FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A multistrain approach to studying the mechanisms underlying compatibility in the interaction between Biomphalaria glabrata and Schistosoma mansoni BT AF GALINIER, Richard ROGER, Emmanuel MONE, Yves DUVAL, David PORTET, Anais PINAUD, Silvain CHAPARRO, Cristian GRUNAU, Christoph GENTHON, Clemence DUBOIS, Emeric ROGNON, Anne ARANCIBIA, Nathalie DEJEAN, Bernard THERON, Andre GOURBAL, Benjamin MITTA, Guillaume AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:1;7:1;8:1;9:2;10:2;11:1;12:1;13:1;14:1;15:1;16:; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:; C1 Univ Montpellier, Univ Perpignan, CNRS, IFREMER,IHPE UMR 5244, Via Domitia, Perpignan, France. Montpellier Genom & Bioinformat Facil, MGX Montpellier GenomiX, Montpellier, France. C2 UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE UM IHPE IN DOAJ IF 4.367 TC 31 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49951/50515.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49951/50516.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49951/50517.xls https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49951/50518.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49951/50519.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49951/50520.xlsx LA English DT Article AB In recent decades, numerous studies have sought to better understand the mechanisms underlying the compatibility between Biomphalaria glabrata and Schistosoma mansoni. The developments of comparative transcriptomics, comparative genomics, interactomics and more targeted approaches have enabled researchers to identify a series of candidate genes. However, no molecular comparative work has yet been performed on multiple populations displaying different levels of compatibility. Here, we seek to fill this gap in the literature. We focused on B. glabrata FREPs and S. mansoni SmPoMucs, which were previously demonstrated to be involved in snail/schistosome compatibility. We studied the expression and polymorphisms of these factors in combinations of snail and schistosome isolates that display different levels of compatibility. We found that the polymorphism and expression levels of FREPs and SmPoMucs could be linked to the compatibility level of S. mansoni. These data and our complementary results obtained by RNA-seq of samples from various snail strains indicate that the mechanism of compatibility is much more complex than previously thought, and that it is likely to be highly variable within and between populations. This complexity must be taken into account if we hope to identify the molecular pathways that are most likely to be good targets for strategies aimed at blocking transmission of the parasite through the snail intermediate host. PY 2017 PD MAR SO Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases SN 1935-2735 PU Public Library Science VL 11 IS 3 UT 000402251300019 DI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005398 ID 49951 ER EF