Mosquito sex and mycobiota contribute to fructose metabolism in the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant floral nectars contain natural sugars such as fructose, which are a primary energy resource for adult mosquitoes. Despite the importance of carbohydrates for mosquito metabolism, a limited knowledge is available about the pathways involved in sugar assimilation by mosquitoes and their associated microbiota. To this end, we used ¹³C-metabolomic and stable isotope probing approaches coupled to high-throughput sequencing to reveal fructose-related mosquito metabolic pathways and the dynamics of the active gut microbiota following fructose ingestion.

Results

Our results revealed significant differences in metabolic pathways between males and females, highlighting different modes of central carbon metabolism regulation. Competitive and synergistic inte

SUBMITTER: Guegan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9425969 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature