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ArticleScientific reports2020

Sialylated N-glycan profile during acute and chronic infections with Toxoplasma gondii in mice.

Ibrahim Farag Rehan, Motamed Elsayed Mahmoud, Doaa Salman, Asmaa Elnagar, Saleh Salman, Mohammed Youssef, Amer Ragheb Abdel Aziz, Eman Kamal Bazh, Abd El-Latif Hesham

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ibrahim Farag RehanDepartment of Husbandry and Development of Animal Wealth, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Menofia University, Shebin Alkom, Menofia, 32511, Egypt. ibrahim.rehan@vet.menofia.edu.eg.
Motamed Elsayed MahmoudDepartment of Animal Behavior and Husbandry (management, genetics, and breeding), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt. motamed71111@gmail.com.
Doaa SalmanDepartment of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt.
Asmaa ElnagarDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt.
Saleh SalmanDepartment of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 80523, Colorado, USA.
Mohammed YoussefDepartment of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt.
Amer Ragheb Abdel AzizDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt.
Eman Kamal BazhDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Menofia University, Shebin Alkom, Menofia, 32511, Egypt.
Abd El-Latif HeshamDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62511, Egypt. hesham_egypt5@agr.bsu.edu.eg.
Sohag University · EGMenoufia University · EGSouth Valley University · EGBeni-Suef University · EGColorado State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is associated with physiological and psychiatric perturbations. The immune response is interrelated to the progress of anhedonia and despair symptoms of T. gondii-infected subjects. We recently reported that serum N-glycans were altered in mice displayed depressive-like behaviors. However, a novel biomarker that correlated to T. gondii infection and associated behaviors is demanded. Glycomics has been used to find affected glycoproteins during depression. The objective of this study is to investigate serum N-glycomics changes during infection with T. gondii in BALB/c mice, immunocompetent, or in severe combined immunodeficient mice, and after treatment with an immunostimulant; 1-methyl tryptophan. Glycans were examined through glycoblotting-protocol then investigated by MALDI-TOF/MS. Both depressive and sickness-related behaviors were significantly abundant (P ≤ 0.001 each), during acute T. gondii in immunocompetent mice, compared to controls. Only sickness symptoms were evident in immunodeficient mice infected with T. gondii, as associated with high expression level (P ≤ 0.001) of Peak # 15 (2 × Neu5Gc) compared to controls. The alteration of sialylated N-glycan expressions is important to detect the immune status of animals/humans against T. gondii. Moreover, 1-methyl tryptophan reduced depressive-like behavior (P ≤ 0.001) compared to controls. Therefore, sialylated N-glycan (Neu5Ac/Neu5Gc-terminal) is targeted to be used as a novel biomarker of sickness/depressive-like behaviors.

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Acute DiseaseAnimalsBehavior, AnimalChronic DiseaseFemaleMiceN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPolysaccharidesToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPolysaccharides

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