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Bologa AM, Stoica I, Constantin ND, Ecovoiu AA. The Landscape of the DNA Transposons in the Genome of the Horezu_LaPeri Strain of Drosophila melanogaster. INSECTS 2023; 14:494. [PMID: 37367310 DOI: 10.3390/insects14060494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Natural transposons (NTs) represent mobile DNA sequences found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Drosophila melanogaster (the fruit fly) is a eukaryotic model organism with NTs standing for about 20% of its genome and has contributed significantly to the understanding of various aspects of transposon biology. Our study describes an accurate approach designed to map class II transposons (DNA transposons) in the genome of the Horezu_LaPeri fruit fly strain, consecutive to Oxford Nanopore Technology sequencing. A whole genome bioinformatics analysis was conducted using Genome ARTIST_v2, LoRTE and RepeatMasker tools to identify DNA transposons insertions. Then, a gene ontology enrichment analysis was performed in order to evaluate the potential adaptive role of some DNA transposons insertions. Herein, we describe DNA transposon insertions specific for the Horezu_LaPeri genome and a predictive functional analysis of some insertional alleles. The PCR validation of P-element insertions specific for this fruit fly strain, along with a putative consensus sequence for the KP element, is also reported. Overall, the genome of the Horezu_LaPeri strain contains several insertions of DNA transposons associated with genes known to be involved in adaptive processes. For some of these genes, insertional alleles obtained via mobilization of the artificial transposons were previously reported. This is a very alluring aspect, as it suggests that insertional mutagenesis experiments conducting adaptive predictions for laboratory strains may be confirmed by mirroring insertions which are expected to be found at least in some natural fruit fly strains.
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- Alexandru Marian Bologa
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 060101 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 060101 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 060101 Bucharest, Romania
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What Have We Learned in 30 Years of Investigations on Bari Transposons? Cells 2022; 11:cells11030583. [PMID: 35159391 PMCID: PMC8834629 DOI: 10.3390/cells11030583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) have been historically depicted as detrimental genetic entities that selfishly aim at perpetuating themselves, invading genomes, and destroying genes. Scientists often co-opt "special" TEs to develop new and powerful genetic tools, that will hopefully aid in changing the future of the human being. However, many TEs are gentle, rarely unleash themselves to harm the genome, and bashfully contribute to generating diversity and novelty in the genomes they have colonized, yet they offer the opportunity to develop new molecular tools. In this review we summarize 30 years of research focused on the Bari transposons. Bari is a "normal" transposon family that has colonized the genomes of several Drosophila species and introduced genomic novelties in the melanogaster species. We discuss how these results have contributed to advance the field of TE research and what future studies can still add to the current knowledge.
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Berloco MF, Minervini CF, Moschetti R, Palazzo A, Viggiano L, Marsano RM. Evidence of the Physical Interaction between Rpl22 and the Transposable Element Doc5, a Heterochromatic Transposon of Drosophila melanogaster. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12121997. [PMID: 34946947 PMCID: PMC8701128 DOI: 10.3390/genes12121997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chromatin is a highly dynamic biological entity that allows for both the control of gene expression and the stabilization of chromosomal domains. Given the high degree of plasticity observed in model and non-model organisms, it is not surprising that new chromatin components are frequently described. In this work, we tested the hypothesis that the remnants of the Doc5 transposable element, which retains a heterochromatin insertion pattern in the melanogaster species complex, can be bound by chromatin proteins, and thus be involved in the organization of heterochromatic domains. Using the Yeast One Hybrid approach, we found Rpl22 as a potential interacting protein of Doc5. We further tested in vitro the observed interaction through Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, uncovering that the N-terminal portion of the protein is sufficient to interact with Doc5. However, in situ localization of the native protein failed to detect Rpl22 association with chromatin. The results obtained are discussed in the light of the current knowledge on the extra-ribosomal role of ribosomal protein in eukaryotes, which suggests a possible role of Rpl22 in the determination of the heterochromatin in Drosophila.
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- Maria Francesca Berloco
- Department of Biology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70126 Bari, Italy; (M.F.B.); (R.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (D.E.T.O.), Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70126 Bari, Italy; (M.F.B.); (R.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70126 Bari, Italy; (M.F.B.); (R.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70126 Bari, Italy; (M.F.B.); (R.M.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: (L.V.); (R.M.M.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70126 Bari, Italy; (M.F.B.); (R.M.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: (L.V.); (R.M.M.)
