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Frandsen PB, Holzenthal RW, Espeland M, Breinholt J, Thomas Thorpe JA, Simon S, Kawahara AY, Plotkin D, Hotaling S, Li Y, Nelson CR, Niehuis O, Mayer C, Podsiadlowski L, Donath A, Misof B, Moriarty Lemmon E, Lemmon A, Morse JC, Liu S, Pauls SU, Zhou X. Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature's underwater architects. Proc Biol Sci 2024; 291:20240514. [PMID: 38955232 PMCID: PMC11285404 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are among the most diverse groups of freshwater animals with more than 16 000 described species. They play a fundamental role in freshwater ecology and environmental engineering in streams, rivers and lakes. Because of this, they are frequently used as indicator organisms in biomonitoring programmes. Despite their importance, key questions concerning the evolutionary history of caddisflies, such as the timing and origin of larval case making, remain unanswered owing to the lack of a well-resolved phylogeny. Here, we estimated a phylogenetic tree using a combination of transcriptomes and targeted enrichment data for 207 species, representing 48 of 52 extant families and 174 genera. We calibrated and dated the tree with 33 carefully selected fossils. The first caddisflies originated approximately 295 million years ago in the Permian, and major suborders began to diversify in the Triassic. Furthermore, we show that portable case making evolved in three separate lineages, and shifts in diversification occurred in concert with key evolutionary innovations beyond case making.
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- Paul B. Frandsen
- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Museum Koenig Bonn, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
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- Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, Rosenheim, Germany
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Institute of Biology I (Zoology), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Museum Koenig Bonn, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
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- Museum Koenig Bonn, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
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- Museum Koenig Bonn, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
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- Museum Koenig Bonn, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Dirac Science Library, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt, Germany
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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D'Anatro A, Calvelo J, Feijóo M, Giorello FM. Differential expression analyses and detection of SNP loci associated with environmental variables: Are salinity and temperature factors involved in population differentiation and speciation in Odontesthes? COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART D, GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2024; 52:101262. [PMID: 38861850 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2024.101262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Environmental factors play a key role in individual adaptation to different local conditions. Because of this, studies about the physiological and genetic responses of individuals exposed to different natural environments offer clues about mechanisms involved in population differentiation, and as a subsequent result, speciation. Marine environments are especially suited to survey this kind of phenomena because they commonly harbor species adapted to different local conditions along a geographic continuum. Silversides belonging to Odontesthes are commonly distributed in tropical and temperate regions of South America and exhibit noticeable phenotypic plasticity, which allows them to adapt to contrasting environments. In this study, the genetic expression of O. argentinensis sampled along the Uruguayan Atlantic coast and estuarine adjacent areas was investigated. In addition, the correlation between individual genotypes and environmental variables was also analysed in O. argentinensis and O. bonariensis. Results obtained suggest a differential expression pattern of low magnitude among individuals from the different areas sampled and a correlation between several SNP loci and environmental variables. The analyses carried out did not show a clear differentiation among individuals sampled along different salinity regimens, but enriched GOTerms seem to be driven by water oxygen content. On the other hand, a total of 46 SNPs analysed in O. argentinensis and O. bonariensis showed a correlation with salinity and temperature. Although none of the correlated SNPs and corresponding genes from our both analyses were directly associated with hypoxia, genes related to the cardiovascular system and muscle cell differentiation were found. All these genes are interesting candidates for future studies since they are closely related to the differentially expressed genes. Although salinity was also mentioned as an important parameter limiting introgression between O. argentinensis and O. bonariensis, it was found that salinity does not drive differential expression in O. argentinensis, but rather oxygen levels. Moreover, salinity does not directly affect the structure and genetic divergence of the populations, they appear to be structured based on their degree of isolation and geographical distance between them. Further studies, like genome-wide analyses, could help to elucidate additional genes adapted to the different environments in these silverside species.
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- Alejandro D'Anatro
- Laboratorio de Evolución y Sistemática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay.
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- Laboratorio de Biología Computacional, Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnológico, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Centro Universitario Regional Este, Sede Treinta y Tres, Universidad de la República, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay
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- Espacio de Biología Vegetal del Noreste, Centro Universitario de Tacuarembó, Universidad de la República, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
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Luo L, Fang D, Wang F, Lin Q, Sahu SK, Song Y, Kang J, Guang X, Liu M, Luo S, Hao G, Liu H, Guo X. The chromosome-level genomes of the herbal magnoliids Warburgia ugandensis and Saururus chinensis. Sci Data 2024; 11:554. [PMID: 38816414 PMCID: PMC11139940 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03229-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Warburgia ugandensis and Saururus chinensis are two of the most important medicinal plants in magnoliids and are widely utilized in traditional Kenya and Chinese medicine, respectively. The absence of higher-quality reference genomes has hindered research on the medicinal compound biosynthesis mechanisms of these plants. We report the chromosome-level genome assemblies of W. ugandensis and S. chinensis, and generated 1.13 Gb and 0.53 Gb genomes from 74 and 27 scaffolds, respectively, using BGI-DIPSEQ, Nanopore, and Hi-C sequencing. The scaffold N50 lengths were 82.97 Mb and 48.53 Mb, and the assemblies were anchored to 14 and 11 chromosomes of W. ugandensis and S. chinensis, respectively. In total, 24,739 and 20,561 genes were annotated, and 98.5% and 98% of the BUSCO genes were fully represented, respectively. The chromosome-level genomes of W. ugandensis and S. chinensis will be valuable resources for understanding the genetics of these medicinal plants, studying the evolution of magnoliids and angiosperms and conserving plant genetic resources.
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- Liuming Luo
- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- BGI Research, Beijing, 102601, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510650, China
- South China National Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
- BGI Research, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Carvalho APS, Owens HL, St Laurent RA, Earl C, Dexter KM, Messcher RL, Willmott KR, Aduse-Poku K, Collins SC, Homziak NT, Hoshizaki S, Hsu YF, Kizhakke AG, Kunte K, Martins DJ, Mega NO, Morinaka S, Peggie D, Romanowski HP, Sáfián S, Vila R, Wang H, Braby MF, Espeland M, Breinholt JW, Pierce NE, Kawahara AY, Lohman DJ. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience 2024; 27:109336. [PMID: 38500827 PMCID: PMC10945170 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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Temperature is thought to be a key factor influencing global species richness patterns. We investigate the link between temperature and diversification in the butterfly family Pieridae by combining next generation DNA sequences and published molecular data with fine-grained distribution data. We sampled nearly 600 pierid butterfly species to infer the most comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the family and curated a distribution dataset of more than 800,000 occurrences. We found strong evidence that species in environments with more stable daily temperatures or cooler maximum temperatures in the warm seasons have higher speciation rates. Furthermore, speciation and extinction rates decreased in tandem with global temperatures through geological time, resulting in a constant net diversification.
