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Sensing the Stress: the Role of the Stress-activated p38/Hog1 MAPK Signalling Pathway in Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

  • Bahn, Yong-Sun;Heitman, Joseph
    • 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국미생물학회 2007년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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    • pp.120-122
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    • 2007
  • All living organisms use numerous signal-transduction pathways to sense and respond to their environments and thereby survive and proliferate in a range of biological niches. Molecular dissection of these signalling networks has increased our understanding of these communication processes and provides a platform for therapeutic intervention when these pathways malfunction in disease states, including infection. Owing to the expanding availability of sequenced genomes, a wealth of genetic and molecular tools and the conservation of signalling networks, members of the fungal kingdom serve as excellent model systems for more complex, multicellular organisms. Here, we employed Cryptococcus neoformans as a model system to understand how fungal-signalling circuits operate at the molecular level to sense and respond to a plethora of environmental stresses, including osmoticshock, UV, high temperature, oxidative stress and toxic drugs/metabolites. The stress-activated p38/Hog1 MAPK pathway is structurally conserved in many organisms as diverse as yeast and mammals, but its regulation is uniquely specialized in a majority of clinical Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A and D strains to control differentiation and virulence factor regulation. C. neoformans Hog1 MAPK is controlled by Pbs2 MAPK kinase (MAPKK). The Pbs2-Hog1 MAPK cascade is controlled by the fungal "two-component" system that is composed of a response regulator, Ssk1, and multiple sensor kinases, including two-component.like (Tco) 1 and Tco2. Tco1 and Tco2 play shared and distinct roles in stress responses and drug sensitivity through the Hog1 MAPK system. Furthermore, each sensor kinase mediates unique cellular functions for virulence and morphological differentiation. We also identified and characterized the Ssk2 MAPKKK upstream of the MAPKK Pbs2 and the MAPK Hog1 in C. neoformans. The SSK2 gene was identified as a potential component responsible for differential Hog1 regulation between the serotype D sibling f1 strains B3501 and B3502 through comparative analysis of their meiotic map with the meiotic segregation of Hog1-dependent sensitivity to the fungicide fludioxonil. Ssk2 is the only polymorphic component in the Hog1 MAPK module, including two coding sequence changes between the SSK2 alleles in B3501 and B3502 strains. To further support this finding, the SSK2 allele exchange completely swapped Hog1-related phenotypes between B3501 and B3502 strains. In the serotype A strain H99, disruption of the SSK2 gene dramatically enhanced capsule biosynthesis and mating efficiency, similar to pbs2 and hog1 mutations. Furthermore, ssk2, pbs2, and hog1 mutants are all hypersensitive to a variety of stresses and completely resistant to fludioxonil. Taken together, these findings indicate that Ssk2 is the critical interface protein connecting the two-component system and the Pbs2-Hog1 pathway in C. neoformans.

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Fibricolu seoulensis의 생활사 및 유충의 발육 (The Life Cycle and Larval Development of Fibricoza seoulensis (Trematoda: Diplostomatidae))

  • 서병설;이순형
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 1988
  • 실험실내에서 충란 및 제 1중간숙주와 제 2중간숙주내에서 F. seoulensis 유충의 발육과정을 관찰하고 자연 상태에서의 생활사를 연구하고자 하였다. 충란을 $^{\circ}C$ 물에서 배양한 제 9일에 miracidium이 난개를 열고 나왔다. Miracidium은 원통 세장형으로 2쌍의 Blame cell과 측방돌기가 있었고 epidermal plate의 배열식은 6,9,4및 3이었다. Hippeutis (Helicorbis) cantori 패류에서는 실험감염 후 제13일에 furcocercous cercaria가 유출되었으나 Physa acute에서는 cercaria가 유출되지 않았다. 논에서 채집한 H. cantori에서는 같은 형태의 furcocercous cercaria가 유출되었다. Cercaria에는 2쌍의 침입선과 5쌍의 화염세포가 있었다. 참개구리의 을챙이(Rana nigromaculnta)는 cercaria 실험감염에 대하여 감수성이 있었으며 채집된 참개구리의 올챙이들은 F. seoulensis의 피낭유충에 자연감염되어 있었다. 실험감염 후 올챙이에서 피낭유충은 21일 이내에 종숙주에 대하여 감염능력을 갖게 되었다. 대부분의 피낭유충은 올챙이의 체강내에서 피낭을 형성하지 않고 있었으며 쥐의 소장에서 7일만에 성충이 되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 F. seoulensis의 모든 생활사가 밝혀지게 되었으며 또 실험실내에서 전 생활사를 완료시킬 수 있다는 것을 알게 되었다.

