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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Molecular and morphological studies on roles of autophagy in tick starvation periods and their transmission of protozoan parasites.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22580356
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Applied veterinary science
Research InstitutionKagoshima University

Principal Investigator

MATSUO Tomohide  鹿児島大学, 共同獣医学部, 准教授 (50383667)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) 白藤 梨可  帯広畜産大学, 原虫病研究センター, 助教 (00549909)
Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Keywordsマダニ媒介性疾病 / フタトゲチマダニ / ピロプラズマ / 生存戦略 / 節足動物
Research Abstract

Ticks can feed a blood meal from most vertebrates except for fish and ingest a large amount of blood from hosts. Additionally, they seem to have a unique strategy to endure the off-host state for a long period. Autophagy is induced by starvation condition and is essential for life-span extention, therefore we speculate that autophagy also occurs in ticks. Some autophagy-related genes were isolated in Haemaphysalis longicornis, the most dominant tick in Japanese pastures and vector of piroplasmosis among grazing cattle, and then they were expressed during their unfed and moulting periods. It showed that autophagy plays an important role in tick suvival during long starvation periods.

  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2012 2011 2010

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Parasiticidal activity of Haemaphysalislongicornislongicin P4 peptide against2012

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, T., H. Maeda, T. Matsuo, D. Boldbaatar, R. Umemiya-Shirafuji, A. Kume, H. Suzuki, X. Xuan, N. Tsuji and K. Fujisaki
    • Journal Title

      Toxoplasma gondii. Peptides

      Volume: 34 Pages: 242-250

    • DOI

      DOI:10.1016/j.peptides.2011.07.027

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fujisaki (2010) Increased expression of ATG genes during non-feeding periods in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis2010

    • Author(s)
      Umemiya-Shirafuji, R., T. Matsuo, Min Liao, D. Boldbaatar, B. Battur, H. Suzuki and K
    • Journal Title

      Autophagy

      Volume: 6 Pages: 473-481

    • DOI

      DOI:10.4161/auto.6.4.11668

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Autophagy and its physiological relevance in arthropods: Current knowledge and perspectives2010

    • Author(s)
      Malagoli, D., F. C. Abdalla, Y. Cao, Q. Feng, K. Fujisaki, A. Gregorc, T. Matsuo, I. P. Nezis, I. S. Papassideri, M. Sass, E. C. Silva-Zacarin, G. Tettamanti and R. Umemiya-Shirafuji
    • Journal Title

      Autophagy

      Volume: 6 Pages: 575-588

    • DOI

      DOI:10.4161/auto.6.5.11962

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] マダニのオートファジー関連遺伝子とその役割2012

    • Author(s)
      白藤(梅宮)梨可・川野 優・Boldbaatar Damdinsuren・松尾智英・田仲哲也・藤崎幸蔵
    • Organizer
      第153回日本獣医学会学術集会.さいたま
    • Place of Presentation
      さいたま
    • Year and Date
      20120300
  • [Presentation] Parasiticidal activity of tick longicin peptide2011

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, T., H. Maeda, T. Matsuo, R. L. Galay, D. Boldbattar, R. Umemiya-Shirafuji, H. Suzuki, X. Xuan, N. Tsuji and Kozo Fujisaki
    • Organizer
      第34回日本分子生物学会年会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜
    • Year and Date
      20111100
  • [Presentation] Parasiticidal activity of Haemaphysalislongicornislongicin P4 peptide against Toxoplasma gondii2011

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka T., H. Maeda, T. Matsuo, D. Boldbattar, R. Umemiya-Shirafuji, A. Kume, H. Suzuki, X. Xuan, N. Tsuji and K. Fujisaki
    • Organizer
      17th Japanese-German Cooperative Symposium on Protozoan Diseases
    • Place of Presentation
      奈良
    • Year and Date
      20110900
  • [Presentation] Yano: Reproduction in a Metastriata tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis2011

    • Author(s)
      Matsuo, T., N. Okura, H. Kakuda and Y.
    • Organizer
      7th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens
    • Place of Presentation
      Spain
    • Year and Date
      20110800
  • [Presentation] Parasiticidal activity of Haemaphysalislongicornislongicin against Toxoplasma gondii.2011

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka T., H. Maeda, T. Matsuo, D. Boldbattar, R. Umemiya-Shirafuji, A. Kume, H. Suzuki, X. Xuan, N. Tsuji and K. Fujisaki
    • Organizer
      7th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens
    • Place of Presentation
      Spain
    • Year and Date
      20110800
  • [Presentation] フタトゲチマダニロンギシンP4のトキソプラズマに及ぼす影響2010

    • Author(s)
      田仲哲也・前田大輝・松尾智英・Md. Morshedur Rahman・Boldbaatar Damdinsuren・白藤(梅宮)梨可・玄 学南・辻 尚利・藤崎幸蔵
    • Organizer
      第63回日本寄生虫学会南日本支部・第60回日本衛生動物学会南日本支部 合同大会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島
    • Year and Date
      20101100

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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