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MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS
卷 81, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00053-16
关键词
fungal pathogenesis; fungal virulence; trehalose; antifungal agents; antifungal therapy; carbon metabolism; cell wall
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资金
- NIH grants (NIAID) [R01AI081838]
- NIH General Medical Science grant [1P30GM106394-01]
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- U.S. Public Service [AI73896, AI93257, AI04533]
Invasive fungal infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in part due to a limited antifungal drug arsenal. One therapeutic challenge faced by clinicians is the significant host toxicity associated with antifungal drugs. Another challenge is the fungistatic mechanism of action of some drugs. Consequently, the identification of fungus-specific drug targets essential for fitness in vivo remains a significant goal of medical mycology research. The trehalose biosynthetic pathway is found in a wide variety of organisms, including human-pathogenic fungi, but not in humans. Genes encoding proteins involved in trehalose biosynthesis are mechanistically linked to the metabolism, cell wall homeostasis, stress responses, and virulence of Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus. While there are a number of pathways for trehalose production across the tree of life, the TPS/TPP (trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase) pathway is the canonical pathway found in human-pathogenic fungi. Importantly, data suggest that proteins involved in trehalose biosynthesis play other critical roles in fungal metabolism and in vivo fitness that remain to be fully elucidated. By further defining the biology and functions of trehalose and its biosynthetic pathway components in pathogenic fungi, an opportunity exists to leverage this pathway as a potent antifungal drug target. The goal of this review is to cover the known roles of this important molecule and its associated biosynthesis-encoding genes in the human-pathogenic fungi studied to date and to employ these data to critically assess the opportunities and challenges facing development of this pathway as a therapeutic target.
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