Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34446106›Full record

ArticleVeterinary research2021

Characterization of a novel cysteine protease in Trichinella spiralis and its role in larval intrusion, development and fecundity.

Yuan Yuan Hu, Ru Zhang, Shu Wei Yan, Wen Wen Yue, Jia Hang Zhang, Ruo Dan Liu, Shao Rong Long, Jing Cui, Zhong Quan Wang

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Veterinary research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuan Yuan HuDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Ru ZhangDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Shu Wei YanDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Wen Wen YueDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Jia Hang ZhangDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Ruo Dan LiuDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Shao Rong LongDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Jing CuiDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China. cuij@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8726-5498
Zhong Quan WangDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China. wangzq2015@126.com.
Zhengzhou University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81971952National Natural Science Foundation of China U1704284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the biological properties of a novel gut-specific cysteine protease in Trichinella spiralis (TsGSCP) and its role in larval intrusion, development and fecundity. TsGSCP has a functional C1 peptidase domain; C1 peptidase belongs to cathepsin B family. The TsGSCP gene cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 showed intensive immunogenicity. qPCR and Western blotting revealed that TsGSCP mRNA and protein were expressed at various T. spiralis stages, but their expression levels in intestinal infectious larvae (IIL) were clearly higher than those in muscle larvae (ML), adult worms (AWs) and new-born larvae (NBL). Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) analysis showed that TsGSCP was primarily located at the outer cuticle and the intrauterine embryos of this parasite. rTsGSCP showed the ability to specifically bind with IECs, and the binding site is within the IEC cytoplasm. rTsGSCP accelerated larval intrusion into host intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), whereas anti-rTsGSCP antibodies suppressed larval intrusion; the acceleration and suppression was induced by rTsGSCP and anti-rTsGSCP antibodies, respectively, in a dose-dependent manner. When ML were transfected with TsGSCP-specific dsRNA, TsGSCP expression and enzymatic activity were reduced by 46.82 and 37.39%, respectively, and the capacity of the larvae to intrude into IECs was also obviously impeded. Intestinal AW burden and adult female length and fecundity were significantly decreased in the group of mice infected with dsRNA-transfected ML compared to the control dsRNA and PBS groups. The results showed that TsGSCP plays a principal role in gut intrusion, worm development and fecundity in the T. spiralis lifecycle and might be a candidate target for vaccine development against Trichinella intrusion and infection.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCysteine ProteasesFemaleFertilityHelminth ProteinsLarvaMicePhylogenySequence AlignmentTrichinella spiralisTrichinellosisCysteine ProteasesHelminth Proteinscysteine proteasedsRNAfecundityintrusionTrichinella spiralis

Identifiers

PMID34446106
PMCPMC8390047
OpenAlexW3193400741

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.