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Dengue serotype-specific immune response in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Smartt, Chelsea T; Shin, Dongyoung; Alto, Barry W.
  • Smartt, Chelsea T; University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Vero Beach. US
  • Shin, Dongyoung; University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Vero Beach. US
  • Alto, Barry W; University of Florida. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Department of Entomology and Nematology. Vero Beach. US
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 112(12): 829-837, Dec. 2017. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-894854
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BACKGROUND Dengue viruses (DENV) are considered one of the most important emerging pathogens and dengue disease is a global health threat. The geographic expansion of dengue viruses has led to co-circulation of all four dengue serotypes making it imperative that new DENV control strategies be devised. OBJECTIVES Here we characterize dengue serotype-specific innate immune responses in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus using DENV from Puerto Rico (PR). METHODS Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus were infected with dengue serotype 1 and 2 isolated from Puerto Rico. DENV infected mosquito samples were collected and temporal change in expression of selected innate immune response pathway genes analyzed by quantitative real time PCR. FINDINGS The Toll pathway is involved in anti-dengue response in Ae. aegypti, and Ae. albopictus. Infections with PR DENV- 1 elicited a stronger response from genes of the Toll immune pathway than PR DENV-2 in Ae. aegypti but in infected Ae. albopictus expression of Toll pathway genes tended to be similar between the serotypes. Two genes (a ribosomal S5 protein gene and a nimrod-like gene) from Ae. albopictus were expressed in response to DENV. MAIN CONCLUSIONS These studies revealed a role for antiviral genes in DENV serotype-specific interactions with DENV vectors, demonstrated that infections with DENV-2 can modulate the Toll immune response pathway in Ae. aegypti and elucidated candidate molecules that might be used to interfere with serotype specific vector-virus interactions.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Aedes / Dengue Virus / Insect Vectors Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: Tropical Medicine / Parasitology Year: 2017 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Florida/US

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Aedes / Dengue Virus / Insect Vectors Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Journal subject: Tropical Medicine / Parasitology Year: 2017 Type: Article / Project document Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Florida/US