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Biomédica
Print version ISSN 0120-4157On-line version ISSN 2590-7379
Abstract
MENESES, Arlid et al. Salivary proteins electrophoretic patterns enabled differentiating Colombian Rhodnius Trans-Andean and Cis-Andean groups. Biomed. [online]. 2020, vol.40, n.2, pp.404-411. Epub June 30, 2020. ISSN 0120-4157. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.4992.
Introduction:
Rhodnius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) species are made up of haematophagous insect vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas’ disease aetiological agent) and T. rangeli, an infective parasite that is not pathogenic for vertebrate hosts. The study of their salivary protein diversity enables the obtention of characteristic one-dimensional electrophoretic profiles of some triatomine species; however, few reports have dealt with Rhodnius species salivary proteins electrophoretic patterns.
Objective:
To compare R. colombiensis, R. pallescens, R. pictipes, R. prolixus, and R. robustus’ salivary proteins one-dimensional electrophoretic profiles.
Materials and methods:
SDS-PAGE was used for obtaining electrophoretic profiles of saliva from the species under study. The unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) was used for constructing a phenogram.
Results:
Electrophoretic profiles of soluble saliva had protein bands ranging from 15 to 45 kDa, thereby enabling the five species studied to be differentiated. The phenogram revealed two main groups, one formed by the Pictipes and Prolixus cis-Andean groups and another consisting of the Pallescens trans-Andean group.
Conclusion:
Differences were revealed regarding R. colombiensis, R. pallescens, R. pictipes, R. prolixus, and R. robustus electrophoretic profiles of salivary proteins; their variability facilitated constructing a phenogram which was taxonomically congruent with the groups from the genus Rhodnius.
Keywords : Rhodnius; salivary proteins and peptides; electrophoresis, polyacrylamide gel.