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ArticleVeterinary research2022

Proteases secreted by Trichinella spiralis intestinal infective larvae damage the junctions of the intestinal epithelial cell monolayer and mediate larval invasion.

Yan Yan Song, Qi Qi Lu, Lu Lu Han, Shu Wei Yan, Xin Zhuo Zhang, Ruo Dan Liu, Shao Rong Long, Jing Cui, Zhong Quan Wang

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yan Yan SongDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Qi Qi LuDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Lu Lu HanDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Shu Wei YanDepartment of Parasitology, Medical College, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
Xin Zhuo 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 82172300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestinal epithelium is the first natural barrier against Trichinella spiralis larval invasion, but the mechanism of larval invasion of the gut epithelium is not fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the excretory/secretory proteins (ESPs) of T. spiralis intestinal infective larvae (IIL) degrade tight junction (TJ) proteins, to assess the main ESP proteases hydrolysing TJ proteins using various enzyme inhibitors and to define the key invasive factors in IIL invasion of the gut epithelium. The results of immunofluorescence, Western blot and Transwell assays showed that serine proteases and cysteine proteases in the ESPs played main roles in hydrolysing occludin, claudin-1 and E-cad and upregulating claudin-2 expression. Challenge infection results showed that IIL expulsion from the gut at 12 hpi was significantly higher in mice which were infected with muscle larvae (ML) treated with a single inhibitor (PMSF, E-64, 1,10-Phe or pepstatin) or various mixtures containing PMSF and E-64 than in mice in the PBS group or the groups treated with an inhibitor mixture not containing PMSF and E-64 (P < 0.0001). At 6 days post-infection, mice which were infected with ML treated with PMSF, E-64, 1,10-Phe or pepstatin exhibited 56.30, 64.91, 26.42 and 31.85% reductions in intestinal adult worms compared to mice in the PBS group (P < 0.0001). The results indicate that serine proteases and cysteine proteases play key roles in T. spiralis IIL invasion, growth and survival in the host and that they may be main candidate target molecules for vaccines against larval invasion and development.

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Trichinella spiralisTrichinellosisAnimalsEpithelial CellsHelminth ProteinsLarvaMiceMice, Inbred BALB CSerine ProteasesHelminth ProteinsSerine Proteasescysteine proteasesgut epitheliumintestinal infective larvaeinvasionserine proteasesTrichinella spiralis

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