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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
In mosquitoes, including Culex quinquefasciatus, immune molecules are known to be upregulated or produced de novo upon exposure to parasites or pathogens. These molecules are regulatory in nature acting against parasite or pathogen infection and development. Similarly, there are molecules that are upregulated to facilitate parasite development in the vector mosquitoes. Lipophorin, a major lipid transporting lipoprotein in the hemolymph of insects, is implicated as a helper molecule in the clotting mechanism and facilitator of parasite and pathogen development in mosquitoes. In the present study, upregulation of a 240 kDa protein was detected in C. quinquefasciatus infected with the human lymphatic filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti. It was identified as a lipophorin through nano-Lc-MS/MS analysis. Transcription of the lipophorin receptor gene also was identified through RACE-PCR. C. quinquefasciatus is the vector of W. bancrofti, and it allows successful development of the parasite. The role of upregulated lipophorin and transcription of its receptor gene in this mosquito could be implicated as a facilitator for the parasite development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1432-1955
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-81
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Culex, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Filariasis, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Hemolymph, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Host-Parasite Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Proteomics, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20922426-Wuchereria bancrofti
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Up-regulation of lipophorin (Lp) and lipophorin receptor (LpR) gene in the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae), infected with the filarial parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae).
pubmed:affiliation
Vector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Indira Nagar, Pondicherry, 605006, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article