2022
Identification of the extracellular metallo-endopeptidases ADAM and ADAMTS in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti
Herd C, Yu X, Cui Y, Franz A. Identification of the extracellular metallo-endopeptidases ADAM and ADAMTS in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2022, 148: 103815. PMID: 35932972, PMCID: PMC11149919, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMosquito Aedes aegyptiVertebrate hostsSecondary tissuesYellow fever mosquito Aedes aegyptiCustom-made antibodiesProtein domain structureBloodmeal ingestionExtra-cellular matrix remodelingAedes aegyptiOvarian tissueHuman ADAM10Human orthologExpression profilingTranscriptional activityFunctional specificityTransient silencingMidgut epitheliumIngestion/digestionDependent endopeptidasesFemale reproductionBasal laminaMidgutMidgut structureMosquito tissuesSame time points
2020
Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Chikungunya Virus-Infected Aedes aegypti Reveals Proteome Modulations Indicative of Persistent Infection
Cui Y, Liu P, Mooney BP, Franz AWE. Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Chikungunya Virus-Infected Aedes aegypti Reveals Proteome Modulations Indicative of Persistent Infection. Journal Of Proteome Research 2020, 19: 2443-2456. PMID: 32375005, PMCID: PMC7419016, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerine-type endopeptidasesMetabolism related pathwaysQuantitative proteomic analysisFunctional enrichment analysisChikungunya virusRibosome biogenesisLabel-free quantificationRNA machineryNonpathogenic relationshipsNovel proteinProteome modulationProteomic analysisVesicular transportEnrichment analysisCHIKV infectionOxidative phosphorylationBiological pathwaysRelated pathwaysMass spectrometry dataPresence of CHIKVProteinMosquito samplesProteomeOral acquisitionMolecular interactions