Mass spectrometric analysis of the Schistosoma mansoni tegumental sub-proteome

Bas W M Van Balkom*, Renske A. Van Gestel, Jos F H M Brouwers, Jeroen Krijgsveld, Aloysius G M Tielens, Albert J R Heck, Jaap J. Van Hellemond

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Abstract

Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic worm that lives in the blood vessels of its host. We mapped the S. mansoni tegumental outer-surface structure proteome by 1D SDS-PAGE and LC-MS/MS and an EST-database from the ongoing genome-sequencing project. We identified 740 proteins of which 43 were tegument-specific. Many of these proteins show no homology to any nonschistosomal protein, demonstrating that the schistosomal outer-surface comprises specific and unique proteins, likely to be critical for parasite survival.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)958-966
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Proteome Research
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2005

Keywords

  • Host-parasite interaction
  • Immune evasion
  • Schistosomiasis

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