Saline Stress Affects the PH-dependent Regulation of the Transcription Factor PacC in the Dermatophyte Trichophyton Interdigitale

Overview

Journal Braz J Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2020 Jun 11

PMID 32519213

Citations 6

Authors

Larissa Gomes da Silva

Maira Pompeu Martins

Pablo Rodrigo Sanches

Nalu Teixeira de Aguiar Peres

Nilce Maria Martinez-Rossi

Antonio Rossi

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Abstract

Fungal growth and development depend on adaptation to the particular pH of their environment. Ambient pH sensing implies the activation of the pacC signaling pathway, which then acts as a critical regulator for different physiological conditions. The PacC transcription factor may also be associated with the control of salt stress tolerance. In a pH-dependent manner, salinity stress is surpassed by changes in gene expression and coordinated activation of other signaling pathways, thus permitting survival in the challenging environment. In this study, we assessed the regulatory role of Trichophyton interdigitale PacC in response to pH variation and salinity stress. By employing gene expression analysis, we evaluated the influence of PacC in the modulation of salt stress-related genes, including the transcription factors crz1, egr2, and the MAP kinase hog1 in the dermatophyte T. interdigitale. In our analysis, we also included the evaluation of a potassium/sodium efflux P-type ATPase aiming to identify the role of PacC on its ion pumping activity. Here we demonstrated that salinity stress and buffered pH conditions might affect the pacC gene modulation in the dermatophyte T. interdigitale.

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