Figure S5.
Silencing of mosGILT in WT A. gambiae does not influence Vg expression and P. berghei infection. (a) mosGILT knockdown efficiency in the injected X1 females was validated by RT-qPCR of SG cells 4 d after dsRNA injection. Data are representative of more than three experiments (each dot represents five mosquitoes, mean ± SD, unpaired t test, **, P < 0.01). (b) Transcript levels of AgVg in the fat body of dsluc or dsmosGILT injected females 24 h after feeding on P. berghei–infected mice. Data represent duplicate experiments from two experiments (each dot represents five mosquitoes, mean ± SD, unpaired t test, ns, not significant). (c and d) P. berghei oocyst number (c) and infection prevalence (d) in the midgut 8 dpi. Each dot in panel c represents the oocyst number in one mosquito midgut (data pooled from two independent experiments, X1 dsluc n = 34, X1 dsmosGILT n = 31, Mann–Whitney test, ns, not significant). The horizontal lines (red) indicate the medians. Each dot in panel d represents one independent experiment (mean ± SD, Fisher’s exact test, ns, not significant).