Background: Farnesol has potential antifungal activity against Candida albicans biofilms, but the molecular mechanism of this activity is still unclear. Farnesol inhibits hyphal growth by regulating the cyclic AMP (cAMP) signalling pathway in C. albicans, and CYR1 and PDE2 regulate a pair of enzymes that are directly responsible for cAMP synthesis and degradation. Here, we hypothesize that farnesol enhances the antifungal susceptibility of C. albicans biofilms by regulating CYR1 and PDE2.
Results: The resistance of the CYR1- and PDE2-overexpressing strains to caspofungin, itraconazole and terbinafine was increased in planktonic cells, and that to amphotericin B was increased in biofilms. Meanwhile, the biofilms of the CYR1- and PDE2-overexpressing strains were thicker (all p < 0.05) and consisted of more hyphae than that of the wild strain. The intracellular cAMP levels were higher in the biofilms of the CYR1-overexpressing strain than that in the biofilms of the wild strain (all p < 0.01), while no changes were found in the PDE2-overexpressing strain. Exogenous farnesol decreased the resistance of the CYR1- and PDE2-overexpressing strains to these four antifungals, repressed the hyphal and biofilm formation of the strains, and decreased the intracellular cAMP level in the biofilms (all p < 0.05) compared to the untreated controls. In addition, farnesol decreased the expression of the gene CYR1 and the protein CYR1 in biofilms of the CYR1-overexpressing strain (all p < 0.05) but increased the expression of the gene PDE2 and the protein PDE2 in biofilms of the PDE2-overexpressing strain (all p < 0.01).
Conclusions: The results indicate that CYR1 and PDE2 regulate the resistance of C. albicans biofilms to antifungals. Farnesol suppresses the resistance of C. albicans biofilms to antifungals by regulating the expression of the gene CYR1 and PDE2, while PDE2 regulation was subordinate to CYR1 regulation.
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