Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite. Issue 5 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Coppens, Isabelle
• Is Part Of: Trends in parasitology. Volume 35:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 336
• Page End: 338
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: microsporidia–Drosophila interaction -- intracellular parasitism -- nutrient salvage -- host phosphatidic acid; Parasitology -- Periodicals; Parasitology -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; Parasitology; Biology; Parasitologie -- Périodiques; Online resources; 571.999
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-4922

Abstract

Abstract : Drosophila flies can be infected by an obligate fungal intracellular parasite, Tubulinosema ratisbonensis, resulting in a swollen abdomen and often death. Within the fly, the parasite multiplies in the cytoplasm of adipocytes of the fat body, feeds on host lipid droplets, and has a specific requirement for dietary phosphatidic acid.