Identification of differential protein recognition pattern between Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria lovaniensis

Mara Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Maria Maricela Carrasco-Yepez, Jorge Herrera-Díaz, Saul Rojas-Hernández

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Abstract

Many pathogenicity factors are involved in the development of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by N fowleri. However, most of them are not exclusive for N fowleri and they have not even been described in other nonpathogenic Naegleria species. Therefore, the objective of this work was to identify differential proteins and protein pattern recognition between Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria lovaniensis using antibodies anti-N fowleri as strategy to find vaccine candidates against meningoencephalitis. Electrophoresis and Western blots conventional and 2-DE were performed for the identification of antigenic proteins, and these were analysed by the mass spectrometry technique. The results obtained in 2-DE gels and Western blot showed very notable differences in spot intensity between these two species, specifically those with relative molecular weight of 100, 75, 50 and 19 kDa. Some spots corresponding to these molecular weights were identified as actin fragment, myosin II, heat shock protein, membrane protein Mp2CL5 among others, with differences in theoretical post-translational modifications. In this work, we found differences in antigenic proteins between both species, proteins that could be used for a further development of vaccines against N fowleri infection.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere12715
JournalParasite Immunology
Volume42
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2020

Keywords

  • 2-DE
  • Naegleria fowleri
  • Naegleria lovaniensis
  • antigenic proteins

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