2021
Glucose-mediated proliferation of a gut commensal bacterium promotes Plasmodium infection by increasing mosquito midgut pH
Wang M, An Y, Gao L, Dong S, Zhou X, Feng Y, Wang P, Dimopoulos G, Tang H, Wang J. Glucose-mediated proliferation of a gut commensal bacterium promotes Plasmodium infection by increasing mosquito midgut pH. Cell Reports 2021, 35: 108992. PMID: 33882310, PMCID: PMC8116483, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmodium infectionGlucose metabolismMalaria parasitesCommensal bacteriumMosquito midgutPlasmodium berghei infectionGut commensal bacteriumBerghei infectionMosquito-microbiota interactionsDietary glucoseInfectionMetabolome changesVector competencePlasmodium gametogenesisVector competencyGlucoseImportant determinantPlasmodiumProliferationMetabolismMosquitoesParasitesAsaia bogorensis
2018
A Gut Commensal Bacterium Promotes Mosquito Permissiveness to Arboviruses
Wu P, Sun P, Nie K, Zhu Y, Shi M, Xiao C, Liu H, Liu Q, Zhao T, Chen X, Zhou H, Wang P, Cheng G. A Gut Commensal Bacterium Promotes Mosquito Permissiveness to Arboviruses. Cell Host & Microbe 2018, 25: 101-112.e5. PMID: 30595552, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArboviral infectionsCommensal bacteriumGut bacteriaDengue virus infectionGut commensal bacteriumCultivable gut bacteriaAedes aegypti mosquitoesVirus infectionViral disseminationAntibiotic depletionIntestinal tractOral introductionGut microbiomeGut epitheliumInfectionMembrane-bound mucinsHuman virusesAegypti mosquitoesHematophagous vectorsVector competenceArbovirusesField mosquitoesSerratia marcescensMosquitoesVirus