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$CD8^+$ T-cell Activation in Mice Injected with a Plasmid DNA Vaccine Encoding AMA-1 of the Reemerging Korean Plasmodium vivax

  • Kim, Hyo-Jin;Jung, Bong-Kwang;Lee, Jin-Joo;Pyo, Kyoung-Ho;Kim, Tae-Yun;Choi, Byung-Il;Kim, Tae-Woo;Hisaeda, Hajime;Himeno, Kunisuke;Shin, Eun-Hee;Chai, Jong-Yil
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제49권1호
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 2011
  • Relatively little has been studied on the AMA-1 vaccine against Plasmodium vivax and on the plasmid DNA vaccine encoding P. vivax AMA-1 (PvAMA-1). In the present study, a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding AMA-1 of the reemerging Korean P. vivax has been constructed and a preliminary study was done on its cellular immunogenicity to recipient BALB/c mice. The PvAMA-1 gene was cloned and expressed in the plasmid vector UBpcAMA-1, and a protein band of approximately 56.8 kDa was obtained from the transfected COS7 cells. BALB/c mice were immunized intramuscularly or using a gene gun 4 times with the vaccine, and the proportions of splenic T-cell subsets were examined by fluorocytometry at week 2 after the last injection. The spleen cells from intramuscularly injected mice revealed no significant changes in the proportions of CD8$^+$ T-cells and CD4$^+$ T-cells. However, in mice immunized using a gene gun, significantly higher (P<0.05) proportions of CD8$^+$ cells were observed compared to UB vector-injected control mice. The results indicated that cellular immunogenicity of the plasmid DNA vaccine encoding AMA-1 of the reemerging Korean P. vivax was weak when it was injected intramuscularly; however, a promising effect was observed using the gene gun injection technique.

Intestinal Helminths Recovered from Humans in Xieng Khouang Province, Lao PDR with a Particular Note on Haplorchis pumilio Infection

  • Chai, Jong-Yil;Sohn, Woon-Mok;Jung, Bong-Kwang;Yong, Tai-Soon;Eom, Keeseon S.;Min, Duk-Young;Insisiengmay, Bounnaloth;Insisiengmay, Sithat;Phommasack, Bounlay;Rim, Han-Jong
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제53권4호
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    • pp.439-445
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    • 2015
  • A survey of intestinal helminths was undertaken in riparian people in Xieng Khouang Province, Lao PDR. Fecal specimens were collected from 643 people (289 males and 354 females) residing in 4 districts (Nonghet, Kham, Phoukout, and Pek) and were examined by the Kato-Katz technique. The overall helminth egg positive rate was 41.2%, and hookworms revealed the highest prevalence (32.7%) followed by Trichuris trichiura (7.3%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (5.6%). The positive rate for small trematode eggs (STE), which may include Opisthorchis viverrini, heterophyids, and lecithodendriids, was 4.4%. For recovery of adult helminths, 12 STE or nematode/cestode egg-positive people were treated with 40 mg/kg praziquantel and 15 mg/kg pyrantel pamoate, and then purged. Mixed infections with 2 Haplorchis species (H. pumilio and H. taichui), Centrocestus formosanus, Opisthorchis viverrini, a species of cestode (Taenia saginata), and several species of nematodes including hookworms and Enterobius vermicularis were detected. The worm load for trematodes was the highest for H. pumilio with an average of 283.5 specimens per infected person followed by C. formosanus, H. taichui, and O. viverrini. The worm load for nematodes was the highest for hookworms (21.5/infected case) followed by E. vermicularis (3.2/infected case). The results revealed that the surveyed areas of Xieng Khouang Province, Lao PDR are endemic areas of various species of intestinal helminths. The STE found in the surveyed population were verified to be those of heterophyids, particularly H. pumilio.

