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ArticleThe Journal of eukaryotic microbiology

Characterization of Lipids and Proteins Associated to the Cell Wall of the Acapsular Mutant Cryptococcus neoformans Cap 67.

Larissa V G Longo, Ernesto S Nakayasu, Jhon H S Pires, Felipe Gazos-Lopes, Milene C Vallejo, Tiago J P Sobreira, Igor C Almeida, Rosana Puccia

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Article in The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Larissa V G LongoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, 04023-062, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ernesto S NakayasuDepartment of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), El Paso, 79968-0519, Texas, USA.
Jhon H S PiresDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, 04023-062, São Paulo, Brazil.
Felipe Gazos-LopesDepartment of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), El Paso, 79968-0519, Texas, USA.
Milene C VallejoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, 04023-062, São Paulo, Brazil.
Tiago J P SobreiraLaboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil.
Igor C AlmeidaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), El Paso, 79968-0519, Texas, USA.
Rosana PucciaDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, 04023-062, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRThe University of Texas at El Paso · USLaboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol · BR

Funding

TCCG12MD007592 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI KIRKEN, ROBERT A. · 2012 to 2018
$19.4M
RISE Scholars Program at UTEPR25GM069621 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI AGUILERA, RENATO J · 2004 to 2021
$11.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS 2R25GM069621-09NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM069621NIMHD NIH HHS 2G12MD007592NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes life-threatening meningitis. In this fungus, the cell wall is exceptionally not the outermost structure due to the presence of a surrounding polysaccharide capsule, which has been highly studied. Considering that there is little information about C. neoformans cell wall composition, we aimed at describing proteins and lipids extractable from this organelle, using as model the acapsular mutant C. neoformans cap 67. Purified cell wall preparations were extracted with either chloroform/methanol or hot sodium dodecyl sulfate. Total lipids fractionated in silica gel 60 were analyzed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS), while trypsin digested proteins were analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). We detected 25 phospholipid species among phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidic acid. Two glycolipid species were identified as monohexosyl ceramides. We identified 192 noncovalently linked proteins belonging to different metabolic processes. Most proteins were classified as secretory, mainly via nonclassical mechanisms, suggesting a role for extracellular vesicles (EV) in transwall transportation. In concert with that, orthologs from 86% of these proteins have previously been reported both in fungal cell wall and/or in EV. The possible role of the presently described structures in fungal-host relationship is discussed.

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Cell WallCryptococcus neoformansHumansLipidsMutationProteinsSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationTandem Mass SpectrometryLipidsProteinsGlycolipidmonohexosyl ceramidepathogenic fungusphospholipidproteome

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PMID25733123
PMCPMC4621242
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