Sialomes and Mialomes: A Systems-Biology View of Tick Tissues and Tick-Host Interactions

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• 作者：Jindřich Chmelař¹ ; ² ; Jan Kotá ; l¹ ; ³ ; Shahid Karim⁴ ; Petr Kopacek³ ; Ivo M.B. Francischetti⁵ ; Joao H.F. Pedra⁶ ; Michail Kotsyfakis³ ; ^{mich_kotsyfakis@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：sialomes ; systems biology ; next-generation sequencing ; tick-borne pathogens
• 刊名：Trends in Parasitology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：32
• 期：3
• 页码：242-254
• 全文大小：2858 K

文摘

Tick saliva facilitates tick feeding and infection of the host. Gene expression analysis of tick salivary glands and other tissues involved in host–pathogen interactions has revealed a wide range of bioactive tick proteins. Transcriptomic analysis has been a milestone in the field and has recently been enhanced by next-generation sequencing (NGS). Furthermore, the application of quantitative proteomics to ticks with unknown genomes has provided deeper insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying tick hematophagy, pathogen transmission, and tick–host–pathogen interactions. We review current knowledge on the transcriptomics and proteomics of tick tissues from a systems-biology perspective and discuss future challenges in the field.