Project description:Partial genome microarray and plankton cells RNA was isolated from biofilms and from planktonic cells grown in SD media. Samples were labeled with either Cy5 or Cy3. Four independent biological replicates were compared, including dye swaps.
Project description:Whole genome microarray was used to compare the transcriptional profile of C. parapsilosis growing in normoxic (21% oxygen) and hypoxic (1% oxygen) conditions.
Project description:Whole genome microarray was used to compare the transcriptional profile of C. parapsilosis growing in normoxic (21% oxygen) and hypoxic (1% oxygen) conditions. RNA was isolated from cells grown in SD media at 37°C for 3 h in atmosphere oxygen of 1% oxygen, and labeled with Cy5 or Cy3. Six independent biological replicates were compared. 4 out of 6 hypoxic samples were labeled with Cy5, and 2 were labeled with Cy3.
Project description:Whole genome microarrays were used to compare the transcriptional profile of Candida parapsilosis bcr1 knockout to wild type cells.
Project description:We used the results of a genome sequence survey to design and manufacture partial genomic microarrays that were applied to determining the transcriptional response of C. parapsilosis to the presence of exogenous farnesol. Keywords: drug response, farnesol,
Project description:Whole genome microarrays were used to compare the transcriptional profile of Candida parapsilosis bcr1 knockout to wild type cells. RNA was isolated from CLIB214 (wild type) or bcr1 delete (CDb71 or CDUHB6) grown in SD medium supplemented with 50 mM glucose and 10% fetal calf serum and labeled with Cy3 or Cy5. 7 independent biological replicates were compared. Two dye swaps were perfomed so that five of seven CLIB214 cultures were labeled with Cy3, and two were labeled with Cy5.
Project description:Herein we describe the changes in the gene expression profile of Candida parapsilosis associated with the acquisition of experimentally induced resistance to azole antifungal drugs. Three resistant strains of C. parapsilosis were obtained following prolonged in vitro exposure of a susceptible clinical isolate to constant concentrations of fluconazole, voriconazole, or posaconazole. We found that after incubation with fluconazole or voriconazole, strains became resistant to both azoles but not to posaconazole, although susceptibility to this azole decreased, whereas the strain incubated with posaconazole displayed resistance to the three azoles. The resistant strains obtained after exposure to fluconazole and to voriconazole have increased expression of the transcription factor MRR1, the major facilitator transporter MDR1, and several reductases and oxidoreductases. Interestingly, and similarly to what has been described in C. albicans, upregulation of MRR1 and MDR1 is correlated with point mutations in MRR1 in the resistant strains. The resistant strain obtained after exposure to posaconazole shows upregulation of two transcription factors (UPC2 and NDT80) and increased expression of 13 genes involved in ergosterol biosynthesis. This is the first study addressing global molecular mechanisms underlying azole resistance in C. parapsilosis; the results suggest that similarly to C. albicans, tolerance to azoles involves the activation of efflux pumps and/or increased ergosterol synthesis.