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Claflin, S.B., Pien, C.L., Rangel, E.N., Utz, K.E., Walther, H.V., Wright, A.N. and Ellerby, D.J. (2009) Effects of Feeding on Medicinal Leech Swimming Performance. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 277, 241-247.

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• TITLE: Heart Failure-Like Reaction Is Likely Involved in the Feeding Behaviour of Blood-Sucking Leeches

  AUTHORS: Li Yang, Jiao Shu, Xiao Wang, Wei Yu, Debin Wang, Zichao Liu, Bin Wang

  KEYWORDS: Blood-Sucking Leeches, Transcriptomic Analysis, Heart Failure, Feeding Behaviour

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, Vol.15 No.1, January 29, 2024

  ABSTRACT: Medicinal leeches have been utilized in therapy for thousands of years. However, the adaptation physiology between leeches and hosts is not fully understand. To disclose the molecular mechanisms of adaptation between leech and host, the body transcriptomes of hunger and fed blood-sucking Poecilobdella javanica, Haemadipsa cavatuses, and Hirudo nipponia leeches were obtained by RNA sequencing, after comparison, a stratified unigenes group was obtained, which closely correlated to body distension. In the group, Rfamide receptor decreased significantly (P P. javanica and in strongest reaction of diastole in fed H. nipponia. Overall, heart failure is likely a physiological function involved in feeding behaviour.