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Moschetti R, Palazzo A, Lorusso P, Viggiano L, Massimiliano Marsano R. "What You Need, Baby, I Got It": Transposable Elements as Suppliers of Cis-Operating Sequences in Drosophila. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:E25. [PMID: 32028630 PMCID: PMC7168160 DOI: 10.3390/biology9020025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Transposable elements (TEs) are constitutive components of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. The role of TEs in the evolution of genes and genomes has been widely assessed over the past years in a variety of model and non-model organisms. Drosophila is undoubtedly among the most powerful model organisms used for the purpose of studying the role of transposons and their effects on the stability and evolution of genes and genomes. Besides their most intuitive role as insertional mutagens, TEs can modify the transcriptional pattern of host genes by juxtaposing new cis-regulatory sequences. A key element of TE biology is that they carry transcriptional control elements that fine-tune the transcription of their own genes, but that can also perturb the transcriptional activity of neighboring host genes. From this perspective, the transposition-mediated modulation of gene expression is an important issue for the short-term adaptation of physiological functions to the environmental changes, and for long-term evolutionary changes. Here, we review the current literature concerning the regulatory and structural elements operating in cis provided by TEs in Drosophila. Furthermore, we highlight that, besides their influence on both TEs and host genes expression, they can affect the chromatin structure and epigenetic status as well as both the chromosome's structure and stability. It emerges that Drosophila is a good model organism to study the effect of TE-linked regulatory sequences, and it could help future studies on TE-host interactions in any complex eukaryotic genome.
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- Roberta Moschetti
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (R.M.); (P.L.); (L.V.)
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- Laboratory of Translational Nanotechnology, “Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II” I.R.C.C.S, Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70125 Bari, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (R.M.); (P.L.); (L.V.)
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (R.M.); (P.L.); (L.V.)
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (R.M.); (P.L.); (L.V.)
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McGurk MP, Barbash DA. Double insertion of transposable elements provides a substrate for the evolution of satellite DNA. Genome Res 2018; 28:714-725. [PMID: 29588362 PMCID: PMC5932611 DOI: 10.1101/gr.231472.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Eukaryotic genomes are replete with repeated sequences in the form of transposable elements (TEs) dispersed across the genome or as satellite arrays, large stretches of tandemly repeated sequences. Many satellites clearly originated as TEs, but it is unclear how mobile genetic parasites can transform into megabase-sized tandem arrays. Comprehensive population genomic sampling is needed to determine the frequency and generative mechanisms of tandem TEs, at all stages from their initial formation to their subsequent expansion and maintenance as satellites. The best available population resources, short-read DNA sequences, are often considered to be of limited utility for analyzing repetitive DNA due to the challenge of mapping individual repeats to unique genomic locations. Here we develop a new pipeline called ConTExt that demonstrates that paired-end Illumina data can be successfully leveraged to identify a wide range of structural variation within repetitive sequence, including tandem elements. By analyzing 85 genomes from five populations of Drosophila melanogaster, we discover that TEs commonly form tandem dimers. Our results further suggest that insertion site preference is the major mechanism by which dimers arise and that, consequently, dimers form rapidly during periods of active transposition. This abundance of TE dimers has the potential to provide source material for future expansion into satellite arrays, and we discover one such copy number expansion of the DNA transposon hobo to approximately 16 tandem copies in a single line. The very process that defines TEs—transposition—thus regularly generates sequences from which new satellites can arise.
