RESUMO
Haemagogus janthinomys is a mosquito of high importance in public health due its involvement on natural wild cycles of two important arboviruses in the Brazilian Amazon region: Yellow Fever virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) and Mayaro virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus). Here, we have sequenced and described all the mitochondrial genes for the Hg. janthinomys species. The complete coding sequence is14 937 bp long and includes 37 functional genes, of which 13 codes for proteins, 22 for tRNA and 2 for ribosomal subunits. Region A + T (control region) is not presented here. The data should be helpful on further taxonomic and evolutionary studies of this important arbovirus vector.
Assuntos
Culicidae/genética , Genoma Mitocondrial , Animais , Composição de Bases , Brasil , Culicidae/classificação , Culicidae/virologia , DNA/química , DNA/isolamento & purificação , DNA/metabolismo , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Proteínas de Insetos/química , Proteínas de Insetos/genética , Fases de Leitura Aberta/genética , Filogenia , RNA Ribossômico/química , RNA Ribossômico/genética , RNA de Transferência/química , RNA de Transferência/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Vírus da Febre Amarela/fisiologiaRESUMO
C-type lectin DC-SIGN receptor, encoded by CD209, plays a key role in the infection of dendritic cells by dengue virus (DENV). Because the -336A/G SNP (rs4804803) polymorphism in the promoter of CD209 modulates DC-SIGN expression, we investigated the putative association of this polymorphism with DENV infection and its pathogenesis. A control sample of 72 individuals, rigorously selected through a clinical investigation for absence of past dengue fever (DF) was compared to a sample of 168 patients (156 classical DF; 12 dengue hemorrhagic fever), all residents from Pará, Brazil. However, the prevalence of symptoms showed a trend higher in the AA genotype (Wilcoxon test; Z=2.02; p=0.04). Hence, our findings indicate that the G allele downregulates the spectrum of symptoms during the early acute phase of DENV infection, putatively decreasing the viremia, as suggested in the literature.