| Title |
Varroa destructor parasitism reduces hemocyte concentrations and prophenol oxidase gene expression in bees from two populations
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| Published in |
Parasitology Research, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00436-018-5796-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gun Koleoglu, Paul H. Goodwin, Mariana Reyes-Quintana, Mollah Md. Hamiduzzaman, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa |
| Abstract |
Circulating hemocytes are responsible for defensive and healing mechanisms in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Parasitism by the mite Varroa destructor and injection of V. destructor homogenate in buffer, but not buffer injection, showed similar reductions in total hemocyte concentrations in both Africanized and European adult honey bees. This indicated that compounds in V. destructor homogenate can have similar effects as V. destructor parasitism and that the response is not solely due to wounding. Samples from honey bees with different hemocyte concentrations were compared for the expression patterns of hemolectin (AmHml), prophenol oxidase (AmPpo), and class C scavenger receptor (AmSRC-C). Of the genes tested, only the expression of AmPpo correlated well with hemocyte counts for all the treatments, indicating that melanization is associated with those responses. Thus, the expression of AmPpo might be a suitable biomarker for hemocyte counts as part of cellular defenses against injection of buffer or mite compounds and V. destructor parasitism and perhaps other conditions involving healing and immunity. |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
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| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 9% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
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