Comparative Analysis of the Secretome from a Model Filarial Nematode (<i>Litomosoides sigmodontis</i>) Reveals Maximal Diversity in Gravid Female Parasites

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Armstrong, Stuart D ORCID: 0000-0002-3862-1801, Babayan, Simon A, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Gray, Nick, Xia, Dong, Martin, Coralie, Kumar, Sujai, Taylor, David W, Blaxter, Mark L, Wastling, Jonathan M et al (show 1 more authors) (2014) Comparative Analysis of the Secretome from a Model Filarial Nematode (<i>Litomosoides sigmodontis</i>) Reveals Maximal Diversity in Gravid Female Parasites. MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS, 13 (10). pp. 2527-2544. ISSN 1535-9476, 1535-9484

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Abstract

Filarial nematodes (superfamily Filarioidea) are responsible for an annual global health burden of ∼6.3 million disability-adjusted life-years, which represents the greatest single component of morbidity attributable to helminths affecting humans. No vaccine exists for the major filarial diseases, lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis; in part because research on protective immunity against filariae has been constrained by the inability of the human-parasitic species to complete their lifecycles in laboratory mice. However, the rodent filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis has become a popular experimental model, as BALB/c mice are fully permissive for its development and reproduction. Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis of excretory-secretory products from L. sigmodontis across five lifecycle stages and identifications of host proteins associated with first-stage larvae (microfilariae) in the blood. Applying intensity-based quantification, we determined the abundance of 302 unique excretory-secretory proteins, of which 64.6% were present in quantifiable amounts only from gravid adult female nematodes. This lifecycle stage, together with immature microfilariae, released four proteins that have not previously been evaluated as vaccine candidates: a predicted 28.5 kDa filaria-specific protein, a zonadhesin and SCO-spondin-like protein, a vitellogenin, and a protein containing six metridin-like ShK toxin domains. Female nematodes also released two proteins derived from the obligate Wolbachia symbiont. Notably, excretory-secretory products from all parasite stages contained several uncharacterized members of the transthyretin-like protein family. Furthermore, biotin labeling revealed that redox proteins and enzymes involved in purinergic signaling were enriched on the adult nematode cuticle. Comparison of the L. sigmodontis adult secretome with that of the human-infective filarial nematode Brugia malayi (reported previously in three independent published studies) identified differences that suggest a considerable underlying diversity of potential immunomodulators. The molecules identified in L. sigmodontis excretory-secretory products show promise not only for vaccination against filarial infections, but for the amelioration of allergy and autoimmune diseases.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Animals, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Filarioidea, Filariasis, Disease Models, Animal, Helminth Proteins, Proteomics, Sex Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Female, Male, Genetic Variation
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2015 17:20
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2024 14:20
DOI:	10.1074/mcp.M114.038539
Publisher's Statement :	This research was originally published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. Stuart D. Armstrong, Simon A. Babayan, Nathaly Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nick Gray, Dong Xia, Coralie Martin, Sujai Kumar, David W. Taylor, Mark L. Blaxter, Jonathan M. Wastling, and Benjamin L. Makepeace. Comparative Analysis of the Secretome from a Model Filarial Nematode (Litomosoides sigmodontis) Reveals Maximal Diversity in Gravid Female Parasites. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 2014; 13; 2527-2544. © the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2008201