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Post-translational modifications confer amphotericin B resistance in Candida krusei isolated from a neutropenic patient

ABSTRACT: Neutropenia is a common complication in the treatment of hematological diseases and the most common predisposing factor for invasion by fungi, such as Candida krusei. Recent studies have shown that C. krusei, a life-threatening pathogen, has developed resistance to amphotericin B (AMB). However, the mechanisms that led to the rapid emergence of this AMB-resistant phenotype are unclear. In this study, we found the sensitivity for AMB could be promoted by inhibiting histone acyltransferase activity and western blot analysis revealed differences in the succinylation levels of C. krusei isolated from immunocompromised patients and of the corresponding AMB-resistantmutant. By comparative succinyl-proteome analysis, we identified a total of 383 differentially expressed succinylated sites in with 344 sites in 134 proteins being upregulated in the AMB-resistant mutant, compared to 39 sites in 23 proteins in the wild-type strain. These differentially succinylated proteins were concentrated in the ribosome and cell wall. The critical pathways associated with these proteins included those involved in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, the ribosome, and fructose and mannose metabolism. In particular, AMB resistance was found to be associated with enhanced ergosterol synthesis and aberrant amino acid and glucose metabolism. Analysis of whole-cell proteomes, confirmed by parallel reaction monitoring, showed that the key enzyme facilitating lysine acylation was significantly upregulated in the AMB-resistant strain. Our results suggest that lysine succinylation may play an indispensable role in the development of AMB resistance in C. krusei. Our study provides mechanistic insights into the development of drug resistance in fungi and can aid in efforts to stifle the emergence of AMB-resistant pathogenic fungi.

ORGANISM(S): Pichia Kudriavzevii

SUBMITTER: Wenzhi Lei

PROVIDER: PXD039973 | iProX | Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 GMT 2023

REPOSITORIES: iProX

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Post-translational modifications confer amphotericin B resistance in Candida krusei isolated from a neutropenic patient.

Zhang Li L Xiao Jinzhou J Du Mingwei M Lei Wenzhi W Yang Weiwei W Xue Xiaochun X

Frontiers in immunology 20230301

Neutropenia is a common complication in the treatment of hematological diseases and the most common predisposing factor for invasion by fungi, such as Candida krusei. Recent studies have shown that C. krusei, a life-threatening pathogen, has developed resistance to amphotericin B (AMB). However, the mechanisms that led to the rapid emergence of this AMB-resistant phenotype are unclear. In this study, we found the sensitivity for AMB could be promoted by inhibiting histone acyltrans ...[more]

PMID: 36936926

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Project description:Background Hypothyroidism is a common disease, and its molecular mechanism still needs further investigation. Succinylation, as a newly identified protein posttranslational modification, is found to be involved in various metabolisms and cellular processes. In the present study, we performed quantitative analysis of the lysine succinylome in the thyroid of rats with hypothyroxinemia. Methods Hypothyroxinemia was induced in rats through the administration of a high-fat diet and then the thyroid tissues were taken out for further analysis. Affinity enrichment and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry techniques were applied for the quantitative proteome and succinylome analyses, respectively. Bioinformatic analyses were performed to decipher the differentially expressed proteins and succinylated sites, including the gene ontology (GO) annotation-based classification, Wolfpsort-based subcellular localization prediction, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)-based functional pathway enrichment, and conserved domains of protein and succinylation sites prediction. Finally, the mitochondrial oxygen consumption rates of human normal thyroid epithelial cells were measured to further verify the role of lysine succinylation in vitro. Results Overall, 3869 proteins were identified, among which 129 differentially expressed proteins were quantified. Downregulated expressed proteins were enriched in the thyroid hormone synthesis and thyroid hormone signaling pathways and were mainly localized to the mitochondria and ATPase complex. In addition, 685 lysine succinylation sites on 250 proteins were identified, of which 172 lysine succinylation sites on 104 proteins were obvious changed (7 upregulated on 5 proteins and 165 downregulated on 99 proteins). Decreased succinylated proteins were involved in diverse metabolic pathways and biological processes, including the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), cellular respiration, energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds and aerobic respiration. Moreover, these decreased succinylated proteins were primarily localized to the mitochondria. Finally, OCRs related to basal respiration, ATP production and maximal respiration were markedly blunted in the normal thyroid epithelial cells treated with palmitic acid (all p < 0.05), and the changes were reversed when the cells were treated with palmitic acid and desuccinylase inhibitor together (all p < 0.05). Conclusions The thyroid differentially expressed proteins and changed succinylation levels played a potential role in the mitochondria-mediated energy metabolism in the HFD-induced hypothyroxinemia rat model.

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Post-translational modifications confer amphotericin B resistance in Candida krusei isolated from a neutropenic patient

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Post-translational modifications confer amphotericin B resistance in <i>Candida krusei</i> isolated from a neutropenic patient.

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