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- Ana Paula S. Carvalho
- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Center for Global Mountain Biodiversity, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India
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- Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Insect Committee of Nature Kenya, The East Africa Natural History Society, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Saitama Study Center, The Open University of Japan, Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Japan
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- Museum Zoologi Bogor, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency, Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- African Butterfly Research Institute, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya
- Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
- Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Intermountain Healthcare, Intermountain Precision Genomics, St. George, UT, USA
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- PhD Program in Biology, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Entomology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Manila, Philippines
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Li J, Liu W, Liu G, Dong Z, He J, Zhao R, Wang W, Li X. Cloning and characterization of luciferase from an Asian firefly Pygoluciola qingyu and its comparison with other beetle luciferases. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2024; 23:719-729. [PMID: 38441849 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-024-00547-0] [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: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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The bioluminescence system of luminescent beetles has extensive applications in biological imaging, protein labeling and drug screening. To explore wild luciferases with excellent catalytic activity and thermal stability, we cloned the luciferase of Pygoluciola qingyu, one species living in areas of high temperature and with strong bioluminescence, by combining transcriptomic sequencing and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The total length of luciferase gene is 1638 bp and the luciferase consists 544 amino acids. The recombinant P. qingyu luciferase was produced in vitro and its characteristics were compared with those of eight luciferases from China firefly species and two commercial luciferases. Compared with these luciferases, the P. qingyu luciferase shows the highest luminescence activity at room temperature (about 25-28 ℃) with similar KM value for D-luciferin and ATP to the Photinus pyralis luciferase. The P. qingyu luciferase activity was highest at 35 ℃ and can keep high activity at 30-40 ℃, which suggests the potential of P. qingyu luciferase for in vivo and cell application. Our results provide new insights into P. qingyu luciferase and give a new resource for the application of luciferases.
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- Jun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, Yunnan, China.
- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, Yunnan, China.
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
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Freitas-de-Sousa LA, Colombini M, Souza VC, Silva JPC, Mota-da-Silva A, Almeida MRN, Machado RA, Fonseca WL, Sartim MA, Sachett J, Serrano SMT, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Grazziotin FG, Monteiro WM, Bernarde PS, Moura-da-Silva AM. Venom Composition of Neglected Bothropoid Snakes from the Amazon Rainforest: Ecological and Toxinological Implications. Toxins (Basel) 2024; 16:83. [PMID: 38393161 PMCID: PMC10891915 DOI: 10.3390/toxins16020083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Snake venoms have evolved in several families of Caenophidae, and their toxins have been assumed to be biochemical weapons with a role as a trophic adaptation. However, it remains unclear how venom contributes to the success of venomous species for adaptation to different environments. Here we compared the venoms from Bothrocophias hyoprora, Bothrops taeniatus, Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus, Bothrops brazili, and Bothrops atrox collected in the Amazon Rainforest, aiming to understand the ecological and toxinological consequences of venom composition. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses indicated that the venoms presented the same toxin groups characteristic from bothropoids, but with distinct isoforms with variable qualitative and quantitative abundances, contributing to distinct enzymatic and toxic effects. Despite the particularities of each venom, commercial Bothrops antivenom recognized the venom components and neutralized the lethality of all species. No clear features could be observed between venoms from arboreal and terrestrial habitats, nor in the dispersion of the species throughout the Amazon habitats, supporting the notion that venom composition may not shape the ecological or toxinological characteristics of these snake species and that other factors influence their foraging or dispersal in different ecological niches.
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil; (L.A.F.-d.-S.); (M.C.)
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil; (V.C.S.); (J.P.C.S.); (S.M.T.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil; (V.C.S.); (J.P.C.S.); (S.M.T.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Instituto Federal do Acre, Campus de Cruzeiro do Sul, Cruzeiro do Sul 69980-000, AC, Brazil;
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus Floresta, Cruzeiro do Sul 69895-000, AC, Brazil; (M.R.N.A.); (R.A.M.); (W.L.F.); (P.S.B.)
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus Floresta, Cruzeiro do Sul 69895-000, AC, Brazil; (M.R.N.A.); (R.A.M.); (W.L.F.); (P.S.B.)
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus Floresta, Cruzeiro do Sul 69895-000, AC, Brazil; (M.R.N.A.); (R.A.M.); (W.L.F.); (P.S.B.)
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus 69040-000, AM, Brazil; (M.A.S.); (J.S.); (W.M.M.)
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus 69040-000, AM, Brazil; (M.A.S.); (J.S.); (W.M.M.)
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil; (V.C.S.); (J.P.C.S.); (S.M.T.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil; (V.C.S.); (J.P.C.S.); (S.M.T.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil;
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- Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus 69040-000, AM, Brazil; (M.A.S.); (J.S.); (W.M.M.)
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus Floresta, Cruzeiro do Sul 69895-000, AC, Brazil; (M.R.N.A.); (R.A.M.); (W.L.F.); (P.S.B.)
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, SP, Brazil; (L.A.F.-d.-S.); (M.C.)
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Nishihara H, Toda Y, Kuramoto T, Kamohara K, Goto A, Hoshino K, Okada S, Kuraku S, Okabe M, Ishimaru Y. A vertebrate-wide catalogue of T1R receptors reveals diversity in taste perception. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:111-120. [PMID: 38093021 PMCID: PMC10781636 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02258-8] [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: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Taste is a vital chemical sense for feeding behaviour. In mammals, the umami and sweet taste receptors comprise three members of the taste receptor type 1 (T1R/TAS1R) family: T1R1, T1R2 and T1R3. Because their functional homologues exist in teleosts, only three TAS1R genes generated by gene duplication are believed to have been inherited from the common ancestor of bony vertebrates. Here, we report five previously uncharacterized TAS1R members in vertebrates, TAS1R4, TAS1R5, TAS1R6, TAS1R7 and TAS1R8, based on genome-wide survey of diverse taxa. We show that mammalian and teleost fish TAS1R2 and TAS1R3 genes are paralogues. Our phylogenetic analysis suggests that the bony vertebrate ancestor had nine TAS1Rs resulting from multiple gene duplications. Some TAS1Rs were lost independently in descendent lineages resulting in retention of only three TAS1Rs in mammals and teleosts. Combining functional assays and expression analysis of non-teleost fishes we show that the novel T1Rs form heterodimers in taste-receptor cells and recognize a broad range of ligands such as essential amino acids, including branched-chain amino acids, which have not been previously considered as T1R ligands. This study reveals diversity of taste sensations in both modern vertebrates and their ancestors, which might have enabled vertebrates to adapt to diverse habitats on Earth.
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- Hidenori Nishihara
- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara, Japan.
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara, Japan
- Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Molecular Life History Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
- Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan.
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Khelghatibana F, Javan-Nikkhah M, Safaie N, Sobhani A, Shams S, Sari E. A reference transcriptome for walnut anthracnose pathogen, Ophiognomonia leptostyla, guides the discovery of candidate virulence genes. Fungal Genet Biol 2023; 169:103828. [PMID: 37657751 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
Abstract
Despite the economic losses due to the walnut anthracnose, Ophiognomonia leptostyla is an orphan fungus with respect to genomic resources. In the present study, the transcriptome of O. leptostyla was assembled for the first time. RNA sequencing was conducted for the fungal mycelia grown in a liquid media, and the inoculated leaf samples of walnut with the fungal conidia sampled at 48, 96 and 144 h post inoculation (hpi). The completeness, correctness, and contiguity of the de novo transcriptome assemblies generated with Trinity, Oases, SOAPdenovo-Trans and Bridger were compared to identify a single superior reference assembly. In most of the assessment criteria including N50, Transrate score, number of ORFs with known description in gene bank, the percentage of reads mapped back to the transcript (RMBT), BUSCO score, Swiss-Prot coverage bin and RESM-EVAL score, the Bridger assembly was the superior and thus used as a reference for profiling the O. leptostyla transcriptome in liquid media vs. during walnut infection. The k-means clustering of transcripts resulted in four distinct transcription patterns across the three sampling time points. Most of the detected CAZy transcripts had elevated transcription at 96 hpi that is hypothetically concurrent with the start of intracellular growth. The in-silico analysis revealed 103 candidate effectors of which six were members of Necrosis and Ethylene Inducing Like Protein (NLP) gene family belonging to three distinct k-means clusters. This study provided a complex and temporal pattern of the CAZys and candidate effectors transcription during six days post O. leptostyla inoculation on walnut leaves, introducing a list of candidate virulence genes for validation in future studies.
