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Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail

  • Coen M Adema
  • , LaDeana W Hillier
  • , Catherine S Jones
  • , Eric S Loker
  • , Matty Knight
  • , Patrick Minx
  • , Guilherme Oliveira
  • , Nithya Raghavan
  • , Andrew Shedlock
  • , Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral
  • , Halime D Arican-Goktas
  • , Juliana G Assis
  • , Elio Hideo Baba
  • , Olga L Baron
  • , Christopher J Bayne
  • , Utibe Bickham-Wright
  • , Kyle K Biggar
  • , Michael Blouin
  • , Bryony C Bonning
  • , Chris Botka
  • Joanna M Bridger, Katherine M Buckley, Sarah K Buddenborg, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Julia Carleton, Omar S Carvalho, Maria G Castillo, Iain W Chalmers, Mikkel Christensens, Sandra Clifton, Celine Cosseau, Christine Coustau, Richard M Cripps, Yesid Cuesta-Astroz, Scott F Cummins, Leon di Stephano, Nathalie Dinguirard, David Duval, Scott Emrich, Cédric Feschotte, Rene Feyereisen, Peter FitzGerald, Catrina Fronick, Lucinda Fulton, Richard Galinier, Sandra G Gava, Michael Geusz, Kathrin K Geyer, Gloria I Giraldo-Calderón, Matheus de Souza Gomes, Michelle A Gordy, Benjamin Gourbal, Christoph Grunau, Patrick C Hanington, Karl F Hoffmann, Daniel Hughes, Judith Humphries, Daniel J Jackson, Liana K Jannotti-Passos, Wander de Jesus Jeremias, Susan Jobling, Bishoy Kamel, Aurélie Kapusta, Satwant Kaur, Joris M Koene, Andrea B Kohn, Dan Lawson, Scott P Lawton, D.C. Liang, Yanin Limpanont, Sijun Liu, Anne E Lockyer, TyAnna L Lovato, Fernanda Ludolf, Vince Magrini, Donald P McManus, Monica Medina, Milind Misra, Guillaume Mitta, Gerald M Mkoji, Michael J Montague, Cesar Montelongo, Leonid L Moroz, Monica C Munoz-Torres, Umar Niazi, Leslie R Noble, Francislon S Oliveira, Fabiano S Pais, Anthony T Papenfuss, Rob Peace, Janeth J Pena, Emmanuel A Pila, Titouan Quelais, Brian J Raney, Jonathan P Rast, David Rollinson, Izinara C Rosse, Bronwyn Rotgans, Edwin J Routledge, Kathryn M Ryan, Larissa L S Scholte, Kenneth B Storey, Martin Swain, Jacob A Tennessen, Chad Tomlinson, Damian L Trujillo, Emanuela V Volpi, Anthony J Walker, Tianfang Wang, Ittiprasert Wannaporn, Wesley C Warren, Xiao-Jun Wu, Timothy P Yoshino, Mohammed Yusuf, Si-Ming Zhang, Min Zhao, Richard K Wilson

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Abstract

    Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global health problem by 2025, there is now renewed emphasis on snail control. Here, we characterize the genome of Biomphalaria glabrata, a lophotrochozoan protostome, and provide timely and important information on snail biology. We describe aspects of phero-perception, stress responses, immune function and regulation of gene expression that support the persistence of B. glabrata in the field and may define this species as a suitable snail host for S. mansoni. We identify several potential targets for developing novel control measures aimed at reducing snail-mediated transmission of schistosomiasis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number15451
    Pages (from-to)1-12
    Number of pages12
    JournalNature Communications
    Volume8
    Early online date16 May 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Funding

    FundersFunder number
    ???publication-publication-funding-organisation-not-added???819.01.007
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesR21AI016137, R21AI111201, R01AI015503, T32AI007414, R01AI101438, R01AI109134
    National Institute of General Medical SciencesR01GM061738, R25GM075149, R01GM077582, R25GM060201, P30GM110907
    Australian Research CouncilFT110100990
    National Human Genome Research InstituteU41HG002371, U54HG003079
    UK Research and Innovation53706
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilBB/K005448/1, BB/H022597/1
    National Science Foundation1457162
    Agence Nationale de la RechercheANR-12-EMMA-0007

      Keywords

      • Journal Article

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