未折叠蛋白反应
内质网
ATG8型
自噬
生物
细胞生物学
突变体
白色念珠菌
微生物学
基因
生物化学
细胞凋亡
作者
Huan‐Feng Duan,He Zhao,Mengsen Zhu,Yixuan Dong,Liping Peng,Jiànróng Lǐ,Qiang Zhao,Qilin Yu,Mingchun Li
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.resmic.2022.103996
摘要
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is an important pathway to prevent endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in eukaryotic cells. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ire1 is a key regulatory factor required for HAC1 gene splicing for further production of functional Hac1 and activation of UPR gene expression. Autophagy is another mechanism involved in the attenuation of ER stress by ER-phagy, and Atg8 is a core protein in autophagy. Both autophagy and UPR are critical for ER stress response, but whether they act individually or in combination in Candida albicans is unknown. In this study, we explored the interaction between Ire1 and the autophagy protein Atg8 for the ER stress response by constructing the atg8Δ/Δire1Δ/Δ double mutant in the pathogenic fungus C. albicans. Compared to the single mutants atg8Δ/Δ or ire1Δ/Δ, atg8Δ/Δire1Δ/Δ exhibited much higher sensitivity to various ER stress-inducing agents and more severe attenuation of UPR gene expression under ER stress. Further investigations showed that the double mutant had a defect in ER-phagy, which was associated with attenuated vacuolar fusion under ER stress. This study revealed that Ire1 and Atg8 in combination function in the activation of the UPR and ER-phagy to maintain ER homeostasis under ER stress in C. albicans.
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