title: Isocitrate dehydrogenase is important for nitrosative stress resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans, but oxidative stress resistance is not dependent on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
abstract: The opportunistic intracellular fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans depends on many antioxidant and denitrosylating proteins and pathways for virulence in the immunocompromised host. These include the glutathione and thioredoxin pathways, thiol peroxidase, cytochrome c peroxidase, and flavohemoglobin denitrosylase. All of these ultimately depend on NADPH for either catalytic activity or maintenance of a reduced, functional form. The need for NADPH during oxidative stress is well established in many systems, but a role in resistance to nitrosative stress has not been as well characterized. In this study we investigated the roles of two sources of NADPH, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Zwf1) and NADP(+)-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (Idp1), in production of NADPH and resistance to oxidative and nitrosative stress. Deletion of ZWF1 in C. neoformans did not result in an oxidative stress sensitivity phenotype or changes in the amount of NADPH produced during oxidative stress compared to those for the wild type. Deletion of IDP1 resulted in greater sensitivity to nitrosative stress than to oxidative stress. The amount of NADPH increased 2-fold over that in the wild type during nitrosative stress, and yet the idp1Delta strain accumulated more mitochondrial damage than the wild type during nitrosative stress. This is the first report of the importance of Idp1 and NADPH for nitrosative stress resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Upadhya
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lodge
mesh_terms: D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D012977:Sodium Nitrite / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009249:NADP; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D012977:Sodium Nitrite
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