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Ohadi M, Arabfard M, Khamse S, Alizadeh S, Vafadar S, Bayat H, Tajeddin N, Maddi AMA, Delbari A, Khorram Khorshid HR. Novel crossover and recombination hotspots massively spread across primate genomes. Biol Direct 2024; 19:70. [PMID: 39169390 PMCID: PMC11340189 DOI: 10.1186/s13062-024-00508-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The recombination landscape and subsequent natural selection have vast consequences forevolution and speciation. However, most of the crossover and recombination hotspots are yet to be discovered. We previously reported the relevance of C and G trinucleotide two-repeat units (CG-TTUs) in crossovers and recombination. METHODS On a genome-wide scale, here we mapped all combinations of A and T trinucleotide two-repeat units (AT-TTUs) in human, consisting of AATAAT, ATAATA, ATTATT, TTATTA, TATTAT, and TAATAA. We also compared a number of the colonies formed by the AT-TTUs (distance between consecutive AT-TTUs < 500 bp) in several other primates and mouse. RESULTS We found that the majority of the AT-TTUs (> 96%) resided in approximately 1.4 million colonies, spread throughout the human genome. In comparison to the CG-TTU colonies, the AT-TTU colonies were significantly more abundant and larger in size. Pure units and overlapping units of the pure units were readily detectable in the same colonies, signifying that the units were the sites of unequal crossover. We discovered dynamic sharedness of several of the colonies across the primate species studied, which mainly reached maximum complexity and size in human. CONCLUSIONS We report novel crossover and recombination hotspots of the finest molecular resolution, massively spread and shared across the genomes of human and several other primates. With respect to crossovers and recombination, these genomes are far more dynamic than previously envisioned.
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- Mina Ohadi
- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Chemical Injuries Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Biochemical Neuroendocrinology, Montreal Clinical and Research Institute (IRCM, affiliated to the McGill University, Montreal, QC, H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Biology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Complex Biological Systems and Bioinformatics (CBB), Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Personalized Medicine and Genometabolomics Research Center, Hope Generation Foundation, Tehran, Iran
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Qiu Y, Kang YM, Korfmann C, Pouyet F, Eckford A, Palazzo AF. The GC-content at the 5' ends of human protein-coding genes is undergoing mutational decay. Genome Biol 2024; 25:219. [PMID: 39138526 PMCID: PMC11323403 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03364-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In vertebrates, most protein-coding genes have a peak of GC-content near their 5' transcriptional start site (TSS). This feature promotes both the efficient nuclear export and translation of mRNAs. Despite the importance of GC-content for RNA metabolism, its general features, origin, and maintenance remain mysterious. We investigate the evolutionary forces shaping GC-content at the transcriptional start site (TSS) of genes through both comparative genomic analysis of nucleotide substitution rates between different species and by examining human de novo mutations. RESULTS Our data suggests that GC-peaks at TSSs were present in the last common ancestor of amniotes, and likely that of vertebrates. We observe that in apes and rodents, where recombination is directed away from TSSs by PRDM9, GC-content at the 5' end of protein-coding gene is currently undergoing mutational decay. In canids, which lack PRDM9 and perform recombination at TSSs, GC-content at the 5' end of protein-coding is increasing. We show that these patterns extend into the 5' end of the open reading frame, thus impacting synonymous codon position choices. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that the dynamics of this GC-peak in amniotes is largely shaped by historic patterns of recombination. Since decay of GC-content towards the mutation rate equilibrium is the default state for non-functional DNA, the observed decrease in GC-content at TSSs in apes and rodents indicates that the GC-peak is not being maintained by selection on most protein-coding genes in those species.
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- Yi Qiu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G1M1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G1M1, Canada
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J1P3, Canada
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G1M1, Canada.
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Cui X, Zhang C, Fu C, Hu J, Li T, Li L. YY1 is involved in homologous recombination inhibition at guanine quadruplex sites in human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:7401-7413. [PMID: 38869071 PMCID: PMC11260479 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) is a key process for repairing DNA double strand breaks and for promoting genetic diversity. However, HR occurs unevenly across the genome, and certain genomic features can influence its activity. One such feature is the presence of guanine quadruplexes (G4s), stable secondary structures widely distributed throughout the genome. These G4s play essential roles in gene transcription and genome stability regulation. Especially, elevated G4 levels in cells deficient in the Bloom syndrome helicase (BLM) significantly enhance HR at G4 sites, potentially threatening genome stability. Here, we investigated the role of G4-binding protein Yin Yang-1 (YY1) in modulating HR at G4 sites in human cells. Our results show that YY1's binding to G4 structures suppresses sister chromatid exchange after BLM knockdown, and YY1's chromatin occupancy negatively correlates with the overall HR rate observed across the genome. By limiting RAD51 homolog 1 (RAD51) access, YY1 preferentially binds to essential genomic regions, shielding them from excessive HR. Our findings unveil a novel role of YY1-G4 interaction, revealing novel insights into cellular mechanisms involved in HR regulation.
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- Xinyu Cui
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Drug Target Identification and Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Key Laboratory of Innovative Immunotherapy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Schweiger R, Lee S, Zhou C, Yang TP, Smith K, Li S, Sanghvi R, Neville M, Mitchell E, Nessa A, Wadge S, Small KS, Campbell PJ, Sudmant PH, Rahbari R, Durbin R. Insights into non-crossover recombination from long-read sperm sequencing. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.05.602249. [PMID: 39005338 PMCID: PMC11245106 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.05.602249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Meiotic recombination is a fundamental process that generates genetic diversity by creating new combinations of existing alleles. Although human crossovers have been studied at the pedigree, population and single-cell level, the more frequent non-crossover events that lead to gene conversion are harder to study, particularly at the individual level. Here we show that single high-fidelity long sequencing reads from sperm can capture both crossovers and non-crossovers, allowing effectively arbitrary sample sizes for analysis from one male. Using fifteen sperm samples from thirteen donors we demonstrate variation between and within donors for the rates of different types of recombination. Intriguingly, we observe a tendency for non-crossover gene conversions to occur upstream of nearby PRDM9 binding sites, whereas crossover locations have a slight downstream bias. We further provide evidence for two distinct non-crossover processes. One gives rise to the vast majority of non-crossovers with mean conversion tract length under 50bp, which we suggest is an outcome of standard PRDM9-induced meiotic recombination. In contrast ~2% of non-crossovers have much longer mean tract length, and potentially originate from the same process as complex events with more than two haplotype switches, which is not associated with PRDM9 binding sites and is also seen in somatic cells.
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- Regev Schweiger
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Kings College London, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom
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- Kings College London, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom
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- Kings College London, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
- Center for Computational Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cancer Ageing and Somatic Mutation, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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Johnston SE. Understanding the Genetic Basis of Variation in Meiotic Recombination: Past, Present, and Future. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae112. [PMID: 38959451 PMCID: PMC11221659 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Meiotic recombination is a fundamental feature of sexually reproducing species. It is often required for proper chromosome segregation and plays important role in adaptation and the maintenance of genetic diversity. The molecular mechanisms of recombination are remarkably conserved across eukaryotes, yet meiotic genes and proteins show substantial variation in their sequence and function, even between closely related species. Furthermore, the rate and distribution of recombination shows a huge diversity within and between chromosomes, individuals, sexes, populations, and species. This variation has implications for many molecular and evolutionary processes, yet how and why this diversity has evolved is not well understood. A key step in understanding trait evolution is to determine its genetic basis-that is, the number, effect sizes, and distribution of loci underpinning variation. In this perspective, I discuss past and current knowledge on the genetic basis of variation in recombination rate and distribution, explore its evolutionary implications, and present open questions for future research.
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- Susan E Johnston
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK
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Venu V, Harjunmaa E, Dreau A, Brady S, Absher D, Kingsley DM, Jones FC. Fine-scale contemporary recombination variation and its fitness consequences in adaptively diverging stickleback fish. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:1337-1352. [PMID: 38839849 PMCID: PMC11239493 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02434-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Despite deep evolutionary conservation, recombination rates vary greatly across the genome and among individuals, sexes and populations. Yet the impact of this variation on adaptively diverging populations is not well understood. Here we characterized fine-scale recombination landscapes in an adaptively divergent pair of marine and freshwater populations of threespine stickleback from River Tyne, Scotland. Through whole-genome sequencing of large nuclear families, we identified the genomic locations of almost 50,000 crossovers and built recombination maps for marine, freshwater and hybrid individuals at a resolution of 3.8 kb. We used these maps to quantify the factors driving variation in recombination rates. We found strong heterochiasmy between sexes but also differences in recombination rates among ecotypes. Hybrids showed evidence of significant recombination suppression in overall map length and in individual loci. Recombination rates were lower not only within individual marine-freshwater-adaptive loci, but also between loci on the same chromosome, suggesting selection on linked gene 'cassettes'. Through temporal sampling along a natural hybrid zone, we found that recombinants showed traits associated with reduced fitness. Our results support predictions that divergence in cis-acting recombination modifiers, whose functions are disrupted in hybrids, may play an important role in maintaining differences among adaptively diverging populations.
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- Vrinda Venu
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, NM, USA.
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany
- CeGAT GmbH, Tübingen, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany
- Evotec SE 'Campus Curie', Toulouse, France
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- Deptartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- Deptartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany.
