Background : The dimorphic yeast, Candida albicans, is considered as a dangerous opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. Several phospholipases of C. albicans are known to be secreted into the culture medium. Phospholipases have been propos...
Background : The dimorphic yeast, Candida albicans, is considered as a dangerous opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. Several phospholipases of C. albicans are known to be secreted into the culture medium. Phospholipases have been proposed as a virulence factor in the pathoenesis of Candida infections.
Objective : In order to investigate enzyme production, we examined culture condition of secreted phospholipase production from C. albicans.
Methods : C. albicans ATTCC 10231 was cultivated in various media at 37℃ for 3 days.
Phospholipase activity was measured by fatty acid soap precipitaiton in plate containing 0.04T lecithin, 0.1 M citrate buffer, pH 4.2 and 1.5% noble agar.
Results : Phospholipase was highly induced when C. albicans was cultivated in broth medium(containing glucose 2%, albumin 0.2% and Fe^++ ion 0.01%) and Saboulaud's dextrose agar supplemented with 0.01% sodium deoxycholate.
Conclusion : Highly induction of secreted phospholipase by albumin from C. albicans may be play an importans role in tissue invasion in the pathogenesis of C. albicans.