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:Recently, a salivary gland transcriptome study demonstrated that the transcripts of a putative cystatin gene (SeqID AAEL013287; Aacystatins) from Aedes aegypti were increased in DENV2-infected mosquitoes and that silencing of the Aacystatin gene resulted in an increase in DENV titres. In this work, Aacystatin was biochemically characterized; the purified recombinant inhibitor was able to inhibit typical cysteine proteases with a Ki in the nM range. Pulldown assays using Aag2 cell extracts identified a cathepsin L-like peptidase (AaCatL) as a possible target of Aacystatin. Purified recombinant AaCatL had an optimal pH of 5.0 and displayed a preference for Leu, Val and Phe residues at P2, which is common for other cathepsin L-like peptidases. Transcription analysis of Aacystatin and AaCatL in the salivary glands and midgut of DENV2-infected mosquitoes revealed a negative correlation between DENV2 titres and levels of the inhibitor and peptidase, suggesting their involvement in DENV2-mosquito interactions. Considering that apoptosis may play an important role during viral infections, the possible involvement of Aacystatin in staurosporine-induced apoptosis in Aag2 cells was investigated; the results showed higher expression of the inhibitor in treated cells; moreover, pre incubation with rAacystatin was able to increase Aag2 cell viability.
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Int J Biol Macromoljournal_title
International journal of biological macromoleculesauthors
Oliveira FAA,Buri MV,Rodriguez BL,Costa-da-Silva AL,Araújo HRC,Capurro ML,Lu S,Tanaka ASdoi
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.010subject
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2020-03-01 00:00:00pages
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