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- Fatemeh Khelghatibana
- Department of Plant Pathology, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran - Isfahan Branch, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Ding Y, Wang MY, Yang DH, Hao DC, Li WS, Ling P, Xie SQ. Transcriptome analysis of flower colour reveals the correlation between SNP and differential expression genes in Phalaenopsis. Genes Genomics 2023; 45:1611-1621. [PMID: 37414912 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-023-01422-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phalaenopsis is an important ornamental plant that has great economic value in the world flower market as one of the most popular flower resources. OBJECTIVE To investigate the flower colour formation of Phalaenopsis at the transcription level, the genes involved in flower color formation were identified from RNA-seq in this study. METHODS In this study, white and purple petals of Phalaenopsis were collected and analyzed to obtained (1) differential expression genes (DEGs) between white and purple flower color and (2) the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) mutations and DEGs at the transcriptome level. RESULTS The results indicated that a total of 1,175 DEGs were identified, and 718 and 457 of them were up- and down-regulated genes, respectively. Gene Ontology and pathway enrichment showed that the biosynthesis of the secondary metabolites pathway was key to color formation, and the expression of 12 crucial genes (C4H, CCoAOMT, F3'H, UA3'5'GT, PAL, 4CL, CCR, CAD, CALDH, bglx, SGTase, and E1.11.17) that are involved in the regulation of flower color in Phalaenopsis. CONCLUSION This study reported the association between the SNP mutations and DEGs for color formation at RNA level, and provides a new insight to further investigate the gene expression and its relationship with genetic variants from RNA-seq data in other species.
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- Yu Ding
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Hainan Boda Orchid Technology Co. Ltd, Haikou, 570311, China
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- Hainan Boda Orchid Technology Co. Ltd, Haikou, 570311, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Special Trees and Ornamental Plants, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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Lee J, Kim M, Han K, Yoon S. StringFix: an annotation-guided transcriptome assembler improves the recovery of amino acid sequences from RNA-Seq reads. Genes Genomics 2023; 45:1599-1609. [PMID: 37837515 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-023-01458-7] [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: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reconstruction of amino acid sequences from assembled transcriptome is of interest in personalized medicine, for example, to predict drug-target (or protein-protein) interaction considering individual's genomic variations. Most of the existing transcriptome assemblers, however, seems not well suited for this purpose. METHODS In this work, we present StringFix, an annotation guided transcriptome assembly and protein sequence reconstruction software tool that takes genome-aligned reads and the annotations associated to the reference genome as input. The tool 'fixes' the pre-annotated transcript sequence by taking small variations into account, finally to produce possible amino acid sequences that are likely to exist in the test tissue. RESULTS The results show that, using outputs from existing reference-based assemblers as the input GTF-guide, StringFix could reconstruct amino acid sequences more precisely with higher sensitivity than direct generation using the recovered transcripts from all the assemblers we tested. CONCLUSION By using StringFix with the existing reference-based assemblers, one can recover not only a novel transcripts and isoforms but also the possible amino acid sequence stemming from them.
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- Joongho Lee
- Dept. of Computer Science, College of SW Convergence, Dankook Univ, Yongin-si, 16890, Korea
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- Dept. of Computer Science, College of SW Convergence, Dankook Univ, Yongin-si, 16890, Korea
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- Center for Bio-Medical Engineering Core Facility, Dankook Univ, Cheonan, 31116, Korea
- Dept. of Microbiology, College of Science & Technology, Dankook Univ, Cheonan, 31116, Korea
- HuNbiome Co., Ltd, R&D Center, Seoul, 08503, Korea
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- Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Dankook Univ, Yongin-si, 16890, Korea.
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Sahu SK, Liu M, Wang G, Chen Y, Li R, Fang D, Sahu DN, Mu W, Wei J, Liu J, Zhao Y, Zhang S, Lisby M, Liu X, Xu X, Li L, Wang S, Liu H, He C. Chromosome-scale genomes of commercially important mahoganies, Swietenia macrophylla and Khaya senegalensis. Sci Data 2023; 10:832. [PMID: 38007506 PMCID: PMC10676371 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02707-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023] Open
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Mahogany species (family Meliaceae) are highly valued for their aesthetic and durable wood. Despite their economic and ecological importance, genomic resources for mahogany species are limited, hindering genetic improvement and conservation efforts. Here we perform chromosome-scale genome assemblies of two commercially important mahogany species: Swietenia macrophylla and Khaya senegalensis. By combining 10X sequencing and Hi-C data, we assemble high-quality genomes of 274.49 Mb (S. macrophylla) and 406.50 Mb (K. senegalensis), with scaffold N50 lengths of 8.51 Mb and 7.85 Mb, respectively. A total of 99.38% and 98.05% of the assembled sequences are anchored to 28 pseudo-chromosomes in S. macrophylla and K. senegalensis, respectively. We predict 34,129 and 31,908 protein-coding genes in S. macrophylla and K. senegalensis, respectively, of which 97.44% and 98.49% are functionally annotated. The chromosome-scale genome assemblies of these mahogany species could serve as a vital genetic resource, especially in understanding the properties of non-model woody plants. These high-quality genomes could support the development of molecular markers for breeding programs, conservation efforts, and the sustainable management of these valuable forest resources.
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- Sunil Kumar Sahu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- College of Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Forestry Bureau of Ruili, Yunnan Dehong, Ruili, 678600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, China
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- Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518004, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
- BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150400, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Genetic & Tree Improvement and Propagation in Universities of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China.
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Bechteler J, Peñaloza-Bojacá G, Bell D, Gordon Burleigh J, McDaniel SF, Christine Davis E, Sessa EB, Bippus A, Christine Cargill D, Chantanoarrapint S, Draper I, Endara L, Forrest LL, Garilleti R, Graham SW, Huttunen S, Lazo JJ, Lara F, Larraín J, Lewis LR, Long DG, Quandt D, Renzaglia K, Schäfer-Verwimp A, Lee GE, Sierra AM, von Konrat M, Zartman CE, Pereira MR, Goffinet B, Villarreal A JC. Comprehensive phylogenomic time tree of bryophytes reveals deep relationships and uncovers gene incongruences in the last 500 million years of diversification. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2023; 110:e16249. [PMID: 37792319 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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PREMISE Bryophytes form a major component of terrestrial plant biomass, structuring ecological communities in all biomes. Our understanding of the evolutionary history of hornworts, liverworts, and mosses has been significantly reshaped by inferences from molecular data, which have highlighted extensive homoplasy in various traits and repeated bursts of diversification. However, the timing of key events in the phylogeny, patterns, and processes of diversification across bryophytes remain unclear. METHODS Using the GoFlag probe set, we sequenced 405 exons representing 228 nuclear genes for 531 species from 52 of the 54 orders of bryophytes. We inferred the species phylogeny from gene tree analyses using concatenated and coalescence approaches, assessed gene conflict, and estimated the timing of divergences based on 29 fossil calibrations. RESULTS The phylogeny resolves many relationships across the bryophytes, enabling us to resurrect five liverwort orders and recognize three more and propose 10 new orders of mosses. Most orders originated in the Jurassic and diversified in the Cretaceous or later. The phylogenomic data also highlight topological conflict in parts of the tree, suggesting complex processes of diversification that cannot be adequately captured in a single gene-tree topology. CONCLUSIONS We sampled hundreds of loci across a broad phylogenetic spectrum spanning at least 450 Ma of evolution; these data resolved many of the critical nodes of the diversification of bryophytes. The data also highlight the need to explore the mechanisms underlying the phylogenetic ambiguity at specific nodes. The phylogenomic data provide an expandable framework toward reconstructing a comprehensive phylogeny of this important group of plants.
