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Comprehensive Proteome Analysis of the Excretory/Secretory Proteins of Toxoplasma gondii

  • Lee, Won-Kyu;Ahn, Hye-Jin;Baek, Je-Hyun;Lee, Chong-Heon;Yu, Yeon Gyu;Nam, Ho-Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.10
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    • pp.3071-3076
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    • 2014
  • Proteomic analyses of the excretory/secretory proteins from the RH strain of Toxoplasma gondii have been performed to understand their functions in the host-parasite interaction. A total of 34 proteins were identified from LC/MS/MS analysis and their abundance was estimated by spectral counting methods. Among them, 8 species of micronemal proteins (MICs), 2 species of rhoptry proteins (ROPs), and 6 species of dense granular proteins (GRAs) were confirmed. Besides these, 18 species of protein were newly identified, and their cellular functions were estimated from sequence analysis. The three most abundant of the 34 identified extractor/secretory proteins-GRA1, GRA7 and GRA2-were confirmed to be highly expressed in T. gondii using the spectral count method. This phenomenon is another demonstration of the importance of GRA proteins for the penetration and survival of T. gondii.

Cytokine Production in Cholangiocarcinoma Cells in Response to Clonorchis sinensis Excretory-Secretory Products and Their Putative Protein Components

  • Pak, Jhang Ho;Lee, Ji-Yun;Jeon, Bo Young;Dai, Fuhong;Yoo, Won Gi;Hong, Sung-Jong
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.379-387
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    • 2019
  • Clonorchis sinensis is a carcinogenic human liver fluke that promotes hepatic inflammatory environments via direct contact or through their excretory-secretory products (ESPs), subsequently leading to cholangitis, periductal fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, and even cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). This study was conducted to examine the host inflammatory responses to C. sinensis ESPs and their putative protein components selected from C. sinensis expressed sequenced tag (EST) pool databases, including $TGF-{\beta}$ receptor interacting protein 1(CsTRIP1), legumain (CsLeg), and growth factor binding protein 2 (CsGrb2). Treatment of CCA cells (HuCCT1) with the ESPs or bacterial recombinant C. sinensis proteins differentially promoted the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines ($IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6, and $TNF-{\alpha}$) as well as anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10, $TGF-{\beta}1$, and $TGF-{\beta}2$) in a time-dependent manner. In particular, recombinant C. sinensis protein treatment resulted in increase (at maximum) of ~7-fold in $TGF-{\beta}1$, ~30-fold in $TGF-{\beta}2$, and ~3-fold in $TNF-{\alpha}$ compared with the increase produced by ESPs, indicating that CsTrip1, CsLeg, and CsGrb2 function as strong inducers for secretion of these cytokines in host cells. These results suggest that C. sinensis ESPs contribute to the immunopathological response in host cells, leading to clonorchiasis-associated hepatobiliary abnormalities of greater severity.

Comparison of DNase activities from excretory/secretory productsof Haemonchus contortus fenbendazole-resistantand -susceptible isolates (Fenbendazole에 저항성과 감수성을 지닌 염전위충의 분비배설물에서의 DNase 활성 비료)

  • Kwak, Dongmi
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.44 no.3
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    • pp.455-462
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    • 2004
  • Change in ${\beta}$-tubulin nucleic acid and protein sequences was the only known difference between Haemonchus contortus fenbendazole (FBZ)-resistant and -susceptible isolates. This change was sufficient to determine the pathologic effect induced by FBZ treatment. This research was initiated to investigate further differences from these two isolates. Since ${\beta}$-tubulin is involved in formation of microtubule, which has functions in secretory vesicle transport, DNase activities from excretory/secretory products (ESP) of the two isolates were compared, based on pH, sensitivity to DNase inhibitors, molecular masses and production of 3'-OH. The most significant difference detected was that a 38.5 kDa DNase activity was identified from ESP of H. contortus FBZ-susceptible isolates but not from those of H. contortus FBZ-resistant isolates. However, it was shown that the 38.5 kDa DNase is expressed with similar level of activity in intestine and whole worm of H. contortus FBZ-resistant and -susceptible isolates. This result demonstrated that the secretory transport pathway of the 38.5 kDa DNase was inhibited by unknown mechanisms, which may be related with ${\beta}$-tubulin sequence change in FBZ-resistant isolates. Other DNases of 34, 36 and 37 kDa were detected from ESP of both H. contortus FBZ-resistant and -susceptible isolates. Overall DNase activities found from ESP of these two isolates were not inhibited by 10 mM EDTA at pH 5.0, but largely inhibited by pH 7.0. In addition, DNase activities in two isolates produced DNA fragments with mixtures of 3'- hydroxyls (OH) and 3'-phosphates (P) at each pH although the 3'-end labeling ratios at pH 5.0 and 7.0 were shown different. Identification of inhibition of the 38.5 kDa DNase secretion in FBZ-resistant isolates suggests existence of further differences, in addition to ${\beta}$-tubulin sequence change, in two isolates. This shows complex effect of FBZ on H. contortus biological mechanisms.

