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Kumar PM, Begum S, Sunil G, Devi PR, Kesana NS. Screening of larvicidal activity of nanoparticles synthesized from flower extracts of Hibiscus vitifolius. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.15406/jabb.2018.05.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Volohonsky G, Hopp AK, Saenger M, Soichot J, Scholze H, Boch J, Blandin SA, Marois E. Transgenic Expression of the Anti-parasitic Factor TEP1 in the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006113. [PMID: 28095489 PMCID: PMC5240933 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Mosquitoes genetically engineered to be resistant to Plasmodium parasites represent a promising novel approach in the fight against malaria. The insect immune system itself is a source of anti-parasitic genes potentially exploitable for transgenic designs. The Anopheles gambiae thioester containing protein 1 (TEP1) is a potent anti-parasitic protein. TEP1 is secreted and circulates in the mosquito hemolymph, where its activated cleaved form binds and eliminates malaria parasites. Here we investigated whether TEP1 can be used to create malaria resistant mosquitoes. Using a GFP reporter transgene, we determined that the fat body is the main site of TEP1 expression. We generated transgenic mosquitoes that express TEP1r, a potent refractory allele of TEP1, in the fat body and examined the activity of the transgenic protein in wild-type or TEP1 mutant genetic backgrounds. Transgenic TEP1r rescued loss-of-function mutations, but did not increase parasite resistance in the presence of a wild-type susceptible allele. Consistent with previous reports, TEP1 protein expressed from the transgene in the fat body was taken up by hemocytes upon a challenge with injected bacteria. Furthermore, although maturation of transgenic TEP1 into the cleaved form was impaired in one of the TEP1 mutant lines, it was still sufficient to reduce parasite numbers and induce parasite melanization. We also report here the first use of Transcription Activator Like Effectors (TALEs) in Anopheles gambiae to stimulate expression of endogenous TEP1. We found that artificial elevation of TEP1 expression remains moderate in vivo and that enhancement of endogenous TEP1 expression did not result in increased resistance to Plasmodium. Taken together, our results reveal the difficulty of artificially influencing TEP1-mediated Plasmodium resistance, and contribute to further our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying mosquito resistance to Plasmodium parasites.
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- Gloria Volohonsky
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
- * E-mail: (GV); (EM)
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Genetik, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Genetik, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR9022, INSERM U963, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
- * E-mail: (GV); (EM)
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Graves PM, Curtis CF. Susceptibility ofAnopheles gambiaetoPlasmodium yoelii nigeriensisandPlasmodium falciparum. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1982.11687594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Elumalai K, Dhanasekaran S, Krishnappa K. Toxicity of saponin isolated from Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae) against Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) Japanese encephalitis vector mosquito in India. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2012; 54:337-44. [PMID: 23152320 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652012000600009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To determine the larvicidal activity of various extracts of Gymnema sylvestre against the Japanese Encephalitis vector, Culex tritaeniorynchus in Tamilnadu, India. To identify the active principle present in the promising fraction obtained in Chlorofom:Methanol extract of Fraction 2. The G. sylvestre leaf extracts were tested, employing WHO procedure against fourth instar larvae of C. tritaeniorhynchus and the larval mortalities were recorded at various concentrations (6.25, 12.5, 25.0, 50 and 100 µg/mL); the 24h LC50 values of the G. Sylvestre leaf extracts were determined following Probit analysis. It was noteworthy that treatment level 100 µg/mL exhibited highest mortality rates for the three different crude extracts and was significantly different from the mean mortalities recorded for the other concentrations. The LC50 values of 34.756 µg/mL (24.475-51.41), 31.351 µg/mL (20.634-47.043) and 28.577 µg/mL (25.159-32.308) were calculated for acetone, chloroform and methanol extract with the chi-square values of 10.301, 31.351 and 4.093 respectively. The present investigation proved that G. Sylvestre could be possibly utilized as an important component in the Vector Control Program.
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- Kupppusamy Elumalai
- Centre for Entomotoxicity Studies, Govt. Arts College, Tamilnadu, India, 600 035
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Aguilar R, Das S, Dong Y, Dimopoulos G. Continuous exposure to Plasmodium results in decreased susceptibility and transcriptomic divergence of the Anopheles gambiae immune system. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:451. [PMID: 18053261 PMCID: PMC2234432 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Accepted: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Plasmodium infection has been shown to compromise the fitness of the mosquito vector, reducing its fecundity and longevity. However, from an evolutionary perspective, the impact of Plasmodium infection as a selective pressure on the mosquito is largely unknown. Results In the present study we have addressed the effect of a continuous Plasmodium berghei infection on the resistance to infection and global gene expression in Anopheles gambiae. Exposure of A. gambiae to P. berghei-infected blood and infection for 16 generations resulted in a decreased susceptibility to infection, altered constitutive expression levels for approximately 2.4% of the mosquito's total transcriptome and a lower basal level of immune genes expression, including several anti-Plasmodium factors. The infection-responsiveness for several defense genes was elevated in the P. berghei exposed mosquito colonies. Conclusion Our study establishes the existence of a selective pressure exerted by the parasite P. berghei on the malaria vector A. gambiae that results in a decreased permissiveness to infection and changes in the mosquito transcriptome regulation that suggest a decreased constitutive immune gene activity but a more potent immune response upon Plasmodium challenge.