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Yilmaz F, Karageorgiou C, Kim K, Pajic P, Scheer K, Beck CR, Torregrossa AM, Lee C, Gokcumen O. Paleolithic Gene Duplications Primed Adaptive Evolution of Human Amylase Locus Upon Agriculture. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.11.27.568916. [PMID: 38077078 PMCID: PMC10705236 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.27.568916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Starch digestion is a cornerstone of human nutrition. The amylase genes code for the starch-digesting amylase enzyme. Previous studies suggested that the salivary amylase (AMY1) gene copy number increased in response to agricultural diets. However, the lack of nucleotide resolution of the amylase locus hindered detailed evolutionary analyses. Here, we have resolved this locus at nucleotide resolution in 98 present-day humans and identified 30 distinct haplotypes, revealing that the coding sequences of all amylase gene copies are evolving under negative selection. The phylogenetic reconstruction suggested that haplotypes with three AMY1 gene copies, prevalent across all continents and constituting about 70% of observed haplotypes, originated before the out-of-Africa migrations of ancestral modern humans. Using thousands of unique 25 base pair sequences across the amylase locus, we showed that additional AMY1 gene copies existed in the genomes of four archaic hominin genomes, indicating that the initial duplication of this locus may have occurred as far back 800,000 years ago. We similarly analyzed 73 ancient human genomes dating from 300 - 45,000 years ago and found that the AMY1 copy number variation observed today existed long before the advent of agriculture (~10,000 years ago), predisposing this locus to adaptive increase in the frequency of higher amylase copy number with the spread of agriculture. Mechanistically, the common three-copy haplotypes seeded non-allelic homologous recombination events that appear to be occurring at one of the fastest rates seen for tandem repeats in the human genome. Our study provides a comprehensive population-level understanding of the genomic structure of the amylase locus, identifying the mechanisms and evolutionary history underlying its duplication and copy number variability in relation to the onset of agriculture.
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Joseph J, Prentout D, Laverré A, Tricou T, Duret L. High prevalence of PRDM9-independent recombination hotspots in placental mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2401973121. [PMID: 38809707 PMCID: PMC11161765 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2401973121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
Abstract
In many mammals, recombination events are concentrated in hotspots directed by a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein named PRDM9. Intriguingly, PRDM9 has been lost several times in vertebrates, and notably among mammals, it has been pseudogenized in the ancestor of canids. In the absence of PRDM9, recombination hotspots tend to occur in promoter-like features such as CpG islands. It has thus been proposed that one role of PRDM9 could be to direct recombination away from PRDM9-independent hotspots. However, the ability of PRDM9 to direct recombination hotspots has been assessed in only a handful of species, and a clear picture of how much recombination occurs outside of PRDM9-directed hotspots in mammals is still lacking. In this study, we derived an estimator of past recombination activity based on signatures of GC-biased gene conversion in substitution patterns. We quantified recombination activity in PRDM9-independent hotspots in 52 species of boreoeutherian mammals. We observe a wide range of recombination rates at these loci: several species (such as mice, humans, some felids, or cetaceans) show a deficit of recombination, while a majority of mammals display a clear peak of recombination. Our results demonstrate that PRDM9-directed and PRDM9-independent hotspots can coexist in mammals and that their coexistence appears to be the rule rather than the exception. Additionally, we show that the location of PRDM9-independent hotspots is relatively more stable than that of PRDM9-directed hotspots, but that PRDM9-independent hotspots nevertheless evolve slowly in concert with DNA hypomethylation.
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- Julien Joseph
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne69100, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY10027
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, LausanneCH-1015, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, LausanneCH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne69100, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Villeurbanne69100, France
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Genestier A, Duret L, Lartillot N. Bridging the gap between the evolutionary dynamics and the molecular mechanisms of meiosis: A model based exploration of the PRDM9 intra-genomic Red Queen. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1011274. [PMID: 38768268 PMCID: PMC11142677 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Molecular dissection of meiotic recombination in mammals, combined with population-genetic and comparative studies, have revealed a complex evolutionary dynamic characterized by short-lived recombination hotspots. Hotspots are chromosome positions containing DNA sequences where the protein PRDM9 can bind and cause crossing-over. To explain these fast evolutionary dynamic, a so-called intra-genomic Red Queen model has been proposed, based on the interplay between two antagonistic forces: biased gene conversion, mediated by double-strand breaks, resulting in hotspot extinction (the hotspot conversion paradox), followed by positive selection favoring mutant PRDM9 alleles recognizing new sequence motifs. Although this model predicts many empirical observations, the exact causes of the positive selection acting on new PRDM9 alleles is still not well understood. In this direction, experiment on mouse hybrids have suggested that, in addition to targeting double strand breaks, PRDM9 has another role during meiosis. Specifically, PRDM9 symmetric binding (simultaneous binding at the same site on both homologues) would facilitate homology search and, as a result, the pairing of the homologues. Although discovered in hybrids, this second function of PRDM9 could also be involved in the evolutionary dynamic observed within populations. To address this point, here, we present a theoretical model of the evolutionary dynamic of meiotic recombination integrating current knowledge about the molecular function of PRDM9. Our modeling work gives important insights into the selective forces driving the turnover of recombination hotspots. Specifically, the reduced symmetrical binding of PRDM9 caused by the loss of high affinity binding sites induces a net positive selection eliciting new PRDM9 alleles recognizing new targets. The model also offers new insights about the influence of the gene dosage of PRDM9, which can paradoxically result in negative selection on new PRDM9 alleles entering the population, driving their eviction and thus reducing standing variation at this locus.
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- Alice Genestier
- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LBBE, UMR 5558, CNRS, VAS, Villeurbanne, France
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LBBE, UMR 5558, CNRS, VAS, Villeurbanne, France
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- Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LBBE, UMR 5558, CNRS, VAS, Villeurbanne, France
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Armstrong EE, Bissell KL, Fatima HS, Heikkinen MA, Jessup A, Junaid MO, Lee DH, Lieb EC, Liem JT, Martin EM, Moreno M, Otgonbayar K, Romans BW, Royar K, Adler MB, Needle DB, Harkess A, Kelley JL, Mooney JA, Mychajliw AM. Chromosome-level assembly of the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) confirms the basal loss of PRDM9 in Canidae. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2024; 14:jkae034. [PMID: 38366575 PMCID: PMC10989890 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
Abstract
Reference genome assemblies have been created from multiple lineages within the Canidae family; however, despite its phylogenetic relevance as a basal genus within the clade, there is currently no reference genome for the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). Here, we present a chromosome-level assembly for the gray fox (U. cinereoargenteus), which represents the most contiguous, non-domestic canid reference genome available to date, with 90% of the genome contained in just 34 scaffolds and a contig N50 and scaffold N50 of 59.4 and 72.9 Megabases, respectively. Repeat analyses identified an increased number of simple repeats relative to other canids. Based on mitochondrial DNA, our Vermont sample clusters with other gray fox samples from the northeastern United States and contains slightly lower levels of heterozygosity than gray foxes on the west coast of California. This new assembly lays the groundwork for future studies to describe past and present population dynamics, including the delineation of evolutionarily significant units of management relevance. Importantly, the phylogenetic position of Urocyon allows us to verify the loss of PRDM9 functionality in the basal canid lineage, confirming that pseudogenization occurred at least 10 million years ago.
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- Ellie E Armstrong
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Montpelier, VT 05620, USA
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- Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Montpelier, VT 05620, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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- Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
- Program in Environmental Studies, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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Przeworski M. 2023 ASHG Scientific Achievement Award. Am J Hum Genet 2024; 111:425-427. [PMID: 38458164 PMCID: PMC10995464 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
Abstract
This article is based on the address given by the author at the 2023 meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Washington, D.C. A video of the original address can be found at the ASHG website.
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- Molly Przeworski
- Departments of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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AbuAlia KFN, Damm E, Ullrich KK, Mukaj A, Parvanov E, Forejt J, Odenthal-Hesse L. Natural variation in the zinc-finger-encoding exon of Prdm9 affects hybrid sterility phenotypes in mice. Genetics 2024; 226:iyae004. [PMID: 38217871 PMCID: PMC10917509 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyae004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024] Open
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PRDM9-mediated reproductive isolation was first described in the progeny of Mus musculus musculus (MUS) PWD/Ph and Mus musculus domesticus (DOM) C57BL/6J inbred strains. These male F1 hybrids fail to complete chromosome synapsis and arrest meiosis at prophase I, due to incompatibilities between the Prdm9 gene and hybrid sterility locus Hstx2. We identified 14 alleles of Prdm9 in exon 12, encoding the DNA-binding domain of the PRDM9 protein in outcrossed wild mouse populations from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, 8 of which are novel. The same allele was found in all mice bearing introgressed t-haplotypes encompassing Prdm9. We asked whether 7 novel Prdm9 alleles in MUS populations and the t-haplotype allele in 1 MUS and 3 DOM populations induce Prdm9-mediated reproductive isolation. The results show that only combinations of the dom2 allele of DOM origin and the MUS msc1 allele ensure complete infertility of intersubspecific hybrids in outcrossed wild populations and inbred mouse strains examined so far. The results further indicate that MUS mice may share the erasure of PRDM9msc1 binding motifs in populations with different Prdm9 alleles, which implies that erased PRDM9 binding motifs may be uncoupled from their corresponding Prdm9 alleles at the population level. Our data corroborate the model of Prdm9-mediated hybrid sterility beyond inbred strains of mice and suggest that sterility alleles of Prdm9 may be rare.
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- Khawla F N AbuAlia
- Research Group Meiotic Recombination and Genome Instability, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön D-24306, Germany
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- Research Group Meiotic Recombination and Genome Instability, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön D-24306, Germany
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- Research Group Meiotic Recombination and Genome Instability, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön D-24306, Germany
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- Laboratory of Mouse Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec CZ-25250, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Mouse Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec CZ-25250, Czech Republic
- Department of Translational Stem Cell Biology, Research Institute of the Medical University of Varna, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Mouse Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec CZ-25250, Czech Republic
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- Research Group Meiotic Recombination and Genome Instability, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön D-24306, Germany
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Chen L, Weir JR. The molecular machinery of meiotic recombination. Biochem Soc Trans 2024; 52:379-393. [PMID: 38348856 PMCID: PMC10903461 DOI: 10.1042/bst20230712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Meiotic recombination, a cornerstone of eukaryotic diversity and individual genetic identity, is essential for the creation of physical linkages between homologous chromosomes, facilitating their faithful segregation during meiosis I. This process requires that germ cells generate controlled DNA lesions within their own genome that are subsequently repaired in a specialised manner. Repair of these DNA breaks involves the modulation of existing homologous recombination repair pathways to generate crossovers between homologous chromosomes. Decades of genetic and cytological studies have identified a multitude of factors that are involved in meiotic recombination. Recent work has started to provide additional mechanistic insights into how these factors interact with one another, with DNA, and provide the molecular outcomes required for a successful meiosis. Here, we provide a review of the recent developments with a focus on protein structures and protein-protein interactions.