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- Julia Bechteler
- Nees-Institute for Plant Biodiversity, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115, Bonn, Germany
- Plant Biodiversity and Ecology, iES Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Fortstraße 7, 76829, Landau, Germany
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- PSU Herbarium, Division of Biological Science, Faculty of Science Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain/Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK
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- Departamento de Botánica y Geología. Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Vicente Andrés Estelles s/n, 46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Herbarium (TUR), Biodiversity Unit, 20014 University of Turku, Finland
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- Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California Davis, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain/Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales y Sustentabilidad (CIRENYS), Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Avenida Viel 1497, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK
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- Nees-Institute for Plant Biodiversity, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- Faculty of Science and Marine Environment/Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21020 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
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- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Gantz Family Collections Center, Field Museum, 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69060-001, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Av. Djalma Batista, 2470, Chapada, Manaus, 69050-010, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT, 06269-3043, USA
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Gao Y, Guo T, Shi W, Lu C, Song Y, Hou Y, Liu W, Guo J. Multifaceted synergistic facilitation mechanism of conductive polymers in promoting selenite bioreduction and biological detoxification. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 460:132470. [PMID: 37683341 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Here, polypyrrole (PPY) was first used to the bioreduction of toxic selenite, while the acceleration effect and mechanism were explored. Experiment results suggested that PPY could enhance the selenite bioreduction from 0.42 to 1.04 mg/(L·h). The tests of electrochemical analysis and cytochrome c (cyt-c) content confirmed that PPY promoted the intracellular/intracellular electron transfer of Shewanella oneidensis·MR-1 in selenite bioreduction process. The enhancement of metabolic activity by PPY contributed to biological detoxification, which was manifested in the increased extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), electron transfer system activity (ETSA), membrane permeability and enzyme activity. Transcriptome analysis of DEGs, KEGG pathway enrichment and GO functional classification verified that the environmental adaptability of Shewanella oneidensis·MR-1 was enhanced with the addition of PPY. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images indicated that PPY promoted the biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs), which was beneficial to reduce cell damage. Combined with the above results, a multifaceted synergistic facilitation mechanism based on "conductive cross-linking network" was elaborated from electron transfer, microbial metabolism and environmental adaptability. This study shed light the effect of conductive polymers (CPs) on selenite bioreduction and provided new insights into the bioremediation of toxic pollutants.
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- Ying Gao
- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Jinjing Road 26, Tianjin 300384, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Jinjing Road 26, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Experimental and practical innovation education center, Beijing Normal University, Jinfeng Road 18, Zhuhai 519000, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Jinjing Road 26, Tianjin 300384, China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science and Technology, Tianjin Chengjian University, Jinjing Road 26, Tianjin 300384, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China.
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Pramanik D, Becker A, Roessner C, Rupp O, Bogarín D, Pérez-Escobar OA, Dirks-Mulder A, Droppert K, Kocyan A, Smets E, Gravendeel B. Evolution and development of fruits of Erycina pusilla and other orchid species. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286846. [PMID: 37815982 PMCID: PMC10564159 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286846] [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: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Fruits play a crucial role in seed dispersal. They open along dehiscence zones. Fruit dehiscence zone formation has been intensively studied in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, little is known about the mechanisms and genes involved in the formation of fruit dehiscence zones in species outside the Brassicaceae. The dehiscence zone of A. thaliana contains a lignified layer, while dehiscence zone tissues of the emerging orchid model Erycina pusilla include a lipid layer. Here we present an analysis of evolution and development of fruit dehiscence zones in orchids. We performed ancestral state reconstructions across the five orchid subfamilies to study the evolution of selected fruit traits and explored dehiscence zone developmental genes using RNA-seq and qPCR. We found that erect dehiscent fruits with non-lignified dehiscence zones and a short ripening period are ancestral characters in orchids. Lignified dehiscence zones in orchid fruits evolved multiple times from non-lignified zones. Furthermore, we carried out gene expression analysis of tissues from different developmental stages of E. pusilla fruits. We found that fruit dehiscence genes from the MADS-box gene family and other important regulators in E. pusilla differed in their expression pattern from their homologs in A. thaliana. This suggests that the current A. thaliana fruit dehiscence model requires adjustment for orchids. Additionally, we discovered that homologs of A. thaliana genes involved in the development of carpel, gynoecium and ovules, and genes involved in lipid biosynthesis were expressed in the fruit valves of E. pusilla, implying that these genes may play a novel role in formation of dehiscence zone tissues in orchids. Future functional analysis of developmental regulators, lipid identification and quantification can shed more light on lipid-layer based dehiscence of orchid fruits.
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- Dewi Pramanik
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia (BRIN), Central Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Development Biology of Plants, Institute for Botany, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Development Biology of Plants, Institute for Botany, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Botanical Museum, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Nakamuta S, Sakuma A, Nikaido M, Kato H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto Y, Nakamuta N. Expression of type 1 vomeronasal receptors in the olfactory organ of the African lungfish, Protopterus dolloi. Acta Histochem 2023; 125:152078. [PMID: 37540956 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2023.152078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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The vomeronasal organ is an olfactory organ found in amphibians and higher vertebrates. Type 1 vomeronasal receptors, one of the major olfactory receptors in vertebrates, are expressed in the vomeronasal organ in mammals. In amphibians and fish, they are expressed in the olfactory epithelium. The lungfish, which is the species of fish most closely related to amphibians, has a primitive vomeronasal organ: the recess epithelium. Expression of type 1 vomeronasal receptors has been reported in both the olfactory epithelium and the recess epithelium in three species of African lungfish and one species of South American lungfish. However, a previous study suggested that in the African lungfish Protopterus dolloi these receptors are expressed only in the olfactory epithelium. In this study, we identified 21 type 1 vomeronasal receptor genes in P. dolloi and examined the expression sites in the olfactory organ. In P. dolloi, most cells expressing the type 1 vomeronasal receptor were distributed in the olfactory epithelium, but a few were also found in the recess epithelium. This implies that the functions of the olfactory epithelium and the primitive vomeronasal organ are incompletely separated, and that all extant African and South American lungfish share this trait.
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- Shoko Nakamuta
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.
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Oliveira LD, Nachtigall PG, Vialla VL, Campos PF, Costa-Neves AD, Zaher H, Silva NJD, Grazziotin FG, Wilkinson M, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM. Comparing morphological and secretory aspects of cephalic glands among the New World coral snakes brings novel insights on their biological roles. Toxicon 2023; 234:107285. [PMID: 37683698 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Oral and other cephalic glands have been surveyed by several studies with distinct purposes. Despite the wide diversity and medical relevance of the New World coral snakes, studies focusing on understanding the biological roles of the glands within this group are still scarce. Specifically, the venom glands of some coral snakes were previously investigated but all other cephalic glands remain uncharacterized. In this sense, performing morphological and molecular analysis of these glands may help better understand their biological role. Here, we studied the morphology of the venom, infralabial, rictal, and harderian glands of thirteen species of Micrurus and Micruroides euryxanthus. We also performed a molecular characterization of these glands from selected species of Micrurus using transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. We described substantial morphological variation in the cephalic glands of New World coral snakes and structural evidence for protein-secreting cells in the inferior rictal glands. Our molecular analysis revealed that the venom glands, as expected, are majorly devoted to toxin production, however, the infralabial and inferior rictal glands also expressed some toxin genes at low to medium levels, despite the marked morphological differences. On the other hand, the harderian glands were dominated by the expression of lipocalins, but do not produce toxins. Our integrative analysis, including the prediction of biological processes and pathways, helped decipher some important traits of cephalic glands and better understand their biology.
