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Onai T, Aramaki T, Takai A, Kakiguchi K, Yonemura S. Cranial cartilages: Players in the evolution of the cranium during evolution of the chordates in general and of the vertebrates in particular. Evol Dev 2023; 25:197-208. [PMID: 36946416 DOI: 10.1111/ede.12433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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The present contribution is chiefly a review, augmented by some new results on amphioxus and lamprey anatomy, that draws on paleontological and developmental data to suggest a scenario for cranial cartilage evolution in the phylum chordata. Consideration is given to the cartilage-related tissues of invertebrate chordates (amphioxus and some fossil groups like vetulicolians) as well as in the two major divisions of the subphylum Vertebrata (namely, agnathans, and gnathostomes). In the invertebrate chordates, which can be considered plausible proxy ancestors of the vertebrates, only a viscerocranium is present, whereas a neurocranium is absent. For this situation, we examine how cartilage-related tissues of this head region prefigure the cellular cartilage types in the vertebrates. We then focus on the vertebrate neurocranium, where cyclostomes evidently lack neural-crest derived trabecular cartilage (although this point needs to be established more firmly). In the more complex gnathostome, several neural-crest derived cartilage types are present: namely, the trabecular cartilages of the prechordal region and the parachordal cartilage the chordal region. In sum, we present an evolutionary framework for cranial cartilage evolution in chordates and suggest aspects of the subject that should profit from additional study.
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- Takayuki Onai
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
- Life Science Innovation Center, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Laboratory for Pattern Formation, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory for Cell Polarity Regulation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics, Research, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics, Research, Hyogo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics, Research, Hyogo, Japan
- Department of Cell Biology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan
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Yokoyama H, Morino Y, Wada H. Identification of a unique lamprey gene with tandemly repeated sequences and pharyngeal chondrocyte-specific expression. Gene 2019; 701:9-14. [PMID: 30898708 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.02.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recent studies have revealed a common cartilage genetic regulatory network among vertebrates, cephalochordates, and arthropods. It has been proposed that this network was originally established for the dense connective tissues of ancestral invertebrates and subsequently recruited for chondrocyte differentiation in various lineages. This reasoning prompted questions about whether the evolution of cartilage from dense connective tissues occurred in the common ancestors of vertebrates. Alternatively, the evolution of cartilage may have occurred independently in agnathans and in gnathostomes, because extant agnathans (cyclostomes) are known to possess a matrix composition different from that of gnathostomes. Here, we identified the gene which is likely to encode one of the matrix proteins unique to lamprey cartilage, which we designated pharymprin. Pharymprin shows specific expression in larval pharyngeal chondrocytes. Like lamprins, which are the known matrix proteins of lamprey trabecular cartilage, pharymprin is also composed of repeated sequences. However, the repeated sequence is distinct from that of lamprins. The presence of two distinct matrix proteins in lamprey cartilage supports the hypothesis that true cartilage evolved independently in cyclostomes and gnathostomes.
