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Grzelak S, Moskwa B, Bień J. Trichinella britovi muscle larvae and adult worms: stage-specific and common antigens detected by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis-based immunoblotting. Parasit Vectors 2018; 11:584. [PMID: 30419953 PMCID: PMC6233509 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-3177-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Trichinella britovi is the second most common species of Trichinella that may affect human health. As an early diagnosis of trichinellosis is crucial for effective treatment, it is important to identify sensitive, specific and common antigens of adult T. britovi worms and muscle larvae. The present study was undertaken to uncover the stage-specific and common proteins of T. britovi that may be used in specific diagnostics. Methods Somatic extracts obtained from two developmental stages, muscle larvae (ML) and adult worms (Ad), were separated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) coupled with immunoblot analysis. The positively-visualized protein spots specific for each stage were identified through liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-LC/MS). Results A total of 272 spots were detected in the proteome of T. britovi adult worms (Ad) and 261 in the muscle larvae (ML). The somatic extracts from Ad and ML were specifically recognized by T. britovi-infected swine sera at 10 days post infection (dpi) and 60 dpi, with a total of 70 prominent protein spots. According to immunoblotting patterns and LC-MS/MS results, the immunogenic spots recognized by different pig T. britovi-infected sera were divided into three groups for the two developmental stages: adult stage-specific proteins, muscle larvae stage-specific proteins, and proteins common to both stages. Forty-five Ad proteins (29 Ad-specific and 16 common) and thirteen ML proteins (nine ML-specific and four common) cross-reacted with sera at 10 dpi. Many of the proteins identified in Ad (myosin-4, myosin light chain kinase, paramyosin, intermediate filament protein B, actin-depolymerizing factor 1 and calreticulin) are involved in structural and motor activity. Among the most abundant proteins identified in ML were 14-3-3 protein zeta, actin-5C, ATP synthase subunit d, deoxyribonuclease-2-alpha, poly-cysteine and histide-tailed protein, enolase, V-type proton ATPase catalytic and serine protease 30. Heat-shock protein, intermediate filament protein ifa-1 and intermediate filament protein B were identified in both proteomes. Conclusions To our knowledge, this study represents the first immunoproteomic identification of the antigenic proteins of adult worms and muscle larvae of T. britovi. Our results provide a valuable basis for the development of diagnostic methods. The identification of common components for the two developmental stages of T. britovi may be useful in the preparation of parasitic antigens in recombinant forms for diagnostic use.
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- Sylwia Grzelak
- Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warsaw, Poland
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- Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warsaw, Poland
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- Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warsaw, Poland.
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Wang Y, Bai X, Zhu H, Wang X, Shi H, Tang B, Boireau P, Cai X, Luo X, Liu M, Liu X. Immunoproteomic analysis of the excretory-secretory products of Trichinella pseudospiralis adult worms and newborn larvae. Parasit Vectors 2017; 10:579. [PMID: 29157262 PMCID: PMC5697079 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2522-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background The nematode Trichinella pseudospiralis is an intracellular parasite of mammalian skeletal muscle cells and exists in a non-encapsulated form. Previous studies demonstrated that T. pseudospiralis could induce a lower host inflammatory response. Excretory-secretory (ES) proteins as the most important products of host-parasite interaction may play the main functional role in alleviating host inflammation. However, the ES products of T. pseudospiralis early stage are still unknown. The identification of the ES products of the early stage facilitates the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the immunomodulation and may help finding early diagnostic markers. Results In this study, we used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE)-based western blotting coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS/MS) to separate and identify the T. pseudospiralis adult worms ES products immunoreaction-positive proteins. In total, 400 protein spots were separated by 2-DE. Twenty-eight protein spots were successfully identified using the sera from infected pigs and were characterized to correlate with 12 different proteins of T. pseudospiralis, including adult-specific DNase II-10, poly-cysteine and histidine-tailed protein isoform 2, serine protease, serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK3, enolase, putative venom allergen 5, chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 1, uncharacterized protein, peptidase inhibitor 16, death-associated protein 1, deoxyribonuclease II superfamily and golgin-45. Bioinformatic analyses showed that the identified proteins have a wide diversity of molecular functions, especially deoxyribonuclease II (DNase II) activity and serine-type endopeptidase activity. Conclusions Early candidate antigens from the ES proteins of T. pseudospiralis have been screened and identified. Our results suggest these proteins may play key roles during the T. pseudospiralis infection and suppress the host immune response. Further, they are the most likely antigen for early diagnosis and the development of a vaccine against the parasite.
