ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology2014
Emerging roles of aquaporins in relation to the physiology of blood-feeding arthropods.
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- An aquaporin mediates cell shape change required for cellular immunity in the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water.BMC genomics · 2018Article
- Dehydration prompts increased activity and blood feeding by mosquitoes.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Identification and Functional Analysis of the First Aquaporin from Striped Stem Borer,Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- RNA-Seq Comparison of Larval and Adult Malpighian Tubules of the Yellow Fever MosquitoFrontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species.Genome biology · 2016Article
- Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome.Nature communications · 2016Article
- Targeted silencing of the Aquaporin 2 gene of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus reduces tick fitness.Parasites & vectors · 2015Article
- Phylogenomic and functional analyses of salmon lice aquaporins uncover the molecular diversity of the superfamily in Arthropoda.BMC genomics · 2015Article
- Insect glycerol transporters evolved by functional co-option and gene replacement.Nature communications · 2015Article
- Lucilia cuprina genome unlocks parasitic fly biology to underpin future interventions.Nature communications · 2015Article
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Abstract
Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins that span plasma membranes allowing the movement of water and small solutes into or out of cells. The type, expression levels and activity of AQPs play a major role in the relative permeability of each cell to water or other solutes. Research on arthropod AQPs has expanded in the last 10 years due to the completion of several arthropod genome projects and the increased availability of genetic information accessible through other resources such as de novo transcriptome assemblies. In particular, there has been significant advancement in elucidating the roles that AQPs serve in relation to the physiology of blood-feeding arthropods of medical importance. The focus of this review is upon the significance of AQPs in relation to hematophagy in arthropods. This will be accomplished via a narrative describing AQP functions during the life history of hematophagic arthropods that includes the following critical phases: (1) Saliva production necessary to blood feeding, (2) Intake and excretion of water during blood digestion, (3) Reproduction and egg development and (4) Off-host environmental stress tolerance. The concentration on these phases will highlight known vulnerabilities in the biology of hematophagic arthropods that could be used to develop novel control strategies as well as research topics that have yet to be examined.
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