Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

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The transcriptome of Aedes aegypti (Liverpool strain) females kept on a sugar diet versus those blood-fed

ABSTRACT: We report the RNA-seq based analyses of the transcriptional changes in the Aedes aegypti transcriptome 5 hours after blood feeding. Comparison of the transcriptome of Aedes aegypti females at two physiological conditions and one time point.

ORGANISM(S): Aedes aegypti

SUBMITTER: William Dunn

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-24872 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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RNA-seq analyses of blood-induced changes in gene expression in the mosquito vector species, Aedes aegypti.

Bonizzoni Mariangela M Dunn W Augustine WA Campbell Corey L CL Olson Ken E KE Dimon Michelle T MT Marinotti Osvaldo O James Anthony A AA

BMC genomics 20110128

<h4>Background</h4>Hematophagy is a common trait of insect vectors of disease. Extensive genome-wide transcriptional changes occur in mosquitoes after blood meals, and these are related to digestive and reproductive processes, among others. Studies of these changes are expected to reveal molecular targets for novel vector control and pathogen transmission-blocking strategies. The mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae), a vector of Dengue viruses, Yellow Fever Virus (YFV) and Chikungunya vir ...[more]

PMID: 21276245

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Project description:Background: The piRNA pathway has been shown in model organisms to be involved in silencing of transposons thereby providing genome stability. In D. melanogaster the majority of piRNAs map to these sequences. The medically important mosquito species Aedes aegypti has a large genome size, a high transposon load which includes Miniature Inverted repeat Transposable Elements (MITES) and an expansion of the piRNA biogenesis genes. Studies of transgenic lines of Ae. aegypti have indicated that introduced transposons are poorly remobilized and we sought to explore the basis of this. We wished to analyze the piRNA profile of Ae. aegypti and thereby determine if it be responsible for transposon silencing in this mosquito. Results: Estimated piRNA sequence diversity was comparable between Ae. aegypti and D. melanogaster, but surprisingly only 19% of mosquito piRNAs mapped to transposons compared to 51% for D. melanogaster. Ae. aegypti piRNA clusters made up a larger percentage of the total genome than those of D. melanogaster but did not contain significantly higher percentages of transposon derived sequences than other regions of the genome. Ae. aegypti contains a number of protein coding genes that may be sources of piRNA biogenesis with two, traffic jam and maelstrom, implicated in this process in model organisms. Several genes of viral origin were also targeted by piRNAs. Examination of six mosquito libraries that had previously been transformed with transposon derived sequence revealed that new piRNA sequences had been generated to the transformed sequences, suggesting that they may have stimulated a transposon inactivation mechanism. Conclusions: Ae. aegypti has a large piRNA complement that maps to transposons but primarily gene sequences, including many viral-derived sequences. This, together the more uniform distribution of piRNA clusters throughout its genome suggest that some aspects of the piRNA system differ between Ae. aegypti and D. melanogaster. 5 small RNA libraries were generated from total RNA of whole adult Aedes aegypti tissues, two of these libraries were sequenced twice (technical replicates). 1 small RNA library was generated from total RNA of a whole adult Drosophila melanogaster tissue.

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The transcriptome of Aedes aegypti (Liverpool strain) females kept on a sugar diet versus those blood-fed

Publications

RNA-seq analyses of blood-induced changes in gene expression in the mosquito vector species, Aedes aegypti.

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