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Intra-lineage microevolution of Wolbachia leads to the emergence of new cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns. [PDF]

PLoS Biol, 2023
Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are worldwide vectors of arbovirus, filarial nematode, and avian malaria agents. In these hosts, the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), that is, reduced embryo viability in so-
Namias A, Ngaku A, Makoundou P, Unal S, Sicard M, Weill M.   +5 more
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The Biochemistry of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Caused by Endosymbiotic Bacteria. [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2020
Many species of arthropods carry maternally inherited bacterial endosymbionts that can influence host sexual reproduction to benefit the bacterium. The most well-known of such reproductive parasites is Wolbachia pipientis.
Chen H, Zhang M, Hochstrasser M.
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Wolbachia Inter-Strain Competition and Inhibition of Expression of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Mosquito [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Successful field trials have been reported as part of the effort to develop the maternally transmitted endosymbiontic bacteria Wolbachia as an intervention agent for controlling mosquito vectors and their transmitted diseases. In order to further improve
Xiao Liang, Julian Liu, Guowu Bian, Zhiyong Xi, Zhiyong Xi   +4 more
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Wolbachia cifB induces cytoplasmic incompatibility in the malaria mosquito vector. [PDF]

Nat Microbiol, 2021
Wolbachia, a maternally inherited intracellular bacterial species, can manipulate host insect reproduction by cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), which results in embryo lethality in crosses between infected males and uninfected females.
Adams KL, Abernathy DG, Willett BC, Selland EK, Itoe MA, Catteruccia F.   +5 more
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Harnessing Wolbachia cytoplasmic incompatibility alleles for confined gene drive: A modeling study. [PDF]

PLoS Genet, 2023
Wolbachia is a maternally-inherited bacteria, which can spread rapidly in populations by manipulating reproduction. CifA and CifB are genes found in Wolbachia phage that are responsible for cytoplasmic incompatibility, the most common type of Wolbachia ...
Li J, Champer J.
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The Cif proteins from Wolbachia prophage WO modify sperm genome integrity to establish cytoplasmic incompatibility. [PDF]

PLoS Biol, 2022
Inherited microorganisms can selfishly manipulate host reproduction to drive through populations. In Drosophila melanogaster, germline expression of the native Wolbachia prophage WO proteins CifA and CifB cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in which ...
Kaur R, Leigh BA, Ritchie IT, Bordenstein SR.   +3 more
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cifB-transcript levels largely explain cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent Wolbachia. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus, 2022
Divergent hosts often associate with intracellular microbes that influence their fitness. Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria are the most common of these endosymbionts, due largely to cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) that kills uninfected embryos ...
Shropshire JD, Hamant E, Conner WR, Cooper BS.   +3 more
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The CinB Nuclease from wNo Wolbachia Is Sufficient for Induction of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Drosophila. [PDF]

mBio, 2022
Wolbachia species are bacteria that live within the cells of many insects. Like mitochondria, they are only inherited from females. Wolbachia often increases the number of infected females to promote spread of infection using a type of male sterility ...
Sun G, Zhang M, Chen H, Hochstrasser M.
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Structural and mechanistic insights into the complexes formed by Wolbachia cytoplasmic incompatibility factors. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021
Significance Mosquito-borne diseases cause more than 700,000 deaths annually. Wolbachia pipientis, an intracellular bacterium infecting many insect species, can manipulate host reproduction through cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) and is being used in ...
Xiao Y, Chen H, Wang H, Zhang M, Chen X, Berk JM, Zhang L, Wei Y, Li W, Cui W, Wang F, Wang Q, Cui C, Li T, Chen C, Ye S, Zhang L, Ji X, Huang J, Wang W, Wang Z, Hochstrasser M, Yang H.   +22 more
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The mechanism of cytoplasmic incompatibility is conserved in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes deployed for arbovirus control. [PDF]

PLoS Biol
The rising interest and success in deploying inherited microorganisms and cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) for vector control strategies necessitate an explanation of the CI mechanism.
Kaur R, Meier CJ, McGraw EA, Hillyer JF, Bordenstein SR.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources