Identification of differential protein expression and putative drug target in metacyclic stage of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica: A quantitative proteomics and computational view

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an infectious disease that commonly caused by Leishmania (L.) major and L.tropica. Recently there has been a growing interest in proteomics analysis on Leishmania for drug target discovery. Therefore, we aimed to distinguish proteins which might be characteristic for each of the species from those shared by both to the detection of drug targets, which may become helpful for designing new drugs for CL. To identify differences in protein profiles of L. major and L. tropica, we conducted a Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra mass spectrometry (SWATH-MS) analysis. Totally 67 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) (fold change> 2 and p < 0.05) were identified between species. Of these, 42 and 25 proteins were up-regulated in L. major and L. tropica, respectively. Several enriched GO terms were identified via biological process of up-regulated proteins. Furthermore, the small molecule metabolic process and translation were detected as significant biological processes for up-regulated proteins in L. major, while translation was identified for L. tropica. Also, KEGG analysis has revealed glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and translation as the top pathways in the proteins up-regulated in L. major and L. tropica, respectively. Finally glycosomal malate dehydrogenase was identified as putative drug target using network and homology analyses. The DEPs between the species are essential in host-pathogen interactions and parasite survival in the macrophage. Furthermore, L. major and L. tropica possibly uses different pathogenicity mechanisms that leads to anthroponotic or zoonotic CL. Our results may help in the drug discovery and chemotherapeutic interventions.     

基于蛋白质组学研究光质对番茄果实挥发性物质的影响机理

以‘Micro-Tom’番茄(Solanum lycopersicum L.)为试材,种子发芽后30d移入人工气候室,分别进行红/蓝光组合(1:1、3:1、5:1、7:1)处理,以白光处理为对照。在番茄果实绿熟期、转色期、成熟期取样,测定果实挥发性物质含量及蛋白组数据。结果表明,在转色期和成熟期,对番茄风味有积极作用的己醛、反式–2–己烯醛、β–紫罗兰酮、牻牛儿丙酮、6–甲基–5–庚烯–2–酮、2–苯乙醇、愈伤木酚的含量在红/蓝光3︰1组合处理中最高,而对风味有消极作用的水杨酸甲酯的含量较低,并且在成熟期为0。进一步分析了红/蓝光3︰1组合处理与对照相比的差异蛋白,在成熟过程中番茄果实共鉴定到12个与挥发性物质产生有关的差异蛋白,其中8个上调表达,4个下调表达。通过对12个差异蛋白进行mRNA水平的验证发现,只有转色期的苯丙酮酸互变异构酶(MIF)在蛋白质和mRNA水平表达不一致,其他11个蛋白在两个水平表达均一致。     

GC-MS非靶代谢分析5个柠檬品种果皮的挥发性物质差异

为了探究不同柠檬品种间挥发性物质差异，分析其品质差别，本研究利用GC-MS技术对5个柠檬品种的果皮进行检测，将原始数据上传至XCMS平台进行处理。利用SIMCA-P软件进行主成分分析和正交偏最小二乘法判别分析。通过R软件进行聚类分析。通过差异代谢物VIP值分析筛选到差异性化合物。结果显示5个柠檬品种共检出103种香气物质，聚类分析显示，阿特摩柠檬和木里柠檬聚为一类，乔化无刺柠檬、阿联粗柠檬和黄花尤里克柠檬聚为一类。差异代谢物分析筛选到15种差异化合物，其中黄花尤力克柠檬萜烯类物质高表达。本研究中同一生长环境下不同柠檬品种间果皮的挥发性物质存在较大差异，其中阿联粗柠檬和黄花尤里克柠檬之间差异最小。     

大肠杆菌多重耐药株与敏感株蛋白质组差异分析

【目的】研究临床分离的大肠杆菌多重耐药株(R)与大肠杆菌标准株ATCC 25922(S)蛋白质差异表达情况,为进一步研究大肠杆菌耐药机理奠定基础。【方法】采用串联质谱标签(tandem mass tag,TMT)法结合平行反应监测(parallel reaction monitoring,PRM)技术,对大肠杆菌R和S株的全菌体蛋白进行定量蛋白质组学研究,筛选大肠杆菌多重耐药株(S)与敏感株(R)之间的差异表达蛋白,并对其生物信息学进行分析。【结果】共筛选出300个差异表达蛋白(Fold change≥1.3,P0.05),其中上调167个,下调133个,涉及的耐药相关通路主要包括细菌趋药性、ABC转运蛋白、β-内酰胺抗性等;PRM成功定量到13个差异蛋白,且PRM验证结果与TMT定量结果一致。【结论】筛选出多个与大肠杆菌耐药性相关的差异表达蛋白和通路。     