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- Hiromasa Yokoyama
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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Tu H, Huhtala P, Lee HM, Adams JC, Pihlajaniemi T. Membrane-associated collagens with interrupted triple-helices (MACITs): evolution from a bilaterian common ancestor and functional conservation in C. elegans. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:281. [PMID: 26667623 PMCID: PMC4678570 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0554-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Collagens provide structural support and guidance cues within the extracellular matrix of metazoans. Mammalian collagens XIII, XXIII and XXV form a unique subgroup of type II transmembrane proteins, each comprising a short N-terminal cytosolic domain, a transmembrane domain and a largely collagenous ectodomain. We name these collagens as MACITs (Membrane-Associated Collagens with Interrupted Triple-helices), and here investigate their evolution and conserved properties. To date, these collagens have been studied only in mammals. Knowledge of the representation of MACITs in other extant metazoans is lacking. This question is of interest for understanding structural/functional relationships in the MACIT family and also for insight into the evolution of MACITs in relation to the secreted, fibrillar collagens that are present throughout the metazoa. RESULTS MACITs are restricted to bilaterians and are represented in the Ecdysozoa, Hemichordata, Urochordata and Vertebrata (Gnathostomata). They were not identified in available early-diverging metazoans, Lophotrochozoa, Echinodermata, Cephalochordata or Vertebrata (Cyclostomata). Whereas invertebrates encode a single MACIT, collagens XIII/XXIII/XXV of jawed vertebrates are paralogues that originated from the two rounds of en-bloc genome duplication occurring early in vertebrate evolution. MACITs have conserved domain architecture in which a juxta-membrane furin-cleavage site and the C-terminal 34 residues are especially highly conserved, whereas the cytoplasmic domains are weakly conserved. To study protein expression and function in a metazoan with a single MACIT gene, we focused on Caenorhabditis elegans and its col-99 gene. A col-99 cDNA was cloned and expressed as protein in mammalian CHO cells, two antibodies against COL-99 protein were generated, and a col-99-bearing fosmid gene construct col-99::egfp::flag was used to generate transgenic C. elegans lines. The encoded COL-99 polypeptide is 85 kDa in size and forms a trimeric protein. COL-99 is plasma membrane-associated and undergoes furin-dependent ectodomain cleavage and shedding. COL-99 is detected in mouth, pharynx, body wall and the tail, mostly in motor neurons and muscle systems and is enriched at neuromuscular junctions. CONCLUSIONS Through identification of MACITs in multiple metazoan phyla we developed a model for the evolution of MACITs. The experimental data demonstrate conservation of MACIT molecular and cellular properties and tissue localisations in the invertebrate, C. elegans.
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- Hongmin Tu
- Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu, FIN 90014, Finland.
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- Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu, FIN 90014, Finland.
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- Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu, FIN 90014, Finland.
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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- Centre of Excellence in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu, FIN 90014, Finland.
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Elliott AG, Delay C, Liu H, Phua Z, Rosengren KJ, Benfield AH, Panero JL, Colgrave ML, Jayasena AS, Dunse KM, Anderson MA, Schilling EE, Ortiz-Barrientos D, Craik DJ, Mylne JS. Evolutionary origins of a bioactive peptide buried within Preproalbumin. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:981-95. [PMID: 24681618 PMCID: PMC4001405 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.123620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The de novo evolution of proteins is now considered a frequented route for biological innovation, but the genetic and biochemical processes that lead to each newly created protein are often poorly documented. The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) contains the unusual gene PawS1 (Preproalbumin with SFTI-1) that encodes a precursor for seed storage albumin; however, in a region usually discarded during albumin maturation, its sequence is matured into SFTI-1, a protease-inhibiting cyclic peptide with a motif homologous to unrelated inhibitors from legumes, cereals, and frogs. To understand how PawS1 acquired this additional peptide with novel biochemical functionality, we cloned PawS1 genes and showed that this dual destiny is over 18 million years old. This new family of mostly backbone-cyclic peptides is structurally diverse, but the protease-inhibitory motif was restricted to peptides from sunflower and close relatives from its subtribe. We describe a widely distributed, potential evolutionary intermediate PawS-Like1 (PawL1), which is matured into storage albumin, but makes no stable peptide despite possessing residues essential for processing and cyclization from within PawS1. Using sequences we cloned, we retrodict the likely stepwise creation of PawS1's additional destiny within a simple albumin precursor. We propose that relaxed selection enabled SFTI-1 to evolve its inhibitor function by converging upon a successful sequence and structure.
