Project description:Surgical revision of infection can involve multiple procedures. Each revision activates a tissue injury response and disrupts the established bacterial biofilm. However, it is not well understood how the bacteria, immune system, and overall tissue environment coordinate their response to revision. Our results show that immunological niches already compromised by infection – such as the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and circulating blood – further upregulate pro-inflammatory programs in response to revision surgery. This enhanced inflammation at the incision site has no effect on reducing bacteria numbers. Instead, it leads to increased expression of virulence factors, enhanced tissue remodeling, and damage including bone osteolysis and muscle fibrosis. Whereas muscle fibrosis appears to resolve 14 days post-revision, osteolysis continues to progress. These findings show that revision surgery negatively impacts all tissues within the surgical site. It is therefore essential to question the risks and benefits of each revision on a case-by-case basis. Further, understanding the timing and tissue changes associated with revision of infected orthopedic sites will help inform the design of additional interventions to minimize tissue damage and maximize bactericidal effects.
Project description:The subphylum Ustilaginomycotina (Basidiomycota, Fungi) comprises mainly plant pathogenic fungi (smuts). Some of the lineages possess cultivable unicellular stages that are usually classified as yeast or yeast-like species in a largely artificial taxonomic system which is independent from and largely incompatible with that of the smut fungi. Here we performed phylogenetic analyses based on seven genes including three nuclear ribosomal RNA genes and four protein coding genes to address the molecular phylogeny of the ustilaginomycetous yeast species and their filamentous counterparts. Taxonomic revisions were proposed to reflect this phylogeny and to implement the 'One Fungus = One Name' principle. The results confirmed that the yeast-containing classes Malasseziomycetes, Moniliellomycetes and Ustilaginomycetes are monophyletic, whereas Exobasidiomycetes in the current sense remains paraphyletic. Four new genera, namely Dirkmeia gen. nov., Kalmanozyma gen. nov., Golubevia gen. nov. and Robbauera gen. nov. are proposed to accommodate Pseudozyma and Tilletiopsis species that are distinct from the other smut taxa and belong to clades that are separate from those containing type species of the hitherto described genera. Accordingly, new orders Golubeviales ord. nov. with Golubeviaceae fam. nov. and Robbauerales ord. nov. with Robbaueraceae fam. nov. are proposed to accommodate the sisterhood of Golubevia gen. nov. and Robbauera gen. nov. with other orders of Exobasidiomycetes. The majority of the remaining anamorphic yeast species are transferred to corresponding teleomorphic genera based on strongly supported phylogenetic affinities, resulting in the proposal of 28 new combinations. The taxonomic status of a few Pseudozyma species remains to be determined because of their uncertain phylogenetic positions. We propose to use the term pro tempore or pro tem. in abbreviation to indicate the single-species lineages that are temporarily maintained.
Project description:Transcriptome response of the yeasts C. glabrata and S. cerevisiae treated by an antifungal agent, benomyl Keywords: time course; stress response