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Yushkova E. Involvement of DNA Repair Genes and System of Radiation-Induced Activation of Transposons in Formation of Transgenerational Effects. Front Genet 2020; 11:596947. [PMID: 33329741 PMCID: PMC7729008 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.596947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The study of the genetic basis of the manifestation of radiation-induced effects and their transgenerational inheritance makes it possible to identify the mechanisms of adaptation and possible effective strategies for the survival of organisms in response to chronic radioactive stress. One persistent hypothesis is that the activation of certain genes involved in cellular defense is a specific response of the cell to irradiation. There is also data indicating the important role of transposable elements in the formation of radiosensitivity/radioresistance of biological systems. In this work, we studied the interaction of the systems of hobo transposon activity and DNA repair in the cell under conditions of chronic low-dose irradiation and its participation in the inheritance of radiation-induced transgenerational instability in Drosophila. Our results showed a significant increase of sterility and locus-specific mutability, a decrease of survival, fertility and genome stability (an increase the frequency of dominant lethal mutations and DNA damage) in non-irradiated F1/F2 offspring of irradiated parents with dysfunction of the mus304 gene which is responsible for excision and post-replicative recombination repair and repair of double-stranded DNA breaks. The combined action of dysfunction of the mus309 gene and transpositional activity of hobo elements also led to the transgenerational effects of irradiation but only in the F1 offspring. Dysfunction of the genes of other DNA repair systems (mus101 and mus210) showed no visible effects inherited from irradiated parents subjected to hobo transpositions. The mei-41 gene showed specificity in this type of interaction, which consists in its higher efficiency in sensing events induced by transpositional activity rather than irradiation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elena Yushkova
- Department of Radioecology, Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Syktyvkar, Russia
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Yushkova E. Effects of ionizing radiation at Drosophila melanogaster with differently active hobo transposons. Int J Radiat Biol 2019; 95:1564-1572. [PMID: 31287364 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1642534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Purpose: The role of transposable elements in formation of radiobiological effects is understudied and contradictory. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of Drosophila melanogaster to irradiation depending on the level of activity hobo transposons and the role of hobo transposons in formation of ionizing radiation late effects.Materials and methods: The individuals of Drosophila melanogaster with different level activity of hobo-elements were exposed to acute irradiation in doses of 1-100 Gy at early ontogenesis stages. The reaction of individuals to exposure was studied using the larvae survival rate, morphological parameters of reproduction system, DNA damage rate, and mutability of mini-white locus.Results: We found the pronounced linear deferred effects of irradiation for animals with a high activity level of full-size hobo copies. The radiosensitivity of individuals with a mean level of activity transposon was whether higher or did not differ from the radiosensitivity of animals with a low activity hobo.Conclusion: The obtained results suggest that full-size hobo-elements with a high activity level (less often with a mean activity level) are responsible for delayed deleterious irradiation effects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elena Yushkova
- Institute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
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Loreto ELS, Deprá M, Diesel JF, Panzera Y, Valente-Gaiesky VLS. Drosophila relics hobo and hobo-MITEs transposons as raw material for new regulatory networks. Genet Mol Biol 2018; 41:198-205. [PMID: 29668013 PMCID: PMC5913719 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Hypermutable strains of Drosophila simulans have been studied
for 20 years. Several mutants were isolated and characterized, some of which had
phenotypes associated with alteration in development; for example, showing
ectopic legs with eyes being expressed in place of antennae. The causal agent of
this hypermutability is a non-autonomous hobo-related sequence
(hoboVA). Around 100 mobilizable copies of this element are
present in the D. simulans genome, and these are likely
mobilized by the autonomous and canonical hobo element. We have
shown that hoboVA has transcription factor binding sites for
the developmental genes, hunchback and
even-skipped, and that this transposon is expressed in
embryos, following the patterns of these genes. We suggest that
hobo and hobo-related elements can be
material for the emergence of new regulatory networks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elgion L S Loreto