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- Alysha G. Elliott
- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- The University of Western Australia, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
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- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
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- University of Tennessee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- The University of Western Australia, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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Miao M, Sitarz E, Bellingham CM, Won E, Muiznieks LD, Keeley FW. Sequence and domain arrangements influence mechanical properties of elastin-like polymeric elastomers. Biopolymers 2013; 99:392-407. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ming Miao
- Molecular Structure and Function Program; Research Institute; The Hospital for Sick Children; 555 University Avenue; Toronto; ON; M5G1X8; Canada
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- Molecular Structure and Function Program; Research Institute; The Hospital for Sick Children; 555 University Avenue; Toronto; ON; M5G1X8; Canada
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- Molecular Structure and Function Program; Research Institute; The Hospital for Sick Children; 555 University Avenue; Toronto; ON; M5G1X8; Canada
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- Molecular Structure and Function Program; Research Institute; The Hospital for Sick Children; 555 University Avenue; Toronto; ON; M5G1X8; Canada
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- Molecular Structure and Function Program; Research Institute; The Hospital for Sick Children; 555 University Avenue; Toronto; ON; M5G1X8; Canada
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Takechi M, Takeuchi M, Ota KG, Nishimura O, Mochii M, Itomi K, Adachi N, Takahashi M, Fujimoto S, Tarui H, Okabe M, Aizawa S, Kuratani S. Overview of the transcriptome profiles identified in hagfish, shark, and bichir: current issues arising from some nonmodel vertebrate taxa. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2011; 316:526-46. [PMID: 21809437 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Because of their crucial phylogenetic positions, hagfishes, sharks, and bichirs are recognized as key taxa in our understanding of vertebrate evolution. The expression patterns of the regulatory genes involved in developmental patterning have been analyzed in the context of evolutionary developmental studies. However, in a survey of public sequence databases, we found that the large-scale sequence data for these taxa are still limited. To address this deficit, we used conventional Sanger DNA sequencing and a next-generation sequencing technology based on 454 GS FLX sequencing to obtain expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of the Japanese inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri; 161,482 ESTs), cloudy catshark (Scyliorhinus torazame; 165,819 ESTs), and gray bichir (Polypterus senegalus; 34,336 ESTs). We deposited the ESTs in a newly constructed database, designated the "Vertebrate TimeCapsule." The ESTs include sequences from genes that can be effectively used in evolutionary developmental studies; for instance, several encode cartilaginous extracellular matrix proteins, which are central to an understanding of the ways in which evolutionary processes affected the skeletal elements, whereas others encode regulatory genes involved in craniofacial development and early embryogenesis. Here, we discuss how hagfishes, sharks, and bichirs contribute to our understanding of vertebrate evolution, we review the current status of the publicly available sequence data for these three taxa, and we introduce our EST projects and newly developed database.
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- Masaki Takechi
- Laboratory for Evolutionary Morphology, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan
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Bai X, Mamidala P, Rajarapu SP, Jones SC, Mittapalli O. Transcriptomics of the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). PLoS One 2011; 6:e16336. [PMID: 21283830 PMCID: PMC3023805 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are blood-feeding insects poised to become one of the major pests in households throughout the United States. Resistance of C. lectularius to insecticides/pesticides is one factor thought to be involved in its sudden resurgence. Despite its high-impact status, scant knowledge exists at the genomic level for C. lectularius. Hence, we subjected the C. lectularius transcriptome to 454 pyrosequencing in order to identify potential genes involved in pesticide resistance. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Using 454 pyrosequencing, we obtained a total of 216,419 reads with 79,596,412 bp, which were assembled into 35,646 expressed sequence tags (3902 contigs and 31744 singletons). Nearly 85.9% of the C. lectularius sequences showed similarity to insect sequences, but 44.8% of the deduced proteins of C. lectularius did not show similarity with sequences in the GenBank non-redundant database. KEGG analysis revealed putative members of several detoxification pathways involved in pesticide resistance. Lamprin domains, Protein Kinase domains, Protein Tyrosine Kinase domains and cytochrome P450 domains were among the top Pfam domains predicted for the C. lectularius sequences. An initial assessment of putative defense genes, including a cytochrome P450 and a glutathione-S-transferase (GST), revealed high transcript levels for the cytochrome P450 (CYP9) in pesticide-exposed versus pesticide-susceptible C. lectularius populations. A significant number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (296) and microsatellite loci (370) were predicted in the C. lectularius sequences. Furthermore, 59 putative sequences of Wolbachia were retrieved from the database. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge this is the first study to elucidate the genetic makeup of C. lectularius. This pyrosequencing effort provides clues to the identification of potential detoxification genes involved in pesticide resistance of C. lectularius and lays the foundation for future functional genomics studies.
