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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2017

Candida albicans Is Resistant to Polyglutamine Aggregation and Toxicity.

Michelle D Leach, TaeHyung Kim, Sonja E DiGregorio, Cathy Collins, Zhaolei Zhang, Martin L Duennwald, Leah E Cowen

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Article in G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Michelle D LeachAberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, AB25 2ZD, UK.
TaeHyung KimBanting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, Canada.
Sonja E DiGregorioDepartment of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada.
Cathy CollinsDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
Zhaolei ZhangDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
Martin L DuennwaldDepartment of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada Martin.Duennwald@schulich.uwo.ca leah.cowen@utoronto.ca.
Leah E CowenDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada Martin.Duennwald@schulich.uwo.ca leah.cowen@utoronto.ca.
University of Toronto · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 096072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disruption of protein quality control can be detrimental, having toxic effects on single cell organisms and contributing to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's in humans. Here, we examined the effects of polyglutamine (polyQ) aggregation in a major fungal pathogen of humans, Candida albicans, with the goal of identifying new approaches to disable this fungus. However, we discovered that expression of polyQ stretches up to 230Q had no effect on C. albicans ability to grow and withstand proteotoxic stress. Bioinformatics analysis demonstrates that C. albicans has a similarly glutamine-rich proteome to the unicellular fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which exhibits polyQ toxicity with as few as 72Q. Surprisingly, global transcriptional profiles indicated no significant change upon induction of up to 230Q. Proteomic analysis highlighted two key interactors of 230Q, Sis1 and Sgt2; however, loss of either protein had no additional effect on C. albicans toxicity. Our data suggest that C. albicans has evolved powerful mechanisms to overcome the toxicity associated with aggregation-prone proteins, providing a unique model for studying polyQ-associated diseases.

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Candida albicansCandidiasisCarrier ProteinsComputational BiologyHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansPeptidesProteomeProteomicsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCarrier ProteinsHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsPeptidespolyglutamineProteomeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSgt2 protein, S cerevisiaeSIS1 protein, S cerevisiaeAggregationCandida albicansPolyQSaccharomyces cerevisiaeToxicity

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PMID27807047
PMCPMC5217127
OpenAlexW2560709218

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