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- Linda Chen
- Structural Biochemistry of Meiosis Group, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Max-Planck-Ring 9, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Structural Biochemistry of Meiosis Group, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory, Max-Planck-Ring 9, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Hoge C, de Manuel M, Mahgoub M, Okami N, Fuller Z, Banerjee S, Baker Z, McNulty M, Andolfatto P, Macfarlan TS, Schumer M, Tzika AC, Przeworski M. Patterns of recombination in snakes reveal a tug-of-war between PRDM9 and promoter-like features. Science 2024; 383:eadj7026. [PMID: 38386752 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj7026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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In some mammals, notably humans, recombination occurs almost exclusively where the protein PRDM9 binds, whereas in vertebrates lacking an intact PRDM9, such as birds and canids, recombination rates are elevated near promoter-like features. To determine whether PRDM9 directs recombination in nonmammalian vertebrates, we focused on an exemplar species with a single, intact PRDM9 ortholog, the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus). Analyzing historical recombination rates along the genome and crossovers in pedigrees, we found evidence that PRDM9 specifies the location of recombination events, but we also detected a separable effect of promoter-like features. These findings reveal that the uses of PRDM9 and promoter-like features need not be mutually exclusive and instead reflect a tug-of-war that is more even in some species than others.
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- Carla Hoge
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution (LANE), Department of Genetics & Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Yeadon PJ, Bowring FJ, Catcheside DEA. Recombination hotspots in Neurospora crassa controlled by idiomorphic sequences and meiotic silencing. Genetics 2024; 226:iyad213. [PMID: 38124387 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Genes regulating recombination in specific chromosomal intervals of Neurospora crassa were described in the 1960s, but the mechanism is still unknown. For each of the rec-1, rec-2, and rec-3 genes, a single copy of the putative dominant allele, for example, rec-2SL found in St Lawrence OR74 A wild type, reduces recombination in chromosomal regions specific to that gene. However, when we sequenced the recessive allele, rec-2LG (derived from the Lindegren 1A wild type), we found that a 10 kb region in rec-2SL strains was replaced by a 2.7 kb unrelated sequence, making the "alleles" idiomorphs. When we introduced sad-1, a mutant lacking the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that silences unpaired coding regions during meiosis into crosses heterozygous rec-2SL/rec-2LG, it increased recombination, indicating that meiotic silencing of a gene promoting recombination is responsible for dominant suppression of recombination. Consistent with this, mutation of rec-2LG by Repeat-Induced Point mutation generated an allele with multiple stop codons in the predicted rec-2 gene, which does not promote recombination and is recessive to rec-2LG. Sad-1 also relieves suppression of recombination in relevant target regions, in crosses heterozygous for rec-1 alleles and in crosses heterozygous for rec-3 alleles. We conclude that for all 3 known rec genes, 1 allele appears dominant only because meiotic silencing prevents the product of the active, "recessive," allele from stimulating recombination during meiosis. In addition, the proposed amino acid sequence of REC-2 suggests that regulation of recombination in Neurospora differs from any currently known mechanism.
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- Patricia Jane Yeadon
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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Feng X, Merilä J, Löytynoja A. Secondary Contact, Introgressive Hybridization, and Genome Stabilization in Sticklebacks. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae031. [PMID: 38366566 PMCID: PMC10903534 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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Advances in genomic studies have revealed that hybridization in nature is pervasive and raised questions about the dynamics of different genetic and evolutionary factors following the initial hybridization event. While recent research has proposed that the genomic outcomes of hybridization might be predictable to some extent, many uncertainties remain. With comprehensive whole-genome sequence data, we investigated the genetic introgression between 2 divergent lineages of 9-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) in the Baltic Sea. We found that the intensity and direction of selection on the introgressed variation has varied across different genomic elements: while functionally important regions displayed reduced rates of introgression, promoter regions showed enrichment. Despite the general trend of negative selection, we identified specific genomic regions that were enriched for introgressed variants, and within these regions, we detected footprints of selection, indicating adaptive introgression. Geographically, we found the selection against the functional changes to be strongest in the vicinity of the secondary contact zone and weaken as a function of distance from the initial contact. Altogether, the results suggest that the stabilization of introgressed variation in the genomes is a complex, multistage process involving both negative and positive selection. In spite of the predominance of negative selection against introgressed variants, we also found evidence for adaptive introgression variants likely associated with adaptation to Baltic Sea environmental conditions.
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- Xueyun Feng
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Area of Ecology and Biodiversity, The School of Biological Sciences, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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Chase MA, Vilcot M, Mugal CF. The role of recombination dynamics in shaping signatures of direct and indirect selection across the Ficedula flycatcher genome †. Proc Biol Sci 2024; 291:20232382. [PMID: 38228173 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
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Recombination is a central evolutionary process that reshuffles combinations of alleles along chromosomes, and consequently is expected to influence the efficacy of direct selection via Hill-Robertson interference. Additionally, the indirect effects of selection on neutral genetic diversity are expected to show a negative relationship with recombination rate, as background selection and genetic hitchhiking are stronger when recombination rate is low. However, owing to the limited availability of recombination rate estimates across divergent species, the impact of evolutionary changes in recombination rate on genomic signatures of selection remains largely unexplored. To address this question, we estimate recombination rate in two Ficedula flycatcher species, the taiga flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) and collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis). We show that recombination rate is strongly correlated with signatures of indirect selection, and that evolutionary changes in recombination rate between species have observable impacts on this relationship. Conversely, signatures of direct selection on coding sequences show little to no relationship with recombination rate, even when restricted to genes where recombination rate is conserved between species. Thus, using measures of indirect and direct selection that bridge micro- and macro-evolutionary timescales, we demonstrate that the role of recombination rate and its dynamics varies for different signatures of selection.
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- Madeline A Chase
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
- Swiss Ornithological Institute, 6204 Sempach, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
- CEFE, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, 34293 Montpellier 5, France
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
- Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, University of Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5558, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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Tsuruta Y, Senmatsu S, Oe H, Hoffman CS, Hirota K. Metabolic stress-induced long ncRNA transcription governs the formation of meiotic DNA breaks in the fission yeast fbp1 gene. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0294191. [PMID: 38252660 PMCID: PMC10802949 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Meiotic recombination is a pivotal process that ensures faithful chromosome segregation and contributes to the generation of genetic diversity in offspring, which is initiated by the formation of double-strand breaks (DSBs). The distribution of meiotic DSBs is not uniform and is clustered at hotspots, which can be affected by environmental conditions. Here, we show that non-coding RNA (ncRNA) transcription creates meiotic DSBs through local chromatin remodeling in the fission yeast fbp1 gene. The fbp1 gene is activated upon glucose starvation stress, in which a cascade of ncRNA-transcription in the fbp1 upstream region converts the chromatin configuration into an open structure, leading to the subsequent binding of transcription factors. We examined the distribution of meiotic DSBs around the fbp1 upstream region in the presence and absence of glucose and observed several new DSBs after chromatin conversion under glucose starvation conditions. Moreover, these DSBs disappeared when cis-elements required for ncRNA transcription were mutated. These results indicate that ncRNA transcription creates meiotic DSBs in response to stress conditions in the fbp1 upstream region. This study addressed part of a long-standing unresolved mechanism underlying meiotic recombination plasticity in response to environmental fluctuation.
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- Yusuke Tsuruta
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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Bascón-Cardozo K, Bours A, Manthey G, Durieux G, Dutheil JY, Pruisscher P, Odenthal-Hesse L, Liedvogel M. Fine-Scale Map Reveals Highly Variable Recombination Rates Associated with Genomic Features in the Eurasian Blackcap. Genome Biol Evol 2024; 16:evad233. [PMID: 38198800 PMCID: PMC10781513 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Recombination is responsible for breaking up haplotypes, influencing genetic variability, and the efficacy of selection. Bird genomes lack the protein PR domain-containing protein 9, a key determinant of recombination dynamics in most metazoans. Historical recombination maps in birds show an apparent stasis in positioning recombination events. This highly conserved recombination pattern over long timescales may constrain the evolution of recombination in birds. At the same time, extensive variation in recombination rate is observed across the genome and between different species of birds. Here, we characterize the fine-scale historical recombination map of an iconic migratory songbird, the Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), using a linkage disequilibrium-based approach that accounts for population demography. Our results reveal variable recombination rates among and within chromosomes, which associate positively with nucleotide diversity and GC content and negatively with chromosome size. Recombination rates increased significantly at regulatory regions but not necessarily at gene bodies. CpG islands are associated strongly with recombination rates, though their specific position and local DNA methylation patterns likely influence this relationship. The association with retrotransposons varied according to specific family and location. Our results also provide evidence of heterogeneous intrachromosomal conservation of recombination maps between the blackcap and its closest sister taxon, the garden warbler. These findings highlight the considerable variability of recombination rates at different scales and the role of specific genomic features in shaping this variation. This study opens the possibility of further investigating the impact of recombination on specific population-genomic features.
