Aneuploidy Underlies Tolerance and Cross-Tolerance to Drugs in Candida parapsilosis. 2021

Feng Yang, and Hui Lu, and Hao Wu, and Ting Fang, and Judith Berman, and Yuan-Ying Jiang
Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Candida species are the most common human fungal pathogens worldwide. Although C. albicans remains the predominant cause of candidiasis, infections caused by non-albicans Candida species, including C. parapsilosis, are increasing. In C. albicans, genome plasticity has been shown to be a prevalent strategy of adaptation to stresses. However, the role of aneuploidy in C. parapsilosis is largely unknown. In this study, we found that six different aneuploid karyotypes conferred adaptation to the endoplasmic reticulum stress inducer tunicamycin (TUN) in C. parapsilosis. Interestingly, a specific aneuploidy including trisomy of chromosome 6 (Chr6x3) also enabled cross-tolerance to aureobasidin A (AbA), a sphingolipid biosynthesis inhibitor. Consistent with this, selection on AbA identified adaptors with three different aneuploid karyotypes, including Chr6x3, which also enabled cross-tolerance to both AbA and TUN. Therefore, as in other Candida species, recurrent aneuploid karyotypes enable the adaptation of C. parapsilosis to specific stresses, and specific aneuploidies enable cross-adaptation to different stresses. IMPORTANCE Candida parapsilosis is an emerging human fungal pathogen, especially prevalent in neonates. Aneuploidy, having uneven numbers of chromosomes, is a well-known mechanism for adapting to stress in Candida albicans, the most common human fungal pathogen. In this study, we exposed C. parapsilosis to two very different drugs and selected for rare cells that grew in one of the drugs. We found that the majority of isolates that grew in the drugs had acquired an extra copy of one of several aneuploid chromosomes and that specific aneuploid chromosomes appeared in several independent cell clones. Importantly, an extra copy of chromosome 6 was detected following selection in either one of the drugs, and this extra chromosome conferred the ability to grow in both drugs, a property called cross-adaptation, or cross-tolerance. Thus, this study highlights the genome plasticity of C. parapsilosis and the ability of an extra copy of a single chromosome to promote cell growth in the presence of more than one drug.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000074429 Candida parapsilosis A species of MITOSPORIC FUNGI and opportunistic pathogen associated with its ability to form BIOFILMS in catheters and parenteral nutrition IV lines. C. parapsilosis complex includes closely related species C. orthopsilosis; and C. metapsilosis. Mycocandida parapsilosis,Mycotorula parapsilopsis,C. metapsilosis,C. orthopsilosis,C. parapsilosis,C. parapsilosis Complex,Candida metapsilosis,Candida orthopsilosis,Candida parapsilosis Complex,Candida parapsilosis Group
D000782 Aneuploidy The chromosomal constitution of cells which deviate from the normal by the addition or subtraction of CHROMOSOMES, chromosome pairs, or chromosome fragments. In a normally diploid cell (DIPLOIDY) the loss of a chromosome pair is termed nullisomy (symbol: 2N-2), the loss of a single chromosome is MONOSOMY (symbol: 2N-1), the addition of a chromosome pair is tetrasomy (symbol: 2N+2), the addition of a single chromosome is TRISOMY (symbol: 2N+1). Aneuploid,Aneuploid Cell,Aneuploid Cells,Aneuploidies,Aneuploids,Cell, Aneuploid,Cells, Aneuploid
D000935 Antifungal Agents Substances that destroy fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. They differ from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL because they defend against fungi present in human or animal tissues. Anti-Fungal Agents,Antifungal Agent,Fungicides, Therapeutic,Antibiotics, Antifungal,Therapeutic Fungicides,Agent, Antifungal,Anti Fungal Agents,Antifungal Antibiotics
D014314 Trisomy The possession of a third chromosome of any one type in an otherwise diploid cell. Partial Trisomy,Chromosomal Triplication,Chromosomal Triplications,Partial Trisomies,Trisomies,Trisomies, Partial,Trisomy, Partial
D016681 Genome, Fungal The complete gene complement contained in a set of chromosomes in a fungus. Fungal Genome,Fungal Genomes,Genomes, Fungal
D047630 Depsipeptides Compounds consisting of chains of AMINO ACIDS alternating with CARBOXYLIC ACIDS via ester and amide linkages. They are commonly cyclized. Cyclic Depsipeptide,Cyclodepsipeptide,Depsipeptide,Peptolide,Peptolides,Cryptophycins,Cyclodepsipeptides,Depsipeptides, Cyclic,Cyclic Depsipeptides,Depsipeptide, Cyclic
D025141 Drug Resistance, Fungal The ability of fungi to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antifungal agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation. Antibiotic Resistance, Fungal,Antifungal Drug Resistance,Resistance, Antifungal Drug

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