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Smell of infection: a novel, non-invasive method for detection of fish excretory-secretory proteins

Pawluk, Rebecca J, Stuart, Rebekah, Garcia de Leaniz, Carlos, Cable, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-7055, Morphew, Russell M, Brophy, Peter M and Consuegra, Sofia 2019. Smell of infection: a novel, non-invasive method for detection of fish excretory-secretory proteins. Journal of Proteome Research 18 (3) , pp. 1371-1379. 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00953

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Abstract

Chemical signals are produced by aquatic organisms following predatory attacks or perturbations such as parasitic infection. Ectoparasites feeding on fish hosts are likely to cause release of similar alarm cues into the environment due to the stress, wounding, and immune response stimulated upon infection. Alarm cues are often released in the form of proteins, antimicrobial peptides, and immunoglobulins that provide important insights into bodily function and infection status. Here we outline a noninvasive method to identify potential chemical cues associated with infection in fish by extracting, purifying, and characterizing proteins from water samples from cultured fish. Gel free proteomic methods were deemed the most suitable for protein detection in saline water samples. It was confirmed that teleost proteins can be characterized from water and that variation in protein profiles could be detected between infected and uninfected individuals and fish and parasite only water samples. Our novel assay provides a noninvasive method for assessing the health condition of both wild and farmed aquatic organisms. Similar to environmental DNA monitoring methods, these proteomic techniques could provide an important tool in applied ecology and aquatic biology.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Publisher: American Chemical Society
ISSN: 1535-3893
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 9 January 2019
Date of Acceptance: 8 January 2019
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2023 20:52
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/118202

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