Isolation and identification of sporozoite membrane protein of Cryptosporidium parvum and evaluation of calmodulin-like protein immune protection

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第一作者： Huang, Yan

作者： Huang, Yan;Chen, Yu;Liu, Yuxuan;Mi, Rongsheng;Han, Xiangan;Gong, Haiyan;Cheng, Long;Chen, Zhaoguo

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关键词： calmodulin-like protein; Cryptosporidium parvum; localization; protective immunity; subunit vaccine

期刊名称：PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.206； 五年影响因子：2.656 ）

ISSN： 0141-9838

年卷期： 2022 年 44 卷 8 期

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摘要： Until now, no completely effective parasite-specific drugs or vaccines have been approved for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis. Through the separation and identification of the sporozoite membrane protein of Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum), 20 related proteins were obtained. Among them, a calmodulin-like protein (CML) has a similar functional domain-exchange factor hand (EF-hand) motif as calmodulin proteins (CaMs), so it may play a similarly important role in the invasion process. A 663 bp full gene encoding the C. parvum calmodulin-like protein (CpCML) was inserted in pET28a vector and expressed in Escherichia coli. An immunofluorescence assay showed that CpCML was mainly located on the surface of the sporozoites. Three-week-old female BALB/c mice were used for modelling the immunoreactions and immunoprotection of recombinant CpCML (rCpCML) against artificial Cryptosporidium tyzzeri infections. The results indicated a significantly increased in anti-CpCML antibody response, which was induced by the immunized recombinant protein. Compared to rP23 (recombinant P23), GST6P-1 (expressed by pGEX-6P-1 transfected E. coli), GST4T-1 (expressed by pGEX-4T-1 transfected E. coli), glutathione (GSH), adjuvant and blank control groups, rCpCML-immunized mice produced specific spleen cell proliferation in addition to different production levels of IL-2, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-4 and IL-5. Additionally, immunization with rCpCML led to 34.08% reduction of oocyst shedding in C. tyzzeri infected mice faeces which was similar to rP23. These results suggest that CpCML may be developed as a potential vaccine candidate antigen against cryptosporidiosis.

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