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ArticleBMC microbiology2014

Methodologies to generate, extract, purify and fractionate yeast ECM for analytical use in proteomics and glycomics.

Fábio Faria-Oliveira, Joana Carvalho, Celso L R Belmiro, Montserrat Martinez-Gomariz, Maria Luisa Hernaez, Mauro Pavão, Concha Gil, Cândida Lucas, Célia Ferreira

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Fábio Faria-OliveiraCBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. ffariaoliveira@bio.uminho.pt.
Joana CarvalhoCBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. joana.scarvalho13@gmail.com.
Celso L R BelmiroInstitute of Medical Biochemistry, Laboratory of Glycoconjugates Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/ Polo de Macaé, Macaé, Brazil. celso_belmiro@yahoo.com.br.
Montserrat Martinez-GomarizUnidad de Proteómica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Parque Científico de Madrid UCM-PCM), Madrid, Spain. montserrat.martinez@fpcm.es.
Maria Luisa HernaezUnidad de Proteómica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Parque Científico de Madrid UCM-PCM), Madrid, Spain. mlhernae@farm.ucm.es.
Mauro PavãoInstitute of Medical Biochemistry, Laboratory of Glycoconjugates Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. mpavao@hucff.ufrj.br.
Concha GilUnidad de Proteómica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Parque Científico de Madrid UCM-PCM), Madrid, Spain. conchagil@farm.ucm.es.
Cândida LucasCBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. clucas@bio.uminho.pt.
Célia FerreiraCBMA (Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. celiamjf@gmail.com.
University of Minho · PTUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn a multicellular organism, the extracellular matrix (ECM) provides a cell-supporting scaffold and helps maintaining the biophysical integrity of tissues and organs. At the same time it plays crucial roles in cellular communication and signalling, with implications in spatial organisation, motility and differentiation. Similarly, the presence of an ECM-like extracellular polymeric substance is known to support and protect bacterial and fungal multicellular aggregates, such as biofilms or colonies. However, the roles and composition of this microbial ECM are still poorly understood.

resultsThis work presents a protocol to produce S. cerevisiae and C. albicans ECM in an equally highly reproducible manner. Additionally, methodologies for the extraction and fractionation into protein and glycosidic analytical pure fractions were improved. These were subjected to analytical procedures, respectively SDS-PAGE, 2-DE, MALDI-TOF-MS and LC-MS/MS, and DAE and FPLC. Additional chemical methods were also used to test for uronic acids and sulphation.

conclusionsThe methodologies hereby presented were equally efficiently applied to extract high amounts of ECM material from S. cerevisiae and C. albicans mats, therefore showing their robustness and reproducibility for yECM molecular and structural characterization. yECM from S. cerevisiae and C. albicans displayed a different proteome and glycoside fractions. S. cerevisiae yECM presented two well-defined polysaccharides with different mass/charge, and C. albicans ECM presented a single different one. The chemical methods further suggested the presence of uronic acids, and chemical modification, possibly through sulphate substitution. All taken, the procedures herein described present the first sensible and concise approach to the molecular and chemical characterisation of the yeast ECM, opening the way to the in-depth study of the microbe multicellular aggregates structure and life-style.

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Candida albicansChemistry Techniques, AnalyticalExtracellular MatrixFungal ProteinsGlycomicsPolysaccharidesProteomicsReproducibility of ResultsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeFungal ProteinsPolysaccharides

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