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Milosević M, Moya A, Ayala FJ. Overcompensation as a mechanism for maintaining polymorphism: egg-to-adult viability in Drosophila. Genetica 1990; 82:183-7. [PMID: 2128629 DOI: 10.1007/bf00056361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Frequency-dependent selection may be accounted for, in ecological terms, by the differential effectiveness of alternative genotypes in exploiting limiting environmental resources. Differentiation in resource exploitation among genotypes implies in turn that a mix of genotypes may exploit more fully the resources than a genetically uniform population, a phenomenon called 'overcompensation'. Experiments designed to test for overcompensation show that highly polymorphic populations can support larger numbers of individuals per food unit than less polymorphic populations. This difference cannot be attributed to the level of individual heterozygosity, which is the same in both types of populations.
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- M Milosević
- Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Mateu MG, Martínez MA, Rocha E, Andreu D, Parejo J, Giralt E, Sobrino F, Domingo E. Implications of a quasispecies genome structure: effect of frequent, naturally occurring amino acid substitutions on the antigenicity of foot-and-mouth disease virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:5883-7. [PMID: 2474821 PMCID: PMC297735 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.15.5883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We provide evidence that the quasispecies nature (extreme genetic heterogeneity) of foot-and-mouth disease virus is relevant to the virus evading an immune response. A monoclonal antibody neutralizing the viral infectivity (clone SD6) recognizes an epitope located around a highly conserved sequence (amino acid sequence Arg-Gly-Asp-Leu-Ala at positions 141-145) in the capsid protein VP1 of foot-and-mouth disease virus of serotype C1. The amino acid substitutions Ala-138----Thr and Leu-147----Ile (or ----Val) reduced 100-fold the binding titer of monoclonal antibody SD6 to virions or to VP1. The effect of those substitutions was quantitatively reproduced with synthetic peptides representing the relevant sequences. This provides evidence that the two chemically conservative amino acids replacements--and not other substitutions present in the virus quasispecies--are responsible for the modified interaction with neutralizing monoclonal antibody SD6. The three substitutions were fixed in the viral capsid during one occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease and, furthermore, they are of a type found frequently among independent foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates. The results implicate the extreme heterogeneity of foot-and-mouth disease virus as an important element of viral pathogenesis.
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- M G Mateu
- Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Hoft DF, Kim KS, Otsu K, Moser DR, Yost WJ, Blumin JH, Donelson JE, Kirchhoff LV. Trypanosoma cruzi expresses diverse repetitive protein antigens. Infect Immun 1989; 57:1959-67. [PMID: 2659529 PMCID: PMC313827 DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.7.1959-1967.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We screened a Trypanosoma cruzi cDNA expression library with human and rabbit anti-T. cruzi sera and identified cDNA clones that encode polypeptides containing tandemly arranged repeats which are 6 to 34 amino acids in length. The peptide repeats encoded by these cDNAs varied markedly in sequence, copy number, and location relative to the polyadenylation site of the mRNAs from which they were derived. The repeats were specific for T. cruzi, but in each case the sizes of the corresponding mRNAs and the total number of repeat copies encoded varied considerably among different isolates of the parasite. Expression of the peptide repeats was not stage specific. One of the peptide repeats occurred in a protein with an Mr of greater than 200,000 and one was in a protein of Mr 75,000 to 105,000. The frequent occurrence and diversity of these peptide repeats suggested that they may play a role in the ability of the parasite to evade immune destruction in its invertebrate and mammalian hosts, but the primary roles of these macromolecules may be unrelated to the host-parasite relationship.
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- D F Hoft
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Scott MD, Meshnick SR, Eaton JW. Superoxide dismutase amplifies organismal sensitivity to ionizing radiation. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)81641-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Domingo E. RNA virus evolution and the control of viral disease. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 1989; 33:93-133. [PMID: 2687948 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-9146-2_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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RNA viruses and other RNA genetic elements must be viewed as organized distributions of sequences termed quasi-species. This means that the viral genome is statistically defined but individually indeterminate. Stable distributions may be maintained for extremely long time periods under conditions of population equilibrium. Perturbation of equilibrium results in rapid distribution shifts. This genomic organization has many implications for viral pathogenesis and disease control. This review has emphasized the problem of selection of viral mutants resistant to antiviral drugs and the current difficulties encountered in the design of novel synthetic vaccines. Possible strategies for antiviral therapy and vaccine development have been discussed.
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Blakely E, Chang P, Lommel L, Bjornstad K, Dixon M, Tobias C, Kumar K, Blakely WF. Cell-cycle radiation response: role of intracellular factors. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) 1989; 9:177-186. [PMID: 11537290 DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(89)90436-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have been studying variations of radiosensitivity and endogenous cellular factors during the course of progression through the human and hamster cell cycle. After exposure to low-LET radiations, the most radiosensitive cell stages are mitosis and the G1/S interface. The increased activity of a specific antioxidant enzyme such as superoxide dismutase in G1-phase, and the variations of endogenous thiols during cell division are thought to be intracellular factors of importance to the radiation survival response. These factors may contribute to modifying the age-dependent yield of lesions or more likely, to the efficiency of the repair processes. These molecular factors have been implicated in our cellular measurements of the larger values for the radiobiological oxygen effect late in the cycle compared to earlier cell ages. Low-LET radiation also delays progression through S phase which may allow more time for repair and hence contribute to radioresistance in late-S-phase. The cytoplasmic and intranuclear milieu of the cell appears to have less significant effects on lesions produced by high-LET radiation compared to those made by low-LET radiation. High-LET radiation fails to slow progression through S phase, and there is much less repair of lesions evident at all cell ages; however, high-LET particles cause a more profound block in G2 phase than that observed after low-LET radiation. Hazards posed by the interaction of damage from sequential doses of radiations of different qualities have been evaluated and are shown to lead to a cell-cycle-dependent enhancement of radiobiological effects. A summary comparison of various cell-cycle-dependent endpoints measured with low- or high-LET radiations is given and includes a discussion of the possible additional effects introduced by microgravity.
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- E Blakely
- Cell and Molecular Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Zhang Q, Tibayrenc M, Ayala FJ. Linkage disequilibrium in natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi (flagellate), the agent of Chagas' disease. THE JOURNAL OF PROTOZOOLOGY 1988; 35:81-5. [PMID: 3285002 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1988.tb04081.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We have studied linkage disequilibrium in natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, by analyzing (i) a set of 524 stocks from the whole geographical range of the parasite, characterized at four gene loci coding for enzymes; (ii) a subsample of 121 stocks characterized at 12 enzyme loci; and (iii) a subset of 386 stocks from six locations in Bolivia, characterized by four enzyme loci. Our results show that the linkage disequilibrium reaches the maximum possible value, given the observed allelic frequencies, for almost all the locus pairs. This result is most consistent with the hypothesis that genetic recombination is absent or very rare in T. cruzi natural populations. Partition of the linkage disequilibrium variance for the six Bolivian populations shows that both inter- and intrapopulation components are substantial and that the relationships among the components are D2IS less than D2ST, and D'2IS less than D'2ST. These inequalities are interpreted as the result of an interplay between genetic drift, rare or absent mating, and clonal selection in generating linkage disequilibrium in T. cruzi populations.
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- Q Zhang
- Department of Genetics, University of California, Davis 95616
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Martin MJ, Pérez-Tomé JM, Toro MA. Competition and genotypic variability in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinb) 1988; 60 ( Pt 1):119-23. [PMID: 3127361 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1988.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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It has been claimed that in competitive conditions larval viabilities of Drosophila melanogaster depend on the similarity of genotypes coexisting. Two types of experimental populations were established: homogeneous (low genotypic variability) and heterogeneous (high genotypic variability). Under conditions of moderate larval competition productivity was similar, in each although the developmental time was shorter in the heterogeneous series. Under conditions of high larval competition the productivity of heterogeneous populations exceeded that of the homogeneous and attained the adult stage in shorter period of time.
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- M J Martin
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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Maingon R, Gerke R, Rodriguez M, Urbina J, Hoenicka J, Negri S, Aguirre T, Nehlin J, Knapp T, Crampton J. The tubulin genes of Trypanosoma cruzi. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 171:285-91. [PMID: 3276517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb13788.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The organization of the alpha- and beta-tubulin genes in the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi have been analysed by Southern blotting using tubulin probes derived from Trypanosoma brucei. The tubulin array appears to be more complex in this organism than in other members of the same family. Some tubulin genes are tightly clustered in an alternating (alpha-beta)n array with a basic repeat unit length of 4.3 kb. However, other pairs of alternating alpha- and beta-tubulin sequences appear to be physically separated from the basic group. This finding indicates that the tubulin gene cluster present in T. cruzi is less perfectly conserved than in T. brucei. T. (Herpetosoma) rangeli is similar to T. (Schizotrypanum) cruzi in its tubulin gene organization whereas most of these genes are tandemly clustered in the genome of T. (Trypanozoon) evansi, with a basic repeat unit length of 3.6 kb as previously described for T. (Trypanozoon) brucei. Two overlapping recombinant clones containing T. cruzi tubulin sequences have been isolated from a genomic cosmid library of T. cruzi epimastigotes using the T. brucei tubulin probes. Partial sequencing of the T. cruzi beta-tubulin gene has confirmed its identity and shows more than 70% homology with the sea urchin, chicken and T. b. rhodesiense beta-tubulin reported gene sequences. Analysis of tubulin gene organization through the parasite life cycle does not show evidence of major rearrangements within the repeat unit. Several T. cruzi strains and cloned lines whilst sharing the 4.3-kb tubulin repeat unit, exhibited very variable tubulin gene organization with tubulin probes. These striking differences in the organization of this structural gene among T. cruzi strains and cloned lines suggest that the heterogeneity previously reported in parasite populations may be related to a very dynamic, diploid genome.
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- R Maingon
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas
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Larval competition in Drosophila melanogaster: frequency-dependence of viability. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00303979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Finley RW, Dvorak JA. Trypanosoma cruzi: analysis of the population dynamics of heterogeneous mixtures. THE JOURNAL OF PROTOZOOLOGY 1987; 34:409-15. [PMID: 3323478 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1987.tb03202.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Utilizing the previously reported inter-clonal differences in total DNA/organism, flow cytometry was used to analyze the population dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi clone mixtures growing in liquid medium or vertebrate cells. The growth of clone mixtures in liquid medium can be described by unique parameters reflecting exponential growth rate (r), stationary phase population density (1/k), and the interaction between the clones (h). The relative numbers of each clone in the population change rapidly with time and the results are in quantitative agreement with mathematical models of competitive population growth. The relationship between the parameters for T. cruzi is such that, in general, there is no dynamic equilibrium with coexistence of clones with different growth rates; under all culture protocols, the faster growing clone will prevail. A computer simulation of the vertebrate cell cycle of T. cruzi suggests that clone mixtures grow relatively independently; the basic attributes of the model were substantiated experimentally. Although wide fluctuations in the proportion of each clone released occurred, the faster growing clone again predominated. Finally, these results underline the importance of working with well-defined clones in the laboratory to avoid inconsistencies and paradoxical results and stress the importance of the rapid isolation of single cell clones from clinical specimens when studying the relationship of the parasite to human disease.
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- R W Finley
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Apt W, Aguilera X, Arribada A, Gomez L, Miles MA, Widmer G. Epidemiology of Chagas' disease in northern Chile: isozyme profiles of Trypanosoma cruzi from domestic and sylvatic transmission cycles and their association with cardiopathy. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1987; 37:302-7. [PMID: 3116867 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1987.37.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Trypanosoma cruzi was isolated from 98 patients, 59 Triatoma infestans, 51 Triatoma spinolai, and 1 Octodon degus from northern Chile. With few exceptions, stocks originating from domestic hosts were classified, based on their isozyme profile, as principal zymodeme (Z)2, while sylvatic stocks from T. spinolai and the rodent O. degus showed Z1 profiles. These results indicate the existence of separate domestic and sylvatic transmission cycles. Clinical data and T. cruzi isozyme profiles from 107 chronic Chagas' disease patients showed no association between infecting T. cruzi zymodeme and the prevalence of chagasic cardiopathy. However, the age distributions of two groups of patients carrying different zymodemes were significantly different.
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- W Apt
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago
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Breniere SF, Revollo S, Caillard T, Velatte E, Legrand D, Afchain D, Desjeux P. Trypanosoma cruzi: expression of antigenic component 5 among 35 laboratory clones obtained from 18 different isozymic variants. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 1987; 29:80-5. [PMID: 2447628 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651987000200003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Two monoclonal antibodies anti-component 5 of Trypanosoma cruzi (I-35/115 and II-190/30) were tested in IFA and ELISA respectively against 35 T. cruzi laboratory clones. Among the 35 clones tested, 18 different isozyme patterns were detected. All clones were recognized by both monoclonal antibodies except one clone which did not react with II-190/30. These results support the universal expression of specific component 5 within the taxon T. cruzi.
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Abstract
The present review is concerned with recent progress in basic genetic investigations with a variety of fungi which are pathogenic for man and animals. The principles and strategies involved in undertaking genetic investigations of sexual species and of asexual species are discussed. Progress in genetic analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans made possible by the discovery of its sexual phase is described in detail, as is progress in development of parasexual methods of analysis in Candida albicans. The genetic bases of virulence and drug resistance are discussed for those few species in which these phenotypes have been investigated. Suggestions for future research, including the application of recent advances in molecular biology to the study of pathogenic fungi, are presented.
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Larva-to-adult and pupa-to-adult mortality dynamics in crowded cultures ofDrosophila melanogaster. Genetica 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02424491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ryu E, Hasegawa A, Saegusa S, Ichiki H. An investigation of canine leptospiral antibodies in Tokyo and Yokohama. Comparison of Canine Positive rates between rapid microscopic agglutination test and Schüffner-Mochtar test. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ZOONOSES 1974; 1:82-90. [PMID: 4468963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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