Kyaw Min Aung, Damdinsuren Boldbaatar, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Min Liao, Xuan Xuenan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Remil Linggatong Galay, Tetsuya Tanaka, Kozo Fujisaki
RNA interference is an efficient method to silence gene and protein expressions. Here, the class B scavenger receptor CD36 (SRB) mediated the uptake of exogenous dsRNAs in the induction of the RNAi responses in ticks. Unfed female Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks were injected with a single or a combination of H. longicornis SRB (HlSRB) dsRNA, vitellogenin-1 (HlVg-1) dsRNA, and vitellogenin receptor (HlVgR) dsRNA. We found that specific and systemic silencing of the HlSRB, HlVg-1, and HlVgR genes was achieved in ticks injected with a single dsRNA of HlSRB, HlVg-1, and HlVgR...
2011: PloS One