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JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 57, Issue 10, Pages 1399-1406Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.07.007
Keywords
Mosquito; Salivary gland; Sugar transporter; Transcriptome
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- Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, Government of India
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In this study, we analyzed a small scale transcriptome of salivary glands in sugar fed female mosquitoes. Thirty five percent of the transcripts could not be assigned a function. Some of them may code for salivary gland specific products involved in sugar feeding. We identified and characterized two new putative cDNAs encoding a sugar transporter and a cAMP generating DAPIT (Diabetes-Associated proteins in insulin sensitive tissues). Down regulation of these two cDNAs in response to blood feeding suggest that both AsST and AsDAPIT salivary genes may specifically be involved in the facilitation of sugar metabolism and energy production. The inability to absorb or digest sugar may cause organ failure, improper functioning of nervous system, behavioral disorder and death. Further functional characterization of theses putative transcripts is under investigation to examine their role in the mosquito salivary glands. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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