Adipokinetic hormone signaling in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae facilitates Plasmodium falciparum sporogony

Vincent O. Nyasembe; Timothy Hamerly; Borja López-Gutiérrez; Alexandra M. Leyte-Vidal; Heather Coatsworth; Rhoel R. Dinglasan

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04518-6

Communications Biology (Feb 2023)

Adipokinetic hormone signaling in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae facilitates Plasmodium falciparum sporogony

Vincent O. Nyasembe,
Timothy Hamerly,
Borja López-Gutiérrez,
Alexandra M. Leyte-Vidal,
Heather Coatsworth,
Rhoel R. Dinglasan

Affiliations

Vincent O. Nyasembe: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Timothy Hamerly: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Borja López-Gutiérrez: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Alexandra M. Leyte-Vidal: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Heather Coatsworth: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Rhoel R. Dinglasan: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04518-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Plasmodium falciparum infection activates adipokinetic hormone signaling and lipid mobilization in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito vector to promote sporogony.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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