An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria.
Innate immunity is an ancient and conserved defense system that provides an early effective response against invaders. Many immune genes of Anopheles mosquitoes have been implicated in defense against a variety of pathogens, including plasmodia. Nevertheless, only recent work identified some immune...
Published in: | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 https://doaj.org/article/fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 2023-05-15T15:05:30+02:00 An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. Ana C Bahia Marina S Kubota Jayme A Souza-Neto Leonardo B Koerich Ana Beatriz Barletta Helena R C Araújo Caroline M Gonçalves Cláudia M Ríos-Velásquez Paulo F P Pimenta Yara M Traub-Csekö 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 https://doaj.org/article/fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6171954?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 https://doaj.org/article/fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0006785 (2018) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 2022-12-31T01:43:19Z Innate immunity is an ancient and conserved defense system that provides an early effective response against invaders. Many immune genes of Anopheles mosquitoes have been implicated in defense against a variety of pathogens, including plasmodia. Nevertheless, only recent work identified some immune genes of Anopheles aquasalis mosquitoes upon P. vivax infection. Among these was a GATA transcription factor gene, which is described here. This is an ortholog of GATA factor Serpent genes described in Drosophila melanogaster and Anopheles gambiae. Gene expression analyses showed an increase of GATA-Serpent mRNA in P. vivax-infected A. aquasalis and functional RNAi experiments identified this transcription factor as an important immune gene of A. aquasalis against both bacteria and P. vivax. Besides, we were able to identify an effect of GATA-Serpent knockdown on A. aquasalis hemocyte proliferation and differentiation. These findings expand our understanding of the poorly studied A. aquasalis-P. vivax interactions and uncover GATA-Serpent as a key player of the mosquito innate immune response. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Gata ENVELOPE(-19.702,-19.702,63.540,63.540) PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12 9 e0006785 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
spellingShingle |
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Ana C Bahia Marina S Kubota Jayme A Souza-Neto Leonardo B Koerich Ana Beatriz Barletta Helena R C Araújo Caroline M Gonçalves Cláudia M Ríos-Velásquez Paulo F P Pimenta Yara M Traub-Csekö An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. |
topic_facet |
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
description |
Innate immunity is an ancient and conserved defense system that provides an early effective response against invaders. Many immune genes of Anopheles mosquitoes have been implicated in defense against a variety of pathogens, including plasmodia. Nevertheless, only recent work identified some immune genes of Anopheles aquasalis mosquitoes upon P. vivax infection. Among these was a GATA transcription factor gene, which is described here. This is an ortholog of GATA factor Serpent genes described in Drosophila melanogaster and Anopheles gambiae. Gene expression analyses showed an increase of GATA-Serpent mRNA in P. vivax-infected A. aquasalis and functional RNAi experiments identified this transcription factor as an important immune gene of A. aquasalis against both bacteria and P. vivax. Besides, we were able to identify an effect of GATA-Serpent knockdown on A. aquasalis hemocyte proliferation and differentiation. These findings expand our understanding of the poorly studied A. aquasalis-P. vivax interactions and uncover GATA-Serpent as a key player of the mosquito innate immune response. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ana C Bahia Marina S Kubota Jayme A Souza-Neto Leonardo B Koerich Ana Beatriz Barletta Helena R C Araújo Caroline M Gonçalves Cláudia M Ríos-Velásquez Paulo F P Pimenta Yara M Traub-Csekö |
author_facet |
Ana C Bahia Marina S Kubota Jayme A Souza-Neto Leonardo B Koerich Ana Beatriz Barletta Helena R C Araújo Caroline M Gonçalves Cláudia M Ríos-Velásquez Paulo F P Pimenta Yara M Traub-Csekö |
author_sort |
Ana C Bahia |
title |
An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. |
title_short |
An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. |
title_full |
An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. |
title_fullStr |
An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. |
title_full_unstemmed |
An Anopheles aquasalis GATA factor Serpent is required for immunity against Plasmodium and bacteria. |
title_sort |
anopheles aquasalis gata factor serpent is required for immunity against plasmodium and bacteria. |
publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
publishDate |
2018 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 https://doaj.org/article/fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-19.702,-19.702,63.540,63.540) |
geographic |
Arctic Gata |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Gata |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0006785 (2018) |
op_relation |
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6171954?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 https://doaj.org/article/fde3e0a5a6414f00850c80f2570ae602 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006785 |
container_title |
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
container_volume |
12 |
container_issue |
9 |
container_start_page |
e0006785 |
_version_ |
1766337194781310976 |