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Abstract
To further obtain insights into the Rhipicephalus microplus transcriptome, we used RNA-seq to carry out a study of expression in (i) embryos; (ii) ovaries from partially and fully engorged females; (iii) salivary glands from partially engorged females; (iv) fat body from partially and fully engorged females; and (v) digestive cells from partially, and (vi) fully engorged females. We obtained > 500 million Illumina reads which were assembled de novo, producing > 190,000 contigs, identifying 18,857 coding sequences (CDS). Reads from each library were mapped back into the assembled transcriptome giving a view of gene expression in different tissues. Transcriptomic expression and pathway analysis showed that several genes related in blood digestion and host-parasite interaction were overexpressed in digestive cells compared with other tissues. Furthermore, essential genes for the cell development and embryogenesis were overexpressed in ovaries. Taken altogether, these data offer novel insights into the physiology of production and role of saliva, blood digestion, energy metabolism, and development with submission of 10,932 novel tissue/cell specific CDS to the NCBI database for this important tick species.
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1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Centro de Biotecnologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil (GRID:grid.8532.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2200 7498); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Tick-Pathogen Transmission Unit, Laboratory of Bacteriology, Hamilton, USA (GRID:grid.419681.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2164 9667)
2 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8)
3 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Bioquímica de Artrópodes Hematófagos, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8)
4 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Bioquímica de Artrópodes Hematófagos, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X)
5 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X)
6 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Rockville, USA (GRID:grid.419681.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2164 9667)
7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Centro de Biotecnologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil (GRID:grid.8532.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2200 7498)
8 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade NUPEM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X)
9 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade NUPEM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8)
10 Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratorio de Bioquímica de Resposta ao Estresse, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 473X); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8536.8)
11 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.418068.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 0723 0931); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.418068.3)
12 Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Departamento de Farmacociências, Porto Alegre, Brazil (GRID:grid.412344.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 0444 6202); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.412344.4)
13 Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, Brazil (GRID:grid.11899.38) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0722); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.11899.38)
14 Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Bioquímica, São Paulo, Brazil (GRID:grid.411249.b) (ISNI:0000 0001 0514 7202); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.411249.b)
15 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Centro de Biotecnologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil (GRID:grid.8532.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2200 7498); Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia-Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.8532.c)