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- Yang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Boston, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China.,ANSES, INRA, ENVA, Universite Paris Est, Laboratory for Animal Health, Maisons Alfort, Paris, France
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- China Institute of Veterinary Drugs Control, Beijing, 100000, China.,State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Lanzhou, 730046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Lanzhou, 730046, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China. .,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis/College of Veterinary Medicine/College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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Bien J, Cabaj W, Moskwa B. Proteomic analysis of potential immunoreactive proteins from muscle larvae and adult worms of Trichinella spiralis in experimentally infected pigs. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2015; 62. [PMID: 25960566 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2015.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to identify potentially immunoreactive proteins of the muscle larvae (ML) and adult stage (Ad) of the nematode Trichinella spiralis Owen, 1835. To identify immunoreactive proteins that are specifically recognised by anti-Trichinella antibodies, ML and Ad crude extracts and their excretory-secretory (E-S) products were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and immunoblot with serum samples from pigs experimentally infected with T. spiralis. A total of 18 bands were selected for final identification by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. To further understand the functions of the proteins identified in this study, gene ontology terms were applied. Results showed that the specific antibodies against T. spiralis reacted with protein bands matching heat shock proteins, aminopeptidase, enolase, isocitrate dehydrogenase NADP-dependent, tropomyosin, P49 antigen, serine proteinase, secreted 5'-nucleotidase, antigen targeted by protective antibodies, 53 kDa E-S antigen, putative trypsin and paramyosin. Three proteins common for both adult stage and muscle larvae, including heat shock proteins, enolase and 5'-nucleotidase, might play important role during T. spiralis infection. These proteins are presumably presented to the host immune system and may induce humoral immune response. Thus, these proteins may be potential antigens for early diagnosis and the development of a vaccine against the parasite.
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- Justyna Bien
- Witold Stefanski Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Witold Stefanski Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Witold Stefanski Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Soblik H, Younis AE, Mitreva M, Renard BY, Kirchner M, Geisinger F, Steen H, Brattig NW. Life cycle stage-resolved proteomic analysis of the excretome/secretome from Strongyloides ratti--identification of stage-specific proteases. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M111.010157. [PMID: 21964353 PMCID: PMC3237078 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.010157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A wide range of biomolecules, including proteins, are excreted and secreted from helminths and contribute to the parasite's successful establishment, survival, and reproduction in an adverse habitat. Excretory and secretory proteins (ESP) are active at the interface between parasite and host and comprise potential targets for intervention. The intestinal nematode Strongyloides spp. exhibits an exceptional developmental plasticity in its life cycle characterized by parasitic and free-living generations. We investigated ESP from infective larvae, parasitic females, and free-living stages of the rat parasite Strongyloides ratti, which is genetically very similar to the human pathogen, Strongyloides stercoralis. Proteomic analysis of ESP revealed 586 proteins, with the largest number of stage-specific ESP found in infective larvae (196), followed by parasitic females (79) and free-living stages (35). One hundred and forty proteins were identified in all studied stages, including anti-oxidative enzymes, heat shock proteins, and carbohydrate-binding proteins. The stage-selective ESP of (1) infective larvae included an astacin metalloproteinase, the L3 Nie antigen, and a fatty acid retinoid-binding protein; (2) parasitic females included a prolyl oligopeptidase (prolyl serine carboxypeptidase), small heat shock proteins, and a secreted acidic protein; (3) free-living stages included a lysozyme family member, a carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzyme, and saponin-like protein. We verified the differential expression of selected genes encoding ESP by qRT-PCR. ELISA analysis revealed the recognition of ESP by antibodies of S. ratti-infected rats. A prolyl oligopeptidase was identified as abundant parasitic female-specific ESP, and the effect of pyrrolidine-based prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitors showed concentration- and time-dependent inhibitory effects on female motility. The characterization of stage-related ESP from Strongyloides will help to further understand the interaction of this unique intestinal nematode with its host.
