Go West: Hirudins and Decorsin/Ornatin-like Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors in Two Representatives of American Hematophagous Leeches
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Hematophagous leeches express a broad variety of secretory factors in their salivary glands; among them are hirudins, inhibitors blood coagulation, and decorsins/ornatins, platelet aggregation. Here, we describe the identification molecular functional characterization putative hirudins decorsins/ornatins two leech species American origin, Limnobdella mexicana Haementeria vizottoi. The represent orders leeches, proboscis-bearing Rhynchobdellida non-proboscis-bearing Arhynchobdellida. Members hirudin superfamily, such as or described for first time genus Haementeria. Both expressed very potent aggregation, but only L. displayed high thrombin-inhibitory potency, whereas H. vizottoi turned out to be hirudin-like factor. results our study provide new insights into evolutionary background blood-sucking lifestyle leeches.
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasitologia
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2673-6772']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia2040026