Project description:Global transcriptional responses in duodenal intestinal epithelia of chickens following primary and secondary Eimeria acervulina infections.
Project description:We constructed genetically modified Eimeria acervulina that expressed VP2 protein, a protective antigen from infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), on the surface or in the microneme of sporozoites. we identified the transgenic E. acervulina expressing VP2 by RT-qPCR,LC-MSMS and Werstern Blot.
Project description:Whole sporozoite proteins of Eimeria acervulina were prepared and analyzed by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by Western blotting using immune sera specific to E. tenella, E. acervulina, or E. necatrix.
Project description:Global transcriptional responses in duodenal intestinal epithelia of chickens following primary and secondary Eimeria acervulina infections. Simple loop hybridization (day 0 vs. days 1-2, days 1-2 vs. 3-4, days 3-4 vs. 5-6, and days 5-6 vs. 7-8) per primary or secondary infections.
Project description:In a collaboration between Welcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI), Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), we have sequenced, assembled and annotated the genome of Eimeria acervulina Houghton.
Project description:Enteric coccidian parasites harm agriculture and human health. Infectious, sporulated parasites eventually senesce. Here, we examined transcriptional changes in sporulated oocysts of Eimeria acervulina stored for 4-30 months at 4°C. Precipitous decline in RNA abundance and transcription followed an interval of stability. Sixty constitutively expressed genes each contributed >1,000 transcripts per million (TPM) throughout, including a serine protease inhibitor, surface antigen genes, a cation-transporting ATPase, an oocyst wall protein, a zinc finger DHHC domain-containing protein, and highly expressed hypothetical proteins with no known function. Strikingly, ~82% of 6,867 annotated genes underwent differential expression when comparing freshly sporulated parasites to those held for 30 months; nearly one-third of these underwent significant expression change. In freshly sporulated oocysts, 86 significantly DEGs exceeded 1,000 TPM; these encoded heat shock proteins, lactate dehydrogenase, glucose- 6 isomerase, and various hypothetical proteins. The oldest parasites expressed 66 DEGs, including many ribosomal subunits, a haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase domain-containing protein, and various hypothetical proteins. Taken together, we identified markers of mature parasites that remain relatively abundant in the transcript pool as oocysts age and identified other transcripts (e.g. ribosomal RNA) that increase in their relative abundance even as RNA abundance declines in senescent parasites.
