Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE31911: Cryptococcal H99 cells grown in 8 conditions for capsule induction GSE32049: RNA-Seq analysis of ada2?, nrg1? and cir1? and KN99? wildtype cells in capsule inducing and non-inducing conditions GSE32075: ChIP-Seq of H3K9 acetylation for wildtype and ada2? cells in Cryptococcus neoformans Refer to individual Series
Project description:SAGA member Ada2 is required for the majority of H3K9 acetylation in C. neoformans. To identify specific genomic loci that exhibit Ada2-dependent H3K9 acetylation, we performed ChIP-Seq against H3K9ac in wildtype and ada2Δ cells.
Project description:SAGA member Ada2 is required for the majority of H3K9 acetylation in C. neoformans. To identify specific genomic loci that exhibit Ada2-dependent H3K9 acetylation, we performed ChIP-Seq against H3K9ac in wildtype and ada2Δ cells. ChIP-Seq was performed using antibodies for H3K9ac in KN99 wildtype cells and ada2Δ cells. Input and IPed DNA was collected in triplicate from each strain and sequenced on an Illumnina HiSeq 2000 flow cell producing 84 million reads. Due to the lack of quality scores, raw reads are omitted from the submission.
Project description:We measured protein translation (by ribosome profiling) and RNA levels (by polyA-enriched RNA-seq) in Cryptococcus neoformans strain H99 and Cryptococcus neoformans strain JEC21. This is the first transcriptome-wide map of translation in this species complex.
Project description:Lysine acetylation and ubiquitination are one of many protein modifications and play a crucial role in the biological regulation of many organisms, but little is known about the relationship between acetylation and ubiquitination few. Here, the Isw1 protein is an important member of the chromatin remodeling complex, and we performed single-protein modification mass spectrometry detection of the C. neoformans Isw1 protein and site mutations for both detected modifications. The data showed that the two modifications of Cryptococcus neoformans Isw1 protein have a balance of each other. Acetylation can maintain protein stability and maintain protein function, while ubiquitination can reduce protein level and maintain Isw1 protein expression. The expression level of Isw1 protein leads to resistance to antifungal drugs. These results reveal the resistance mechanism of Isw1 protein of Cryptococcus neoformans to antifungal drugs.
Project description:We investigated the effects of the hypoxia-mimetic CoCl2 on the gene expression of pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Keywords: compound treatment design
Project description:Cryptococcus neoformans interactions with murine macrophages are critical for disease. In this project we analyzed fungal proteins which were co-purified with murine host proteins after interaction. H99 C. neoformans was opsonized with mAb 18B7 and addedd to murine macrophages. Then murine cells were lysed and cell extracts submitted to proteomics.
Project description:This study aimed to investigate transcriptomic changes in Cryptococcus neoformans mutants. We report transcriptome wide changes in the puf4∆ under basal growth conditions (30˚C, midlog, YPD). We report transcriptome remodeling following hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) treatment in wildtype (H99) and gcn4∆ cells.
Project description:Cryptococcus neoformans, an environmental opportunistic human fungal pathogen, is a causative agent for acute pulmonary infection and meningoencephalitis. Understanding the host’s response to C. neoformans infection is critical for developing effective treatment. Even though some have elucidated the host response at the transcriptome level, little is known about how it modulates its defense machinery through the proteome mechanism or how protein posttranslational modification responds to the infection. In this work, we employed a Cryptococcus murine infection model and mass spectrometry to systematically determine the proteome and acetylome statuses of two primary organs (lung and brain) in the early stage of infection. To extensively analyze the host response, we compared and integrated the proteome data to the transcriptome results. We demonstrated a significant overlap between two data sets. Critical genes, including genes involved in phagosome, lysosome, or osteoblast differentiation and platelet activation are significantly altered in protein and gene expression during infection. In the acetylome analysis, we demonstrated that lung and brain tissues differentially regulate protein acetylation during infection. The three primary groups of proteins altered in acetylation status are histones, proteins involved in glucose and fatty acid metabolism, and proteins from the immune system. These analyses provide an integrative regulation network of the host responding to C. neoformans and shed new light on understanding the host’s regulation mechanism when responding to C. neoformans.
Project description:C. neoformans is an opportunistic human pathogen whose polysaccharide capsule anchored to the cell wall is critical for virulence. Biogenesis of both cell wall and capsule relies on the secretory pathway. Protein secretion begins with protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane through a highly conserved channel formed by three proteins, Sec61, Sbh1, and Sss1. Sbh1 is most divergent and contains multiple phosphorylation sites which may allow it to control entry into the secretory pathway in a regulated, species- and protein-specific manner. We show here that in contrast to S. cerevisiae, C. neoformans lacking SBH1 are barely temperature-sensitive, but that absence of SBH1 causes a cell-wall defect in both species. Comparison of the proteomes of wildtype and Δsbh1 C. neoformans revealed a small set of secretory and transmembrane proteins whose expression under infection-like conditions was upregulated in wildtype, but not in the Δsbh1 mutant. These proteins are mostly involved in cell-wall biogenesis. We found that adhesion to macrophages was compromised in the Δsbh1 strain and in mice, the C. neoformans Δsbh1 mutant was virtually avirulent. We conclude that upon contact with the host Sbh1 controls entry of virulencefactors into the secretory pathway of Cryptococcus neoformans.