Characterization of a Toxocara canis species-specific excretory-secretory antigen(TcES-57) and development of a double sandwich ELISA for diagnosis of visceral larva migrans

  • Iddawela, R.D.;Rajapakse, R.P.V.J.;Perera, N.A.N.D.;Agatsuma, Takeshi
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.45 no.1 s.141
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2007
  • This study describes the isolation of a Toxocara canis species-specific excretory-secretory(ES) antigen and the development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) based on this antigen. Analysis of the ES antigens of T. canis, Toxocara vitulorum, Ascaris lumbricoides and Necator americanus larval antigen was performed by SDS-PAGE followed by western blotting. A 57 kDa T. canis-specific antibody fraction(TcES-57) was identified by western blotting and labelling with anti-Toxocara antibodies(from experimental rabbits and human patients) and tracing with anti-human or anti-rabbit peroxidase conjugate. No protein fraction of 57 kDa was detected in ES or larval antigens collected from T. canis, T. vitulorum, A. lumbricoides and N. americanus. Using TcES-57, a specific anti-serum was produced in rabbits and a double sandwich ELISA was developed. This test was validated using known seropositive sera from toxocariasis patients, sera from A. lumbricoides or N. americanus patients, and 50 serum samples from cats. These tests revealed that TcES-57 antigen is specific to T. canis infection and does not cross react with sera of other related infections. Thus, ELISA based on TcES-57 antigen was proven to be an effective tool in the diagnosis of toxocariasis and studies on the role of T. canis in the epidemiology of human toxocariasis.

Component Proteins and Protease Activities in Excretory-Secretory Product of Sparganum (스파르가눔 분비배설항원의 단백질 봉성 및 단백질분해효소 활성)

  • Cho, Seung-Yull;Chung, Young-Bae;Kong, Yoon
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.227-230
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    • 1992
  • Spirometra mansoni plerocercoid (sparganum) was incubated in saline at $4^{\circ}C{\;}or{\;}37^{\circ}C$ up to 100 hours. Protein contests in the excretory$.$secretory product (ESP) were rather constant (mean 7.7 mg of protein/gram of sparganum) in the preparations. Reducing SDS-PAGE of ESP showed similar protein subunit compositions with those in crude extract. Antigenic 36 and 31 kDa Proteins were major bands in ESP. ESP exhibited specific activities of protease(2.9~5.3 units/mg) at pH 6.0 and pH 7.5. Presence of protease activity in ESP may be a supporting evidence that hitherto known cysteiRe protease of sparganum is possibly secreted.

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Expression and Characterization of ${\alpha}$-Methylacyl CoA Racemase from Anisakis simplex Larvae

  • Kim, Bong-Jin;Kim, Sun-Mi;Cho, Min-Kyung;Yu, Hak-Sun;Lee, Yong-Seok;Cha, Hee-Jae;Ock, Mee-Sun
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.165-171
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    • 2012
  • Larval excretory-secretory products of Anisakis simplex are known to cause allergic reactions in humans. A cDNA library of A. simplex 3rd-stage larvae (L3) was immunoscreened with polyclonal rabbit serum raised against A. simplex L3 excretory-secretory products to identify an antigen that elicits the immune response. One cDNA clone, designated as ${\alpha}$-methylacyl CoA racemase (Amacr) contained a 1,412 bp cDNA transcript with a single open reading frame that encoded 418 amino acids. A. simplex Amacr showed a high degree of homology compared to Amacr orthologs from other species. Amacr mRNA was highly and constitutively expressed regardless of temperature (10-$40^{\circ}C$) and time (24-48 hr). Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that Amacr was expressed mainly in the ventriculus of A. simplex larvae. The Amacr protein produced in large quantities from the ventriculus is probably responsible for many functions in the development and growth of A. simplex larvae.

Clonorchis sinensis: Analysis Characterization of Somatic and Metabolic Antigen (II) Profile of the Worm, Excretory-secretory and Billis Antigen in C. sinensis Infected Rabbit (간흡충 : 충체 및 대사성 항원의 특성분석 (II) 간흡충 감염 가토에서 간흡충, 분비배설액 및 담즙 항원의 분획 양상)

  • Yong-Suk Ryang;Yoon-Kyung Cho;Ji-Sook Lee
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 1997
  • The authors characterized the proteins of the crude antigen obtained from Clonorchis sinensis worm and excretory-secretory and billis from rabbits, experimentally infected for 3 months. Protein composition was observed after adding a cysteine proteinase inhibitor E-64 and a serine proteinase inhibitor PMSF, respectively. SDS-PAGE of the crude antigen from C. sinensis recovered from the infected rabbits, the crude antigen from the adult worm excretory-secretory, and the crude antigen from billis of the rabbits resolved 26, 27 and 19 profiles between 200-9 kDa, respectively. When E-64 supplemented 29, and 22 bands, respectively. More study should be carried out in the future on the immunological characteristics and the monoclonal antibody of the each antigen.