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- Karen Bascón-Cardozo
- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
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- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven 26386, Germany
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
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- Department for Theoretical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
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- MPRG Behavioural Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön 24306, Germany
- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven 26386, Germany
- Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26129, Germany
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Versoza CJ, Weiss S, Johal R, La Rosa B, Jensen JD, Pfeifer SP. Novel Insights into the Landscape of Crossover and Noncrossover Events in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Genome Biol Evol 2024; 16:evad223. [PMID: 38051960 PMCID: PMC10773715 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Meiotic recombination landscapes differ greatly between distantly and closely related taxa, populations, individuals, sexes, and even within genomes; however, the factors driving this variation are yet to be well elucidated. Here, we directly estimate contemporary crossover rates and, for the first time, noncrossover rates in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) from four three-generation pedigrees comprising 32 individuals. We further compare these results with historical, demography-aware, linkage disequilibrium-based recombination rate estimates. From paternal meioses in the pedigrees, 165 crossover events with a median resolution of 22.3 kb were observed, corresponding to a male autosomal map length of 2,357 cM-approximately 15% longer than an existing linkage map based on human microsatellite loci. In addition, 85 noncrossover events with a mean tract length of 155 bp were identified-similar to the tract lengths observed in the only other two primates in which noncrossovers have been studied to date, humans and baboons. Consistent with observations in other placental mammals with PRDM9-directed recombination, crossover (and to a lesser extent noncrossover) events in rhesus macaques clustered in intergenic regions and toward the chromosomal ends in males-a pattern in broad agreement with the historical, sex-averaged recombination rate estimates-and evidence of GC-biased gene conversion was observed at noncrossover sites.
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- Cyril J Versoza
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Hinch R, Donnelly P, Hinch AG. Meiotic DNA breaks drive multifaceted mutagenesis in the human germ line. Science 2023; 382:eadh2531. [PMID: 38033082 PMCID: PMC7615360 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh2531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Meiotic recombination commences with hundreds of programmed DNA breaks; however, the degree to which they are accurately repaired remains poorly understood. We report that meiotic break repair is eightfold more mutagenic for single-base substitutions than was previously understood, leading to de novo mutation in one in four sperm and one in 12 eggs. Its impact on indels and structural variants is even higher, with 100- to 1300-fold increases in rates per break. We uncovered new mutational signatures and footprints relative to break sites, which implicate unexpected biochemical processes and error-prone DNA repair mechanisms, including translesion synthesis and end joining in meiotic break repair. We provide evidence that these mechanisms drive mutagenesis in human germ lines and lead to disruption of hundreds of genes genome wide.
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- Robert Hinch
- Big Data Institute, University of Oxford; Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford; Oxford, UK
- Genomics plc; Oxford, UK
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Davies B, Zhang G, Moralli D, Alghadban S, Biggs D, Preece C, Donnelly P, Hinch AG. Characterization of meiotic recombination intermediates through gene knockouts in founder hybrid mice. Genome Res 2023; 33:2018-2027. [PMID: 37977820 PMCID: PMC10760447 DOI: 10.1101/gr.278024.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Mammalian meiotic recombination proceeds via repair of hundreds of programmed DNA double-strand breaks, which requires choreographed binding of RPA, DMC1, and RAD51 to single-stranded DNA substrates. High-resolution in vivo binding maps of these proteins provide insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms. When assayed in F1-hybrid mice, these maps can distinguish the broken chromosome from the chromosome used as template for repair, revealing more mechanistic detail and enabling the structure of the recombination intermediates to be inferred. By applying CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis directly on F1-hybrid embryos, we have extended this approach to explore the molecular detail of recombination when a key component is knocked out. As a proof of concept, we have generated hybrid biallelic knockouts of Dmc1 and built maps of meiotic binding of RAD51 and RPA in them. DMC1 is essential for meiotic recombination, and comparison of these maps with those from wild-type mice is informative about the structure and timing of critical recombination intermediates. We observe redistribution of RAD51 binding and complete abrogation of D-loop recombination intermediates at a molecular level in Dmc1 mutants. These data provide insight on the configuration of RPA in D-loop intermediates and suggest that stable strand exchange proceeds via multiple rounds of strand invasion with template switching in mouse. Our methodology provides a high-throughput approach for characterization of gene function in meiotic recombination at low animal cost.
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- Benjamin Davies
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
- The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
- Genomics PLC, Oxford OX1 1JD, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom;
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Rosspopoff O, Trono D. Take a walk on the KRAB side. Trends Genet 2023; 39:844-857. [PMID: 37716846 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Canonical Krüppel-associated box (KRAB)-containing zinc finger proteins (KZFPs) act as major repressors of transposable elements (TEs) via the KRAB-mediated recruitment of the heterochromatin scaffold KRAB-associated protein (KAP)1. KZFP genes emerged some 420 million years ago in the last common ancestor of coelacanth, lungfish, and tetrapods, and dramatically expanded to give rise to lineage-specific repertoires in contemporary species paralleling their TE load and turnover. However, the KRAB domain displays sequence and function variations that reveal repeated diversions from a linear TE-KZFP trajectory. This Review summarizes current knowledge on the evolution of KZFPs and discusses how ancestral noncanonical KZFPs endowed with variant KRAB, SCAN or DUF3669 domains have been utilized to achieve KAP1-independent functions.
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- Olga Rosspopoff
- School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Rocha VCP, Alves JS, Costa RB, de Camargo GMF. Variability in the PRDM9 gene in Sindhi cattle. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:8839-8842. [PMID: 37658931 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08778-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sindhi is a dual-purpose breed adapted to tropical environments. However, this breed has the smallest total population among indicine breeds in Brazil and the smallest effective number. In addition, the inbreeding coefficient is higher than 6.25% in ~ 60% of the population. Therefore, alternatives to increase genetic diversity are important. Within this context, the PRDM9 gene is particularly interesting since it is involved in meiotic recombination events, consequently enhancing genetic variability in the population by increasing the number of circulating haplotypes. Each allele of the gene induces recombination at a different hotspot. The larger the number of circulating alleles, the higher the recombination rate and the greater the genetic variability. METHODS The aim of this study was to characterize alleles of the PRDM9 gene in Sindhi cattle. The region of the zinc finger domains of the gene was amplified by PCR, genotyped, and sequenced for allele identification in 50 Sindhi animals. RESULTS Three alleles (A-cattle1, B-cattle14, and C-cattle19) and six genotypes (AA, BB, CC, AB, AC, and BC) were identified. CONCLUSION The allele variation of the PRDM9 gene in the Sindhi breed enables to guide the mating of animals with different genotypes/alleles and to promote genetic variability by recombination if there is intralocus variability.
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- Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brasil
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Baker Z, Przeworski M, Sella G. Down the Penrose stairs, or how selection for fewer recombination hotspots maintains their existence. eLife 2023; 12:e83769. [PMID: 37830496 DOI: 10.7554/elife.83769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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In many species, meiotic recombination events tend to occur in narrow intervals of the genome, known as hotspots. In humans and mice, double strand break (DSB) hotspot locations are determined by the DNA-binding specificity of the zinc finger array of the PRDM9 protein, which is rapidly evolving at residues in contact with DNA. Previous models explained this rapid evolution in terms of the need to restore PRDM9 binding sites lost to gene conversion over time, under the assumption that more PRDM9 binding always leads to more DSBs. This assumption, however, does not align with current evidence. Recent experimental work indicates that PRDM9 binding on both homologs facilitates DSB repair, and that the absence of sufficient symmetric binding disrupts meiosis. We therefore consider an alternative hypothesis: that rapid PRDM9 evolution is driven by the need to restore symmetric binding because of its role in coupling DSB formation and efficient repair. To this end, we model the evolution of PRDM9 from first principles: from its binding dynamics to the population genetic processes that govern the evolution of the zinc finger array and its binding sites. We show that the loss of a small number of strong binding sites leads to the use of a greater number of weaker ones, resulting in a sharp reduction in symmetric binding and favoring new PRDM9 alleles that restore the use of a smaller set of strong binding sites. This decrease, in turn, drives rapid PRDM9 evolutionary turnover. Our results therefore suggest that the advantage of new PRDM9 alleles is in limiting the number of binding sites used effectively, rather than in increasing net PRDM9 binding. By extension, our model suggests that the evolutionary advantage of hotspots may have been to increase the efficiency of DSB repair and/or homolog pairing.
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- Zachary Baker
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, United States
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, United States
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States
- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Columbia University, New York, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, United States
- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Columbia University, New York, United States
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Úbeda F, Fyon F, Bürger R. The Recombination Hotspot Paradox: Co-evolution between PRDM9 and its target sites. Theor Popul Biol 2023; 153:69-90. [PMID: 37451508 DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2023.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Recombination often concentrates in small regions called recombination hotspots where recombination is much higher than the genome's average. In many vertebrates, including humans, gene PRDM9 specifies which DNA motifs will be the target for breaks that initiate recombination, ultimately determining the location of recombination hotspots. Because the sequence that breaks (allowing recombination) is converted into the sequence that does not break (preventing recombination), the latter sequence is over-transmitted to future generations and recombination hotspots are self-destructive. Given their self-destructive nature, recombination hotspots should eventually become extinct in genomes where they are found. While empirical evidence shows that individual hotspots do become inactive over time (die), hotspots are abundant in many vertebrates: a contradiction called the Recombination Hotspot Paradox. What saves recombination hotspots from their foretold extinction? Here we formulate a co-evolutionary model of the interaction among sequence-specific gene conversion, fertility selection, and recurrent mutation. We find that allelic frequencies oscillate leading to stable limit cycles. From a biological perspective this means that when fertility selection is weaker than gene conversion, it cannot stop individual hotspots from dying but can save them from extinction by driving their re-activation (resuscitation). In our model, mutation balances death and resuscitation of hotspots, thus maintaining their number over evolutionary time. Interestingly, we find that multiple alleles result in oscillations that are chaotic and multiple targets in oscillations that are asynchronous between targets thus helping to maintain the average genomic recombination probability constant. Furthermore, we find that the level of expression of PRDM9 should control for the fraction of targets that are hotspots and the overall temperature of the genome. Therefore, our co-evolutionary model improves our understanding of how hotspots may be replaced, thus contributing to solve the Recombination Hotspot Paradox. From a more applied perspective our work provides testable predictions regarding the relation between mutation probability and fertility selection with life expectancy of hotspots.