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- Michael P McGurk
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Palazzo A, Lovero D, D’Addabbo P, Caizzi R, Marsano RM. Identification of Bari Transposons in 23 Sequenced Drosophila Genomes Reveals Novel Structural Variants, MITEs and Horizontal Transfer. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156014. [PMID: 27213270 PMCID: PMC4877112 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bari elements are members of the Tc1-mariner superfamily of DNA transposons, originally discovered in Drosophila melanogaster, and subsequently identified in silico in 11 sequenced Drosophila genomes and as experimentally isolated in four non-sequenced Drosophila species. Bari-like elements have been also studied for their mobility both in vivo and in vitro. We analyzed 23 Drosophila genomes and carried out a detailed characterization of the Bari elements identified, including those from the heterochromatic Bari1 cluster in D. melanogaster. We have annotated 401 copies of Bari elements classified either as putatively autonomous or inactive according to the structure of the terminal sequences and the presence of a complete transposase-coding region. Analyses of the integration sites revealed that Bari transposase prefers AT-rich sequences in which the TA target is cleaved and duplicated. Furthermore evaluation of transposon’s co-occurrence near the integration sites of Bari elements showed a non-random distribution of other transposable elements. We also unveil the existence of a putatively autonomous Bari1 variant characterized by two identical long Terminal Inverted Repeats, in D. rhopaloa. In addition, we detected MITEs related to Bari transposons in 9 species. Phylogenetic analyses based on transposase gene and the terminal sequences confirmed that Bari-like elements are distributed into three subfamilies. A few inconsistencies in Bari phylogenetic tree with respect to the Drosophila species tree could be explained by the occurrence of horizontal transfer events as also suggested by the results of dS analyses. This study further clarifies the Bari transposon’s evolutionary dynamics and increases our understanding on the Tc1-mariner elements’ biology.
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- Antonio Palazzo
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” via Orabona 4 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomembrane e Bioenergetica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” via Orabona 4 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” via Orabona 4 70125, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” via Orabona 4 70125, Bari, Italy
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Palazzo A, Moschetti R, Caizzi R, Marsano RM. The Drosophila mojavensis Bari3 transposon: distribution and functional characterization. Mob DNA 2014; 5:21. [PMID: 25093043 PMCID: PMC4120734 DOI: 10.1186/1759-8753-5-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bari-like transposons belong to the Tc1-mariner superfamily, and they have been identified in several genomes of the Drosophila genus. This transposon's family has been used as paradigm to investigate the complex dynamics underlying the persistence and structural evolution of transposable elements (TEs) within a genome. Three structural Bari variants have been identified so far and can be distinguished based on the organization of their terminal inverted repeats. Bari3 is the last discovered member of this family identified in Drosophila mojavensis, a recently emerged species of the Repleta group of the genus Drosophila. RESULTS We studied the insertion pattern of Bari3 in different D. mojavensis populations and found evidence of recent transposition activity. Analysis of the transposase domains unveiled the presence of a functional nuclear localization signal, as well as a functional binding domain. Using luciferase-based assays, we investigated the promoter activity of Bari3 as well as the interaction of its transposase with its left terminus. The results suggest that Bari3 is transposition-competent. Finally we demonstrated transposase transcript processing when the transposase gene is overexpressed in vivo and in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Bari3 displays very similar structural and functional features with its close relative, Bari1. Our results strongly suggest that Bari3 is an independent element that has generated genomic diversity in D. mojavensis. It can autonomously transcribe its transposase gene, which in turn can localize in the nucleus and bind the terminal inverted repeats of the transposon. Nevertheless, the identification of an unpredicted spliced form of the Bari3 transposase transcript allows us to hypothesize a control mechanism of its mobility based on mRNA processing. These results will aid the studies on the Bari family of transposons, which is intriguing for its widespread diffusion in Drosophilids coupled with a structural diversity generated during the evolution of Bari-like elements in their host genomes.
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- Antonio Palazzo
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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Palazzo A, Marconi S, Specchia V, Bozzetti MP, Ivics Z, Caizzi R, Marsano RM. Functional characterization of the Bari1 transposition system. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79385. [PMID: 24244492 PMCID: PMC3828361 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The transposons of the Bari family are mobile genetic elements widespread in the Drosophila genus. However, despite a broad diffusion, virtually no information is available on the mechanisms underlying their mobility. In this paper we report the functional characterization of the Bari elements transposition system. Using the Bari1 element as a model, we investigated the subcellular localization of the transposase, its physical interaction with the transposon, and its catalytic activity. The Bari1 transposase localized in the nucleus and interacted with the terminal sequences of the transposon both in vitro and in vivo, however, no transposition activity was detected in transposition assays. Profiling of mRNAs expressed by the transposase gene revealed the expression of abnormal, internally processed transposase transcripts encoding truncated, catalytically inactive transposase polypeptides. We hypothesize that a post-transcriptional control mechanism produces transposase-derived polypeptides that effectively repress transposition. Our findings suggest further clues towards understanding the mechanisms that control transposition of an important class of mobile elements, which are both an endogenous source of genomic variability and widely used as transformation vectors/biotechnological tools.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany
