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Riou M, Guégnard F, Le Vern Y, Grasseau I, Koch C, Blesbois E, Kerboeuf D. Effects of cholesterol content on activity of P-glycoproteins and membrane physical state, and consequences for anthelmintic resistance in the nematode Haemonchus contortus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 27:3. [PMID: 31934848 PMCID: PMC6959138 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2019079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Eukaryote plasma membranes protect cells from chemical attack. Xenobiotics, taken up through passive diffusion, accumulate in the membranes, where they are captured by transporters, among which P-glycoproteins (Pgps). In nematodes such as Haemonchus contortus, eggshells and cuticles provide additional protective barriers against xenobiotics. Little is known about the role of these structures in the transport of chemical molecules. Pgps, members of the ABC transporter family, are present in eggshells and cuticles. Changes in the activity of these proteins have also been correlated with alterations in lipids, such as cholesterol content, in eggshells. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying these effects remain unclear. We show here that an experimental decrease in the cholesterol content of eggshells of Haemonchus contortus, with Methyl-beta-CycloDextrin (MβCD), results in an increase in membrane fluidity, favouring Pgp activity and leading to an increase in resistance to anthelmintics. This effect is modulated by the initial degree of anthelminthic resistance of the eggs. These results suggest that eggshell fluidity plays a major role in the modulation of Pgp activity. They confirm that Pgp activity is highly influenced by the local microenvironment, in particular sterols, as observed in some vertebrate models. Thus, eggshell barriers could play an active role in the transport of xenobiotics.
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- Mickaël Riou
- INRAE, UE-1277 Plateforme d'infectiologie expérimentale (PFIE), Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France - INRAE, Université de Tours, UMR-1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique (ISP), Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, Université de Tours, UMR-1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique (ISP), Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, Université de Tours, UMR-1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique (ISP), Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, CNRS, HARAS NATIONAUX, IFCE, Université de Tours, UMR-0085 PRC Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, Université de Tours, UMR-1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique (ISP), Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, CNRS, HARAS NATIONAUX, IFCE, Université de Tours, UMR-0085 PRC Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRAE, Université de Tours, UMR-1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique (ISP), Centre de Recherche Val de Loire, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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Luo X, Shi X, Yuan C, Ai M, Ge C, Hu M, Feng X, Yang X. Genome-wide SNP analysis using 2b-RAD sequencing identifies the candidate genes putatively associated with resistance to ivermectin in Haemonchus contortus. Parasit Vectors 2017; 10:31. [PMID: 28095895 PMCID: PMC5240194 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1959-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background The excessive and uncontrolled use of anthelmintics, e.g. ivermectin (IVM) for the treatment of livestock parasites has led to widespread resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes, such as Haemonchus contortus. There is an urgent need for better management of drug-use in nematode control and development of novel anthelmintics. Discovery and identification of anthelmintic resistance-associate molecules/markers can provide a basis for rational anthelmintics-use and development of novel drugs. Recent studies have shown that ivermectin resistance in H. contortus is likely to be multi-genic in nature except for several genes coding for IVM target and efflux pump. However, no other IVM resistance-associated genes were characterized by conventional methods or strategies. In the present study we adopted a new strategy, i.e. using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis based on 2b-RAD sequencing, for discovering SNPs markers across the genomes in both IVM susceptible and resistant isolates of H. contortus and identifying potential IVM resistance-associated genes. Results We discovered 2962 and 2667 SNPs within both susceptible and resistant strains of H. contortus, respectively. A relative lower and similar genetic variations were observed within both resistant and susceptible strains (average π values were equal to 0.1883 and 0.1953, respectively); whereas a high genetic variation was found across both strains (average π value was equal to 0.3899). A significant differentiation across 2b-RAD tags nucleotide sites was also observed between the two strains (average FST value was equal to 0.3076); the larger differences in average FST were observed at SNPs loci between coding and noncoding (including intronic) regions. Comparison between resistant and susceptible strains revealed that 208 SNPs loci exhibited significantly elevated FST values, 24 SNPs of those loci were located in the CDS regions of the nine genes and were likely to have signature of IVM directional selection. Seven of the nine candidate genes were predicted to code for some functional proteins such as potential IVM target and/or efflux pump proteins, component proteins of receptor complex in membrane on neuromuscular cells, and transcriptional regulation proteins. Those genes might be involved in resistance to IVM. Conclusions Our data suggest that candidate genes putatively associated with resistance to IVM in H. contortus may be identified by genome-wide SNP analysis using 2b-RAD sequencing. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1959-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xiaoping Luo
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.,College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010010, Inner Mongolia Nationality Autonomous, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.,College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.,College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 250014, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Development of Veterinary Diagnostic Products, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, 1 Shizishan Street, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Shanghai, 200241, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010010, Inner Mongolia Nationality Autonomous, People's Republic of China.
