Korean J Parasitol.
2016 Dec;54(6):759-768. 10.3347/kjp.2016.54.6.759.
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a P38-Like Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase from Echinococcus granulosus
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- 1Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830054, P. R. China. renyong_lin@sina.com dr.wenhao@163.com
- 2College of Basic Medicine, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
- 3WHO-Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Human Echinococcosis, Department of Parasitology, University of Franche-Comté (EA 3181) and University Hospital, Besançon, France.
- KMID: 2367417
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.6.759
Abstract
- Cystic echinococcosis (CE) treatment urgently requires a novel drug. The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are a family of Ser/Thr protein kinases, but still have to be characterized in Echinococcus granulosus. We identified a 1,107 bp cDNA encoding a 368 amino acid MAPK protein (Egp38) in E. granulosus. Egp38 exhibits 2 distinguishing features of p38-like kinases: a highly conserved T-X-Y motif and an activation loop segment. Structural homology modeling indicated a conserved structure among Egp38, EmMPK2, and H. sapiens p38α, implying a common binding mechanism for the ligand domain and downstream signal transduction processing similar to that described for p38α. Egp38 and its phosphorylated form are expressed in the E. granulosus larval stages vesicle and protoscolices during intermediate host infection of an intermediate host. Treatment of in vitro cultivated protoscolices with the p38-MAPK inhibitor ML3403 effectively suppressed Egp38 activity and led to significant protoscolices death within 5 days. Treatment of in vitro-cultivated protoscolices with TGF-β1 effectively induced Egp38 phosphorylation. In summary, the MAPK, Egp38, was identified in E. granulosus, as an anti-CE drug target and participates in the interplay between the host and E. granulosus via human TGF-β1.
MeSH Terms
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Cloning, Molecular*
DNA, Complementary
Echinococcosis
Echinococcus granulosus*
Echinococcus*
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Phosphorylation
Phosphotransferases
Protein Kinases*
Signal Transduction
DNA, Complementary
Phosphotransferases
Protein Kinases
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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