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- Francisco Úbeda
- Department of Biology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.
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- Department of Biology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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- Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Brovkina MV, Chapman MA, Holding ML, Clowney EJ. Emergence and influence of sequence bias in evolutionarily malleable, mammalian tandem arrays. BMC Biol 2023; 21:179. [PMID: 37612705 PMCID: PMC10463633 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01673-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The radiation of mammals at the extinction of the dinosaurs produced a plethora of new forms-as diverse as bats, dolphins, and elephants-in only 10-20 million years. Behind the scenes, adaptation to new niches is accompanied by extensive innovation in large families of genes that allow animals to contact the environment, including chemosensors, xenobiotic enzymes, and immune and barrier proteins. Genes in these "outward-looking" families are allelically diverse among humans and exhibit tissue-specific and sometimes stochastic expression. RESULTS Here, we show that these tandem arrays of outward-looking genes occupy AT-biased isochores and comprise the "tissue-specific" gene class that lack CpG islands in their promoters. Models of mammalian genome evolution have not incorporated the sharply different functions and transcriptional patterns of genes in AT- versus GC-biased regions. To examine the relationship between gene family expansion, sequence content, and allelic diversity, we use population genetic data and comparative analysis. First, we find that AT bias can emerge during evolutionary expansion of gene families in cis. Second, human genes in AT-biased isochores or with GC-poor promoters experience relatively low rates of de novo point mutation today but are enriched for non-synonymous variants. Finally, we find that isochores containing gene clusters exhibit low rates of recombination. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses suggest that tolerance of non-synonymous variation and low recombination are two forces that have produced the depletion of GC bases in outward-facing gene arrays. In turn, high AT content exerts a profound effect on their chromatin organization and transcriptional regulation.
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- Margarita V Brovkina
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
- Michigan Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Tsui V, Lyu R, Novakovic S, Stringer JM, Dunleavy JE, Granger E, Semple T, Leichter A, Martelotto LG, Merriner DJ, Liu R, McNeill L, Zerafa N, Hoffmann ER, O’Bryan MK, Hutt K, Deans AJ, Heierhorst J, McCarthy DJ, Crismani W. Fancm has dual roles in the limiting of meiotic crossovers and germ cell maintenance in mammals. CELL GENOMICS 2023; 3:100349. [PMID: 37601968 PMCID: PMC10435384 DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Meiotic crossovers are required for accurate chromosome segregation and producing new allelic combinations. Meiotic crossover numbers are tightly regulated within a narrow range, despite an excess of initiating DNA double-strand breaks. Here, we reveal the tumor suppressor FANCM as a meiotic anti-crossover factor in mammals. We use unique large-scale crossover analyses with both single-gamete sequencing and pedigree-based bulk-sequencing datasets to identify a genome-wide increase in crossover frequencies in Fancm-deficient mice. Gametogenesis is heavily perturbed in Fancm loss-of-function mice, which is consistent with the reproductive defects reported in humans with biallelic FANCM mutations. A portion of the gametogenesis defects can be attributed to the cGAS-STING pathway after birth. Despite the gametogenesis phenotypes in Fancm mutants, both sexes are capable of producing offspring. We propose that the anti-crossover function and role in gametogenesis of Fancm are separable and will inform diagnostic pathways for human genomic instability disorders.
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- Vanessa Tsui
- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
- The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
- Melbourne Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Ovarian Biology Laboratory, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Male Infertility and Germ Cell Biology Group, School of BioSciences and the Bio21 Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Single Cell Innovation Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Single Cell Innovation Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Single Cell Innovation Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Male Infertility and Germ Cell Biology Group, School of BioSciences and the Bio21 Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
- Melbourne Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Ovarian Biology Laboratory, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- DNRF Center for Chromosome Stability, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Male Infertility and Germ Cell Biology Group, School of BioSciences and the Bio21 Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Ovarian Biology Laboratory, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Genome Stability Unit, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Molecular Genetics Unit, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
- Melbourne Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
- The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Hoge C, de Manuel M, Mahgoub M, Okami N, Fuller Z, Banerjee S, Baker Z, McNulty M, Andolfatto P, Macfarlan TS, Schumer M, Tzika AC, Przeworski M. Patterns of recombination in snakes reveal a tug of war between PRDM9 and promoter-like features. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.11.548536. [PMID: 37502971 PMCID: PMC10369914 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.11.548536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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In vertebrates, there are two known mechanisms by which meiotic recombination is directed to the genome: in humans, mice, and other mammals, recombination occurs almost exclusively where the protein PRDM9 binds, while in species lacking an intact PRDM9, such as birds and canids, recombination rates are elevated near promoter-like features. To test if PRDM9 also directs recombination in non-mammalian vertebrates, we focused on an exemplar species, the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus). Unlike birds, this species possesses a single, intact PRDM9 ortholog. By inferring historical recombination rates along the genome from patterns of linkage disequilibrium and identifying crossovers in pedigrees, we found that PRDM9 specifies the location of recombination events outside of mammals. However, we also detected an independent effect of promoter-like features on recombination, which is more pronounced on macro- than microchromosomes. Thus, our findings reveal that the uses of PRDM9 and promoter-like features are not mutually-exclusive, and instead reflect a tug of war, which varies in strength along the genome and is more lopsided in some species than others.
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- Carla Hoge
- Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
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- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
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- Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
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- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
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- Dept. of Biology, Stanford University
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, CA
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- Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution (LANE), Department of Genetics & Evolution, University of Geneva
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- Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, CA
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Otsuka K, Sakashita A, Maezawa S, Schultz RM, Namekawa SH. KRAB-zinc-finger proteins regulate endogenous retroviruses to sculpt germline transcriptomes and genome evolution. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.06.24.546405. [PMID: 37720031 PMCID: PMC10503828 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.24.546405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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As transposable elements (TEs) coevolved with the host genome, the host genome exploited TEs as functional regulatory elements. What remains largely unknown are how the activity of TEs, namely, endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), are regulated and how TEs evolved in the germline. Here we show that KRAB domain-containing zinc-finger proteins (KZFPs), which are highly expressed in mitotically dividing spermatogonia, bind to suppressed ERVs that function following entry into meiosis as active enhancers. These features are observed for independently evolved KZFPs and ERVs in mice and humans, i.e., are evolutionarily conserved in mammals. Further, we show that meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) antagonizes the coevolution of KZFPs and ERVs in mammals. Our study uncovers a mechanism by which KZFPs regulate ERVs to sculpt germline transcriptomes. We propose that epigenetic programming in the mammalian germline during the mitosis-to-meiosis transition facilitates coevolution of KZFPs and TEs on autosomes and is antagonized by MSCI.
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- Kai Otsuka
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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- Reproductive Sciences Center, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA
- Reproductive Sciences Center, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, USA
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Comaills V, Castellano-Pozo M. Chromosomal Instability in Genome Evolution: From Cancer to Macroevolution. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12050671. [PMID: 37237485 DOI: 10.3390/biology12050671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The integrity of the genome is crucial for the survival of all living organisms. However, genomes need to adapt to survive certain pressures, and for this purpose use several mechanisms to diversify. Chromosomal instability (CIN) is one of the main mechanisms leading to the creation of genomic heterogeneity by altering the number of chromosomes and changing their structures. In this review, we will discuss the different chromosomal patterns and changes observed in speciation, in evolutional biology as well as during tumor progression. By nature, the human genome shows an induction of diversity during gametogenesis but as well during tumorigenesis that can conclude in drastic changes such as the whole genome doubling to more discrete changes as the complex chromosomal rearrangement chromothripsis. More importantly, changes observed during speciation are strikingly similar to the genomic evolution observed during tumor progression and resistance to therapy. The different origins of CIN will be treated as the importance of double-strand breaks (DSBs) or the consequences of micronuclei. We will also explain the mechanisms behind the controlled DSBs, and recombination of homologous chromosomes observed during meiosis, to explain how errors lead to similar patterns observed during tumorigenesis. Then, we will also list several diseases associated with CIN, resulting in fertility issues, miscarriage, rare genetic diseases, and cancer. Understanding better chromosomal instability as a whole is primordial for the understanding of mechanisms leading to tumor progression.
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- Valentine Comaills
- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, University of Pablo de Olavide-University of Seville-CSIC, Junta de Andalucía, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, University of Pablo de Olavide-University of Seville-CSIC, Junta de Andalucía, 41092 Seville, Spain
- Genetic Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville, 41080 Seville, Spain
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Apsley AT, Domico ER, Verbiest MA, Brogan CA, Buck ER, Burich AJ, Cardone KM, Stone WJ, Anisimova M, Vandenbergh DJ. A novel hypervariable variable number tandem repeat in the dopamine transporter gene ( SLC6A3). Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202201677. [PMID: 36754567 PMCID: PMC9909461 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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The dopamine transporter gene, SLC6A3, has received substantial attention in genetic association studies of various phenotypes. Although some variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) present in SLC6A3 have been tested in genetic association studies, results have not been consistent. VNTRs in SLC6A3 that have not been examined genetically were characterized. The Tandem Repeat Annotation Library was used to characterize the VNTRs of 64 unrelated long-read haplotype-phased SLC6A3 sequences. Sequence similarity of each repeat unit of the five VNTRs is reported, along with the correlations of SNP-SNP, SNP-VNTR, and VNTR-VNTR alleles across the gene. One of these VNTRs is a novel hyper-VNTR (hyVNTR) in intron 8 of SLC6A3, which contains a range of 3.4-133.4 repeat copies and has a consensus sequence length of 38 bp, with 82% G+C content. The 38-base repeat was predicted to form G-quadruplexes in silico and was confirmed by circular dichroism spectroscopy. In addition, this hyVNTR contains multiple putative binding sites for PRDM9, which, in combination with low levels of linkage disequilibrium around the hyVNTR, suggests it might be a recombination hotspot.