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.,Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular (CCNE), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular (CCNE), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genetica, Universidad de la República de Uruguay (UDELAR), Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.,Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Ragagnin GT, Bernardo LP, Loreto ELS. Unraveling the evolutionary scenario of the hobo element in populations of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans in South America using the TPE repeats as markers. Genet Mol Biol 2016; 39:145-50. [PMID: 27007908 PMCID: PMC4807377 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2015-0049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are nucleotide sequences found in most studied genomes. These elements are highly diversified and have a large variation in nucleotide structure and mechanisms of transposition. hobo is a member of class II, belonging to hAT superfamily, described inDrosophila melanogaster, and it presents in its Open Reading Frame, a repetitive region encoding the amino acids threonine-proline-glutamic acid (TPE), which shows variability in the number of repeats in some regions of the world. Due to this variability some evolutionary scenarios of the hobo element are discussed, such as the scenario of the invasion of hobo element in populations ofD. melanogaster. In the present study, we investigated 22 DNA sequences of D. melanogaster and seven sequences ofD. simulans, both from South America, to check the number of repetitions of TPE, in order to clarify the evolutionary scenario of thehobo element in these populations. Our results showed a monomorphism in populations of both species in South America, with only three TPE repeats. Hence, we discuss and propose an evolutionary scenario of the invasion of the hobo element in populations of D. melanogaster and D. simulans.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Rossato DO, Ludwig A, Deprá M, Loreto ELS, Ruiz A, Valente VLS. BuT2 is a member of the third major group of hAT transposons and is involved in horizontal transfer events in the genus Drosophila. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:352-65. [PMID: 24459285 PMCID: PMC3942097 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The hAT superfamily comprises a large and diverse array of DNA transposons found in all supergroups of eukaryotes. Here we characterized the Drosophila buzzatii BuT2 element and found that it harbors a five-exon gene encoding a 643-aa putatively functional transposase. A phylogeny built with 85 hAT transposases yielded, in addition to the two major groups already described, Ac and Buster, a third one comprising 20 sequences that includes BuT2, Tip100, hAT-4_BM, and RP-hAT1. This third group is here named Tip. In addition, we studied the phylogenetic distribution and evolution of BuT2 by in silico searches and molecular approaches. Our data revealed BuT2 was, most often, vertically transmitted during the evolution of genus Drosophila being lost independently in several species. Nevertheless, we propose the occurrence of three horizontal transfer events to explain its distribution and conservation among species. Another aspect of BuT2 evolution and life cycle is the presence of short related sequences, which contain similar 5' and 3' regions, including the terminal inverted repeats. These sequences that can be considered as miniature inverted repeat transposable elements probably originated by internal deletion of complete copies and show evidences of recent mobilization.
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- Dirleane Ottonelli Rossato
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em
Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do
Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica Funcional, Instituto
Carlos Chagas (ICC), Fiocruz-PR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia
Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do
Sul, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em
Genética e Biologia Molecular Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS),
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Santa
Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Facultat
de Biociènces, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia
Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do
Sul, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em
Genética e Biologia Molecular Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS),
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Ladevèze V, Chaminade N, Lemeunier F, Periquet G, Aulard S. General survey of hAT transposon superfamily with highlight on hobo element in Drosophila. Genetica 2012; 140:375-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9687-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kim YJ, Hice RH, O'Brochta DA, Atkinson PW. DNA sequence requirements for hobo transposable element transposition in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica 2011; 139:985-97. [PMID: 21805320 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-011-9600-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We have conducted a structure and functional analysis of the hobo transposable element of Drosophila melanogaster. A minimum of 141 bp of the left (L) end and 65 bp of the right (R) end of the hobo were shown to contain sequences sufficient for transposition. Both ends of hobo contain multiple copies of the motifs GGGTG and GTGGC and we show that the frequency of hobo transposition increases as a function of the copy number of these motifs. The R end of hobo contains a unique 12 bp internal inverted repeat that is identical to the hobo terminal inverted repeats. We show that this internal inverted repeat suppresses transposition activity in a hobo element containing an intact L end and only 475 bp of the R end. In addition to establishing cis-sequences requirements for transposition, we analyzed trans-sequence effects of the hobo transposase. We show a hobo transposase lacking the first 49 amino acids catalyzed hobo transposition at a higher frequency than the full-length transposase suggesting that, similar to the related Ac transposase, residues at the amino end of the transposase reduce transposition. Finally, we compared target site sequences of hobo with those of the related Hermes element and found both transposons have strong preferences for the same insertion sites.