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- Leonardo de Oliveira
- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Centre of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil; Herpetology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Centre of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Centre of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Centre of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil
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- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, 04263-000, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, 74605-140, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil
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- Herpetology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Centre of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, 05503-900, Brazil
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Liu Y, Liu T, Wang Y, Liu J, Liu B, Gong L, Lü Z, Liu L. Genome Sequencing Provides Novel Insights into Mudflat Burrowing Adaptations in Eel Goby Taenioides sp. (Teleost: Amblyopinae). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12892. [PMID: 37629073 PMCID: PMC10454203 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Amblyopinae is one of the lineage of bony fish that preserves amphibious traits living in tidal mudflat habitats. In contrast to other active amphibious fish, Amblyopinae species adopt a seemly more passive lifestyle by living in deep burrows of mudflat to circumvent the typical negative effects associated with terrestriality. However, little is known about the genetic origin of these mudflat deep-burrowing adaptations in Amblyopinae. Here we sequenced the first genome of Amblyopinae species, Taenioides sp., to elucidate their mudflat deep-burrowing adaptations. Our results revealed an assembled genome size of 774.06 Mb with 23 pseudochromosomes anchored, which predicted 22,399 protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that Taenioides sp. diverged from the active amphibious fish of mudskipper approximately 28.3 Ma ago. In addition, 185 and 977 putative gene families were identified to be under expansion, contraction and 172 genes were undergone positive selection in Taenioides sp., respectively. Enrichment categories of top candidate genes under significant expansion and selection were mainly associated with hematopoiesis or angiogenesis, DNA repairs and the immune response, possibly suggesting their involvement in the adaptation to the hypoxia and diverse pathogens typically observed in mudflat burrowing environments. Some carbohydrate/lipid metabolism, and insulin signaling genes were also remarkably alterated, illustrating physiological remolding associated with nutrient-limited subterranean environments. Interestingly, several genes related to visual perception (e.g., crystallins) have undergone apparent gene losses, pointing to their role in the small vestigial eyes development in Taenioides sp. Our work provide valuable resources for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying mudflat deep-burrowing adaptations in Amblyopinae, as well as in other tidal burrowing teleosts.
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- Yantao Liu
- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Facilitated Marine Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Marine Germplasm Resources Exploration and Utilization, College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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Sahu SK, Liu M, Chen Y, Gui J, Fang D, Chen X, Yang T, He C, Cheng L, Yang J, Sahu DN, Li L, Wang H, Mu W, Wei J, Liu J, Zhao Y, Zhang S, Lisby M, Liu X, Xu X, Li L, Wang S, Liu H. Chromosome-scale genomes of commercial timber trees (Ochroma pyramidale, Mesua ferrea, and Tectona grandis). Sci Data 2023; 10:512. [PMID: 37537171 PMCID: PMC10400565 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02420-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Wood is the most important natural and endlessly renewable source of energy. Despite the ecological and economic importance of wood, many aspects of its formation have not yet been investigated. We performed chromosome-scale genome assemblies of three timber trees (Ochroma pyramidale, Mesua ferrea, and Tectona grandis) which exhibit different wood properties such as wood density, hardness, growth rate, and fiber cell wall thickness. The combination of 10X, stLFR, Hi-Fi sequencing and HiC data led us to assemble high-quality genomes evident by scaffold N50 length of 55.97 Mb (O. pyramidale), 22.37 Mb (M. ferrea) and 14.55 Mb (T. grandis) with >97% BUSCO completeness of the assemblies. A total of 35774, 24027, and 44813 protein-coding genes were identified in M. ferrea, T. grandis and O. pyramidale, respectively. The data generated in this study is anticipated to serve as a valuable genetic resource and will promote comparative genomic analyses, and it is of practical importance in gaining a further understanding of the wood properties in non-model woody species.
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- Sunil Kumar Sahu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, 311300, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224, China
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- BGI Research, Kunming, Yunnan, 650106, China
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- BGI Research, Kunming, Yunnan, 650106, China
- College of Forensic Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- Forestry Bureau of Ruili, Yunnan Dehong, Ruili, 678600, China
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- Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518004, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, Key Laboratory of Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, BGI Research, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
- BGI Life Science Joint Research Center, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150400, China.
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Ahmadi H, Sheikh-Assadi M, Fatahi R, Zamani Z, Shokrpour M. Optimizing an efficient ensemble approach for high-quality de novo transcriptome assembly of Thymus daenensis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12415. [PMID: 37524806 PMCID: PMC10390528 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39620-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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Non-erroneous and well-optimized transcriptome assembly is a crucial prerequisite for authentic downstream analyses. Each de novo assembler has its own algorithm-dependent pros and cons to handle the assembly issues and should be specifically tested for each dataset. Here, we examined efficiency of seven state-of-art assemblers on ~ 30 Gb data obtained from mRNA-sequencing of Thymus daenensis. In an ensemble workflow, combining the outputs of different assemblers associated with an additional redundancy-reducing step could generate an optimized outcome in terms of completeness, annotatability, and ORF richness. Based on the normalized scores of 16 benchmarking metrics, EvidentialGene, BinPacker, Trinity, rnaSPAdes, CAP3, IDBA-trans, and Velvet-Oases performed better, respectively. EvidentialGene, as the best assembler, totally produced 316,786 transcripts, of which 235,730 (74%) were predicted to have a unique protein hit (on uniref100), and also half of its transcripts contained an ORF. The total number of unique BLAST hits for EvidentialGene was approximately three times greater than that of the worst assembler (Velvet-Oases). EvidentialGene could even capture 17% and 7% more average BLAST hits than BinPacker and Trinity. Although BinPacker and CAP3 produced longer transcripts, the EvidentialGene showed a higher collinearity between transcript size and ORF length. Compared with the other programs, EvidentialGene yielded a higher number of optimal transcript sets, further full-length transcripts, and lower possible misassemblies. Our finding corroborates that in non-model species, relying on a single assembler may not give an entirely satisfactory result. Therefore, this study proposes an ensemble approach of accompanying EvidentialGene pipelines to acquire a superior assembly for T. daenensis.
