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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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAedesAnimalsArbovirusesCytoskeletonFemaleGelsolinInsect ProteinsMosquito VectorsProteomicsZika VirusConceptsApoptotic 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 tissue
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