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Gorbushin A, Ruparčič M, Anderluh G. Littoporins: Novel actinoporin-like proteins in caenogastropod genus Littorina. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 151:109698. [PMID: 38871141 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 06/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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In the course of searching for genes controlling the immune system in caenogastropod mollusks, we characterized and phylogenetically placed five new actinoporin-like cytolysins expressed in periwinkles of the genus Littorina. These newly discovered proteins, named littoporins (LitP), contain a central cytolysin/lectin domain and exhibit a predicted protein fold that is almost identical to the three-dimensional structures of actinoporins. Two of these proteins, LitP-1 and LitP-2, were found to be upregulated in L. littorea kidney tissues and immune cells in response to natural and experimental infection with the trematode Himasthla elongata, suggesting their potential role as perforins in the systemic anti-trematode immune response. The primary sequence divergence of littoporins is hypothesized to be attributed to the taxonomic range of cell membranes they can recognize and permeabilize.
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- Alexander Gorbushin
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPhB RAS), St Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Gorbushin AM. Identification of peptidoglycan recognition proteins in hemocytes and kidney of common periwinkle Littorinalittorea. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 120:11-14. [PMID: 34774730 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins (PGRPs) are a diverse group of proteins involved in innate immunity. In particular, PGRPs have been shown to participate in immune pattern recognition in various mollusks. However, they have not been described in Caenogastropoda, a large molluscan group comprising sea, freshwater and land snails. In this study, four short PGRPs with molecular weights ranging from 21 to 34 kDa and their isoforms were identified and structurally characterized in the kidney and hemocytic transcriptomes of a caenogastropod mollusk Littorina littorea. All of them (LlPGRP1-4) are secretory, possess a signal peptide and a characteristic N-terminal N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase (Ami) domain with conserved Zn2+ binding- and amidase catalytic sites. The shortest proteins, LlPGRP1 and LlPGRP2, have no additional conserved motifs on the N-terminus. In longer and most abundantly expressed LlPGRP3 and LlPGRP4 the Ami-domain is combined with an N-terminal SH3-domain and a cysteine-rich motif, respectively. Expression analysis showed that LlPGRPs of the common periwinkle were uninvolved in the immune response to infection with trematode Himasthla elongata though they might act in antibacterial defense.
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- Alexander M Gorbushin
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPhB RAS), St Petersburg, Russia.
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Galaktionov KV, Solovyeva AI, Miroliubov A. Elucidation of Himasthla leptosoma (Creplin, 1829) Dietz, 1909 (Digenea, Himasthlidae) life cycle with insights into species composition of the north Atlantic Himasthla associated with periwinkles Littorina spp. Parasitol Res 2021; 120:1649-1668. [PMID: 33712931 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07117-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Trematodes of the genus Himasthla are usual parasites of coastal birds in nearshore ecosystems of northern European seas and the Atlantic coast of North America. Their first intermediate hosts are marine and brackish-water gastropods, while second intermediate hosts are various invertebrates. We analysed sequences of partial 28S rRNA and nad1 genes and the morphology of intramolluscan stages, particularly cercariae of Himasthla spp. parasitizing intertidal molluscs Littorina spp. in the White Sea, the Barents Sea and coasts of North Norway and Iceland. We showed that only three Himasthla spp. are associated with periwinkles in these regions. Intramolluscan stages of H. elongata were found in Littorina littorea, of H. littorinae, in both L. saxatilis and L. obtusata, and of Cercaria littorinae obtusatae, predominantly, in L. obtusata. Other Himasthla spp. previously reported from Littorina spp. in North Atlantic are either synonymous with one of these species or described erroneously. Based on a comparison of newly generated 28S rDNA sequences with GenBank data, rediae and cercariae of C. littorinae obtusatae were identified as belonging to H. leptosoma. Some previously unknown morphological features of young and mature rediae and cercariae of the three Himasthla spp. are described. We provide a key to the rediae and highlight characters important for identification of cercariae. Genetic diversity within the studied species was only partially determined by their specificity to the molluscan host. The nad1 network constructed for H. leptosoma lacked geographical structure, which is explained by a high gene flow owing to highly vagile definitive hosts, shorebirds.
