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The Quorum-Sensing Molecules Farnesol/Homoserine Lactone and Dodecanol Operate via Distinct Modes of Action in Candida albicans

Hall, R.A., Turner, Kara J, Chaloupka, James, Cottier, Fabien, De Sordi, Luisa, Sanglard, Dominique, Levin, Lonny R., Buck, Jochen, Mühlschlegel, Fritz A. (2011) The Quorum-Sensing Molecules Farnesol/Homoserine Lactone and Dodecanol Operate via Distinct Modes of Action in Candida albicans. Eukaryotic Cell, 10 (8). pp. 1034-1042. ISSN 1535-9778. (doi:10.1128/EC.05060-11) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:29006)

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Abstract

Living as a commensal, Candida albicans must adapt and respond to environmental cues generated by the mammalian host and by microbes comprising the natural flora. These signals have opposing effects on C. albicans, with host cues promoting the yeast-to-hyphal transition and bacteria-derived quorum-sensing molecules inhibiting hyphal development. Hyphal development is regulated through modulation of the cyclic AMP (cAMP)/protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathway, and it has been postulated that quorum-sensing molecules can affect filamentation by inhibiting the cAMP pathway. Here, we show that both farnesol and 3-oxo-C12-homoserine lactone, a quorum-sensing molecule secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, block hyphal development by affecting cAMP signaling; they both directly inhibited the activity of the Candida adenylyl cyclase, Cyr1p. In contrast, the 12-carbon alcohol dodecanol appeared to modulate hyphal development and the cAMP signaling pathway without directly affecting the activity of Cyr1p. Instead, we show that dodecanol exerted its effects through a mechanism involving the C. albicans hyphal repressor, Sfl1p. Deletion of SFL1 did not affect the response to farnesol but did interfere with the response to dodecanol. Therefore, quorum sensing in C. albicans is mediated via multiple mechanisms of action. Interestingly, our experiments raise the possibility that the Burkholderia cenocepacia diffusible signal factor, BDSF, also mediates its effects via Sfl1p, suggesting that dodecanol's mode of action, but not farnesol or 3-oxo-C12-homoserine lactone, may be used by other quorum-sensing molecules.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1128/EC.05060-11
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Susan Davies
Date Deposited: 08 Mar 2012 14:08 UTC
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2021 16:53 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/29006 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Hall, R.A..

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Mühlschlegel, Fritz A..

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