Karyopherin alpha 2 (KPNA2) is associated with the natural resistance to Schistosoma japanicum infection in Microtus fortis
| Autor: | De-Hui Xiong, Qing-Ren Zeng, Yuan-Jing Yu, Qiang Gong, Gang Cheng, Wei-Xin Hu, Nan Gai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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alpha Karyopherins Genetic Vectors Biology Recombinant virus Schistosoma japonicum Microbiology Mice In vivo parasitic diseases Animals Cloning Molecular Eggs per gram Gene Library Schistosoma Pharmacology Mice Inbred BALB C Schistosoma Japonicum Infection Arvicolinae General Medicine biology.organism_classification Virology Immunity Innate Microtus fortis Schistosomiasis japonica Expression cloning Rabbits |
| Zdroj: | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 65:230-237 |
| ISSN: | 0753-3322 |
| Popis: | Microtus fortis is a naturally vertebrate host resistant to Schistosoma japonicum infection. In order to understand the molecular mechanism and identify the molecules related to the natural resistance to S. japanicum infection of M. fortis, we screened a gene pool named gE76 by expression cloning and proved it to have high anti-schistosomula effects in our previous work. In this study we identified a clone named gE76.44. We found that the conditioned medium of pcDNA1.1-gE76.44 caused 14.0% schistosomula death rate in 96 h, which was significantly higher than that of negative control (P0.05). The gE76.44 was sequenced and the full-length cDNA was 2008 bp with ORF of 1590bp encoding a polypeptide of 529 amino acid residues. Bioinformatics analysis indicated it was the homologue of karyopherin alpha 2 (KPNA2). To further confirm its anti-schistosome activity, we inserted full length of Mf-KPNA2 (KPNA2 of M. fortis) gene into a retroviral expression vector pLXSN and packaged the recombinant virus with PA317 cells. Mice infected with S. japanicum cercariae were administrated by intravenous injection through tail vein and treated with pLXSN-KPNA2. Adult worms and egg reduction were counted after heart perfusion of mice 42 d after infection. We found that compared with the control, mice injected with Mf-KPNA2 had 39.42% worm burden reduction and 76.50% reduction in LEPG (liver eggs per gram) (P0.01), indicating its anti-schistosome effect of Mf-KPNA2 in vivo. Taken together, the results suggested Mf-KPNA2 as a novel anti-schistosome molecule in vitro and in vivo. |
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