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Shangguan X, Yang X, Wang S, Geng L, Wang L, Zhao M, Cao H, Zhang Y, Li X, Yang M, Xu K, Zheng X. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Pattern of Sugar Transporter Genes in the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål). INSECTS 2024; 15:509. [PMID: 39057242 DOI: 10.3390/insects15070509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
Abstract
Sugar transporters play important roles in controlling carbohydrate transport and are responsible for mediating the movement of sugars into cells in numerous organisms. In insects, sugar transporters not only play a role in sugar transport but may also act as receptors for virus entry and the accumulation of plant defense compounds. The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, inflicts damage on rice plants by feeding on their phloem sap, which is rich in sugars. In the present study, we identified 34 sugar transporters in N. lugens, which were classified into three subfamilies based on phylogenetic analysis. The motif numbers varied from seven to eleven, and motifs 2, 3, and 4 were identified in the functional domains of all 34 NlST proteins. Chromosome 1 was found to possess the highest number of NlST genes, harboring 15. The gut, salivary glands, fat body, and ovary were the different tissues enriched with NlST gene expression. The expression levels of NlST2, 3, 4, 7, 20, 27, 28, and 31 were higher in the gut than in the other tissues. When expressed in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae hexose transporter deletion mutant (strain EBY.VW4000), only ApST4 (previously characterized) and NlST4, 28, and 31 were found to transport glucose and fructose, resulting in functional rescue of the yeast mutant. These results provide valuable data for further studies on sugar transporters in N. lugens and lay a foundation for finding potential targets to control N. lugens.
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- Xinxin Shangguan
- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding & Bioreactor, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding & Bioreactor, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding & Bioreactor, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding & Bioreactor, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding & Bioreactor, Zhoukou 466001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466001, China
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding & Bioreactor, Zhoukou 466001, China
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Teterina AA, Willis JH, Baer CF, Phillips PC. Pervasive conservation of intron number and other genetic elements revealed by a chromosome-level genomic assembly of the hyper-polymorphic nematode Caenorhabditis brenneri. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.25.600681. [PMID: 38979286 PMCID: PMC11230420 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.25.600681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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With within-species genetic diversity estimates that span the gambit of that seen across the entirety of animals, the Caenorhabditis genus of nematodes holds unique potential to provide insights into how population size and reproductive strategies influence gene and genome organization and evolution. Our study focuses on Caenorhabditis brenneri, currently known as one of the most genetically diverse nematodes within its genus and metazoan phyla. Here, we present a high-quality gapless genome assembly and annotation for C. brenneri, revealing a common nematode chromosome arrangement characterized by gene-dense central regions and repeat rich peripheral parts. Comparison of C. brenneri with other nematodes from the 'Elegans' group revealed conserved macrosynteny but a lack of microsynteny, characterized by frequent rearrangements and low correlation iof orthogroup sizes, indicative of high rates of gene turnover. We also assessed genome organization within corresponding syntenic blocks in selfing and outcrossing species, affirming that selfing species predominantly experience loss of both genes and intergenic DNA. Comparison of gene structures revealed strikingly small number of shared introns across species, yet consistent distributions of intron number and length, regardless of population size or reproductive mode, suggesting that their evolutionary dynamics are primarily reflective of functional constraints. Our study provides valuable insights into genome evolution and expands the nematode genome resources with the highly genetically diverse C. brenneri, facilitating research into various aspects of nematode biology and evolutionary processes.
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- Anastasia A Teterina
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
- Center of Parasitology, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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Larue GE, Roy SW. Where the minor things are: a pan-eukaryotic survey suggests neutral processes may explain much of minor intron evolution. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:10884-10908. [PMID: 37819006 PMCID: PMC10639083 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Spliceosomal introns are gene segments removed from RNA transcripts by ribonucleoprotein machineries called spliceosomes. In some eukaryotes a second 'minor' spliceosome is responsible for processing a tiny minority of introns. Despite its seemingly modest role, minor splicing has persisted for roughly 1.5 billion years of eukaryotic evolution. Identifying minor introns in over 3000 eukaryotic genomes, we report diverse evolutionary histories including surprisingly high numbers in some fungi and green algae, repeated loss, as well as general biases in their positional and genic distributions. We estimate that ancestral minor intron densities were comparable to those of vertebrates, suggesting a trend of long-term stasis. Finally, three findings suggest a major role for neutral processes in minor intron evolution. First, highly similar patterns of minor and major intron evolution contrast with both functionalist and deleterious model predictions. Second, observed functional biases among minor intron-containing genes are largely explained by these genes' greater ages. Third, no association of intron splicing with cell proliferation in a minor intron-rich fungus suggests that regulatory roles are lineage-specific and thus cannot offer a general explanation for minor splicing's persistence. These data constitute the most comprehensive view of minor introns and their evolutionary history to date, and provide a foundation for future studies of these remarkable genetic elements.
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- Graham E Larue
- Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA
- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
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Schäfer GG, Grebe LJ, Schinkel R, Lieb B. The Evolution of Hemocyanin Genes in Caenogastropoda: Gene Duplications and Intron Accumulation in Highly Diverse Gastropods. J Mol Evol 2021; 89:639-655. [PMID: 34757470 PMCID: PMC8599328 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-021-10036-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hemocyanin is the oxygen transport protein of most molluscs and represents an important physiological factor that has to be well-adapted to their environments because of the strong influences of abiotic factors on its oxygen affinity. Multiple independent gene duplications and intron gains have been reported for hemocyanin genes of Tectipleura (Heterobranchia) and the caenogastropod species Pomacea canaliculata, which contrast with the uniform gene architectures of hemocyanins in Vetigastropoda. The goal of this study was to analyze hemocyanin gene evolution within the diverse group of Caenogastropoda in more detail. Our findings reveal multiple gene duplications and intron gains and imply that these represent general features of Apogastropoda hemocyanins. Whereas hemocyanin exon–intron structures are identical within different Tectipleura lineages, they differ strongly within Caenogastropoda among phylogenetic groups as well as between paralogous hemocyanin genes of the same species. Thus, intron accumulation took place more gradually within Caenogastropoda but finally led to a similar consequence, namely, a multitude of introns. Since both phenomena occurred independently within Heterobranchia and Caenogastropoda, the results support the hypothesis that introns may contribute to adaptive radiation by offering new opportunities for genetic variability (multiple paralogs that may evolve differently) and regulation (multiple introns). Our study indicates that adaptation of hemocyanin genes may be one of several factors that contributed to the evolution of the large diversity of Apogastropoda. While questions remain, this hypothesis is presented as a starting point for the further study of hemocyanin genes and possible correlations between hemocyanin diversity and adaptive radiation.
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- Gabriela Giannina Schäfer
- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 7, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 7, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 7, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 7, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
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