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Biomed Res Int ; 2020: 2615787, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32685457

RESUMO

Leishmania spp. proteases have been proposed as virulence factors contributing to adaptive success these parasites to the mammalian hosts. Since these enzymes are poorly studied in naturally infected dogs, this work aims to show the differences in metalloprotease and cysteine proteases gene expression in ear edge skin of dogs naturally infected by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. A cohort of dogs (n = 20) naturally infected by L. (L.) infantum was clinically classified as asymptomatic, oligosymptomatic, and polysymptomatic and the parasite load range estimated. The analysis of proteases expression by RT-PCR in the ear edge skin was also assessed, suggesting more transcripts of proteases in cDNA samples from polysymptomatic dogs than oligosymptomatic and asymptomatic ones. Metalloprotease RT-PCR assays yielded products (202 bp) in all assessed cDNA dog samples. In contrast, cysteine proteases transcripts (227 bp) had shown to be better detected in cDNA samples of polysymptomatic dogs, compared with cDNA samples from asymptomatic and oligosymptomatic dogs. Predictive in silico assays suggested that secondary structures of metalloproteasee mRNAs can be more stable than cysteine proteases at the skin temperature of dogs. Evidence is presented that during natural infection of dogs by L. (L.) infantum, this parasite produces transcripts of metalloprotease and cysteine protease RNA in the skin from asymptomatic, oligosymptomatic, and polysymptomatic dogs.


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Cisteína Proteases/genética , Doenças do Cão/parasitologia , Orelha/parasitologia , Leishmania infantum/enzimologia , Leishmaniose Visceral/veterinária , Metaloproteases/genética , RNA/genética , Pele/parasitologia , Animais , Cisteína Proteases/metabolismo , Cães , Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica , Metaloproteases/metabolismo , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Carga Parasitária , RNA/química , RNA/metabolismo , Temperatura
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