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Roles of Candida albicans adhesins and secreted proteases in neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation - traitors or allies of host in candidial infection?

2012/05/B/NZ1/00003

Keywords:

Candida albicans neutrophil extracellular trap adhesins protease infection candidiasis

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_10: Microbiology
  • NZ1_2: Biochemistry
  • NZ6_7: Mycology

Panel:

NZ1 - Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution :

UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLOŃSKI, Wydział Biochemii Biofizyki i Biotechnologii

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Maria Rąpała-Kozik 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 3 - announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded: 684 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-02-14

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-06-13

Project duration:: 40 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Automatyczny licznik komórek (15 000 PLN)
  2. Czytnik mikropłytek z detekcją fluorescencyjną (135 000 PLN)
  3. Inkubator CO2 do hodowli komórkowych (40 000 PLN)
  4. komora laminarna do prac z komórkami.

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (7)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Selected mucolytic, anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular drugs change the ability of neutrophils to form extracellular traps (NETs).
    Authors:
    Zawrotniak M, Kozik A, Rapala-Kozik M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Biochim. Pol. (rok: 2015, tom: 62(3), strony: 465-73), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society and of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.18388/abp.2015_1055. - link to the publication
  2. Aspartic proteases and major cell wall components in Candida albicans trigger the release of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps.
    Authors:
    Zawrotniak M., Bochenska O., Karkowska-Kuleta J., Seweryn-Ożóg K., Aoki W., Ueda M., Kozik A. Rapala-Kozik M.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (rok: 2017, tom: 7, strony: article 414), Wydawca: Frontiers,open-access academic publisher
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fcimb.2017.00414 - link to the publication
  3. Inactivation of alpha1-proteinase inhibitor by Candida albicans aspartic proteases favors the epithelial and endothelial cell colonization in the presence of neutrophil extracellular traps
    Authors:
    Gogol M., Ostrowska D., Klaga K.,Bochenska O., Wolak N., Aoki W., Ueda M., Kozik A., Rapala-Kozik M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Biochim. Pol. (rok: 2016, tom: 63, strony: 167-175), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society and of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.18388/abp.2015_1163 - link to the publication
  4. Inactivation of the antifungal and immunomodulatory properties of human cathelicidin LL-37 by aspartic proteases produced by the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans
    Authors:
    Maria Rapala-Kozik, Oliwia Bochenska, Marcin Zawrotniak, Natalia Wolak, Grzegorz Trebacz, Mariusz Gogol, Dominika Ostrowska, Wataru Aoki, Mitsuyoshi Ueda, and Andrzej Kozik.
    Academic press:
    Infection and Immunity (IAI) (rok: 2015, tom: 83, strony: 2518-2530), Wydawca: American Society for Microbiology
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1128/IAI.00023-15 - link to the publication
  5. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) - formation and implications.
    Authors:
    Zawrotniak M, Rapala-Kozik M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Biochimica Polonica (rok: 2013, tom: 60(3), strony: 277-84), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society and of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
  1. Identification of Candida albicans surface proteins involved in binding of human cathelicidn LL-37 and changes in LL-37 antifungal properties during its citrullination that can occur in Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs)
    Authors:
    M. Rapala-Kozik, K. Seweryn, M. Gogol, D. Zajac, J. Karkowska-Kuleta, O. Bochenska, J. Koziel, J. Potempa, A. Kozik;
    Conference:
    13th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis (rok: 2016, ), Wydawca: ASM
    Data:
    konferencja 13-17 kwietnia
    Status:
    Published
  2. Interaction of Candida albicans cell wall proteins with components of neutrophil extracellular traps formed during the host response to candidal infections
    Authors:
    Rapala-Kozik M., Seweryn K., Kluza A., Zawrotniak M, Klaga K., Kozik A.
    Conference:
    19 th Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: ISHAM
    Data:
    konferencja 4-8 May
    Status:
    Published
  3. A possible involvement of secreted aspartic proteases of Candida albicans in the propagation of inflamation during candidiasis
    Authors:
    Gogól M., Kozik A., Rapala-Kozik M.
    Conference:
    6th International Weigl Conference on Microbiology (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society
    Data:
    konferencja 8-10 July
    Status:
    Published
  4. Altered production of reactive oxygen species and release of extracellular traps by neutrophils under the influence of selected mucolytic, anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine and cardiovascular drugs
    Authors:
    M. Zawrotniak, A. Kozik, M. Rapala-Kozik
    Conference:
    FEBS-EMBO Conference, Paris 2014 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Federation of European Biochemical Societies, FEBS Journal 281 (Suppl. 1)
    Data:
    konferencja 30.08-4.09
    Status:
    Published
  5. Degradation of proteinaceous components of neutrophil extracellular traps by aspartic proteases secreted by pathogenic yeasts, Candida albicans
    Authors:
    M. Gogol, O. Bochenska, N. Wolak, W. Aoki, M. Ueda, A. Kozik, M. Rapala-Kozik
    Conference:
    FEBS-EMBO Conference, Paris 2014 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Federation of European Biochemical Societies, FEBS Journal 281 (Suppl. 1)
    Data:
    konferencja 30.08-4.09
    Status:
    Published
  6. The neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) influence the susceptibility of epithelial and endothelial cells to fungal infections
    Authors:
    Ostrowska D., Klaga K., Rapala-Kozik M.
    Conference:
    "Regulatory myeloid cells (MRC) in health and disease", (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Mye-EUNITER
    Data:
    konferencja Krakow, 14-16 Sept.
    Status:
    Published
  7. Virulence factors of pathogenic yeast Candida albicans that affect the efficiency of fungal cell killing by extracellular traps .
    Authors:
    Rapala - Kozik , M., Zawrotniak , M., Aoki , W., Ueda , M., Gogol , M., Seweryn , K., Wolak , N., Bochenska , O., Karkowska - Kuleta , J., Kluza , A., Kozik , A
    Conference:
    International Symposium NEUTROPHIL 2014 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB).
    Data:
    konferencja 31.05-3.06
    Status:
    Published
  1. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Infectious Human Diseases
    Authors:
    Zawrotniak M., Kozik A., Rapala-Kozik M.
    Book:
    Role of Neutrophils in Disease Pathogenesis (rok: 2017, tom: 45450, strony: 45376), Wydawca: INTECH, Medicine
    Status:
    Published