Identification of the Candida albicans CAP1 regulon
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ORGANISM(S): Candida albicans
PROVIDER: GSE14258 | GEO | 2009/06/22
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA111215
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Cap1p, a transcription factor of the basic region-leucine zipper family, controls the oxidative stress response in Candida albicans. It was shown that alteration of the C-terminal cysteine-rich domain (CRD) of Cap1p results in nuclear retention and constitutive transcriptional activation. To further characterize the function of Cap1p in C. albicans, we used genome-wide location profiling (ChIP-on-chip), allowing the identification of Cap1p-transcriptional targets in vivo. Location profiling using a tiled-oligonucleotide DNA microarray identified 89 targets that were bound by Cap1p-HA3 or Cap1p-CSE-HA3 (binding ratio ⥠2-fold, P ⤠0.01). Strikingly, Cap1p binding was not only detected at the promoter region of its target genes but also at their 3'-end and within their open-reading frame. Overrepresented functional groups of Cap1p targets (P ⤠0.02) included notably 11 genes involved in response to oxidative stress (CAP1, GLR1, TRX1, others), 13 genes involved in response to drug (PDR16, MDR1, FLU1, others) and 3 genes involved in regulation of nitrogen utilization (orf19.2693, orf19.3121 and GST3). Bioinformatic analyses suggested that Cap1p binds to the DNA motif 5'- MTKASTMA. Transcriptome analyses showed that increased expression of most of Cap1p targets accompanies Cap1p binding at these targets, indicating that Cap1p is a transcriptional activator. We conclude that, in addition to protecting the cell against oxidative stress, Cap1p appears to have other functions including drug resistance and the regulation of nitrogen utilization. The atypical binding pattern of Cap1p suggests that this transcription factor may associate with the transcriptional or the chromatin remodeling machinery to exert its activity. We performed three gene expression profile comparisons: (1) benomyl-induced gene expression in a strain containing wildtype CAP1 (CJD21/PMK-CAP1 +/- benomyl), (2) benomyl-induced gene expression in a strain where CAP1 is disrupted (CJD21/PMK +/- benomyl), and (3) gene expression in a strain containing a hyperactive allele of CAP1 compared to a strain containing wildtype CAP1 (CJD21/PMK-CAP1-CSE vs. CJD21/PMK-CAP1). There were three biological replicates (each drug-treated and untreated strain was grown/treated in three independent experiments). Since our Affymetrix platform requires each sample is hybridized on a separate chip, there is no dye-swapping. For each benomyl-treatment experiment (comparisons 1 and 2 above), the untreated (diluent-treated) samples are the reference samples. For comparison 3, the CJD21-PMK-CAP1 sample is the reference sample.
2010-05-18 | E-GEOD-14258 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Cap1p, a transcription factor of the basic region-leucine zipper family, regulates oxidative stress response (OSR) in Candida albicans. Alteration of its C-terminal cysteine-rich domain (CRD) results in Cap1p nuclear retention and transcriptional activation. To better understand the function of Cap1p in C. albicans, we used genome-wide location profiling (ChIP-on-chip) to identify its transcriptional targets in vivo. A triple-hemagglutinin epitope was introduced at the C-terminus of wild-type Cap1p (Cap1p-HA3) or hyperactive Cap1p with an altered CRD (Cap1p-CSE-HA3). Location profiling using whole-genome oligonucleotide tiling microarrays identified 89 targets bound by Cap1p-HA3 or Cap1p-CSE-HA3 (binding ratio ≥ 2-fold, P ≤ 0.01). Strikingly, Cap1p binding was not only detected at the promoter region of its target genes but also at their 3'-end and within their open-reading frame, suggesting that Cap1p may associate with the transcriptional or the chromatin remodeling machinery to exert its activity. Overrepresented functional groups of the Cap1p targets (P ≤ 0.02) included 11 genes involved in OSR (CAP1, GLR1, TRX1, SOD1, CAT1, others), 13 genes involved in response to drugs (PDR16, MDR1, FLU1, YCF1, FCR1, others), 4 genes involved in phospholipid transport (PDR16, GIT1, RTA2, orf19.932) and 3 genes involved in the regulation of nitrogen utilization (GST3, orf19.2693, orf19.3121), suggesting that Cap1p has other cellular functions in addition to OSR. Bioinformatic analyses of the bound sequences suggest that Cap1p recognizes the DNA motif 5'- MTKASTMA. Finally, transcriptome analyses showed that increased expression generally accompanies Cap1p binding at its targets, indicating that Cap1p functions as a transcriptional activator.
