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Gastrointestinal colonisation and mechanisms of translocation of Candida albicans through gut mucosa

Programme: Collaborative Research Center / Transregio 124 "Pathogenic fungi and their human host: Networks of Interaction - FungiNet"

SEEK ID: https://funginet.hki-jena.de/projects/32

Public web page: http://www.funginet.de/project-c5.html

Organisms: Candida albicans

INF PALs: No PALs for this Project

Project created: 21st Jul 2015

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Michael Bauer project_administrator

Projects: FungiNet C - Candida projects, FungiNet total, C5

Institutions: University Hospital Jena, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Nicole Engert-Ellenberger

Projects: FungiNet C - Candida projects, FungiNet total, C5

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Peter Großmann programme_administrator: inactive since 2020-06-01

Projects: FungiNet total, INF, A1, A2, A3, A4 (E), A5, A6, B1, B3 (E), B4, B5, C1, C2, C3, C4 (E), C5, C6 (E), Z1, Z2, FungiNet A - Aspergillus projects, FungiNet B - Bioinformatics projects, FungiNet C - Candida projects, B2

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-724X
Reinhard Guthke : inactive since 2018-06-12

Projects: FungiNet total, FungiNet B - Bioinformatics projects, FungiNet A - Aspergillus projects, B3 (E), FungiNet C - Candida projects, C5

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Ilse Jacobsen project_administrator

Projects: FungiNet C - Candida projects, FungiNet total, FungiNet A - Aspergillus projects, C5

Institutions: Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

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Dual-species transcriptional profiling during systemic candidiasis reveals organ-specific host-pathogen interactions.
C5

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Candida albicans is a common cause of life-threatening fungal bloodstream infections. In the murine model of systemic candidiasis, the kidney is the primary target organ while the fungal load declines … over time in liver and spleen. To better understand these organ-specific differences in host-pathogen interaction, we performed gene expression profiling of murine kidney, liver and spleen and determined the fungal transcriptome in liver and kidney. We observed a delayed transcriptional immune response accompanied by late induction of fungal stress response genes in the kidneys. In contrast, early upregulation of the proinflammatory response in the liver was associated with a fungal transcriptome resembling response to phagocytosis, suggesting that phagocytes contribute significantly to fungal control in the liver. Notably, C. albicans hypha-associated genes were upregulated in the absence of visible filamentation in the liver, indicating an uncoupling of gene expression and morphology and a morphology-independent effect by hypha-associated genes in this organ. Consistently, integration of host and pathogen transcriptional data in an inter-species gene regulatory network indicated connections of C. albicans cell wall remodelling and metabolism to the organ-specific immune responses.

Authors: B. Hebecker, S. Vlaic, T. Conrad, Michael Bauer, S. Brunke, M. Kapitan, Jörg Linde, B. Hube, Ilse Jacobsen

Date Published: No date defined

Journal: Sci Rep

Significant Differences in Host-Pathogen Interactions Between Murine and Human Whole Blood.
FungiNet C - Candida projects, C5

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Murine infection models are widely used to study systemic candidiasis caused by C. albicans. Whole-blood models can help to elucidate host-pathogens interactions and have been used for several Candida … species in human blood. We adapted the human whole-blood model to murine blood. Unlike human blood, murine blood was unable to reduce fungal burden and more substantial filamentation of C. albicans was observed. This coincided with less fungal association with leukocytes, especially neutrophils. The lower neutrophil number in murine blood only partially explains insufficient infection and filamentation control, as spiking with murine neutrophils had only limited effects on fungal killing. Furthermore, increased fungal survival is not mediated by enhanced filamentation, as a filament-deficient mutant was likewise not eliminated. We also observed host-dependent differences for interaction of platelets with C. albicans, showing enhanced platelet aggregation, adhesion and activation in murine blood. For human blood, opsonization was shown to decrease platelet interaction suggesting that complement factors interfere with fungus-to-platelet binding. Our results reveal substantial differences between murine and human whole-blood models infected with C. albicans and thereby demonstrate limitations in the translatability of this ex vivo model between hosts.

