Sex-specific glycosylation of secreted immunomodulatory proteins in the filarial nematode Brugia malayi
Koussa, J.; Vitrinel, B.; Whitney, P. H.; Kasper, B.; Mahal, L. K.; Vogel, C.; Lustigman, S.; Salehi-Ashtiani, K.; Ghedin, E.
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The extended persistence of filarial nematodes within a host suggests immunomodulatory mechanisms that allow the parasites to resist or evade the host immune response. There is increasing evidence for immunomodulatory glycans expressed by a diversity of parasitic worms. In this study, we integrate multiple layers of the host-parasite interface to investigate the glycome of a model filarial parasite, Brugia malayi. We report a significant overrepresentation of terminal GalNAc moieties in adult female worms coupled with an overall upregulation in O-glycosylation, T-antigen expression, and a bias for galactose containing glycans. Adult males preferentially displayed a bias for terminal GlcNAc containing glycans, and fucosylated epitopes. Subsequent proteomic analysis confirmed sex-biases in protein glycosylation and highlighted the sex-specific glycosylation of well characterized immunomodulators expressed and secreted by B. malayi. We identify sex-specific effectors at that interface and suggest approaches to selectively interfere with the parasitic life cycle and potentially control transmission.
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