Vatanparast, Mohammad Dr.

Dr. Mohammad Vatanparast
Postdoc

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  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. Forschungsinteressen
  3. Publikationen und
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Curriculum Vitae

2022 - present Postdoctoral Researcher, Johannes Gutenberg University

  • Awarded fellowship from Humboldt Foundation
  • Parasite interference with the molecular regulation of immune response and lifespan in tapeworm-infected ant workers
  • Triggering RNAi in ants (Temnothorax sp.)
2020 - 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, South Korea

  • Transcriptome analysis of ant, Solenopsis invicta
  • Identification of genes related to cold tolerance and immunity,
    and critical for development new pesticides based on RNAi in
    ants
2017 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Andong National University, South Korea

  • Insect immune system
  • Identification, cloning and purification of eicosanoids responsible for immunity in Spodoptera exigua
  • CRISPR/Cas9 in S. exigua
2012 - 2017 Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural entomology- Insect Physiology and Toxicology, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Iran
2009 - 2012 M.Sc. Agricultural entomology, University of Tehran, Iran
2005 - 2009 B.Sc., Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

 

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Forschungsinteressen

Parasites with complex life cycles often manipulate the behavior, morphology, physiology and life history of their intermediate hosts to increase transmission to their definitive host. Manipulations induced by parasites can vary from minor changes in the host phenotype to displays of entirely new behaviors, which can be regarded as the extended phenotype of the parasite. Despite the prevalence of parasites, which are estimated to make up more than half of all extant organisms, we are only now beginning to understand how parasites manipulate hosts on a molecular level. Some of the most dynamic examples of these manipulations involve social insects as hosts including our focal host-parasite system between the common endoparasitic tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis and its intermediate host, the ant Temnothorax nylanderi. The infected adult ants are easily identified by their yellow-soft cuticle. Infection lead in workers to an increased reproductive potential and lifespan whereas their nestmate workers suffer from a higher mortality. It remains unclear as to how long infected workers can slow aging through cestode infection.

The question arising from the tapeworms’ impact on host survival is how aging is modulated in these social insects on a proximate level. A well-documented hallmark of aging in Drosophila is the increased expression of genes involved in stress and immune response as well as expression of antimicrobial peptides. In our ant-cestode system, an increased lifespan of infected hosts compared to unparasitized nestmates could point to an interplay between immunity and lifespan. We aim to gain insights into the interplay and regulation of immunity and lifespan in insects by investigating the Anomotaenia brevis-Temnothorax nylanderi system. In particular, we question how does the cestode regulate and control immunity, aging and longevity of its ant host on a molecular level. We predict that the chronic immune activity of parasitized ants will be kept at bay by the Anomotaenia cestode causes the lifespan extension in the host. Also, due to the prolonged nature of the ant-cestode interaction (i.e. years), the cestode essentially inherits the parasites and enemies of its host. To evaluate the molecular basis of the host immune response, expression of genes involved in core immune pathways, will be detected and quantified using RNA-seq for selected time-points during various adult stages (from young to old) in parasitized compared to unparasitized ants.

