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Ammar A, Singh V, Ilic S, Samiksha F, Marsh A, Rodriguez-Palacios A. Rodent Gut Bacteria Coexisting with an Insect Gut Virus in Tapeworm Parasitic Cysts: Metagenomic Evidence of Microbial Selection in Extra-Intestinal Clinical Niches. Microorganisms 2024; 12:1130. [PMID: 38930512 PMCID: PMC11205618 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12061130] [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: 05/03/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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In medicine, parasitic cysts (e.g., brain cysticerci) are believed to be sterile, and are primarily treated with antiparasitic medications, not antibiotics, which could prevent abscess formation and localized inflammation. This study quantified the microbial composition of parasitic cysts in a wild rodent, using multi-kingdom metagenomics to comprehensively assess if parasitic cysts are sterile, and further understand gut microbial translocation and adaptation in wildlife confined environments, outside the gut. Analysis was conducted on DNA from two hepatic parasitic cysts from a feline tapeworm, Hydatigera (Taenia) taeniaeformis, affecting a wild vole mouse (Microtus pennsylvanicus), and from feces, liver and peritoneal fluid of this and two other concurrent individual wild voles trapped during pest control in one of our university research vegetable gardens. Bacterial metagenomics revealed the presence of gut commensal/opportunistic species, Parabacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides (Bacteroidota); Klebsiella variicola, E. coli (Enterobacteriaceae); Enterococcus faecium and Lactobacillus acidophilus (Bacillota) inhabiting the cysts, and peritoneal fluid. Remarkably, viral metagenomics revealed various murine viral species, and unexpectedly, a virus from the insect armyworm moth (Pseudaletia/Mythimna unipuncta), known as Mythimna unipuncta granulovirus A (MyunGV-A), in both cysts, and in one fecal and one peritoneal sample from the other non-cyst voles, indicating the survival and adaption potential of the insect virus in voles. Metagenomics also revealed a significantly lower probability of fungal detection in cysts compared to that in peritoneal fluid/feces (p < 0.05), with single taxon detection in each cyst (Malassezia and Pseudophaeomoniella oleicola). The peritoneal fluid had the highest probability for fungi. In conclusion, metagenomics revealed that bacteria/viruses/fungi coexist within parasitic cysts supporting the potential therapeutic benefits of antibiotics in cystic diseases, and in inflammatory microniches of chronic diseases, such as Crohn's disease gut wall cavitating micropathologies, from which we recently isolated similar synergistic pathogenic Bacteroidota and Enterobacteriaceae, and Bacillota.
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- Amro Ammar
- Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (A.A.); (V.S.)
- Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (A.A.); (V.S.)
- Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Human Sciences, Human Nutrition and Food Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Learner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
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- The Veterinary Medical Center Diagnostic Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA;
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (A.A.); (V.S.)
- Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- University Hospitals Research and Education Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Ammar A, Singh V, Ilic S, Samiksha F, Marsh A, Rodriguez-Palacios A. Rodent Gut Bacteria Coexisting with an Insect Gut Virus in Parasitic Cysts: Metagenomic Evidence of Microbial Translocation and Co-adaptation in Spatially-Confined Niches. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.22.585885. [PMID: 38562820 PMCID: PMC10983908 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.22.585885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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In medicine, parasitic cysts or cysticerci (fluid-filled cysts, larval stage of tapeworms) are believed to be sterile (no bacteria), and therein, the treatment of cysticerci infestations of deep extra-intestinal tissues (e.g., brain) relies almost exclusively on the use of antiparasitic medications, and rarely antibiotics. To date, however, it is unclear why common post-treatment complications include abscessation. This study quantified the microbial composition of parasitic cyst contents in a higher-order rodent host, using multi-kingdom shotgun metagenomics, to improve our understanding of gut microbial translocation and adaptation strategies in wild environments. Analysis was conducted on DNA from two hepatic parasitic cysts (Hydatigera (Taeenia) taeniaeformis) in an adult vole mouse (Microtus arvalis), and from feces, liver, and peritoneal fluid of three other vole family members living in a vegetable garden in Ohio, USA. Bacterial metagenomics revealed the presence of gut commensal/opportunistic species, including Parabacteroides distasonis, Klebsiella variicola, Enterococcus faecium, and Lactobacillus acidophilus, inhabiting the cysts. Parabacteroides distasonis and other species were also present outside the cyst in the peritoneal fluid. Remarkably, viral metagenomics revealed various murine viral species, but unexpectedly, it detected an insect-origin virus from the army moth (Pseudaletia/Mythimna unipuncta) known as Mythimna unipuncta granulovirus A (MyunGV-A) in both cysts, and in one fecal and one peritoneal sample from two different voles, indicating survival of the insect virus and adaption in voles. Metagenomics also revealed a significantly lower probability of fungal detection in the cysts compared to other samples (peritoneal fluid, p<0.05; and feces p<0.05), with single taxon detection in each cyst for Malassezia and Pseudophaeomoniella oleicola. The samples with a higher probability of fungi were the peritoneal fluid. In conclusion, commensal/pathobiont bacterial species can inhabit parasitic tapeworm cysts, which needs to be considered during therapeutic decisions of cysticerci or other chronic disease scenarios where immune privileged and spatially restricted ecosystems with limited nutrients and minimal presence of immune cells could facilitate microbial adaptation, such as within gut wall cavitating micropathologies in Crohn's disease.