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- Xiaodong Bai
- Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
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Ota KG, Kuratani S. Expression pattern of two collagen type 2 alpha1 genes in the Japanese inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri) with special reference to the evolution of cartilaginous tissue. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2010; 314:157-65. [PMID: 19750486 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Collagen type 2 alpha1 (Col2A1) protein is a major component of the cartilaginous extracellular matrix (ECM) in vertebrates. Over the past two decades, the evolutionary origin of Col2A1 has been studied at the biochemical and molecular levels in extant jawless vertebrates (hagfishes and lampreys). Although these studies have contributed to our understanding of ECM protein evolution, the expression profile of the Col2A1 gene in hagfishes has not been fully described. We have performed molecular cloning and analyzed the gene expression pattern of the Col2A1 gene in the Japanese inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri). We succeeded in isolating two Col2A1 genes, EbCol2A1A and EbCol2A1B, in which EbCol2A1A was expressed in the noncartilaginous connective tissues whereas EbCol2A1B was detected in some cartilaginous elements. Based on these results, we discuss the evolutionary history of Col2A1 genes in early vertebrates.
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- Kinya G Ota
- Laboratory for Evolutionary Morphology, Center for Developmental Biology, Minatojima-minami, Chuo, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
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Segade F. Functional evolution of the microfibril-associated glycoproteins. Gene 2009; 439:43-54. [PMID: 19332111 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The microfibril-associated glycoproteins (MAGPs) are cysteine-rich low molecular weight components of the fibrillin-based microfibrillar complex. MAGPs are evolutionarily conserved in vertebrates and have important roles in microfibril and elastic fiber structure, homeostasis, and vascular development. Two MAGPs, designated MAGP1 and MAGP2, are encoded in the mammalian genome. Although MAGP sequences have been identified in several vertebrate species, the extent of conservation and evolutionary history of the MAGPs in vertebrates is unknown. Sequence similarity searches of nucleotide and protein databases identified the first homologs of MAGP1 in monotremes, birds, elasmobranchs and agnathans, and the first MAGP2 genes in marsupials, birds and teleosts. A model for MAGP evolution is presented. Phylogenetic analysis identified the ancient origin of MAGP1 and the evolution of MAGP2 from a gene duplication event early in vertebrate evolution. Phylogenomic analysis shows conservation of synteny between teleosts and tetrapods and suggests a multigene duplication event. The MAGP2 gene has evolved rapidly as an innovation in the bony vertebrate lineage. Estimates of functional divergence and complex nucleotide substitution models suggest that the divergence of MAGP2 took place by relaxation of selective constraints; and that MAGP1 has consistently been constrained by strong purifying selection. Correlated evolution between MAGP1 and the developmental regulator, Notch1, may explain some of the selective forces acting on MAGP2.
