Review Article
An Insight into the Sialomes of Bloodsucking Heteroptera
Table 1
Molecularly and functionally characterized salivary components of bloodfeeding Hemiptera.
| Name | Family | Insect | Activity | Notes | Reference |
| Prolixin | Nitrophorin | Rhodnius prolixus | Anticlotting | FXa inhibitor | [2] | RPAI | Lipocalin | R. prolixus | Antiplatelet | Binds ADP | [3, 4] | Nitrophorins | Nitrophorin | R. prolixus | Antihistamine | Binds histamine, carrier of NO | [5, 6] | BABP | Nitrophorin | R. prolixus | Antiserotonin | Binds serotonin | [7] | Inositol phosphatase | Inositol phosphatase | R. prolixus | Inositol phosphatase | Unknown function | [8] | Lysophosphatidylcholine | Lipid | R. prolixus | Antihemostatic | | [9] | NO | Inorganic gas | R. prolixus, Cimex lectularius | Vasodilatory, antiplatelet | Activates guanylate cyclase | [10, 11] | Apyrase | 5′-nucleotidase | Triatoma infestans | Antiplatelet | Destroys ADP | [12, 13] | Triplatin | Lipocalin | T. infestans | Antiplatelet, vasodilator | TXA2 binder | [14, 15] | Triafestin | Lipocalin | T. infestans | Anticlotting, antipain | Inhibits FXII activation | [16] | Trialysin | Trialysin | T. infestans | Antimicrobial | Pore forming | [17, 18] | Pallidipin | Lipocalin | T. pallidipennis | Antiplatelet | Collagen inhibitor (possible TXA2 binder) | [19, 20] | Triabin | Lipocalin | T. pallidipennis | Anticlotting | Anti-thrombin | [21–23] | Procalin | Lipocalin | T. protracta | Allergen | Function unknown | [24] | Dipetalodipin | Lipocalin | Dipetalogaster maxima | Antiplatelet, vasodilator | TXA2 binder | [25] | Apyrase | Cimex apyrase | Cimex lectularius | Antiplatelet | Destroys ADP | [26] | Nitrophorin | Inositol phosphatase | C. lectularius | Antiplatelet, vasodilator | Carrier of NO | [27–29] | Fibrinolytic enzyme | Serine proteinase | Panstrongylus megistus | Anticlotting | | [30] |
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