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Giardia duodenalis Encystation Strain Variation

ABSTRACT: Giardia duodenalis is a protozoan parasite responsible for gastroenteritis in vertebrates, including humans. The prevalence of G. duodenalis is partly owed to its direct and simple life cycle, as well as the formation of the environmentally resistant and infective cysts. Several proteomic and transcriptomic studies have previously analysed global changes during the encystation process using the well-characterised laboratory isolate and genome strain, WBC6. To expand current comparative analyses, this study presents the first quantitative global study of encystation using pathogenically relevant and alternative assemblage A strains: the human-derived BRIS/82/HEPU/106 and avian-derived BRIS/95/HEPU/2041. We have utilised tandem MS/MS with a label-free quantitative approach to compare cysts and trophozoite life stages between strains for variation, as well as confirm universal encystation markers of Assemblage A.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Velos

ORGANISM(S): Giardia Intestinalis Assemblage A

SUBMITTER: Samantha Emery

LAB HEAD: Paul A Haynes

PROVIDER: PXD002002 | Pride | 2015-06-10

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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The generation gap: Proteome changes and strain variation during encystation in Giardia duodenalis.

Emery Samantha J SJ Pascovi Dana D Lacey Ernest E Haynes Paul A PA

Molecular and biochemical parasitology 20150501 1

The prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in humans is partly owed to its direct and simple life cycle, as well as the formation of the environmentally resistant and infective cysts. Proteomic and transcriptomic studies have previously analysed the encystation process using the well-characterised laboratory genomic strain, WB C6. This study presents the first quantitative study of encystation using pathogenically relevant and alternative assemblage A strains: the human-derived BRIS/82/HEPU/106 (H-106 ...[more]

PMID: 26045354

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Project description:Background: Cyst formation in parasitic protist Giardia duodenalis is critical to its transmission. Proteomic data is essential for the system-level understanding of the molecular mechanisms managing stage transition from a flagellated, binucleate trophozoite to a tetra-nucleate cyst. The current encystation proteome quantifies 16% of predicted protein coding genes and lacks complete coverage of the developmental transition. Given recent gains in mass spectrometry instrumentation, we have generated significantly improved proteomes for Giardia across encystation, providing framework for transcriptome-proteome correlation drawing insights into molecular networks modulating encystation in Giardia. Results: We have reproducibly identified 3,796 (64.6% of Giardia proteins) and quantified 3,402 proteins (56.12 % of Giardia proteins), tripling the currently published encystation proteome coverage. This includes timepoints from standard trophozoite growth (TY), during low-bile encystation priming (LB), mid-encystation (EC), and enriched, mature cysts (C), making this the first proteome study across the entire encystation process. This is also the first proteome analysis of trophozoites during low bile priming prior to in vitro induction of encystation, and analysis of mature cyst proteomes. Almost 28% (1,102 proteins) of the proteome is differentially changed during encystation including within proteasomal machinery, metabolic pathways and lipid metabolism, indicating a multimodal regulation in encystation. To further understand novel observations in lipid metabolism, we used hidden markov model (HMM) based domain prediction strategies and i-Tasser based structural modelling to provide evidence for the presence of three families of lipid transporters (LTP’s) StARkin (steroidogenic acute regulatory protein–related lipid transfer), ORP/Osh (Oxysterol Binding protein related protein), GLTP (Glycosphingolipid transfer protein) in Giardia. Finally, we performed functional interaction studies using in silico docking of newly identified LTP’s with corresponding lipid ligands to validate their interaction. This identified a shift in lipid species dependency in Giardia as the parasite progress towards cyst formation.

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Giardia duodenalis Encystation Strain Variation

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The generation gap: Proteome changes and strain variation during encystation in Giardia duodenalis.

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