期刊
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
卷 26, 期 4, 页码 1118-1130出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13970
关键词
bird; cestode; parasite; Schistocephalus solidus; threespine stickleback; transcriptomics
资金
- FRQ-NT grant
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- NSERC Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Ressources Aquatiques Quebec (RAQ) International internship fellowship
- UK BBSRC MITBP fellowship
Parasites with complex life cycles have developed numerous phenotypic strategies, closely associated with developmental events, to enable the exploitation of different ecological niches and facilitate transmission between hosts. How these environmental shifts are regulated from a metabolic and physiological standpoint, however, still remain to be fully elucidated. We examined the transcriptomic response of Schistocephalus solidus, a trophically transmitted parasite with a complex life cycle, over the course of its development in an intermediate host, the threespine stickleback, and the final avian host. Results from our differential gene expression analysis show major reprogramming events among developmental stages. The final host stage is characterized by a strong activation of reproductive pathways and redox homoeostasis. The attainment of infectivity in the fish intermediate hostwhich precedes sexual maturation in the final host and is associated with host behaviour changesis marked by transcription of genes involved in neural pathways and sensory perception. Our results suggest that un-annotated and S.solidus-specific genes could play a determinant role in host-parasite molecular interactions required to complete the parasite's life cycle. Our results permit future comparative analyses to help disentangle species-specific patterns of infection from conserved mechanisms, ultimately leading to a better understanding of the molecular control and evolution of complex life cycles.
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