Comparative proteomics study on meglumine antimoniate sensitive and resistant Leishmania tropica isolated from Iranian anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis patients.

H. Hajjaran (1) , B. Azarian (2) , M. Mohebali (1) , R. Hadighi (1) , A. Assareh (1) , B. Vaziri (2)

1 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology
2 Biotechnology Research Center

In order to define the protein expressional changes related to the process of meglumine antimoniate resistance in anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), we performed a comparative proteomics analysis on sensitive and resistant strains of Leishmania tropica isolated from Iranian CL patients. Cell proteins were analysed with 2-dimensional electrophoresis and differentially expressed proteins were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Image analysis of the matched maps identified 7 proteins that were either over- or down-expressed: activated protein kinase c receptor(LACK), alpha tubulin (x2), prostaglandin f2-alpha synthase, protein disulfide isomerase, vesicular transport protein and a hypothetical protein. The study shows the usefulness of proteomics in identifying proteins that may express differences between sensitive and resistant L. tropica isolates.

Keywords: proteomics; meglumine antimoniate; Leishmania tropica; anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis patients; Iranian

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Immunology

H. Hajjaran, B. Azarian, M. Mohebali, R. Hadighi, A. Assareh, et al.. Comparative proteomics study on meglumine antimoniate sensitive and resistant Leishmania tropica isolated from Iranian anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis patients.. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2012, 18 (2), pp.165-171. ⟨pasteur-00755317⟩