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- Fernando Segade
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 40th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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McCauley DW. SoxE, Type II collagen, and Evolution of the Chondrogenic Neural Crest. Zoolog Sci 2008; 25:982-9. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ota KG, Kuratani S. Developmental Biology of Hagfishes, with a Report on Newly Obtained Embryos of the Japanese Inshore Hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri. Zoolog Sci 2008; 25:999-1011. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chung MIS, Miao M, Stahl RJ, Chan E, Parkinson J, Keeley FW. Sequences and domain structures of mammalian, avian, amphibian and teleost tropoelastins: Clues to the evolutionary history of elastins. Matrix Biol 2006; 25:492-504. [PMID: 16982180 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.08.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2006] [Revised: 08/02/2006] [Accepted: 08/02/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Tropoelastin is the monomeric form of elastin, a polymeric extracellular matrix protein responsible for properties of extensibility and elastic recoil in connective tissues of most vertebrates. As an approach to investigate how sequence and structural characteristics of tropoelastin assist in polymeric assembly and account for the elastomeric properties of this polymer, and to better understand the evolutionary history of elastin, we have identified and characterized tropoelastins from frog (Xenopus tropicalis) and zebrafish (Danio rerio), comparing these to their mammalian and avian counterparts. Unlike other species, two tropoelastin genes were expressed in zebrafish. All tropoelastins shared a predominant and characteristic alternating domain arrangement, as well as the fundamental crosslinking sequence motifs. However, zebrafish and frog tropoelastins had several unusual characteristics, including increased exon numbers and protein molecular weights, and decreased hydropathies. For all tropoelastins there was evidence of evolutionary expansion of the proteins by extensive replication of a hydrophobic-crosslinking exon pair. This was particularly apparent for zebrafish and frog tropoelastin genes, where remnants of sequence similarity were also seen in introns flanking the replicated exon pair. While overall alignment of mammalian, avian, frog and zebrafish tropoelastin sequences was not possible because of sequence variability, the C-terminal exon was well-conserved in all species. In addition, good sequence alignment was possible for several exons just upstream of the putative region of replication, suggesting that these conserved domains may represent 'primordial' core sequences present in the ancestral sequence common to all tropoelastins and in some way essential to the structure/function of elastin.
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- Martin I S Chung
- Cardiovascular Research Program, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G1X8
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Herranz R, Mateos J, Mas JA, García-Zaragoza E, Cervera M, Marco R. The Coevolution of Insect Muscle TpnT and TpnI Gene Isoforms. Mol Biol Evol 2005; 22:2231-42. [PMID: 16049195 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In bilaterians, the main regulator of muscle contraction is the troponin (Tpn) complex, comprising three closely interacting subunits (C, T, and I). To understand how evolutionary forces drive molecular change in protein complexes, we have compared the gene structures and expression patterns of Tpn genes in insects. In this class, while TpnC is encoded by multiple genes, TpnT and TpnI are encoded by single genes. Their isoform expression pattern is highly conserved within the Drosophilidae, and single orthologous genes were identified in the sequenced genomes of Drosophila pseudoobscura, Anopheles gambiae, and Apis mellifera. Apis expression patterns also support the equivalence of their exon organization throughout holometabolous insects. All TpnT genes include a previously unidentified indirect flight muscle (IFM)-specific exon (10A) that has evolved an expression pattern similar to that of exon 9 in TpnI. Thus, expression patterns, sequence evolution trends, and structural data indicate that Tpn genes and their isoforms have coevolved, building species- and muscle-specific troponin complexes. Furthermore, a clear case can be made for independent evolution of the IFM-specific isoforms containing alanine/proline-rich sequences. Dipteran genomes contain one tropomyosin gene that encodes one or two high-molecular weight isoforms (TmH) incorporating APPAEGA-rich sequences, specifically expressed in IFM. Corresponding exons do not exist in the Apis tropomyosin gene, but equivalent sequences occur in a high-molecular weight Apis IFM-specific TpnI isoform (TnH). Overall, our approach to comparatively analyze supramolecular complexes reveals coevolutionary trends not only in gene families but in isoforms generated by alternative splicing.
