2025
Spiroplasma infection in colonized Glossina fuscipes fuscipes: impact on mass rearing and the sterile insect technique
Dera K, Barro D, Kaboré B, Gstöttenmayer F, Dieng M, Pagabeleguem S, Weiss B, Fiorenza G, Piccinno R, Malacrida A, Aksoy S, de Beer C, Mach R, Vreysen M, Abd‐Alla A. Spiroplasma infection in colonized Glossina fuscipes fuscipes: impact on mass rearing and the sterile insect technique. Insect Science 2025 PMID: 40415533, DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpiroplasma infectionSterile insect techniqueDevelopment of disease control strategiesGlossina fuscipes fuscipesParasitic African trypanosomesAnimal African trypanosomosesGenus of endosymbiotic bacteriaLength of larval developmentInfection prevalenceInsect techniqueDisease control strategiesAdult eclosion ratesMating advantageEndosymbiotic bacteriaRefractory to infectionSpiroplasmaAfrican trypanosomesTsetse fecundityLarval developmentEclosion rateLaboratory coloniesFly hostsMass rearingTsetse fliesColonies
2021
Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis
Son JH, Weiss BL, Schneider DI, Dera KM, Gstöttenmayer F, Opiro R, Echodu R, Saarman NP, Attardo GM, Onyango M, Abdalla A, Aksoy S. Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009539. PMID: 34529715, PMCID: PMC8478229, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive fitnessSpiroplasma infectionSex-biased gene expressionHigh-throughput RNA sequencingReproductive physiologyIntrauterine larval developmentMale reproductive fitnessPathogenic African trypanosomesEndosymbiotic bacteriaFly resistanceTsetse fecundityFemale spermathecaFemale fecundityRNA sequencingLarval developmentSpiroplasmaGene expressionAfrican trypanosomesReproductive tissuesReproductive homeostasisTsetse hostHuman diseasesPopulation sizeProtective phenotypeLab lines
2012
Analysis of lipolysis underlying lactation in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans
Attardo GM, Benoit JB, Michalkova V, Yang G, Roller L, Bohova J, Takáč P, Aksoy S. Analysis of lipolysis underlying lactation in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2012, 42: 360-370. PMID: 22509523, PMCID: PMC3561780, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSimultaneous knockdownLipid reservesLarval productionAdipokinetic hormoneEarly larval developmentLate larval instarsTsetse fliesLipid metabolic pathwaysBrummer lipaseLarval nourishmentViviparous reproductionLipid metabolismIndividual knockdownTsetse fecundityKnockdown approachFemale lifespanHormone-receptor systemLarval developmentTranscript levelsAKHRLarval instarsMetabolic pathwaysStarvation experimentsKnockdownOocyte development
2001
Genome Size Determination and Coding Capacity of Sodalis glossinidius, an Enteric Symbiont of Tsetse Flies, as Revealed by Hybridization to Escherichia coliGene Arrays
Akman L, Rio R, Beard C, Aksoy S. Genome Size Determination and Coding Capacity of Sodalis glossinidius, an Enteric Symbiont of Tsetse Flies, as Revealed by Hybridization to Escherichia coliGene Arrays. Journal Of Bacteriology 2001, 183: 4517-4525. PMID: 11443086, PMCID: PMC95346, DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.15.4517-4525.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome sizeLong evolutionary timeGenome size determinationSecondary symbiont SodalisAT-rich genomeConserved gene sequencesWhole genome sequencesTsetse fliesEnteric symbiontsObligate symbiontsOrthologous genesRecent molecular characterizationComparative genomicsMicrobial genomesSymbiotic microorganismsEvolutionary timeTsetse fecundityDNA replicationGenome sequenceGenomic aspectsGenomic contentGene sequencesMolecular basisRelated bacteriaExtrachromosomal plasmids
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