Multienzyme degradation of host serum albumin in ticks

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388963%3A_____%2F16%3A00463315" target="_blank" >RIV/61388963:_____/16:00463315 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60077344:_____/16:00463315 RIV/60076658:12310/16:43890858

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.014" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.014</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.014" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.014</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Multienzyme degradation of host serum albumin in ticks

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Host blood proteins, represented mainly by hemoglobin and serum albumin, serve as the ultimate source of amino acids needed for de novo protein synthesis during tick development and reproduction. While uptake and processing of hemoglobin by tick gut cells have been studied in detail, molecular mechanisms of host serum albumin degradation remain unknown. In this work, we have used artificial membrane feeding of Ixodes ricinus females on a hemoglobin-free diet in order to characterize the proteolytic machinery involved in albuminolysis. Morphological comparisons of ticks fed on whole blood (BF) and serum (SF) at microscopic and ultrastructural levels showed that albumin and hemoglobin have different trafficking routes in tick gut cells. Analysis in vitro with selective inhibitors demonstrated that albumin is degraded at an acidic pH by a network of cysteine and aspartic peptidases with predominant involvement of cysteine cathepsins having endo- and exopeptidase activities. The cleavage map of albumin and the roles of individual peptidases in albumin degradation were determined. These results indicate that the albuminolytic pathway is controlled by the same proteolytic system that is responsible for hemoglobinolysis. This was further supported by the overall similarity of gut peptidase profiles in SF and BF ticks at the transcriptional and enzymatic activity levels. In conclusion, our work provides evidence that although hemoglobin and albumin are transported differentially during heterophagy they are digested by a common multienzyme proteolytic network. This central digestive system, critical for successful blood feeding in tick females, thus represents a valuable target for novel anti-tick interventions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Multienzyme degradation of host serum albumin in ticks

Popis výsledku anglicky

Host blood proteins, represented mainly by hemoglobin and serum albumin, serve as the ultimate source of amino acids needed for de novo protein synthesis during tick development and reproduction. While uptake and processing of hemoglobin by tick gut cells have been studied in detail, molecular mechanisms of host serum albumin degradation remain unknown. In this work, we have used artificial membrane feeding of Ixodes ricinus females on a hemoglobin-free diet in order to characterize the proteolytic machinery involved in albuminolysis. Morphological comparisons of ticks fed on whole blood (BF) and serum (SF) at microscopic and ultrastructural levels showed that albumin and hemoglobin have different trafficking routes in tick gut cells. Analysis in vitro with selective inhibitors demonstrated that albumin is degraded at an acidic pH by a network of cysteine and aspartic peptidases with predominant involvement of cysteine cathepsins having endo- and exopeptidase activities. The cleavage map of albumin and the roles of individual peptidases in albumin degradation were determined. These results indicate that the albuminolytic pathway is controlled by the same proteolytic system that is responsible for hemoglobinolysis. This was further supported by the overall similarity of gut peptidase profiles in SF and BF ticks at the transcriptional and enzymatic activity levels. In conclusion, our work provides evidence that although hemoglobin and albumin are transported differentially during heterophagy they are digested by a common multienzyme proteolytic network. This central digestive system, critical for successful blood feeding in tick females, thus represents a valuable target for novel anti-tick interventions.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

CE - Biochemie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

ISSN

1877-959X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

604-613

Kód UT WoS článku

000379279000008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84951806339