Embryonic piRNAs target horizontally transferred vertebrate transposons in assassin bugs
Our data shed light on the biogenesis and functions of the piRNAs in Rhodnius prolixus and reveal that piRNAs, but not the siRNA pathway, responded to HTTs that were recently transferred from vertebrate tetrapods to a hematophagous insect of medical relevance.
Authors
- Maira Arruda Cardoso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-4113)
- Ingrid Alexandre de Abreu Brito
- Attilio Pane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9642-8495)
- Nicola Iovino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3335-7618)
- Tarcísio Fontenele de Brito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4080-3946)
- Nazerke Atinbayeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9793-340X)
- Lucas Amaro da Costa
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (BR)
- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1481881
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.80
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering