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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 87, 期 20, 页码 -出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01264-21
关键词
Wolbachia; wAlbB; Aedes aegypti; cytonuclear interactions; genomics; population replacement; population suppression
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council [1132412, 1118640]
- University of Melbourne
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1132412] Funding Source: NHMRC
Aedes mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria are released in arbovirus and mosquito control programs worldwide. Our study demonstrates that the Wolbachia infection remains stable across different mosquito populations and host backgrounds over time, with minimal genetic changes despite spending over 15 years in a novel mosquito host. This stability suggests that Wolbachia could be an effective long-term strategy for controlling arbovirus transmission and mosquito populations.
Aedes mosquitoes harboring intracellular Wolbachia bacteria are being released in arbovirus and mosquito control programs. With releases taking place around the world, understanding the contribution of host variation to Wolbachia phenotype is crucial. We generated a Wolbachia transinfection (wAlbB(Q)) in Aedes aegypti and performed backcrossing to introduce the infection into Australian or Malaysian nuclear backgrounds. Whole Wolbachia genome sequencing shows that the wAlbB(Q) transinfection is nearly identical to the reference wAlbB genome, suggesting few changes since the infection was first introduced to A. aegypti over 15 years ago. However, these sequences were distinct from other available wAlbB genome sequences, highlighting the potential diversity of wAlbB in natural Aedes albopictus populations. Phenotypic comparisons demonstrate the effects of wAlbB infection on egg hatching and nuclear background on fecundity and body size but no interactions between wAlbB infection and nuclear background for any trait. The wAlbB infection was stable at high temperatures and showed perfect maternal transmission and cytoplasmic incompatibility regardless of the host background. Our results demonstrate the stability of wAlbB across host backgrounds and point to its long-term effectiveness for controlling arbovirus transmission and mosquito populations. IMPORTANCE Wolbachia bacteria are being used to control the transmission of dengue virus and other arboviruses by mosquitoes. For Wolbachia release programs to be effective globally, Wolbachia infections must be stable across mosquito populations from different locations. In this study, we transferred Wolbachia (strain wAlbB) to Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with an Australian genotype and introduced the infection to Malaysian mosquitoes through backcrossing. We found that the phenotypic effects of Wolbachia are stable across both mosquito backgrounds. We sequenced the genome of wAlbB and found very few genetic changes despite spending over 15 years in a novel mosquito host. Our results suggest that the effects of Wolbachia infections are likely to remain stable across time and host genotype.
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