Journal
FEMS YEAST RESEARCH
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 411-421Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12043
Keywords
antifungal resistance; fluconazole; voriconazole; iron metabolism; ergosterol; damage-resistance protein 1
Funding
- Global Centers of Excellence Program, Nagasaki University
- Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [24791027, 21390305]
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan [H23-shinko-ippan-007, H23-shinko-ippan-018, H24-shinko-ippan-013]
- Japanese Society of Chemotherapy
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24791027, 12J09439, 21390305] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata is relatively resistant to azole antifungals, which target lanosterol 14-demethylase (Erg11p) in the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway. Our study revealed that C.glabrata exhibits increased azole susceptibility under low-iron conditions. To investigate the molecular basis of this phenomenon, we generated a strain lacking the heme (iron protoporphyrin IX)-binding protein Dap1 in C.glabrata. The dap1 mutant displayed growth defects under iron-limited conditions, decreased azole tolerance, decreased production of ergosterol, and increased accumulation of 14-methylated sterols lanosterol and squalene. All the dap1 phenotypes were complemented by wild-type DAP1, but not by DAP1D91G, in which a heme-binding site is mutated. Furthermore, azole tolerance of the dap1 mutant was rescued by exogenous ergosterol but not by iron supplementation alone. These results suggest that heme binding by Dap1 is crucial for Erg11 activity and ergosterol biosynthesis, thereby being required for azole tolerance. A Dap1-GFP fusion protein predominantly localized to vacuolar membranes and endosomes, and the dap1 cells exhibited aberrant vacuole morphologies, suggesting that Dap1 is also involved in the regulation of vacuole structures that could be important for iron storage. Our study demonstrates that Dap1 mediates a functional link between iron homeostasis and azole resistance in C.glabrata.
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