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- Raúl Herranz
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols UAM-CSIC, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Harhangi HR, Akhmanova A, Steenbakkers PJM, Jetten MSM, van der Drift C, Op den Camp HJM. Genomic DNA analysis of genes encoding (hemi-)cellulolytic enzymes of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces sp. E2. Gene 2003; 314:73-80. [PMID: 14527719 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(03)00705-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Anaerobic fungi contain more than one copy of genes encoding (hemi-)cellulases in their genome. The arrangement of these genes on the chromosomes was not known. A genomic DNA (gDNA) library of Piromyces sp. E2 was screened with different probes specific for (hemi-)cellulolytic enzymes. This screening resulted in three gDNA clones with genes encoding glycoside hydrolase enzymes of families 1 (beta-glucosidase), 6 (exoglucanase) and 26 (mannanase). Each clone contained two or more genes of the same family. Comparison of the gene copies on a clone revealed that they were highly homologous, and in addition, 54-75% of the substitutions was synonymous. One of the mannanase genes contained an intron. PCR with selected primers resulted in a gDNA clone with a new representative (cel9B) of glycoside hydrolase family 9 (endoglucanase). Comparison with cel9A revealed that cel9B had 67% homology on the nucleotide level. Furthermore, three introns were present. All results of this paper taken together provided evidence for duplications of (hemi-)cellulolytic genes, which resulted in clusters of almost identical genes arranged head-to-tail on the genome. In contrast to other eukaryotes, this phenomenon appears frequently in anaerobic fungi.
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- Harry R Harhangi
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Leiers B, Kampkötter A, Grevelding CG, Link CD, Johnson TE, Henkle-Dührsen K. A stress-responsive glutathione S-transferase confers resistance to oxidative stress in Caenorhabditis elegans. Free Radic Biol Med 2003; 34:1405-15. [PMID: 12757851 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(03)00102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Previous studies demonstrated that the Caenorhabditis elegans GST-p24 is upregulated at the steady state mRNA level in response to oxidative stress. A transcriptional upregulation was confirmed in the current study by analyzing Ce-GST-p24 promoter-reporter constructs in transgenic C. elegans strains CL2166 and CL3166. The transgenic strain BL1, which overexpresses the Ce-GST-p24 enzyme (as a GFP fusion protein controlled by its own promoter), was generated to investigate the function of this enzyme in vivo. Stress experiments with BL1 demonstrated an increased resistance to intracellularly induced oxidative stress, as compared to wild type. The consequences of a decrease in the Ce-GST-p24 enzyme concentration were examined by RNAi-treatment of BL1 C. elegans to silence both the endogene and the transgene Ce-GST-p24 and by the analysis of the K08F4.7 homozygous deletion mutant. In both cases, the reduced Ce-GST-p24 enzyme level resulted in a significant decrease in the stress resistance of the nematodes. These results clearly demonstrate a direct correlation between the concentration of Ce-GST-p24 and the resistance to oxidative stress. We have demonstrated for the first time that manipulation of the expression of a single GST can modulate the organismal response to oxidative stress. The enzymatic activity of this detoxification enzyme was examined with various substrates, giving emphasis to lipid peroxidation products. The Ce-GST-p24 was also localized in BL1 C. elegans by confocal laser-scanning microscopy, revealing a wide-spread distribution profile.
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- Britta Leiers
- Institute for Genetics and Biological-Medical Research Center, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Kozel BA, Wachi H, Davis EC, Mecham RP. Domains in tropoelastin that mediate elastin deposition in vitro and in vivo. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:18491-8. [PMID: 12626514 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212715200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Elastic fiber assembly is a complicated process involving multiple different proteins and enzyme activities. However, the specific protein-protein interactions that facilitate elastin polymerization have not been defined. To identify domains in the tropoelastin molecule important for the assembly process, we utilized an in vitro assembly model to map sequences within tropoelastin that facilitate its association with fibrillin-containing microfibrils in the extracellular matrix. Our results show that an essential assembly domain is located in the C-terminal region of the molecule, encoded by exons 29-36. Fine mapping studies using an exon deletion strategy and synthetic peptides identified the hydrophobic sequence in exon 30 as a major functional element in this region and suggested that the assembly process is driven by the propensity of this sequence to form beta-sheet structure. Tropoelastin molecules lacking the C-terminal assembly domain expressed as transgenes in mice did not assemble nor did they interfere with assembly of full-length normal mouse elastin. In addition to providing important information about elastin assembly in general, the results of this study suggest how removal or alteration of the C terminus through stop or frameshift mutations might contribute to the elastin-related diseases supravalvular aortic stenosis and cutis laxa.
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- Beth A Kozel
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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