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- Hanns Soblik
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Wang S, Zhu X, Yang Y, Yang J, Gu Y, Wei J, Hao R, Boireau P, Cui S. Molecular cloning and characterization of heat shock protein 70 from Trichinella spiralis. Acta Trop 2009; 110:46-51. [PMID: 19185561 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Revised: 01/02/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A cDNA encoding heat shock protein 70 of Trichinella spiralis (Ts-Hsp70) was identified by immunoscreening the adult T. spiralis cDNA library with rabbit antisera against T. spiralis adult extracts. The open reading frame of Ts-Hsp70 cDNA encoded a 623-amino acid peptide with a predicted molecular weight of 68.7kDa, which shares a high degree of sequence conservation with HSP70s from other parasites. Recombinant Ts-Hsp70 was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified with nickel column chromatography. Western blot analysis showed that recombinant Ts-Hsp70 could be recognized not only by trichinellosis patient sera, but also by T. spiralis-infected sera from rabbits, swine, and mice. Mice vaccinated with recombinant Ts-Hsp70 formulated with Freund's adjuvant exhibited strong humoral immune responses indicated by high titer of IgG antibody and significant muscle larval reduction (37%) after being challenged with T. spiralis larvae. The present results indicate that Ts-Hsp70 is a possible candidate vaccine against T. spiralis infection.
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Nagano I, Wu Z, Takahashi Y. Functional genes and proteins of Trichinella spp. Parasitol Res 2008; 104:197-207. [PMID: 18987885 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1248-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Research of Trichinella proteins has been conducted with emphasis on excretory-secretory (E-S) products of muscle larvae because of two reasons. The first is that it has prominent and narrow specific antigenicity, and the second is that it may play some role in nurse cell formation after being secreted into host muscle cells. Proteomic analysis of E-S proteins was further advanced by the aid of new analytical methods such as gene cloning, matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and expressed sequence tags database analysis. As the research progressed, the interest of researchers moved to identification of function of E-S products, which has shed further light on the intriguing relationships between parasites and hosts. Major constituents of the E-S products include 43-, 53-, and 45-kDa glycoprotein derived from the stichosome. Many proteins were discovered in E-S products after the 43-, 53-, and 45-kDa proteins although the relationships among them remain unclear. Some of the new proteins were partially defined in terms of their function including nuclear antigens, MyoD-like protein, TsJ5 protein, etc. There are better-characterized proteins based on the gene molecular method, which allow easier identification of the function of proteins of interest. Such examples were demonstrated by proteinases, proteinase inhibitors, heat shock proteins, glycosidases, etc.
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- Isao Nagano
- Department of Parasitology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
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Martinez J, Perez-Serrano J, Bernadina WE, Rincon I, Rodriguez-Caabeiro F. Heat shock protein synthesis over time in infective Trichinella spiralis larvae raised in suboptimal culture conditions. J Helminthol 2007; 78:243-7. [PMID: 15469628 DOI: 10.1079/joh2003225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AbstractChanges in the viability, infectivity and heat shock protein (Hsp) levels are reported in Trichinella spiralis first stage larvae (L1) stored in 199 medium for up to seven days at 37°C. These conditions induce stress that the larvae, eventually, cannot overcome. After three days of storage, the infectivity and viability were unchanged, although higher Hsp70 levels were observed. After this time, larvae gradually lost viability and infectivity, coinciding with a decrease in Hsp70 and Hsp90 and an increase in actin (a housekeeping protein). In addition, a possibly inducible heat shock protein, Hsp90i, appeared as constitutive Hsp90 disappeared. No significant changes in Hsp60 levels were detected at any time. These results suggest that heat shock proteins initially try to maintain homeostasis, but on failing, may be involved in cell death.
