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Aspergillus fumigatus Afssn3-Afssn8 Pair Reverse Regulates Azole Resistance by Conferring Extracellular Polysaccharide, Sphingolipid Pathway Intermediates, and Efflux Pumps to Biofilm.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2018 March
Antifungal treatment is often ineffectual, partly because of biofilm formation. In this study, by using a combined forward and reverse genetic strategy, we identified that nucleus-localized AfSsn3 and its partner AfSsn8, which constitute a Cdk8-cyclin pair, are required for azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus Deletion of Afssn3 led to increased absorption and utilization of glucose and amino acids. Interestingly, absorption and utilization of glucose accelerated the extracellular polysaccharide formation, while utilization of the amino acids serine, threonine, and glycine increased sphingolipid pathway intermediate accumulation. In addition, the absence of Afssn3 induced the activity of the efflux pump proteins. These factors indicate the mature biofilm is responsible for the major mechanisms of A. fumigatus resistance to azoles in the Δ Afssn3 mutant. Collectively, the loss of Afssn3 led to two "barrier" layers between the intracellular and extracellular spaces, which consequently decreased drug penetration into the cell.
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