Molecular cloning and comparative analysis of fibrinogen-related proteins from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata and the hard tick Ixodes ricinus
Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium print
Typ dokumentu srovnávací studie, časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
15979000
DOI
10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.04.001
PII: S0965-1748(05)00101-3
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- MeSH
- druhová specificita MeSH
- fibrinogen analogy a deriváty chemie MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- klíště chemie MeSH
- klonování DNA MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- Ornithodoros chemie MeSH
- sekvence aminokyselin MeSH
- sekvenční homologie aminokyselin MeSH
- sekvenční seřazení MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
- Názvy látek
- fibrinogen MeSH
Among disease-vectors, the evolution of the tick innate immune system is still lagging when compared to insects. Such an investigation, which was initiated, by first cloning and sequencing lectins associated in the innate immunity of invertebrates and having fibrinogen related domains, helped in the sequencing of cDNA encoding for OMFREP from the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata. Also obtained were Ixoderin A and Ixoderin B cDNA sequences from the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. Tissue-specific expression of OMFREP showed that it was present primarily in the hemocytes and salivary glands. Ixoderin A besides sharing a similar expression profile was also expressed in the midgut. Both showed significantly high homology to the lectin Dorin M, from O. moubata. Further, phylogenetic comparisons between these molecules of the soft and hard ticks showed their relatedness to Tachylectins 5A and 5B, involved in the innate immunity of Tachypleus tridentatus and ficolins from both vertebrates and invertebrates. Ixoderin B showing tissue-specific expression only in the salivary glands and the sequence displaying certain motif differences in homology point towards a possible function different from the other two molecules. This is the first report of lectin-like sequences, with a fibrinogen-domain, from the hard tick I. ricinus and a preliminary phylogenetic study of these tick sequences with related fibrinogen-domain containing sequences highlights a possible role for them in the innate immunity of the ticks.
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