- The novel antifungal agent AB-22 displays in vitro activity against hyphal growth and biofilm formation in Candida albicans and potency for treating systemic candidiasis
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Kyung-Tae Lee , Dong-Gi Lee , Ji Won Choi , Jong-Hyun Park , Ki Duk Park , Jong-Seung Lee , Yong-Sun Bahn
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J. Microbiol. 2022;60(4):438-443. Published online March 14, 2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-022-2016-0
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Systemic candidiasis, which is mainly caused by Candida albicans,
is a serious acute fungal infection in the clinical setting.
In a previous study, we reported that compound 22h (designated
as AB-22 in this study), a vinyl sulfate compound, is a
fast-acting fungicidal agent against a broad spectrum of fungal
pathogens. In this study, we aimed to further analyze the
in vitro and in vivo efficacy of AB-22 against filamentation,
biofilm formation, and virulence of C. albicans. Under in vitro
hyphal growth-inducing condition, AB-22 effectively inhibited
germ tube formation and hyphal growth, which are required
for the initiation of biofilm formation. Indeed, AB-22
significantly suppressed C. albicans biofilm formation in a
dose-dependent manner. Moreover, AB-22 treatment inhibited
the normal induction of ALS3, HWP1, and ECE1, which
are all required for hyphal transition in C. albicans. Furthermore,
AB-22 treatment increased the survival of mice systemically
infected with C. albicans. In conclusion, in addition
to its fungicidal activity, AB-22 inhibits filamentation and
biofilm formation in C. albicans, which could collectively contribute
to its potent in vivo efficacy against systemic candidiasis.
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- [PROTOCOL]A Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis (STM)-based murine-infectivity assay for Cryptococcus neoformans
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Kwang-Woo Jung , Kyung-Tae Lee , Yong-Sun Bahn
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J. Microbiol. 2020;58(10):823-831. Published online September 29, 2020
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-0341-8
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Signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) is a high-throughput
genetic technique that can be used to investigate the function
of genes by constructing a large number of mutant strains
with unique DNA identification tags, pooling them, and screening
them for a particular phenotypic trait. STM was first designed
for the identification of genes that contribute to the
virulence or infectivity of a pathogen in its host. Recently, this
method has also been applied for the identification of mutants
with specific phenotypes, such as antifungal drug resistance
and proliferation. In the present study, we describe an STM method for the identification of genes contributing to the infectivity
of Cryptococcus neoformans using a mutant library,
in which each strain was tagged with a unique DNA sequence.
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