Comprehensive analysis of protein expression levels and phosphorylation levels in host skin in response to tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) bite.
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| Abstract |
Ticks are parasitic arthropods that suck blood from the surface of most vertebrates. They can transmit a variety of pathogens. The blood sucking of ticks causes varying degrees of damage to the skin of the host. Proteins related to immune regulation, vascular repair, and wound healing in mammalian skin respond to tick bites by regulating their expression and post-translational modifications to protect the skin from injury. Phosphorylation of proteins, as the most common post-translational modification of proteins, plays an important role in the rapid regulation of cell signal transduction, gene expression and cell cycle. To systematically explore the molecular regulatory mechanisms employed by mammalian skin to resist tick bites, larval, nymphal, and adult Haemaphysalis longicornis were used to bite the skin tissues of healthy rabbits in the present study. The quantitative proteomic technology data-independent acquisition was then carried out to investigate in depth the changes in protein expression and phosphorylation in rabbit skin after tick bite. The results showed that among the 4034 proteins and 1795 phosphorylated proteins identified, a total of 202 proteins and 435 phosphorylation sites were changed after H. longicornis bite. In order to provide convenience for sucking blood, active substances in the saliva of H. longicornis injected into the rabbit's skin can cause the expression level of trichohyalin and peptidyl arginine deiminase 3 in the skin of the host downregulate, which can make the host hair loss and regeneration disorders. At the same time, the active substances in saliva of the H. longicornis led to the phosphorylation of microtubule actin cross-linking factor 1 in the host's skin and further inactivation, so as to delay the healing of the host wound. In response to tick bites, the host skin promotes coagulation through high expression of fibrinogen and fibronectin, and vascular repair through high expression of integrin linked kinase and tenascin C, as well as accelerated phosphorylation of the phosphorylated protein Nck adaptor protein 1, and wound healing through high expression of ezrin and integrin. The upregulation of proteins such as coronin, NADPH oxidase, calnexin, and calreticulin and phosphorylation level of IL-4R in the host skin after the H. longicornis bite indicated that the immune response was playing an important defensive role in response to tick bites. Meanwhile, we found that the upregulated two lectins, mannose receptor C-type 1 and DC-SIGN, may serve as molecular makers to identify and monitor whether the skin is bitten by ticks. SIGNIFICANCE: Haemaphysalis longicornis are parasitic arthropods that suck blood from the surface of most vertebrates. They can transmit a variety of pathogens and are harmful to humans and livestock. The present study is the first quantitative proteomic study on protein expression levels in the rabbit skin after infection by H. longicornis. It is also the first quantitative phosphoproteomic study in the host skin infected by ticks. In this study, we found that tick bites cause the host hair loss and regeneration disorders. For resisting tick bite, the host activates the immune response and initiates vascular repair and wound-healing systems. In addition, some phosphorylated proteins promote host immunity and vascular repair. These results can help us further understand the defence mechanism of the host against tick bites, provide a basis for the development of an anti-tick vaccine, the development of anti-tick drugs, and the diagnosis of tick-borne diseases.
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| Authors | Xiaoli Zhang, Baowen Zhang, Abolfazl Masoudi, Xiaoshuang Wang, Xiaomin Xue, Mengxue Li, Qi Xiao, Minjing Wang, Jingze Liu, Hui Wang |
| Journal | Journal of proteomics (J Proteomics) Vol. 226 Pg. 103898 (08 30 2020) ISSN: 1876-7737 [Electronic] Netherlands |
| PMID | 32682108 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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