2020
Single-cell RNA sequencing of Trypanosoma brucei from tsetse salivary glands unveils metacyclogenesis and identifies potential transmission blocking antigens
Vigneron A, O'Neill MB, Weiss BL, Savage AF, Campbell OC, Kamhawi S, Valenzuela JG, Aksoy S. Single-cell RNA sequencing of Trypanosoma brucei from tsetse salivary glands unveils metacyclogenesis and identifies potential transmission blocking antigens. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 2613-2621. PMID: 31964820, PMCID: PMC7007551, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914423117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencingRNA sequencingInfectious metacyclic formsMetacyclic parasitesMammalian host environmentFly salivary glandsMajor cell clustersClustering of cellsTsetse salivary glandsFamily proteinsDevelopmental programMammalian hostsMetacyclic cellsProtein transcriptsTrypanosoma bruceiDevelopmental processesGene expressionAfrican trypanosomesExpression profilesMolecular mechanismsSalivary glandsNew hostSurface localizationTrypanosome transmissionMetacyclogenesis
2017
Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia: transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks
Bing X, Attardo GM, Vigneron A, Aksoy E, Scolari F, Malacrida A, Weiss BL, Aksoy S. Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia: transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2017, 284: 20170360. PMID: 28659447, PMCID: PMC5489720, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino AcidsAnimalsCarbohydrate MetabolismChaperonin 60FemaleMetabolomeSequence Analysis, RNASymbiosisTranscriptomeTsetse FliesVitamin B ComplexWigglesworthiaConceptsPeptidoglycan recognition proteinsAfrican trypanosome parasitesTsetse fliesAmino acid metabolismWigglesworthia glossinidiaMultiple metabolic pathwaysObligate endosymbiontsMolecular chaperonesTransport machineryVertebrate bloodMetabolomic landscapeRecognition proteinsSeq analysisSymbiotic dialogueNucleotide biosynthesisAdenosyl methionineBiological functionsSpecialized cellsTsetse survivalTrypanosome parasitesEssential cofactorMetabolic pathwaysNew biological targetsAcid metabolismPhysiological networks