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- Yu Jung Kim
- Graduate Program in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Deprá M, Valente VLDS, Margis R, Loreto ELS. The hobo transposon and hobo-related elements are expressed as developmental genes in Drosophila. Gene 2009; 448:57-63. [PMID: 19720121 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/22/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Transposable elements comprise a significant part of genomes and are involved in their evolvability. The hobo element is found as an active class II transposable element in Drosophila melanogaster that is able to induce gonadal dysgenesis. Some hobo-related sequences (hRSs) are thought to be relics of old "hobo" invasions, and are therefore ancient genomic constituents. However, some of these hRSs are still mobile. The present study analyzed the expression pattern of hobo and a particular type of hRSs, hobo(VAHS). Both elements were shown to be expressed as sense and antisense mRNA transcripts. Expression analysis in whole mount embryos revealed a pattern similar to that of some developmental regulatory genes. Here we suggest that cis-regulatory sequences similar to those in developmental genes exist in hobo sequences. Therefore, hobo mobilization may contribute to the development of new regulatory networks during genomic evolution.
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- Maríndia Deprá
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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D'Ávila MF, Garcia RN, Loreto ELS, Valente VLDS. Analysis of phenotypes altered by temperature stress and hipermutability in Drosophila willistoni. IHERINGIA. SERIE ZOOLOGIA 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212008000300009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Drosophila willistoni (Sturtevant, 1916) is a species of the willistoni group of Drosophila having wide distribution from the South of USA (Florida) and Mexico to the North of Argentina. It has been subject of many evolutionary studies within the group, due to its considerable ability to successfully occupy a wide range of environments and also because of its great genetic variability expressed by different markers. The D. willistoni 17A2 strain was collected in 1991 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (30°05'S, 51°39'W), and has been maintained since then at the Drosophila laboratory of UFRGS. Different to the other D. willistoni strains maintained in the laboratory, the 17A2 strain spontaneously produced mutant males white-like (white eyes) and sepia-like (brown eyes) in stocks held at 17°C. In order to discover if this strain is potentially hypermutable, we submitted it to temperature stress tests. Eighteen isofemale strains were used in our tests and, after the first generation, all the individuals produced in each strain were maintained at 29°C. Different phenotype alterations were observed in subsequent generations, similar to mutations already well characterized in D. melanogaster (white, sepia, blistered and curly). In addition, an uncommon phenotype alteration with an apparent fusion of the antennae was observed, but only in the isofemale line nº 31. This last alteration has not been previously described as a mutation in the D. melanogaster species. Our results indicate that the D. willistoni 17A2 strain is a candidate for hypermutability, which presents considerable cryptic genetic variability. Different factors may be operating for the formation of this effect, such as the mobilization of transposable elements, effect of inbreeding and alteration of the heat-shock proteins functions.
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The hobo-related sequences (hRSs) were considered as degenerate and inactive elements until recently, when one mobilizable copy was described. Using this sequence as the initial seed to search for homologous sequences in 12 available Drosophila genomes, in addition to searching for these sequences by PCR and Southern blot in nine other species, we found homologous sequences in every species of the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. Some evidence suggests that these non-autonomous sequences were kept mobilizable for at least 0.4 million years. Also, some very short sequences with miniature inverted-repeat transposable element (MITE) characteristics were found among these hRSs. These hRSs and their 'MITE-like' counterparts could provide a good example of the steps proposed in models that describe the MITEs origin.
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