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- J Martinez
- Facultad de Farmacia, Departmento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Wu Z, Nagano I, Boonmars T, Takahashi Y. Thermally induced and developmentally regulated expression of a small heat shock protein in Trichinella spiralis. Parasitol Res 2007; 101:201-12. [PMID: 17268805 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0462-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A cDNA encoding a small heat shock protein of Trichinella spiralis, Ts-sHsp, was cloned and expressed and is herein characterized. This cDNA encoded a predicted protein of 165 amino acids, which had a high sequence identity in alpha crystallin domain with various small heat shock proteins of other organisms. A Western blot analysis indicated that anti-Ts-sHsp recombinant antibody recognized the protein of adults and larvae migrating at about 19 kDa. An in situ localization study showed the protein to be abundantly present in the body wall muscle cells, hypodermis, stichocytes, and esophagus of muscle larvae. The Ts-sHsp recombinant protein possessed chaperone activity to suppress the thermally-induced aggregation of citrate synthase. This sHsp was expressed at various developmental stages of T. spiralis, but at different levels. A high level was observed in mature muscle larvae (infective larvae), which was much higher than the levels seen in adults, newborn larvae, or immature muscle larvae. The expression of the sHsp gene was thermal inducible, thus responding to both cold (0 degrees C) and heat shock (43 degrees C) stress; however, at different patterns. The expression of Ts-sHsp increased gradually from 3 to 72 h after cold stress, while the expression was elevated to its highest after 3 h heat stress and then decreased. These results suggest that this small heat shock protein likely plays a role in the tolerance to both chemical and physical stresses, thereby enhancing the survival ability of Trichinella muscle larvae.
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- Z Wu
- Department of Parasitology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
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Martínez J, Rodríguez-Caabeiro F. Relationship between heat shock protein levels and infectivity in Trichinella spiralis larvae exposed to different stressors. Parasitol Res 2005; 97:213-8. [PMID: 15997408 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1420-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Accepted: 05/03/2005] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between infectivity and the levels of two major heat shock proteins (Hsp70 and Hsp60) in Trichinella spiralis larvae. Parasites were exposed to either sublethal thermal stress (43 and 45 degrees C) or to warm or cold temperature oxidative stress. The stressed larvae were then inoculated into female CD1 mice to determine their infectivity. Hsps were detected and quantified by Western blotting using monoclonal antibodies. Infectivity was expressed as larvae per gram of muscle. Warm temperature oxidative stress (20 mM H2O2 at 37 degrees C) caused a significant increase in Hsp levels and total loss of infectivity. Cold oxidative stress (20 mM H2O2 at 4 degrees C) caused no alterations in either Hsp levels or infectivity. However, high oxidative stress and cold (200 mM H2O2 at 4 degrees C) caused a slight increase in Hsp60 levels and a drastic reduction in infectivity. Exposure of the larvae to 43 or 45 degrees C did not significantly alter Hsp levels or infectivity. These results show that (i) cold reduces the deleterious effects of oxidative stress; (ii) heat induces neither increased Hsp60/Hsp70 levels nor reduces infectivity; (iii) increased Hsp levels induced by oxidative stress may cause lower infectivity.
