By exploiting the biosynthetic pathways of raft lipid constituents, in this study we demonstrate that fluctuations in either sphingolipid or ergosterol levels result in increased drug sensitivity and morphological defects in Candida albicans cells. We show that any change in either ergosterol composition by conditionally disrupting ERG1 or in sphingolipid composition by homozygously disrupting its biosynthetic gene IPT1 leads to improper surface localization of a major ABC (ATP-binding cassette) drug efflux protein, Cdr1p. Results suggest that sterol/sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains play an important role in positioning and functional maintenance of the integral efflux protein. The impaired ability of erg1/ipt1 mutant cells to efflux drugs mediated through Cdr1p appears to be the main cause of increased drug sensitivity of Candida cells.
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October 26 2005
Membrane raft lipid constituents affect drug susceptibilities of Candida albicans
R. Pasrija;
R. Pasrija
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1Membrane Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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T. Prasad;
T. Prasad
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1Membrane Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Biochem Soc Trans (2005) 33 (5): 1219–1223.
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May 31 2005
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R. Pasrija, T. Prasad, R. Prasad; Membrane raft lipid constituents affect drug susceptibilities of Candida albicans. Biochem Soc Trans 26 October 2005; 33 (5): 1219–1223. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0331219
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