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- Hosein Ahmadi
- Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
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- Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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Tioyama EC, Bayona-Serrano JD, Portes-Junior JA, Nachtigall PG, de Souza VC, Beraldo-Neto E, Grazziotin FG, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Moura-da-Silva AM, Freitas-de-Sousa LA. The Venom Composition of the Snake Tribe Philodryadini: 'Omic' Techniques Reveal Intergeneric Variability among South American Racers. Toxins (Basel) 2023; 15:415. [PMID: 37505684 PMCID: PMC10467154 DOI: 10.3390/toxins15070415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Snakes of the Philodryadini tribe are included in the Dipsadidae family, which is a diverse group of rear-fanged snakes widespread in different ecological conditions, including habitats and diet. However, little is known about the composition and effects of their venoms despite their relevance for understanding the evolution of these snakes or even their impact on the occasional cases of human envenoming. In this study, we integrated venom gland transcriptomics, venom proteomics and functional assays to characterize the venoms from eight species of the Philodryadini tribe, which includes the genus Philodryas, Chlorosoma and Xenoxybelis. The most abundant components identified in the venoms were snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs), cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPs), C-type lectins (CTLs), snake endogenous matrix metalloproteinases type 9 (seMMP-9) and snake venom serinoproteinases (SVSPs). These protein families showed a variable expression profile in each genus. SVMPs were the most abundant components in Philodryas, while seMMP-9 and CRISPs were the most expressed in Chlorosoma and Xenoxybelis, respectively. Lineage-specific differences in venom composition were also observed among Philodryas species, whereas P. olfersii presented the highest amount of SVSPs and P. agassizii was the only species to express significant amounts of 3FTx. The variability observed in venom composition was confirmed by the venom functional assays. Philodryas species presented the highest SVMP activity, whereas Chlorosoma species showed higher levels of gelatin activity, which may correlate to the seMMP-9 enzymes. The variability observed in the composition of these venoms may be related to the tribe phylogeny and influenced by their diets. In the presented study, we expanded the set of venomics studies of the Philodryadini tribe, which paves new roads for further studies on the evolution and ecology of Dipsadidae snakes.
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- Emilly Campos Tioyama
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências-Toxinologia, Escola Superior do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05508-210, Brazil; (E.C.T.); (J.D.B.-S.)
- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (J.A.P.-J.); (A.M.M.-d.-S.)
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências-Toxinologia, Escola Superior do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05508-210, Brazil; (E.C.T.); (J.D.B.-S.)
- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (P.G.N.); (V.C.d.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (J.A.P.-J.); (A.M.M.-d.-S.)
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (P.G.N.); (V.C.d.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Laboratório de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (P.G.N.); (V.C.d.S.); (I.L.M.J.-d.-A.)
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biofísica, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil;
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; (J.A.P.-J.); (A.M.M.-d.-S.)
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Nakamuta S, Yamamoto Y, Miyazaki M, Sakuma A, Nikaido M, Nakamuta N. Type 1 vomeronasal receptor expression in juvenile and adult lungfish olfactory organ. ZOOLOGICAL LETTERS 2023; 9:6. [PMID: 36895049 PMCID: PMC9999545 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00202-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Lungfish are the most closely related fish to tetrapods. The olfactory organ of lungfish contains lamellae and abundant recesses at the base of lamellae. Based on the ultrastructural and histochemical characteristics, the lamellar olfactory epithelium (OE), covering the surface of lamellae, and the recess epithelium, contained in the recesses, are thought to correspond to the OE of teleosts and the vomeronasal organ (VNO) of tetrapods. With increasing body size, the recesses increase in number and distribution range in the olfactory organ. In tetrapods, the expression of olfactory receptors is different between the OE and VNO; for instance, the type 1 vomeronasal receptor (V1R) is expressed only in the OE in amphibians and mainly in the VNO in mammals. We recently reported that V1R-expressing cells are contained mainly in the lamellar OE but also rarely in the recess epithelium in the olfactory organ of lungfish of approximately 30 cm body length. However, it is unclear whether the distribution of V1R-expressing cells in the olfactory organ varies during development. In this study, we compared the expression of V1Rs in the olfactory organs between juveniles and adults of the African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus and South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa. The density of V1R-expressing cells was higher in the lamellae than in the recesses in all specimens evaluated, and this pattern was more pronounced in juveniles than adults. In addition, the juveniles showed a higher density of V1R-expressing cells in the lamellae compared with the adults. Our results imply that differences in lifestyle between juveniles and adults are related to differences in the density of V1R-expressing cells in the lamellae of lungfish.
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- Shoko Nakamuta
- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
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A Guide to Sequencing for Long Repetitive Regions. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2632:131-146. [PMID: 36781726 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2996-3_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Full-length analysis of genes with highly repetitive sequences is challenging in two respects: assembly algorithm and sequencing accuracy. The de Bruijn graph often used in short-read assembly cannot distinguish adjacent repeat units. On the other hand, the accuracy of long reads is not yet high enough to identify each and every repeat unit. In this chapter, I present an example of a strategy to solve these problems and obtain the full length of long repeats by combining the extraction and assembly of repeat units based on overlap-layout-consensus and scaffolding by long reads.
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Soleimannejad Z, Sadeghipour HR, Abdolzadeh A, Golalipour M, Bakhtiarizadeh MR. Transcriptome alterations of radish shoots exposed to cadmium can be interpreted in the context of leaf senescence. PROTOPLASMA 2023; 260:35-62. [PMID: 35396977 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-022-01758-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Till now few transcriptome studies have described shoot responses of heavy metal (HM)-sensitive plants to excess Cd and still a unifying model of Cd action is lacking. Using RNA-seq technique, the transcriptome responses of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) leaves to Cd stress were investigated in plants raised hydroponically under control and 5.0 mg L-1 Cd. The element was mainly accumulated in roots and led to declined biomass and photosynthetic pigments, increased H2O2 and lipid peroxidation, and the accumulation of sugars, protein thiols, and phytochelatins. Out of 524 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), 244 and 280 upregulated and downregulated ones were assigned to 82 and 115 GO terms, respectively. The upregulated DEGs were involved in osmotic regulation, protein metabolism, chelators, and carbohydrate metabolisms, whereas downregulated DEGs were related to photosynthesis, response to oxidative stress, glucosinolate, and secondary metabolite biosynthesis. Our transcriptome data suggest that Cd triggers ROS production and photosynthesis decline associated with increased proteolysis through ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)- and chloroplast-proteases and in this way brings about re-mobilization of N and C stores into amino acids and sugars. Meanwhile, declined glucosinolate metabolism in favor of chelator synthesis and upregulation of dehydrins as inferred from transcriptome analysis confers shoots some tolerance to the HM-derived ionic/osmotic imbalances. Thus, the induction of leaf senescence might be a major long-term response of HM-sensitive plants to Cd toxicity.
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- Zahra Soleimannejad
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
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- Medical Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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Cobo-Simón I, Gómez-Garrido J, Esteve-Codina A, Dabad M, Alioto T, Maloof JN, Méndez-Cea B, Seco JI, Linares JC, Gallego FJ. De novo transcriptome sequencing and gene co-expression reveal a genomic basis for drought sensitivity and evidence of a rapid local adaptation on Atlas cedar ( Cedrus atlantica). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1116863. [PMID: 37152146 PMCID: PMC10155838 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1116863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Introduction Understanding the adaptive capacity to current climate change of drought-sensitive tree species is mandatory, given their limited prospect of migration and adaptation as long-lived, sessile organisms. Knowledge about the molecular and eco-physiological mechanisms that control drought resilience is thus key, since water shortage appears as one of the main abiotic factors threatening forests ecosystems. However, our current background is scarce, especially in conifers, due to their huge and complex genomes. Methods Here we investigated the eco-physiological and transcriptomic basis of drought response of the climate change-threatened conifer Cedrus atlantica. We studied C. atlantica seedlings from two locations with contrasting drought conditions to investigate a local adaptation. Seedlings were subjected to experimental drought conditions, and were monitored at immediate (24 hours) and extended (20 days) times. In addition, post-drought recovery was investigated, depicting two contrasting responses in both locations (drought resilient and non-resilient). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were also studied to characterize the genomic basis of drought resilience and investigate a rapid local adaptation of C. atlantica. Results De novo transcriptome assembly was performed for the first time in this species, providing differences in gene expression between the immediate and extended treatments, as well as among the post-drought recovery phenotypes. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis showed a regulation of stomatal closing and photosynthetic activity during the immediate drought, consistent with an isohydric dynamic. During the extended drought, growth and flavonoid biosynthesis inhibition mechanisms prevailed, probably to increase root-to-shoot ratio and to limit the energy-intensive biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Drought sensitive individuals failed in metabolism and photosynthesis regulation under drought stress, and in limiting secondary metabolite production. Moreover, genomic differences (SNPs) were found between drought resilient and sensitive seedlings, and between the two studied locations, which were mostly related to transposable elements. Discussion This work provides novel insights into the transcriptomic basis of drought response of C. atlantica, a set of candidate genes mechanistically involved in its drought sensitivity and evidence of a rapid local adaptation. Our results may help guide conservation programs for this threatened conifer, contribute to advance drought-resilience research and shed light on trees' adaptive potential to current climate change.
