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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2014

Glycan analysis of Fonsecaea monophora from clinical and environmental origins reveals different structural profile and human antigenic response.

Juliana R Burjack, Arquimedes P Santana-Filho, Andrea C Ruthes, Daniel S Riter, Vania A Vicente, Larissa M Alvarenga, Guilherme L Sassaki

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Editorial: glycan diversity in fungi, bacteria, and sea organisms.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juliana R BurjackQuímica de Carboidratos, Departamento de Patologia Básica, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Arquimedes P Santana-FilhoDepartamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Andrea C RuthesDepartamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Daniel S RiterDepartamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Vania A VicenteQuímica de Carboidratos, Departamento de Patologia Básica, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Larissa M AlvarengaQuímica de Carboidratos, Departamento de Patologia Básica, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Guilherme L SassakiDepartamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Paraná · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dematiaceous fungi constitute a large and heterogeneous group, characterized by having a dark pigment, the dihydroxynaftalen melanin-DHN, inside their cell walls. In nature they are found mainly as soil microbiota or decomposing organic matter, and are spread in tropical and subtropical regions. The fungus Fonsecaea monophora causes chromoblastomycosis in humans, and possesses essential mechanisms that may enhance pathogenicity, proliferation and dissemination inside the host. Glycoconjugates confer important properties to these pathogenic microorganisms. In this work, structural characterization of glycan structures present in two different strains of F. monophora MMHC82 and FE5p4, from clinical and environmental origins, respectively, was performed. Each one were grown on Minimal Medium (MM) and Czapeck-Dox (CD) medium, and the water soluble cell wall glycoconjugates and exopolysaccharides (EPS) were evaluated by NMR, methylation and principal component analysis (PCA). By combining the methylation and 2D NMR analyses, it was possible to visualize the glycosidic profiles of the complex carbohydrate mixtures. Significant differences were observed in β-D-Galf-(1→5) and (1→6) linkages, α- and β-D-Glcp-(1→3), (1→4), and (1→6) units, as well as in α-D-Manp. PCA from (1)H-NMR data showed that MMHC82 from CD medium showed a higher variation in the cell wall carbohydrates, mainly related to O-2 substituted β-D-Galf (δ 106.0/5.23 and δ 105.3/5.23) units. In order to investigate the antigenic response of the glycoconjugates, these were screened against serum from chromoblastomycosis patients. The antigen which contained the cell wall of MMHC82 grown in MM had β-D-Manp units that promoted higher antigenic response. The distribution of these fungal species in nature and the knowledge of how cell wall polysaccharides and glycoconjugates structure vary, may contribute to the better understanding and the elucidation of the pathology caused by this fungus.

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Antibodies, FungalAntigens, FungalAscomycotaCell WallChromoblastomycosisEnvironmental MicrobiologyFungal PolysaccharidesGlycoconjugatesHumansMolecular StructureMycosesNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularAntibodies, FungalAntigens, FungalFungal PolysaccharidesGlycoconjugatesantigenic responsedematiaceous fungiglycanNMRPCA

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PMID25401093
PMCPMC4215789
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