title: Proteomic analysis of BmN cells (Bombyx mori) in response to infection with Nosema bombycis.
abstract: Nosema bombycis (N. bombycis, Nb) is an obligate intracellular parasite, which can cause pebrine disease in the silkworm. To investigate the effects of N. bombycis infection on the host cells, proteomes from BmN cells that had or had not been infected with N. bombycis at different infection stages were characterized with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry, which identified 24 differentially expressed host proteins with significant intensity differences (P < 0.05) at least at one time point in mock- and N. bombycis infected cells. Notably, gene ontology analyses showed that these proteins are involved in many important biological reactions. During the infection phase, proteins involved in energy metabolism and oxidative stress had up-regulated expression. Two proteins participated in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process had down-regulated expression. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze the transcriptional profiles of these identified proteins. Taken together, the abundance changes, putative functions, and participation in biological reactions for the identified proteins produce a host-responsive protein model in N. bombycis-infected BmN cells. These findings further our knowledge about the effect of energy defect parasites on the host cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Xinyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Xiangkang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Mingqian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Shunfeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Zhangwuke
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Invertebrate Pathology, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China xmlu@zju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xingmeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D017344:Genes, Insect; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000235:genetics; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016818:Nosema / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D040901:Proteomics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger
keywords: 2D-PAGE; Nosema bombycis; energy metabolism; microsporida; oxidative stress