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- Irene Cobo-Simón
- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems. University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Genetics Unit. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- *Correspondence: Irene Cobo-Simón,
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- Nacional Center for Genomic Analysis-Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nacional Center for Genomic Analysis-Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nacional Center for Genomic Analysis-Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nacional Center for Genomic Analysis-Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Genetics Unit. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems. University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems. University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Genetics Unit. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Arakawa K, Kono N, Malay AD, Tateishi A, Ifuku N, Masunaga H, Sato R, Tsuchiya K, Ohtoshi R, Pedrazzoli D, Shinohara A, Ito Y, Nakamura H, Tanikawa A, Suzuki Y, Ichikawa T, Fujita S, Fujiwara M, Tomita M, Blamires SJ, Chuah JA, Craig H, Foong CP, Greco G, Guan J, Holland C, Kaplan DL, Sudesh K, Mandal BB, Norma-Rashid Y, Oktaviani NA, Preda RC, Pugno NM, Rajkhowa R, Wang X, Yazawa K, Zheng Z, Numata K. 1000 spider silkomes: Linking sequences to silk physical properties. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabo6043. [PMID: 36223455 PMCID: PMC9555773 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo6043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their diversity still remains elusive, and silks that exceed the performance limits of industrial fibers are constantly being found. We obtained transcriptome assemblies from 1098 species of spiders to comprehensively catalog silk gene sequences and measured the mechanical, thermal, structural, and hydration properties of the dragline silks of 446 species. The combination of these silk protein genotype-phenotype data revealed essential contributions of multicomponent structures with major ampullate spidroin 1 to 3 paralogs in high-performance dragline silks and numerous amino acid motifs contributing to each of the measured properties. We hope that our global sampling, comprehensive testing, integrated analysis, and open data will provide a solid starting point for future biomaterial designs.
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- Kazuharu Arakawa
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan
- Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
- Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan
- Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Spiber Inc., Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Spiber Inc., Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Spiber Inc., Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Spiber Inc., Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Kokugakuin Kugayama High School, Suginami, Tokyo 168-0082, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan
- Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
- Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8520, Japan
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento, Italy
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Natural Materials Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati, 781 039 Assam, India
- Center for Nanotechnology, IITG, Guwahati, 781 039 Assam, India
- School of Health Sciences and Technology, IITG, Guwahati, 781 039 Assam, India
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento, Italy
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS London, UK
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia
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- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Chen L, Wu Y, Shen Q, Zheng X, Chen Y. Enhancement of hexavalent chromium reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in presence of copper nanoparticles via stimulating bacterial extracellular electron transfer and environmental adaptability. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 361:127686. [PMID: 35901865 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The bioreduction of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) depends highly on bacterial activity, while the release of copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) poses threats to microorganisms in the environment. This work demonstrated that Cr(VI) reduction efficiency of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 was remarkably enhanced by 83.7% under 20 mg/L Cu NPs exposure. Cu NPs improved the electron migration capacity of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 by enhancing bioelectrochemical performance and flavin mononucleotide secretion. Moreover, key genes related to extracellular electron transfer pathways, including direct electron transfer through outer-membrane proteins, flavin-mediated electron transfer, and conductive flagella, were generally upregulated under Cu NPs exposure. In addition, environmental adaptability of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 was enhanced under Cu NPs exposure by improving environmental information processing and energy and reducing power production, promoting Cr(VI) reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. This work indicated that Cu NPs could enhance Cr(VI) reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 through regulating extracellular electron transfer and environmental adaptability.
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- Lang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Sheikh-Assadi M, Naderi R, Salami SA, Kafi M, Fatahi R, Shariati V, Martinelli F, Cicatelli A, Triassi M, Guarino F, Improta G, Claros MG. Normalized Workflow to Optimize Hybrid De Novo Transcriptome Assembly for Non-Model Species: A Case Study in Lilium ledebourii (Baker) Boiss. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11182365. [PMID: 36145766 PMCID: PMC9503428 DOI: 10.3390/plants11182365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A high-quality transcriptome is required to advance numerous bioinformatics workflows. Nevertheless, the effectuality of tools for de novo assembly and real precision assembled transcriptomes looks somewhat unexplored, particularly for non-model organisms with complicated (very long, heterozygous, polyploid) genomes. To disclose the performance of various transcriptome assembly programs, this study built 11 single assemblies and analyzed their performance on some significant reference-free and reference-based criteria. As well as to reconfirm the outputs of benchmarks, 55 BLAST were performed and compared using 11 constructed transcriptomes. Concisely, normalized benchmarking demonstrated that Velvet–Oases suffer from the worst results, while the EvidentialGene strategy can provide the most comprehensive and accurate transcriptome of Lilium ledebourii (Baker) Boiss. The BLAST results also confirmed the superiority of EvidentialGene, so it could capture even up to 59% more (than Velvet–Oases) unique gene hits. To promote assembly optimization, with the help of normalized benchmarking, PCA and AHC, it is emphasized that each metric can only provide part of the transcriptome status, and one should never settle for just a few evaluation criteria. This study supplies a framework for benchmarking and optimizing the efficiency of assembly approaches to analyze RNA-Seq data and reveals that selecting an inefficient assembly strategy might result in less identification of unique gene hits.
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- Morteza Sheikh-Assadi
- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587-77871, Iran
- Correspondence: (M.S.-A.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587-77871, Iran
- Correspondence: (M.S.-A.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587-77871, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587-77871, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587-77871, Iran
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- NIGEB Genome Center, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran 14965/161, Iran
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 29071 Málaga, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research in Málaga (IBIMA), IBIMA-RARE, 29010 Málaga, Spain
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), 29010 Málaga, Spain
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Zhu W, Wang Z, Li H, Li P, Ni L, Jiao L, Ren Y, You P. A chromosome-level genome of Brachymystax tsinlingensis provides resources and insights into salmonids evolution. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkac162. [PMID: 35758619 PMCID: PMC9339311 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Brachymystax tsinlingensis Li, 1966 is an endangered freshwater fish with economic, ecological, and scientific values. Study of the genome of B. tsinlingensis might be particularly insightful given that this is the only Brachymystax species with genome. We present a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly and protein-coding gene annotation for B. tsinlingensis with Illumina short reads, Nanopore long reads, Hi-C sequencing reads, and RNA-seq reads from 5 tissues/organs. The final chromosome-level genome size is 2,031,709,341 bp with 40 chromosomes. We found that the salmonids have a unique GC content and codon usage, have a slower evolutionary rate, and possess specific positively selected genes. We also confirmed the salmonids have undergone a whole-genome duplication event and a burst of transposon-mediated repeat expansion, and lost HoxAbβ Hox cluster, highly expressed genes in muscle may partially explain the migratory habits of B. tsinlingensis. The high-quality B. tsinlingensis assembled genome could provide a valuable reference for the study of other salmonids as well as aid the conservation of this endangered species.
