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Expression of the Candida albicans Gene ALS1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Adherence to Endothelial and Epithelial Cells

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Fu, Yue, Rieg, Günter, Fonzi, William A., Belanger, Paul H., Edwards, John E., Filler, Scott G.·1998·Infection and Immunity

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To identify genes encoding adhesins that mediate the binding of Candida albicans to endothelial cells, a genomic library from this organism was constructed and used to transform Saccharomyces cerevisiae . These transformed organisms were screened for adherence to endothelial cells, and a highly adherent clone was identified. The adherence of this clone to endothelial cells was over 100-fold greater than that of control S. cerevisiae transformed with the empty plasmid. This clone also exhibited enhanced adherence to epithelial cells. The C. albicans gene contained within this clone was found to be ALS1 . These results indicate that ALS1 may encode a candidal adhesin.

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  • Als1 is an adhesin.

    “even though previous studies have clearly demonstrated that Als1 is an adhesin [36,37].”

    From Als3 Is a Candida albicans Invasin That Binds to Cadherins and Induces Endocytosis by Host Cells (2007) · cites this paper as [37]

    The abstract (p. 1) reports that expressing ALS1 in S. cerevisiae greatly increased adherence to endothelial cells and also enhanced epithelial-cell adherence. But it concludes only that ALS1 “may encode a candidal adhesin”; the discussion (p. 3) likewise calls this a supported hypothesis. The citing sentence overstates that qualified conclusion as a clear demonstration. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  1. [3]3. Fu, Y., S. G. Filler, B. J. Spellberg, W. A. Fonzi, A. S. Ibrahim, T. Kanbe, M. A. Ghannoum, and J. E. Edwards, Jr. Cloning and characterization of CAD1/AAF1 , a gene from Candida albicans that induces adherence to endothelium when expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Infect. Immun., in press.

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Authors
Fu, Y., Rieg, G., Fonzi, W. A., Belanger, P. H., Edwards, J. E., & Filler, S. G.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • <!--label omitted: 1-->St. John’s Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California 905021;
  • Georgetown University (US)
Venue
Infection and Immunity
Published
1998-04
Volume
66
Issue
4
Pages
1783-1786
ISSN
  • 0019-9567 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5522
OpenAlex
W1965039542
Cited by
159
References
12
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
FWCI
7.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Infection and Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P01 AI-37194, R29AI040636, R01AI019990, R01-AI19990, P01AI037194)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000425)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Fungal Infections and Studies
Keywords
Candida albicans, adhesins, cell adhesion, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, yeast transformation, genomic library screening, fungal adhesion, host cell binding
MeSH terms
Adhesiveness, Candida albicans, Endothelium, Vascular, Epithelial Cells, Fungal Proteins, Genes, Fungal, Humans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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