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ArticlePLoS genetics2019

Transcriptional and genomic parallels between the monoxenous parasite Herpetomonas muscarum and Leishmania.

Megan A Sloan, Karen Brooks, Thomas D Otto, Mandy J Sanders, James A Cotton, Petros Ligoxygakis

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan A SloanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7659-4069
Karen BrooksThe Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hixton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Thomas D OttoThe Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hixton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Mandy J SandersThe Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hixton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
James A CottonThe Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hixton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5475-3583
Petros LigoxygakisDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9498-9993
Wellcome Sanger Institute · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K003569Wellcome Trust 206194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trypanosomatid parasites are causative agents of important human and animal diseases such as sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. Most trypanosomatids are transmitted to their mammalian hosts by insects, often belonging to Diptera (or true flies). These are called dixenous trypanosomatids since they infect two different hosts, in contrast to those that infect just insects (monoxenous). However, it is still unclear whether dixenous and monoxenous trypanosomatids interact similarly with their insect host, as fly-monoxenous trypanosomatid interaction systems are rarely reported and under-studied-despite being common in nature. Here we present the genome of monoxenous trypanosomatid Herpetomonas muscarum and discuss its transcriptome during in vitro culture and during infection of its natural insect host Drosophila melanogaster. The H. muscarum genome is broadly syntenic with that of human parasite Leishmania major. We also found strong similarities between the H. muscarum transcriptome during fruit fly infection, and those of Leishmania during sand fly infections. Overall this suggests Drosophila-Herpetomonas is a suitable model for less accessible insect-trypanosomatid host-parasite systems such as sand fly-Leishmania.

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AnimalsDrosophila melanogasterEuglenozoa InfectionsHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansInsect VectorsLeishmaniaLeishmaniasisPsychodidaeTrypanosomatina

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