Temperature-induced switch to the pathogenic yeast form of Histoplasma capsulatum requires Ryp1, a conserved transcriptional regulator
- 25 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 105 (12), 4880-4885
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0710448105
Abstract
Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungal pathogen of humans, switches from a filamentous spore-forming mold in the soil to a pathogenic budding-yeast form in the human host. This morphologic switch, which is exhibited by H. capsulatum and a group of evolutionarily related fungal pathogens, is regulated by temperature. Using insertional mutagenesis, we identified a gene, RYP1 (required for yeast phase growth), which is required for yeast-form growth at 37 degrees C. ryp1 mutants are constitutively filamentous irrespective of temperature. Ryp1 is a member of a family of fungal proteins that includes Wor1, a master transcriptional regulator of the white-opaque transition required for mating in Candida albicans. Ryp1 associates with its own upstream regulatory region, consistent with a direct role in transcriptional control, and both the protein and its transcript accumulate to high levels in wild-type yeast-phase cells. Microarray analysis demonstrated that Ryp1 is required for the expression of the vast majority of yeast-specific genes, including two genes linked to virulence. Thus, Ryp1 appears to be a critical transcriptional regulator of a temperature-regulated morphologic switch in H. capsulatum.Keywords
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