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- Kirill V Galaktionov
- Laboratory of Parasitic Worms and Protists, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Worms and Protists, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.,Laboratory of Non-Coding DNA, Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Worms and Protists, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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Gorbushin AM. Toll-like signaling pathway in the transcriptome of Littorina littorea. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 106:640-644. [PMID: 32835850 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The transcriptome of the caenogastropod mollusk Littorina littorea was scanned for the presence of sequences encoding Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and corresponding proteins involved in downstream TLR signaling pathway. In the transcriptomic snapshots of hemocytes and kidney tissues, 45 complete TLRs encoded by 35 genes were identified. Out of the 59 non-TLR molecules involved in a canonical TLR signaling pathway, 35 genes were classified as homologous and could be placed within the TLR-mediated MyD88-and MAPK-dependent circuitries. No reference vertebrate adapters TIRAP, TRIF and TRAM were identified in the transcriptome. The results of RNA-seq experiments with an immune challenge (rediae of the digenean Himasthla elongata) indicate that four TLRs (LlTLR1, 3, 5 and 8) and a set of upregulated genes involved in signal transduction (LlMyd88, LlTNFα, LlCASP8, LlFADD, LlNFKBIA (IkBα), LlIRAK1, LlSTAT1, LlMAPK14 (P38), LlMAP2K1 (MEK1/2), LlIRF3 and LlIRF5) may participate in the anti-digenean immune response of L. littorea.
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- Alexander M Gorbushin
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPhB RAS), St Petersburg, Russia.
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Gorbushin AM. Immune response of a caenogastropod host: A case study of Littorina littorea and its digenean parasites. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 101:103465. [PMID: 31398373 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The caenogastropod mollusk Littorina littorea is a promising experimental model for comparative studies on host/parasite immune conflict. Several different digenean parasites use L. littorea as the first intermediate host, overcoming snail immune reactions by a wide range of tactics that are radically different among different digenean species and at different developmental parasite stages. The immune system of L. littorea is rather effective against digenean Himasthla elongata invasion, and even successfully established parasite induces a chronic host immune reaction, present at a low but stable level, that may be involved in the selection of derived parasitic clones in long lived self-sustaining infrapopulations (SSI) of rediae. An anti-digenean response in L. littorea is not systemic (non-generalized) yet tissue specific, mostly reliant on cellular rather than humoral reactions. The repertoire of immune pattern-recognizing receptors in the common periwinkle comprises diverse secreted and membrane-attached lectin molecules, as the main drivers of snail immune discrimination of digenean parasites. Comparative studies suggest that the characteristic vulnerability to digenean parasitism of L. littorea, and gastropods in general, is in part due the overall organization of immunity relative to other classes of molluscs, e.g. the immune strategy of bivalves seems to rely on less specific cellular reactions and a more generalized systemic humoral immunity. This difference may arise from the molecular features of the selective retention of their taxon-specific complement-like molecular complexes, which diverged in common ancestors of Bivalvia and Gastropoda.
