StuA-Regulated Processes in the Dermatophyte T. rubrum: Transcription Profile, Cell-Cell Adhesion, and Immunomodulation
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Project description:Purpose: We aimed to gain more aspects about Stua-regulated processes in T. rubrum by assessing the global gene expression after its growth on keratin or glucose sources. Methods: T. rubrum strain CBS118892 and the null mutant strain ΔstuA were inoculated into 100 mL Sabouraud dextrose broth, and incubated under agitation at 28 °C for 96 h. Mycelia were aseptically transferred into 100 mL minimal medium (MM) at pH 5.0 containing 70 mM nitrate and 50 mM glucose (control) or 0.5% (w/v) bovine keratin (test condition) as an alternative carbon source. The cultures were incubated under agitation at 28 °C for 24 h, 48 h, or 96 h. Equal amounts of RNA from three independent biological replicates of keratin or glucose cultures were sequenced with a NextSeq 500 sequencer. Paired-end reads of 150 bp in size were generated. Raw data obtained were processed for quality control by FastQC tool and trimmed with Trimmomatic to remove adapters and Illumina-specific sequences. Trimmed paired-end reads from each sample were aligned to the T. rubrum reference genome. Gene-level read counts were quantified with STAR’s ‘-quantModeGeneCounts’ parameter. Differential expression was analyzed with the DESeq2 bioconductor package. A Benjamini-Hochberg correction adjusted the P threshold and was applied to reveal statistically significant changes in gene expression levels. It was set to 0.05, and a cut off threshold of ±1.5 log2-fold change was set to reveal statistically significant changes in expression levels, and referred as differentially expressed genes (DEG). DEGs were functionally categorized with the Gene Ontology (GO) terms assigned by the Blast2GO algorithm. Ultimately, the most representative categories for each experimental condition were identified by enrichment analysis using the BayGO algorithm . Results: Our data showed the involvement of Stua in biological processes related to carbon central metabolism and glycerol catabolism, ROS metabolism, and cell wall construction. The deep changes in carbohydrate metabolism might be responsible for significant alteration in cell wall pattern and consequently in cell to cell interaction and adhesion as we also demonstrated in this study. The mutant strain presented an impairment in biofilm production and promoted an increase in pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion. Moreover, we displayed a StuA-dependent regulation on catalase genes. Conclusions: In conclusion, our data demonstrated the multitude of regulatory targets in TrStuA with a critical role in central metabolism that ultimately may be responsible to trigger a cascade of secondary effects with strong impacts on fungal physiology and virulence traits.
2021-05-14 | GSE163357 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: The dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum is an anthropophilic filamentous fungus that infects keratinized tissues and is the most common etiologic agent isolated in cases of human dermatophytoses. To better understand the molecular effects of stress responses and fungal adaptability, we evaluated the effects of acriflavine, a cytoxic drug, on T. rubrum transcriptome in a time-course assay using high-throughput RNA-seq technology. Results: RNA-seq generated approximately 200 million short reads that were mapped to the Broad Institute’s Dermatophyte Comparative Database before differential gene expression analysis. A subset of 490 genes modulated in response to stress caused T. rubrum exposure to acriflavine were identified. These genes are involved in various cellular processes such as oxidation-reduction reactions, transmembrane transport, metal ion binding, and pathogenicity. The genes involved in pathogenicity were down-regulated, suggesting that this drug interferes with virulence factors that allow the establishment and maintenance of host infection. Conclusion: The results obtained in this large-scale analysis provide insights into the molecular events underlying the stress responses of T. rubrum Acriflavine.
2015-03-05 | GSE40425 | GEO
Project description:A cDNA microarray was constructed from the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of different developmental stages, and comparative genome hybridization based on microarray procedures were carried out. Dermatophyte species are classified into three genera: Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton. To determine the relationship between these three groups comparative genome hybridization were used in our experiment. Trichophyton rubrum genmic DNA was reference DNA and labelled by Cy3 while the other dermatophytes genomic DNA were test DNA and labelled by CY5. Test and reference DNA were co-hybridized with the T. rubrum cDNA microarray and the numbers of genes shared between each species and T. rubrum were determined. Keywords: Comparative Genomic Hybridization We used a Trichophyton rubrum cDNA microarray prepared in our lab through comparative genome hybridization of genomic DNA of 21 dermatophyte strains (belonging to 20 species) to elucidate the taxonomy and evolution profiles of 20 dermatophyte species. The numbers of genes shared between each species and T. rubrum were determined. Each strain DNA hybridized for 3 times. The slides were separated into three groups base on different datasets.
2010-05-03 | E-GEOD-7909 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:A cDNA microarray was constructed from the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of different developmental stages, and comparative genome hybridization based on microarray procedures were carried out. Dermatophyte species are classified into three genera: Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton. To determine the relationship between these three groups comparative genome hybridization were used in our experiment. Trichophyton rubrum genmic DNA was reference DNA and labelled by Cy3 while the other dermatophytes genomic DNA were test DNA and labelled by CY5. Test and reference DNA were co-hybridized with the T. rubrum cDNA microarray and the numbers of genes shared between each species and T. rubrum were determined. Keywords: Comparative Genomic Hybridization
2010-05-04 | GSE7909 | GEO
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| S-EPMC8218993 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Dermatophytes are highly specialized filamentous fungi which cause the majority of superficial mycoses in humans and animals. The high secreted proteolytic activity of these microorganisms during growth on proteins is assumed to be linked with their particular ability to exclusively infect keratinized host structures such as skin stratum corneum, hair and nails. Individual secreted dermatophyte proteases were recently described and linked with the in vitro digestion of keratin. However, the overall adaptation and transcriptional response of dermatophytes during protein degradation is largely unknown. To address this question, we constructed a cDNA microarray for the human pathogenic dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum, which is based on transcripts of the fungus grown on proteins. Gene expression profiling during growth of T. rubrum on soy and keratin displayed the activation of a large set of genes encoding endo- and exoproteases. In addition, other specifically induced factors with potential implication in protein utilization were identified, including heat shock proteins, transporters, metabolic enzymes, transcription factors and hypothetical proteins with unknown function. This broad-scale transcriptional analysis of dermatophytes during growth on proteins reveals new putative pathogenicity related host adaptation mechanism of these human pathogenic fungi. Keywords: Two-condition experiment, strong proteolytic activity in the supernatant versus no proteolytic activity Three independently prepared T. rubrum replicates grown in each of the three media, Sabouraud, soy and keratin-soy medium (designated SabA/B/C, soyA/B/C and keratin-soyA/B/C) were used. Pairwise transcriptional comparisons, i.e. soy versus Sabouraud, keratin-soy versus Sabouraud and keratin-soy versus soy were done. The total number of slides in this study was 9.
2008-12-30 | E-GEOD-11711 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Dermatophytes are highly specialized filamentous fungi which cause the majority of superficial mycoses in humans and animals. The high secreted proteolytic activity of these microorganisms during growth on proteins is assumed to be linked with their particular ability to exclusively infect keratinized host structures such as skin stratum corneum, hair and nails. Individual secreted dermatophyte proteases were recently described and linked with the in vitro digestion of keratin. However, the overall adaptation and transcriptional response of dermatophytes during protein degradation is largely unknown. To address this question, we constructed a cDNA microarray for the human pathogenic dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum, which is based on transcripts of the fungus grown on proteins. Gene expression profiling during growth of T. rubrum on soy and keratin displayed the activation of a large set of genes encoding endo- and exoproteases. In addition, other specifically induced factors with potential implication in protein utilization were identified, including heat shock proteins, transporters, metabolic enzymes, transcription factors and hypothetical proteins with unknown function. This broad-scale transcriptional analysis of dermatophytes during growth on proteins reveals new putative pathogenicity related host adaptation mechanism of these human pathogenic fungi. Keywords: Two-condition experiment, strong proteolytic activity in the supernatant versus no proteolytic activity
2008-12-31 | GSE11711 | GEO
Project description:Transcriptional changes of the human pathogenic fungus Trichophyton rubrum related to dermatophyte-skin interaction
| PRJNA115711 | ENA
Project description:Gene expression profiling in the human pathogenic dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum during growth on proteins
| PRJNA106009 | ENA
Project description:Trichophyton rubrum, an anthropophilic and cosmopolitan fungus, is the most common agent of superficial mycoses, causing rarely deep dermatophytosis in immunocompromised hosts. In this study, an infection condition of T. rubrum was modeled by adding human skin sections into a limited medium containing glucose to monitor T. rubrum gene expression patterns using cDNA microarrays on a global level. We found that exposure to human skin resulted in up-regulation of the expression levels of T. rubrum genes related to many cellular and biological processes, including transcription and translation, metabolism and secondary transport, stress response, and signaling pathways. These results provide a reference set of T. rubrum genes whose expression patterns change upon infection and reveal previously unknown genes that probably corresponding to proteins that should be considered as virulence factor candidates and potential new drug targets for T. rubrum infections.
2011-10-02 | E-GEOD-15532 | biostudies-arrayexpress