PMID- 30949151 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240417 IS - 1664-302X (Print) IS - 1664-302X (Electronic) IS - 1664-302X (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2019 TI - Metabolic Peculiarities of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Dimorphism as Demonstrated by iTRAQ Labeling Proteomics. PG - 555 LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00555 [doi] LID - 555 AB - Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a systemic mycosis with a high incidence in Latin America, is caused by thermodimorphic fungi of the Paracoccidioides genus. The contact with host occurs by the inhalation of conidia or mycelial propagules which once reaching the pulmonary alveoli differentiate into yeast cells. This transition process is vital in the pathogenesis of PCM allowing the fungus survival in the host. Thus, the present work performed a comparative proteome analysis of mycelia, mycelia-to-yeast transition, and yeast cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. For that, tryptic peptides were labeled with iTRAQ and identified by LC-MS/MS and computational data analysis, which allowed the identification of 312 proteins differentially expressed in different morphological stages. Data showed that P. brasiliensis yeast cells preferentially employ aerobic beta-oxidation and the tricarboxylic acid cycle accompanied by oxidative phosphorylation for ATP production, in comparison to mycelia and the transition from mycelia-to-yeast cells. Furthermore, yeast cells show a metabolic reprogramming in amino acid metabolism and in the induction of virulence determinants and heat shock proteins allowing adaptation to environmental conditions during the increase of the temperature. In opposite of that, the alcoholic fermentation found to P. lutzii, at least under laboratory conditions, is strongly favored in mycelium compared to yeast cells. Thereby, the data strongly support substantial metabolic differences among members of the Paracoccidioides complex, when comparing the saprobiotic mycelia and the yeast parasitic phases. FAU - Araujo, Danielle Silva AU - Araujo DS AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Quimica de Proteinas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. AD - Faculdade Unida de Campinas, Goiania, Brazil. FAU - Pereira, Maristela AU - Pereira M AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. FAU - Portis, Igor Godinho AU - Portis IG AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. FAU - Dos Santos Junior, Agenor de Castro Moreira AU - Dos Santos Junior ACM AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Quimica de Proteinas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Fontes, Wagner AU - Fontes W AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Quimica de Proteinas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - de Sousa, Marcelo Valle AU - de Sousa MV AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Quimica de Proteinas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Assuncao, Leandro do Prado AU - Assuncao LDP AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. FAU - Baeza, Lilian Cristiane AU - Baeza LC AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. FAU - Bailao, Alexandre Mello AU - Bailao AM AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. FAU - Ricart, Carlos Andre Ornelas AU - Ricart CAO AD - Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Quimica de Proteinas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Brock, Matthias AU - Brock M AD - Fungal Biology and Genetics Group, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. FAU - Soares, Celia Maria de Almeida AU - Soares CMA AD - Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190320 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Microbiol JT - Frontiers in microbiology JID - 101548977 PMC - PMC6436475 OTO - NOTNLM OT - dimorphism OT - iTRAQ OT - neglected disease OT - paracoccidioidomycosis OT - proteomics EDAT- 2019/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/06 06:01 PMCR- 2019/03/20 CRDT- 2019/04/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00555 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Microbiol. 2019 Mar 20;10:555. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00555. eCollection 2019.