Connecting iron regulation and mitochondrial function in Cryptococcus neoformans

LC Horianopoulos, JW Kronstad - Current opinion in microbiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Iron acquisition is essential for the proliferation of microorganisms, and human pathogens …
Cryptococcus neoformans must use sophisticated uptake mechanisms to overcome host iron

The monothiol glutaredoxin Grx4 regulates iron homeostasis and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

R Attarian, G Hu, E Sánchez-León, M Caza, D Croll… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
… We confirmed that Grx4 binds Cir1 and demonstrated that iron repletion promotes … iron-related
phenotypes similar to those of a cir1Δ mutant, including poor growth upon iron deprivation

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation to iron deficiency in human pathogenic fungi

MT Martínez-Pastor, S Puig - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is another opportunistic pathogen that causes chronic pulmonary
infections and cryptococcosis, … under iron deprivation or in media with hemin as the sole iron

Cryptococcus neoformans Iron-Sulfur Protein Biogenesis Machinery Is a Novel Layer of Protection against Cu Stress

S Garcia-Santamarina, MA Uzarska, RA Festa, R Lill… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that lives in the soil and on plants in the
environment and which infects humans through inhalation. The lungs are the primary site of …

The lysine biosynthetic enzyme Lys4 influences iron metabolism, mitochondrial function and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

E Do, M Park, G Hu, M Caza, JW Kronstad… - … and biophysical research …, 2016 - Elsevier
… , Cryptococcus neoformans, and found that LYS4 expression is regulated by iron levels and
by the iron-… Therefore, we believe that iron deprivation might signal the down-regulation of …

… cytoplasmic heme sensor illuminates the impacts of mitochondrial and vacuolar functions and oxidative stress on heme-iron homeostasis in Cryptococcus neoformans

G Bairwa, E Sánchez-León, E Do, WH Jung… - Mbio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Pathogens must compete with hosts to acquire sufficient iron for proliferation during
pathogenesis. The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is capable of acquiring iron from …

Regulatory and pathogenic mechanisms in response to iron deficiency and excess in fungi

J Pijuan, DF Moreno, G Yahya, M Moisa… - Microbial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
iron-related virulence factors have the most common fungal human pathogens (Aspergillus
fumigatus, Cryptococcus neoformans… synergistic effect with iron deprivation in slowing growth …

Coordinated regulation of iron metabolism in Cryptococcus neoformans by GATA and CCAAT transcription factors: connections with virulence

WH Jung, E Sánchez-León, JW Kronstad - Current genetics, 2021 - Springer
… that governing iron transport upon iron deprivation is a key role of the protein in C. … role
in regulating the response to iron deprivation compared to iron sufficiency. The ChIP-Seq and …

Metals and the cell surface of Cryptococcus neoformans

P Xue, G Hu, WH Jung, JW Kronstad - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
… host immune response and influencing phagocytosis, and capsule elaboration is regulated
by a number of host-related conditions including iron deprivation 7, 8. Effective therapy for …

A Transcriptional Regulatory Map of Iron Homeostasis Reveals a New Control Circuit for Capsule Formation in Cryptococcus neoformans

E Do, YJ Cho, D Kim, JW Kronstad, WH Jung - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans within the vertebrate host, and iron
sensing … In addition, upon iron deprivation, the CBC represses the expression of the GATA-type …