PLoS Negl Trop Dis May 2023 PMID 37130109

Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metabolism.

Ankit Kumar, Jatin Shrinet, Sujatha Sunil

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May 2023 – Aug 2023

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Abstract in brief

  • The study explores how chikungunya virus causes oxidative stress in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, activating antioxidant pathways like taurine, hypotaurine, and glutathione metabolism.
  • Dietary L-cysteine enhances these antioxidant pathways, reduces oxidative damage, and restricts chikungunya virus infection in mosquitoes.
  • Silencing genes responsible for taurine and hypotaurine production alters the mosquito's redox response and impacts the level of virus infection, highlighting these pathways' role in mosquito-virus interactions.]

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MosquitoPapers
@mosquito_papers · X

Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metabolism https://t.co/DZDt5DZPI9

May 2, 2023 · 4 likes · 2 shares · 2,465 followers View post →
Bloodsucking Parasites
@bloodSparasites · X

RT @mosquito_papers: Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metaboli…

May 2, 2023 · 2 shares · 5,090 followers View post →
Phage Papers
@Phage_Papers · X

Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metabolism https://t.co/2uj5HSU2an

May 2, 2023 · 647 followers View post →
Clayton Morrison
@MosquitoViruses · X

RT @mosquito_papers: Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metaboli…

May 2, 2023 · 2 shares · 134 followers View post →

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Clayton Morrison
@MosquitoViruses · X

RT @mosquito_papers: Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metaboli…

May 2, 2023 · 2 shares · 134 followers View post →
Bloodsucking Parasites
@bloodSparasites · X

RT @mosquito_papers: Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metaboli…

May 2, 2023 · 2 shares · 5,090 followers View post →
MosquitoPapers
@mosquito_papers · X

Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metabolism https://t.co/DZDt5DZPI9

May 2, 2023 · 4 likes · 2 shares · 2,465 followers View post →
Phage Papers
@Phage_Papers · X

Chikungunya virus infection in Aedes aegypti is modulated by L-cysteine, taurine, hypotaurine and glutathione metabolism https://t.co/2uj5HSU2an

May 2, 2023 · 647 followers View post →