%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Mathis, A. %A Depaquit, J. %A Dvorak, V. %A Tuten, H. %A Banuls, Anne-Laure %A Halada, P. %A Zapata, S. %A Lehrter, V. %A Hlavackova, K. %A Prudhomme, Jorian %A Volf, P. %A Sereno, Denis %A Kaufmann, C. %A Pfluger, V. %A Schaffner, F. %T Identification of phlebotomine sand flies using one MALDI-TOF MS reference database and two mass spectrometer systems %D 2015 %L fdi:010064217 %G ENG %J Parasites and Vectors %@ 1756-3305 %K Arthropod identification ; Bruker ; Centralized reference database ; Cross reference ; Phlebotominae ; Protein Profiling ; Shimadzu ; Spectra processing ; Validation %M ISI:000354433600001 %P 266 %R 10.1186/s13071-015-0878-2 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064217 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers17-10/010064217.pdf %V 8 %W Horizon (IRD) %X Background: Rapid, accurate and high-throughput identification of vector arthropods is of paramount importance in surveillance programmes that are becoming more common due to the changing geographic occurrence and extent of many arthropod-borne diseases. Protein profiling by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry fulfils these requirements for identification, and reference databases have recently been established for several vector taxa, mostly with specimens from laboratory colonies. Methods: We established and validated a reference database containing 20 phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) species by using specimens from colonies or field-collections that had been stored for various periods of time. Results: Identical biomarker mass patterns ('superspectra') were obtained with colony-or field-derived specimens of the same species. In the validation study, high quality spectra (i.e. more than 30 evaluable masses) were obtained with all fresh insects from colonies, and with 55/59 insects deep-frozen (liquid nitrogen/-80 degrees C) for up to 25 years. In contrast, only 36/52 specimens stored in ethanol could be identified. This resulted in an overall sensitivity of 87 % (140/161); specificity was 100 %. Duration of storage impaired data counts in the high mass range, and thus cluster analyses of closely related specimens might reflect their storage conditions rather than phenotypic distinctness. A major drawback of MALDI-TOF MS is the restricted availability of in-house databases and the fact that mass spectrometers from 2 companies (Bruker, Shimadzu) are widely being used. We have analysed fingerprints of phlebotomine sand flies obtained by automatic routine procedure on a Bruker instrument by using our database and the software established on a Shimadzu system. The sensitivity with 312 specimens from 8 sand fly species from laboratory colonies when evaluating only high quality spectra was 98.3 %; the specificity was 100 %. The corresponding diagnostic values with 55 field-collected specimens from 4 species were 94.7 % and 97.4 %, respectively. Conclusions: A centralized high-quality database (created by expert taxonomists and experienced users of mass spectrometers) that is easily amenable to customer-oriented identification services is a highly desirable resource. As shown in the present work, spectra obtained from different specimens with different instruments can be analysed using a centralized database, which should be available in the near future via an online platform in a cost-efficient manner. %$ 052 ; 020