Sequence Analysis and Molecular Characterization of Wnt4 Gene in Metacestodes of Taenia solium.
- Author:
Junling HOU
1
;
Xuenong LUO
;
Shuai WANG
;
Cai YIN
;
Shaohua ZHANG
;
Xueliang ZHU
;
Yongxi DOU
;
Xuepeng CAI
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China. caixp@vip.163.com
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Taenia solium;
wnt4;
expression profile;
localization
- MeSH:
Animals;
Base Sequence;
Cysticercosis/pathology;
Cysticercus/enzymology/*genetics;
DNA, Helminth/*genetics;
Gene Expression Regulation;
Humans;
In Situ Hybridization;
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Sequence Analysis, DNA;
Sus scrofa;
Swine;
Swine Diseases;
Taenia solium/embryology/enzymology/*genetics;
Wnt4 Protein/*genetics
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2014;52(2):163-168
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Wnt proteins are a family of secreted glycoproteins that are evolutionarily conserved and considered to be involved in extensive developmental processes in metazoan organisms. The characterization of wnt genes may improve understanding the parasite's development. In the present study, a wnt4 gene encoding 491amino acids was amplified from cDNA of metacestodes of Taenia solium using reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). Bioinformatics tools were used for sequence analysis. The conserved domain of the wnt gene family was predicted. The expression profile of Wnt4 was investigated using real-time PCR. Wnt4 expression was found to be dramatically increased in scolex evaginated cysticerci when compared to invaginated cysticerci. In situ hybridization showed that wnt4 gene was distributed in the posterior end of the worm along the primary body axis in evaginated cysticerci. These findings indicated that wnt4 may take part in the process of cysticerci evagination and play a role in scolex/bladder development of cysticerci of T. solium.
