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Analysis of sphingolipids, sterols, and phospholipids in human pathogenic Cryptococcus strains.

ABSTRACT: Cryptococcus species cause invasive infections in humans. Lipids play an important role in the progression of these infections. Independent studies done by our group and others provide some detail about the functions of these lipids in Cryptococcus infections. However, the pathways of biosynthesis and the metabolism of these lipids are not completely understood. To thoroughly understand the physiological role of these Cryptococcus lipids, a proper structure and composition analysis of Cryptococcus lipids is demanded. In this study, a detailed spectroscopic analysis of lipid extracts from Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus grubii strains is presented. Sphingolipid profiling by LC-ESI-MS/MS was used to analyze sphingosine, dihydrosphingosine, sphingosine-1-phosphate, dihydrosphingosine-1-phosphate, ceramide, dihydroceramide, glucosylceramide, phytosphingosine, phytosphingosine-1-phosphate, phytoceramide, ?-hydroxy phytoceramide, and inositolphosphorylceramide species. A total of 13 sterol species were identified using GC-MS, where ergosterol is the most abundant species. The 31P-NMR-based phospholipid analysis identified phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidyl-N,N-dimethylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidic acid, and lysophosphatidylethanolamine. A comparison of lipid profiles among different Cryptococcus strains illustrates a marked change in the metabolic flux of these organisms, especially sphingolipid metabolism. These data improve our understanding of the structure, biosynthesis, and metabolism of common lipid groups of Cryptococcus and should be useful while studying their functional significance and designing therapeutic interventions.

SUBMITTER: Singh A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5625125 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Analysis of sphingolipids, sterols, and phospholipids in human pathogenic Cryptococcus strains.

Singh Ashutosh A MacKenzie Andrew A Girnun Geoffrey G Del Poeta Maurizio M

Journal of lipid research 20170815 10

Cryptococcus species cause invasive infections in humans. Lipids play an important role in the progression of these infections. Independent studies done by our group and others provide some detail about the functions of these lipids in Cryptococcus infections. However, the pathways of biosynthesis and the metabolism of these lipids are not completely understood. To thoroughly understand the physiological role of these Cryptococcus lipids, a proper structure and composition a ...[more]

PMID: 28811322

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