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Infection and Immunity, March 2005, p. 1828-1835, Vol. 73, No. 3
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.3.1828-1835.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Profile of Candida albicans-Secreted Aspartic Proteinase Elicited during Vaginal Infection

Brad N. Taylor,1 Peter Staib,2 Ayfer Binder,2 Antje Biesemeier,1 Miriam Sehnal,1 Martin Röllinghoff,1 Joachim Morschhäuser,2 and Klaus Schröppel1*

Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen,1 Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany2

Received 29 June 2004/ Returned for modification 20 July 2004/ Accepted 28 October 2004

Vaginal infections caused by the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans are a significant problem in women of child-bearing age. Several factors are recognized as playing a crucial role in the pathogenesis of superficial candidiasis; these factors include hyphal formation, phenotypic switching, and the expression of virulence factors, including a 10-member family of secreted aspartic proteinases. In the present investigation, we analyzed the secreted aspartic proteinase gene (SAP) expression profile of C. albicans that is elicited in the course of vaginal infection in mice and how this in vivo expression profile is associated with hyphal formation. We utilized two different genetic reporter systems that allowed us to observe SAP expression on a single-cell basis, a recombination-based in vivo expression technology and green fluorescent protein-expressing Candida reporter strains. Of the six SAP genes that were analyzed (SAP1 to SAP6), only SAP4 and SAP5 were detectably induced during infection in this model. Expression of both of these genes was associated with hyphal growth, although not all hyphal cells detectably expressed SAP4 and SAP5. SAP5 expression was induced soon after infection, whereas SAP4 was expressed at later times and in fewer cells compared with SAP5. These findings point to a link between morphogenetic development and expression of virulence genes during Candida vaginitis in mice, where host signals induce both hyphal formation and expression of SAP4 and SAP5, but temporal gene expression patterns are ultimately controlled by other factors.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wasserturmstraße 3/5, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Phone: 49 9131 852 2577. Fax: 49 9131 851 001. E-mail: yeast{at}rzmail.uni-erlangen.de.

Editor: T. R. Kozel

Infection and Immunity, March 2005, p. 1828-1835, Vol. 73, No. 3
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.3.1828-1835.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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