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- Alexander M Gorbushin
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPhB RAS), Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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Gorbushin AM. Derivatives of the lectin complement pathway in Lophotrochozoa. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 94:35-58. [PMID: 30682446 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 01/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A plethora of non-overlapping immune molecular mechanisms in metazoans is the most puzzling issue in comparative immunobiology. No valid evolutionary retrospective on these mechanisms has been developed. In this study, we aimed to reveal the origin and evolution of the immune complement-like system in Lophotrochozoa. For this, we analyzed publicly available transcriptomes of prebilaterian and lophotrochozoan species, mapping lineage-specific molecular events on the phylogenetic tree. We found that there were no orthologs of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and ficolins (FCN) in Lophotrochozoa but C1q-like proteins (C1qL), bearing both a collagen domain and a globular C1q domain, were omnipresent in them. This suggests that among all complement-like activators the C1qL-specific domain architecture was an evolutionarily first. Two novel protostomian MASP-Related Molecules, MReM1 and MReM2, might hypothetically compensate for the loss of a prebilaterian MASP-orthologous gene and act in complex with C1qL and C1qDC as a "proto-activator" of an ancient "proto-complement". We proposed a new model of the complement evolution predicting that numerous lineage-specific complement-like systems should have evolved from a stem "antique" molecular complex. First evolved in the common ancestor of coelomic animals, the "antique" humoral complex consisted of a TEP molecule, the common ancestor of TEP-associated proteases (C2/Bf/Сf/Lf), the common ancestor of MASP-like proteases (MASP/C1r/C1s, MReM1/MReM2) and multimeric recognition proteins (C1q-, MBL- and FCN-homologs). Further evolutionary specialization and expansion of the complex was independent and lineage-specific, examples being the mammalian complement system and the Apogastropoda complement-like complex. The latter includes an impressive array of multimeric recognition proteins, the variable immunoglobulin and lectin domain containing molecules (VIgL), homologous to C1q, MBL, FCN and other lectins. Four novel polymorphic subfamilies of VIgLs were found to be expressed in Apogastropoda: C1q-related proteins (QREP), zona pellucida-related proteins (ZREP), Scavenger Receptor Cys-Rich-related proteins (SREP) and HPA-lectin related proteins (HREP). The transcriptional response of fibrinogen-related proteins of VIgL family (LlFREP), LlQREP and LlSREP to infestation of common periwinkle, Littorina littorea, with digenean parasite Himasthla elongata correlates with that of LlMReM1, supporting the model suggested in this study.
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- Alexander M Gorbushin
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPhB RAS), Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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Poulin R, Kamiya T, Lagrue C. Evolution, phylogenetic distribution and functional ecology of division of labour in trematodes. Parasit Vectors 2019; 12:5. [PMID: 30609937 PMCID: PMC6320615 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-3241-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Division of labour has evolved in many social animals where colonies consist of clones or close kin. It involves the performance of different tasks by morphologically distinct castes, leading to increased colony fitness. Recently, a form of division of labour has been discovered in trematodes: clonal rediae inside the snail intermediate host belong either to a large-bodied reproductive caste, or to a much smaller and morphologically distinct ‘soldier’ caste which defends the colony against co-infecting trematodes. We review recent research on this phenomenon, focusing on its phylogenetic distribution, its possible evolutionary origins, and how division of labour functions to allow trematode colonies within their snail host to adjust to threats and changing conditions. To date, division of labour has been documented in 15 species from three families: Himasthlidae, Philophthalmidae and Heterophyidae. Although this list of species is certainly incomplete, the evidence suggests that division of labour has arisen independently more than once in the evolutionary history of trematodes. We propose a simple scenario for the gradual evolution of division of labour in trematodes facing a high risk of competition in a long-lived snail host. Starting with initial conditions prior to the origin of castes (size variation among rediae within a colony, size-dependent production of cercariae by rediae, and a trade-off between cercarial production and other functions, such as defence), maximising colony fitness (R0) can lead to caste formation or the age-structured division of labour observed in some trematodes. Finally, we summarise recent research showing that caste ratios, i.e. relative numbers of reproductive and soldier rediae per colony, become more soldier-biased in colonies exposed to competition from another trematode species sharing the same snail, and also respond to other stressors threatening the host’s survival or the colony itself. In addition, there is evidence of asymmetrical phenotypic plasticity among individual caste members: reproductives can assume defensive functions against competitors in the absence of soldiers, whereas soldiers are incapable of growing into reproductives if the latter’s numbers are reduced. We conclude by highlighting future research directions, and the advantages of trematodes as model systems to study social evolution.