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Publikationen und

Peer-reviewed papers

  1. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2022): Cold tolerance strategies of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Rep., 12, 4129.
  2. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2022): Differential transcriptome analysis reveals genes related to low-and high-temperature stress in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Physiol., 12, 827077.
  3. Park, Y.,* Vatanparast, M. (2022): Suppression of PBAN receptor expression reduces fecundity in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol., e21897.
  4. Park, Y.,* Vatanparast, M., Sajjadian, S.M. (2022): Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana ANU1 to the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta workers in Korea. Asia Pac. Entomol., 23, 101913.
  5. Vatanparast, M.,* Kazzazi, M.,* Sajjadian, S.M., Park, Y. (2021): Knockdown of Helicoverpa armigera protease genes affects its growth and mortality via RNA interference. Insect Biochem. Physiol., e21840.
  6. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2021): Comparison of gene expression in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) under different temperature conditions. Rep., 11, 16476.
  7. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2021): Comparative RNA-Seq Analyses of Solenopsis japonica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveal gene in response to cold stress. Genes., 12, 1610.
  8. Gasmi, L., Sieminska, E., Okuno, S., Ohta, R., Coutu, C., , M, Harris., S, Baldwin, D., Hegedus, D., Theilmann, D. A., Kida, A., Kawabata, M., Sagawa, S., Takatsuka, J., Hiraoka, T., Inoue, M. N., Kunimi, Y., Kim, Y., Erlandson, M. A., Herrero, S., Nakai, M.* (2021): Horizontal gene transfer of viral parasitoid killing factor genes shapes insect permissibility to parasitoids. Science., 373, 535–541.
  9. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2021): Cold hardiness change in Solenopsis japonica (Hym. Formicidae) by rapid cold hardening. Korean J. Appl. Entomol., 60, 193-199.
  10. Hrithik, T., Vatanparast, M., Shabbir, A., Kim, Y*. (2021): Repat33 acts as a downstream component of eicosanoid signal pathway mediating immune responses in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. Insects., 12,
  11. Vatanparast, M., Lee, D-H, Hammock, B., Hwang, S, H., Kim, Y.* (2020): EpOMEs act as immune suppressors in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. Rep., 10, 20183.
  12. Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.* (2020): Functional interaction of bacterial virulence factors of Xenorhabdus nematophila with a calcium-independent cytosolic PLA2 of Spodoptera exigua. Invertebr. Pathol., 169, 107309.
  13. Vatanparast, M., Lee, D. H., Kim, Y.* (2020): Biosynthesis and immunity of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. Comp. Immunol., 107, 103643.
  14. Al Baki, Md. A., Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.* (2020): Male-biased adult production of the striped fruit fly, Zeugodacus scutellata, by feeding dsRNA specific to Transformer-2. 11, 211.
  15. Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.* (2019): Yeast engineering to express sex pheromone gland genes of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta. Asia Pac. Entomol.,  22, 645-654.
  16. Vatanparast, M., Ahmed, S., Sajjadian, S. M., Kim, Y.* (2019): A prophylactic role of a secretory PLA2 of Spodoptera exigua against entomopathogens. Comp. Immunol., 95, 108-117.
  17. Sajjadian, S. M., Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.* (2019): Toll/IMD signal pathways mediate cellular immune responses via induction of intracellular PLA2 Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol., 101, e21559.
  18. Sajjadian, S. M., Vatanparast, M., Stanley, D., and Kim, Y.* (2019): Secretion of secretory phospholipase A2 into Spodoptera exigua larval midgut lumen and its role in lipid digestion. Insect Mol. Biol.. 28, 773-784.
  19. Vatanparast, M., Ahmed, S., Herrero, S., Kim, Y.* (2018): A non-venomous sPLA2 of a lepidopteran insect: Its physiological functions in development and immunity. Comp. Immunol., 89, 83-92.
  20. Navaei-Bonab, R., Kazzazi,* M., Saber, M., Vatanparast, M. (2018): Differential inhibition of Helicoverpa armigera (Lep. Noctuidae) Gut digestive trypsin by extracted and purified inhibitor of datura metel (Sol. Solanaceae). Econ. Entomol., 111, 178-186.
  21. Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.* (2017): Optimization of recombinant bacteria expressing dsRNA to enhance insecticidal activity against a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. PLoS ONE, 12,
  22. Vatanparast, M., Kazzazi,* M., Mirzaie-asl, A., Hosseininaveh, V. (2017): RNA interference-mediated knockdown of some genes involved in digestion and development of Helicoverpa armigera. Entomol. Res., 107, 6.
  23. Kim, Y., Kim, M., Kim, K., Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.,* Kwon, G. (2017): Formulation of wax type dispenser monitoring the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, and its molecular diagnostic technology. Korean J. Appl. Entomol., 56, 289-294.
  24. Karimi, R., Kazzazi, M.,* Vatanparast, M. (2015): Biochemical characterization of pectinase activity from the digestive midgut fluid of larvae and adult of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Col. Chrysomelidae). Arthropods, 4, 22-31.
  25. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Ghadamyari, M., Minoo Sajjadian, S. (2014): Plant cell wall degrading enzymes, pectinase and cellulase, in the digestive system of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Col. Curculionidae). Plant Prot. Sci., 50, 190-198.
  26. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Ghadamyari, M., Sajjadian, S. M. (2012): Pectinase and cellulase activity in the digestive system of the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola Muller (Col. Chrysomelidae). Asia Pac. Entomol., 15, 555-561.
  27. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh,* V., Nozari., J., Sajjadian, S. M. (2012): A study on digestive carbohydrases in the Leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina (Lep. Cossidae). Plant Prot. Sci., 43, 97-109.
  28. Sajjadian, S. M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Vatanparast, M. (2012): Cellulase activity in the larval digestive tract of the colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Col. Chrysomelidae) and the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Col. Anobiidae). Crop Prot., 1, 201-210.
  29. Sajjadian, S. M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Vatanparast, M. (2012): Carbohydrase activities in the larval digestive system of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Col. Anobiidae). Entomol. Phytopathol., 80, 94.
  30. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Hosseininaveh, F., Pakarpour, F. (2011): Digestive pectinolytic activity in the Sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps Puton (Hem. Scutelleridae). Phytopath. Plant Protect., 44, 1390-1398.
  31. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Sajjadian, S. M. (2011): Digestive amylase and glucosidases of the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola. (Col. Chrysomelidae). Plant Prot. Sci., 43, 291-300.
  32. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.* (2010): Digestive amylase and pectinase activity in the larvae of alfalfa weevil Hypera postica (Col. Curculionidae). Res., 40, 328-335.

