期刊
ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA
卷 42, 期 10, 页码 735-744出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmq076
关键词
pH regulation; white-opaque switching; Efg1; Rim101; Candida albicans
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30830003, 30900032]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Foundation [10XD1404900]
Phenotypic switching in Candida albicans spontaneously generates different cellular morphologies. The reversible switching between white and opaque phenotypes is regulated by multiple regulators including Efg1 and Wor1. In mating-type-like locus (MTL) homozygous cells, the Efg1 functions as a repressor, whereas the Wor1 acts as an activator in white-opaque switching. We presented evidence that switching between white and opaque in efg1/efg1 mutant is regulated by ambient pH. In pH 6.8 media, the efg1/efg1 mutant cells exhibited opaque form, but shifted to white form in pH 4.5 media. The pH-dependent morphological switching is not blocked by further deletion of WOR1 in the efg1/efg1 mutant. Correlated with the phenotype, the opaque-phase-specific gene OP4 was induced in efg1/efg1 mutant cells when cultured in pH 6.8 media, and was repressed in pH 4.5 media. Consistently, the MTLa efg1/efg1 mutant cells could mate efficiently with MTL alpha cells in pH 6.8 media, but poorly in pH 4.5 media. Ectopic expression of the Rim101-405 allele in the efg1/efg1 mutant helped to bypass the pH restriction on white-opaque switching and show opaque form in both neutral and acidic media. We proposed that relief of the Efg1 repression enables C. albicans to undergo white-opaque switching in pH-dependent regulation mediated by Rim101-signaling pathway.
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