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- J Martínez
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Nagano I, Wu Z, Boonmars T, Takahashi Y. Molecular cloning and characterisation of two kinds of proteins in excretory-secretory products of Trichinella pseudospiralis. Int J Parasitol 2004; 34:491-500. [PMID: 15013739 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2003] [Revised: 10/31/2003] [Accepted: 11/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Two genes encoding Trichinella pseudospiralis excretory-secretory proteins related to the Trichinella spiralis glycoproteins were cloned and the excretory-secretory proteins were characterised. A cloned gene, designated Tp38 (Ts43), contained a cDNA transcript of 1035 bp, and the predicted amino acid sequence of the Tp38 (Ts43) pro-protein had a similarity of about 84% to that of the T. spiralis 43 kDa glycoprotein. A cloned gene, designated Tp53 (Ts53), contained a cDNA transcript of 1239 bp, and the predicted amino acid sequence of the Tp53 (Ts53) pro-protein had a similarity of about 68% to that of the T. spiralis 53 kDa glycoprotein. Southern blots indicated that the Tp38 (Ts43) and Tp53 (Ts53) genes were encoded in a single copy within the T. pseudospiralis genome. Western blots showed that T. pseudospiralis-infected sera recognised the Tp53 (Ts53) recombinant protein, but did not recognise the Tp38 (Ts43) recombinant protein. The Tp38 (Ts43) and Tp53 (Ts53) proteins in the excretory-secretory product were 3 and 9 kDa greater than the expected molecular mass, respectively, and had three isoforms with a similar molecular size. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction results showed that the production of the mRNA transcript for the Tp38 (Ts43) or Tp53 (Ts53) gene was restricted predominantly to muscle larvae. Western blots confirmed that the gene products were predominantly expressed by muscle-stage larvae. An immunolocalisation study showed the Tp38 (Ts43) and Tp53 (Ts53) proteins were present within the alpha-stichocyte and the beta-stichocyte of muscle larvae, respectively.
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- Isao Nagano
- Department of Parasitology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasa 40, Gifu 500-8705, Japan
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Nagano I, Wu Z, Nakada T, Boonmars T, Takahashi Y. Molecular cloning and characterization of a serine proteinase gene of Trichinella spiralis. J Parasitol 2003; 89:92-8. [PMID: 12659309 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0092:mcacoa]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A serine proteinase gene was isolated from a cDNA library of Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae at 30 days post-infection (PI). The library was immunoscreened with T. spiralis-infected sera. A clone, designated Ts23-2, contained a cDNA transcript of 1,445 bp that encoded a putative signal peptide of 27 amino acids, a proregion of 20 amino acids, and a predicted mature enzyme of 374 amino acids. The predicted molecular mass of the Ts23-2 mature protein was 42.3 kDa. The enzyme comprised 2 regions, a catalytic domain of 234 residues and a C-terminal domain. The closest homologues of the Ts23-2 mature protein were serine proteinases from a wide range of organisms. The catalytic domain of the Ts23-2 clone was expressed as a proform in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein cleaved serine proteinase-specific synthetic peptide substrates, and class-specific inhibitors of serine proteinases inhibited the enzymatic activity. Antibody against the Ts23-2 recombinant protein stained proteins migrating at about 51 and 33 kDa in crude extracts from 30-day PI muscle larvae and 18-day PI muscle larvae, but it failed to stain any proteins in crude extracts from newborn larvae and adult worms or in excretory-secretory products from 30-day PI muscle larvae. Production of the mRNA transcript for the Ts23-2 gene was mainly restricted to the 30-day PI muscle larvae, suggesting stage-specific expression. Intense staining with the anti-Ts23-2 serum was found within the parasites at the muscle stage of 30 days PI.
