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Clifton BD, Librado P, Yeh SD, Solares ES, Real DA, Jayasekera SU, Zhang W, Shi M, Park RV, Magie RD, Ma HC, Xia XQ, Marco A, Rozas J, Ranz JM. Rapid Functional and Sequence Differentiation of a Tandemly Repeated Species-Specific Multigene Family in Drosophila. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 34:51-65. [PMID: 27702774 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Gene clusters of recently duplicated genes are hotbeds for evolutionary change. However, our understanding of how mutational mechanisms and evolutionary forces shape the structural and functional evolution of these clusters is hindered by the high sequence identity among the copies, which typically results in their inaccurate representation in genome assemblies. The presumed testis-specific, chimeric gene Sdic originated, and tandemly expanded in Drosophila melanogaster, contributing to increased male-male competition. Using various types of massively parallel sequencing data, we studied the organization, sequence evolution, and functional attributes of the different Sdic copies. By leveraging long-read sequencing data, we uncovered both copy number and order differences from the currently accepted annotation for the Sdic region. Despite evidence for pervasive gene conversion affecting the Sdic copies, we also detected signatures of two episodes of diversifying selection, which have contributed to the evolution of a variety of C-termini and miRNA binding site compositions. Expression analyses involving RNA-seq datasets from 59 different biological conditions revealed distinctive expression breadths among the copies, with three copies being transcribed in females, opening the possibility to a sexually antagonistic effect. Phenotypic assays using Sdic knock-out strains indicated that should this antagonistic effect exist, it does not compromise female fertility. Our results strongly suggest that the genome consolidation of the Sdic gene cluster is more the result of a quick exploration of different paths of molecular tinkering by different copies than a mere dosage increase, which could be a recurrent evolutionary outcome in the presence of persistent sexual selection.
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- Bryan D Clifton
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Zhongli District, Taiwan
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadistica, and Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA
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Boylan K, Serr M, Hays T. A molecular genetic analysis of the interaction between the cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain and the glued (dynactin) complex. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:3791-803. [PMID: 11071907 PMCID: PMC15037 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.11.3791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein performs multiple cellular functions; however, the regulation and targeting of the motor to different cargoes is not well understood. A biochemical interaction between the dynein intermediate chain subunit and the p150-Glued component of the dynein regulatory complex, dynactin, has supported the hypothesis that the intermediate chain is a key modulator of dynein attachment to cellular cargoes. In this report, we identify multiple intermediate chain polypeptides that cosediment with the 19S dynein complex and two differentially expressed transcripts derived from the single cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain (Cdic) gene that differ in the 3' untranslated region sequence. These results support previous observations of multiple Cdic gene products that may contribute to the specialization of dynein function. Most significantly, we provide genetic evidence that the interaction between the dynein intermediate chain and p150-Glued is functionally relevant. We use a genomic Cdic transgene to show that extra copies of the dynein intermediate chain gene act to suppress the rough eye phenotype of the mutant Glued(1), a mutation in the p150-Glued subunit of dynactin. Furthermore, we show that the interaction between the dynein intermediate chain and p150-Glued is dependent on the dosage of the Cdic gene. This result suggests that the dynein intermediate chain may be a limiting component in the assembly of the dynein complex and that the regulation of the interaction between the dynein intermediate chain and dynactin is critical for dynein function.
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- K Boylan
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA.
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Nurminsky DI, Nurminskaya MV, De Aguiar D, Hartl DL. Selective sweep of a newly evolved sperm-specific gene in Drosophila. Nature 1998; 396:572-5. [PMID: 9859991 DOI: 10.1038/25126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The pattern of genetic variation across the genome of Drosophila melanogaster is consistent with the occurrence of frequent 'selective sweeps', in which new favourable mutations become incorporated into the species so quickly that linked alleles can 'hitchhike' and also become fixed. Because of the hitchhiking of linked genes, it is generally difficult to identify the target of any putative selective sweep. Here, however, we identify a new gene in D. melanogaster that codes for a sperm-specific axonemal dynein subunit. The gene has a new testes-specific promoter derived from a protein-coding region in a gene encoding the cell-adhesion protein annexin X (AnnX), and it contains a new protein-coding exon derived from an intron in a gene encoding a cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain (Cdic). The new transcription unit, designated Sdic (for sperm-specific dynein intermediate chain), has been duplicated about tenfold in a tandem array. Consistent with the selective sweep of this gene, the level of genetic polymorphism near Sdic is unusually low. The discovery of this gene supports other results that point to the rapid molecular evolution of male reproductive functions.
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- D I Nurminsky
- Harvard University, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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Nurminsky DI, Nurminskaya MV, Benevolenskaya EV, Shevelyov YY, Hartl DL, Gvozdev VA. Cytoplasmic dynein intermediate-chain isoforms with different targeting properties created by tissue-specific alternative splicing. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:6816-25. [PMID: 9774695 PMCID: PMC109265 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.11.6816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The intermediate chains (ICs) are the subunits of the cytoplasmic dynein that provide binding of the complex to cargo organelles through interaction of their N termini with dynactin. We present evidence that in Drosophila, the IC subunits are represented by at least 10 structural isoforms, created by the alternative splicing of transcripts from a unique Cdic gene. The splicing pattern is tissue specific. A constitutive set of four IC isoforms is expressed in all tissues tested; in addition, tissue-specific isoforms are found in the ovaries and nervous tissue. The structural variations between isoforms are limited to the N terminus of the IC molecule, where the interaction with dynactin takes place. This suggests differences in the dynactin-mediated organelle binding by IC isoforms. Accordingly, when transiently expressed in Drosophila Schneider-3 cells, the IC isoforms differ in their intracellular targeting properties from each other. A mechanism is proposed for the regulation of dynein binding to organelles through the changes in the content of the IC isoform pool.
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- D I Nurminsky
- Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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