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Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Metabolic Pathways Affected by Babesia Infection and Blood Feeding in the Sialoproteome of the Vector Rhipicephalus bursa

by
Joana Couto
1,2,*,†,
Margarita Villar
3,4,†,
Lourdes Mateos-Hernández
3,5,
Joana Ferrolho
1,2,
Gustavo S. Sanches
1,2,
Ana Sofia Santos
6,7,
Maria Margarida Santos-Silva
6,7,‡,
João Nobre
8,
Olga Moreira
8,
Sandra Antunes
1,2,
José de la Fuente
3,9 and
Ana Domingos
1,2
1
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
2
Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (GHTM-IHMT-UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
3
SaBio, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain
4
Biochemistry Section, Faculty of Science and Chemical Technologies, and Regional Centre for Biomedical Research (CRIB), University of Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
5
UMR BIPAR, ANSES, INRA, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Université Paris-Est, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
6
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Cambournac (CEVDI), Av. ª da Liberdade, 5, 2965-575 Águas de Moura, Portugal
7
Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
8
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Quinta da Fonte Boa, Vale de Santarém, 2005-048 Santarém, Portugal
9
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
‡
Valuable contribution to this paper before she departed.
Vaccines 2020, 8(1), 91; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010091
Received: 27 January 2020 / Revised: 12 February 2020 / Accepted: 13 February 2020 / Published: 19 February 2020
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Abstract

The negative impact of ticks and tick-borne diseases on animals and human health is driving research to discover novel targets affecting both vectors and pathogens. The salivary glands are involved in feeding and pathogen transmission, thus are considered as a compelling target to focus research. In this study, proteomics approach was used to characterize Rhipicephalus bursa sialoproteome in response to Babesia ovis infection and blood feeding. Two potential tick protective antigens were identified and its influence in tick biological parameters and pathogen infection was evaluated. Results demonstrate that the R. bursa sialoproteome is highly affected by feeding but infection is well tolerated by tick cells. The combination of both stimuli shifts the previous scenario and a more evident pathogen manipulation can be suggested. Knockdown of ub2n led to a significative increase of infection in tick salivary glands but a brusque decrease in the progeny, revealing its importance in the cellular response to pathogen infection, which is worth pursuing in future studies. Additionally, an impact in the recovery rate of adults (62%), the egg production efficiency (45.75%), and the hatching rate (88.57 %) was detected. Building knowledge on vector and/or pathogen interplay bridges the identification of protective antigens and the development of novel control strategies. View Full-Text
Keywords: ticks; Babesia; proteomic; RNAi; UB2N; PCCA ticks; Babesia; proteomic; RNAi; UB2N; PCCA
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Couto, J.; Villar, M.; Mateos-Hernández, L.; Ferrolho, J.; Sanches, G.S.; Sofia Santos, A.; Santos-Silva, M.M.; Nobre, J.; Moreira, O.; Antunes, S.; de la Fuente, J.; Domingos, A. Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Metabolic Pathways Affected by Babesia Infection and Blood Feeding in the Sialoproteome of the Vector Rhipicephalus bursa. Vaccines 2020, 8, 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010091

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Couto J, Villar M, Mateos-Hernández L, Ferrolho J, Sanches GS, Sofia Santos A, Santos-Silva MM, Nobre J, Moreira O, Antunes S, de la Fuente J, Domingos A. Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Metabolic Pathways Affected by Babesia Infection and Blood Feeding in the Sialoproteome of the Vector Rhipicephalus bursa. Vaccines. 2020; 8(1):91. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010091

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Couto, Joana, Margarita Villar, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, Joana Ferrolho, Gustavo S. Sanches, Ana Sofia Santos, Maria Margarida Santos-Silva, João Nobre, Olga Moreira, Sandra Antunes, José de la Fuente, and Ana Domingos. 2020. "Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Metabolic Pathways Affected by Babesia Infection and Blood Feeding in the Sialoproteome of the Vector Rhipicephalus bursa" Vaccines 8, no. 1: 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010091

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