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- Isao Nagano
- Department of Parasitology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasa 40, Gifu 500-8705, Japan
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Martinez J, Perez-Serrano J, Bernadina WE, Rodriguez-Caabeiro F. Oxidative, heat and anthelminthic stress responses in four species of Trichinella: comparative study. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 2002; 293:664-74. [PMID: 12410594 DOI: 10.1002/jez.10170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare levels of stress proteins in four Trichinella species when exposed to different stressors. Heat shock protein (HSP) 60, 70 and 90 responses were evaluated in infective larvae (L(1)) of four classic Trichinella species following exposure to oxidative, anthelminthic and thermal stress. Larvae of T. nativa, T nelsoni, T. pseudospiralis and T. spiralis were exposed to peroxide shock (0.2%, 1%, or 2% H(2)O(2)for 2h), high temperatures (40 degrees C or 45 degrees C for 2h), or 0.1 microg/ml of the benzimidazole anthelminthics: mebendazole (MBZ), albendazole (ALB) or thiabendazole (TBZ) for 4h. Following exposures, the L(1) were tested for induced morphological changes. Those observed were: (i) no change (in all species exposed to 40 degrees C) (ii) aberrant forms (in all species exposed to anthelminthics, in T. nativa, T. nelsoni and T. spiralis exposed to 45 degrees C, and in T. spiralis and T. nelsoni exposed to 0.2% H(2)O(2)) and (iii) severe degradation or death (in T. nativa and T. pseudospiralis exposed to 0.2% H(2)O(2), and in all species at 1% and 2% H(2)O(2)). In Western blot analyses, L(1) proteins were probed with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for the three HSPs. Greater changes in HSP levels occurred following H(2)O(2) exposure than with other stresses in all Trichinella species, while accumulation of a 50 kDa HSP was only observed in T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis. Anthelminthic stress only caused decreased HSP levels in T. nativa. Thermal stress caused no significant changes in the HSP response of any species. It is suggested that other stress proteins (e.g., glucose-regulated proteins) may be involved in adaptation to thermal stress.
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- Javier Martinez
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Nagano I, Wu Z, Nakada T, Boonmars T, Takahashi Y. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel protein of Trichinella pseudospiralis excretory-secretory products. J Helminthol 2002; 76:165-70. [PMID: 12015829 DOI: 10.1079/joh2001107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A novel excretory-secretory (ES) protein of Trichinella pseudospiralis was produced. A cDNA library was constructed from mRNA of muscle larvae at 30 days post infection (p.i.) and immunoscreened with the antibody against ES products. A clone, designated Tp22-3, contained a cDNA transcript of 815 bp in length with a single open reading frame which encoded 244-amino acids (28407 Da in the estimated molecular mass). A database search revealed that no sequences had a homology to this predicted protein. The recombinant protein was produced in an Escherichia coli expression system. Stage specific expression of this protein was suggested from the following experiments. An antibody against the recombinant protein could stain proteins migrating at about 28 kDa (which is the expected size from the sequence) on Western blotting of crude extracts or ES products from 30 days p.i. muscle larvae, but failed to stain any proteins in crude extracts from newborn larvae or 15 days p.i. muscle larvae. The antibody reacted to the stichocytes of larvae at 30 days p.i., but did not react to 15 days p.i. muscle larvae. The production of an mRNA transcript for Tp22-3 gene was restricted largely to the 30 days p.i. muscle larvae and adult worms.