세균에 의해 면역이 유도된 동애등에의 항균활성 (The Antimicrobial Activity of Bacterial-challenged Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens)

  • 박관호;윤은영;박승원;구태원
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제26권12호
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    • pp.1409-1414
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    • 2016
  • 동애등에(Hermetia illucens)를 포함한 곤충은 불량환경에서 오랜 진화의 역사를 통해 병원균 침입에 대응하기 위하여 강력한 항균 펩타이드를 발현하는 선천성 면역기전을 보유하고 있다. 동애등에 생체 내 항균펩타이드를 인위적으로 유도하기 위하여, E. faecalis 포함한 5종의 세균을 한방침에 묻혀 주사하였다. 5종 세균에 의해 면역이 유도된 동애등에로부터 혈림프를 채취하여 각 세균에 따른 항균펩타이드 유도효과에 의한 항균활성을 그람양성균인 S. aureus와 그람음성균인 E. coli에 대해 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 고초균인 B. subtilis은 5종 세균 중 그람양성 및 음성균 둘 다에 대해서 가장 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다. B. subtilis ($1{\times}10^9cfu/ml$)에 의해 면역이 유도된 동애등에는 주사 후 24시간째 가장 강한 항균활성을 나타내었다. 또한 B. subtilis에 의해 면역이 유도된 동애등에는 가금류의 주요 병원균인 S. enteritidis, S. typhimurium 및 S. pullorum에 대해서도 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로써, B. subtilis에 의해 면역이 유도된 동애등에는 가축 성장촉진용 항생제를 대체할 수 있는 사료첨가제로써 매우 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

Fishborne Trematode Metacercariae Detected in Freshwater Fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

  • Rim, Han-Jong;Sohn, Woon-Mok;Yong, Tai-Soon;Eom, Kee-Seon S.;Chai, Jong-Yil;Min, Duk-Young;Lee, Soon-Hyung;Hoang, Eui-Hyug;Phommasack, Bounlay;Insisengmay, Sithat
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제46권4호
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    • pp.253-260
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    • 2008
  • Freshwater fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR were examined by the muscle compression and artificial digestion methods to know the infection status with trematode metacercariae. In the fish from Savannakhet, 2 species of metacercariae, Opisthorchis viverrini and Haplorchis taichui, were detected. O. viverrini metacercariae were found in 6 species of fish, Puntius brevis, Hampala dispar, Esomus metallicus, Mystacoleucus marginatus, Puntioplites falcifer, and Cyclocheilichthys armatus. H. taichui metacercariae were detected in 3 species of fish, P. brevis, P. falcifer, and M. marginatus. In the fish from Vientiane, 4 species of metacercariae, O. viverrini, H. taichui, Haplorchis yokogawai, and Centrocestus formosanus, were detected. Among them, O. viverrini metacercariae were found in 7 species of fish, Onychostoma elongatum, C. armatus, H. dispar, P. brevis, Cyclocheilichthys repasson, Osteochilus hasseltii, and Hypsibarbus lagleri. The metacercariae of H. taichui were detected in 6 species of fish, C. repasson, O. elongatum, C. armatus, H. dispar, Labiobarbus leptocheila, and Cirrhinus molitorella. The metacercariae of H. yokogawai were found in 9 species of fish, C. repasson, O. elongatum, C. armatus, H. dispar, Labiobarbus leptocheila, O. hasseltii. C. molitorella, Hypsibarbus wetmorei, and H. lagleri. The metacercariae of C. formosanus were detected in 4 species of fish, C. repasson, P. brevis, O. hasseltii, and C. molitorella. From these results, it is confirmed that fish borne trematode metacercariae, i.e. O. viverrini, H. taichui, H. yokogawai and C. formosanus, are prevalent in various species of freshwater fish from Savannakhet Province and Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR.

