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ArticleScientific reports2023

Differences in proteome perturbations caused by the Wolbachia strain wAu suggest multiple mechanisms of Wolbachia-mediated antiviral activity.

Stephanie M Rainey, Vincent Geoghegan, Daniella A Lefteri, Thomas H Ant, Julien Martinez, Cameron J McNamara, Wael Kamel, Zaydah Rolande de Laurent, Alfredo Castello, Steven P Sinkins

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie M RaineyMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK. stephanie.rainey@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9504-5495
Vincent GeogheganMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Daniella A LefteriMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Thomas H AntMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Julien MartinezMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Cameron J McNamaraMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Wael KamelMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Zaydah Rolande de LaurentMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Alfredo CastelloMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1499-4662
Steven P SinkinsMRC-University of Glasgow-Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK. steven.sinkins@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2678-1832
MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_00034/4Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/8Wellcome Trust 108508Wellcome Trust 108508/A/15/ZWellcome Trust 202888Wellcome Trust 202888/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some strains of the inherited bacterium Wolbachia have been shown to be effective at reducing the transmission of dengue virus (DENV) and other RNA viruses by Aedes aegypti in both laboratory and field settings and are being deployed for DENV control. The degree of virus inhibition varies between Wolbachia strains. Density and tissue tropism can contribute to these differences but there are also indications that this is not the only factor involved: for example, strains wAu and wAlbA are maintained at similar intracellular densities but only wAu produces strong DENV inhibition. We previously reported perturbations in lipid transport dynamics, including sequestration of cholesterol in lipid droplets, with strains wMel/wMelPop in Ae. aegypti. To further investigate the cellular basis underlying these differences, proteomic analysis of midguts was carried out on Ae. aegypti lines carrying strains wAu and wAlbA: with the hypothesis that differences in perturbations may underline Wolbachia-mediated antiviral activity. Surprisingly, wAu-carrying midguts not only showed distinct proteome perturbations when compared to non-Wolbachia carrying and wAlbA-carrying midguts but also wMel-carrying midguts. There are changes in RNA processing pathways and upregulation of a specific set of RNA-binding proteins in the wAu-carrying line, including genes with known antiviral activity. Lipid transport and metabolism proteome changes also differ between strains, and we show that strain wAu does not produce the same cholesterol sequestration phenotype as wMel. Moreover, in contrast to wMel, wAu antiviral activity was not rescued by cyclodextrin treatment. Together these results suggest that wAu could show unique features in its inhibition of arboviruses compared to previously characterized Wolbachia strains.

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AedesDengue VirusWolbachiaAnimalsAntiviral AgentsLipidsProteomeProteomicsAntiviral AgentsLipidsProteome

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