Project description:To date, little is known about the proteomic changes at the portals of entry in rainbow trout after infection with the myxozoans, Myxobolus cerebralis, and Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae the causative agents of whirling disease and proliferative kidney disease, respectively. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide the first proteomic profiles of the host in the search for evasion strategies against single and coinfection with M. cerebralis and T. bryosalmonae. One group of fish was initially infected with M. cerebralis and another group with T. bryosalmonae. After 30 days, half of the fish in each group were co-infected with the other parasite. Using a quantitative proteomic approach, we investigated proteomic changes in the caudal fins and gills of rainbow trout before and after co-infection. In the caudal fins, 16 proteins were differentially regulated post exposure to M. cerebralis, whereas 27 proteins were differentially modulated in the gills of the infected rainbow trout post exposure to T. bryosalmonae. After co-infection, 4 proteins involved in parasite recognition and the regulation of host immune responses were differentially modulated between the groups in the caudal fin. In the gills, 11 proteins involved in parasite recognition and host immunity, including 4 myxozoan proteins predicted to be virulence factors, were differentially modulated. The results of this study increase our knowledge on rainbow trout co-infections by myxozoan parasites and rainbow trout immune responses against myxozoa at the portals of entry, supporting a better understanding of these host-parasite interactions.