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 Manuscripts in preparation

  1. Vatanparast, M., Kim, Y.* Deletion mutant of sPLA2, using CRISPR/Cas9 alters immunity, development, and reproduction in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua.
  • Non-peer-reviewed papers
  1. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2021): Differential transcriptome analysis reveals genes related to high and low temperature stress in fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Proceedings of 2021 Spring International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.129.
  2. Hrithik, T., Vatanparast, M., Shabbir, A., Kim, Y. (2021): Repat33 acts as a downstream component of eicosanoid signal pathway mediating immune responses in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. Proceedings of 2021 Spring International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.114.
  3. Vatanparast, M.,, J, Park., Y.* (2020): Comparison of gene expression in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in different temperature conditions. Proceedings of 2020 Autumn International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.132.
  4. Vatanparast, M.,, J, Park., Y.* (2020): Comparative transcriptome analysis of Solenopsis japonica (Hym. Formicidae) under low and normal room temperatures. Proceedings of 2020 Autumn International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.133.
  5. Lee, J., Vatanparast, M., Lee, J., Park., Y. (2020): Characteristics of development on two lepidopteran pests, Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera litura, by different temperatures. Proceedings of 2020 Autumn International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.144.
  6. Lee, J., Vatanparast, M., Lee, J., Park., Y. (2020): Insecticidal effect of deltamethrin and lamda-cyhalothrin to two quarantine pests, Spodoptera frugiperda and Solenopsis invicta. Proceedings of 2020 Autumn International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.203.
  7. Vatanparast, M.,, J, Park., Y.* (2020): Expression analysis of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Solenopsis invicta as a glycerol biosynthesis associated gene. Proceedings of 2020 Spring International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.110.
  8. Vatanparast, M.,, J, Park., Y.* (2020): Two glycerol kinases are associated with glycerol biosynthesis in Solenopsis invicta. Proceedings of 2020 Spring International Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology, p.111.
  9. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Kazzazi M, (2014): Extraction and purification of digestive pectinase inhibitor protein from plant source for alfalfa beetle, Hypera postica (Col. Curculionidae). Proceedings of Third pest Management Control, Kerman, Iran, p.92.
  10. Ahsaei, S. M., Hosseininaveh,* V., Sajjadian S. M., Vatanparast M. (2012): Digestive pectinase and cellulase in Trogoderma granarium Everts (Col. Dermestidae). Proceedings of Twentieth Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Shiraz, Iran, p.203.
  11. Sajjadian, S. M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Vatanparast, M. (2011): Carbohydrase activity in the digestive system of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne Fabricius (Col. Anobiidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.337.
  12. Vatanparast M., Hosseininaveh, V.* (2011): Digestive polygalacturonase activity in two stored coleopteran pests: Callosobruchus maculatus (Col. Bruchidae) and Trogoderma granarium (Col. Dermestidae). Proceedings of Sixth European Congress of Entomology, Budapest, Hungary, p.70.
  13. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Sajjadian, S. M., Tabadkani, M. (2011): A comparative study on some digestive hydrolase activities in two-scarab beetle: Polyphylla olivieri Laporte, and Polyphylla adspersa Motschulsky (Col. Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.554.
  14. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Ghadamyari, M. (2011): Pectinolytic activity in the alimentary canal of two coleopteran plant shoot pest: Agelastica alni (Col. Chrysomelidae) and Epylachna chrysomelina (Col. Coccinellidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.573.
  15. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Ghadamyari, M. (2011): An investigation on digestive pectinase activity in the large rose sawfly, Arge rosae, (Hym. Argidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.559.
  16. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Ghadamyari, M., Saberi, N. (2011): Pectinase activity in the digestive system of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Col. Curculionidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.349.
  17. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Sajjadian, S. M., Amiri, S. (2011): Glucosidase in the midgut and salivary glands of the pistachio red seed bug, Lygus pandurus (Hem. Lygaeidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.572.
  18. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Nozari, J., shirafkan, k., Sajjadian S. M., Razavi P. (2011): A study on digestive carbohydrases in the leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina (Lep. Cossidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.334.
  19. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh,* V. (2011): Pectinase activity in the digestive system of the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola (Col. Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.333.
  20. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Sajjadian S. M. (2011): Digestive carbohydrases in the elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola (Col. Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of 2011 Global Conference on Entomology, Chiang Mai, Thailand, p.551.
  21. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.* (2010): Pectinolytic activity in the digestive system of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica Gyllenhal (Col. Curculionidae). Proceedings of nineteenth Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Tehran, Iran, p.609.
  22. Vatanparast, M., Hosseininaveh, V.* (2010): Alpha-Amylase activity in the digestive system of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica Gyllenhal (Col. Curculionidae). Proceedings of Nineteenth Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Tehran, Iran, p.465.
  23. Shirafkan, K., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Sabouri, A., Razavi, P., Vatanparast, M. (2010): Proteinase and carbohydrase activity in the digestive system of the predatory mite, Allothrombium pulvinum Ewing (Acari. Trombidiidae). Proceedings of Sixth European Congress of Entomology, Budapest, Hungary, p.72.
  24. Razavi, P., Hosseininaveh, V.,* Goldansaz, S., H., Talebi, Kh., Shirafkan, K., Vatanparast, M. (2010): Biochemical characterization of midgut digestive carbohydrases from the carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Lep. Pyralidae). Proceedings of Sixth European Congress of Entomology, Budapest, Hungary, p.71.

