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2. The role of the peritrophic matrix and red blood cell concentration in Plasmodium vivax infection of Anopheles aquasalis
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Baia-da-Silva, Djane Clarys, Alvarez, Luis Carlos Salazar, Lizcano, Omaira Vera, Costa, Fabio Trindade Maranhão, Lopes, Stefanie Costa Pinto, Orfanó, Alessandra Silva, Pascoal, Denner Oliveira, Nacif-Pimenta, Rafael, Rodriguez, Iria Cabral, Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa, Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães, Secundino, Nagila Francinete Costa, Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo, and Pimenta, Paulo Filemon Paolucci
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- 2018
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3. Species-specific escape of Plasmodium sporozoites from oocysts of avian, rodent, and human malarial parasites.
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Orfano, Alessandra S., Nacif-Pimenta, Rafael, Duarte, Ana P. M., Villegas, Luis M., Rodrigues, Nilton B., Pinto, Luciana C., Campos, Keillen M. M., Pinilla, Yudi T., Chaves, B&3225;rbara, Guerra, Maria G. V. Barbosa, Monteiro, Wuelton M., Smith, Ryan C., Molina-Cruz, Alvaro, Lacerda, Marcus V. G., Secundino, Nágila F. C., Jacobs-Lorena, Marcelo, Barillas-Mury, Carolina, and Pimenta, Paulo F. P.
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PLASMODIUM , *SPOROZOITES , *OOCYSTS , *MOSQUITO vectors , *AVIAN malaria , *MALARIA prevention ,MALARIA transmission - Abstract
Background: Malaria is transmitted when an infected mosquito delivers Plasmodium sporozoites into a vertebrate host. There are many species of Plasmodium and, in general, the infection is host-specific. For example, Plasmodium gallinaceum is an avian parasite, while Plasmodium berghei infects mice. These two parasites have been extensively used as experimental models of malaria transmission. Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the most important agents of human malaria, a life-threatening disease of global importance. To complete their life cycle, Plasmodium parasites must traverse the mosquito midgut and form an oocyst that will divide continuously. Mature oocysts release thousands of sporozoites into the mosquito haemolymph that must reach the salivary gland to infect a new vertebrate host. The current understanding of the biology of oocyst formation and sporozoite release is mostly based on experimental infections with P. berghei, and the conclusions are generalized to other Plasmodium species that infect humans without further morphological analyses. Results: Here, it is described the microanatomy of sporozoite escape from oocysts of four Plasmodium species: the two laboratory models, P. gallinaceum and P. berghei, and the two main species that cause malaria in humans, P. vivax and P. falciparum. It was found that sporozoites have species-specific mechanisms of escape from the oocyst. The two model species of Plasmodium had a common mechanism, in which the oocyst wall breaks down before sporozoites emerge. In contrast, P. vivax and P. falciparum sporozoites show a dynamic escape mechanism from the oocyst via polarized propulsion. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that Plasmodium species do not share a common mechanism of sporozoite escape, as previously thought, but show complex and species-specific mechanisms. In addition, the knowledge of this phenomenon in human Plasmodium can facilitate transmission-blocking studies and not those ones only based on the murine and avian models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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4. The role of the peritrophic matrix and red blood cell concentration in <italic>Plasmodium vivax</italic> infection of <italic>Anopheles aquasalis</italic>.
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Baia-da-Silva, Djane Clarys, Alvarez, Luis Carlos Salazar, Lizcano, Omaira Vera, Costa, Fabio Trindade Maranhão, Lopes, Stefanie Costa Pinto, Orfanó, Alessandra Silva, Pascoal, Denner Oliveira, Nacif-Pimenta, Rafael, Rodriguez, Iria Cabral, Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa, Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães, Secundino, Nagila Francinete Costa, Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo, and Pimenta, Paulo Filemon Paolucci
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PERITROPHIC membranes ,PLASMODIUM vivax ,ERYTHROCYTES ,ANOPHELES ,PARASITIC diseases - Abstract
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Plasmodium vivax is predominant in the Amazon region, and enhanced knowledge of its development inside a natural vector,Anopheles aquasalis , is critical for future strategies aimed at blocking parasite development. The peritrophic matrix (PM), a chitinous layer produced by the mosquito midgut in response to blood ingestion, is a protective barrier against pathogens.Plasmodium can only complete its life-cycle, and consequently be transmitted to a new host, after successfully passing this barrier. Interestingly, fully engorged mosquitoes that had a complete blood meal form a thicker, well-developed PM than ones that feed in small amounts. The amount of red blood cells (RBC) in the blood meal directly influences the production of digestive enzymes and can protect parasites from being killed during the meal digestion. A specific study interrupting the development of the PM associated with the proteolytic activity inhibition, and distinct RBC concentrations, during theP. vivax infection of the New World malaria vectorAn. aquasalis is expected to clarify whether these factors affect the parasite development. Results: Absence of PM in the vector caused a significant reduction inP. vivax infection. However, the association of chitinase with trypsin inhibitor restored infection rates to those of mosquitoes with a structured PM. Also, only the ingestion of trypsin inhibitor by non-chitinase treated mosquitoes increased the infection intensity. Moreover, the RBC concentration in the infectedP. vivax blood meal directly influenced the infection rate and its intensity. A straight correlation was observed between RBC concentrations and infection intensity. Conclusions: This study established that there is a balance between the PM role, RBC concentration and digestive enzyme activity influencing the establishment and development ofP. vivax infection insideAn. aquasalis . Our results indicate that the absence of PM in the midgut facilitates digestive enzyme dispersion throughout the blood meal, causing direct damage toP. vivax . On the other hand, high RBC concentrations support a better and thick, well-developed PM and protectP. vivax from being killed. Further studies of this complex system may provide insights into other details of the malaria vector response toP. vivax infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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5. Zika virus transmission to mouse ear by mosquito bite: a laboratory model that replicates the natural transmission process.
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Secundino NFC, Chaves BA, Orfano AS, Silveira KRD, Rodrigues NB, Campolina TB, Nacif-Pimenta R, Villegas LEM, Silva BM, Lacerda MVG, Norris DE, and Pimenta PFP
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- Animals, Mice, Saliva virology, Salivary Glands virology, Zika Virus genetics, Aedes virology, Insect Bites and Stings, Mosquito Vectors virology, Zika Virus isolation & purification, Zika Virus Infection transmission
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Background: Zika disease has transformed into a serious global health problem due to the rapid spread of the arbovirus and alarming severity including congenital complications, microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Zika virus (ZIKV) is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of an infective mosquito, with Aedes aegypti being the main vector., Methods: We successfully developed a ZIKV experimental transmission model by single infectious Ae. aegypti bite to a laboratory mouse using circulating Brazilian strains of both arbovirus and vector. Mosquitoes were orally infected and single Ae. aegypti were allowed to feed on mouse ears 14 days post-infection. Additionally, salivary gland (SG) homogenates from infected mosquitoes were intrathoracically inoculated into naïve Ae. aegypti. Mosquito and mouse tissue samples were cultured in C6/36 cells and processed by quantitative real-time PCR., Results: A total of 26 Ae. aegypti were allowed to feed individually on mouse ears. Of these, 17 mosquitoes fed, all to full engorgement. The transmission rate of ZIKV by bite from these engorged mosquitoes to mouse ears was 100%. The amount of virus inoculated into the ears by bites ranged from 2 × 10
2 -2.1 × 1010 ZIKV cDNA copies and was positively correlated with ZIKV cDNA quantified from SGs dissected from mosquitoes post-feeding. Replicating ZIKV was confirmed in macerated SGs (2.45 × 107 cDNA copies), mouse ear tissue (1.15 × 103 cDNA copies, and mosquitoes 14 days post-intrathoracic inoculation (1.49 × 107 cDNA copies) by cytopathic effect in C6/36 cell culture and qPCR., Conclusions: Our model illustrates successful transmission of ZIKV by an infectious mosquito bite to a live vertebrate host. This approach offers a comprehensive tool for evaluating the development of infection in and transmission from mosquitoes, and the vertebrate-ZIKV interaction and progression of infection following a natural transmission process.- Published
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