A serpin from the tick Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides: Involvement in vitellogenesis

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第一作者： Xu, Zhengmao

作者： Xu, Zhengmao;Yan, Yijie;Zhang, Houshuang;Cao, Jie;Zhou, Yongzhi;Zhou, Jinlin;Yan, Yijie;Xu, Qianming

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关键词： Tick; Serpin; RNA interference; Vitellogenin

期刊名称：VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.738； 五年影响因子：2.951 ）

ISSN： 0304-4017

年卷期： 2020 年 279 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Tick serpins are involved in enzyme activity, food digestion, blood-feeding, immune response and anticoagulation. Little is known about the potential roles of serpins in tick reproduction. RHS8, a serpin from the tick Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, has an open reading frame 1212 bp long and encodes a protein that has 404 amino acids and a predicted molecular weight of 45 kDa. RHS8 exhibits 89.58 % amino acid identity with RmS15 in Rhipicephalus microplus. RHS8 was expressed primarily in larvae and nymphs. RHS8 mRNA expression in the ovaries, fat bodies and salivary glands were up-regulated from feeding to ovipositing ticks. RNAi results showed that RHS8 dsRNA-injected ticks had a lower body weight, longer feeding time, fewer eggs laid and lower egg hatchability. Tick reproduction, such as egg laying and hatching, was disrupted by RNAi. Compared with the control group, ovaries of the RHS8 interference group were light brown color, indicating a reduction in yolk granule accumulation. Western blot results showed that the expression of RHVg3 and RHVg4 proteins in ovaries was reduced in the RHS8 dsRNA-injected group. These results indicate that RHS8 is related to tick reproduction and its interference affects vitellogenesis.

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