Project description:Protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania are causative agents of leishmaniasis, a wide range of diseases affecting 12 million people worldwide. The species L. (L.) infantum and L. (L.) amazonensis are causative agents of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, respectively. Most proteome analyses of Leishmania have been carried out on whole-cell extracts. However, this approach tends to underrepresent membrane-associated proteins because of their high hydrophobicity and low solubility. Due to the great importance of membrane-associated proteins in biological processes, including host–parasite interactions, virulence and invasiveness, this study applied label-free shotgun proteomics to characterize and evaluate abundance levels of plasma membrane sub-proteome of promastigotes life-stage. The total number of proteins identified in L. (L.) infantum and L. (L.) amazonensis was 2033 and 2243, respectively. Both species shared 1908 of these quantified proteins. After cell localization prediction of all identified proteins, 394 proteins were described as plasma membrane-associated proteins and their majority (320 proteins) was presented in both species. Considering only exclusive proteins, 18 proteins were detected only in L. (L.) infantum and 56 proteins in L. (L.) amazonensis. We used two criteria to define “regulated” proteins; i) proteins with p-value < 0.05 after One-Way ANOVA analysis (quantitative analysis) and proteins detected only in L. (L.) infantum or L. (L.) amazonensis (qualitative analysis).

2022-02-11 | PXD013087 | Pride

Leishmania tropica

Project description:This protozoan causes cutaneous leishmaniasis.

| PRJNA170214 | ENA