| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Armstrong, Stuart D. Xia, Dong Bah, Germanus S. Krishna, Ritesh Ngangyung, Henrietta F. LaCourse, E. James McSorley, Henry J. Kengne-Ouafo, Jonas A. Chounna-Ndongmo, Patrick W. Wanji, Samuel Enyong, Peter A. Taylor, David W. Blaxter, Mark L. Wastling, Jonathan M. Tanya, Vincent N. Makepeace, Benjamin L. |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Armstrong SD ( From the Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK); Xia D ( From the Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK); Bah GS ( §Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, Regional Centre of Wakwa, BP65 Ngaoundéré, Cameroon); Krishna R ( ¶Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK); Ngangyung HF ( §Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, Regional Centre of Wakwa, BP65 Ngaoundéré, Cameroon); LaCourse EJ ( âDepartment of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK); McSorley HJ ( **The Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4JT); Kengne-Ouafo JA ( Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, PO Box 474 Buea, Cameroon); Chounna-Ndongmo PW ( Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, PO Box 474 Buea, Cameroon); Wanji S ( Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, PO Box 474 Buea, Cameroon); Enyong PA ( Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment, PO Box 474 Buea, Cameroon); Taylor DW ( From the Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK); Blaxter ML ( ââInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK); Wastling JM ( From the Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK); Tanya VN ( §Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, Regional Centre of Wakwa, BP65 Ngaoundéré, Cameroon); Makepeace BL ( From the Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK) |
| Abstract |
Despite 40 years of control efforts, onchocerciasis (river blindness) remains one of the most important neglected tropical diseases, with 17 million people affected. The etiological agent, Onchocerca volvulus, is a filarial nematode with a complex lifecycle involving several distinct stages in the definitive host and blackfly vector. The challenges of obtaining sufficient material have prevented high-throughput studies and the development of novel strategies for disease control and diagnosis. Here, we utilize the closest relative of O. volvulus, the bovine parasite Onchocerca ochengi, to compare stage-specific proteomes and host-parasite interactions within the secretome. We identified a total of 4260 unique O. ochengi proteins from adult males and females, infective larvae, intrauterine microfilariae, and fluid from intradermal nodules. In addition, 135 proteins were detected from the obligate Wolbachia symbiont. Observed protein families that were enriched in all whole body extracts relative to the complete search database included immunoglobulin-domain proteins, whereas redox and detoxification enzymes and proteins involved in intracellular transport displayed stage-specific overrepresentation. Unexpectedly, the larval stages exhibited enrichment for several mitochondrial-related protein families, including members of peptidase family M16 and proteins which mediate mitochondrial fission and fusion. Quantification of proteins across the lifecycle using the Hi-3 approach supported these qualitative analyses. In nodule fluid, we identified 94 O. ochengi secreted proteins, including homologs of transforming growth factor-ß and a second member of a novel 6-ShK toxin domain family, which was originally described from a model filarial nematode (Litomosoides sigmodontis). Strikingly, the 498 bovine proteins identified in nodule fluid were strongly dominated by antimicrobial proteins, especially cathelicidins. This first high-throughput analysis of an Onchocerca spp. proteome across the lifecycle highlights its profound complexity and emphasizes the extremely close relationship between O. ochengi and O. volvulus The insights presented here provide new candidates for vaccine development, drug targeting and diagnostic biomarkers. |
| File Format |
HTM / HTML |
| ISSN |
15359476 |
| e-ISSN |
15359484 |
| DOI |
10.1074/mcp.M115.055640 |
| Journal |
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics |
| Issue Number |
8 |
| Volume Number |
15 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Publisher Date |
2016-08-01 |
| Publisher Place |
United States |
| Access Restriction |
Open |
| Subject Keyword |
Discipline Proteomics |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Medicine Analytical Chemistry Molecular Biology Biochemistry |
