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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Proteomics informed by transcriptomics for a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the sialoproteome of adult Ornithodoros moubata ticks
Contributor:
Oleaga, Ana;
Carnero-Morán, Angel;
Valero, M. Luz;
Pérez-Sánchez, Ricardo
imprint:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021
Published in:Parasites & Vectors
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-021-04892-2
ISSN:
1756-3305
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>The argasid tick<jats:italic>Ornithodoros moubata</jats:italic>is the main vector in mainland Africa of African swine fever virus and the spirochete<jats:italic>Borrelia duttoni</jats:italic>, which causes human relapsing fever. The elimination of populations of<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>would contribute to the prevention and control of these two serious diseases. Anti-tick vaccines are an eco-friendly and sustainable means of eliminating tick populations. Tick saliva forms part of the tick-host interface, and knowledge of its composition is key to the identification and selection of vaccine candidate antigens. The aim of the present work is to increase the body of data on the composition of the saliva proteome of adult<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>ticks, particularly of females, since in-depth knowledge of the<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>sialome will allow the identification and selection of novel salivary antigens as targets for tick vaccines.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>We analysed samples of female and male saliva using two different mass spectrometry (MS) approaches: data-dependent acquisition liquid chromatography-tandem MS (LC–MS/MS) and sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra–MS (SWATH-MS). To maximise the number of proteins identified, a proteomics informed by transcriptomics analysis was applied using the<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>salivary transcriptomic dataset previously obtained by RNA-Seq.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>SWATH-MS proved to be superior to LC–MS/MS for the study of female saliva, since it identified 61.2% more proteins than the latter, the reproducibility of results was enhanced with its use, and it provided a quantitative picture of salivary components. In total, we identified 299 non-redundant proteins in the saliva of<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>, and quantified the expression of 165 of these in both male and female saliva, among which 13 were significantly overexpressed in females and 40 in males. These results indicate important quantitative differences in the saliva proteome between the sexes.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>This work expands our knowledge of the<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>sialome, particularly that of females, by increasing the number of identified novel salivary proteins, which have different functions at the tick–host feeding interface. This new knowledge taken together with information on the<jats:italic>O. moubata</jats:italic>sialotranscriptome will allow a more rational selection of salivary candidates as antigen targets for tick vaccine development.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Graphical Abstract</jats:title></jats:sec>