Real-time monitoring of mycelial growth in liquid culture using hyphal dispersion mutant of Aspergillus fumigatus.

Autor:	Miyazawa K; Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan., Umeyama T; Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan., Takatsuka S; Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan., Muraosa Y; Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan., Hoshino Y; Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan., Yano S; Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan., Abe K; Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan., Miyazaki Y; Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Medical mycology [Med Mycol] 2024 Mar 07; Vol. 62 (3).
DOI:	10.1093/mmy/myae011
Abstrakt:	Hyphal pellet formation by Aspergillus species in liquid cultures is one of the main obstacles to high-throughput anti-Aspergillus reagent screening. We previously constructed a hyphal dispersion mutant of Aspergillus fumigatus by disrupting the genes encoding the primary cell wall α-1,3-glucan synthase Ags1 and putative galactosaminogalactan synthase Gtb3 (Δags1Δgtb3). Mycelial growth of the mutant in liquid cultures monitored by optical density was reproducible, and the dose-response of hyphal growth to antifungal agents has been quantified by optical density. However, Δags1Δgtb3 still forms hyphal pellets in some rich growth media. Here, we constructed a disruptant lacking all three α-1,3-glucan synthases and galactosaminogalactan synthase (Δags1Δags2Δags3Δgtb3), and confirmed that its hyphae were dispersed in all the media tested. We established an automatic method to monitor hyphal growth of the mutant in a 24-well plate shaken with a real-time plate reader. Dose-dependent growth suppression and unique growth responses to antifungal agents (voriconazole, amphotericin B, and micafungin) were clearly observed. A 96-well plate was also found to be useful for the evaluation of mycelial growth by optical density. Our method is potentially applicable to high-throughput screening for anti-Aspergillus agents. (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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