病程相关蛋白在采后果蔬诱导抗病性中的研究进展

果蔬受到真菌、细菌或病毒侵染时,自身能诱导产生病程相关蛋白(Pathogenesis-related proteins,PRs)。根据它们的结构亲缘关系和生物活性,PRs被分为17个功能家族。在控制果蔬采后病害的研究中,利用激发子诱导产生果蔬抗性已逐渐成为果蔬采后病害防治中一种安全、高效的保鲜方法,这也成为果蔬采后抗病研究的热点和发展趋势。本文综述了果蔬病程相关蛋白的分类、功能、诱导表达,以及蛋白组学技术在果蔬采后PRs表达水平上的应用,以期为果蔬病程相关蛋白的研究提供借鉴和参考。     

草鱼鳃组织蛋白双向电泳技术的建立及优化

为建立并优化草鱼鳃蛋白质组双向电泳的技术体系,实验将草鱼鳃经裂解处理后,通过固相p H梯度胶条进行一向等电聚焦和SDS聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直电泳进行蛋白分离,对不同的裂解液配方、蛋白纯化方法、IPG胶条的分离范围、上样量和染色方法等进行了探索和优化,并应用lmage Master 2D Platinum 7.0软件对电泳图谱进行了分析。结果表明:采用裂解液中添加DTT来取代Tris和TBP、选择分离范围为pH4-7的IPG胶条和150μg的主动水化上样,电泳结束后对凝胶进行硝酸银染色,获得了覆盖范围广、低背景、高分辨率、适合差异蛋白分析的双向电泳参考图谱。     

引发提高水稻劣变种子发芽率的蛋白质组学分析

引发处理是目前简便有效的提升种子发芽率和整齐度的方法,但引发提高水稻劣变种子发芽能力的机理并不清楚。利用蛋白质组学方法,分析清水引发和藤茶提取物二氢杨梅素引发2种处理方法与对照的差异蛋白,初步揭示引发提升种子发芽能力的机制。分析双向电泳图谱差异获得2倍以上显著差异蛋白点79个,通过MALDI TOF/TOF MS质谱分析鉴定出74个蛋白,其中2种引发处理与未引发对照相比同步上调或下调的共有蛋白,即引发相关蛋白有57个。分析引发相关蛋白可知,绝大多数的逆境防御蛋白类、能量相关蛋白类以及蛋白质合成和目标类蛋白丰度在引发处理中显著增加,推测引发提高种子发芽率的原因与逆境记忆、能量代谢活动和蛋白质合成能力增强等密切相关。     

甘蓝型油菜HD-ZIP基因家族的鉴定和表达分析

为揭示HD-ZIP蛋白家族成员在甘蓝型油菜全基因组中的分布及相关特征，通过生物信息学方法共鉴定出74个HD-ZIP转录因子，分别被定位到甘蓝型油菜的19条染色体和8条随机序列；这74个HD-ZIP蛋白都含有高度保守的HD-ZIP结构域；系统发育进化树将该家族成员聚为4大类；共线性分析发现大部分基因不仅在A和C染色体组间存在共线性，而且在各自染色体组内也存在串联重复事件；基因表达分析发现，大部分HD-ZIP家族基因在根和叶中均有表达，并且在根中表达的基因多于叶片，受到盐胁迫处理时，大部分基因表达量会增加。初步明确了甘蓝型油菜HD-ZIP家族成员结构特点和相关功能，为进一步研究甘蓝型油菜HD-ZIP蛋白家族基因的生物学功能奠定了基础，为油菜抗性育种工作提供科学依据。     

Proteomic analysis of soluble protein extract of adult Toxocara cati

Toxocara cati is a cat roundworm and the causative agent of toxocariasis as a cosmopolitan zoonotic disease. As no information has been reported so far, identification of T. cati proteins can be useful for the development of new diagnostic strategies. This study was conducted to identify the major proteins in the adult T. cati tegument using bi-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and shotgun proteomics. A total proteins were identified, among them the metabolic enzymes were the largest group, including: Enolase, triose phosphate isomerase, fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, aldehyde dehydrogenase. The other important protein groups recognized in T. cati, belong to the HSP-family, the structure and motor proteins, such as actin. The role of these proteins have been implicated in parasite–host interactions and modulating cellular immune response, immune regulation in evasion mechanisms of the host immune response. Characterizing T. cati adult proteins play a key role not only in host-parasite interactions, but also in the discovery of drug targets, subunit vaccines against toxocariasis, immunodiagnostic kits for toxocariasis and the identification of novel immuno-modulators that can form the next generation of therapeutic possibilities for inflammatory diseases.