Journal
MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 24, Issue 6-7, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2022.104975
Keywords
Paracoccidioides; Bioluminescence; Promoters; ATMT; Galleria mellonella
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Goias (FAPEG), INCT
- Medical Research Council in a Newton project [MR/N017528/1]
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The study aimed to generate bioluminescent reporter strains of Paracoccidioides spp. by incorporating a thermostable luciferase gene under the control of different promoters. The transformation experiments and detection of luciferase confirmed the successful construction of the strains. Additionally, an in vivo model was proposed for the systemic study of paracoccidioidomycoses.
The genus Paracoccidioides comprises the species complex causing paracoccidioidomycoses (PCM). These fungi are a serious public health problem due to the long-term drug therapy, follow-up treatment, and frequent sequelae generated by the infection, such as pulmonary fibrosis. In this sense, the objective of this work was to generate bioluminescent reporter strains of Paracoccidioides spp. harboring a ther-mostable, red-shifted luciferase gene under the control of different constitutive promoters. The strains were generated by the integration of a species-specific codon-optimized luciferase gene upon actin or enolase promoter's control. The insertion of the constructs in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Para-coccidioides lutzii yeast cells were performed through Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated trans-formation. The results demonstrated the presence of several transformants harboring the luciferase gene. These transformants were further confirmed by the expression of luciferase and by the presence of the hygromycin resistance gene. Moreover, the luciferase activity could be detected in in vitro biolumines-cence assays and in vivo models of infection. In general, this work presents the methodology for the construction of bioluminescent strains of Paracoccidioides spp., highlighting potential promoters and proposing an in vivo model, in which those strains could be used for the systemic study of PCM.(c) 2022 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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