Ixodes ricinus is the vector for Borrelia afzelii, the predominant cause of Lyme borreliosis in Europe, whereas Ixodes scapularis is the vector for Borrelia burgdorferi in the USA. Transcription of several I. scapularis genes changes in the presence of B. burgdorferi and contributes to successful infection. To what extend B. afzelii influences gene expression in I. ricinus salivary glands is largely unknown. Therefore, we measured expression of uninfected vs. infected tick salivary gland genes during tick feeding using Massive Analysis of cDNA Ends (MACE) and RNAseq, quantifying 26.179 unique transcripts. While tick feeding was the main differentiator, B. afzelii infection significantly affected expression of hundreds of transcripts, including 465 transcripts after 24 h of tick feeding. Validation of the top-20 B. afzelii-upregulated transcripts at 24 h of tick feeding in ten biological genetic distinct replicates showed that expression varied extensively. Three transcripts could be validated, a basic tail protein, a lipocalin and an ixodegrin, and might be involved in B. afzelii transmission. However, vaccination with recombinant forms of these proteins only marginally altered B. afzelii infection in I. ricinus-challenged mice for one of the proteins. Collectively, our data show that identification of tick salivary genes upregulated in the presence of pathogens could serve to identify potential pathogen-blocking vaccine candidates.

Biology Centre Institute of Parasitology Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic

Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Amsterdam UMC Location Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

CIC bioGUNE Basque Research and Technology Alliance 48160 Derio Spain

Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic

GenXPro GmbH Frankfurt Innovation Center Biotechnology Frankfurt am Main Germany

Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science 48012 Bilbao Spain

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Bilthoven The Netherlands

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