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Dias ES, Carareto CMA. Ancestral polymorphism and recent invasion of transposable elements in Drosophila species. BMC Evol Biol 2012; 12:119. [PMID: 22823479 PMCID: PMC3499218 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During the evolution of transposable elements, some processes, such as ancestral polymorphisms and horizontal transfer of sequences between species, can produce incongruences in phylogenies. We investigated the evolutionary history of the transposable elements Bari and 412 in the sequenced genomes of the Drosophila melanogaster group and in the sibling species D. melanogaster and D. simulans using traditional phylogenetic and network approaches. RESULTS Maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic analyses revealed incongruences and unresolved relationships for both the Bari and 412 elements. The DNA transposon Bari within the D. ananassae genome is more closely related to the element of the melanogaster complex than to the sequence in D. erecta, which is inconsistent with the species phylogeny. Divergence analysis and the comparison of the rate of synonymous substitutions per synonymous site of the Bari and host gene sequences explain the incongruence as an ancestral polymorphism that was inherited stochastically by the derived species. Unresolved relationships were observed in the ML phylogeny of both elements involving D. melanogaster, D. simulans and D. sechellia. A network approach was used to attempt to resolve these relationships. The resulting tree suggests recent transfers of both elements between D. melanogaster and D. simulans. The divergence values of the elements between these species support this conclusion. CONCLUSIONS We showed that ancestral polymorphism and recent invasion of genomes due to introgression or horizontal transfer between species occurred during the evolutionary history of the Bari and 412 elements in the melanogaster group. These invasions likely occurred in Africa during the Pleistocene, before the worldwide expansion of D. melanogaster and D. simulans.
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- Elaine Silva Dias
- Department of Biology, São José do Rio Preto, UNESP-São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil
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Accord insertion in the 5′ flanking region of CYP6G1 confers nicotine resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 2012; 502:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lucca Jr. MD, Carareto CMA, Ceron CR. Distribution of the Bari-I transposable element in stable hybrid strains between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans and in Brazilian populations of these species. Genet Mol Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000400028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Marsano RM, Caizzi R, Moschetti R, Junakovic N. Evidence for a functional interaction between the Bari1 transposable element and the cytochrome P450 cyp12a4 gene in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 2005; 357:122-8. [PMID: 16076534 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2005] [Revised: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Previous studies of the genomic distribution of the transposon Bari1 in Drosophila melanogaster have revealed an element which is fixed at division 91F in over 90 lab and natural populations. Here we report about the structural and transcriptional features of the insertion site which was studied in sublines isolated from an exceptional Drosophila line polymorphic for the presence/absence of Bari1 at 91F. The insert is located at the 3' end of the cyp12a4 gene that belongs to the cytochrome P450 family. In flies with the insert the transcript of this gene encompasses 18 nucleotides of the transposon, it is shorter and is about tenfold more abundant compared to flies devoid of it. Although the hypothetical selective agent remains unknown, these data are suggestive of a selective advantage brought about by the Bari1 insert and are reminiscent of recent evidence for functional mutagenesis of cyp6g1, another P450 gene, brought about by Accord and Doc transposable elements in D. melanogaster and Drosophila simulans.
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Junakovic N, Fortunati D, Soriano S. Fixed and unstable I-related transposable elements in heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster. Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 110:173-80. [PMID: 16093670 DOI: 10.1159/000084950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2003] [Accepted: 01/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transposable elements are disproportionately abundant in the heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster. Among the forces contributing to this bias in genomic distribution, fixation due to positive selection has been put forward. We have studied I-related elements which are located in pericentromeric heterochromatin and are believed to have a role in the control of active I elements. Flies straight from the wild have been studied where fixed elements are expected to emerge clearly over the highly polymorphic background in the genomic distribution of transposable elements. The results show that some restriction fragments due to I-related elements are conserved in size and are present in all individuals tested, consistent with a selective pressure for a role. Other fragments are polymorphic in presence/absence and intensity in individuals from the wild but appear homogeneous in laboratory stocks. Although the significance of this type of instability is unclear, the finding that these polymorphic bands are recurrent in populations from distant geographical locations is also suggestive of a selective pressure for a role.
