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primary liver cancer (Pakharukova et al., 2019a). Despite the obvious relevance of the study of
opisthorchiasis, the molecular mechanisms of the occurrence of neoplastic processes in the liver
during opisthorchiasis and the role of the liver fluke as a biological carcinogen remain unexplored.
The aim of the work was to study the molecular mechanisms of neoplasia of the bile duct epithelium
on an experimental model of opisthorchiasis, the golden hamster
Mesocricetus auratus.
The paper presents the first data on global changes
in the host gene expression
associated with liver fluke infection. In particular, an analysis of differential gene expression
was carried out on the basis of the obtained data of genome-wide sequencing of liver
transcriptomes (Illumina HiSeq2500) of hamsters infected with
O. felineus 1- and 3-months
post infection. The functional annotation of differentially expressed genes was performed
by analyzing the representation of functional groups (Gene Set Enrichment Analysis).
The gene list was annotated using the gene ontology dictionaries “Biological process”
and «Molecular function».
In order to conduct an in-depth study and obtain additional insights into the
mechanisms by which
O. felineus infection causes precancerous lesions of the liver, profiles
of markers of chronic inflammation and fibrogenesis in the dynamics of opisthorchiasis
(from 1 to 18 months after infection) were investigated using Western blot and Real-time
PCR. Using immunohistochemistry, resident macrophages with various immunophenotypes
in the liver has been demonstrated. It was also demonstrated, that the manifestation of
oxidative stress (products of lipid peroxidation and oxidative DNA damage) was directly
associated with the time of the infection and with the level of manifestation of neoplastic
processes in the epithelium of the bile ducts.
Thus, our data provide first insights into the global changes in the expression of host
liver genes in animals infected with the liver fluke. We provide first data on the genes
involved in various cellular pathways and biological processes associated with the
pathogenesis and involved in the formation of biliary neoplasia in opisthorchiasis.
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