Journal: iScience
Article Title: Viral load dependent cellular heterogeneity in Trichomonas vaginalis at the single cell level
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114260
Figure Lengend Snippet: Viral load-associated expression of functionally characterized gene groups in Trichomonas vaginalis Trend-based differential expression analysis was performed by stratifying virus-positive single cells into viral load quartiles (Q1-Q4) and comparing each bin to viral load-negative cells. (A) Drug susceptibility-associated genes, including flavodoxin-like fold proteins (TVAGG3_0053980, TVAGG3_0213430, TVAGG3_0585360, TVAGG3_0940660), thioredoxin-like proteins (TVAGG3_0038110, TVAGG3_0191900), disulfide oxidoreductase (TVAGG3_0154220), nitroreductase family proteins (TVAGG3_0195320, TVAGG3_0427810, TVAGG3_0695620), and pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase proprotein genes (TVAGG3_0282970, TVAGG3_0890230). (B) Ubiquitin-related genes (TVAGG3_0129220, TVAGG3_0221350, TVAGG3_0281680, TVAGG3_0586770, TVAGG3_0981600) are potentially involved in protein turnover and cellular stress responses. (C) Adhesion-associated genes, including TVAGG3_0540230, TVAGG3_0979910, TVAGG3_0163930, TVAGG3_0221780, and the heteropolysaccharide binding protein HPB2 (TVAGG3_0232100), were previously identified as adherence factors. Panels display per-bin expression distributions across viral load quartiles (Q1-Q4), overlaid with median trend lines.
Article Snippet: The T. vaginalis isolates (ATCC 30236, ATCC50143, ATCC 50148, ATCC PRA-98) used in this study were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, Virginia, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Quantitative Proteomics, Virus, Ubiquitin Proteomics, Binding Assay