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- N Junakovic
- Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari CNR, Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Kaminker JS, Bergman CM, Kronmiller B, Carlson J, Svirskas R, Patel S, Frise E, Wheeler DA, Lewis SE, Rubin GM, Ashburner M, Celniker SE. The transposable elements of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin: a genomics perspective. Genome Biol 2002; 3:RESEARCH0084. [PMID: 12537573 PMCID: PMC151186 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-research0084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 387] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2002] [Revised: 11/11/2002] [Accepted: 11/25/2002] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Transposable elements are found in the genomes of nearly all eukaryotes. The recent completion of the Release 3 euchromatic genomic sequence of Drosophila melanogaster by the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project has provided precise sequence for the repetitive elements in the Drosophila euchromatin. We have used this genomic sequence to describe the euchromatic transposable elements in the sequenced strain of this species. RESULTS We identified 85 known and eight novel families of transposable element varying in copy number from one to 146. A total of 1,572 full and partial transposable elements were identified, comprising 3.86% of the sequence. More than two-thirds of the transposable elements are partial. The density of transposable elements increases an average of 4.7 times in the centromere-proximal regions of each of the major chromosome arms. We found that transposable elements are preferentially found outside genes; only 436 of 1,572 transposable elements are contained within the 61.4 Mb of sequence that is annotated as being transcribed. A large proportion of transposable elements is found nested within other elements of the same or different classes. Lastly, an analysis of structural variation from different families reveals distinct patterns of deletion for elements belonging to different classes. CONCLUSIONS This analysis represents an initial characterization of the transposable elements in the Release 3 euchromatic genomic sequence of D. melanogaster for which comparison to the transposable elements of other organisms can begin to be made. These data have been made available on the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project website for future analyses.
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- Joshua S Kaminker
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.
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Moschetti R, Caggese C, Barsanti P, Caizzi R. Intra- and interspecies variation among Bari-1 elements of the melanogaster species group. Genetics 1998; 150:239-50. [PMID: 9725843 PMCID: PMC1460315 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/150.1.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We have investigated the distribution of sequences homologous to Bari-1, a Tc1-like transposable element first identified in Drosophila melanogaster, in 87 species of the Drosophila genus. We have also isolated and sequenced Bari-1 homologues from D. simulans, D. mauritiana, and D. sechellia, the species constituting with D. melanogaster the melanogaster complex, and from D. diplacantha and D. erecta, two phylogenetically more distant species of the melanogaster group. Within the melanogaster complex the Bari-1 elements are extremely similar to each other, showing nucleotide identity values of at least 99.3%. In contrast, Bari-1-like elements from D. diplacantha and D. erecta are on average only 70% similar to D. melanogaster Bari-1 and are usually defective due to nucleotide deletions and/or insertions in the ORFs encoding their transposases. In D. erecta the defective copies are all located in the chromocenter and on chromosome 4. Surprisingly, while D. melanogaster Bari-1 elements possess 26-bp inverted terminal repeats, their D. diplacantha and D. erecta homologues possess long inverted terminal repeats similar to the terminal structures observed in the S elements of D. melanogaster and in several other Tc1-like elements of different organisms. This finding, together with the nucleotide and amino acid identity level between D. diplacantha and D. erecta elements and Bari-1 of D. melanogaster, suggests a common evolutionary origin and a rapid diversification of the termini of these Drosophila Tc1-like elements.
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- R Moschetti
- Istituto di Genetica, Università di Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Hoogland C, Vieira C, Biémont C. Chromosomal distribution of the 412 retrotransposon in natural populations of Drosophila simulans. Heredity (Edinb) 1997; 79 ( Pt 2):128-34. [PMID: 9279009 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.135] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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The insertion site localization of the 412 retrotransposable element was analysed by in situ hybridization to the polytene chromosomes of 57 individual genomes from 25 natural populations of Drosophila simulans. The 412 insertion sites along the chromosomes show a tendency to aggregate in the distal and proximal ends of the 2R arm, and in several local regions along the 3R arm. The distribution of the 412 insertion sites, weighted by DNA content, along the chromosome arms reveals an overall tendency for the site number to increase from the middle of the arm to the base and tip, with a decrease at the tips, especially pronounced for the X chromosome. Such a distribution differs slightly from that of D. melanogaster, which globally shows an increase of the 412 site number from base to tip of the chromosome arms, indicating differing behaviour of the 412 element in the two species. These results are discussed in connection with the recombination rate along the chromosome arms.
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- C Hoogland
- Laboratoire de Biométrie, Génétique, Biologie des populations, UMR C.N.R.S. 5558, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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