Ursolic Acid와 Oleanolic Acid의 메티실린 저항성 Staphylococcus aureus에 대한 항균작용 (Antimicrobial Effect of Ursolic Acid and Oleanolic Acid against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

  • 김생곤;김민정;김동춘;박순낭;조유진;마르셀로 올리베이라 프레리;장숙진;박영진;국중기
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제48권3호
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    • pp.212-215
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    • 2012
  • Ursolic acid (UA)와 oleanolic acid (OA)들의 메티실린 저항성 Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)에 대한 항균 활성에는 상반된 의견들이 있다. 본 연구는 한국인으로부터 분리된 19개의 MRSA에 대한 UA와 OA의 항균 활성을 최소성장억제농도 및 최소살균농도를 측정하여 조사하였다. 연구 결과, 메티실린 감수성 균주인 S. aureus KCTC $1621^T$가 MRSA 균주들보다 UA와 OA에 대한 저항성이 컸다. UA와 OA 각각의 MRSA 19 균주에 대한 최소살균농도는 4-32 ${\mu}g/ml$와 16->256 ${\mu}g/ml$로 넓은 범위를 보였다. UA와 OA에 대한 균주에 따른 항균 작용의 차이는 UA와 OA의 항균 기전이 밝혀져 있지 않기 때문에 이해하기 힘들다. 이러한 결과들은 MRSA에 대한 UA와 OA의 항균 효과는 균주들 간의 UA와 OA에 대한 저항 능력에 의한 것임을 시사한다.

기생충의 보조숙주로서의 한국산 연체동물 감염 실태: 기후변화에서 병원체 전파의 영향에 대한 고찰 (Korean molluscs as auxiliary hosts for parasites: A study of implications for pathogen transmission in a changing climate)

  • 박갑만
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 한국산 연체동물의 감염 병원체의 실태와 한반도 기후변화에 따른 질병의 변화를 예측하기 위해 연구 보고된 문헌을 고찰하였다. 야생동물은 인체에 기생하는 인수공통전염병 기생충에 대한 중간숙주, 보유숙주 및 연체숙주로 제공되고 있다. 흡충류는 연체동물의 흔한 기생충이며 거의 모든 흡충류는 그들의 생활사에서 1차숙주로서 패류에 감염되며, 대부분은 또 다른 숙주를 포함하는 복잡한 생활사를 가지고 있다. 지금까지 기생충의 생태학에 대한 보조숙주로서의 중요성은 논의된 바 없다. 최근에 기후변화의 관점에서 많은 기생성 질병이 역학적 관심이 증가되고 있다. 한국산 연체동물을 대상으로 연구 보고된 문헌을 중심으로 기생성 병원체를 가진 종들을 조사 한 결과 전체 21종의 패류가 매개 기생체를 가지며, 이들 패류 21종이 가지고 있는 병원체는 모두 39종류로 확인되었다. 이 중 담수패류가 15종 그리고 해산패류에서 6종으로 나타났다. 담수패류 중 다슬기과의 다슬기 (Semisulcospira livertina) 에서 페흡충, 요코가와흡충, 가시입이형흡충 등 가장 많은 11종류의 기생성 병원체를 가지는 것으로 조사되었고, 쇠우렁이 (Parafossarulus manchouricus) 에서는 간흡충, 동양배반흡충, 메기장흡충, 오리오목흡충, 일본극구흡충 등 11종류, 다슬기류 (Semisulcospira sp.) 에서는 폐흡충, 요코가와흡충, 가시입이형흡충 등 10종류, 염주알다슬기(Koreanomelania globus) 에서는 메기소식흡충 등 7종류, 바지락 (Tapes philippinarum) 에서는 Cercariae tapidis 등 3 종류 그리고 나머지 패류에서 1-2 종류의 기생성 병원체를 보유하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 앞으로 홍수나 가뭄과 같은 극심한 기후변화가 일어난다면 담수패류는 기생성 매개자로서의 매우 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 예측되었다.

