ABSTRACT: Concurrent infection of Exophiala dermatitidis and Angiostrongylus cantonensis in central nervous system of a child with inherited CARD9 deficiency: A case report and literature review
Project description:Infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis accounted for the meningitis characterized by accumulation of eosinophils in non-permissive host like mouse and human. However, the underlying molecular basis is still obscure. To uncover the specific molecular mechanism responsible for the meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, we carried out gene expression array for mouse brain with infection by Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Project description:We report the transcriptome response of Exophiala dermatitidis submitted to different temperature conditions 2 Temperature conditions (45C, 1C), 2 exposition length (1 hour, 1 week) compared to optimal condition (37C)
Project description:In this study, Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC), which parasitizes in the brain of the non-permissive host, such as mouse and human, is an etiologic agent of eosinophilic meningitis. Excretory-secretory (ES) products play an important role in the interaction between parasites and hosts’ immune responses. Inflammatory macrophages are responsible for eosinophilic meningitis induced by AC, and the soluble antigens of Angiostrongylus cantonensis fourth stage larva (AC L4), a mimic of dead AC L4, aggravate eosinophilic meningitis in AC-infected mice model via promoting alternative activation of macrophages. While whether AC L4 ES products, as well as its exosome-depleted excretory-secretory products (exofree) component play a role on macrophage activation remains unknown. In order to identify the AC L4 exofree signature regulating genes, BMDMs were treated with PBS (ctr), free (AC L4 exofree), IL-4, com (IL-4+AC L4 exofree) for 6h, 12h, and 24 h respectively and RNA-seq analysis was performed.
Project description:The melanized yeast Exophiala dermatitidis is resistant to many environmental stresses, and is used as a model for understanding the diverse roles of melanin in fungi. To further our understanding resistance mechanism of E. dermatitidis to acute γ-radiation exposure and whether melanin plays a role in this process, we performed RNA-seq on WT and the melanin deficient mutant Δpks1 cultures exposed to γ-radiation at the dose of 1000 Gy, which resulted in ~50% cell deaths in both strains. We observed a dramatic transcriptomic response to γ-radiation that mobilizes pathways involved in morphological development, protein degradation, and DNA repair, and is unaffected by the presence of melanin.
