Suppression of aquaporin, a mediator of water channel control in the carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini
Thanasuwan, Sirikanda, Piratae, Supawadee, Brindley, Paul J., Loukas, Alex, Kaewkes, Sasithorn, and Laha, Thewarach (2014) Suppression of aquaporin, a mediator of water channel control in the carcinogenic liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. Parasites & Vectors, 7 (1). 224. pp. 1-11.
|
PDF (Published Version)
- Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (2MB) | Preview |
Abstract
Background: Opisthorchiasis and Opisthorchis viverrini-associated bile duct cancer represent major public health threats in Thailand and Laos. The tegument of this food borne fluke plays pivotal roles in parasite metabolism, homeostasis and osmoregulation. Excretory/secretory products also pass from the fluke to the biliary environment, products that likely underlie pathogenesis of liver fluke infection. Aquaporins (AQPs), belong to the major intrinsic protein superfamily of integral plasma membrane channel proteins that selectively transport water across cell membranes. AQPs play key roles as water and ion transport channels through the tegument of helminth parasites.
Methods: Here, two forms of AQP mRNAs from the adult developmental stage of O. viverrini, termed O. viverrini aquaporin-1 and −2 (Ov-aqp-1 and −2) were investigated. Roles of Ov-aqp-1 and −2 in the movement of water across the tegument of this carcinogenic liver fluke were investigated using RNA interference.
Results: Ov-AQP-1 and Ov-AQP-2 contain unique characteristic asparagine-proline-alanine (NPA) motifs of AQP transmembrane proteins. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Ov-AQPs belong to an expanding group of aquaglyceroporin-like water channel proteins characterized from helminth and protozoan parasites, which is pivotal to the specialized requirements of water and solute control during parasitism. Elevated transcription of Ov-aqp-1 was evident in the egg, cercaria, metacercaria and adult stages of O. viverrini, whereas Ov-aqp-2 transcripts were detected at higher level in egg, metacercaria, cercaria and adult stage, respectively. RNA interference using electroporated dsRNA suppressed transcript levels of Ov-aqp-1 and Ov-aqp-2 in adult worms by 58-99% over periods of up to 16 days in vitro. Suppression of Ov-aqp-1 and Ov-aqp-2 in vitro disabled water transport in adult flukes.
Conclusion: The apparently pivotal roles of Ov-AQP in solute homeostasis at the fluke surface suggest that deeper investigation will be informative for the pathophysiology of O. viverrini, and may uncover intervention targets, particularly in view of the singularly notable predilection of this pathogen for residence within ducts of the biliary tree.
| Item ID: | 35980 |
|---|---|
| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1756-3305 |
| Keywords: | aquaporin; cholangiocarcinoma; liver fluke; O. viverrini; RNA interference; tegument |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Thanasuwan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| Funders: | Higher Education Research Promotion National Research University Project of Thailand, Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) |
| Projects and Grants: | NIAID-NIH award number P50A1098639 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2014 05:01 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1108 Medical Microbiology > 110803 Medical Parasitology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920109 Infectious Diseases @ 100% |
| Downloads: |
Total: 1082 Last 12 Months: 98 |
| More Statistics |
Actions (Repository Staff Only)
 |
Item Control Page |