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- Amro Ammar
- Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Human Sciences, Human Nutrition and Food Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Learner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- The Veterinary Medical Center Diagnostic Parasitology, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Digestive Health Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- University Hospitals Research and Education Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Ferrelli ML, Salvador R. Effects of Mixed Baculovirus Infections in Biological Control: A Comprehensive Historical and Technical Analysis. Viruses 2023; 15:1838. [PMID: 37766245 PMCID: PMC10534452 DOI: 10.3390/v15091838] [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: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Baculoviruses are insect-specific DNA viruses that have been exploited as bioinsecticides for the control of agricultural and forest pests around the world. Mixed infections with two different baculoviruses have been found in nature, infecting the same host. They have been studied to understand the biology of virus interactions, their effects on susceptible insects, and their insecticidal implications. In this work, we summarize and analyze the in vivo baculovirus co-infections reported in the literature, mainly focusing on pest biocontrol applications. We discuss the most common terms used to describe the effects of mixed infections, such as synergism, neutralism, and antagonism, and how to determine them based on host mortality. Frequently, baculovirus co-infections found in nature are caused by a combination of a nucleopolyhedrovirus and a granulovirus. Studies performed with mixed infections indicated that viral dose, larval stage, or the presence of synergistic factors in baculovirus occlusion bodies are important for the type of virus interaction. We also enumerate and discuss technical aspects to take into account in studies on mixed infections, such as statistical procedures, quantification of viral inocula, the selection of instars, and molecular methodologies for an appropriate analysis of baculovirus interaction. Several experimental infections using two different baculoviruses demonstrated increased viral mortality or a synergistic effect on the target larvae compared to single infections. This can be exploited to improve the baculovirus-killing properties of commercial formulations. In this work, we offer a current overview of baculovirus interactions in vivo and discuss their potential applications in pest control strategies.
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- María Leticia Ferrelli
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM, UNLP-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata 1900, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícola (IMyZA), Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias (CICVyA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Nicolás Repetto y de los Reseros s/n, Hurlingham 1686, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Zhang H, Tong Y, Liu H, Guo L, Jin W, Li X, Meng Q, Yu X, Fang F, Qin Q, Yang M. Establishment of a rapid detection method for plutella xylostella granulovirus based on qPCR. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15170. [PMID: 37095984 PMCID: PMC10122022 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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Plutella xylostella granulovirus (PlxyGV) biopesticide is an effective tool to control the long-term damage of Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) to cruciferous vegetables. In China, PlxyGV can be produced on a large scale using host insects, and its products have been registered in 2008. In experiments and biopesticide production, the routine enumeration method of PlxyGV virus particles is to use the Petroff-Hausser counting chamber in dark field microscope. However, the accuracy and repeatability of granulovirus (GV) counting are affected due to the small particle size of GV occlusion bodies (OBs), the limitations of optical microscope, the judgment of different operators, host impurities, the addition of biological products. This limits the convenience of its production, product quality, trading and field application. Here we use PlxyGV as an example, the method based on Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR) was optimized from two aspects of sample treatment and specific primers design, which improved the repeatability and accuracy of absolute quantitative OBs of GV. This study provides basic information for accurate quantitative PlxyGV by qPCR method.