2009-06-22 | GSE15104 | GEO
Project description:Cap1p, a transcription factor of the basic region-leucine zipper family, regulates oxidative stress response (OSR) in Candida albicans. Alteration of its C-terminal cysteine-rich domain (CRD) results in Cap1p nuclear retention and transcriptional activation. To better understand the function of Cap1p in C. albicans, we used genome-wide location profiling (ChIP-on-chip) to identify its transcriptional targets in vivo. A triple-hemagglutinin epitope was introduced at the C-terminus of wild-type Cap1p (Cap1p-HA3) or hyperactive Cap1p with an altered CRD (Cap1p-CSE-HA3). Location profiling using whole-genome oligonucleotide tiling microarrays identified 89 targets bound by Cap1p-HA3 or Cap1p-CSE-HA3 (binding ratio â?¥ 2-fold, P â?¤ 0.01). Strikingly, Cap1p binding was not only detected at the promoter region of its target genes but also at their 3'-end and within their open-reading frame, suggesting that Cap1p may associate with the transcriptional or the chromatin remodeling machinery to exert its activity. Overrepresented functional groups of the Cap1p targets (P â?¤ 0.02) included 11 genes involved in OSR (CAP1, GLR1, TRX1, SOD1, CAT1, others), 13 genes involved in response to drugs (PDR16, MDR1, FLU1, YCF1, FCR1, others), 4 genes involved in phospholipid transport (PDR16, GIT1, RTA2, orf19.932) and 3 genes involved in the regulation of nitrogen utilization (GST3, orf19.2693, orf19.3121), suggesting that Cap1p has other cellular functions in addition to OSR. Bioinformatic analyses of the bound sequences suggest that Cap1p recognizes the DNA motif 5'- MTKASTMA. Finally, transcriptome analyses showed that increased expression generally accompanies Cap1p binding at its targets, indicating that Cap1p functions as a transcriptional activator. Processing of raw data from 3 independent replicate samples for each Cap1 dataset was conducted using Tilescope (http://tilescope.gersteinlab.org:8080/mosaic/pipeline.html). Quantile normalization was applied to the data. The parameters used were as follows: window size of 400 bp, MaxGap of 60 bp and MinRun of 120 bp. The replicate data were combined and peak-finding (i.e. Cap1p-binding sites) was determined using the following criteria: pseudo-median signal threshold of â?¥ 2-fold and p-value cut-off of â?¤ 0.01.
2010-05-18 | E-GEOD-15104 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Sfl1p and Sfl2p are two homologous heat shock factor-type transcriptional regulators that antagonistically control morphogenesis in Candida albicans, while being required for full pathogenesis and virulence. To understand how Sfl1p and Sfl2p exert their function, we combined genome-wide location and expression analyses to reveal their transcriptional targets in vivo together with the associated changes of the C. albicans transcriptome. We show that Sfl1p and Sfl2p bind to the promoter of at least 113 common targets through divergent binding motifs and modulate directly the expression of key transcriptional regulators of C. albicans morphogenesis and/or virulence. Surprisingly, we found that Sfl2p additionally binds to the promoter of 75 specific targets, including a high proportion of hyphal-specific genes (HSGs; HWP1, HYR1, ECE1, others), revealing a direct link between Sfl2p and hyphal development. Data mining pointed to a regulatory network in which Sfl1p and Sfl2p act as both transcriptional activators and repressors. Sfl1p directly represses the expression of positive regulators of hyphal growth (BRG1, UME6, TEC1, SFL2), while upregulating both yeast form-associated genes (RME1, RHD1,YWP1) and repressors of morphogenesis (SSN6, NRG1). On the other hand, Sfl2p directly upregulates HSGs and activators of hyphal growth (UME6, TEC1), while downregulating yeast form-associated genes and repressors of morphogenesis (NRG1, RFG1, SFL1). Using genetic interaction analyses, we provide further evidences that Sfl1p and Sfl2p antagonistically control C. albicans morphogenesis through direct modulation of the expression of important regulators of hyphal growth. Bioinformatic analyses suggest that binding of Sfl1p and Sfl2p to their targets occurs with the co-binding of Efg1p and/or Ndt80p. Indeed, we show that Sfl1p and Sfl2p targets are bound by Efg1p and that both Sfl1p and Sfl2p associate in vivo with Efg1p. Taken together, our data suggest that Sfl1p and Sfl2p act as central “switch on/off” proteins to coordinate the regulation of C. albicans morphogenesis.
