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Novel Symbiotic Genome-Scale Model Reveals <i>Wolbachia</i>'s Arboviral Pathogen Blocking Mechanism in <i>Aedes aegypti</i>
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WoS WOS:000765112800009
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85121014934
DOI 10.1128/MBIO.01563-21
Año 2021
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Autores Afiliación Chile

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Abstract



Wolbachia are endosymbiont bacteria known to infect arthropods causing different effects, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility and pathogen blocking in Aedes aegypti. Although several Wolbachia strains have been studied, there is little knowledge regarding the relationship between this bacterium and their hosts, particularly on their obligate endosymbiont nature and its pathogen blocking ability. Motivated by the potential applications on disease control, we developed a genome-scale model of two Wolbachia strains: wMel and the strongest Dengue blocking strain known to date: wMelPop. The obtained metabolic reconstructions exhibit an energy metabolism relying mainly on amino acids and lipid transport to support cell growth that is consistent with altered lipid and cholesterol metabolism in Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes. The obtained metabolic reconstruction was then coupled with a reconstructed mosquito model to retrieve a symbiotic genome-scale model accounting for 1,636 genes and 6,408 reactions of the Aedes aegypti-Wolbachia interaction system. Simulation of an arboviral infection in the obtained novel symbiotic model represents a metabolic scenario characterized by pathogen blocking in higher titer Wolbachia strains, showing that pathogen blocking by Wolbachia infection is consistent with competition for lipid and amino acid resources between arbovirus and this endosymbiotic bacteria. IMPORTANCE Arboviral diseases such as Zika and Dengue have been on the rise mainly due to climate change, and the development of new treatments and strategies to limit their spreading is needed. The use of Wolbachia as an approach for disease control has motivated new research related to the characterization of the mechanisms that underlie its pathogen-blocking properties. In this work, we propose a new approach for studying the metabolic interactions between Aedes aegypti and Wolbachia using genome-scale models, finding that pathogen blocking is mainly influenced by competition for the resources required for Wolbachia and viral replication.

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M Bio 2161-2129

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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Jimenez, Natalia E. Mujer Universidad de Chile - Chile
UMI CNRS 2807 - Chile
2 GERDTZEN-HAKIM, ZIOMARA PATRICIA - Universidad de Chile - Chile
3 Olivera-Nappa, Alvaro Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
4 Salgado, J. Cristian Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
5 CONCA-ROSENDE, CARLOS EUGENIO Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
UMI CNRS 2807 - Chile

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FONDAP
PIA CONICYT
PIA Conicyt PFBasal-01
NEMBICA
NEMBICA New Methods for Biological Control of the Arboviruses STIC-AmSud ANID, Chile

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Agradecimiento
This work was funded by PIA Conicyt PFBasal-01 (CeBiB), AFBasal-170001 (CMM), Fondap 15090007 (CRG), and NEMBICA New Methods for Biological Control of the Arboviruses STIC190013 STIC-AmSud ANID, Chile.
This work was funded by PIA Conicyt PFBasal-01 (CeBiB), AFBasal-170001 (CMM), Fondap 15090007 (CRG), and NEMBICA New Methods for Biological Control of the Arboviruses STIC190013 STIC-AmSud ANID, Chile.

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