Annotated differentially expressed salivary proteins of susceptible and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes of Anopheles stephensi

PLoS One. 2015 Mar 5;10(3):e0119666. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119666. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Vector control is one of the major global strategies for control of malaria. However, the major obstacle for vector control is the development of multiple resistances to organochlorine, organophosphorus insecticides and pyrethroids that are currently being used in public health for spraying and in bednets. Salivary glands of vectors are the first target organ for human-vector contact during biting and parasite-vector contact prior to parasite development in the mosquito midguts. The salivary glands secrete anti-haemostatic, anti-inflammatory biologically active molecules to facilitate blood feeding from the host and also inadvertently inject malaria parasites into the vertebrate host. The Anopheles stephensi mosquito, an urban vector of malaria to both human and rodent species has been identified as a reference laboratory model to study mosquito-parasite interactions. In this study, we adopted a conventional proteomic approach of 2D-electrophoresis coupled with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and bioinformatics to identify putative differentially expressed annotated functional salivary proteins between An. stephensi susceptible and multiresistant strains with same genetic background. Our results show 2D gel profile and MALDI-TOF comparisons that identified 31 differentially expressed putative modulated proteins in deltamethrin/DDT resistant strains of An. stephensi. Among these 15 proteins were found to be upregulated and 16 proteins were downregulated. Our studies interpret that An. stephensi (multiresistant) caused an upregulated expression of proteins and enzymes like cytochrome 450, short chain dehyrdogenase reductase, phosphodiesterase etc that may have an impact in insecticide resistance and xenobiotic detoxification. Our study elucidates a proteomic response of salivary glands differentially regulated proteins in response to insecticide resistance development which include structural, redox and regulatory enzymes of several pathways. These identified proteins may play a role in regulating mosquito biting behavior patterns and may have implications in the development of malaria parasites in resistant mosquitoes during parasite transmission.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anopheles / classification
  • Anopheles / drug effects*
  • Anopheles / metabolism
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects
  • Insect Proteins / drug effects
  • Insect Proteins / metabolism
  • Insecticide Resistance
  • Insecticides / pharmacology*
  • Nitriles / pharmacology*
  • Proteomics
  • Pyrethrins / pharmacology*
  • Salivary Glands / drug effects*
  • Salivary Glands / metabolism
  • Salivary Proteins and Peptides / drug effects
  • Salivary Proteins and Peptides / metabolism*

Substances

  • Insect Proteins
  • Insecticides
  • Nitriles
  • Pyrethrins
  • Salivary Proteins and Peptides
  • decamethrin

Grants and funding

This work has been financially supported by the National Institute of Malaria Research (Intramural) and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi Government of India. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.