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- Huan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Corresponding author. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichenxilu 1-5, Beijing, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Hebei Professional College of Political Science and Law, Shijiazhuang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Henan Jiyuan Baiyun Industrial Co. LTD, Jiyuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Shaanxi Preschool Normal University, Xian, China
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Gueli Alletti G, Eigenbrod M, Carstens EB, Kleespies RG, Jehle JA. The genome sequence of Agrotis segetum granulovirus, isolate AgseGV-DA, reveals a new Betabaculovirus species of a slow killing granulovirus. J Invertebr Pathol 2017; 146:58-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Harrison RL, Rowley DL, Mowery J, Bauchan GR, Theilmann DA, Rohrmann GF, Erlandson MA. The Complete Genome Sequence of a Second Distinct Betabaculovirus from the True Armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170510. [PMID: 28103323 PMCID: PMC5245865 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The betabaculovirus originally called Pseudaletia (Mythimna) sp. granulovirus #8 (MyspGV#8) was examined by electron microscopy, host barcoding PCR, and determination of the nucleotide sequence of its genome. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the occlusion bodies of MyspGV#8 possessed the characteristic size range and morphology of betabaculovirus granules. Barcoding PCR using cytochrome oxidase I primers with DNA from the MyspGV#8 collection sample confirmed that it had been isolated from the true armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and therefore was renamed MyunGV#8. The MyunGV#8 genome was found to be 144,673 bp in size with a nucleotide distribution of 49.9% G+C, which was significantly smaller and more GC-rich than the genome of Pseudaletia unipuncta granulovirus H (PsunGV-H), another M. unipuncta betabaculovirus. A phylogeny based on concatenated baculovirus core gene amino acid sequence alignments placed MyunGV#8 in clade a of genus Betabaculovirus. Kimura-2-parameter nucleotide distances suggested that MyunGV#8 represents a virus species different and distinct from other species of Betabaculovirus. Among the 153 ORFs annotated in the MyunGV#8 genome, four ORFs appeared to have been obtained from or donated to the alphabaculovirus lineage represented by Leucania separata nucleopolyhedrovirus AH1 (LeseNPV-AH1) during co-infection of Mythimna sp. larvae. A set of 33 ORFs was identified that appears only in other clade a betabaculovirus isolates. This clade a-specific set includes an ORF that encodes a polypeptide sequence containing a CIDE_N domain, which is found in caspase-activated DNAse/DNA fragmentation factor (CAD/DFF) proteins. CAD/DFF proteins are involved in digesting DNA during apoptosis.
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- Robert L. Harrison
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Kumar PN, Prasad YG, Prabhakar M, Shanker AK, Bhanu D. Molecular and in Silico Characterization of Achaea janata Granulovirus Granulin Gene. Interdiscip Sci 2016; 9:528-539. [PMID: 26984814 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-016-0159-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Achaea janata granulovirus (AcjaGV), an insect virus belonging to Baculoviridae, infects semilooper, a widely distributed defoliating pest on castor beans (Ricinus communis L.) and several other plant hosts in India. The propagation and purification of the Hyderabad isolate AcjaGV were performed, granulin gene from this isolate was amplified, cloned and sequenced, and its homology with other known granulin genes was assessed. The 753-bp granulin ORF of AcjaGV encoded for a granulin protein of 250 amino acids with a molecular mass of 29.5 ± 0.7 kDa. This amino acid sequence exhibited significant homology with Spodoptera litura granulovirus (SpliGV) and other GVs infecting insects in the same Noctuidae family of Lepidoptera. Peptide analysis of granulin protein indicated close homology with that of SpliGV. Virtual RFLP patterns from in silico digestions of granulin gene of 18 granuloviruses mapped by 12 restriction enzymes were used for simulated digestions. Implications of the phylogenetic relationships of granulin nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence are discussed. We have established the sequence identity of granulin gene of AcjaGV and characterized its protein product and the phylogenetic relationship with other known GVs. Our results indicate the presence of unique restriction sites for three restriction enzymes, and this can be used as a tool for identification of AcjaGV from various sources. This is the first report from the Indian subcontinent to describe the complete granulin gene of a GV isolated from A. janata.
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- Pola Naveen Kumar
- Division of Crop Sciences, ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500059, India
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- Division of Crop Sciences, ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500059, India
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- Division of Crop Sciences, ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500059, India
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- Division of Crop Sciences, ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500059, India.
