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ArticleEukaryotic cell2010

Regulation of the hypoxic response in Candida albicans.

John M Synnott, Alessandro Guida, Siobhan Mulhern-Haughey, Desmond G Higgins, Geraldine Butler

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Article in Eukaryotic cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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89 citing papers in PubMed, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John M SynnottConway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Alessandro Guida
Siobhan Mulhern-Haughey
Desmond G Higgins
Geraldine Butler
University College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The regulation of the response of Candida albicans to hypoxic (low-oxygen) conditions is poorly understood. We used microarray and other transcriptional analyses to investigate the role of the Upc2 and Bcr1 transcription factors in controlling expression of genes involved in cell wall metabolism, ergosterol synthesis, and glycolysis during adaptation to hypoxia. Hypoxic induction of the ergosterol pathway is mimicked by treatment with sterol-lowering drugs (ketoconazole) and requires UPC2. Expression of three members of the family CFEM (common in several fungal extracellular membranes) of cell wall genes (RBT5, PGA7, and PGA10) is also induced by hypoxia and ketoconazole and requires both UPC2 and BCR1. Expression of glycolytic genes is induced by hypoxia but not by treatment with sterol-lowering drugs, whereas expression of respiratory pathway genes is repressed. However, Upc2 does not play a major role in regulating expression of genes required for central carbon metabolism. Our results indicate that regulation of gene expression in response to hypoxia in C. albicans is complex and is signaled both via lowered sterol levels and other unstudied mechanisms. We also show that induction of filamentation under hypoxic conditions requires the Ras1- and Cdc35-dependent pathway.

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Candida albicansCell WallErgosterolFungal ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, FungalGenes, FungalGlycolysisKetoconazoleMultigene FamilyOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOxygenTranscription FactorsErgosterolFungal ProteinsKetoconazoleOxygenTranscription Factors

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PMID20870877
PMCPMC2976306
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