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- I Nagano
- Department of Parasitology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasa 40, Japan
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Three heat-induced genes of the infective-stage larvae of Trichinella spiralis were successfully identified by the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique. As indicated by reverse Northern blotting, 19 of 25 clones were scored as differentially transcribed in the heat-shocked infective-stage larvae. The sequencing data showed the presence of 12 different genes. Three were homologous to histone H3, histone H2B and translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP). A 0.6 kb cDNA of histone H3 was generated by the RACE method and sequenced. It contained an open reading frame of 136 amino acids that demonstrated 94% identity with genes from Drosophila hydei. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR indicated that after heat-shock treatment, the expression levels of histone H3, histone H2B and TCTP increased 4.8, 27 and 5.7-fold, respectively. Northern analysis confirmed the upregulation of histone H3, histone H2B and TCTP transcripts. The upregulation of these genes during stress conditions has not been reported in parasitic organisms. The stress proteins may play an active role to sustain the parasite after exposure to hostile host factors.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Helminth/chemistry
- DNA, Helminth/genetics
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis
- Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry
- Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics
- Histones/biosynthesis
- Histones/chemistry
- Histones/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Helminth/chemistry
- RNA, Helminth/genetics
- RNA, Helminth/isolation & purification
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Trichinella spiralis/chemistry
- Trichinella spiralis/genetics
- Trichinella spiralis/physiology
- Tumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1
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- C H Mak
- Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China
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Vargas-Parada L, Solís CF, Laclette JP. Heat shock and stress response of Taenia solium and T. crassiceps (Cestoda). Parasitology 2001; 122:583-8. [PMID: 11393832 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182001007764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Heat shock and stress responses are documented for the first time in larval stages of the cestodes Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps. Radioactive metabolic labelling after in vitro incubation of cysts at 43 degrees C, revealed the induction of heat shock proteins. In T. crassiceps, the major heat shock proteins were 80, 70 and 60 kDa. After prolonged incubation, a set of low molecular weight heat shock proteins (27, 31, 33 and 38 kDa), were also induced. In vitro incubation of cysts at 4 degrees C, induced the synthesis of stress proteins ranging from 31 to 80 kDa, indicating the parasite is also able to respond to cold shock. T. solium cysts exposure to temperature stress also resulted in an increased synthesis of 2 major heat shock proteins of 80 and 70 kDa. Western blots using the excretory-secretory products of T. solium showed that 2 heat shock proteins were recognized by antibodies in the sera of cysticercotic patients: one of 66 kDa and another migrating close to the run front. The T. solium 66 kDa protein was also recognized by specific antibodies directed to a 60 kDa bacterial heat shock protein, suggesting that it belongs to this family of proteins.
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- L Vargas-Parada
- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Cd. Universitaria, México DF, México
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Božić F, Marinculić A, Duraković E. Analysis of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte populations in experimental Trichinella spiralis infection of mice. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2000. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mak CH, Ko RC. Characterization of endonuclease activity from excretory/secretory products of a parasitic nematode, Trichinella spiralis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 260:477-81. [PMID: 10095784 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Double-stranded endonuclease activity was demonstrated for the first time in the excretory/secretory (ES) products of a parasitic nematode, Trichinella spiralis, which can reorganize host muscle cells. The endonuclease introduced double-stranded breaks to the native DNA. The ES double-stranded endonuclease(s) was sequence nonspecific, with a pH optimum below 6, and required divalent cations as a cofactor. Its activity was inhibited by the Zn2+ ion. It was detected mainly in the ES products of the infective-stage larvae of T. spiralis collected at 37 degrees C and was present in much smaller amounts in samples collected at 43 degrees C and in the products of T. pseudospiralis, a nonencapsulated species. The activity of endonuclease was blocked by antibodies against ES products. Zymographic analysis showed that the endonuclease activity was associated with at least three molecular forms, designated approximately 25, 30 and 58 kDa, respectively.
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- C H Mak
- Department of Zoology, University of Hong Kong, China
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Introduction of excretory/secretory (ES) products of both infective-stage and newborn larvae of Trichinella spiralis into cultures of primary rat myocytes elicited morphological and structural changes in the myotubes. They appeared more granular, thinner, and failed to form networks. The most prominent lesion was the formation of 'nodular' structures, each bearing an enlarged nucleus, along the myotubes. Each node contained numerous cavities enclosed by an intact sarcolemma. Co-culture of myocytes with newborn larvae also elicited nodular formation but each node contained a large central cavity encircled by smaller ones. An immunocytolocalization study using IFAT and laser confocal microscopy showed the presence of parasitic epitopes inside the nodes. However, ES products from adult worms did not affect the myotubes.
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- R K Leung
- Department of Zoology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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