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Project description:To infer transcriptional networks of nitrogen utilization , Candida albicans was exposed to nitrogen starvation for four hours and then offered arginine or BSA as sole nitrogen source. Time-series transcription data was obtained from both the starvation and the feeding periods, and the response to different nitrogen availability was used for network modelling with selected genes.
2014-04-02 | E-MTAB-2171 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Sfl1p and Sfl2p are two homologous heat shock factor-type transcriptional regulators that antagonistically control morphogenesis in Candida albicans, while being required for full pathogenesis and virulence. To understand how Sfl1p and Sfl2p exert their function, we combined genome-wide location and expression analyses to reveal their transcriptional targets in vivo together with the associated changes of the C. albicans transcriptome. We show that Sfl1p and Sfl2p bind to the promoter of at least 113 common targets through divergent binding motifs and modulate directly the expression of key transcriptional regulators of C. albicans morphogenesis and/or virulence. Surprisingly, we found that Sfl2p additionally binds to the promoter of 75 specific targets, including a high proportion of hyphal-specific genes (HSGs; HWP1, HYR1, ECE1, others), revealing a direct link between Sfl2p and hyphal development. Data mining pointed to a regulatory network in which Sfl1p and Sfl2p act as both transcriptional activators and repressors. Sfl1p directly represses the expression of positive regulators of hyphal growth (BRG1, UME6, TEC1, SFL2), while upregulating both yeast form-associated genes (RME1, RHD1,YWP1) and repressors of morphogenesis (SSN6, NRG1). On the other hand, Sfl2p directly upregulates HSGs and activators of hyphal growth (UME6, TEC1), while downregulating yeast form-associated genes and repressors of morphogenesis (NRG1, RFG1, SFL1). Using genetic interaction analyses, we provide further evidences that Sfl1p and Sfl2p antagonistically control C. albicans morphogenesis through direct modulation of the expression of important regulators of hyphal growth. Bioinformatic analyses suggest that binding of Sfl1p and Sfl2p to their targets occurs with the co-binding of Efg1p and/or Ndt80p. Indeed, we show that Sfl1p and Sfl2p targets are bound by Efg1p and that both Sfl1p and Sfl2p associate in vivo with Efg1p. Taken together, our data suggest that Sfl1p and Sfl2p act as central M-bM-^@M-^\switch on/offM-bM-^@M-^] proteins to coordinate the regulation of C. albicans morphogenesis. ChIP was performed in 2 independently grown C. albicans sfl1 or sfl2 homozygous mutant strains expressing (sfl1-CaEXP-SFL1-HA or sfl2-CaEXP-SFL2-HA, respectively) or not (sfl1-CaEXP or sfl2-CaEXP, respectively) SFL1-HA or SFL2-HA (-HA, 3'-triple-HA-tagged alleles of SFL1 or SFL2) under the control of a methionine-repressible promoter (Total samples = 8; 2xCaEXP-SFL1-HA, 2xCaEXP-SFL2-HA, 2xCaEXP control for SFL1-HA ChIP and 2xCaEXP control for SFL2-HA ChIP).
