Subtyping Cryptosporidium ryanae: A Common Pathogen in Bovine Animals

Microorganisms

Yaqiong Guo¹  Yaoyu Feng¹  Lihua Xiao¹  Xin Yang¹  Ni Huang¹  Xinrui Wang¹  Na Li¹  Martin Kváč²  Wen Jiang³ 

[1] Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;

关键词: Cryptosporidium ryanae;    60-kDa glycoprotein;    subtyping tool;    host adaptation;    geographical differences;   

DOI  :  10.3390/microorganisms8081107

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Cryptosporidium ryanae is one of the most common species for cryptosporidiosis in cattle. However, little is known of the genetic characteristics of C. ryanae due to the lack of subtyping tools. In the present study, the 60-kDa glycoprotein (gp60) gene of C. ryanae was identified in whole genome sequence data and analyzed for sequence characteristics using bioinformatics tools. The protein it encodes had some of the typical characteristics of GP60 proteins, with a signal peptide, a furin cleavage site, and a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor at the C terminus of the protein, and numerous O-glycosylation sites. The gene sequence was used in the development of a subtyping tool, which was used in characterizing C. ryanae from 110 specimens from dairy cattle, 2 from beef cattle, 6 from yaks, and 4 from water buffaloes in China. Altogether, 17 subtypes from 8 subtype families were recognized, namely XXIa to XXIh. Possible host adaption was identified within this species, reflected by the unique occurrence of XXIa, XXIc, and XXIh in dairy cattle, yaks, and water buffaloes, respectively. Some geographical differences were detected in the distribution of subtype families in dairy cattle; specimens from southern China showed higher genetic diversity than from northern China, and the XXIa subtype family was only seen in dairy cattle in southern and eastern China. The gp60-based subtyping tool should be useful in molecular epidemiological studies of the transmission of C. ryanae.

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