| Autor: |
Li BW; Infectious Diseases Division, Campus Box 8051, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. bli@wustl.edu, Rush AC, Weil GJ, McCarter JP, Mitreva M |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Molecular and biochemical parasitology [Mol Biochem Parasitol] 2006 Oct; Vol. 149 (2), pp. 201-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Jun 22. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.05.013 |
| Abstrakt: |
Third-stage infective larvae (L3i) of Brugia malayi are developmentally arrested in mosquitoes but must quickly adapt to a new environment when they enter mammalian hosts to initiate infections. These changes can be studied by in vitro culture of L3 (L3c) under conditions that permit molting of L3-L4. Irradiated L3 (L3ir) have stunted growth and limited lifespan in mammalian hosts, and they induce high levels of immunity to challenge infections in animal models. This study explored differences in gene expression in L3i, L3c and L3ir by expressed sequence tag EST generation and qRT-PCR. 2506 ESTs generated from cDNA libraries constructed from L3i, L3c and L3ir were grouped into 1309 gene clusters. Despite extensive prior sampling from B. malayi (>22,000 ESTs in dbEST), 73% of the L3 clusters described here are novel. Sixty-three percentage of the clusters have homology to proteins from other species including 187 specific to nematodes and 141 that have to date only been described in non-nematode species. The transcript levels of 62 candidates for up- or down-regulation in L3i, L3c and L3ir based on EST frequencies were evaluated by qRT-PCR. Twenty-eight were confirmed to have > or = 3-fold differences in expression. Genes coding for proteins believed to be involved in establishment of infection, host adaptation and targets of protective immunity were confirmed to have higher expression in L3i than in L3c. Some of the genes that were down-regulated in L3c were highly expressed in L3ir. This study provides an improved description of the adaptations that accompany the transition from L3i to L3c and the special ability of L3ir to induce protective immunity. |
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