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Pleiotropic alterations in gene expression in Latin American Fasciola hepatica isolates with different susceptibility to drugs

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, January 2018
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Title
Pleiotropic alterations in gene expression in Latin American Fasciola hepatica isolates with different susceptibility to drugs
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Parasites & Vectors, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2553-2
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Santiago Radio, Santiago Fontenla, Victoria Solana, Anna C. Matos Salim, Flávio Marcos Gomes Araújo, Pedro Ortiz, Cristian Hoban, Estefan Miranda, Valeria Gayo, Fabiano Sviatopolk-Mirsky Pais, Hugo Solana, Guilherme Oliveira, Pablo Smircich, José F. Tort

Abstract

Fasciola hepatica is the main agent of fasciolosis, a zoonotic disease affecting livestock worldwide, and an emerging food-borne disease in humans. Even when effective treatments are available, drugs are costly and can result in tolerance, liver damage and normally they do not prevent reinfection. Drug-resistant strains in livestock have been reported in various countries and, more worryingly, drug resistance in human cases has emerged in South America. The present study aims to characterize the transcriptome of two South American resistant isolates, the Cajamarca isolate from Peru, resistant to both triclabendazole and albendazole (TCBZR/ABZR) and the Rubino isolate from Uruguay, resistant to ABZ (TCBZS/ABZR), and compare them to a sensitive strain (Cenapa, Mexico, TCBZS/ABZS) to reveal putative molecular mechanisms leading to drug resistance. We observed a major reduction in transcription in the Cajamarca TCBZR/ABZR isolate in comparison to the other isolates. While most of the differentially expressed genes are still unannotated, several trends could be detected. Specific reduction in the expression levels of cytoskeleton proteins was consistent with a role of tubulins as putative targets of triclabendazole (TCBZ). A marked reduction of adenylate cyclase might be underlying pleiotropic effects on diverse metabolic pathways of the parasite. Upregulation of GST mu isoforms suggests this detoxifying mechanism as one of the strategies associated with resistance. Our results stress the value of transcriptomic approaches as a means of providing novel insights to advance the understanding of drug mode of action and drug resistance. The results provide evidence for pleiotropic variations in drug-resistant isolates consistent with early observations of TCBZ and ABZ effects and recent proteomic findings.

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Unknown 58 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 17%
Researcher 9 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 10%
Other 4 7%
Other 12 21%
Unknown 10 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 14 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 19%
Social Sciences 3 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 3%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 12 21%
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