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- Candidemia is frequently caused by a fungal species that has metabolic flexibility, allowing it to utilize various nutrients from the host.
- Nitrogen assimilation in this fungus involves a mechanism called Nitrogen Catabolite Repression (NCR), regulated by specific GATA factors, particularly highlighting the role of Gln3 in contrast to its function in other species.
- Recent transcriptional analysis revealed that over 53% of genes were differentially expressed, particularly in amino acid metabolism and ABC transporters, indicating Gln3's complex role in both positive and negative gene regulation, including its surprising impact on fluconazole susceptibility.
Article Abstract
After , is one of the most common fungal species associated with candidemia in nosocomial infections. Rapid acquisition of nutrients from the host is important for the survival of pathogens which possess the metabolic flexibility to assimilate different carbon and nitrogen compounds. In , nitrogen assimilation is controlled through a mechanism known as Nitrogen Catabolite Repression (NCR). NCR is coordinated by the action of four GATA factors; two positive regulators, Gat1 and Gln3, and two negative regulators, Gzf3 and Dal80. A mechanism in similar to NCR in has not been broadly studied. We previously showed that in , Gln3, and not Gat1, has a major role in nitrogen assimilation as opposed to what has been observed in in which both factors regulate NCR-sensitive genes. Here, we expand the knowledge about the role of Gln3 from through the transcriptional analysis of BG14 and strains. Approximately, 53.5% of the detected genes were differentially expressed (DEG). From these DEG, amino acid metabolism and ABC transporters were two of the most enriched KEGG categories in our analysis (Up-DEG and Down-DEG, respectively). Furthermore, a positive role of Gln3 in AAA assimilation was described, as was its role in the transcriptional regulation of . Finally, an unexpected negative role of Gln3 in the gene regulation of ABC transporters and and its associated transcriptional regulator was found. This observation was confirmed by a decreased susceptibility of the strain to fluconazole.
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Article Synopsis
- Candidemia is frequently caused by a fungal species that has metabolic flexibility, allowing it to utilize various nutrients from the host.
- Nitrogen assimilation in this fungus involves a mechanism called Nitrogen Catabolite Repression (NCR), regulated by specific GATA factors, particularly highlighting the role of Gln3 in contrast to its function in other species.
- Recent transcriptional analysis revealed that over 53% of genes were differentially expressed, particularly in amino acid metabolism and ABC transporters, indicating Gln3's complex role in both positive and negative gene regulation, including its surprising impact on fluconazole susceptibility.
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