Authors: S. Machata, S. Sreekantapuram, Kerstin Hünniger, Oliver Kurzai, C. Dunker, K. Schubert, Wibke Krüger, B. Schulze-Richter, C. Speth, G. Rambach, Ilse Jacobsen

Date Published: 1st Feb 2021

Journal: Front Immunol

Lipid metabolic signatures deviate in sepsis survivors compared to non-survivors.
INF, C5

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Sepsis remains a major cause of death despite advances in medical care. Metabolic deregulation is an important component of the survival process. Metabolomic analysis allows profiling of critical … metabolic functions with the potential to classify patient outcome. Our prospective longitudinal characterization of 33 septic and non-septic critically ill patients showed that deviations, independent of direction, in plasma levels of lipid metabolites were associated with sepsis mortality. We identified a coupling of metabolic signatures between liver and plasma of a rat sepsis model that allowed us to apply a human kinetic model of mitochondrial beta-oxidation to reveal differing enzyme concentrations for medium/short-chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (elevated in survivors) and crotonase (elevated in non-survivors). These data suggest a need to monitor cellular energy metabolism beyond the available biomarkers. A loss of metabolic adaptation appears to be reflected by an inability to maintain cellular (fatty acid) metabolism within a "corridor of safety".

Authors: W. Khaliq, Peter Großmann, S. Neugebauer, A. Kleyman, R. Domizi, S. Calcinaro, D. Brealey, M. Graler, M. Kiehntopf, Sascha Schäuble, M. Singer, Gianni Panagiotou, Michael Bauer

Date Published: 11th Dec 2020

Journal: Comput Struct Biotechnol J

The impact of the Fungus-Host-Microbiota interplay upon Candida albicans infections: current knowledge and new perspectives.
FungiNet C - Candida projects, C5

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Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen of humans. It exists as a commensal in the oral cavity, gut or genital tract of most individuals, constrained by the local microbiota, epithelial barriers … and immune defences. Their perturbation can lead to fungal outgrowth and the development of mucosal infections such as oropharyngeal or vulvovaginal candidiasis, and patients with compromised immunity are susceptible to life-threatening systemic infections. The importance of the interplay between fungus, host and microbiota in driving the transition from C. albicans commensalism to pathogenicity is widely appreciated. However, the complexity of these interactions, and the significant impact of fungal, host and microbiota variability upon disease severity and outcome, are less well understood. Therefore, we summarise the features of the fungus that promote infection, and how genetic variation between clinical isolates influences pathogenicity. We discuss antifungal immunity, how this differs between mucosae, and how individual variation influences a person's susceptibility to infection. Also, we describe factors that influence the composition of gut, oral and vaginal microbiotas, and how these affect fungal colonisation and antifungal immunity. We argue that a detailed understanding of these variables, which underlie fungal-host-microbiota interactions, will present opportunities for directed antifungal therapies that benefit vulnerable patients.

Authors: C. d'Enfert, A. K. Kaune, L. R. Alaban, S. Chakraborty, N. Cole, M. Delavy, D. Kosmala, B. Marsaux, R. Frois-Martins, M. Morelli, D. Rosati, M. Valentine, Z. Xie, Y. Emritloll, P. A. Warn, F. Bequet, M. E. Bougnoux, S. Bornes, Mark Gresnigt, Bernhard Hube, Ilse Jacobsen, M. Legrand, S. Leibundgut-Landmann, C. Manichanh, C. A. Munro, M. G. Netea, K. Queiroz, K. Roget, V. Thomas, C. Thoral, P. Van den Abbeele, A. W. Walker, A. J. P. Brown

Date Published: 24th Nov 2020

Journal: FEMS Microbiol Rev

Proteome analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluids reveals host and fungal proteins highly expressed during invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in mice and humans.
INF, A5, C5

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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a severe infection that is difficult to diagnose due to the ubiquitous presence of fungal spores, the underlying diseases of risk patients, and limitations of … currently available markers. In this study, we performed a comprehensive liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based identification of host and fungal proteins expressed during IPA in mice and humans. The proteomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage samples of individual IPA and control cases allowed the description of common host factors that had significantly increased abundance in both infected animals and IPA patients compared to their controls. Although increased levels of these individual host proteins might not be sufficient to distinguish bacterial from fungal infection, a combination of these markers might be beneficial to improve diagnosis. We also identified 16 fungal proteins that were specifically detected during infection and may be valuable candidates for biomarker evaluation.

Authors: S. Machata, Wolfgang Müller, R. Lehmann, Patricia Sieber, Gianni Panagiotou, A. Carvalho, C. Cunha, K. Lagrou, J. Maertens, Hortense Slevogt, Ilse Jacobsen

Date Published: 12th Oct 2020

Journal: Virulence

C5-Influence of microbial composition and dietary factors on Candida albicans colonization-Internal seminar-12/2021
FungiNet C - Candida projects, C5
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Creator: Sarah Vielreicher

Contributor: Sarah Vielreicher

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