Lactate signalling regulates fungal β-glucan masking and immune evasion

ER Ballou, GM Avelar, DS Childers, J Mackie… - … microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
… We show that lactate triggers a signalling pathway that has co-opted the Gpr1 G-protein
coupled receptor and the Crz1 transcription factor from the cAMP and calcineurin signalling

Hypoxia promotes immune evasion by triggering β-glucan masking on the Candida albicans cell surface via mitochondrial and cAMP-protein kinase A signaling

A Pradhan, GM Avelar, JM Bain, DS Childers… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
signaling and the cAMP-protein kinase pathway. Therefore, hypoxia appears to trigger
immune evasion in this fungal … Previously we showed that lactate-induced β-glucan masking is …

Revisiting the Vital Drivers and Mechanisms of β-Glucan Masking in Human Fungal Pathogen, Candida albicans

S Hameed, S Hans, S Singh, R Dhiman, R Monasky… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
… A recent study demonstrated that lactate-induced masking of β-… immune evasion, thereby
representing an antifungal target [14]. Metabolism of lactate is crucial for β-glucan masking and …

Epitope shaving promotes fungal immune evasion

DS Childers, GM Avelar, JM Bain, A Pradhan… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Our results thus far demonstrate that the XOG1 gene promotes lactate-induced β-glucan
masking and influences immune responses to C. albicans. Next, we confirmed that …

Non-canonical signalling mediates changes in fungal cell wall PAMPs that drive immune evasion

A Pradhan, GM Avelar, JM Bain, D Childers… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
… microbes as well as colonising microbial flora. This is certainly the case for opportunistic …
as to whether cAMP-PKA signalling is required for lactate-induced β-glucan masking. This …

When Is It Appropriate to Take Off the Mask? Signaling Pathways That Regulate ß(1,3)-Glucan Exposure in Candida albicans

T Chen, AS Wagner, TB Reynolds - Frontiers in fungal biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
fungal cell wall epitopes, fungal pathogens have developed mechanisms for immune avoidance
that involve concealing (masking… to induce masking in response to lactate exposure, as …

[PDF][PDF] Epitope shaving promotes fungal immune evasion. mBio 11: e00984-20

DS Childers, GM Avelar, JM Bain… - DOI: https://doi. org …, 2020 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Lactate signalling regulates fungal ß-glucan masking and immune evasion. … Candida
albicans hypha formation and mannan masking of beta-glucan inhibit macrophage phagosome …

A CO2 sensing module modulates β-1,3-glucan exposure in Candida albicans

GM Avelar, A Pradhan, Q Ma, E Hickey, I Leaves… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
fungal immune evasion. For example, the human commensal … display lactate- and
hypoxia-induced β-1,3-glucan masking, … beta-glucan in response to environmental pH is regulated

Dynamic fungal cell wall architecture in stress adaptation and immune evasion

A Hopke, AJP Brown, RA Hall, RT Wheeler - Trends in microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
… We also highlight the role of fungal cell wall remodeling in epitope masking. … or immune
attack) or increased masking of cell wall β-glucan and chitin (in the case of environmental lactate)…

Remasking of Candida albicans β-glucan in response to environmental pH is regulated by quorum sensing

F Cottier, S Sherrington, S Cockerill, V del Olmo Toledo… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
… in lactate or under hypoxic conditions induces masking of β-… Immune evasion is a powerful
mechanism for commensal … Immune recognition of Candida albicans beta-glucan by dectin…