.... These periostial hemocytes phagocytose pathogens in the areas of the hemocoel that experience the highest hemolymph flow. Here, we investigated whether a bacterial infection affects cardiac rhythmicity in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae . We discovered that infection with Escherichia coli...

... of holometabolous (Endopterygota) insects within the order Diptera. We show that crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP), FMRFamide and SALDKNFMRFamide increase the contraction rate of the antennal APOs and the heart of Anopheles gambiae . Both antennal hearts are synchronously responsive to these neuropeptides...

...Arthur C. Arcaz; Diana L. Huestis; Adama Dao; Alpha S. Yaro; Moussa Diallo; John Andersen; Gary J. Blomquist; Tovi Lehmann ABSTRACT The African malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii range over forests and arid areas, where they withstand dry spells and months-long dry seasons...

... (IgG) targeting the extracellular domain of GluCl from Anopheles gambiae (AgGluCl) on the survivorship of three key mosquito disease vectors: Anopheles gambiae s.s., Aedes aegypti and Culex tarsalis . When administered through a single blood meal, anti-AgGluCl IgG reduced the survivorship...

.... However, mosquito resistance to the insecticides used in these applications threatens malaria control efforts. Recently, the mass drug administration of ivermectin (IVM) has been shown to kill Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes and disrupt Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the field. We cloned the molecular...

... 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 Anopheles coluzzii Anopheles gambiae Anopheles merus DAR cells ion transport malaria vector mosquito Na + /K + -ATPase osmoregulation salinity tolerance Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are a monophyletic...

...Sébastien Kessler; Michèle Vlimant; Patrick M. Guerin SUMMARY In this study, we show that female African malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae starved for 3–5 h start to engorge on sucrose at concentrations between 50 and 75 mmol l −1 . Half of the feeding response (ED 50 ) is reached at 111 mmol l...

... 12 2011 11 3 2012 © 2012. 2012 Anopheles gambiae Evarcha culicivora Salticidae Culex quinquefasciatus vision prey choice animation decision making A fundamental task for a predator that relies on vision is to determine whether objects that come into view...

... aorta. Here, we present qualitative and quantitative data characterizing the heart of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae . Visual observation showed that the heart of resting mosquitoes contracts at a rate of 1.37 Hz (82 beats per minute) and switches contraction direction, with 72% of contractions...

... , vol. 29 (ed. P. D. Evans), pp. 279 -409. London: Academic Press. Coast, G. M., Garside, C. S., Webster, S. G., Schegg, K. M. and Schooley, D. A. ( 2005 ). Mosquito natriuretic peptide identified as a calcitonin-like diuretic hormone in Anopheles gambiae (Giles). J. Exp. Biol. 208 , 3281...

... members of the NAT population in the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae , two of which, AgNAT6 and AgNAT8,preferably transport indole- and phenyl-branched substrates, respectively. The relative expression and distribution of these aromatic NATs were examined with transporter-specific antibodies...

...Christina Scali; Flaminia Catteruccia; Qiuxiang Li; Andrea Crisanti SUMMARY The understanding of the molecular mechanisms of sex differentiation in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae could identify important candidate genes for inducing selective male sterility in transgenic lines or for sex-controlled...

... of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae , gave sequences for the CRF-related peptide Anoga-DH 44 and the CT-like peptide Anoga-DH 31 , which were synthesised and tested for effects on Malpighian tubules from An. gambiae and Ae. aegypti ,together with 8-bromo-cyclic AMP. The cyclic AMP analogue stimulated...

... lamina's major components, has previously been shown to bind several surface proteins of Plasmodium ookinetes. Here, using the recently developed RNAi technique in mosquitoes, we used a specific dsRNA construct targeted against the LANB2 gene (laminin γ1) of Anopheles gambiae to reduce its mRNA levels...

...Jonathan C. Radford; Selim Terhzaz; Pablo Cabrero; Shireen-A. Davies; Julian A. T. Dow SUMMARY Identification of the Anopheles gambiae leucokinin gene from the completed A. gambiae genome revealed that this insect species contains three leucokinin peptides, named Anopheles leucokinin I-III...

... profiling using DNA microarrays and, most importantly,sequencing of the Anopheles gambiae genome. These breakthroughs helped unravel some of the mechanisms underlying the dynamic interactions between the parasite and the vector and shed light on the mosquito innate immune system as a set of potential...

... NMR larvae mosquito Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes are, by far, the deadliest creatures on the planet. They transmit malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, encephalitis and other diseases to more than 700 million people each year. Among them, malaria, transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes...

...Ivo M. B. Francischetti; Jesus G. Valenzuela; Van My Pham; Mark K. Garfield; José M. C. Ribeiro SUMMARY Hundreds of Anopheles gambiae salivary gland cDNA library clones have been sequenced. A cluster analysis based on sequence similarity at e -60 grouped the 691 sequences into 251 different...

... by this result, we found high ADA activities in two culicine mosquitoes, Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti , but not in the anopheline Anopheles gambiae . Homogenates from Culex quinquefasciatus also have an AMP deaminase activity that is three times greater than the ADA activity, whereas in Aedes aegypti...