title: Extensive chromosome rearrangements distinguish the karyotype of the hypovirulent species Candida dubliniensis from the virulent Candida albicans.
abstract: Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans, the most common human fungal pathogen, have most of the same genes and high sequence similarity, but C. dubliniensis is less virulent. C. albicans causes both mucosal and hematogenously disseminated disease, C. dubliniensis mostly mucosal infections. Pulse-field electrophoresis, genomic restriction enzyme digests, Southern blotting, and the emerging sequence from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute were used to determine the karyotype of C. dubliniensis type strain CD36. Three chromosomes have two intact homologues. A translocation in the rDNA repeat on chromosome R exchanges telomere-proximal regions of R and chromosome 5. Translocations involving the remaining chromosomes occur at the Major Repeat Sequence. CD36 lacks an MRS on chromosome R but has one on 3. Of six other C. dubliniensis strains, no two had the same electrophoretic karyotype. Despite extensive chromosome rearrangements, karyotypic differences between C. dubliniensis and C. albicans are unlikely to affect gene expression. Karyotypic instability may account for the diminished pathogenicity of C. dubliniensis.
authors: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors: B B
authors: BB
authors: Magee
authors: Melissa D
authors: MD
authors: Sanchez
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Saunders
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Harris
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Berriman
authors: P T
authors: PT
authors: Magee
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000379:methods; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D018955:CD36 Antigens; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal
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