ArticleNature communications2023
Outer membrane vesicles from a mosquito commensal mediate targeted killing of Plasmodium parasites via the phosphatidylcholine scavenging pathway.
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- SypC, a symbiont outer membrane vesicle protein, impacts the development of the squid-vibrio partnership.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Bacterial outer membrane vesicles: a smart platform for biomedical applications.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Bioengineering modification and application of bacterial outer membrane vesicles.International journal of medical sciences · 2026Review
- Microbial network assembly in bat flies with differing host specificity from North Africa.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Two Sides of the Same Coin-Mechanistic Insight, Diagnostic Application and Therapeutic Translation of Bacterial and Host-Derived Extracellular Vesicles.Journal of extracellular biology · 2025Review
- Emerging challenges for mosquito-borne disease control and the promise of symbiont-based transmission-blocking strategies.PLoS pathogens · 2025Review
- Algicidal bacteria-derived membrane vesicles as shuttles mediating cross-kingdom interactions between bacteria and algae.Science advances · 2024Article
- Bacterial membrane vesicles: orchestrators of interkingdom interactions in microbial communities for environmental adaptation and pathogenic dynamics.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The gut microbiota is a crucial modulator of Plasmodium infection in mosquitoes, including the production of anti-Plasmodium effector proteins. But how the commensal-derived effectors are translocated into Plasmodium parasites remains obscure. Here we show that a natural Plasmodium blocking symbiotic bacterium Serratia ureilytica Su_YN1 delivers the effector lipase AmLip to Plasmodium parasites via outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). After a blood meal, host serum strongly induces Su_YN1 to release OMVs and the antimalarial effector protein AmLip into the mosquito gut. AmLip is first secreted into the extracellular space via the T1SS and then preferentially loaded on the OMVs that selectively target the malaria parasite, leading to targeted killing of the parasites. Notably, these serum-induced OMVs incorporate certain serum-derived lipids, such as phosphatidylcholine, which is critical for OMV uptake by Plasmodium via the phosphatidylcholine scavenging pathway. These findings reveal that this gut symbiotic bacterium evolved to deliver secreted effector molecules in the form of extracellular vesicles to selectively attack parasites and render mosquitoes refractory to Plasmodium infection. The discovery of the role of gut commensal-derived OMVs as carriers in cross-kingdom communication between mosquito microbiota and Plasmodium parasites offers a potential innovative strategy for blocking malaria transmission.
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