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- Division of Crop Sciences, ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500059, India
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Gene acquisition convergence between entomopoxviruses and baculoviruses. Viruses 2015; 7:1960-74. [PMID: 25871928 PMCID: PMC4411684 DOI: 10.3390/v7041960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Organisms from diverse phylogenetic origins can thrive within the same ecological niches. They might be induced to evolve convergent adaptations in response to a similar landscape of selective pressures. Their genomes should bear the signature of this process. The study of unrelated virus lineages infecting the same host panels guarantees a clear identification of phyletically independent convergent adaptation. Here, we investigate the evolutionary history of genes in the accessory genome shared by unrelated insect large dsDNA viruses: the entomopoxviruses (EPVs, Poxviridae) and the baculoviruses (BVs). EPVs and BVs have overlapping ecological niches and have independently evolved similar infection processes. They are, in theory, subjected to the same selective pressures from their host’s immune responses. Their accessory genomes might, therefore, bear analogous genomic signatures of convergent adaption and could point out key genomic mechanisms of adaptation hitherto undetected in viruses. We uncovered 32 homologous, yet independent acquisitions of genes originating from insect hosts, different eukaryotes, bacteria and viruses. We showed different evolutionary levels of gene acquisition convergence in these viruses, underlining a continuous evolutionary process. We found both recent and ancient gene acquisitions possibly involved to the adaptation to both specific and distantly related hosts. Multidirectional and multipartite gene exchange networks appear to constantly drive exogenous gene assimilations, bringing key adaptive innovations and shaping the life histories of large DNA viruses. This evolutionary process might lead to genome level adaptive convergence.
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Kennedy DA, Dukic V, Dwyer G. Pathogen growth in insect hosts: inferring the importance of different mechanisms using stochastic models and response-time data. Am Nat 2014; 184:407-23. [PMID: 25141148 PMCID: PMC10495239 DOI: 10.1086/677308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Pathogen population dynamics within individual hosts can alter disease epidemics and pathogen evolution, but our understanding of the mechanisms driving within-host dynamics is weak. Mathematical models have provided useful insights, but existing models have only rarely been subjected to rigorous tests, and their reliability is therefore open to question. Most models assume that initial pathogen population sizes are so large that stochastic effects due to small population sizes, so-called demographic stochasticity, are negligible, but whether this assumption is reasonable is unknown. Most models also assume that the dynamic effects of a host's immune system strongly affect pathogen incubation times or "response times," but whether such effects are important in real host-pathogen interactions is likewise unknown. Here we use data for a baculovirus of the gypsy moth to test models of within-host pathogen growth. By using Bayesian statistical techniques and formal model-selection procedures, we are able to show that the response time of the gypsy moth virus is strongly affected by both demographic stochasticity and a dynamic response of the host immune system. Our results imply that not all response-time variability can be explained by host and pathogen variability, and that immune system responses to infection may have important effects on population-level disease dynamics.
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- David A. Kennedy
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
- Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80305
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Oh S, Kim DH, Patnaik BB, Jo YH, Noh MY, Lee HJ, Lee KH, Yoon KH, Kim WJ, Noh JY, Jeong HC, Lee YS, Zhang CX, Kim I, Han YS. Molecular and immunohistochemical characterization of granulin gene encoded in Pieris rapae granulovirus genome. J Invertebr Pathol 2013; 113:7-17. [PMID: 23295682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pieris rapae granulovirus (PiraGV) is highly pathogenic to the cabbage butterfly (P. rapae), an important pest of cultivated cabbages and mustard crops. It therefore holds significant promise towards exploitation as a potent bio-control agent in the field controlling the pest population. Whole-genome elucidation of the Korean isolate of the granulovirus (PiraGV-K), reported the presence of a granulin gene corresponding to ORF 1 in its genome. Comprehensive studies towards functional characterization of the gene, established that it is composed of 744 nucleotides and encodes a peptide of 247 amino acid residues. It possessed significant homology with AoGV and ClanGV with 87% identity at amino acid level. Multiple alignment data suggests that the C-terminus region of the gene had three different conserved regions. Time-course studies conducted in PiraGV-K infected P. rapae larvae revealed a significant upsurge of the transcript (134-fold) at 4 days post infection followed by a significant decline at the most advanced stages of infection. Anti-PiraGV-K granulin antibody was produced and western blot conducted with the infected larvae further confirmed the induction pattern with a protein of 30 kDa. Immunofluorescent staining showed a granulin-specific signal in fat body and integument of the infected larvae. Granulin-specific signals were noticed 2 days post infection with the eventual systemic spread of infection to the associated tracheal matrix witnessed at 4 days post infection. Immunogold labeling and electron microscopic studies further proved the cytopathological effects as the presence of numerous membrane-bound vesicles with nucleocapsids and abruption of intercellular junctions in fat body and hypertrophied cells in the integument.
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- Seunghan Oh
- Division of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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