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- Robert Poulin
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Fokina N, Ruokolainen T, Bakhmet I. Lipid profiles in Himasthla elongata and their intermediate hosts, Littorina littorea and Mytilus edulis. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2018; 225:4-6. [PMID: 30142352 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this research, the lipid profiles in rediae and free-living larvae (cercariae) of the trematodes Himasthla elongata were studied. It was shown that the lipid profiles of cercariae and rediae reflect the selective accumulation of membrane phospholipids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. In addition, infected tissues' lipid compositions in the intermediate hosts Littorina littorea (whole organism) and Mytilus edulis (foot) were studied. Modifications in the molluscs' lipid compositions were mainly caused by the parasites' metabolic requirements, as the parasites are unable to engage in de novo lipid biosynthesis, and thus, they utilise the host tissues' metabolites. The assumption that changes in the lipid unsaturation of infected intermediate hosts may affect their temperature resistance was discussed.
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- Natalia Fokina
- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkinskaja st. 11, Petrozavodsk 185910, Russia.
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- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkinskaja st. 11, Petrozavodsk 185910, Russia
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- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushkinskaja st. 11, Petrozavodsk 185910, Russia
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Gorbushin AM. Immune repertoire in the transcriptome of Littorina littorea reveals new trends in lophotrochozoan proto-complement evolution. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 84:250-263. [PMID: 29501422 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The evolution of complement system in invertebrates is poorly investigated. While the repertoire of complement genes in several Ecdysozoa lineages is found substantially different from that of Deuterostomia, the composition and function of the complement in the second protostome lineage, Lophotrochozoa, remains unclear. Here we report the general description of new transcriptomic data on the common periwinkle, Littorina littorea, and trace the evolutionary trajectories of the ancestral proto-complement repertoire. The repertoire is defined as immune cascade providing the minimum set of C3-associated molecules required for C3b amplification, opsonization of the targets and their phagocytosis: thioester protein (TEP) C3, serine protease C2/factor B (Bf) and complement receptors (CR). The reference transcriptome of L. littorea was built from the dual-species RNA-seq experiment with the periwinkle and its tissue digenean parasite Himasthla elongata. Five TEPs, including the ortholog of the C3, are found expressed in the in the mollusk's inflamed tissues. The homolog of the complement receptors CR1/CR2 is also expressed, however the ortholog of Bf is not. The extensive phylogenetic analysis showed that the C3 ortholog and the complement receptors are retained in all key lophotrochozoan taxa: Mollusca, Annelida and Brachiopoda. However, the Bf ortholog was lost at least three times independently in different lineages: i) Cephalopoda, ii) a common ancestor of all Gastropoda and iii) one of the Annelida lineage, Clitellata. Both C3 and Bf molecules were retained in bivalve species, brachiopods and annelid worms from the Polychaeta lineage. Hypothetically, the function of the lost Bf in these animals can be compensated by Factor L (Lf) - the serine protease first found in L. littorea and homologous to both, the Bf and the arthropod factor C (Cf). The contrast differences in proto-complement repertoire between the sister mollusk' taxa, Bivalvia and Gastropoda (the conserved and modified sets, respectively), can underlie differences in their susceptibility to digenean infection.
