Antibiotic treatment in anopheles coluzzii affects carbon and nitrogen metabolism
Author(s)
Chabanol, Estelle
Behrends, Volker
Prevot, Ghislaine
Christophides, George K
Gendrin, Mathilde
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The mosquito microbiota reduces the vector competence of Anopheles to Plasmodium and affects host fitness; it is therefore considered as a potential target to reduce malaria transmission. While immune induction, secretion of antimicrobials and metabolic competition are three typical mechanisms of microbiota-mediated protection against invasive pathogens in mammals, the involvement of metabolic competition or mutualism in mosquito-microbiota and microbiota-Plasmodium interactions has not been investigated. Here, we describe a metabolome analysis of the midgut of Anopheles coluzzii provided with a sugar-meal or a non-infectious blood-meal, under conventional or antibiotic-treated conditions. We observed that the antibiotic treatment affects the tricarboxylic acid cycle and nitrogen metabolism, notably resulting in decreased abundance of free amino acids. Linking our results with published data, we identified pathways which may participate in microbiota-Plasmodium interactions via metabolic interactions or immune modulation and thus would be interesting candidates for future functional studies.
Date Issued
2020-09-01
Date Acceptance
2020-08-17
Citation
Pathogens, 2020, 9 (9), pp.1-13
ISSN
2076-0817
Publisher
MDPI AG
Start Page
1
End Page
13
Journal / Book Title
Pathogens
Volume
9
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
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Grant Number
BB/k009338/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
mosquito
microbiota
malaria
metabolism
immunity
tricarboxylic acid cycle
nitrogen excretion
amino acids
PURINE SALVAGE
GUT MICROBIOTA
PLASMODIUM
TRANSMISSION
MOSQUITOS
GAMBIAE
NEPHROTOXICITY
GENTAMICIN
INFECTION
BACTERIA
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 679
Date Publish Online
2020-08-21