Liquid water intake of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum: Implications for tick survival and management

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43210%2F20%3A43917938" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43210/20:43917938 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/62157124:16810/20:43878435

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63004-9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63004-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63004-9" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-020-63004-9</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Liquid water intake of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum: Implications for tick survival and management

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Ixodid ticks are ectoparasites that feed exclusively on blood as their source of nutrients. Although ticks spend most of their life off the host, until now it has been assumed that the blood and the water vapor are the only sources of water to maintain water balance and prevent desiccation. Here we report for the first time that adult lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, also actively drink nutrient-free water, which greatly increases their survival. The volume of ingested water is greater in females than males (0.55 +- 0.06 vs 0.44 +- 0.07 µl) and most likely due to differences in tick size. Water uptake occurs through mouthparts and it can be later observed in the salivary glands and the midgut. We also exploited this behavior by adding a variety of inorganic compounds and microorganisms to water. Addition of inorganic salts to drinking water such as KH2PO4 + NaCl+KNO3 resulted in 100% tick mortality within 3 days. As a proof of concept for using the water drinking as a delivery route of toxic reagents for ticks, we also show that adding Pseudomonas aeruginosa to drinking water quickly leads to tick death. This tick behavior can be exploited to target important physiological systems, which would make ticks vulnerable to dehydration and microbial dysbiosis.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Liquid water intake of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum: Implications for tick survival and management

Popis výsledku anglicky

Ixodid ticks are ectoparasites that feed exclusively on blood as their source of nutrients. Although ticks spend most of their life off the host, until now it has been assumed that the blood and the water vapor are the only sources of water to maintain water balance and prevent desiccation. Here we report for the first time that adult lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, also actively drink nutrient-free water, which greatly increases their survival. The volume of ingested water is greater in females than males (0.55 +- 0.06 vs 0.44 +- 0.07 µl) and most likely due to differences in tick size. Water uptake occurs through mouthparts and it can be later observed in the salivary glands and the midgut. We also exploited this behavior by adding a variety of inorganic compounds and microorganisms to water. Addition of inorganic salts to drinking water such as KH2PO4 + NaCl+KNO3 resulted in 100% tick mortality within 3 days. As a proof of concept for using the water drinking as a delivery route of toxic reagents for ticks, we also show that adding Pseudomonas aeruginosa to drinking water quickly leads to tick death. This tick behavior can be exploited to target important physiological systems, which would make ticks vulnerable to dehydration and microbial dysbiosis.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10616 - Entomology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/ED1.1.00%2F02.0068" target="_blank" >ED1.1.00/02.0068: CEITEC - central european institute of technology</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7 April

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

6000

Kód UT WoS článku

000540093000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85083071944