Characterization of an MPLP6, a gene coding for a yeast phase specific, antigenic mannoprotein in Penicillium marneffei

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-39

  Pongpom, Monsicha ^a   Vanittanakom, Nongnuch ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antigen; Mannoprotein; MPLP6; Penicillium marneffei

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; MANNOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MOULD; MPLP6 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 78650353472     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.496796     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Andrianopoulos A. Control of morphogenesis in the human fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei . Int J Med Microbiol 2002; 292: 331-347.
2. Cooper CR Jr, Vanittanakom N. Insights into the pathogenicity of Penicillium marneffei . Future Microbiol 2008; 3: 43-55.
3. Vanittanakom N, Cooper CRJ, Fisher MC, et al. Penicillium marneffei infection and recent advances in the epidemiology and molecular biology aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006; 19: 95-110.
4. Vanittanakom N, Sirisanthana T. Penicillium marneffei infection in patients infected with human immunodefi ciency virus . Curr Top Med Mycol 1997; 8: 35-42.
5. Ranjana KH, Priyokumar K, Singh TJ, et al. Disseminated P enicillium marneffei infection among HIV-infected patients in Manipur state, India. J Infect 2002; 45: 268-271.
6. Sirisanthana T, Supparatpinyo K. Epidemiology and management of penicilliosis in human immunodefi ciency virus-infected patients . Int J Infect Dis 1998; 3: 48-53.
7. Singh PN, Ranjana K, Singh YI, et al. Indigenous disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in the state of Manipur, India: report of four autochthonous cases. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37: 2699-2702.
8. Lo Y, Tintelnot K, Lippert U, et al. Disseminated P enicillium marneffei infections in an African AIDS patient. Tran R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2000; 94: 187.
9. Supparatpinyo K, Khamwan C, Baosoung V, et al. Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in Southeast Asia. Lancet 1994; 344: 110-113.
10. Supparatpinyo K, Chiewchanvit S, Hirunsri P, et al. An effi cacy study of itraconazole in the treatment of Penicillium marneffei infection. J Med Assoc Thai 1992; 75: 688-691.
11. Chaiwarith R, Charoenyos N, Sirisanthana T, et al. Discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis against penicilliosis marneffei in AIDS patients after HAART. AIDS 2007; 21: 365-379.
12. Pongpom P, Cooper CR Jr, Vanittanakom N. Isolation and characterization of a catalase-peroxidase gene from the pathogenic fungus, Penicillium marneffei . Med Mycol 2005; 43: 403-411.
13. Cao L, Chan CM, Lee C, et al. MP1 encodes an abundant and highly specifi c antigenic cell wall mannoprotein in the pathogenic fungus Penicillium marneffei . Infect Immun 1998; 66: 966-973.
14. Vanittanakom N, Vanittanakom P, Hay RJ. Rapid identifi cation of Penicillium marneffei by PCR-based detection of specifi c sequences on the rRNA gene. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40: 1739-1742.
15. Chariyalertsak S, Supparatpinyo K, Sirisanthana T, et al. A controlled trial of itraconazole as primary prophylaxis for systemic fungal infections in patients with advanced human immunodefi ciency virus infection in Thailand. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34: 277-284.
16. Woo PC, Lau CC, Chong KT, et al. MP1 homologue-based multilocus sequence system for typing the pathogenic fungus Penicillium marneffei: a novel approach using lineage-specifi c genes. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45: 3647-3654.
17. Frieman MB, McCaffery JM, Cormack BP. Modular domain structure in the Candida glabrata adhesion Epa1p, a beta 1,6 glucan-cross-linked cell wall protein. Mol Microbiol 2002; 46: 479-492.
18. Cooper CR Jr, Haycocks NG. P enicillium marneffei: an insurgent species among the penicillia. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2000; 47: 24-28.
19. Chongtrakool P, Chaiyaroj S, Vithayasai V, et al. Immunoreactivity of a 38-kilodalton Penicillium marneffei antigen with human immunodefi ciency virus-positive sera. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35: 2220-2223.
20. Jeavons L, Hamilton AJ, Vanittanakom N. Identifi cation and purifi cation of specifi c Penicillium marneffei antigens and their recognition by human immune sera. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36: 949-954.
21. Vanittanakom N, Mekaprateep M, Sittisombut N, et al. Western immunoblot analysis of protein antigens of Penicillium marneffei . Med Mycol 1997; 35: 123-131.
22. Kiertiburanakul S, Tibbadee C, Santanirand P. Invasive aspergillosis in a tertiary-care hospital in Thailand. J Med Assoc Thai 2007; 90: 895-902.
23. Biondo C, Messina L, Bombaci M, et al. Characterization of two novel mannoproteins recognized by immune sera. Infect Immun 2005 ; 73: 7348-7355.
24. Cao L, Chen DL, Lee C, et al. Detection of specifi c antibodies to an antigenic mannoprotein for diagnosis of Penicillium marneffei penicilliosis. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36: 3028-3031.
25. Cao L, Chan KM, Chen D, et al. Detection of cell wall mannoprotein Mp1p in culture supernatants of Penicillium marneffei and in sera of penicilliosis patients. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37: 981-986.
26. Chong KT, Woo PC, Lau SK, et al. AFMP2 encodes a novel immunogenic protein of the antigenic mannoprotein superfamily in Aspergillus fumigatus . J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42: 2287-2291.
27. Hernando FL, Calvo E, Abad A, et al. Identifi cation of protein and mannoprotein antigens of Candida albicans of relevance for the sero diagnosis of invasive candidiasis. Int Microbiol 2007; 10: 103-108.
28. Levitz SM, Specht CA. The molecular basis for immunogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans mannoproteins. FEMS Yeast Res 2006; 6: 513-524.
29. Nisini R, Romagnoli G, Gomez MJ, et al. Antigenic properties and processing requirements of 65-kilodalton mannoprotein, a major antigen target of anti- Candida human T-cell response, as disclosed by specifi c human T-cell clones. Infect Immun 2001; 69: 3728-3736.
30. Specht CA, Nong S, Dan JM, et al. Contribution of glycosylation to T cell responses stimulated by recombinant Cryptococcus neoformans mannoprotein. J Infect Dis 2007; 196: 796-800.
31. Viudes A, Perea S, Lopez-ribot JL. Identifi cation of continuous B-cell epitopes on the protein moiety of the 58-kilodalton cell wall mannoprotein of Candida albicans belonging to a family of immunodominant fungal antigens. Infect Immun 2001; 69: 2909-2919.
32. Woo PC, Chong KT, Leung AS, et al. AFLMP1 encodes an antigenic cell wall protein in Aspergillus fl avus . J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41: 845-850.
33. Yuen KY, Chan CM, Chan KM, et al. Characterization of AFMP1: a novel target for serodiagnosis of aspergillosis. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39: 3830-3837.