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- Alexander M Gorbushin
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (IEPhB RAS), Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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Klimovich AV, Gorbushin AM. Evolutionary radiation of cytotoxic effects in bivalve and gastropod haemolymph. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093017060047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gorbushin AM. Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin domain-containing proteins in a dual-species transcriptome of caenogastropoda Littorina littorea and its trematode parasite Himasthla elongata. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 54:254-256. [PMID: 27094958 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The MACPF domain-containing proteins potentially able to build a transmembrane pore structure are found in the transcriptome of a common periwinkle kidney loaded with trematode rediae. Two homologs of mammalian Macrophage expressed gene 1 (Mpeg1), LlMpeg1-1 and LIMpeg1-2, share similar domain structure with the only difference such as LIMpeg1-2 transcript lacks of a C-terminal transmembrane helix. Expression of membrane-anchored protein LlMpeg1-1 is similar in kidneys of naturally infected with trematode Himasthla elongata and uninfected snails. The expression of the second soluble LIMpeg1-2 protein is 4-fold upregulated under infection. The third MACPF protein found in Littorina littorea kidney is homologous with Perivitellin - 2 67 kDa subunit named LlPV2-67 and the expression of the transcript is 3-fold upregulated in the kidney of infected snails. The last two molecules are candidate effectors that may participate in the immune response of common periwinkles to trematode infestation. A single parasite-expressed MACPF-like protein was recorded from the transcriptome of Himasthla elongata.
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- Alexander M Gorbushin
- Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPhB RAS), St-Petersburg, Russia.
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Solovyeva AI, Stefanova VN, Podgornaya OI, Demin SI. Karyotype features of trematode Himasthla elongata. Mol Cytogenet 2016; 9:34. [PMID: 27134655 PMCID: PMC4850635 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-016-0246-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Trematodes have a complex life cycle with animal host changes and alternation of parthenogenetic and hermaphrodite generations. The parthenogenetic generation of the worm (rediae) from the first intermediate host Littorina littorea was used for chromosome spreads production. Karyotype description of parasitic flatworm Himasthla elongata Mehlis, 1831 (Digenea: Himasthlidae) based on fluorochrome banding and 18S rDNA mapping. RESULTS Chromosome spreads were obtained from cercariae embryos and redial tissue suspensions with high pressure squash method.74.4 % of the analysed spreads contained 12 chromosome pairs (2n = 24). Chromosome classification was performed according to the morphometry and nomenclature published. H. elongata spread chromosomes had a rather bead-like structure. Ideograms of DAPI-banded chromosomes contained 130 individual bands. According to flow cytometry data, the H. elongata genome contains 1.25 pg of DNA, so one band contains, on average, 9.4 Mb of DNA. Image bank captures of individual high-resolution DAPI-banded chromosomes were provided. Differential DAPI- and CMA3-staining revealed the chromatin areas that differed in AT- or GC-content. Both dyes stained chromosomes all along but with varying intensities in different areas. FISH revealed that vast majority (95.0 %) of interphase nuclei contained one signal for 18S rDNA. This corresponded to the number of nucleoli per cell detected by observations in vivo. The rDNA signal was observed on one or two homologs of chromosome 10 in 72.2 % of analysed chromosome spreads, therefore chromosome 10 possessed the main rDNA cluster and minor ones on chromosomes 3 and 6, that corresponds with AgNOR results. CONCLUSIONS Himasthla elongata chromosomes variations presented as image bank. Differential chromosome staining with fluorochromes and FISH used for 18S rDNA mapping let us to conclude: (1) Himasthla elongata karyotype is 2n = 24; (2) chromosome number deviates from the previously studied echinostomatids (2n = 14-22); (3). Chromosome 10 possesses the main rDNA cluster with the minor ones existing on chromosomes 3 and 6.
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- Institute of Cytology RAS, St. Petersburg, 194064 Russia ; Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia ; Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, 690922 Russia
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Galaktionov KV, Podvyaznaya IM, Nikolaev KE, Levakin IA. Self-sustaining infrapopulation or colony? Redial clonal groups of Himasthla elongata (Mehlis, 1831) (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Littorina littorea (Linnaeus) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) do not support the concept of eusocial colonies in trematodes. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2015; 62. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2015.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Keogh CL, Sanderson ME, Byers JE. Local adaptation to parasite selective pressure: comparing three congeneric co-occurring hosts. Oecologia 2015; 180:137-47. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3461-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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