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- Ruth Aguilar
- W, Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615N, Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA.
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Hurd H. Nature or nurture in mosquito resistance to malaria? Trends Parasitol 2007; 23:135-8. [PMID: 17276733 PMCID: PMC2474662 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Revised: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The genetic basis of mosquito resistance to malaria parasites is well established and currently receives a lot of attention. However this is not the sole determinant of the success or failure of an infection. In a recent article, Lambrechts and colleagues report the influence of the quality of the external environment of a mosquito on infection. They indicate that external variations could substantially reduce the importance of resistance genes in determining infection by malaria parasites. Furthermore, these variations could influence future plans to use malaria-resistant transgenic mosquitoes to control parasite transmission.
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- Hilary Hurd
- Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Huxley Building, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
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Vernick KD, Oduol F, Lazzaro BP, Glazebrook J, Xu J, Riehle M, Li J. Molecular genetics of mosquito resistance to malaria parasites. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2006; 295:383-415. [PMID: 16265899 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29088-5_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Malaria parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito, but even efficient vector species possess multiple mechanisms that together destroy most of the parasites present in an infection. Variation between individual mosquitoes has allowed genetic analysis and mapping of loci controlling several resistance traits, and the underlying mechanisms of mosquito response to infection are being described using genomic tools such as transcriptional and proteomic analysis. Malaria infection imposes fitness costs on the vector, but various forms of resistance inflict their own costs, likely leading to an evolutionary tradeoff between infection and resistance. Plasmodium development can be successfully completed onlyin compatible mosquito-parasite species combinations, and resistance also appears to have parasite specificity. Studies of Drosophila, where genetic variation in immunocompetence is pervasive in wild populations, offer a comparative context for understanding coevolution of the mosquito-malaria relationship. More broadly, plants also possess systems of pathogen resistance with features that are structurally conserved in animal innate immunity, including insects, and genomic datasets now permit useful comparisons of resistance models even between such diverse organisms.
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- K D Vernick
- Department of Microbiology, Center for Microbial and Plant Genomics, University of Minnesota, 1500 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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Hurd H, Taylor PJ, Adams D, Underhill A, Eggleston P. EVALUATING THE COSTS OF MOSQUITO RESISTANCE TO MALARIA PARASITES. Evolution 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sinden RE. A proteomic analysis of malaria biology: integration of old literature and new technologies. Int J Parasitol 2005; 34:1441-50. [PMID: 15582521 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2004] [Revised: 09/20/2004] [Accepted: 10/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The genomic revolution has brought a new vitality into research on Plasmodium, its insect and vertebrate hosts. At the cellular level nowhere is the impact greater than in the analysis of protein expression and the 'assembly' of the supramolecular machines that together comprise the functional cell. The repetitive phases of invasion and replication that typify the malaria life cycle, together with the unique phase of sexual differentiation provide a powerful platform on which to investigate the 'molecular machines' that underpin parasite strategy and stage-specific functions. This approach is illustrated here in an analysis of the ookinete of Plasmodium berghei. Such analyses are useful only if conducted with a secure understanding of parasite biology. The importance of carefully searching the older literature to reach this understanding cannot be over-emphasised. When viewed together, the old and new data can give rapid and penetrating insights into what some might now term the 'Systems-Biology' of Plasmodium.
