PMID- 34870754 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220524 LR - 20220524 IS - 1573-0832 (Electronic) IS - 0301-486X (Linking) VI - 187 IP - 2-3 DP - 2022 Jun TI - PbGP43 Genotyping Using Paraffin-Embedded Biopsies of Human Paracoccidioidomycosis Reveals a Genetically Distinct Lineage in the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Complex. PG - 157-168 LID - 10.1007/s11046-021-00608-3 [doi] AB - Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by a group of cryptic species embedded in the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis complex and Paracoccidioides lutzii. Four species were recently inferred to belong to the P. brasiliensis complex, but the high genetic diversity found in both human and environmental samples have suggested that the number of lineages may be higher. This study aimed to assess the 43-kilodalton glycoprotein genotypes (PbGP43) in paraffin-embedded samples from PCM patients to infer the phylogenetic lineages of the P. brasiliensis complex responsible for causing the infection. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples from patients with histopathological diagnosis of PCM were analyzed. DNAs were extracted and amplified for a region of the second exon of the PbGP43 gene. Products were sequenced and aligned with other PbGP43 sequences available. A haplotype network and the phylogenetic relationships among sequences were inferred. Amino acid substitutions were investigated regarding the potential to modify physicochemical properties in the proteins. Six phylogenetic lineages were identified as belonging to the P. brasiliensis complex. Two lineages did not group with any of the four recognized species of the complex, and, interestingly, one of them comprised only FFPE samples. A coinfection involving two lineages was found. Five parsimony-informative sites were identified and three of them showed radical non-synonymous substitutions with the potential to promote changes in the protein. This study expands the knowledge regarding the genetic diversity existing in the P. brasiliensis complex and shows the potential of FFPE samples in species identification and in detecting coinfections. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. FAU - Ricci, Giannina AU - Ricci G AD - Centro de Diagnostico e Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular Dr Ivo Ricci, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. gianninaricci@uol.com.br. AD - Departamento de Patologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. gianninaricci@uol.com.br. FAU - Campanini, Emeline Boni AU - Campanini EB AD - Departamento de Genetica e Evolucao, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. FAU - Nishikaku, Angela Satie AU - Nishikaku AS AD - Centro de Diagnostico e Pesquisa em Biologia Molecular Dr Ivo Ricci, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. FAU - Puccia, Rosana AU - Puccia R AD - Disciplina de Biologia Celular, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. FAU - Marques, Mariangela AU - Marques M AD - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil. FAU - Bialek, Ralf AU - Bialek R AD - LADR GmbH MVZ Dr, Kramer & Kollegen, Lauenburger Strasse 67, 21502, Geesthacht, Germany. FAU - Rodrigues, Anderson Messias AU - Rodrigues AM AD - Disciplina de Biologia Celular, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. FAU - Batista, Wagner Luiz AU - Batista WL AD - Departamento de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Campus Diadema, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. LA - eng GR - 001/Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior/ GR - 313375/2017-8/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico/ GR - 06-05095-6/Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211206 PL - Netherlands TA - Mycopathologia JT - Mycopathologia JID - 7505689 RN - 0 (Antigens, Fungal) RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) SB - IM MH - Antigens, Fungal/genetics MH - Biopsy MH - Fungal Proteins/genetics MH - Genotype MH - Humans MH - *Paracoccidioides/genetics MH - *Paracoccidioidomycosis/diagnosis MH - Paraffin Embedding MH - Phylogeny OTO - NOTNLM OT - Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) biopsies OT - Molecular diagnosis OT - PCR OT - Paracoccidioides brasiliensis complex OT - PbGP43 genotyping EDAT- 2021/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/25 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/06 12:28 PHST- 2021/08/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/06 12:28 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11046-021-00608-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11046-021-00608-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mycopathologia. 2022 Jun;187(2-3):157-168. doi: 10.1007/s11046-021-00608-3. Epub 2021 Dec 6.