Herder Stéphane, Votýpka Jan, Jirků Milan, Rádrová Jana, Janzen Christian J, Lukes Julius
UMR 177 IRD CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Exp Parasitol. 2007 Sep;117(1):111-4. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.05.011. Epub 2007 Jun 3.
Using green fluorescent protein as a reporter, we have shown that the strain 29-13 of Trypanosoma brucei, widely used for inducible down-regulation of mRNA, is inducible in, but not permissive for the tsetse flies Glossina palpalis gambiensis and Glossina morsitans morsitans. Within two weeks post-infection, 42% males and females of teneral and non-teneral tsetse flies harboured intestinal infections, yet not a single infection progressed into the salivary glands.
利用绿色荧光蛋白作为报告基因,我们发现广泛用于mRNA诱导下调的布氏锥虫29-13株,在冈比亚采采蝇和莫氏采采蝇体内可诱导,但不具有感染性。感染后两周内,42%的新羽化和非新羽化的采采蝇雌雄个体肠道受到感染,但没有一例感染发展到唾液腺。