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ArticleScientific reports2017

Stress-induced nuclear accumulation is dispensable for Hog1-dependent gene expression and virulence in a fungal pathogen.

Alison M Day, Carmen M Herrero-de-Dios, Donna M MacCallum, Alistair J P Brown, Janet Quinn

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Stress-Activated Protein Kinases in Human Fungal Pathogens.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019
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  8. Non-canonical Activities of Hog1 Control Sensitivity ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alison M DayInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Carmen M Herrero-de-DiosMRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Donna M MacCallumMRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Alistair J P BrownMRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Janet QuinnInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. janet.quinn@ncl.ac.uk.
University of Aberdeen · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K016393/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K017365/1Medical Research Council MR/M026663/1Medical Research Council MR/N006364/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/N002482/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 097377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) pathways are evolutionarily conserved eukaryotic signalling modules that are essential for the virulence of human pathogenic fungi. The Hog1 SAPK in Candida albicans is robustly phosphorylated in response to a number of host-imposed stresses, and is essential for virulence. The current dogma is that stress-induced phosphorylation activates the SAPK, and promotes its nuclear accumulation that is necessary for the expression of SAPK-dependent stress-protective genes. Here we challenge this dogma. C. albicans strains were constructed in which Hog1 was either tethered to the plasma membrane or constitutively nuclear. Strikingly, tethering Hog1 to the plasma membrane did not abrogate stress resistance or stress-induced gene expression. Furthermore, preventing the nuclear accumulation of Hog1 had no impact on C. albicans virulence in two distinct models of systemic infection. However, tethering Hog1 to the plasma membrane did impact on signal fidelity, and on the magnitude and kinetics of the stress-induced phosphorylation of this SAPK. Taken together, these findings challenge the dogma that nuclear accumulation of SAPKs is a pre-requisite for SAPK-dependent gene expression, and reveal that stress-induced nuclear accumulation of Hog1 is dispensable for the virulence of a major human fungal pathogen.

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Candida albicansCell MembraneCell NucleusFungal ProteinsGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, FungalHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhenotypePhosphorylationSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalVirulenceFungal ProteinsHOG1 protein, S cerevisiaeMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID29085028
PMCPMC5662626
OpenAlexW2765525619

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