PETERKOVÁ, Kristýna, Jiří VOREL, Jana ILGOVÁ, Lucie ŠKORPÍKOVÁ, Pavel OSTAŠOV, Lukáš KONEČNÝ, Martin KAŠNÝ, Martin HORN and Jan DVOŘÁK. Proteases of Schistosoma mansoni and Fasciola hepatica eggs. In 26th Helminthological Days. 2021. ISBN 978-80-906644-9-4.
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Original name Proteases of Schistosoma mansoni and Fasciola hepatica eggs
Authors PETERKOVÁ, Kristýna, Jiří VOREL, Jana ILGOVÁ, Lucie ŠKORPÍKOVÁ, Pavel OSTAŠOV, Lukáš KONEČNÝ, Martin KAŠNÝ, Martin HORN and Jan DVOŘÁK.
Edition 26th Helminthological Days, 2021.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Conference abstract
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-80-906644-9-4
Keywords in English Proteases, protease inhibitors, Fasciola hepatica, Schistosoma mansoni, eggs, immun response
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Lucie Škorpíková, Ph.D., učo 357379. Changed: 16/6/2022 12:29.
Abstract
Eggs of blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni are the main causative agent of clinical manifestations of a disease called schistosomiasis. In the definitive host, eggs are laid in the mesenteric veins and then migrate through the intestinal wall to the gut and outer environment. A large proportion of eggs, however, become entrapped in host tissues, typically the liver, causing inflammation and tissue damage. During this process, eggs secrete molecules to modulate host immune response. We hypothesize that proteases and protease inhibitors play an important role during the infection. Our focus in this project is to identify them and measure their transcriptional levels in undeveloped and developed eggs. Additionally, we included a comparison with eggs of another trematode Fasciola hepatica. These eggs pass from host bile ducts to the gut lumen and outer environment without any known pathological consequences for the host and without penetrating the tissues. Therefore, we employ this organism as a useful comparative subject to decipher which proteases and inhibitors are common and which are unique for each of them. We isolated RNA from several developmental stages of eggs of both organisms, prepared cDNA libraries, performed Illumina sequencing and analyzed transcripts using a pipeline of bioinformatics tools. By synthesis of database identifications and manual curation, we obtained a dataset of expressed proteases and protease inhibitors. Next, we identified orthologous proteins for both species and compared expression levels between them.
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GA19-17269S, research and development projectName: Proteolýza ve vejcích parazitických červů: úloha v patologii a její regulace (Acronym: Proteolýza vajec červů)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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