期刊
VACCINES
卷 9, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9060636
关键词
Ixodes ricinus; immunoprecipitation; anti-tick vaccines; midgut; salivary glands
资金
- European Community's Seventh Framework Program [602272]
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 'Research Network Zoonotic Infectious Diseases' [01KI1720]
- MCI predoctoral fellowship
- Basque Government
- Jesus de Gangoiti Barrera Foundation
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCI) [SEV-2016-0644]
Co-immunoprecipitation of tick proteins with host immune sera followed by protein identification using LC-MS/MS proved to be an effective approach to identify antigen-antibody interactions, leading to the discovery of 46 immunodominant proteins differentially recognized by the serum of immunized calves. Some of these proteins were found to be highly expressed in tick tissues and could potentially serve as anti-tick vaccine candidates.
Ixodes ricinus is the main vector of tick-borne diseases in Europe. An immunization trial of calves with soluble extracts of I. ricinus salivary glands (SGE) or midgut (ME) previously showed a strong response against subsequent tick challenge, resulting in diminished tick feeding success. Immune sera from these trials were used for the co-immunoprecipitation of tick tissue extracts, followed by LC-MS/MS analyses. This resulted in the identification of 46 immunodominant proteins that were differentially recognized by the serum of immunized calves. Some of these proteins had previously also drawn attention as potential anti-tick vaccine candidates using other approaches. Selected proteins were studied in more detail by measuring their relative expression in tick tissues and RNA interference (RNAi) studies. The strongest RNAi phenotypes were observed for MG6 (A0A147BXB7), a protein containing eight fibronectin type III domains predominantly expressed in tick midgut and ovaries of feeding females, and SG2 (A0A0K8RKT7), a glutathione-S-transferase that was found to be upregulated in all investigated tissues upon feeding. The results demonstrated that co-immunoprecipitation of tick proteins with host immune sera followed by protein identification using LC-MS/MS is a valid approach to identify antigen-antibody interactions, and could be integrated into anti-tick vaccine discovery pipelines.
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