
title | Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans |
title_full | Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans |
title_fullStr | Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans |
title_full_unstemmed | Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans |
title_short | Micafungin-Induced Cell Wall Damage Stimulates Morphological Changes Consistent with Microcycle Conidiation in Aspergillus nidulans |
title_sort | micafungin-induced cell wall damage stimulates morphological changes consistent with microcycle conidiation in aspergillus nidulans |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34210108 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7070525 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT reesesamantha micafungininducedcellwalldamagestimulatesmorphologicalchangesconsistentwithmicrocycleconidiationinaspergillusnidulans AT cheliuscynthia micafungininducedcellwalldamagestimulatesmorphologicalchangesconsistentwithmicrocycleconidiationinaspergillusnidulans AT riekhofwayne micafungininducedcellwalldamagestimulatesmorphologicalchangesconsistentwithmicrocycleconidiationinaspergillusnidulans AT martenmarkr micafungininducedcellwalldamagestimulatesmorphologicalchangesconsistentwithmicrocycleconidiationinaspergillusnidulans AT harrisstevend micafungininducedcellwalldamagestimulatesmorphologicalchangesconsistentwithmicrocycleconidiationinaspergillusnidulans |