Genome plasticity in Candida albicans is driven by long repeat sequences

eLife

Anja Forche¹  Tyler D Wikoff²  Robert T Todd²  Anna Selmecki² 

[1] Bowdoin College, Brunswick, United States;Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, United States;

关键词: Candida albicans;    inverted repeats;    genome instability;    loss of heterozygosity;    segmental aneuploidy;    antifungal drug resistance;   

DOI  :  10.7554/eLife.45954

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Genome rearrangements resulting in copy number variation (CNV) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) are frequently observed during the somatic evolution of cancer and promote rapid adaptation of fungi to novel environments. In the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans, CNV and LOH confer increased virulence and antifungal drug resistance, yet the mechanisms driving these rearrangements are not completely understood. Here, we unveil an extensive array of long repeat sequences (65–6499 bp) that are associated with CNV, LOH, and chromosomal inversions. Many of these long repeat sequences are uncharacterized and encompass one or more coding sequences that are actively transcribed. Repeats associated with genome rearrangements are predominantly inverted and separated by up to ~1.6 Mb, an extraordinary distance for homology-based DNA repair/recombination in yeast. These repeat sequences are a significant source of genome plasticity across diverse strain backgrounds including clinical, environmental, and experimentally evolved isolates, and represent previously uncharacterized variation in the reference genome.

【 授权许可】

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