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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2016

Expression pattern of subA in different tissues and blood-feeding status in Haemaphysalis flava.

Lei Liu, Tian-Yin Cheng, Fen Yan

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lei LiuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
Tian-Yin ChengCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China. hn5368@163.com.
Fen YanCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
Hunan Agricultural University · CN

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Abstract

Tick-borne-diseases (TBD) pose a huge threat to the health of both humans and animals worldwide. Tick vaccines constitute an attractive alternative for tick control, due to their cost-efficiency and environmental-friendliness. Subolesin, a protective antigen against ticks, is reported to be a promising candidate for the development of broad-spectrum vaccines. However, the entire length of its gene, subA, and its gene expression pattern in different tissues and blood-feeding status (or different levels of engorgement) have not been studied extensively. In our study, the full-length of subA in Haemaphysalis flava, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, Rhipicephalus microplus, and Dermacentor sinicus was cloned by RACE-PCR. The subA expression pattern was analyzed further in H. flava in different tissues and blood-feeding status by RT-PCR. We found that the full-length of subA in H. flava, R. haemaphysaloides, R. microplus, and D. sinicus was 1318, 1498, 1316, and 1769 bp, respectively, with encoded proteins at 180, 162, 162, and 166 aa in length, respectively. The primary structure of subolesin in H. flava included three conserved regions and two hypervariable regions, with no signal peptide. SubA expression in female H. flava of different blood-feeding status was in the order of the fasted < the 1/4-engorged < the half-engorged < the fully-engorged (p < 0.01). Tissue expression of subA was in the order of salivary gland > midgut > integument (p < 0.01), but its expression in salivary glands was not statistically different from that in ovaries. We concluded that subolesin was a conserved antigen and that subA was expressed differentially in H. flava in different tissues and blood-feeding status. Those features made subolesin feasible as a potential target antigen for development of a universal vaccine for the control of tick infestations and a reduction in TBD.

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Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsAntigensArthropod ProteinsChinaDermacentorFeeding BehaviorFemaleGene Expression ProfilingIxodidaeOrgan SpecificityPolymerase Chain ReactionRhipicephalusAntigensArthropod Proteinssubolesin, tickRACESubASubolesinTickVaccine

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