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- Abner T Apsley
- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
- The Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Program, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Institute of Computational Life Science, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Information Science and Technologies - Applied Data Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Institute of Computational Life Science, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
- The Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Program, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
- Institute of the Neurosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
- The Bioinformatics and Genomics Program, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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Yancoskie MN, Maritz C, van Eijk P, Reed SH, Naegeli H. To incise or not and where: SET-domain methyltransferases know. Trends Biochem Sci 2023; 48:321-330. [PMID: 36357311 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The concept of the histone code posits that histone modifications regulate gene functions once interpreted by epigenetic readers. A well-studied case is trimethylation of lysine 4 of histone H3 (H3K4me3), which is enriched at gene promoters. However, H3K4me3 marks are not needed for the expression of most genes, suggesting extra roles, such as influencing the 3D genome architecture. Here, we highlight an intriguing analogy between the H3K4me3-dependent induction of double-strand breaks in several recombination events and the impact of this same mark on DNA incisions for the repair of bulky lesions. We propose that Su(var)3-9, Enhancer-of-zeste and Trithorax (SET)-domain methyltransferases generate H3K4me3 to guide nucleases into chromatin spaces, the favorable accessibility of which ensures that DNA break intermediates are readily processed, thereby safeguarding genome stability.
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- Michelle N Yancoskie
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich-Vetsuisse, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich-Vetsuisse, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich-Vetsuisse, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Giannattasio T, Testa E, Palombo R, Chellini L, Franceschini F, Crevenna Á, Petkov PM, Paronetto MP, Barchi M. The RNA-binding protein FUS/TLS interacts with SPO11 and PRDM9 and localize at meiotic recombination hotspots. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:107. [PMID: 36967403 PMCID: PMC10040399 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-04744-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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In mammals, meiotic recombination is initiated by the introduction of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) into narrow segments of the genome, defined as hotspots, which is carried out by the SPO11/TOPOVIBL complex. A major player in the specification of hotspots is PRDM9, a histone methyltransferase that, following sequence-specific DNA binding, generates trimethylation on lysine 4 (H3K4me3) and lysine 36 (H3K36me3) of histone H3, thus defining the hotspots. PRDM9 activity is key to successful meiosis, since in its absence DSBs are redirected to functional sites and synapsis between homologous chromosomes fails. One protein factor recently implicated in guiding PRDM9 activity at hotspots is EWS, a member of the FET family of proteins that also includes TAF15 and FUS/TLS. Here, we demonstrate that FUS/TLS partially colocalizes with PRDM9 on the meiotic chromosome axes, marked by the synaptonemal complex component SYCP3, and physically interacts with PRDM9. Furthermore, we show that FUS/TLS also interacts with REC114, one of the axis-bound SPO11-auxiliary factors essential for DSB formation. This finding suggests that FUS/TLS is a component of the protein complex that promotes the initiation of meiotic recombination. Accordingly, we document that FUS/TLS coimmunoprecipitates with SPO11 in vitro and in vivo. The interaction occurs with both SPO11β and SPO11α splice isoforms, which are believed to play distinct functions in the formation of DSBs in autosomes and male sex chromosomes, respectively. Finally, using chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments, we show that FUS/TLS is localized at H3K4me3-marked hotspots in autosomes and in the pseudo-autosomal region, the site of genetic exchange between the XY chromosomes.
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- Teresa Giannattasio
- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Section of Anatomy, Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Section of Anatomy, Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Fondazione Santa Lucia, CERC, 00143, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Fondazione Santa Lucia, CERC, 00143, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Section of Anatomy, Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Neurobiology and Epigenetics Unit, Monterotondo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Fondazione Santa Lucia, CERC, 00143, Rome, Italy.
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Piazza Lauro de Bosis 6, 00135, Rome, Italy.
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- University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Section of Anatomy, Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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Donnelly P. 2022 William Allan Award. Am J Hum Genet 2023; 110:404-408. [PMID: 36868201 PMCID: PMC10036731 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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This article is based on the address given by the author at the 2022 meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Los Angeles, CA. The video of the original address can be found at the ASHG website.
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- Peter Donnelly
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Genomics plc, Oxford, UK.
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Dutreux F, Dutta A, Peltier E, Bibi-Triki S, Friedrich A, Llorente B, Schacherer J. Lessons from the meiotic recombination landscape of the ZMM deficient budding yeast Lachancea waltii. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010592. [PMID: 36608114 PMCID: PMC9851511 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Meiotic recombination is a driving force for genome evolution, deeply characterized in a few model species, notably in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Interestingly, Zip2, Zip3, Zip4, Spo16, Msh4, and Msh5, members of the so-called ZMM pathway that implements the interfering meiotic crossover pathway in S. cerevisiae, have been lost in Lachancea yeast species after the divergence of Lachancea kluyveri from the rest of the clade. In this context, after investigating meiosis in L. kluyveri, we determined the meiotic recombination landscape of Lachancea waltii. Attempts to generate diploid strains with fully hybrid genomes invariably resulted in strains with frequent whole-chromosome aneuploidy and multiple extended regions of loss of heterozygosity (LOH), which mechanistic origin is so far unclear. Despite the lack of multiple ZMM pro-crossover factors in L. waltii, numbers of crossovers and noncrossovers per meiosis were higher than in L. kluyveri but lower than in S. cerevisiae, for comparable genome sizes. Similar to L. kluyveri but opposite to S. cerevisiae, L. waltii exhibits an elevated frequency of zero-crossover bivalents. Lengths of gene conversion tracts for both crossovers and non-crossovers in L. waltii were comparable to those observed in S. cerevisiae and shorter than in L. kluyveri despite the lack of Mlh2, a factor limiting conversion tract size in S. cerevisiae. L. waltii recombination hotspots were not shared with either S. cerevisiae or L. kluyveri, showing that meiotic recombination hotspots can evolve at a rather limited evolutionary scale within budding yeasts. Finally, L. waltii crossover interference was reduced relative to S. cerevisiae, with interference being detected only in the 25 kb distance range. Detection of positive inference only at short distance scales in the absence of multiple ZMM factors required for interference-sensitive crossovers in other systems likely reflects interference between early recombination precursors such as DSBs.
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- Fabien Dutreux
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UMR7258, INSERM U1068, Aix Marseille Université UM105, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France,* E-mail: (BL); (JS)
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, GMGM UMR 7156, Strasbourg, France,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France,* E-mail: (BL); (JS)
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Zhang X, Liu Y, Huang M, Gunewardena S, Haeri M, Swerdlow RH, Wang N. Landscape of Double-Stranded DNA Breaks in Postmortem Brains from Alzheimer's Disease and Non-Demented Individuals. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 94:519-535. [PMID: 37334609 PMCID: PMC10357181 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains accumulate DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), which could contribute to neurodegeneration and dysfunction. The genomic distribution of AD brain DSBs is unclear. OBJECTIVE To map genome-wide DSB distributions in AD and age-matched control brains. METHODS We obtained autopsy brain tissue from 3 AD and 3 age-matched control individuals. The donors were men between the ages of 78 to 91. Nuclei extracted from frontal cortex tissue were subjected to Cleavage Under Targets & Release Using Nuclease (CUT&RUN) assay with an antibody against γH2AX, a marker of DSB formation. γH2AX-enriched chromatins were purified and analyzed via high-throughput genomic sequencing. RESULTS The AD brains contained 18 times more DSBs than the control brains and the pattern of AD DSBs differed from the control brain pattern. In conjunction with published genome, epigenome, and transcriptome analyses, our data revealed aberrant DSB formation correlates with AD-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms, increased chromatin accessibility, and upregulated gene expression. CONCLUSION Our data suggest in AD, an accumulation of DSBs at ectopic genomic loci could contribute to an aberrant upregulation of gene expression.
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- Xiaoyu Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Institute for Reproduction and Developmental Sciences, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Institute for Reproduction and Developmental Sciences, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Institute for Reproduction and Developmental Sciences, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- Institute for Reproduction and Developmental Sciences, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Wang X, Li Z, Feng T, Luo X, Xue L, Mao C, Cui K, Li H, Huang J, Huang K, Rehman SU, Shi D, Wu D, Ruan J, Liu Q. Chromosome-level genome and recombination map of the male buffalo. Gigascience 2022; 12:giad063. [PMID: 37589307 PMCID: PMC10433102 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giad063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis) is an economically important livestock supplying milk, meat, leather, and draft power. Several female buffalo genomes have been available, but the lack of high-quality male genomes hinders studies on chromosome evolution, especially Y, as well as meiotic recombination. RESULTS Here, a chromosome-level genome with a contig N50 of 72.2 Mb and a fine-scale recombination map of male buffalo were reported. We found that transposable elements (TEs) and structural variants (SVs) may contribute to buffalo evolution by influencing adjacent gene expression. We further found that the pseudoautosomal region (PAR) of the Y chromosome is subject to stronger purification selection. The meiotic recombination map showed that there were 2 obvious recombination hotspots on chromosome 8, and the genes around them were mainly related to tooth development, which may have helped to enhance the adaption of buffalo to inferior feed. Among several genomic features, TE density has the strongest correlation with recombination rates. Moreover, the TE subfamily, SINE/tRNA, is likely to play a role in driving recombination into SVs. CONCLUSIONS The male genome and sperm sequencing will facilitate the understanding of the buffalo genomic evolution and functional research.
