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  • Title: L-tyrosine induces the production of a pyomelanin-like pigment by the parasitic yeast-form of Histoplasma capsulatum.
    Author: Almeida-Paes R, Almeida-Silva F, Pinto GCM, Almeida MA, Muniz MM, Pizzini CV, Gerfen GJ, Nosanchuk JD, Zancopé-Oliveira RM.
    Journal: Med Mycol; 2018 Jun 01; 56(4):506-509. PubMed ID: 28992332.
    Abstract:
    Melanization of Histoplasma capsulatum remains poorly described, particularly in regards to the forms of melanin produced. In the present study, 30 clinical and environmental H. capsulatum strains were grown in culture media with or without L-tyrosine under conditions that produced either mycelial or yeast forms. Mycelial cultures were not melanized under the studied conditions. However, all strains cultivated under yeast conditions produced a brownish to black soluble pigment compatible with pyomelanin when grew in presence of L-tyrosine. Sulcotrione inhibited pigment production in yeast cultures, strengthening the hyphothesis that H. capsulatum yeast forms produce pyomelanin. Since pyomelanin is produced by the fungal parasitic form, this pigment may be involved in H. capsulatum virulence.
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