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Transcriptional regulation of drug-resistance genes in biofilms in response to antifungals Free

Abstract

Biofilm formation is a major virulence attribute of and is directly associated with therapeutic failure. One method by which acquires antifungal resistance is the expression of drug-resistance genes. This study aimed to evaluate the transcriptional regulation of several genes associated with antifungal resistance of under planktonic, recently adhered and biofilm growth modes and in biofilms in response to antifungal agents. Initially, the antifungal susceptibility of cultures in different growth modes was evaluated by standard antifungal susceptibility testing. Next, to assess , , , , and expression, RNA was harvested from cells in each growth mode, and from biofilms after drug treatment, and subjected to quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR). Biofilm was more resistant to antifungals than recently adhered cells and stationary-phase planktonic cultures. Transcriptional expression of , , , and was lower in recently adhered than in the stationary-phase planktonic cultures. In contrast, levels were significantly increased in recently adhered and biofilm modes of growth. The expression of in biofilms greatly increased on challenge with amphotericin B but not with the other drugs tested (<0.01). was significantly upregulated by ketoconazole (<0.01). Caspofungin and amphotericin B significantly upregulated expression, whereas they significantly downregulated expression (<0.01). These results indicate that the expression of drug-resistance genes is associated with higher drug resistance of biofilms, and lay a foundation for future large-scale genome-wide expression analysis.

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Transcriptional regulation of drug-resistance genes in Candida albicans biofilms in response to antifungals
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