Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite

Isabelle Coppens

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006

Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite

Isabelle Coppens

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	336-338
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Parasitology
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006
State	Published - May 2019

Keywords

host phosphatidic acid
intracellular parasitism
microsporidia–Drosophila interaction
nutrient salvage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Infectious Diseases

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Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite

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