ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channels reveal functional linkage between salivary gland function and blood feeding in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Zhilin Li; Alexander Soohoo-Hui; Flinn M. O’Hara; Daniel R. Swale

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03222-1

Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channels reveal functional linkage between salivary gland function and blood feeding in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Zhilin Li,
Alexander Soohoo-Hui,
Flinn M. O’Hara,
Daniel R. Swale

Affiliations

Zhilin Li: Louisiana State University AgCenter, Department of Entomology
Alexander Soohoo-Hui: Louisiana State University AgCenter, Department of Entomology
Flinn M. O’Hara: Louisiana State University AgCenter, Department of Entomology
Daniel R. Swale: Louisiana State University AgCenter, Department of Entomology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03222-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The salivary gland of Aedes aegypti is needed for efficient blood feeding, and disruption of ATP-gated Kir channels prevents salivation and blood feeding in A. aegypti as well as horizontal transmission and acquisition of Dengue virus2.

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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