ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (1): 28-36.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2019.01.004

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The Interaction between Farnesol (Quorum Sensing Molecule) and Candida albicans

YANG Aining1, MA Xiaoping1*, GU Yu2, YU Yan1, HU Jing1, JIANG Yaozhang1, PENG Guangneng1, ZHONG Zhijun1, ZUO Zhicai1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health, Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China;
    2. College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China
  • Received:2018-05-28 Online:2019-01-23 Published:2019-01-24

Abstract:

Quorum sensing (QS) was first discovered in bacteria. It has also been found in fungi in recent years. The key signal molecule of QS are called Quorum sensing molecules (QSM), which excreting, sensing, responsing and acting on itself, and having no toxic action on itself when at the concentration that just cause the reaction. Farnesol is the QSM of Candida albicans, which influence multitudes factors of C. albicans including drug resistance, hypha formation, adhesive power and apoptosis; and influence the C. albicans host's immunity and host cell apoptosis. Furthermore, C. albicans has higher tolerance to farnesol than other fungi, but the mechanism is unclear. At present, because of the little understanding on the mechanism of the QSM farnesol, the interaction between the QSM farnesol and C. albicans is reviewed in this paper.

Key words: quorum sensing molecule, Candida albicans, farnesol, drug resistance, filamentation, farnesol tolerance

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