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Genotyping of intraspecies polymorphisms of Sporothrix globosa using partial sequence of mitochondrial DNA
Author(s) -
Mochizuki Hirokazu,
Anzawa Kazushi,
Mochizuki Takashi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.16235
Subject(s) - biology , sporotrichosis , sporothrix schenckii , restriction fragment length polymorphism , mitochondrial dna , genetics , internal transcribed spacer , molecular epidemiology , rapd , genotyping , sequence analysis , amplicon , polymerase chain reaction , gene , genotype , phylogenetic tree , genetic diversity , population , demography , sociology , immunology
Abstract Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) had been used for molecular identification of Sporothrix spp., which is the causative fungi of sporotrichosis and the most prevalent deep‐seated dermatomycosis. Also, mtDNA‐RFLP had been used to investigate the molecular epidemiology of sporotrichosis. While the current standard for molecular diagnosis is performed by sequence analysis of the calmodulin gene ( CAL ), correspondence between the results from CAL and mtDNA is of diagnostic and epidemiological interest. Here, we investigated the correspondence between CAL and mtDNA used for molecular identification of Sporothrix globosa and S .  schenckii , which are two major species. We also investigated and propose molecular markers suitable to describe the epidemiology of S .  globosa , which is considered as a species with few intraspecific polymorphisms. Eighty‐seven strains morphologically identified as S .  schenckii sensu lato were investigated. They were identified as group A (17 types, 17 strains) or B (14 types, 70 strains) by mtDNA‐RFLP. Partial sequences of CAL , internal transcribed spacer, and spacer between atp9 and cox2 genes of mtDNA of these strains were determined. All group A strains corresponded to S .  schenckii , and group B to S .  globosa . The sequences of the amplicons targeted on the spacer region in mtDNA of S .  globosa ranged 510–515 bp in length and exhibited 10 molecular variations, whereas CAL indicated seven molecular variations. In conclusion, most of the S .  schenckii sensu lato strains isolated from Japanese sporotrichosis patients were confirmed as S. globosa , because group B, which comprised the majority of strains, matched perfectly with S .  globosa by the CAL sequencing study. We proposed sequence variations in the spacer between atp9 and cox2 genes of mtDNA as a suitable molecular epidemiological marker for S .  globosa .

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