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- R E Sinden
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Hurd H, Taylor PJ, Adams D, Underhill A, Eggleston P. EVALUATING THE COSTS OF MOSQUITO RESISTANCE TO MALARIA PARASITES. Evolution 2005. [DOI: 10.1554/05-211.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Somboon P, Prapanthadara L, Suwonkerd W. Selection of Anopheles dirus for refractoriness and susceptibility to Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis. MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY 1999; 13:355-361. [PMID: 10608223 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00200.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Two lines of the Oriental malaria vector mosquito Anopheles dirus species A (Diptera: Culicidae), one fully refractory and one fully susceptible to Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis (an African rodent malaria parasite), were established after 17 generations of mass selection, followed by single female selection for one or two generations. Prior to selection, the stock colony of An. dirus was 17% refractory. Both lines of An. dirus produced abundant ookinetes that started to invade the midgut within 24h post-infection, as seen in histological sections. In most of the refractory mosquitoes, oocysts stopped development <12 h post-invasion, indicating a rapid defence mechanism. Dead P. y. nigeriensis parasites were apparently localized as small melanized spots (2-5 microm) seen in wet preparations of mosquito midguts dissected 5-7 days post infective bloodmeal. In some refractory An. dirus females, apart from the spots, a small number of totally encapsulated oocysts (c. 10 microm) were also present. These larger melanized parasites predominated in a few females: they appeared 2-3 days post-infection as a secondary delayed defence mechanism. The progeny of reciprocal matings between susceptible and refractory lines had approximately 50% susceptibility. Backcrosses of F1 hybrids with susceptible or refractory lines increased or decreased the susceptibility of backcross progeny accordingly. Overall, these results suggest polygenic control of susceptibility to P. y. nigeriensis infection. The refractory line of An. dirus showed normal susceptibility to natural infections of the human malarias P. falciparum and P. vivax from local patients.
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- P Somboon
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
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Zheng L, Cornel AJ, Wang R, Erfle H, Voss H, Ansorge W, Kafatos FC, Collins FH. Quantitative trait loci for refractoriness of Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium cynomolgi B. Science 1997; 276:425-8. [PMID: 9103203 DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5311.425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The severity of the malaria pandemic in the tropics is aggravated by the ongoing spread of parasite resistance to antimalarial drugs and mosquito resistance to insecticides. A strain of Anopheles gambiae, normally a major vector for human malaria in Africa, can encapsulate and kill the malaria parasites within a melanin-rich capsule in the mosquito midgut. Genetic mapping revealed one major and two minor quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for this encapsulation reaction. Understanding such antiparasite mechanisms in mosquitoes may lead to new strategies for malaria control.
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- L Zheng
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hi
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Gooding RH. Genetic variation in arthropod vectors of disease-causing organisms: obstacles and opportunities. Clin Microbiol Rev 1996; 9:301-20. [PMID: 8809462 PMCID: PMC172895 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.9.3.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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An overview of the genetic variation in arthropods that transmit pathogens to vertebrates is presented, emphasizing the genetics of vector-pathogen relationships and the biochemical genetics of vectors. Vector-pathogen interactions are reviewed briefly as a prelude to a discussion of the genetics of susceptibility and refractoriness in vectors. Susceptibility to pathogens is controlled by maternally inherited factors, sex-linked dominant alleles, and dominant and recessive autosomal genes. There is widespread interpopulation (including intercolony) and temporal variation in susceptibility to pathogens. The amount of biochemical genetic variation in vectors is similar to that found in other invertebrates. However, the amount varies widely among species, among populations within species, and temporally within populations. Biochemical genetic studies show that there is considerable genetic structuring of many vectors at the local, regional, and global levels. It is argued that genetic variation in vectors is critical in understanding vector-pathogen interactions and that genetic variation in vectors creates both obstacles to and opportunities for application of genetic techniques to the control of vectors.
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- R H Gooding
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada.
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Young AS, Dolan TT, Mwakima FN, Ochanda H, Mwaura SN, Njihia GM, Muthoni MW, Dolan RB. Estimation of heritability of susceptibility to infection with Theileria parva in the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Parasitology 1995; 111 ( Pt 1):31-8. [PMID: 7609988 DOI: 10.1017/s003118200006457x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Heritability of susceptibility to infection with Theileria parva was estimated from full sib families of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks. Male and female ticks of 2 stocks were mated singly. Nineteen full sib families of the Muguga stock and 17 full sib families of the Kiambu stock were obtained. Nymphae of these families were fed on cattle infected with T. parva so that the ticks became replete on days 16 and 17 after infection when the blood was parasitaemic with intraerythrocytic piroplasms. The T. parva infections were assessed in the resultant adult ticks of each full sib group and the abundance of infection, the number of salivary gland acini infected/tick, was found to be the most useful parameter for analysis. Estimates of heritability of the susceptibility to infection with T. parva for the Kiambu and the Muguga tick stocks were 0.24 and 0.26 respectively. Using only the data from ticks which fed on day 16, the heritability estimates were 0.39 for the Kiambu stock and 0.59 for the Muguga stock. These results indicate that tick lines of high or low susceptibility for T. parva infection could be produced through selection.
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- A S Young
- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Curtis CF. The case for malaria control by genetic manipulation of its vectors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994; 10:371-4. [PMID: 15275537 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(94)90222-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- C F Curtis
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK WC I E 7HT
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