Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 8, Pages 551-563Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.04.002
Keywords
Schistosoma mansoni; Biomphalaria glabrata; Matrix metalloproteinase; Venom allergen-like
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- Wellcome Trust, UK [WT084273/Z/07/Z]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA [2RO1 AI015503]
- Netherlands Genomics Initiative [050-71-022]
- Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) under NIH-NIAID, USA [HHSN272201000005I]
- Erasmus programme (UK)
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The Schistosoma mansoni venom allergen-like (SmVAL) protein family consists of 29 members, each possessing a conserved alpha-beta-alpha sandwich tertiary feature called the Sperm-coating protein/Tpx-1/Ag5/PR-1/5c7 (SCP/TAPS) domain. While the SmVALs have been found in both excretory/secretory (E/S) products and in intra/sub-tegumental (non-E/S) fractions, the role(s) of this family in host/parasite relationships or schistosome developmental processes remains poorly resolved. In order to begin quantifying SmVAL functional diversity or redundancy, dissecting the specific activity (ies) of individual family members is necessary. Towards this end, we present the characterisation of SmVAL9; a protein previously found enriched in both miracidia/sporocyst larval transformation proteins and in egg secretions. While our study confirms that SmVAL9 is indeed found in soluble egg products and miracidia/sporocyst larval transformation proteins, we find it to be maximally transcribed/translated in miracidia and subsequently down-regulated during in vitro sporocyst development. SmVAL9 localisation within sporocysts appears concentrated in parenchymal cells/vesicles as well as associated with larval germinal cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that egg-derived SmVAL9 carries an N-linked glycan containing a schistosome-specific difucosyl element and is an immunogenic target during chronic murine schistosomiasis. Finally, we demonstrate that recombinant SmVAL9 affects the expression of extracellular matrix, remodelling matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP) gene products in both Biomphalaria glabrata embryonic cell (BgMMP1) and Mus musculus bone marrow-derived macrophage (MmMMP2, MmMMP9, MmMMP12, MmMMP13, MmMMP14, MmMMP28, TIMP1 and TIMP2) in vitro cultures. These findings importantly suggest that excreted/secreted SmVAL9 participates in tissue reorganisation/extracellular matrix remodelling during intra-mammalian egg translocation, miracidia infection and intra-molluscan sporocyst development/migration. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology Inc.
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