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MICROORGANISMS
卷 5, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5030049
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Cryptococcus gattii; R265; transcriptome; genome; annotation; amino acid; bronchoalveolar lavage; cryptococcosis
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- Coordenacao de Apoio de Pessoal de Nivel Superior-CAPES [23038.010041/2013-13]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico-CNPQ [312408/2014-5]
Cryptococcus gattii is a human and animal pathogen that infects healthy hosts and caused the Pacific Northwest outbreak of cryptococcosis. The inhalation of infectious propagules can lead to internalization of cryptococcal cells by alveolar macrophages, a niche in which C. gattii cells can survive and proliferate. Although the nutrient composition of macrophages is relatively unknown, the high induction of amino acid transporter genes inside the phagosome indicates a preference for amino acid uptake instead of synthesis. However, the presence of countable errors in the 8265 genome annotation indicates significant inhibition of transcriptomic analysis in this hypervirulent strain. Thus, we analyzed RNA-Seq data from in vivo and in vitro cultures of C. gattii R265 to perform the reannotation of the genome. In addition, based on in vivo transcriptomic data, we identified highly expressed genes and pathways of amino acid metabolism that would enable C. gattii to survive and proliferate in vivo. Importantly, we identified high expression in three APC amino acid transporters as well as the GABA permease. The use of amino acids as carbon and nitrogen sources, releasing ammonium and generating carbohydrate metabolism intermediaries, also explains the high expression of components of several degradative pathways, since glucose starvation is an important host defense mechanism.
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