Candidalysin is a fungal peptide toxin critical for mucosal infection.
Nature
; 532(7597): 64-8, 2016 Apr 07.
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| ID: mdl-27027296
ABSTRACT
Cytolytic proteins and peptide toxins are classical virulence factors of several bacterial pathogens which disrupt epithelial barrier function, damage cells and activate or modulate host immune responses. Such toxins have not been identified previously in human pathogenic fungi. Here we identify the first, to our knowledge, fungal cytolytic peptide toxin in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans. This secreted toxin directly damages epithelial membranes, triggers a danger response signalling pathway and activates epithelial immunity. Membrane permeabilization is enhanced by a positive charge at the carboxy terminus of the peptide, which triggers an inward current concomitant with calcium influx. C. albicans strains lacking this toxin do not activate or damage epithelial cells and are avirulent in animal models of mucosal infection. We propose the name 'Candidalysin' for this cytolytic peptide toxin; a newly identified, critical molecular determinant of epithelial damage and host recognition of the clinically important fungus, C. albicans.
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Colección:
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Asunto principal:
Candida albicans
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Proteínas Fúngicas
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Citotoxinas
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Factores de Virulencia
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Micotoxinas
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nature
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido