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Žedaveinytė R, Meers C, Le HC, Mortman EE, Tang S, Lampe GD, Pesari SR, Gelsinger DR, Wiegand T, Sternberg SH. Antagonistic conflict between transposon-encoded introns and guide RNAs. Science 2024; 385:eadm8189. [PMID: 38991068 DOI: 10.1126/science.adm8189] [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: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
Abstract
TnpB nucleases represent the evolutionary precursors to CRISPR-Cas12 and are widespread in all domains of life. IS605-family TnpB homologs function as programmable RNA-guided homing endonucleases in bacteria, driving transposon maintenance through DNA double-strand break-stimulated homologous recombination. In this work, we uncovered molecular mechanisms of the transposition life cycle of IS607-family elements that, notably, also encode group I introns. We identified specific features for a candidate "IStron" from Clostridium botulinum that allow the element to carefully control the relative levels of spliced products versus functional guide RNAs. Our results suggest that IStron transcripts evolved an ability to balance competing and mutually exclusive activities that promote selfish transposon spread while limiting adverse fitness costs on the host. Collectively, this work highlights molecular innovation in the multifunctional utility of transposon-encoded noncoding RNAs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rimantė Žedaveinytė
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Tenjo-Castaño F, Montoya G, Carabias A. Transposons and CRISPR: Rewiring Gene Editing. Biochemistry 2023; 62:3521-3532. [PMID: 36130724 PMCID: PMC10734217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00379] [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: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
CRISPR-Cas is driving a gene editing revolution because of its simple reprogramming. However, off-target effects and dependence on the double-strand break repair pathways impose important limitations. Because homology-directed repair acts primarily in actively dividing cells, many of the current gene correction/replacement approaches are restricted to a minority of cell types. Furthermore, current approaches display low efficiency upon insertion of large DNA cargos (e.g., sequences containing multiple gene circuits with tunable functionalities). Recent research has revealed new links between CRISPR-Cas systems and transposons providing new scaffolds that might overcome some of these limitations. Here, we comment on two new transposon-associated RNA-guided mechanisms considering their potential as new gene editing solutions. Initially, we focus on a group of small RNA-guided endonucleases of the IS200/IS605 family of transposons, which likely evolved into class 2 CRISPR effector nucleases (Cas9s and Cas12s). We explore the diversity of these nucleases (named OMEGA, obligate mobile element-guided activity) and analyze their similarities with class 2 gene editors. OMEGA nucleases can perform gene editing in human cells and constitute promising candidates for the design of new compact RNA-guided platforms. Then, we address the co-option of the RNA-guided activity of different CRISPR effector nucleases by a specialized group of Tn7-like transposons to target transposon integration. We describe the various mechanisms used by these RNA-guided transposons for target site selection and integration. Finally, we assess the potential of these new systems to circumvent some of the current gene editing challenges.
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- Francisco Tenjo-Castaño
- Structural Molecular Biology Group,
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3-B, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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- Structural Molecular Biology Group,
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3-B, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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- Structural Molecular Biology Group,
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3-B, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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Altae-Tran H, Shmakov SA, Makarova KS, Wolf YI, Kannan S, Zhang F, Koonin EV. Diversity, evolution, and classification of the RNA-guided nucleases TnpB and Cas12. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2308224120. [PMID: 37983496 PMCID: PMC10691335 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2308224120] [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: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The TnpB proteins are transposon-associated RNA-guided nucleases that are among the most abundant proteins encoded in bacterial and archaeal genomes, but whose functions in the transposon life cycle remain unknown. TnpB appears to be the evolutionary ancestor of Cas12, the effector nuclease of type V CRISPR-Cas systems. We performed a comprehensive census of TnpBs in archaeal and bacterial genomes and constructed a phylogenetic tree on which we mapped various features of these proteins. In multiple branches of the tree, the catalytic site of the TnpB nuclease is rearranged, demonstrating structural and probably biochemical malleability of this enzyme. We identified numerous cases of apparent recruitment of TnpB for other functions of which the most common is the evolution of type V CRISPR-Cas effectors on about 50 independent occasions. In many other cases of more radical exaptation, the catalytic site of the TnpB nuclease is apparently inactivated, suggesting a regulatory function, whereas in others, the activity appears to be retained, indicating that the recruited TnpB functions as a nuclease, for example, as a toxin. These findings demonstrate remarkable evolutionary malleability of the TnpB scaffold and provide extensive opportunities for further exploration of RNA-guided biological systems as well as multiple applications.
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- Han Altae-Tran
- HHMI, Cambridge, MA02139
- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA02142
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD20894
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD20894
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD20894
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- HHMI, Cambridge, MA02139
- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA02142
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- HHMI, Cambridge, MA02139
- Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA02142
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD20894
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Žedaveinytė R, Meers C, Le HC, Mortman EE, Tang S, Lampe GD, Pesari SR, Gelsinger DR, Wiegand T, Sternberg SH. Antagonistic conflict between transposon-encoded introns and guide RNAs. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.20.567912. [PMID: 38045383 PMCID: PMC10690162 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.20.567912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
TnpB nucleases represent the evolutionary precursors to CRISPR-Cas12 and are widespread in all domains of life, presumably due to the critical roles they play in transposon proliferation. IS605family TnpB homologs function in bacteria as programmable homing endonucleases by exploiting transposon-encoded guide RNAs to cleave vacant genomic sites, thereby driving transposon maintenance through DSB-stimulated homologous recombination. Whether this pathway is conserved in other genetic contexts, and in association with other transposases, is unknown. Here we uncover molecular mechanisms of transposition and RNA-guided DNA cleavage by IS607-family elements that, remarkably, also encode catalytic, self-splicing group I introns. After reconstituting and systematically investigating each of these biochemical activities for a candidate 'IStron' derived from Clostridium botulinum, we discovered sequence and structural features of the transposon-encoded RNA that satisfy molecular requirements of a group I intron and TnpB guide RNA, while still retaining the ability to be faithfully mobilized at the DNA level by the TnpA transposase. Strikingly, intron splicing was strongly repressed not only by TnpB, but also by the secondary structure of ωRNA alone, allowing the element to carefully control the relative levels of spliced products versus functional guide RNAs. Our results suggest that IStron transcripts have evolved a sensitive equilibrium to balance competing and mutually exclusive activities that promote transposon maintenance while limiting adverse fitness costs on the host. Collectively, this work explains how diverse enzymatic activities emerged during the selfish spread of IS607-family elements and highlights molecular innovation in the multi-functional utility of transposon-encoded noncoding RNAs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rimantė Žedaveinytė
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
- Present address: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University; New York, NY 10032, USA
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Meers C, Le HC, Pesari SR, Hoffmann FT, Walker MWG, Gezelle J, Tang S, Sternberg SH. Transposon-encoded nucleases use guide RNAs to promote their selfish spread. Nature 2023; 622:863-871. [PMID: 37758954 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06597-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
Insertion sequences are compact and pervasive transposable elements found in bacteria, which encode only the genes necessary for their mobilization and maintenance1. IS200- and IS605-family transposons undergo 'peel-and-paste' transposition catalysed by a TnpA transposase2, but they also encode diverse, TnpB- and IscB-family proteins that are evolutionarily related to the CRISPR-associated effectors Cas12 and Cas9, respectively3,4. Recent studies have demonstrated that TnpB and IscB function as RNA-guided DNA endonucleases5,6, but the broader biological role of this activity has remained enigmatic. Here we show that TnpB and IscB are essential to prevent permanent transposon loss as a consequence of the TnpA transposition mechanism. We selected a family of related insertion sequences from Geobacillus stearothermophilus that encode several TnpB and IscB orthologues, and showed that a single TnpA transposase was broadly active for transposon mobilization. The donor joints formed upon religation of transposon-flanking sequences were efficiently targeted for cleavage by RNA-guided TnpB and IscB nucleases, and co-expression of TnpB and TnpA led to substantially greater transposon retention relative to conditions in which TnpA was expressed alone. Notably, TnpA and TnpB also stimulated recombination frequencies, surpassing rates observed with TnpB alone. Collectively, this study reveals that RNA-guided DNA cleavage arose as a primal biochemical activity to bias the selfish inheritance and spread of transposable elements, which was later co-opted during the evolution of CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity for antiviral defence.
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- Chance Meers
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Program, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 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 Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Meers C, Le H, Pesari SR, Hoffmann FT, Walker MW, Gezelle J, Sternberg SH. Transposon-encoded nucleases use guide RNAs to selfishly bias their inheritance. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.14.532601. [PMID: 36993599 PMCID: PMC10055086 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.14.532601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Insertion sequences (IS) are compact and pervasive transposable elements found in bacteria, which encode only the genes necessary for their mobilization and maintenance. IS 200 /IS 605 elements undergo 'peel-and-paste' transposition catalyzed by a TnpA transposase, but intriguingly, they also encode diverse, TnpB- and IscB-family proteins that are evolutionarily related to the CRISPR-associated effectors Cas12 and Cas9, respectively. Recent studies demonstrated that TnpB-family enzymes function as RNA-guided DNA endonucleases, but the broader biological role of this activity has remained enigmatic. Here we show that TnpB/IscB are essential to prevent permanent transposon loss as a consequence of the TnpA transposition mechanism. We selected a family of related IS elements from Geobacillus stearothermophilus that encode diverse TnpB/IscB orthologs, and showed that a single TnpA transposase was active for transposon excision. The donor joints formed upon religation of IS-flanking sequences were efficiently targeted for cleavage by RNA-guided TnpB/IscB nucleases, and co-expression of TnpB together with TnpA led to significantly greater transposon retention, relative to conditions in which TnpA was expressed alone. Remarkably, TnpA and TnpB/IscB recognize the same AT-rich transposon-adjacent motif (TAM) during transposon excision and RNA-guided DNA cleavage, respectively, revealing a striking convergence in the evolution of DNA sequence specificity between collaborating transposase and nuclease proteins. Collectively, our study reveals that RNA-guided DNA cleavage is a primal biochemical activity that arose to bias the selfish inheritance and spread of transposable elements, which was later co-opted during the evolution of CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity for antiviral defense.
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- Chance Meers
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Wang Y, Guo M, Yang N, Guan Z, Wu H, Ullah N, Asare E, Shi S, Gao B, Song C. Phylogenetic Relationships among TnpB-Containing Mobile Elements in Six Bacterial Species. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:523. [PMID: 36833450 PMCID: PMC9956272 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Some families of mobile elements in bacterial genomes encode not only a transposase but also an accessory TnpB gene. This gene has been shown to encode an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease, co-evolving with Y1 transposase and serine recombinase in mobile elements IS605 and IS607. In this paper, we reveal the evolutionary relationships among TnpB-containing mobile elements (TCMEs) in well-assembled genomes of six bacterial species: Bacillus cereus, Clostridioides difficile, Deinococcus radiodurans, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter pylori and Salmonella enterica. In total, 9996 TCMEs were identified in 4594 genomes. They belonged to 39 different insertion sequences (ISs). Based on their genetic structures and sequence identities, the 39 TCMEs were classified into three main groups and six subgroups. According to our phylogenetic analysis, TnpBs include two main branches (TnpB-A and TnpB-B) and two minor branches (TnpB-C and TnpB-D). The key TnpB motifs and the associated Y1 and serine recombinases were highly conserved across species, even though their overall sequence identities were low. Substantial variation was observed for the rate of invasion across bacterial species and strains. Over 80% of the genomes of B. cereus, C. difficile, D. radiodurans and E. coli contained TCMEs; however, only 64% of the genomes of H. pylori and 44% of S. enterica genomes contained TCMEs. IS605 showed the largest rate of invasion in these species, while IS607 and IS1341 had a relatively narrow distribution. Co-invasions of IS605, IS607 and IS1341 elements were observed in various genomes. The largest average copy number was observed for IS605b elements in C. difficile. The average copy numbers of most other TCMEs were smaller than four. Our findings have important implications for understanding the co-evolution of TnpB-containing mobile elements and their biological roles in host genome evolution.
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- Yali Wang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Karvelis T, Druteika G, Bigelyte G, Budre K, Zedaveinyte R, Silanskas A, Kazlauskas D, Venclovas Č, Siksnys V. Transposon-associated TnpB is a programmable RNA-guided DNA endonuclease. Nature 2021; 599:692-696. [PMID: 34619744 PMCID: PMC8612924 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04058-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Transposition has a key role in reshaping genomes of all living organisms1. Insertion sequences of IS200/IS605 and IS607 families2 are among the simplest mobile genetic elements and contain only the genes that are required for their transposition and its regulation. These elements encode tnpA transposase, which is essential for mobilization, and often carry an accessory tnpB gene, which is dispensable for transposition. Although the role of TnpA in transposon mobilization of IS200/IS605 is well documented, the function of TnpB has remained largely unknown. It had been suggested that TnpB has a role in the regulation of transposition, although no mechanism for this has been established3-5. A bioinformatic analysis indicated that TnpB might be a predecessor of the CRISPR-Cas9/Cas12 nucleases6-8. However, no biochemical activities have been ascribed to TnpB. Here we show that TnpB of Deinococcus radiodurans ISDra2 is an RNA-directed nuclease that is guided by an RNA, derived from the right-end element of a transposon, to cleave DNA next to the 5'-TTGAT transposon-associated motif. We also show that TnpB could be reprogrammed to cleave DNA target sites in human cells. Together, this study expands our understanding of transposition mechanisms by highlighting the role of TnpB in transposition, experimentally confirms that TnpB is a functional progenitor of CRISPR-Cas nucleases and establishes TnpB as a prototype of a new system for genome editing.
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- Tautvydas Karvelis
- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Noureen M, Kawashima T, Arita M. Genetic Markers of Genome Rearrangements in Helicobacter pylori. Microorganisms 2021; 9:621. [PMID: 33802974 PMCID: PMC8002640 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori exhibits a diverse genomic structure with high mutation and recombination rates. Various genetic elements function as drivers of this genomic diversity including genome rearrangements. Identifying the association of these elements with rearrangements can pave the way to understand its genome evolution. We analyzed the order of orthologous genes among 72 publicly available complete genomes to identify large genome rearrangements, and rearrangement breakpoints were compared with the positions of insertion sequences, genomic islands, and restriction modification genes. Comparison of the shared inversions revealed the conserved genomic elements across strains from different geographical locations. Some were region-specific and others were global, indicating that highly shared rearrangements and their markers were more ancestral than strain-or region-specific ones. The locations of genomic islands were an important factor for the occurrence of the rearrangements. Comparative genomics helps to evaluate the conservation of various elements contributing to the diversity across genomes.
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- Mehwish Noureen
- Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI University, Yata 1111, Mishima 411-8540, Shizuoka, Japan;
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- Bioinformation and DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima 411-8540, Shizuoka, Japan;
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- Bioinformation and DDBJ Center, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima 411-8540, Shizuoka, Japan;
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Kanagawa, Japan
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Chen W, Mandali S, Hancock SP, Kumar P, Collazo M, Cascio D, Johnson RC. Multiple serine transposase dimers assemble the transposon-end synaptic complex during IS 607-family transposition. eLife 2018; 7:e39611. [PMID: 30289389 PMCID: PMC6188088 DOI: 10.7554/elife.39611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
IS607-family transposons are unusual because they do not have terminal inverted repeats or generate target site duplications. They encode two protein-coding genes, but only tnpA is required for transposition. Our X-ray structures confirm that TnpA is a member of the serine recombinase (SR) family, but the chemically-inactive quaternary structure of the dimer, along with the N-terminal location of the DNA binding domain, are different from other SRs. TnpA dimers from IS1535 cooperatively associate with multiple subterminal repeats, which together with additional nonspecific binding, form a nucleoprotein filament on one transposon end that efficiently captures a second unbound end to generate the paired-end complex (PEC). Formation of the PEC does not require a change in the dimeric structure of the catalytic domain, but remodeling of the C-terminal α-helical region is involved. We posit that the PEC recruits a chemically-active conformer of TnpA to the transposon end to initiate DNA chemistry.
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- Wenyang Chen
- Department of Biological ChemistryDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Biological ChemistryDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Biological ChemistryDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Biological ChemistryDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and ProteomicsUniversity of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and ProteomicsUniversity of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Biological ChemistryDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
- Molecular Biology InstituteUniversity of California at Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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Stough JMA, Tang X, Krausfeldt LE, Steffen MM, Gao G, Boyer GL, Wilhelm SW. Molecular prediction of lytic vs lysogenic states for Microcystis phage: Metatranscriptomic evidence of lysogeny during large bloom events. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184146. [PMID: 28873456 PMCID: PMC5584929 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microcystis aeruginosa is a freshwater bloom-forming cyanobacterium capable of producing the potent hepatotoxin, microcystin. Despite increased interest in this organism, little is known about the viruses that infect it and drive nutrient mobilization and transfer of genetic material between organisms. The genomic complement of sequenced phage suggests these viruses are capable of integrating into the host genome, though this activity has not been observed in the laboratory. While analyzing RNA-sequence data obtained from Microcystis blooms in Lake Tai (Taihu, China), we observed that a series of lysogeny-associated genes were highly expressed when genes involved in lytic infection were down-regulated. This pattern was consistent, though not always statistically significant, across multiple spatial and temporally distinct samples. For example, samples from Lake Tai (2014) showed a predominance of lytic virus activity from late July through October, while genes associated with lysogeny were strongly expressed in the early months (June–July) and toward the end of bloom season (October). Analyses of whole phage genome expression shows that transcription patterns are shared across sampling locations and that genes consistently clustered by co-expression into lytic and lysogenic groups. Expression of lytic-cycle associated genes was positively correlated to total dissolved nitrogen, ammonium concentration, and salinity. Lysogeny-associated gene expression was positively correlated with pH and total dissolved phosphorous. Our results suggest that lysogeny may be prevalent in Microcystis blooms and support the hypothesis that environmental conditions drive switching between temperate and lytic life cycles during bloom proliferation.
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- Joshua M. A. Stough
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America
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Siguier P, Gourbeyre E, Chandler M. Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns in prokaryotic transposition. Curr Opin Microbiol 2017; 38:171-180. [PMID: 28683354 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Although the phenomenon of transposition has been known for over 60 years, its overarching importance in modifying and streamlining genomes took some time to recognize. In spite of a robust understanding of transposition of some TE, there remain a number of important TE groups with potential high genome impact and unknown transposition mechanisms and yet others, only recently identified by bioinformatics, yet to be formally confirmed as mobile. Here, we point to some areas of limited understanding concerning well established important TE groups with DDE Tpases, to address central gaps in our knowledge of characterised Tn with other types of Tpases and finally, to highlight new potentially mobile DNA species. It is not exhaustive. Examples have been chosen to provide encouragement in the continued exploration of the considerable prokaryotic mobilome especially in light of the current threat to public health posed by the spread of multiple AbR.
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- Patricia Siguier
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse, France; Department of Biochem., Mol. and Cell. Biol. Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Rd., Washington, DC 20057-1455, USA.
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Draper JL, Hansen LM, Bernick DL, Abedrabbo S, Underwood JG, Kong N, Huang BC, Weis AM, Weimer BC, van Vliet AHM, Pourmand N, Solnick JV, Karplus K, Ottemann KM. Fallacy of the Unique Genome: Sequence Diversity within Single Helicobacter pylori Strains. mBio 2017; 8:e02321-16. [PMID: 28223462 PMCID: PMC5358919 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02321-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Many bacterial genomes are highly variable but nonetheless are typically published as a single assembled genome. Experiments tracking bacterial genome evolution have not looked at the variation present at a given point in time. Here, we analyzed the mouse-passaged Helicobacter pylori strain SS1 and its parent PMSS1 to assess intra- and intergenomic variability. Using high sequence coverage depth and experimental validation, we detected extensive genome plasticity within these H. pylori isolates, including movement of the transposable element IS607, large and small inversions, multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms, and variation in cagA copy number. The cagA gene was found as 1 to 4 tandem copies located off the cag island in both SS1 and PMSS1; this copy number variation correlated with protein expression. To gain insight into the changes that occurred during mouse adaptation, we also compared SS1 and PMSS1 and observed 46 differences that were distinct from the within-genome variation. The most substantial was an insertion in cagY, which encodes a protein required for a type IV secretion system function. We detected modifications in genes coding for two proteins known to affect mouse colonization, the HpaA neuraminyllactose-binding protein and the FutB α-1,3 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) fucosyltransferase, as well as genes predicted to modulate diverse properties. In sum, our work suggests that data from consensus genome assemblies from single colonies may be misleading by failing to represent the variability present. Furthermore, we show that high-depth genomic sequencing data of a population can be analyzed to gain insight into the normal variation within bacterial strains.IMPORTANCE Although it is well known that many bacterial genomes are highly variable, it is nonetheless traditional to refer to, analyze, and publish "the genome" of a bacterial strain. Variability is usually reduced ("only sequence from a single colony"), ignored ("just publish the consensus"), or placed in the "too-hard" basket ("analysis of raw read data is more robust"). Now that whole-genome sequences are regularly used to assess virulence and track outbreaks, a better understanding of the baseline genomic variation present within single strains is needed. Here, we describe the variability seen in typical working stocks and colonies of pathogen Helicobacter pylori model strains SS1 and PMSS1 as revealed by use of high-coverage mate pair next-generation sequencing (NGS) and confirmed by traditional laboratory techniques. This work demonstrates that reliance on a consensus assembly as "the genome" of a bacterial strain may be misleading.
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- Jenny L Draper
- Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Porirua, New Zealand
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Department of Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Center for Comparative Medicine, UC Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, 100K Pathogen Genome Project, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, 100K Pathogen Genome Project, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, 100K Pathogen Genome Project, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, 100K Pathogen Genome Project, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Center for Comparative Medicine, UC Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Berg DE. Julian Davies and the discovery of kanamycin resistance transposon Tn5. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2016; 70:339-346. [PMID: 27731334 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2016.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 08/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This paper recounts some of my fond memories of a collaboration between Julian Davies and myself that started in 1974 in Geneva and that led to our serendipitous discovery of the bacterial kanamycin resistance transposon Tn5, and aspects of the lasting positive impact of our interaction and discovery on me and the community. Tn5 was one of the first antibiotic resistance transposons to be found. Its analysis over the ensuing decades provided valuable insights into mechanisms and control of transposition, and led to its use as a much-valued tool in diverse areas of molecular genetics, as also will be discussed here.
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- Douglas E Berg
- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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This chapter presents an analysis of the organization and distribution of the IS200/IS605 family of insertion sequences (IS). Members of this family are widespread in both bacteria and archaea. They are unusual because they use obligatory single-strand DNA intermediates, which distinguishes them from classical IS. We summarize studies of the experimental model systems IS608 (from Helicobacter pylori) and ISDra2 (from Deinococcus radiodurans) and present biochemical, genetic, and structural data that describe their transposition pathway and the way in which their transposase (an HuH rather than a DDE enzyme) catalyzes this process. The transposition of IS200/IS605 family members can be described as a "Peel-and-Paste" mechanism. We also address the probable domestication of IS200/IS605 family transposases as enzymes involved in multiplication of repeated extragenic palindromes and as potential homing endonucleases in intron-IS chimeras.
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ISC, a Novel Group of Bacterial and Archaeal DNA Transposons That Encode Cas9 Homologs. J Bacteriol 2015; 198:797-807. [PMID: 26712934 PMCID: PMC4810608 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00783-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial genomes encode numerous homologs of Cas9, the effector protein of the type II CRISPR-Cas systems. The homology region includes the arginine-rich helix and the HNH nuclease domain that is inserted into the RuvC-like nuclease domain. These genes, however, are not linked to cas genes or CRISPR. Here, we show that Cas9 homologs represent a distinct group of nonautonomous transposons, which we denote ISC (insertion sequences Cas9-like). We identify many diverse families of full-length ISC transposons and demonstrate that their terminal sequences (particularly 3′ termini) are similar to those of IS605 superfamily transposons that are mobilized by the Y1 tyrosine transposase encoded by the TnpA gene and often also encode the TnpB protein containing the RuvC-like endonuclease domain. The terminal regions of the ISC and IS605 transposons contain palindromic structures that are likely recognized by the Y1 transposase. The transposons from these two groups are inserted either exactly in the middle or upstream of specific 4-bp target sites, without target site duplication. We also identify autonomous ISC transposons that encode TnpA-like Y1 transposases. Thus, the nonautonomous ISC transposons could be mobilized in trans either by Y1 transposases of other, autonomous ISC transposons or by Y1 transposases of the more abundant IS605 transposons. These findings imply an evolutionary scenario in which the ISC transposons evolved from IS605 family transposons, possibly via insertion of a mobile group II intron encoding the HNH domain, and Cas9 subsequently evolved via immobilization of an ISC transposon. IMPORTANCE Cas9 endonucleases, the effectors of type II CRISPR-Cas systems, represent the new generation of genome-engineering tools. Here, we describe in detail a novel family of transposable elements that encode the likely ancestors of Cas9 and outline the evolutionary scenario connecting different varieties of these transposons and Cas9.
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The number and diversity of known prokaryotic insertion sequences (IS) have increased enormously since their discovery in the late 1960s. At present the sequences of more than 4000 different IS have been deposited in the specialized ISfinder database. Over time it has become increasingly apparent that they are important actors in the evolution of their host genomes and are involved in sequestering, transmitting, mutating and activating genes, and in the rearrangement of both plasmids and chromosomes. This review presents an overview of our current understanding of these transposable elements (TE), their organization and their transposition mechanism as well as their distribution and genomic impact. In spite of their diversity, they share only a very limited number of transposition mechanisms which we outline here. Prokaryotic IS are but one example of a variety of diverse TE which are being revealed due to the advent of extensive genome sequencing projects. A major conclusion from sequence comparisons of various TE is that frontiers between the different types are becoming less clear. We detail these receding frontiers between different IS-related TE. Several, more specialized chapters in this volume include additional detailed information concerning a number of these.
In a second section of the review, we provide a detailed description of the expanding variety of IS, which we have divided into families for convenience. Our perception of these families continues to evolve and families emerge regularly as more IS are identified. This section is designed as an aid and a source of information for consultation by interested specialist readers.
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DNA transposases use a limited repertoire of structurally and mechanistically distinct nuclease domains to catalyze the DNA strand breaking and rejoining reactions that comprise DNA transposition. Here, we review the mechanisms of the four known types of transposition reactions catalyzed by (1) RNase H-like transposases (also known as DD(E/D) enzymes); (2) HUH single-stranded DNA transposases; (3) serine transposases; and (4) tyrosine transposases. The large body of accumulated biochemical and structural data, particularly for the RNase H-like transposases, has revealed not only the distinguishing features of each transposon family, but also some emerging themes that appear conserved across all families. The more-recently characterized single-stranded DNA transposases provide insight into how an ancient HUH domain fold has been adapted for transposition to accomplish excision and then site-specific integration. The serine and tyrosine transposases are structurally and mechanistically related to their cousins, the serine and tyrosine site-specific recombinases, but have to date been less intensively studied. These types of enzymes are particularly intriguing as in the context of site-specific recombination they require strict homology between recombining sites, yet for transposition can catalyze the joining of transposon ends to form an excised circle and then integration into a genomic site with much relaxed sequence specificity.
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- Alison B Hickman
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Reversible site-specific DNA inversion reactions are widely distributed in bacteria and their viruses. They control a range of biological reactions that most often involve alterations of molecules on the surface of cells or phage. These programmed DNA rearrangements usually occur at a low frequency, thereby preadapting a small subset of the population to a change in environmental conditions, or in the case of phages, an expanded host range. A dedicated recombinase, sometimes with the aid of additional regulatory or DNA architectural proteins, catalyzes the inversion of DNA. RecA or other components of the general recombination-repair machinery are not involved. This chapter discusses site-specific DNA inversion reactions mediated by the serine recombinase family of enzymes and focuses on the extensively studied serine DNA invertases that are stringently controlled by the Fis-bound enhancer regulatory system. The first section summarizes biological features and general properties of inversion reactions by the Fis/enhancer-dependent serine invertases and the recently described serine DNA invertases in Bacteroides. Mechanistic studies of reactions catalyzed by the Hin and Gin invertases are then discussed in more depth, particularly with regards to recent advances in our understanding of the function of the Fis/enhancer regulatory system, the assembly of the active recombination complex (invertasome) containing the Fis/enhancer, and the process of DNA strand exchange by rotation of synapsed subunit pairs within the invertasome. The role of DNA topological forces that function in concert with the Fis/enhancer controlling element in specifying the overwhelming bias for DNA inversion over deletion and intermolecular recombination is emphasized.
