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Wolbachia Stimulates Immune Gene Expression and
Inhibits Plasmodium Development in Anopheles
gambiae
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Zakaria Kambris , Andrew M. Blagborough , Sofia B. Pinto , Marcus S. C. Blagrove , H. Charles J.
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Godfray , Robert E. Sinden , Steven P. Sinkins *
1 University of Oxford, Department of Zoology and Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2 Imperial College London, Sir Alexander
Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Abstract
The over-replicating wMelPop strain of the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis has recently been shown to be capable of
inducing immune upregulation and inhibition of pathogen transmission in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. In order to examine
whether comparable effects would be seen in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, transient somatic infections of
wMelPop were created by intrathoracic inoculation. Upregulation of six selected immune genes was observed compared to
controls, at least two of which (LRIM1 and TEP1) influence the development of malaria parasites. A stably infected An.
gambiae cell line also showed increased expression of malaria-related immune genes. Highly significant reductions in
Plasmodium infection intensity were observed in the wMelPop-infected cohort, and using gene knockdown, evidence for
the role of TEP1 in this phenotype was obtained. Comparing the levels of upregulation in somatic and stably inherited
wMelPop infections in Ae. aegypti revealed that levels of upregulation were lower in the somatic infections than in the stably
transinfected line; inhibition of development of Brugia filarial nematodes was
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