Uncoupling of mRNA synthesis and degradation impairs adaptation to host temperature in Cryptococcus neoformans

ALM Bloom, JTG Solomons, VE Havel… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The pathogenic fungus C ryptococcus neoformans must overcome multiple stressors to
cause disease in its human host. In this study, we report that C. neoformans rapidly and …

Ccr4 promotes resolution of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response during host temperature adaptation in Cryptococcus neoformans

VE Havel, NK Wool, D Ayad, KM Downey… - Eukaryotic …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Adaptation to host temperature is a prerequisite for any pathogen capable of causing deep
infection in humans. Our previous studies demonstrated that a Cryptococcus neoformans …

RNA biology and the adaptation of Cryptococcus neoformans to host temperature and stress

ALM Bloom, JC Panepinto - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcus neoformans is an environmental fungus that can cause severe disease in
humans. C. neoformans encounters a multitude of stresses within the human host to which it …

RNA binding proteins mediate the ability of a fungus to adapt to the cold

W Fang, RJ St. Leger - Environmental microbiology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about how fungi adapt to chilling. In eubacteria, cold shock proteins (CSPs)
facilitate translation by destabilizing RNA secondary structure. Animals and plants have …

[HTML][HTML] Thermotolerance in the pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is linked to antigen masking via mRNA decay-dependent reprogramming

ALM Bloom, RM Jin, J Leipheimer, JE Bard… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A common feature shared by systemic fungal pathogens of environmental origin, such as
Cryptococcus neoformans, is their ability to adapt to mammalian core body temperature. In …

An amino‐terminal threonine/serine motif is necessary for activity of the Crp/Fnr homolog, MrpC and for Myxococcus xanthus developmental robustness

BE Feeley, V Bhardwaj, M McLaughlin… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Crp/Fnr family of transcriptional regulators play central roles in transcriptional
control of diverse physiological responses, and are activated by a surprising diversity of …

Opposing PKA and Hog1 signals control the post‐transcriptional response to glucose availability in Cryptococcus neoformans

D Banerjee, ALM Bloom… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans must adapt to glucose‐limited conditions
in the lung and glucose replete conditions upon dissemination to the brain. We report that …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans high temperature growth and virulence

FA de Gontijo, RC Pascon, L Fernandes… - Fungal genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fungal infections are often difficult to treat due to the inherent similarities between fungal
and animal cells and the resulting host toxicity from many antifungal compounds …

Involvement of rppH in Thermoregulation in Pseudomonas syringae

KL Hockett, M Ionescu, SE Lindow - Journal of bacteriology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Temperature, among other environmental factors, influences the incidence and severity of
many plant diseases. Likewise, numerous traits, including the expression of virulence …

Translational regulation promotes oxidative stress resistance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

J Leipheimer, ALM Bloom, CS Campomizzi, Y Salei… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans is one of the few environmental fungi that can survive within a
mammalian host and cause disease. Although many of the factors responsible for …