Author | Carvalho, Maria Helena Galdino Figueiredo | |
Author | Santos, Fábio Brito dos | |
Author | Nosanchuk, Joshua D. | |
Author | Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely Maria | |
Author | Paes, Rodrigo Almeida | |
Access date | 2015-07-03T11:32:59Z | |
Available date | 2015-07-03T11:32:59Z | |
Document date | 2014 | |
Citation | CARVALHO, Maria Helena Galdino Figueiredo et al. L-Dihydroxyphenylalanine induces melanin production by members of the genus Trichosporon. FEMS Yeast Research, v. 14, n. 6, p. 988–991, 2014. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1567-1356 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/11060 | |
Sponsorship | J.D.N. is partially supported by NIH AI52733. R.M.Z.-O.
is supported in part by CNPq 350338/2000-0 and FAPERJ
E-26/103.157/2011. | pt_BR |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Oxford University Press | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Title | L-Dihydroxyphenylalanine induces melanin production by members of the genus trichosporon | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1111/1567-1364.12174 | |
Abstract | Melanization of members of the genus Trichosporon is poorly described. In this study, six strains, including two clinical isolates, from four different species (Trichosporon asahii, T. asteroides, T. inkin, and T. mucoides) were grown in culture media with or without L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA). Each strain produced a brownish pigment compatible with melanin when cultured in presence of L-DOPA, suggesting that these species are able to produce eumelanin. L-tyrosine was not able to elicit any type of pigment production on cultures. As eumelanin is produced by several fungi during parasitism, this pigment may contribute to Trichosporon virulence. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Departments of Medicine. Division of Infectious Diseases Microbiology and Immunology. Bronx, NY, USA. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Levodopa | pt_BR |
Subject | Melanins | pt_BR |
Subject | Trichosporon | pt_BR |
Subject | Mycoses | pt_BR |
DeCS | Levodopa | pt_BR |
DeCS | Melaninas | pt_BR |
DeCS | Trichosporon | pt_BR |
DeCS | Micoses | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1567-1364 | |