Antimicrobial Active Substances from Entomopathogenic Fungi (Various Applications of Entomopathogenic Fungi)

  • Shin, Tae Young;Woo, Soo Dong;Kim, Jeong Jun
    • 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국균학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회 및 임시총회
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    • pp.13-13
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    • 2016
  • Insects constitute the largest and most diverse group of animals in the world. They also serve as the hosts or nutrient sources for an immense assemblage of pathogens, parasites, and predators. More than 700 fungal species from 100 genera have adopted an entomopathogenic lifestyle. Although entomopathogenic fungi were studied as only biocontrol agents against a variety of pests in various countries, it has been recently focused their additional roles in nature. They are antagonists to/against plant pathogens, endophytes, and possibly even plant growth promoting agents. The potential antimicrobial effect against fungal plant pathogens by an isolate of entomopathogenic fungi including Beauveria bassiana, Lecanicillium spp., and Isaria fumosorosea have been reported since late 1990s, but wasn't reported pathogenicity of the isolate against pests. Later, a Canadian Lecanicillium sp. isolate and L. longisporium isolated from Vertalec$^{(R)}$ showed simultaneous control effect against both aphid and cucumber powder mildew. Therefore, the antimicrobial activities of 342 fungi isolates collected from various regions and conditions in Korea were evaluated against plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea using dual culture technique on agar plate. As a result, 186 isolates (54.4%) shown the antifungal activity against B. cinerea. The culture filtrates of selected fungi completely suppressed the growth of the microorganisms, indicating that suppression was due to the presence of antimicrobial substances in the culture filtrate. Mode of action of these fungi against insect involves the attachment of conidia to the insect cuticle, followed by germination, cuticle penetration, and internal dissemination throughout the insect. During infection process, secreted enzymes, proteinous toxins, and/or secondary metabolites secreted by entomopathogenic fungi can be used to overcome the host immune system, modify host behavior, and defend host resources. Recently, secondary metabolites isolated from entomopathogenic fungi have been reported as potential bioactive substances. Generally, most of bioactive substances produced by entomopathogenic fungi have reported low molecular weight (lower than 1,000 g/mol) as peptide and, in contrast the high molecular weight fungal bioactive substances are rare. Most substances based on entomopathogenic fungi were shown antimicrobial activity with narrow control ranges. In our study we analyzed the antimicrobial substances having antagonistic effects to B. cinerea. Antimicrobial substances in our fungal culture filtrates showed high thermostability, high stability to proteolytic enzymes, and hydrophilicity and their molecular weights were differed from substance. In conclusion, entomopathogenic fungi showed pathogenicity against insect pests and culture filtrate of the fungi also shown to antimicrobial activity. In the future, we can use the entomopathogenic fungi and its secondary metabolites to control both insect pest control and plant pathogenic fungi simultaneously.

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Duplex real-time PCR을 이용한 수계 중 가시아메바와 파울러자유아메바 조사 (Surveillance of Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri in environmental water by using the duplex real-time PCR)

  • 김민정;이규철;김건우;이현지;김민영;서대근;이정엽;조영철
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제54권2호
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2018
  • 가시아메바(Acanthamoeba spp.)와 파울러자유아메바(Naegleria fowleri)는 자유생활아메바로 자연계에 널리 분포하며 사람과 동물에게 치명적인 질병을 일으킨다. 본 연구에서는 가사아메바와 파울러자유아메바를 물 환경에서 조사하기 위해 기존에 보고된 네 종류의 분자생물학적 방법과 상용 real-time PCR 키트의 분석 민감도를 비교하였다. 그 결과 duplex real-time PCR 방법이 민감도가 가장 좋았으며, 동시에 두 종류의 자유생활아메바를 검출할 수 있었다. 따라서 이 방법을 사용하여 한국의 대전시에 위치한 3개 하천, 6개 지점을 대상으로 그 분포를 2회 조사하였다. 가시아메바는 12개 시료 중 10개 시료에서 검출되었으며(83.3%), 파울러자유아메바는 2개 시료에서 검출되었다(16.6%). 향후 이러한 유해 아메바로부터 먹는 물의 안전성을 확보하기 위해 지속적인 분포조사가 필요할 것이다.