Fluconazole induces rapid high-frequency MTL homozygosis with microbiological polymorphism in Candida albicans

Tsong Yih Ou, Fang Mo Chang, Wei Ning Cheng, Adela Lara, Ming Li Chou, Wei Fang Lee, Kai Cheng Lee, Che Tong Lin, Wen Sen Lee, Fang Lan Yu, Ching Hua Su

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Background: Candida albicans, a common fungal pathogen that can cause opportunistic infections, is regarded as an apparently asexual, diploid fungus. A parasexual cycle was previously found between homozygotes with opposite mating type-like loci (MTLa/α). Fluconazole-resistant strains had a higher proportion of MTL homozygotes, whereas MTL homozygous C. albicans was found in only about 3.2% of clinical strains. MTL heterozygotes had a low frequency (1.4 × 10-4) of white-opaque switching to MTL homozygotes in nature. Methods: Here, a reference C. albicans strain (SC5314) was used in a fluconazole-induced assay to obtain standard opaque MTL homozygous strains and first-generation daughter strains from the fluconazole inhibition zone. Further separation methods were employed to produce second- and third-generation daughter strains. Polymerase chain reaction analysis based on MTL genes was used to define MTL genotypes, and microscopic observations, a flow-cytometric assay, and an antifungal E-test were used to compare microbiological characteristics. Results: MTL homozygotes were found at a high frequency (17 of 35; 48.6%) in fluconazole-induced first-generation daughter strains, as were morphological polymorphisms, decreased DNA content, and modified antifungal drug susceptibility. High-frequency MTL homozygosity was identified inside the fluconazole inhibition zone within 24 hours. The DNA content of fluconazole-induced daughter strains was reduced compared with their progenitor SC5314 and standard MTL homozygous strains. Conclusion: Treatment with fluconazole, commonly used to treat invasive candidiasis, inhibited the growth of C. albicans and altered its microbiological characteristics. Our results suggest that fluconazole treatment induces the high frequency of loss of heterozygosity and microbiological polymorphism in C. albicans.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)899-904
頁數6
期刊Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
50
發行號6
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 一般免疫學和微生物學
  • 微生物學(醫學)
  • 傳染性疾病
  • 免疫學和過敏

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