锥虫属(Trypanosoma cruzi)在循环体生成期间的定量蛋白质组学研究。

Quantitative proteomics of Trypanosoma cruzi during metacyclogenesis.

机构信息

Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

出版信息

Proteomics. 2012 Aug;12(17):2694-703. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201200078.

Abstract

Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, which is estimated to affect over eight million people around the world. Trypanosoma cruzi has a complex life cycle, involving insect and mammalian hosts and four distinct developmental stages: epimastigotes, metacyclic trypomastigotes, amastigotes, and bloodstream trypomastigotes. Metacyclogenesis is the process by which T. cruzi epimastigotes differentiate into metacyclic trypomastigotes and acquire infectivity, and involves differential gene expression associated with acquisition of virulence. In T. cruzi, gene expression regulation is achieved mainly posttranscriptionally. Therefore, proteomics-based approaches are extremely useful for gaining a better understanding of the changes that occur in the stage-regulated gene expression program of the parasite at the molecular level. Here, we performed an in-depth quantitative MS-based proteomic study of T. cruzi metacyclogenesis and quantified almost 3000 proteins expressed during the process of differentiation. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the most comprehensive quantitative proteomics study of different cell populations of T. cruzi available so far. We identified relevant proteins and pathways involved in the parasite's differentiation and infectivity acquisition, opening new perspectives for further studies that could, ultimately, lead to the identification of new targets for chemotherapy.

摘要

克氏锥虫是恰加斯病的病原体,据估计,全世界有超过 800 万人受到该病的影响。克氏锥虫的生命周期很复杂,涉及昆虫和哺乳动物宿主以及四个不同的发育阶段:滋养体、循环体、无鞭毛体和血循环体。循环体形成是克氏锥虫滋养体分化为循环体并获得感染力的过程,涉及与获得毒力相关的差异基因表达。在克氏锥虫中,基因表达调控主要是在转录后进行的。因此,基于蛋白质组学的方法对于更好地理解寄生虫在分子水平上受阶段调控的基因表达程序中发生的变化非常有用。在这里,我们对克氏锥虫循环体形成进行了深入的定量 MS 蛋白质组学研究,并对分化过程中表达的近 3000 种蛋白质进行了定量分析。据我们所知,这是迄今为止对克氏锥虫不同细胞群进行的最全面的定量蛋白质组学研究。我们鉴定了与寄生虫分化和感染性获得相关的相关蛋白质和途径,为进一步的研究开辟了新的视角,最终可能导致发现新的化疗靶点。

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