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Pretense activity of 80 kDa protein secreted from the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

  • Song, Kyoung-Ju;Nam, Ho-Woo
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.165-169
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    • 2003
  • This study describes the characterization of 80 kDa pretense showing gelationlytic property among three pretenses in the excretory/secretory proteins (ESP) from Toxoplasma gondii. The pretense activity was detected in the ESP but not in the somatic extract of RH tachyzoites. This pretense was active only in the presence of calcium ion but not other divalent cationic ions such as $Cu^{2+},{\;}Zn^{2+},{\;}Mg^{2+},{\;}and{\;}$Mn^{2+}$, implying that $Ca^{2+}$ is critical factor for the activation of the protease. The 80 kDa pretense was optimally active at pH 7.5. Its gelatinolytic activity was maximal at $37^{\circ}C$, and significant level of enzyme activity of the pretense remained after heat treatment at $56^{\circ}C$ for 30 min or $100^{\circ}C$ for 10 min, This thermostable enzyme was strongly inhibited by metal chelators, i.e., EDTA, EGTA, and 11 10-phenanthroline. Thus, the 80 kDa pretense in the ESP secreted by T. gondii was classified as a calcium dependent neutral metalloprotease.

Production of monoclonal antibody to 45 kDa somatic protein of Trichuris suis (돼지편층의 45kDa 항원단백질에 대한 단클론항체 생산)

  • Lee, Jong-Kyung;Kim, Jung-Tae;Seo, Hun-Su;Park, Jong-Yeol;Yun, Hee-Jeong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.625-635
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    • 2004
  • Trichnuris suis does not excrete eggs during larval stage as well as in particular adult stage, It is impossible to diagnose by use of fecal examination method in those periods. Therefore, serological diagnostic method can be very useful for those stages. In order to produce monoclonal antibody, specific somatic and secretory-excretory (SE) antigens of T. suis were identified and analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. Monoclonal antibody-producing hybridoma cells were cloned, which were made of popliteal lymph node of BALB/c mice immunized with a 45 kDa somatic antigen of T. suis. Five clones (1B9, 2C4, n2C5, 2D7 and 2D8) showing strong responses to T. suis antigens were selected and the isotype identified. All monoclonal antibodies were IgG1 isotype and the light chains were k chain. Established monoclonal antibodies reacted specifically to somatic and SE antigens of T. suis and did not cross-reacted to antigens of ascaris suum, trichuris vulpis, or Trichinella spiralis. The sensitivity of somatic and SE antigens against these monoclonal antibodies were significant (p<0.01) associated with those of positive and negative sera.

Enhancement of Excretory Production of an Exoglucanase from Escherichia coli with Phage Shock Protein A (PspA) Overexpression

  • Wang, Y.Y.;Fu, Z.B.;Ng, K.L.;Lam, C.C.;Chan, A.K.N.;Sze, K.F.;Wong, W.K.R.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.637-645
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    • 2011
  • Production of recombinant proteins by excretory expression has many advantages over intracellular expression in Escherichia coli. Hyperexpression of a secretory exoglucanase, Exg, of Cellulomonas fimi was previously shown to saturate the SecYEG pathway and result in dramatic cell death of E. coli. In this study, we demonstrated that overexpression of the PspA in the JM101(pM1VegGcexL-pspA) strain enhanced excretion of Exg to 1.65 U/ml using shake-flask cultivation, which was 80% higher than the highest yield previously obtained from the optimized JM101(pM1VegGcexL) strain. A much higher excreted Exg activity of 4.5 U/ml was further achieved with high cell density cultivation using rich media. Furthermore, we showed that the PspA overexpression strain enjoyed an elevated critical value (CV), which was defined as the largest quotient between the intracellular unprocessed precursor and its secreted mature counterpart that was still tolerable by the host cells prior to the onset of cell death, improving from the previously determined CV of 20/80 to the currently achieved CV of 45/55 for Exg. The results suggested that the PspA overexpression strain might tolerate a higher level of precursor Exg making use of the SecYEG pathway for secretion. The reduced lethal effect might be attributable to the overexpressed PspA, which was postulated to be able to reduce membrane depolarization and damage. Our findings introduce a novel strategy of the combined application of metabolic engineering and construct optimization to the attainment of the best possible E. coli producers for secretory/excretory production of recombinant proteins, using Exg as the model protein.