Plasma proteomics of captive and wild Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from Texas
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ABSTRACT: SARS-CoV-2 emerged in humans in late 2019 and was rapidly followed by spillback into naive wildlife, leading to both mortality events and novel enzootic cycles. Of special concern is whether SARS-CoV-2 could establish in bats in the Americas, given that sarbecoviruses coevolved with rhinolophid bats in the Eastern Hemisphere. We analyzed residual plasma samples from a previous SARS-CoV-2 challenge study of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) to identify candidate protein biomarkers of susceptibility and assessed the abundance of these same proteins in a wild population of this bat species in Texas. Using 2 uL plasma volumes, we generated proteomes from captive (n = 20; four resistant, five susceptible, 11 unchallenged) and wild (n = 15) bats using the S-Trap method and LC-MS/MS, identifying 475 proteins using data-independent acquisition and a species-specific genome annotation generated by the Bat1K Project.
INSTRUMENT(S): timsTOF HT
ORGANISM(S): Tadarida Brasiliensis (ncbitaxon:9438)
SUBMITTER:
Brett S. Phinney
Daniel J. Becker
PROVIDER: MSV000098424 | MassIVE | Thu Jul 03 06:20:00 BST 2025
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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