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- Xiaobo Wang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Reproductive Medical and Genetic Center, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Molecular Design and Precise Breeding, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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AHLAWAT SONIKA, SHARMA REKHA, ARORA REENA, SHARMA HIMANI, SEHRAWAT RENUKA, SHARMA ANNU, SINGH KARANVEER, VIJH RAMESHKUMAR. Fertility of hybrids of dromedary and Bactrian camels: A possible role of conserved architecture of zinc finger domain of recombination regulator PRDM9. THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.56093/ijans.v92i12.112968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Recombination regulator, PRDM9, has been regarded as the most rapidly evolving gene in the genomes of many metazoans, in addition to being acknowledged as the sole speciation gene in vertebrates. It has become the focus of many scientific investigations because of exceptional numerical and sequence variability in its zinc finger (ZF) domain within and across species that contributes to reproductive isolation between species. This study is the maiden attempt to explore the architecture of PRDM9 ZF domain in two Camelid species (Camelus dromedarius and Camelus bactrianus). Sequence analysis revealed highly conserved domain architecture with presence of 3 and 4 ZFs in dromedary and Bactrian camels, respectively. Typical evolutionary features of PRDM9 ZF domain i.e. concerted evolution and positive selection were invariably absent in both the one-humped dromedary and the two-humped Bactrian camels. Fertility of hybrids of dromedary and Bactrian camels, despite being taxonomically distinct species can be attributed to the lack of sequence variability in PRDM9 in these species. Phylogenetic analysis underpinned clear demarcation of camels from other livestock species. The results of the present study defy what has been learnt so far about PRDM9 and add to the enigma surrounding the most intriguing gene in the genome.
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Wooldridge LK, Dumont BL. Rapid Evolution of the Fine-scale Recombination Landscape in Wild House Mouse (Mus musculus) Populations. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 40:6889355. [PMID: 36508360 PMCID: PMC9825251 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Meiotic recombination is an important evolutionary force and an essential meiotic process. In many species, recombination events concentrate into hotspots defined by the site-specific binding of PRMD9. Rapid evolution of Prdm9's zinc finger DNA-binding array leads to remarkably abrupt shifts in the genomic distribution of hotspots between species, but the question of how Prdm9 allelic variation shapes the landscape of recombination between populations remains less well understood. Wild house mice (Mus musculus) harbor exceptional Prdm9 diversity, with >150 alleles identified to date, and pose a particularly powerful system for addressing this open question. We employed a coalescent-based approach to construct broad- and fine-scale sex-averaged recombination maps from contemporary patterns of linkage disequilibrium in nine geographically isolated wild house mouse populations, including multiple populations from each of three subspecies. Comparing maps between wild mouse populations and subspecies reveals several themes. First, we report weak fine- and broad-scale recombination map conservation across subspecies and populations, with genetic divergence offering no clear prediction for recombination map divergence. Second, most hotspots are unique to one population, an outcome consistent with minimal sharing of Prdm9 alleles between surveyed populations. Finally, by contrasting aggregate hotspot activity on the X versus autosomes, we uncover evidence for population-specific differences in the degree and direction of sex dimorphism for recombination. Overall, our findings illuminate the variability of both the broad- and fine-scale recombination landscape in M. musculus and underscore the functional impact of Prdm9 allelic variation in wild mouse populations.
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Wei W, Schon KR, Elgar G, Orioli A, Tanguy M, Giess A, Tischkowitz M, Caulfield MJ, Chinnery PF. Nuclear-embedded mitochondrial DNA sequences in 66,083 human genomes. Nature 2022; 611:105-114. [PMID: 36198798 PMCID: PMC9630118 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05288-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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DNA transfer from cytoplasmic organelles to the cell nucleus is a legacy of the endosymbiotic event-the majority of nuclear-mitochondrial segments (NUMTs) are thought to be ancient, preceding human speciation1-3. Here we analyse whole-genome sequences from 66,083 people-including 12,509 people with cancer-and demonstrate the ongoing transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nucleus, contributing to a complex NUMT landscape. More than 99% of individuals had at least one of 1,637 different NUMTs, with 1 in 8 individuals having an ultra-rare NUMT that is present in less than 0.1% of the population. More than 90% of the extant NUMTs that we evaluated inserted into the nuclear genome after humans diverged from apes. Once embedded, the sequences were no longer under the evolutionary constraint seen within the mitochondrion, and NUMT-specific mutations had a different mutational signature to mitochondrial DNA. De novo NUMTs were observed in the germline once in every 104 births and once in every 103 cancers. NUMTs preferentially involved non-coding mitochondrial DNA, linking transcription and replication to their origin, with nuclear insertion involving multiple mechanisms including double-strand break repair associated with PR domain zinc-finger protein 9 (PRDM9) binding. The frequency of tumour-specific NUMTs differed between cancers, including a probably causal insertion in a myxoid liposarcoma. We found evidence of selection against NUMTs on the basis of size and genomic location, shaping a highly heterogenous and dynamic human NUMT landscape.
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- Wei Wei
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Academic Department of Medical Genetics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Academic Department of Medical Genetics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Marín-Gual L, González-Rodelas L, M. Garcias M, Kratochvíl L, Valenzuela N, Georges A, Waters PD, Ruiz-Herrera A. Meiotic chromosome dynamics and double strand break formation in reptiles. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1009776. [PMID: 36313577 PMCID: PMC9597255 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1009776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During meiotic prophase I, tightly regulated processes take place, from pairing and synapsis of homologous chromosomes to recombination, which are essential for the generation of genetically variable haploid gametes. These processes have canonical meiotic features conserved across different phylogenetic groups. However, the dynamics of meiotic prophase I in non-mammalian vertebrates are poorly known. Here, we compare four species from Sauropsida to understand the regulation of meiotic prophase I in reptiles: the Australian central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), two geckos (Paroedura picta and Coleonyx variegatus) and the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta). We first performed a histological characterization of the spermatogenesis process in both the bearded dragon and the painted turtle. We then analyzed prophase I dynamics, including chromosome pairing, synapsis and the formation of double strand breaks (DSBs). We show that meiosis progression is highly conserved in reptiles with telomeres clustering forming the bouquet, which we propose promotes homologous pairing and synapsis, along with facilitating the early pairing of micro-chromosomes during prophase I (i.e., early zygotene). Moreover, we detected low levels of meiotic DSB formation in all taxa. Our results provide new insights into reptile meiosis.
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- Laia Marín-Gual
- Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Genome Integrity and Instability Group, Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Genome Integrity and Instability Group, Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Genome Integrity and Instability Group, Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Genome Integrity and Instability Group, Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- *Correspondence: Aurora Ruiz-Herrera,
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DNA polymerase epsilon interacts with SUVH2/9 to repress the expression of genes associated with meiotic DSB hotspot in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2208441119. [PMID: 36191225 PMCID: PMC9564942 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208441119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Meiotic recombination is initiated by the SPORULATION 11 (SPO11)-triggered formation of double-strand breaks (DSBs) that usually occur in open chromatin with active transcriptional features in many eukaryotes. However, gene transcription at DSB sites appears to be detrimental for repair, but the regulatory mechanisms governing transcription at meiotic DSB sites are largely undefined in plants. Here, we demonstrate that the largest DNA polymerase epsilon subunit POL2A interacts with SU(VAR)3 to 9 homologs SUVH2 and SUVH9. N-SIM (structured illumination microscopy) observation shows that the colocalization of SUVH2 with the meiotic DSB marker γ-H2AX is dependent on POL2A. RNA-seq of male meiocytes demonstrates that POL2A and SUVH2 jointly repress the expression of 865 genes, which have several known characteristics associated with meiotic DSB sites. Bisulfite-seq and small RNA-seq of male meiocytes support the idea that the silencing of these genes by POL2A and SUVH2/9 is likely independent of CHH methylation or 24-nt siRNA accumulation. Moreover, pol2a suvh2 suvh9 triple mutants have more severe defects in meiotic recombination and fertility compared with either pol2a or suvh2 suvh9. Our results not only identify a epigenetic regulatory mechanism for gene silencing in male meiocytes but also reveal roles for DNA polymerase and SUVH2/9 beyond their classic functions in mitosis.
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Lyu R, Tsui V, Crismani W, Liu R, Shim H, McCarthy D. sgcocaller and comapr: personalised haplotype assembly and comparative crossover map analysis using single-gamete sequencing data. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:e118. [PMID: 36107768 PMCID: PMC9723612 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Profiling gametes of an individual enables the construction of personalised haplotypes and meiotic crossover landscapes, now achievable at larger scale than ever through the availability of high-throughput single-cell sequencing technologies. However, high-throughput single-gamete data commonly have low depth of coverage per gamete, which challenges existing gamete-based haplotype phasing methods. In addition, haplotyping a large number of single gametes from high-throughput single-cell DNA sequencing data and constructing meiotic crossover profiles using existing methods requires intensive processing. Here, we introduce efficient software tools for the essential tasks of generating personalised haplotypes and calling crossovers in gametes from single-gamete DNA sequencing data (sgcocaller), and constructing, visualising, and comparing individualised crossover landscapes from single gametes (comapr). With additional data pre-possessing, the tools can also be applied to bulk-sequenced samples. We demonstrate that sgcocaller is able to generate impeccable phasing results for high-coverage datasets, on which it is more accurate and stable than existing methods, and also performs well on low-coverage single-gamete sequencing datasets for which current methods fail. Our tools achieve highly accurate results with user-friendly installation, comprehensive documentation, efficient computation times and minimal memory usage.