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Lespine A, Ménez C, Bourguinat C, Prichard RK. P-glycoproteins and other multidrug resistance transporters in the pharmacology of anthelmintics: Prospects for reversing transport-dependent anthelmintic resistance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-DRUGS AND DRUG RESISTANCE 2011; 2:58-75. [PMID: 24533264 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Parasitic helminths cause significant disease in animals and humans. In the absence of alternative treatments, anthelmintics remain the principal agents for their control. Resistance extends to the most important class of anthelmintics, the macrocyclic lactone endectocides (MLs), such as ivermectin, and presents serious problems for the livestock industries and threatens to severely limit current parasite control strategies in humans. Understanding drug resistance is important for optimizing and monitoring control, and reducing further selection for resistance. Multidrug resistance (MDR) ABC transporters have been implicated in ML resistance and contribute to resistance to a number of other anthelmintics. MDR transporters, such as P-glycoproteins, are essential for many cellular processes that require the transport of substrates across cell membranes. Being overexpressed in response to chemotherapy in tumour cells and to ML-based treatment in nematodes, they lead to therapy failure by decreasing drug concentration at the target. Several anthelmintics are inhibitors of these efflux pumps and appropriate combinations can result in higher treatment efficacy against parasites and reversal of resistance. However, this needs to be balanced against possible increased toxicity to the host, or the components of the combination selecting on the same genes involved in the resistance. Increased efficacy could result from modifying anthelmintic pharmacokinetics in the host or by blocking parasite transporters involved in resistance. Combination of anthelmintics can be beneficial for delaying selection for resistance. However, it should be based on knowledge of resistance mechanisms and not simply on mode of action classes, and is best started before resistance has been selected to any member of the combination. Increasing knowledge of the MDR transporters involved in anthelmintic resistance in helminths will play an important role in allowing for the identification of markers to monitor the spread of resistance and to evaluate new tools and management practices aimed at delaying its spread.
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- Anne Lespine
- INRA UMR1331, Université de Toulouse, INP, TOXALIM, F-31027 Toulouse, France
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- INRA UMR1331, Université de Toulouse, INP, TOXALIM, F-31027 Toulouse, France
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Membrane lipidomics for the discovery of new antiparasitic drug targets. Trends Parasitol 2011; 27:496-504. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Revised: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Use of fluorescent lectin binding to distinguish Teladorsagia circumcincta and Haemonchus contortus eggs, third-stage larvae and adult worms. Parasitol Res 2011; 110:449-58. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2511-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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P-glycoproteins of Haemonchus contortus: development of real-time PCR assays for gene expression studies. J Helminthol 2011; 86:202-8. [PMID: 21729384 DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x11000216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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P-glycoproteins (P-gps) are proteins that function as efflux pumps, removing lipophilic xenobiotic compounds from cells. There is evidence that P-gps play a role in the resistance of parasitic nematodes to anthelmintic drugs such as benzimidazoles and macrocyclic lactones. As anthelmintic resistance becomes more common, it is important to identify candidate resistance genes with the aim of understanding the molecular basis of resistance, and of developing assays to detect these resistance-associated changes. We identified several sequences from the genome of the parasite Haemonchus contortus with convincing homology to the known P-gp coding genes of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Nine of these sequences were successfully amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and shown to be most similar to the C. elegans sequences for pgp-1, pgp-2, pgp-3, pgp-4, pgp-9, pgp-10, pgp-11, pgp-12 and pgp-14. These partial P-gp sequences from H. contortus were used to design and optimize a quantitative real-time PCR assay to investigate potential changes in the expression levels of P-gp transcripts associated with drug resistance. No significant changes in P-gp mRNA expression levels were found in a rapidly selected ivermectin-resistant parasite isolate compared to its drug-sensitive parent, but the assay has the potential to be used on other isolates in the future to further investigate resistance-associated changes in P-gp gene expression.
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Anthelmintics are substrates and activators of nematode P glycoprotein. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 55:2224-32. [PMID: 21300828 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01477-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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P glycoproteins (Pgp), members of the ABC transporter superfamily, play a major role in chemoresistance. In nematodes, Pgp are responsible for resistance to anthelmintics, suggesting that they are Pgp substrates, as they are in mammalian cells. However, their binding to nematode Pgp and the functional consequences of this interaction have not been investigated. Our study showed that levamisole and most of the macrocyclic lactones (MLs) are Pgp substrates in nematodes. Ivermectin, although a very good substrate in mammalian cells, is poorly transported. In contrast to their inhibitory effect on mammalian Pgp, these drugs had a stimulatory effect on the transport activity of the reference Pgp substrate rhodamine 123 (R123) in the nematode. This may be due to a specific sequence of nematode Pgp, which shares only 44% identity with mammalian Pgp. Other factors, such as the affinity of anthelmintics for Pgp and their concentration in the Pgp microenvironment, could also differ in nematodes, as suggested by the specific relationship observed between the octanol-water partition coefficient (log P) of MLs and R123 efflux. Nevertheless, some similarities were also observed in the functional activities of the mammalian and nematode Pgp. As in mammalian cells, substrates known to bind the H site (Hoechst 33342 and colchicine) activated the R site, resulting in an increased R123 efflux. Our findings thus show that ML anthelmintics, which inhibit Pgp-mediated efflux in mammals, activate transport activity in nematodes and suggest that several substituents in the ML structure are involved in modulating the stimulatory effect.
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