2013-06-15 | E-GEOD-42886 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Metabolic adaption to different host niches is one of the most important virulence traits of human fungal pathogens. The metabolic versatility of fungi and other cellular processes such as proliferation, morphogenesis and stress responses are tightly regulated by complex networks in which protein kinases play a crucial role. Serine-arginine (SR) protein kinases are highly conserved in all eukaryotes, but their function in pathogenic Candida spp. has not yet been investigated. C. albicans genome encodes two (Sky1, Sky2) and Candida glabrata one (Sky1) homolog of the human SR protein kinase 1 (SRPK1). We utilized deletion strains of the respective genes in both fungi in order to examine their cellular functions. C. glabrata and C. albicans strains lacking SKY1 exhibited higher resistance to osmotic stress and toxic polyamine concentrations to their ortholog in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sky1. Deletion of SKY2 in C. albicans resulted in impaired utilization of dipeptides as the sole nitrogen source. Subsequent phosphoproteomic analysis identified Ptr22, a transporter of di- and tri-peptides in C. albicans, as a potential Sky2 substrate. Overexpression of PTR22 in the sky2∆ restored the ability to grow on dipeptides as the sole nitrogen source and rendered the cells more susceptible to the dipeptide antibiotics Polyoxin D and Nikkomycin Z. Altogether, our results demonstrate that the two SR-like protein kinases in C. albicans have divergent functions: C. albicans and C. glabrata Sky1 is functionally similar to Sky1 in S. cerevisiae, whereas Sky2 regulates uptake of dipeptides.
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Project description:Skn7 is a conserved fungal heat shock factor-type transcriptional regulator. It participates in maintaining cell wall integrity and regulates the osmotic/oxidative stress response (OSR) in S. cerevisiae, where it is part of a two-component signal transduction system. Here, we comprehensively address the function of Skn7 in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. We provide evidence reinforcing functional divergence, with loss of the cell wall/osmotic stress-protective roles and acquisition of the ability to regulate morphogenesis on solid medium. Mapping of the Skn7 transcriptional circuitry, through combination of genome-wide expression and location technologies, pointed to a dual regulatory role encompassing OSR and filamentous growth. Genetic interaction analyses revealed close functional interactions between Skn7 and master regulators of morphogenesis, including Efg1, Cph1 and Ume6. Intracellular biochemical assays revealed that Skn7 is crucial for limiting the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during filamentous growth on solid medium. Interestingly, functional domain mapping using site-directed mutagenesis allowed decoupling of Skn7 function in morphogenesis from protection against intracellular ROS. Our work identifies Skn7 as an integral part of the transcriptional circuitry controlling C. albicans filamentous growth and illuminates how C. albicans relies on an evolutionarily-conserved regulator to protect itself from intracellular ROS during morphological development.
2017-06-30 | GSE85276 | GEO
Project description:Skn7 is a conserved fungal heat shock factor-type transcriptional regulator. It participates in maintaining cell wall integrity and regulates the osmotic/oxidative stress response (OSR) in S. cerevisiae, where it is part of a two-component signal transduction system. Here, we comprehensively address the function of Skn7 in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. We provide evidence reinforcing functional divergence, with loss of the cell wall/osmotic stress-protective roles and acquisition of the ability to regulate morphogenesis on solid medium. Mapping of the Skn7 transcriptional circuitry, through combination of genome-wide expression and location technologies, pointed to a dual regulatory role encompassing OSR and filamentous growth. Genetic interaction analyses revealed close functional interactions between Skn7 and master regulators of morphogenesis, including Efg1, Cph1 and Ume6. Intracellular biochemical assays revealed that Skn7 is crucial for limiting the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during filamentous growth on solid medium. Interestingly, functional domain mapping using site-directed mutagenesis allowed decoupling of Skn7 function in morphogenesis from protection against intracellular ROS. Our work identifies Skn7 as an integral part of the transcriptional circuitry controlling C. albicans filamentous growth and illuminates how C. albicans relies on an evolutionarily-conserved regulator to protect itself from intracellular ROS during morphological development.
2017-06-30 | GSE85275 | GEO