title: Cloning, expression, and characterization of a novel Opisthorchis viverrini calcium-binding EF-hand protein.
abstract: A novel 22.8 kDa of Opisthorchis viverrini (Ov) calcium-binding EF-hand protein (Ov CaBP) was identified and isolated from an immunoscreening of the adult stage Ov cDNA library by using a human cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) serum. This protein was related to other calcium-binding proteins and conserved among the trematodes. Ov CaBP shared 98% amino acid identity to 22.8 kDa of Clonorchis sinensis CaBP and both were classified as a new group of CaBP EF-hand protein by multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic tree analysis. The open reading frame of Ov CaBP was 585 bp which encoded for 194 amino acids. The N-terminal part is composed of two calcium-binding EF-hand motifs whereas the C-terminal part contains a dynein light chain motif (DLC). In addition, transcription analysis by RT-PCR revealed that it was constitutively transcribed in all stages, including metacercariae, juvenile, and adult. Furthermore, recombinant Ov CaBP protein (rOv CaBP) was expressed as a soluble protein and antibody generated against this rOv CaBP protein was capable of detecting Ov CaBP in the Ov somatic extracts but not in Ov ES products. This anti-rOv CaBP serum was also used to localize Ov CaBP in Ov infected hamster's liver sections which the distribution of Ov CaBP was located in gut epithelium, miracidia in eggs and slightly in parenchyma. Moreover, rOv CaBP protein showed a calcium-binding property in non-denaturing gel mobility shift assay.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Division of Experimental Pathology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
authors.forename: Gulsiri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Senawong
authors.forename: Thewarach
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laha
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brindley
authors.forename: Banchob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sripa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology; D020832:EF Hand Motifs; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D015723:Gene Library; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D009891:Opisthorchis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins