Phosphosite-specific regulation of the oxidative-stress response of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a shotgun phosphoproteomic analysis
Fungal Proteins
0301 basic medicine
Oxidative Stress
03 medical and health sciences
Proteome
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Paracoccidioides
Phosphoproteins
Mass Spectrometry
Signal Transduction
DOI:
10.1016/j.micinf.2016.08.004
Publication Date:
2016-09-06T11:14:26Z
AUTHORS (7)
ABSTRACT
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a thermally dimorphic fungus, is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic mycosis that is widespread in Latin America. This fungus is a facultative intracellular pathogen able to survive and replicate inside non-activated macrophages. Therefore, the survival of P. brasiliensis inside the host depends on the ability to adapt to oxidative stress induced by immune cells, especially alveolar macrophages. For several years, reactive oxygen species (ROS) were only associated with pathological processes. Currently, a plethora of roles for ROS in cell signaling have emerged. We have previously reported that low ROS concentrations cause cell proliferation in the human pathogenic fungus P. brasiliensis. In the present report, we investigated the influence of phosphorylation events in that process. Using a mass spectrometry-based approach, we mapped 440 phosphorylation sites in 230 P. brasiliensis proteins and showed that phosphorylation at different sites determines fungal responses to oxidative stress, which are regulated by phosphatases and kinases activities. Furthermore, we present additional evidence for a functional two-component signal transduction system in P. brasiliensis. These findings will help us to understand the phosphorylation events involved in the oxidative stress response.
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