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Cytoskeleton‐associated gelsolin responds to the midgut distention process in saline meal‐fed Aedes aegypti and affects arbovirus dissemination from the midgut
Cui Y, Megawati D, Lin J, Rehard D, Grant D, Liu P, Jurkevich A, Reid W, Mooney B, Franz A. Cytoskeleton‐associated gelsolin responds to the midgut distention process in saline meal‐fed Aedes aegypti and affects arbovirus dissemination from the midgut. The FASEB Journal 2024, 38: e23764. PMID: 39042395, PMCID: PMC11268798, DOI: 10.1096/fj.202302684rr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApoptotic signalingHost factorsInduction of apoptosisIncreased induction of apoptosisBlood meal ingestionDifferentially expressed proteinsActin filamentsCytoskeleton modulationTime course analysisSecondary tissuesBasal laminaStable knockoutTissue distentionAedes aegyptiMosquito linesFunctional studiesVertebrate hostsSynthesized virionsMosquito midgutMidgut escape barrierCourse analysisGelsolinSurrounding basal laminaMidgutMidgut tissueHeterogeneity of midgut cells and their differential responses to blood meal ingestion by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Cui Y, Franz AWE. Heterogeneity of midgut cells and their differential responses to blood meal ingestion by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2020, 127: 103496. PMID: 33188922, PMCID: PMC7739889, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntestinal stem cellsBlood meal ingestionMosquito midgutSingle-nucleus RNA sequencingCell type clustersCell typesVisceral muscle cellsNutrient absorptionCell type compositionHuman pathogenic parasitesNumerous mosquito speciesEC-like cellsBlood meal digestionEnteroendocrine cellsAedes aegyptiBlood-feeding behaviorMeal ingestionCellular homeostasisCellular diversityGenetic compatibilityHematophagous insectsFemale midgutTranscriptional profilesBlood digestionRNA sequencing
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