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Molecular and biochemical mining of heat-shock and 14-3-3 proteins in drug-induced protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus and the detection of a candidate gene for anthelmintic resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2010

D. Pan
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
S. Das
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
A.K. Bera
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
S. Bandyopadhyay
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
S. Bandyopadhyay
Affiliation:
NRC on Yak, Arunachal Pradesh, India
S. De
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
T. Rana
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
S.K. Das
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
V.V. Suryanaryana
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, FMD Research Laboratory, Bangalore Campus, Hebbal, Bangalore560 024, India
J. Deb
Affiliation:
Department of Chest Medicine, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
D. Bhattacharya*
Affiliation:
Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, 37-Belgachia Road, Kolkata700 037, India
*
*Fax: +913325565725 E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus is a disease that affects both humans and animals. In humans the disease is treated by surgery with a supplementary option of chemotherapy with a benzimidazole compound. During the present study heat-shock protein 60 (HSP 60) was identified as one of the most frequently expressed biomolecules by E. granulosus after albendazole treatment. Data were correlated with 14-3-3 protein signature, and overexpression of this molecule after albendazole induction was an indicator of cell survival and signal transduction during in vitro maintenance of E. granulosus for up to 72 h. This observation was further correlated with a uniform expression pattern of a housekeeping gene (actin II). Out of three β-tubulin gene isoforms of E. granulosus, β-tubulin gene isoform 2 showed a conserved point mutation indicative of benzimidazole resistance.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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