JEDLIČKOVÁ, Lucie, Jan DVOŘÁK, Ingrid HRACHOVINOVÁ, Lenka ULRYCHOVÁ, Martin KAŠNÝ and Libor MIKEŠ. A novel Kunitz protein with proposed dual function from Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea) impairs haemostasis and action of complement in vitro. International Journal for Parasitology. Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd., 2019, vol. 49, No 5, p. 337-346. ISSN 0020-7519. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.010.
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Original name A novel Kunitz protein with proposed dual function from Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea) impairs haemostasis and action of complement in vitro
Authors JEDLIČKOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic), Jan DVOŘÁK (203 Czech Republic), Ingrid HRACHOVINOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Lenka ULRYCHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Martin KAŠNÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Libor MIKEŠ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition International Journal for Parasitology, Oxford, Elsevier Science Ltd. 2019, 0020-7519.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10613 Zoology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 3.530
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00108143
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.010
UT WoS 000466453400002
Keywords in English Anticoagulant; Kunitz; Peptidase inhibitor; Factor X; Plasmin; Haematophagy; Helminth; Diplozoidae
Tags CF PROT, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Serine peptidases are involved in many physiological processes including digestion, haemostasis and complement cascade. Parasites regulate activities of host serine peptidases to their own benefit, employing various inhibitors, many of which belong to the Kunitz-type protein family. In this study, we confirmed the presence of potential anticoagulants in protein extracts of the haematophagous monogenean Eudiplozoon nipponicum which parasitizes the common carp. We then focused on a Kunitz protein (EnKT1) discovered in the E. nipponicum transcriptome, which structurally resembles textilinin-1, an antihemorrhagic snake venom factor from Pseudonaja textilis. The protein was recombinantly expressed, purified and biochemically characterised. The recombinant EnKT1 did inhibit in vitro activity of Factor Xa of the coagulation cascade, but exhibited a higher activity against plasmin and plasma kallikrein, which participate in fibrinolysis, production of kinins, and complement activation. Anti-coagulation properties of EnKT1 based on the inhibition of Factor Xa were confirmed by thromboe-lastography, but no effect on fibrinolysis was observed. Moreover, we discovered that EnKT1 significantly impairs the function of fish complement, possibly by inhibiting plasmin or Factor Xa which can act as a C3 and C5 convertase. We localised Enkt1 transcripts and protein within haematin digestive cells of the parasite by RNA in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry, respectively. Based on these results, we suggest that the secretory Kunitz protein of E. nipponicum has a dual function. In particular, it impairs both haemostasis and complement activation in vitro, and thus might facilitate digestion of a host's blood and protect a parasite's gastrodermis from damage by the complement. This study presents, to our knowledge, the first characterisation of a Kunitz protein from monogeneans and the first example of a parasite Kunitz inhibitor that impairs the function of the complement. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology.
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GAP506/12/1258, research and development projectName: Interakce hostitel-parazit u krevsajících diplozoidních monogeneí: Výzkum vysoce specializovaných adaptací k parazitismu
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GBP505/12/G112, research and development projectName: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
LM2015043, research and development projectName: Česká infrastruktura pro integrativní strukturní biologii (Acronym: CIISB)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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