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- Ruqian Lyu
- Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia,Melbourne Integrative Genomics/School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Building 184, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia,The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- DNA Repair and Recombination Laboratory, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia,The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Bioinformatics and Cellular Genomics, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, 9 Princes Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +61 3 9231 2480; Fax: +61 3 9416 2676;
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Vihinen M. Individual Genetic Heterogeneity. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13091626. [PMID: 36140794 PMCID: PMC9498725 DOI: 10.3390/genes13091626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Genetic variation has been widely covered in literature, however, not from the perspective of an individual in any species. Here, a synthesis of genetic concepts and variations relevant for individual genetic constitution is provided. All the different levels of genetic information and variation are covered, ranging from whether an organism is unmixed or hybrid, has variations in genome, chromosomes, and more locally in DNA regions, to epigenetic variants or alterations in selfish genetic elements. Genetic constitution and heterogeneity of microbiota are highly relevant for health and wellbeing of an individual. Mutation rates vary widely for variation types, e.g., due to the sequence context. Genetic information guides numerous aspects in organisms. Types of inheritance, whether Mendelian or non-Mendelian, zygosity, sexual reproduction, and sex determination are covered. Functions of DNA and functional effects of variations are introduced, along with mechanism that reduce and modulate functional effects, including TARAR countermeasures and intraindividual genetic conflict. TARAR countermeasures for tolerance, avoidance, repair, attenuation, and resistance are essential for life, integrity of genetic information, and gene expression. The genetic composition, effects of variations, and their expression are considered also in diseases and personalized medicine. The text synthesizes knowledge and insight on individual genetic heterogeneity and organizes and systematizes the central concepts.
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- Mauno Vihinen
- Department of Experimental Medical Science, BMC B13, Lund University, SE-22184 Lund, Sweden
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Yuan S, Huang T, Bao Z, Wang S, Wu X, Liu J, Liu H, Chen ZJ. The histone modification reader ZCWPW1 promotes double-strand break repair by regulating cross-talk of histone modifications and chromatin accessibility at meiotic hotspots. Genome Biol 2022; 23:187. [PMID: 36068616 PMCID: PMC9446545 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-022-02758-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The PRDM9-dependent histone methylation H3K4me3 and H3K36me3 function in assuring accurate homologous recombination at recombination hotspots in mammals. Beyond histone methylation, H3 lysine 9 acetylation (H3K9ac) is also greatly enriched at recombination hotspots. Previous work has indicated the potential cross-talk between H3K4me3 and H3K9ac at recombination hotspots, but it is still unknown what molecular mechanisms mediate the cross-talk between the two histone modifications at hotspots or how the cross-talk regulates homologous recombination in meiosis. RESULTS Here, we find that the histone methylation reader ZCWPW1 is essential for maintaining H3K9ac by antagonizing HDAC proteins' deacetylation activity and further promotes chromatin openness at recombination hotspots thus preparing the way for homologous recombination during meiotic double-strand break repair. Interestingly, ectopic expression of the germ-cell-specific protein ZCWPW1 in human somatic cells enhances double-strand break repair via homologous recombination. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our findings provide new insights into how histone modifications and their associated regulatory proteins collectively regulate meiotic homologous recombination.
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- Shenli Yuan
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Beijing Institute of Genomics, China National Center for Bioinformation, and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Beijing Institute of Genomics, China National Center for Bioinformation, and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China. .,CUHK-SDU Joint Laboratory on Reproductive Genetics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. .,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, 200135, China. .,Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200135, China.
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Recent discoveries have advanced our understanding of recombination initiation beyond the placement of double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) from germline replication timing to the dynamic reorganization of chromatin, and defined critical players of recombination initiation. This article focuses on recombination initiation in mammals utilizing the PRDM9 protein to orchestrate crucial stages of meiotic recombination initiation by interacting with the local DNA environment and several protein complexes. The Pioneer Complex with the SNF2-type chromatin remodeling enzyme HELLS, exposes PRDM9-bound DNA. At the same time, a Compass-Complex containing EWSR1, CXXC1, CDYL, EHMT2 and PRDM9 facilitates the association of putative hotspot sites in DNA loops with the chromosomal axis where DSB-promoting complexes are located, and DSBs are catalyzed by the SPO11/TOPOVIBL complex. Finally, homology search is facilitated at PRDM9-directed sites by ANKRD31. The Reader-Writer system consists of PRDM9 writing characteristic histone methylation signatures, which are read by ZCWPW1, promoting efficient homology engagement.
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- Elena Damm
- Department Evolutionary Genetics, Research Group Meiotic Recombination and Genome Instability, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Department Evolutionary Genetics, Research Group Meiotic Recombination and Genome Instability, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.
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Lee B, Cyrill SL, Lee W, Melchiotti R, Andiappan AK, Poidinger M, Rötzschke O. Analysis of archaic human haplotypes suggests that 5hmC acts as an epigenetic guide for NCO recombination. BMC Biol 2022; 20:173. [PMID: 35927700 PMCID: PMC9354366 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01353-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Non-crossover (NCO) refers to a mechanism of homologous recombination in which short tracks of DNA are copied between homologue chromatids. The allelic changes are typically restricted to one or few SNPs, which potentially allow for the gradual adaptation and maturation of haplotypes. It is assumed to be a stochastic process but the analysis of archaic and modern human haplotypes revealed a striking variability in local NCO recombination rates. Methods NCO recombination rates of 1.9 million archaic SNPs shared with Denisovan hominids were defined by a linkage study and correlated with functional and genomic annotations as well as ChIP-Seq data from modern humans. Results We detected a strong correlation between NCO recombination rates and the function of the respective region: low NCO rates were evident in introns and quiescent intergenic regions but high rates in splice sites, exons, 5′- and 3′-UTRs, as well as CpG islands. Correlations with ChIP-Seq data from ENCODE and other public sources further identified epigenetic modifications that associated directly with these recombination events. A particularly strong association was observed for 5-hydroxymethylcytosine marks (5hmC), which were enriched in virtually all of the functional regions associated with elevated NCO rates, including CpG islands and ‘poised’ bivalent regions. Conclusion Our results suggest that 5hmC marks may guide the NCO machinery specifically towards functionally relevant regions and, as an intermediate of oxidative demethylation, may open a pathway for environmental influence by specifically targeting recently opened gene loci. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12915-022-01353-9.
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- Bernett Lee
- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore.,Present address: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore.,Present address: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, NY, 11724, Cold Spring Harbor, USA
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore.,Present address: Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency of Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 8A Biomedical Drive, Singapore, 138648, Singapore.
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Ki BS, Shim SH, Park C, Yoo H, La H, Lee OH, Kwon Y, Skalnik DG, Okada Y, Yoon HG, Kim JH, Hong K, Choi Y. Epigenetic regulator Cfp1 safeguards male meiotic progression by regulating meiotic gene expression. EXPERIMENTAL & MOLECULAR MEDICINE 2022; 54:1098-1108. [PMID: 35918532 PMCID: PMC9440128 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-022-00813-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Meiosis occurs specifically in germ cells to produce sperm and oocytes that are competent for sexual reproduction. Multiple factors are required for successful meiotic entry, progression, and termination. Among them, trimethylation of histone H3 on lysine 4 (H3K4me3), a mark of active transcription, has been implicated in spermatogenesis by forming double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, the role of H3K4me in transcriptional regulation during meiosis remains poorly understood. Here, we reveal that mouse CXXC finger protein 1 (Cfp1), a component of the H3K4 methyltransferase Setd1a/b, is dynamically expressed in differentiating male germ cells and safeguards meiosis by controlling gene expression. Genetic ablation of mouse CFP1 in male germ cells caused complete infertility with failure in prophase I of the 1st meiosis. Mechanistically, CFP1 binds to genes essential for spermatogenesis, and its loss leads to a reduction in H3K4me3 levels and gene expression. Importantly, CFP1 is highly enriched within the promoter/TSS of target genes to elevate H3K4me3 levels and gene expression at the pachytene stage of meiotic prophase I. The most enriched genes were associated with meiosis and homologous recombination during the differentiation of spermatocytes to round spermatids. Therefore, our study establishes a mechanistic link between CFP1-mediated transcriptional control and meiotic progression and might provide an unprecedented genetic basis for understanding human sterility. Details of the role of a protein in the development of sperm cells in mice could lead to new understanding of sterility in men. An international research team led by Youngsok Choi and Kwonho Hong at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, investigated the role of protein Cfp1, which they found to be required for sperm formation in mice. The protein is a component of an enzyme complex that transfers methyl groups (CH3) onto other proteins involved in controlling gene activity. The researchers identified key aspects of the mechanism by which Cfp1 controls the activity of genes essential for sperm formation to proceed normally. Absence of Cfp1 specifically interferes with the process of meiosis, which generates sperm cells containing only one copy of each chromosome instead of the two copies found in other cells.
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- Byeong Seong Ki
- Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Humanized Pig Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Humanized Pig Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Humanized Pig Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, Gyeonggi-do, 13488, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Humanized Pig Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Humanized Pig Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Humanized Pig Center, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea.
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Matsen FA, Ralph PL. Enabling Inference for Context-Dependent Models of Mutation by Bounding the Propagation of Dependency. J Comput Biol 2022; 29:802-824. [PMID: 35776513 PMCID: PMC9419934 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2021.0644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Although the rates at which positions in the genome mutate are known to depend not only on the nucleotide to be mutated, but also on neighboring nucleotides, it remains challenging to do phylogenetic inference using models of context-dependent mutation. In these models, the effects of one mutation may in principle propagate to faraway locations, making it difficult to compute exact likelihoods. This article shows how to use bounds on the propagation of dependency to compute likelihoods of mutation of a given segment of genome by marginalizing over sufficiently long flanking sequence. This can be used for maximum likelihood or Bayesian inference. Protocols examining residuals and iterative model refinement are also discussed. Tools for efficiently working with these models are provided in an R package, which could be used in other applications. The method is used to examine context dependence of mutations since the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzee.
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- Frederick A. Matsen
- Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Genome Sciences, and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Departments of Biology and Mathematics, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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