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Dev Comp Immunol ; 114: 103823, 2021 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32800901

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Lectins are ubiquitous proteins involved in the immune defenses of different organisms and mainly responsible for non-self-recognition and agglutination reactions. This work describes molecular and biological characterization of a rhamnose-binding lectin (RBL) from Rhodnius prolixus, which possesses a 21 amino acid signal peptide and a mature protein of 34.6 kDa. The in-silico analysis of the primary and secondary structures of RpLec revealed a lectin domain fully conserved among previous insects studied. The three-dimensional homology model of RpLec was similar to other RBL-lectins. Docking predictions with the monosaccharides showed rhamnose and galactose-binding sites comparable to Latrophilin-1 and N-Acetylgalactosamine-binding in a different site. The effects of RpLec gene silencing on levels of infecting Trypanosoma cruzi Dm 28c and intestinal bacterial populations in the R. prolixus midgut were studied by injecting RpLec dsRNA into the R. prolixus hemocoel. Whereas T. cruzi numbers remained unchanged compared with the controls, numbers of bacteria increased significantly. The silencing also induced the up regulation of the R. prolixus defC (defensin) expression gene. These results with RpLec reveal the potential importance of this little studied molecule in the insect vector immune response and homeostasis of the gut bacterial microbiota.


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Enfermedad de Chagas/inmunología , Defensinas/administración & dosificación , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/genética , Proteínas de Insectos/genética , Lectinas/metabolismo , Rhodnius/fisiología , Trypanosoma cruzi/fisiología , Animales , Defensinas/metabolismo , Vectores de Enfermedades , Proteínas de Peces/genética , Silenciador del Gen , Inmunidad Innata , Proteínas de Insectos/metabolismo , Lectinas/genética , Simulación del Acoplamiento Molecular , ARN Ribosómico 16S/genética , Homología Estructural de Proteína
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