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  • Oral presentation in international conference
  1. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2021): Glycerol is the main cryoprotectant linked to cold tolerance in two key quarantine pests in Korea: the red imported fire ant and the fall armyworm. Proceedings of the 2021 KSAE Autumn Meeting and International Symposium, South Korea.
  2. Vatanparast, M., Park, Y.* (2021): RNA interference of glycerol biosynthesis suppresses rapid cold hardening of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Proceedings of the 2021 KSAE Spring Meeting and International Symposium, South Korea.
  3. Vatanparast, M., Sajjadian, S. M, Kim., Y.* (2019): Role of secretory PLA2 in defending a nematode-bacterial complex by prophylactic and inducible immune responses. Proceedings of the SIP-IOBC 2019 Meeting in Valencia, Spain.
  4. Vatanparast, M.,, Y.* (2019): Deletion mutant of sPLA2, using CRISPR/Cas9 alters immunity, development and reproduction in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. Proceedings of the 2019 KSAE Winter Meeting and International Symposium, South Korea.
  5. Vatanparast, M.,, Y.* (2018): Application of recombinant bacteria expressing dsRNA. Proceedings of the 2018 KSAE Spring Meeting and International Symposium, Mokpo, South Korea.
  6. Vatanparast, M.,, Y.* (2017): Oral delivery of dsRNA using recombinant bacteria against a chymotrypsin gene of Spodoptera exigua. Proceedings of the 2017 KSAE Spring Meeting and International Symposium, South Korea.
  7. Vatanparast, M.,,* M., Razmi., A., Hosseininaveh., V. (2017): RNAi of a chymotrypsin gene of Helicoverpa armigera by using of dsRNA expressing recombinant bacteria. Proceedings of Second Iranian International Congress of Entomology, Karaj, Iran.
  8. Vatanparast, M.,, Y.* (2016): Identification of a chymotrypsin in Spodoptera exigua midgut, Proceedings of the 2016 KSAE Autumn Meeting and Symposium, South Korea.

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