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- Reid C. Johnson
- Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737, Phone: 310 825-7800, Fax: 310 206-5272
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In site-specific recombination, two short DNA sequences (‘sites’) are each cut at specific points in both strands, and the cut ends are rejoined to new partners. The enzymes that mediate recognition of the sites and the subsequent cutting and rejoining steps are called recombinases. Most recombinases fall into one of two families according to similarities of their protein sequences and mechanisms; these families are known as the tyrosine recombinases and the serine recombinases, the names referring to the conserved amino acid residue that attacks the DNA phosphodiester and becomes covalently linked to a DNA strand end during catalysis. This chapter gives an overview of our current understanding of the serine recombinases, their types, biological roles, structures, catalytic mechanisms, mechanisms of regulation, and applications.
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Tourasse NJ, Stabell FB, Kolstø AB. Survey of chimeric IStron elements in bacterial genomes: multiple molecular symbioses between group I intron ribozymes and DNA transposons. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:12333-51. [PMID: 25324310 PMCID: PMC4227781 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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IStrons are chimeric genetic elements composed of a group I intron associated with an insertion sequence (IS). The group I intron is a catalytic RNA providing the IStron with self-splicing ability, which renders IStron insertions harmless to the host genome. The IS element is a DNA transposon conferring mobility, and thus allowing the IStron to spread in genomes. IStrons are therefore a striking example of a molecular symbiosis between unrelated genetic elements endowed with different functions. In this study, we have conducted the first comprehensive survey of IStrons in sequenced genomes that provides insights into the distribution, diversity, origin and evolution of IStrons. We show that IStrons have a restricted phylogenetic distribution limited to two bacterial phyla, the Firmicutes and the Fusobacteria. Nevertheless, diverse IStrons representing two major groups targeting different insertion site motifs were identified. This taken with the finding that while the intron components of all IStrons belong to the same structural class, they are fused to different IS families, indicates that multiple intron–IS symbioses have occurred during evolution. In addition, introns and IS elements related to those that were at the origin of IStrons were also identified.
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- Nicolas J Tourasse
- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics (LaMDa), Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR CNRS 7141, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics (LaMDa), Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics (LaMDa), Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Siguier P, Gourbeyre E, Chandler M. Bacterial insertion sequences: their genomic impact and diversity. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 38:865-91. [PMID: 24499397 PMCID: PMC7190074 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 387] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Insertion sequences (ISs), arguably the smallest and most numerous autonomous transposable elements (TEs), are important players in shaping their host genomes. This review focuses on prokaryotic ISs. We discuss IS distribution and impact on genome evolution. We also examine their effects on gene expression, especially their role in activating neighbouring genes, a phenomenon of particular importance in the recent upsurge of bacterial antibiotic resistance. We explain how ISs are identified and classified into families by a combination of characteristics including their transposases (Tpases), their overall genetic organisation and the accessory genes which some ISs carry. We then describe the organisation of autonomous and nonautonomous IS‐related elements. This is used to illustrate the growing recognition that the boundaries between different types of mobile element are becoming increasingly difficult to define as more are being identified. We review the known Tpase types, their different catalytic activities used in cleaving and rejoining DNA strands during transposition, their organisation into functional domains and the role of this in regulation. Finally, we consider examples of prokaryotic IS domestication. In a more speculative section, we discuss the necessity of constructing more quantitative dynamic models to fully appreciate the continuing impact of TEs on prokaryotic populations.
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- Patricia Siguier
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5100, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse Cedex, France
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Kersulyte D, Rossi M, Berg DE. Sequence divergence and conservation in genomes of Helicobacter cetorum strains from a dolphin and a whale. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83177. [PMID: 24358262 PMCID: PMC3866246 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background and Objectives Strains of Helicobacter cetorum have been cultured from several marine mammals and have been found to be closely related in 16 S rDNA sequence to the human gastric pathogen H. pylori, but their genomes were not characterized further. Methods The genomes of H. cetorum strains from a dolphin and a whale were sequenced completely using 454 technology and PCR and capillary sequencing. Results These genomes are 1.8 and 1.95 mb in size, some 7–26% larger than H. pylori genomes, and differ markedly from one another in gene content, and sequences and arrangements of shared genes. However, each strain is more related overall to H. pylori and its descendant H. acinonychis than to other known species. These H. cetorum strains lack cag pathogenicity islands, but contain novel alleles of the virulence-associated vacuolating cytotoxin (vacA) gene. Of particular note are (i) an extra triplet of vacA genes with ≤50% protein-level identity to each other in the 5′ two-thirds of the gene needed for host factor interaction; (ii) divergent sets of outer membrane protein genes; (iii) several metabolic genes distinct from those of H. pylori; (iv) genes for an iron-cofactored urease related to those of Helicobacter species from terrestrial carnivores, in addition to genes for a nickel co-factored urease; and (v) members of the slr multigene family, some of which modulate host responses to infection and improve Helicobacter growth with mammalian cells. Conclusions Our genome sequence data provide a glimpse into the novelty and great genetic diversity of marine helicobacters. These data should aid further analyses of microbial genome diversity and evolution and infection and disease mechanisms in vast and often fragile ocean ecosystems.
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- Dangeruta Kersulyte
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University Medical School, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University Medical School, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Gilbert C, Cordaux R. Horizontal transfer and evolution of prokaryote transposable elements in eukaryotes. Genome Biol Evol 2013; 5:822-32. [PMID: 23563966 PMCID: PMC3673617 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Horizontal transfer (HT) of transposable elements (TEs) plays a key role in prokaryotic evolution, and mounting evidence suggests that it has also had an important impact on eukaryotic evolution. Although many prokaryote-to-prokaryote and eukaryote-to-eukaryote HTs of TEs have been characterized, only few cases have been reported between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Here, we carried out a comprehensive search for all major groups of prokaryotic insertion sequences (ISs) in 430 eukaryote genomes. We uncovered a total of 80 sequences, all deriving from the IS607 family, integrated in the genomes of 14 eukaryote species belonging to four distinct phyla (Amoebozoa, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, and Stramenopiles). Given that eukaryote IS607-like sequences are most closely related to cyanobacterial IS607 and that their phylogeny is incongruent with that of their hosts, we conclude that the presence of IS607-like sequences in eukaryotic genomes is the result of several HT events. Selection analyses further suggest that our ability to detect these prokaryote TEs today in eukaryotes is because HT of these sequences occurred recently and/or some IS607 elements were domesticated after HT, giving rise to new eukaryote genes. Supporting the recent age of some of these HTs, we uncovered intact full-length, potentially active IS607 copies in the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellani. Overall, our study shows that prokaryote-to-eukaryote HT of TEs occurred at relatively low frequency during recent eukaryote evolution and it sets IS607 as the most widespread TE (being present in prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses).
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- Clément Gilbert
- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, Equipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose, Poitiers, France.
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Boocock MR, Rice PA. A proposed mechanism for IS607-family serine transposases. Mob DNA 2013; 4:24. [PMID: 24195768 PMCID: PMC4058570 DOI: 10.1186/1759-8753-4-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background The transposases encoded by the IS607 family of mobile elements are unusual serine recombinases with an inverted domain order and minimal specificity for target DNA. Results Structural genomics groups have determined three crystal structures of the catalytic domains of IS607 family transposases. The dimers formed by these catalytic domains are very different from those seen for other serine recombinases and include interactions that usually only occur upon formation of a synaptic tetramer. Conclusions Based on these structures, we propose a model for how IS607-family transposases could form a synaptic tetramer. The model suggests that, unlike other serine recombinases, these enzymes carry out sequence-specific DNA binding and catalysis in trans: the DNA binding and catalytic domains of each subunit are proposed to interact with different DNA duplexes. The model also suggests an explanation for the minimal target DNA specificity.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Bao W, Jurka J. Homologues of bacterial TnpB_IS605 are widespread in diverse eukaryotic transposable elements. Mob DNA 2013; 4:12. [PMID: 23548000 PMCID: PMC3627910 DOI: 10.1186/1759-8753-4-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacterial insertion sequences (IS) of IS200/IS605 and IS607 family often encode a transposase (TnpA) and a protein of unknown function, TnpB. RESULTS Here we report two groups of TnpB-like proteins (Fanzor1 and Fanzor2) that are widespread in diverse eukaryotic transposable elements (TEs), and in large double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses infecting eukaryotes. Fanzor and TnpB proteins share the same conserved amino acid motif in their C-terminal half regions: D-X(125, 275)-[TS]-[TS]-X-X-[C4 zinc finger]-X(5,50)-RD, but are highly variable in their N-terminal regions. Fanzor1 proteins are frequently captured by DNA transposons from different superfamilies including Helitron, Mariner, IS4-like, Sola and MuDr. In contrast, Fanzor2 proteins appear only in some IS607-type elements. We also analyze a new Helitron2 group from the Helitron superfamily, which contains elements with hairpin structures on both ends. Non-autonomous Helitron2 elements (CRe-1, 2, 3) in the genome of green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are flanked by target site duplications (TSDs) of variable length (approximately 7 to 19 bp). CONCLUSIONS The phylogeny and distribution of the TnpB/Fanzor proteins indicate that they may be disseminated among eukaryotic species by viruses. We hypothesize that TnpB/Fanzor proteins may act as methyltransferases.
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- Weidong Bao
- Genetic Information Research Institute, 1925 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA.
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Pasternak C, Dulermo R, Ton-Hoang B, Debuchy R, Siguier P, Coste G, Chandler M, Sommer S. ISDra2 transposition in Deinococcus radiodurans is downregulated by TnpB. Mol Microbiol 2013; 88:443-55. [PMID: 23461641 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Transposable elements belonging to the recently identified IS200/IS605 family radically differ from classical insertion sequences in their transposition mechanism by strictly requiring single-stranded DNA substrates. This IS family includes elements encoding only the transposase (TnpA), and others, like ISDra2 from Deinococcus radiodurans, which contain a second gene, tnpB, dispensable for transposition and of unknown function to date. Here, we show that TnpB has an inhibitory effect on the excision and insertion steps of ISDra2 transposition. This inhibitory action of TnpB was maintained when ISDra2 transposition was induced by γ-irradiation of the host cells and required the integrity of its putative zinc finger motif. We also demonstrate the negative role of TnpB when ISDra2 transposition was monitored in a heterologous Escherichia coli host, indicating that TnpB-mediated inhibition does not involve Deinococcus-specific factors. TnpB therefore appears to play a regulatory role in ISDra2 transposition.
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- Cécile Pasternak
- University Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie (Bât. 409), UMR 8621, Orsay F-91405, France
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Vandersteegen K, Kropinski AM, Nash JHE, Noben JP, Hermans K, Lavigne R. Romulus and Remus, two phage isolates representing a distinct clade within the Twortlikevirus genus, display suitable properties for phage therapy applications. J Virol 2013; 87:3237-47. [PMID: 23302893 PMCID: PMC3592175 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02763-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The renewed interest in controlling Staphylococcus aureus infections using their natural enemies, bacteriophages, has led to the isolation of a limited number of virulent phages so far. These phages are all members of the Twortlikevirus, displaying little variance. We present two novel closely related (95.9% DNA homology) lytic myoviruses, Romulus and Remus, with double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genomes of 131,333 bp and 134,643 bp, respectively. Despite their relatedness to Staphylococcus phages K, G1, ISP, and Twort and Listeria phages A511 and P100, Romulus and Remus can be proposed as isolates of a new species within the Twortlikevirus genus. A distinguishing feature for these phage genomes is the unique distribution of group I introns compared to that in other staphylococcal myoviruses. In addition, a hedgehog/intein domain was found within their DNA polymerase genes, and an insertion sequence-encoded transposase exhibits splicing behavior and produces a functional portal protein. From a phage therapy application perspective, Romulus and Remus infected approximately 70% of the tested S. aureus isolates and displayed promising lytic activity against these isolates. Furthermore, both phages showed a rapid initial adsorption and demonstrated biofilm-degrading capacity in a proof-of-concept experiment.
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- Katrien Vandersteegen
- Laboratory of Gene Technology, Division of Gene Technology, University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Public Health Agency of Canada, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Public Health Agency of Canada, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Biomedical Research Institute and Transnational University Limburg, School of Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Gene Technology, Division of Gene Technology, University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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All organisms have pathways that repair the genome, ensuring their survival and that of their progeny. But these pathways also serve to diversify the genome, causing changes at the nucleotide, whole gene, and genome structure levels. Sequencing of bacteria has revealed wide allelic diversity and differences in gene content within the same species, highlighting the importance of understanding pathways of recombination and DNA repair. The human stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori is an excellent model system for studying these pathways. H. pylori harbors major recombination and repair pathways and is naturally competent, facilitating its ability to diversify its genome. Elucidation of DNA recombination, repair, and diversification programs in this pathogen will reveal connections between these pathways and their importance to infection.
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- Marion S Dorer
- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA.
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Rabello MCDS, Matsumoto CK, de Almeida LGP, Menendez MC, de Oliveira RS, Silva RM, Garcia MJ, Leão SC. First description of natural and experimental conjugation between Mycobacteria mediated by a linear plasmid. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29884. [PMID: 22235347 PMCID: PMC3250492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background In a previous study, we detected the presence of a Mycobacterium avium species-specific insertion sequence, IS1245, in Mycobacterium kansasii. Both species were isolated from a mixed M. avium-M. kansasii bone marrow culture from an HIV-positive patient. The transfer mechanism of this insertion sequence to M. kansasii was investigated here. Methodology/Principal Findings A linear plasmid (pMA100) was identified in all colonies isolated from the M. avium-M. kansasii mixed culture carrying the IS1245 element. The linearity of pMA100 was confirmed. Other analyses suggested that pMA100 contained a covalently bound protein in the terminal regions, a characteristic of invertron linear replicons. Partial sequencing of pMA100 showed that it bears one intact copy of IS1245 inserted in a region rich in transposase-related sequences. These types of sequences have been described in other linear mycobacterial plasmids. Mating experiments were performed to confirm that pMA100 could be transferred in vitro from M. avium to M. kansasii. pMA100 was transferred by in vitro conjugation not only to the M. kansasii strain from the mixed culture, but also to two other unrelated M. kansasii clinical isolates, as well as to Mycobacterium bovis BCG Moreau. Conclusions/Significance Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is one of most important mechanisms leading to the evolution and diversity of bacteria. This work provides evidence for the first time on the natural occurrence of HGT between different species of mycobacteria. Gene transfer, mediated by a novel conjugative plasmid, was detected and experimentally reproduced.
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kuno S, Yoshida T, Kamikawa R, Hosoda N, Sako Y. The distribution of a phage-related insertion sequence element in the cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa. Microbes Environ 2011; 25:295-301. [PMID: 21576885 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me10125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The cyanophage Ma-LMM01, specifically-infecting Microcystis aeruginosa, has an insertion sequence (IS) element that we named IS607-cp showing high nucleotide similarity to a counterpart in the genome of the cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. We tested 21 strains of M. aeruginosa for the presence of IS607-cp using PCR and detected the element in strains NIES90, NIES112, NIES604, and RM6. Thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR (TAIL-PCR) revealed each of these strains has multiple copies of IS607-cp. Some of the ISs were classified into three types based on their inserted positions; IS607-cp-1 is common in strains NIES90, NIES112 and NIES604, whereas IS607-cp-2 and IS607-cp-3 are specific to strains NIES90 and RM6, respectively. This multiplicity may reflect the replicative transposition of IS607-cp. The sequence of IS607-cp in Ma-LMM01 showed robust affinity to those found in M. aeruginosa and Cyanothece spp. in a phylogenetic tree inferred from counterparts of various bacteria. This suggests the transfer of IS607-cp between the cyanobacterium and its cyanophage. We discuss the potential role of Ma-LMM01-related phages as donors of IS elements that may mediate the transfer of IS607-cp; and thereby partially contribute to the genome plasticity of M. aeruginosa.
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- Sotaro Kuno
- Department of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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Furuta Y, Yahara K, Hatakeyama M, Kobayashi I. Evolution of cagA oncogene of Helicobacter pylori through recombination. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23499. [PMID: 21853141 PMCID: PMC3154945 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a gastric pathogen that infects half the human population and causes gastritis, ulcers, and cancer. The cagA gene product is a major virulence factor associated with gastric cancer. It is injected into epithelial cells, undergoes phosphorylation by host cell kinases, and perturbs host signaling pathways. CagA is known for its geographical, structural, and functional diversity in the C-terminal half, where an EPIYA host-interacting motif is repeated. The Western version of CagA carries the EPIYA segment types A, B, and C, while the East Asian CagA carries types A, B, and D and shows higher virulence. Many structural variants such as duplications and deletions are reported. In this study, we gained insight into the relationships of CagA variants through various modes of recombination, by analyzing all known cagA variants at the DNA sequence level with the single nucleotide resolution. Processes that occurred were: (i) homologous recombination between DNA sequences for CagA multimerization (CM) sequence; (ii) recombination between DNA sequences for the EPIYA motif; and (iii) recombination between short similar DNA sequences. The left half of the EPIYA-D segment characteristic of East Asian CagA was derived from Western type EPIYA, with Amerind type EPIYA as the intermediate, through rearrangements of specific sequences within the gene. Adaptive amino acid changes were detected in the variable region as well as in the conserved region at sites to which no specific function has yet been assigned. Each showed a unique evolutionary distribution. These results clarify recombination-mediated routes of cagA evolution and provide a solid basis for a deeper understanding of its function in pathogenesis.
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- Yoshikazu Furuta
- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Fujitsu Kyushu Systems LTD, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kersulyte D, Kalia A, Gilman RH, Mendez M, Herrera P, Cabrera L, Velapatiño B, Balqui J, Paredes Puente de la Vega F, Rodriguez Ulloa CA, Cok J, Hooper CC, Dailide G, Tamma S, Berg DE. Helicobacter pylori from Peruvian amerindians: traces of human migrations in strains from remote Amazon, and genome sequence of an Amerind strain. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15076. [PMID: 21124785 PMCID: PMC2993954 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is extraordinary in its genetic diversity, the differences between strains from well-separated human populations, and the range of diseases that infection promotes. Principal Findings Housekeeping gene sequences from H. pylori from residents of an Amerindian village in the Peruvian Amazon, Shimaa, were related to, but not intermingled with, those from Asia. This suggests descent of Shimaa strains from H. pylori that had infected the people who migrated from Asia into The Americas some 15,000+ years ago. In contrast, European type sequences predominated in strains from Amerindian Lima shantytown residents, but with some 12% Amerindian or East Asian-like admixture, which indicates displacement of ancestral purely Amerindian strains by those of hybrid or European ancestry. The genome of one Shimaa village strain, Shi470, was sequenced completely. Its SNP pattern was more Asian- than European-like genome-wide, indicating a purely Amerind ancestry. Among its unusual features were two cagA virulence genes, each distinct from those known from elsewhere; and a novel allele of gene hp0519, whose encoded protein is postulated to interact with host tissue. More generally, however, the Shi470 genome is similar in gene content and organization to those of strains from industrialized countries. Conclusions Our data indicate that Shimaa village H. pylori descend from Asian strains brought to The Americas many millennia ago; and that Amerind strains are less fit than, and were substantially displaced by, hybrid or European strains in less isolated communities. Genome comparisons of H. pylori from Amerindian and other communities should help elucidate evolutionary forces that have shaped pathogen populations in The Americas and worldwide.
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- Dangeruta Kersulyte
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Asociacion Benefica PRISMA, Lima, Peru
- Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Policlinico Peruano Japones, Lima, Peru
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- Departemento de Microbiologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Departments of Genetics and Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Rolland T, Neuvéglise C, Sacerdot C, Dujon B. Insertion of horizontally transferred genes within conserved syntenic regions of yeast genomes. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6515. [PMID: 19654869 PMCID: PMC2715888 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 06/23/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Horizontal gene transfer has been occasionally mentioned in eukaryotic genomes, but such events appear much less numerous than in prokaryotes, where they play important functional and evolutionary roles. In yeasts, few independent cases have been described, some of which corresponding to major metabolic functions, but no systematic screening of horizontally transferred genes has been attempted so far. Taking advantage of the synteny conservation among five newly sequenced and annotated genomes of Saccharomycetaceae, we carried out a systematic search for HGT candidates amidst genes present in only one species within conserved synteny blocks. Out of 255 species-specific genes, we discovered 11 candidates for HGT, based on their similarity with bacterial proteins and on reconstructed phylogenies. This corresponds to a minimum of six transfer events because some horizontally acquired genes appear to rapidly duplicate in yeast genomes (e.g. YwqG genes in Kluyveromyces thermotolerans and serine recombinase genes of the IS607 family in Saccharomyces kluyveri). We show that the resulting copies are submitted to a strong functional selective pressure. The mechanisms of DNA transfer and integration are discussed, in relation with the generally small size of HGT candidates. Our results on a limited set of species expand by 50% the number of previously published HGT cases in hemiascomycetous yeasts, suggesting that this type of event is more frequent than usually thought. Our restrictive method does not exclude the possibility that additional HGT events exist. Actually, ancestral events common to several yeast species must have been overlooked, and the absence of homologs in present databases leaves open the question of the origin of the 244 remaining species-specific genes inserted within conserved synteny blocks.
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- Thomas Rolland
- Unité de Génétique Moléculaire des Levures (CNRS URA 2171, UFR927 Université Pierre et Marie Curie), Département Génomes et Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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McClain MS, Shaffer CL, Israel DA, Peek RM, Cover TL. Genome sequence analysis of Helicobacter pylori strains associated with gastric ulceration and gastric cancer. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:3. [PMID: 19123947 PMCID: PMC2627912 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Persistent colonization of the human stomach by Helicobacter pylori is associated with asymptomatic gastric inflammation (gastritis) and an increased risk of duodenal ulceration, gastric ulceration, and non-cardia gastric cancer. In previous studies, the genome sequences of H. pylori strains from patients with gastritis or duodenal ulcer disease have been analyzed. In this study, we analyzed the genome sequences of an H. pylori strain (98-10) isolated from a patient with gastric cancer and an H. pylori strain (B128) isolated from a patient with gastric ulcer disease. RESULTS Based on multilocus sequence typing, strain 98-10 was most closely related to H. pylori strains of East Asian origin and strain B128 was most closely related to strains of European origin. Strain 98-10 contained multiple features characteristic of East Asian strains, including a type s1c vacA allele and a cagA allele encoding an EPIYA-D tyrosine phosphorylation motif. A core genome of 1237 genes was present in all five strains for which genome sequences were available. Among the 1237 core genes, a subset of alleles was highly divergent in the East Asian strain 98-10, encoding proteins that exhibited <90% amino acid sequence identity compared to corresponding proteins in the other four strains. Unique strain-specific genes were identified in each of the newly sequenced strains, and a set of strain-specific genes was shared among H. pylori strains associated with gastric cancer or premalignant gastric lesions. CONCLUSION These data provide insight into the diversity that exists among H. pylori strains from diverse clinical and geographic origins. Highly divergent alleles and strain-specific genes identified in this study may represent useful biomarkers for analyzing geographic partitioning of H. pylori and for identifying strains capable of inducing malignant or premalignant gastric lesions.
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- Mark S McClain
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2605, USA.
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Ménard A, Danchin A, Dupouy S, Mégraud F, Lehours P. A variable gene in a conserved region of the Helicobacter pylori genome: isotopic gene replacement or rapid evolution? DNA Res 2008; 15:163-8. [PMID: 18442984 PMCID: PMC2650637 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsn006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The present study concerns the identification of a novel coding sequence in a region of the Helicobacter pylori genome, located between JHP1069/HP1141 and JHP1071/HP1143 according to the numbering of the J99 and 26695 reference strains, respectively, and spanning three different coding DNA sequences (CDSs). The CDSs located at the centre of this locus were highly polymorphic, as determined by the analysis of 24 European isolates, 3 Asian, and 3 African isolates. Phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary analyses showed that the CDSs were not restricted to the geographical origin of the strains. Despite a very high variability observed in the deduced protein sequences, significant similarity was observed, always with the same protein families, i.e. ATPase and bacteriophage receptor/invasion proteins. Although this variability could be explained by isotopic gene replacement via horizontal transfer of a gene with the same function but coming from a variety of sources, it seems more likely that the very high sequence variation observed at this locus is the result of a strong selection pressure exerted on the corresponding gene product. The CDSs identified in the present study could be used as strain specific markers.
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- Armelle Ménard
- INSERM U853, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo Saignat, F-33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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da Silva VS, Shida CS, Rodrigues FB, Ribeiro DCD, de Souza AA, Coletta-Filho HD, Machado MA, Nunes LR, de Oliveira RC. Comparative genomic characterization of citrus-associated Xylella fastidiosa strains. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:474. [PMID: 18154652 PMCID: PMC2262912 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Accepted: 12/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background The xylem-inhabiting bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is the causal agent of Pierce's disease (PD) in vineyards and citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) in orange trees. Both of these economically-devastating diseases are caused by distinct strains of this complex group of microorganisms, which has motivated researchers to conduct extensive genomic sequencing projects with Xf strains. This sequence information, along with other molecular tools, have been used to estimate the evolutionary history of the group and provide clues to understand the capacity of Xf to infect different hosts, causing a variety of symptoms. Nonetheless, although significant amounts of information have been generated from Xf strains, a large proportion of these efforts has concentrated on the study of North American strains, limiting our understanding about the genomic composition of South American strains – which is particularly important for CVC-associated strains. Results This paper describes the first genome-wide comparison among South American Xf strains, involving 6 distinct citrus-associated bacteria. Comparative analyses performed through a microarray-based approach allowed identification and characterization of large mobile genetic elements that seem to be exclusive to South American strains. Moreover, a large-scale sequencing effort, based on Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization (SSH), identified 290 new ORFs, distributed in 135 Groups of Orthologous Elements, throughout the genomes of these bacteria. Conclusion Results from microarray-based comparisons provide further evidence concerning activity of horizontally transferred elements, reinforcing their importance as major mediators in the evolution of Xf. Moreover, the microarray-based genomic profiles showed similarity between Xf strains 9a5c and Fb7, which is unexpected, given the geographical and chronological differences associated with the isolation of these microorganisms. The newly identified ORFs, obtained by SSH, represent an approximately 10% increase in our current knowledge of the South American Xf gene pool and include new putative virulence factors, as well as novel potential markers for strain identification. Surprisingly, this list of novel elements include sequences previously believed to be unique to North American strains, pointing to the necessity of revising the list of specific markers that may be used for identification of distinct Xf strains.
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- Vivian S da Silva
- Núcleo Integrado de Biotecnologia - Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, Av. Dr, Cândido Xavier de Almeida Souza 200, Mogi das Cruzes, SP 08780-911, Brazil.
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Dugan J, Andersen AA, Rockey DD. Functional characterization of IScs605, an insertion element carried by tetracycline-resistant Chlamydia suis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:71-9. [PMID: 17185536 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.29253-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Stable tetracycline resistance in Chlamydia suis is mediated by a family of genomic islands [the tet(C) islands] that are integrated into the chlamydial chromosome. The tet(C) islands contain several plasmid-specific genes, the tet(C) resistance gene and, in most cases, a novel insertion element (IScs605) encoding two predicted transposases. The hypothesis that IScs605 mediated the integration of the tet(C) resistance islands into the C. suis genome was tested using a plasmid-based transposition system in Escherichia coli. Both high- and medium-copy-number plasmids were used as carriers of IScs605 in these experiments. IScs605 integrated into a target plasmid (pOX38) when delivered by either donor plasmid, and integration of the entire donor plasmid was common. IScs605-mediated integration occurred at many positions within pOX38, with 36 of 38 events adjacent to a 5'-TTCAA-3' sequence. Deletions in each of the candidate transposase genes within IScs605 demonstrated that only one of the two ORFs was necessary for the observed transposition activity and target specificity. Analysis of progeny from the mating assays also indicated that IScs605 can excise following integration into a target DNA, and, in each tested case, the sequence 5'-AATTCAA-3' remained at the site of excision. Collectively, these results are consistent with the nucleotide sequence data collected for the tet(C) islands, and strongly suggest that a transposase within IScs605 is responsible for integration of these genomic islands into the C. suis chromosome.
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- Jae Dugan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Siguier P, Filée J, Chandler M. Insertion sequences in prokaryotic genomes. Curr Opin Microbiol 2006; 9:526-31. [PMID: 16935554 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Insertion sequences (ISs) are small DNA segments that are often capable of moving neighbouring genes. Over 1500 different ISs have been identified to date. They can have large and spectacular effects in shaping and reshuffling the bacterial genome. Recent studies have provided dramatic examples of such IS activity, including massive IS expansion during the emergence of some pathogenic bacterial species and the intimate involvement of ISs in assembling genes into complex plasmid structures. However, a global understanding of their impact on bacterial genomes requires detailed knowledge of their distribution across the eubacterial and archaeal kingdoms, understanding their partition between chromosomes and extra-chromosomal elements (e.g. plasmids and viruses) and the factors which influence this, and appreciation of the different transposition mechanisms in action, the target preferences and the host factors that influence transposition. In addition, defective (non- autonomous) elements, which can be complemented by related active elements in the same cell, are often overlooked in genome annotations but also contribute to the evolution of genome organisation.
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- Patricia Siguier
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires (UMR5100 CNRS) Campus Université Paul Sabatier 118, Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Oleastro M, Monteiro L, Lehours P, Mégraud F, Ménard A. Identification of markers for Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from children with peptic ulcer disease by suppressive subtractive hybridization. Infect Immun 2006; 74:4064-74. [PMID: 16790780 PMCID: PMC1489719 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00123-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 02/18/2006] [Accepted: 04/01/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) occurs after a long-term Helicobacter pylori infection. However, the disease can develop earlier, and rare cases have been observed in children, suggesting that these H. pylori strains may be more virulent. We used suppressive subtractive hybridization for comparative genomics between H. pylori strains isolated from a 5-year-old child with duodenal ulcer and from a sex- and age-matched child with gastritis only. The prevalence of the 30 tester-specific subtracted sequences was determined on a collection of H. pylori strains from children (15 ulcers and 30 gastritis) and from adults (46 ulcers and 44 gastritis). Two of these sequences, jhp0562 (80.0% versus 33.3%, P = 0.008) and jhp0870 (80.0% versus 36.7%, P = 0.015), were highly associated with PUD in children and a third sequence, jhp0828, was less associated (40.0% versus 10.0%, P = 0.048). Among adult strains, none of the 30 sequences was associated with PUD. However, both jhp0562 and jhp0870 were less prevalent in adenocarcinoma strains than in PUD strains from children and adults, the difference being statistically significant for jhp0870. In conclusion, two H. pylori genes were identified as being strongly associated with PUD in children, and their putative roles as an outer membrane protein for jhp0870 and in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis for jhp0562, suggest that they may be novel virulence factors of H. pylori.
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- Mónica Oleastro
- Unidade Helicobacter/Campylobacter, Centro de Bacteriologia, Instituto Nacional Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
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Pollmann K, Raff J, Schnorpfeil M, Radeva G, Selenska-Pobell S. Novel surface layer protein genes in Bacillus sphaericus associated with unusual insertion elements. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2005; 151:2961-2973. [PMID: 16151207 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28201-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The surface layer (S-layer) protein genes of the uranium mining waste pile isolate Bacillus sphaericus JG-A12 and of its relative B. sphaericus NCTC 9602 were analysed. The almost identical N-termini of the two S-layer proteins possess a unique structure, comprising three N-terminal S-layer homologous (SLH) domains. The central parts of the proteins share a high homology and are related to the S-layer proteins of B. sphaericus CCM 2177 and P-1. In contrast, the C-terminal parts of the S-layer proteins of JG-A12 and NCTC 9602 differ significantly between each other. Surprisingly, the C-terminal part of the S-layer protein of JG-A12 shares a high identity with that of the S-layer protein of B. sphaericus CCM 2177. In both JG-A12 and NCTC 9602 the chromosomal S-layer protein genes are followed by a newly identified putative insertion element comprising three ORFs, which encode a putative transposase, a putative integrase/recombinase and a putative protein containing a DNA binding helix-turn-helix motif, and the S-layer-protein-like gene copies sllA (9602) or sllB (JG-A12). Interestingly, both B. sphaericus strains studied were found to contain an additional, plasmid-located and silent S-layer protein gene with the same sequence as sllA and sllB. The primary structures of the corresponding putative proteins are almost identical in both strains. The N-terminal and central parts of these S-layer proteins share a high identity with those of the chromosomally encoded functional S-layer proteins. Their C-terminal parts, however, differ significantly. These results strongly suggest that the S-layer protein genes have evolved via horizontal transfer of genetic information followed by DNA rearrangements mediated by mobile elements.
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- Katrin Pollmann
- Institute of Radiochemistry, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiochemistry, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiochemistry, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiochemistry, Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden, Germany
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Ton-Hoang B, Guynet C, Ronning DR, Cointin-Marty B, Dyda F, Chandler M. Transposition of ISHp608, member of an unusual family of bacterial insertion sequences. EMBO J 2005; 24:3325-38. [PMID: 16163392 PMCID: PMC1224677 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 07/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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ISHp608 from Helicobacter pylori is active in Escherichia coli and represents a recently recognised group of insertion sequences. Its transposase and organisation suggest that it transposes using a different mechanism to that of other known transposons. The IS was shown to excise as a circular form, which is accompanied by the formation of a resealed donor plasmid backbone. We also demonstrate that TnpA, which is less than half the length of other transposases, is responsible for this and for ISHp608 transposition. Transposition was shown to be site specific: both insertion and transposon excision require a conserved target, 5'TTAC. Deletion analysis suggested that potential secondary structures at the left and right ends are important for transposition. In vitro TnpA bound both ends, showed a strong preference for a specific single-stranded DNA and introduced a single-strand break on the same strand at each end. Although many of the characteristics of ISHp608 appear similar to rolling-circle transposons, there are differences suggesting that, overall, transposition occurs by a different mechanism. The results have permitted the formulation of several related models.
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- Bao Ton-Hoang
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS UMR5100, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS UMR5100, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, CNRS UMR5100, Toulouse, France
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), CNRS UMR5100, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 561 335858; Fax: +33 561 335861/-5886; E-mail:
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Kersulyte D, Kalia A, Zhang M, Lee HK, Subramaniam D, Kiuduliene L, Chalkauskas H, Berg DE. Sequence organization and insertion specificity of the novel chimeric ISHp609 transposable element of Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:7521-8. [PMID: 15516563 PMCID: PMC524915 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.22.7521-7528.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Here we describe ISHp609 of Helicobacter pylori, a new member of the IS605 mobile element family that is novel and contains two genes whose functions are unknown, jhp960 and jhp961, in addition to homologs of two other H. pylori insertion sequence (IS) element genes, orfA, which encodes a putative serine recombinase-transposase, and orfB, whose homologs in other species are also often annotated as genes that encode transposases. The complete four-gene element was found in 10 to 40% of strains obtained from Africa, India, Europe, and the Americas but in only 1% of East Asian strains. Sequence comparison of 10 representative ISHp609 elements revealed higher levels of DNA sequence matches (99%) than those seen in normal chromosomal genes (88 to 98%) or in other IS elements (95 to 97% for IS605, IS606, and IS607) from the same H. pylori populations. Sequence analysis suggested that ISHp609 can insert at many genomic sites with its left end preferentially next to TAT, with no target specificity for its right end, and without duplicating or deleting target sequences. A deleted form of ISHp609, containing just jhp960 and jhp961 and 37 bp of orfA, found in reference strain J99, was at the same chromosomal site in 15 to 40% of the strains from many geographic regions but again in only 1% of the East Asian strains. The abundance and sequence homogeneity of ISHp609 and of this nonmobile remnant suggested a recent bottleneck and then rapid spread in H. pylori populations, possibly selected by the contributions of the elements to bacterial fitness.
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- Dangeruta Kersulyte
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Kalia A, Mukhopadhyay AK, Dailide G, Ito Y, Azuma T, Wong BCY, Berg DE. Evolutionary dynamics of insertion sequences in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:7508-20. [PMID: 15516562 PMCID: PMC524885 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.22.7508-7520.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Prokaryotic insertion sequence (IS) elements behave like parasites in terms of their ability to invade and proliferate in microbial gene pools and like symbionts when they coevolve with their bacterial hosts. Here we investigated the evolutionary history of IS605 and IS607 of Helicobacter pylori, a genetically diverse gastric pathogen. These elements contain unrelated transposase genes (orfA) and also a homolog of the Salmonella virulence gene gipA (orfB). A total of 488 East Asian, Indian, Peruvian, and Spanish isolates were screened, and 18 and 14% of them harbored IS605 and IS607, respectively. IS605 nucleotide sequence analysis (n = 42) revealed geographic subdivisions similar to those of H. pylori; the geographic subdivision was blurred, however, due in part to homologous recombination, as indicated by split decomposition and homoplasy tests (homoplasy ratio, 0.56). In contrast, the IS607 populations (n = 44) showed strong geographic subdivisions with less homologous recombination (homoplasy ratio, 0.2). Diversifying selection (ratio of nonsynonymous change to synonymous change, >>1) was evident in approximately 15% of the IS605 orfA codons analyzed but not in the IS607 orfA codons. Diversifying selection was also evident in approximately 2% of the IS605 orfB and approximately 10% of the IS607 orfB codons analyzed. We suggest that the evolution of these elements reflects selection for optimal transposition activity in the case of IS605 orfA and for interactions between the OrfB proteins and other cellular constituents that potentially contribute to bacterial fitness. Taken together, similarities in IS elements and H. pylori population genetic structures and evidence of adaptive evolution in IS elements suggest that there is coevolution between these elements and their bacterial hosts.
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- Awdhesh Kalia
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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Dugan J, Rockey DD, Jones L, Andersen AA. Tetracycline resistance in Chlamydia suis mediated by genomic islands inserted into the chlamydial inv-like gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:3989-95. [PMID: 15388463 PMCID: PMC521927 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.10.3989-3995.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many strains of Chlamydia suis, a pathogen of pigs, express a stable tetracycline resistance phenotype. We demonstrate that this resistance pattern is associated with a resistance gene, tet(C), in the chlamydial chromosome. Four related genomic islands were identified in seven tetracycline-resistant C. suis strains. All resistant isolates carry the structural gene tet(C) and the tetracycline repressor gene tetR(C). The islands share significant nucleotide sequence identity with resistance plasmids carried by a variety of different bacterial species. Three of the four tet(C) islands also carry a novel insertion sequence that is homologous to the IS605 family of insertion sequences. In each strain, the resistance gene and associated sequences are recombined into an identical position in a gene homologous to the inv gene of the yersiniae. These genomic islands represent the first examples of horizontally acquired DNA integrated into a natural isolate of chlamydiae or within any other obligate intracellular bacterium.
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- Jae Dugan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University, 106 Dryden Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-4804, USA.
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Gibreel A, Sköld O, Taylor DE. Characterization of plasmid-mediated aphA-3 kanamycin resistance in Campylobacter jejuni. Microb Drug Resist 2004; 10:98-105. [PMID: 15256024 DOI: 10.1089/1076629041310127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A total of 254 isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and three isolates of Campylobacter coli, isolated from Sweden, Canada, and Egypt, were screened for kanamycin resistance. Eight strains of C. jejuni contained large plasmids that carried the aphA-3 kanamycin-resistance marker. In six plasmids, the aphA-3 gene was located downstream of an apparent insertion sequence, designated IS607*, which showed a considerable similarity to IS607, characterized on the chromosome of some Helicobacter pylori strains. In contrast, the other plasmids carried the aphA-3 gene as a part of a resistance cluster. This included three resistance markers encoding 6'-adenylyltransferase (aadE), streptothricin acetyltransferase (sat), and 3'-aminoglycoside phosphotransferase type III (aphA-3). The genetic organization of this resistance cluster suggests that it has been acquired by C. jejuni from a Gram-positive organism. The IS607* element was also observed in kanamycin-susceptible strains of C. jejuni on plasmids mediating tetracycline resistance. The kanamycin-resistance phenotype transferred along with tetracycline resistance by conjugation from four representative C. jejuni strains to a recipient strain of C. jejuni. The kanamycin-resistance determinant (aphA-3) was stably transferred from one of the four C. jejuni strains to a recipient strain of Escherichia coli. However, the C. jejuni plasmid, which also carries the tetO gene, was not maintained in E. coli. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed the integration of approximately 50 kb of the plasmid into the chromosome of the E. coli recipient.
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- Amera Gibreel
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Lehours P, Dupouy S, Bergey B, Ruskoné-Foumestraux A, Delchier JC, Rad R, Richy F, Tankovic J, Zerbib F, Mégraud F, Ménard A. Identification of a genetic marker of Helicobacter pylori strains involved in gastric extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of the MALT-type. Gut 2004; 53:931-7. [PMID: 15194637 PMCID: PMC1774103 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.028811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Gastric extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of the mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type (MZBL) is a rare complication of Helicobacter pylori infection. Currently, no bacterial factor has been associated with the development of this disease. Our aim was to identify genes associated with lymphoma development. METHODS We used subtractive hybridisation as a tool for comparative genomics between H pylori strains isolated from a patient with gastric MZBL and from a patient with gastritis only. RESULTS When gastric MZBL strains were compared with gastritis strains, two open reading frames (ORFs) were significantly associated with gastric MZBL: JHP950 (74.4% v 48.7%, respectively; p = 0.023) and JHP1462 (25.6% v 2.6%, respectively; p = 0.004). The prevalence of JHP950 was 48.8% (p = 0.024) in duodenal ulcer strains and 39.3% (p = 0.006) in gastric adenocarcinoma strains, which makes this ORF a specific marker for gastric MZBL strains. In contrast, the prevalence of JHP1462 was 16% (p = 0.545) and 35.7% (p = 0.429) in duodenal ulcer and adenocarcinoma strains, respectively. These ORFs were present in reference strain J99 but not in reference strain 26695. JHP950 is located in the plasticity zone whereas the other, JHP1462, is located outside. Both encode for H pylori putative proteins with unknown functions. CONCLUSION Despite its low prevalence, the ORF JHP1462 can be considered a candidate marker for H pylori strains involved in severe gastroduodenal diseases. In contrast, the ORF JHP950 has a high prevalence, and is the first candidate marker for strains giving rise to an increased risk of gastric MZBL strains. Further confirmation in other studies is needed.
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- P Lehours
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Blomstergren A, Lundin A, Nilsson C, Engstrand L, Lundeberg J. Comparative analysis of the complete cag pathogenicity island sequence in four Helicobacter pylori isolates. Gene 2004; 328:85-93. [PMID: 15019987 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Revised: 10/06/2003] [Accepted: 11/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The cytotoxin-associated gene (cag) pathogenicity island (PAI) is important for the virulence of Helicobacter pylori. In this study, we have compared the complete nucleotide sequence of the cag PAI in four clinical isolates. These isolates were selected from patients matched for age and sex from the same geographical region. The patients suffered from either gastric cancer (Ca52 and Ca73) or duodenal ulcer (Du23:2 and Du52:2). All four strains induced an interleukin (IL)-8 response in AGS cells and translocated CagA into host cells where the protein was tyrosine phosphorylated, and thus harboured a functional type IV secretion system encoded by the cag PAI. The cagA gene contains a variable region close to its 3' end. Different compositions of this region has been proposed to exert various degrees of morphological changes in cultured gastric epithelial cells, and there are indications that the structure of the repetitive region is connected to the severity of disease. One of the studied strains (Du23:2) possessed five Western-type repeat regions while the other three strains harboured one Western-type repeat. Strain Du23:2 also contained a major rearrangement or large insertion/duplication in the intergenic region between HP0546 and HP0547 (cagA). Sequence similar to that of genes HP0510 and HP0509 was found in the 5' end of this region. The 3' end was similar to the corresponding region of strain ATCC 43504, including a mini IS605 element and a duplication of the 3' end of the cag PAI. Finally, a novel gene was identified in the cag PAI in three of the sequenced strains at the position of HP0521. This gene, HP0521B, is present in approximately half of Swedish H. pylori isolates.
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- Anna Blomstergren
- Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Alba Nova University Center, Roslagstullsbacken 21, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Curcio MJ, Derbyshire KM. The outs and ins of transposition: from Mu to Kangaroo. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2003; 4:865-77. [PMID: 14682279 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- M Joan Curcio
- Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University of New York at Albany, 12201-2002, USA
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Han FC, Gong M, Ng HC, Ho B. Identification of H. pylori strain specific DNA sequences between two clinical isolates from NUD and gastric ulcer by SSH. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9:1747-51. [PMID: 12918113 PMCID: PMC4611536 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: The genomes of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) from different individuals are different. This project was to identify the strain specific DNA sequences between two clinical H. pylori isolates by suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH).
METHODS: Two clinical H. pylori isolates, one from gastric ulcer (GU, tester) and the other from non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD, driver), were cultured and the genomic DNA was prepared and submitted to Alu I digestion. Then two different adaptors were ligated respectively to the 5’-end of two aliquots of the tester DNA fragments and SSH was made between the tester and driver DNA. The un-hybridized tester DNA sequences were amplified by two sequential PCR and cloned into pGEM-T-Easy Vector. The tester strain specific inserts were screened and disease related DNA sequences were identified by dot blotting.
RESULTS: Among the 240 colonies randomly chosen, 50 contained the tester strain specific DNA sequences. Twenty three inserts were sequenced and the sizes ranged from 261 bp to 1036 bp. Fifteen inserts belonged to the H.pylori plasmid pHPO100 that is about 3.5 kb and codes a replication protein A. Other inserts had patches of homologous to the genes of H.pylori in GenBank. Various patterns of dot blots were given and no GU strain unique DNA sequences were found when 4 inserts were used as probes to screen the genomic DNA from 27 clinical isolates, 8 from GU, 12 from duodenum ulcer (DU), 4 from GU-DU, 2 from NUD and 1 from gastric cancer (GC). But a 670 bp DNA fragment (GU198) that was a bit homologous to the 3’-end of the gene of thymidylate kinase was positive in 7 GU strains (7/8), 3 GU-DU strains (3/4) and 3 DU strains (3/12). A 384 bp fragment (GU79) of the replication gene A (repA) was positive only in 4 H.pylori isolates, 2 from GU and 2 from GU-DU.
CONCLUSION: Differences exist in the genes of different H.pylori isolates. SSH is very effective to screen H.pylori strain specific DNA sequences between two clinical isolates, and some of these sequences may have clinical significance.
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- Feng-Chan Han
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
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