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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54881-w
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- ICAR National Fellow Scheme [27(3)/2010-HRD/28.02.2011]
Argulus spp. are economically important fish ectoparasites. The development of antiparasitic drugs is thus important and real time PCR is an indispensable tool in drug development. The analytical potential of RT-PCR depends upon accurate normalisation by the use of stable reference genes. Here, we identified stable reference genes of Argulus siamensis for validation of efficacy of drugs and drug targets. Seven candidate genes were evaluated by evaluating their expression under different states of Argulus using the RefFinder tool. The four algorithms together generated a comprehensive ranking with elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) being the most stable and 185 ribosomal protein (185) the least stable gene. Taking EF-1 alpha and 185 genes as references, the effectiveness of six anti-parasitic compounds against Argulus was evaluated by studying their effect on the expression pattern of few ion channel genes; this was to understand their mode of action, besides validating the reference genes. EF-1 alpha was found to be the most stable gene in the validation. Collectively, this study is the first report to validate the optimal reference genes of A. siamensis for normalisation, and the potential of the ion channel genes for evaluating effective drug targets in parasite control.
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