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Owing to the importance and clinical diversity of Leishmania infantum, studying its virulence factors is promising for understanding the relationship between parasites and hosts. In the present study, differentially abundant proteins from strains with different degrees of virulence in promastigote and amastigote forms were compared using two quantitative proteomics techniques, differential gel electrophoresis and isobaric mass tag labeling, followed by identification by mass spectrometry. A total of 142 proteins were identified: 96 upregulated and 46 downregulated proteins in the most virulent strain compared to less virulent. The interaction between the proteins identified in each evolutionary form was predicted. The results showed that in the amastigote form of the most virulent strain, there was a large group of proteins related to glycolysis, heat shock, and ribosomal proteins, whereas in the promastigote form, the group consisted of stress response, heat shock, and ribosomal proteins. In addition, biological processes related to metabolic pathways, ribosomes, and oxidative phosphorylation were enriched in the most virulent strain (BH400). Finally, we noted several proteins previously found to play important roles in L. infantum infection, which showed increased abundance in the virulent strain, such as ribosomal proteins, HSP70, enolase, fructose 1,6-biphosphate aldolase, peroxidoxin, and tryparedoxin peroxidase, many of which interact with each other.
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This research was supported by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais [PPM00129-17], Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Vacinas [CNPq-573547/ 2008-4/FAPEMIG/MS-CBB, APQ 00077-09], and Rede Mineira de Biomoléculas [CCBRED00012-14]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Fialho Junior, L., da Fonseca Pires, S., Burchmore, R. et al. Proteomic analysis reveals differentially abundant proteins probably involved in the virulence of amastigote and promastigote forms of Leishmania infantum. Parasitol Res 120, 679–692 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07020-8
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