Candida albicans Als proteins mediate aggregation with bacteria and yeasts

References

• Kolenbrander P. Intergeneric coaggregation among human oral bacteria and ecology of dental plaque. Annu Rev Microbiol 1998; 42: 486–505
   Google Scholar
• Rickard H, Stephen I, Laurence H, et al. Phylogenetic relationships and coaggregation ability of freshwater biofilm bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68: 3644–3650
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Staab JF, Bradway SD, Fidel PL, Sundstrom P. Adhesive and mammalian transglutaminase substrate properties of Candida albicans Hwp1. Science 1999; 283: 1535–1537
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Naglik JR, Challacombe SJ, Hube B. Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteinases in virulence and pathogenesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2003; 67: 400–428
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoyer LL. The ALS gene family of Candida albicans. Trends Microbiol 2001; 9: 176–180
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gaur NK, Klotz SA. Expression, cloning, and characterization of a Candida albicans gene, ALA1, that confers adherence properties upon Saccharomyces cerevisiae for extracellular matrix proteins. Infect Immun 1997; 65: 5289–5294
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fu Y, Rieg G, Fonzi WA, , et al. Expression of the Candida albicans gene ALS1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae induces adherence to endothelial and epithelial cells. Infect Immun 1998; 66: 1783–1786.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gaur N, Klotz S, Henderson R. Overexpression of the Candida albicans ALA1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in aggregation following attachment of yeast cells to extracellular matrix proteins, adherence properties similar to those of Candida albicans. Infect Immun 1999; 67: 6040–6047
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chandra J, Kuhn DM, Mukherjee PK, et al. Biofilm formation by the fungal pathogen Candida albicans: development, architecture, and drug resistance. J Bacteriol 2001; 183: 5385–5394
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhao X, Daniels K, Oh S, et al. Candida albicans Als3p is required for wild-type biofilm formation on silicone elastomer surfaces. Microbiol 2006; 152: 2287–2299
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Klotz S, Gaur N, Lake D, et al. Degenerate peptide recognition by the Candida albicans adhesins Als5p and Als1p. Infect Immun 2004; 72: 2029–2034
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Klotz SA, Penn RL. Multiple mechanisms may contribute to the adherence of Candida yeasts to living cells. Curr Microbiol 1987; 16: 119–122
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Klotz SA, Drutz DJ, Harrison JL, Huppert M. Adherence and penetration of vascular endothelium by Candida yeasts. Infect Immun 1983; 42: 374–384
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gaur NK, Klotz SA. Accessibility of the peptide backbone of protein ligands is a key specificity determinant in Candida albicans SRS adherence. Microbiol 2004; 150: 267–275
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sheppard DC, Yeaman MR, Welch WH, et al. Functional and structural diversity in the Als protein family of Candida albicans. J Biol Chem 2004; 279: 30480–30489
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holmes AR, McNab R, Jenkinson HF. Candida albicans binding to the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii involves multiple adhesin-receptor interactions. Infect Immun 1996; 64: 4680–4685
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• El-Azizi M, Strarks S, Khardori N. Interactions of Candida albicans with other Candida spp. and bacteria in the biofilms. J Applied Microbiol 2004; 96: 1067–1073
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rauceo JM, Gaur NK, Klotz SA, et al. Global cell-surface conformational shift mediated by a Candida albicans adhesin. Infect Immun 2004; 72: 4948–4955
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rauceo J, De Armond R, Otoo H, et al. Threonine-rich repeats increase fibronectin binding in the Candida albicans adhesin Als5p. Eukaryot Cell 2006; 5: 1664–1673
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kolenbrander P. Coaggregation: adherence in the human oral microbial ecosystem. In: Dworkin M Microbial cell-cell interactions. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology; 1991: 303–332.
   Google Scholar
• McNab R, Holmes A, Clarke J, Tannock G, Jenkinson H. Cell-surface polypeptide CshA mediates binding of Streptococcus gordonii to other oral bacteria and to immobilized fibronectin. Infect Immun 1996; 64: 4204–4210
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Sullivan JM, Jenkinson HF, Cannon RD. Adhesion of Candida albicans to oral streptococci is promoted by selective adsorption of salivary proteins to the streptococcal cell surface. Microbiol 2000; 146: 41–48
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grimaudo NJ, Nesbitt WE, Clark WB. Coaggregation of Candida albicans with oral Actinomyces species. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1996; 11: 59–61
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Grimaudo NJ, Nesbitt WE. Coaggregation of Candida albicans with oral Fusobacterium species. Oral Microbiol and Immunol 1997; 12: 168–173
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Hsu L, Minah G, Peterson D, et al. Coaggregation of oral Candida isolates with bacteria from bone marrow transplant recipients. J Clin Microbiol 1990; 28: 2621–2626
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holmes A, Cannon R, Jenkinson H. Interactions of Candida albicans with bacteria and salivary molecules in oral biofilms. J Ind Microbiol 1995; 15: 208–213
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Klotz S, Gaur N, El-Azizi M, , et al. Candida albicans Als proteins mediate polymicrobial cellular aggregations. In: American Society for Microbiology General Meeting; 7 June2005; Atlanta, GA.
   Google Scholar
• Hockey L, Fujita N, Gibson T, et al. Detection of fungemia obscured by concomitant bacteremia: in vitro and in vivo studies. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 16: 1080–1085
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Pulimood S, Ganesan L, Alangaden G, Chandrasekar P. Polymicrobial candidemia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2002; 44: 353–357
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gaur NK, Smith RL, Klotz SA. Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing ALA1/ALS5 adhere to accessible threonine, serine or alanine patches. Cell Commun Adhesion 2002; 9: 45–57
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar