Electrophoretic Karyotypes and Genome Sizing of the Pathogenic Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

AUTOR(ES)

Nogueira Cano, Maria Isabel

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Here we present the karyotype analysis and genome sizing of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a pathogen refractory to conventional genetic analysis. We have established pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) conditions to resolve the high-molecular-weight chromosomal bands of two clinical isolates of P. brasiliensis. Both isolates showed four megabase-sized bands, ranging from 2.0 to 10.0 Mbp. Significant differences in chromosome sizes and in the chromosomal location of genes for the gp43 antigen and chitin synthase were found. Different technical approaches were employed to estimate the DNA content and to define the ploidy of P. brasiliensis. An estimated genome size in the range of 45.7 to 60.9 Mbp was provided by the analysis of data generated by measuring the amplitude of fluorescence intensity of DAPI (4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole)-stained nuclei (by confocal microscopy). The nuclear genome size estimated by confocal microscopy is twice that estimated by the average sum of the molecular weight of chromosome-sized DNA molecules by PFGE, suggesting that each separated P. brasiliensis chromosomal band is diploid.

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