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, P. R. China
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- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, P. R. China
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- College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, P. R. China
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- Corresponding author: College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, P. R. China. ; *Corresponding author: School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, P. R. China.
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- Corresponding author: College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, P. R. China. ; *Corresponding author: School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, P. R. China.
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Proteotranscriptomics - A facilitator in omics research. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:3667-3675. [PMID: 35891789 PMCID: PMC9293588 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Applications in omics research, such as comparative transcriptomics and proteomics, require the knowledge of the species-specific gene sequence and benefit from a comprehensive high-quality annotation of the coding genes to achieve high coverage. While protein-coding genes can in simple cases be detected by scanning the genome for open reading frames, in more complex genomes exonic sequences are separated by introns. Despite advances in sequencing technologies that allow for ever-growing numbers of genomes, the quality of many of the provided genome assemblies do not reach reference quality. These non-contiguous assemblies with gaps and the necessity to predict splice sites limit accurate gene annotation from solely genomic data. In contrast, the transcriptome only contains transcribed gene regions, is devoid of introns and thus provides the optimal basis for the identification of open reading frames. The additional integration of proteomics data to validate predicted protein-coding genes further enriches for accurate gene models. This review outlines the principles of the proteotranscriptomics approach, discusses common challenges and suggests methods for improvement.
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Yu T, Zhao X, Li G. TransMeta simultaneously assembles multisample RNA-seq reads. Genome Res 2022; 32:1398-1407. [PMID: 35858749 PMCID: PMC9341511 DOI: 10.1101/gr.276434.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Assembling RNA-seq reads into full-length transcripts is crucial in transcriptomic studies and poses computational challenges. Here we present TransMeta, a simple and robust algorithm that simultaneously assembles RNA-seq reads from multiple samples. TransMeta is designed based on the newly introduced vector-weighted splicing graph model, which enables accurate reconstruction of the consensus transcriptome via incorporating a cosine similarity-based combing strategy and a newly designed label-setting path-searching strategy. Tests on both simulated and real data sets show that TransMeta consistently outperforms PsiCLASS, StringTie2 plus its merge mode, and Scallop plus TACO, the most popular tools, in terms of precision and recall under a wide range of coverage thresholds at the meta-assembly level. Additionally, TransMeta consistently shows superior performance at the individual sample level.
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- Ting Yu
- Research Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Research Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
- School of Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Research Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
- School of Mathematical Science, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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Yoshida Y, Satoh T, Ota C, Tanaka S, Horikawa DD, Tomita M, Kato K, Arakawa K. Time-series transcriptomic screening of factors contributing to the cross-tolerance to UV radiation and anhydrobiosis in tardigrades. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:405. [PMID: 35643424 PMCID: PMC9145152 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08642-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tardigrades are microscopic animals that are capable of tolerating extreme environments by entering a desiccated state of suspended animation known as anhydrobiosis. While antioxidative stress proteins, antiapoptotic pathways and tardigrade-specific intrinsically disordered proteins have been implicated in the anhydrobiotic machinery, conservation of these mechanisms is not universal within the phylum Tardigrada, suggesting the existence of overlooked components. RESULTS Here, we show that a novel Mn-dependent peroxidase is an important factor in tardigrade anhydrobiosis. Through time-series transcriptome analysis of Ramazzottius varieornatus specimens exposed to ultraviolet light and comparison with anhydrobiosis entry, we first identified several novel gene families without similarity to existing sequences that are induced rapidly after stress exposure. Among these, a single gene family with multiple orthologs that is highly conserved within the phylum Tardigrada and enhances oxidative stress tolerance when expressed in human cells was identified. Crystallographic study of this protein suggested Zn or Mn binding at the active site, and we further confirmed that this protein has Mn-dependent peroxidase activity in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrated novel mechanisms for coping with oxidative stress that may be a fundamental mechanism of anhydrobiosis in tardigrades. Furthermore, localization of these sets of proteins mainly in the Golgi apparatus suggests an indispensable role of the Golgi stress response in desiccation tolerance.
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- Yuki Yoshida
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Nihonkoku, 403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
- Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0882, Japan
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Exploratory Research Center On Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institute of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Nihonkoku, 403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
- Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0882, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Nihonkoku, 403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
- Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0882, Japan
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
- Exploratory Research Center On Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institute of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Nihonkoku, 403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan.
- Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0882, Japan.
- Exploratory Research Center On Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institute of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.
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Wang Z, Zhu K, Li H, Gao L, Huang H, Ren Y, Xiang H. Chromosome-level genome assembly of the black widow spider Latrodectus elegans illuminates composition and evolution of venom and silk proteins. Gigascience 2022; 11:6593146. [PMID: 35639632 PMCID: PMC9154082 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The black widow spider has both extraordinarily neurotoxic venom and three-dimensional cobwebs composed of diverse types of silk. However, a high-quality reference genome for the black widow spider was still unavailable, which hindered deep understanding and application of the valuable biomass. FINDINGS We assembled the Latrodectus elegans genome, including a genome size of 1.57 Gb with contig N50 of 4.34 Mb and scaffold N50 of 114.31 Mb. Hi-C scaffolding assigned 98.08% of the genome to 14 pseudo-chromosomes, and with BUSCO, completeness analysis revealed that 98.4% of the core eukaryotic genes were completely present in this genome. Annotation of this genome identified that repetitive sequences account for 506.09 Mb (32.30%) and 20,167 protein-coding genes, and specifically, we identified 55 toxin genes and 26 spidroins and provide preliminary analysis of their composition and evolution. CONCLUSIONS We present the first chromosome-level genome assembly of a black widow spider and provide substantial toxin and spidroin gene resources. These high-qualified genomic data add valuable resources from a representative spider group and contribute to deep exploration of spider genome evolution, especially in terms of the important issues on the diversification of venom and web-weaving pattern. The sequence data are also firsthand templates for further application of the spider biomass.
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- Zhongkai Wang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, PR China.,School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710072, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, PR China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710072, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, PR China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710072, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, PR China
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Draper I, Villaverde T, Garilleti R, Burleigh JG, McDaniel SF, Mazimpaka V, Calleja JA, Lara F. An NGS-Based Phylogeny of Orthotricheae (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta) With the Proposal of the New Genus Rehubryum From Zealandia. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:882960. [PMID: 35646035 PMCID: PMC9133926 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.882960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phylogenomic data increase the possibilities of resolving the evolutionary and systematic relationships among taxa. This is especially valuable in groups with few and homoplasious morphological characters, in which systematic and taxonomical delimitations have been traditionally difficult. Such is the case of several lineages within Bryophyta, like Orthotrichaceae, the second most diverse family of mosses. Members of tribe Orthotricheae are common in temperate and cold regions, as well as in high tropical mountains. In extratropical areas, they represent one of the main components of epiphytic communities, both in dry and oceanic or hyperoceanic conditions. The epiphytic environment is considered a hostile one for plant development, mainly due to its low capacity of moisture retention. Thus, the diversification of the Orthotrichaceae in this environment could be seen as striking. Over the last two decades, great taxonomic and systematic progresses have led to a rearrangement at the generic level in this tribe, providing a new framework to link environment to patterns of diversification. Here, we use nuclear loci targeted with the GoFlag 408 enrichment probe set to generate a well-sampled phylogeny with well-supported suprageneric taxa and increasing the phylogenetic resolution within the two recognized subtribes. Specifically, we show that several genera with Ulota-like morphology jointly constitute an independent lineage. Within this lineage, the recently described Atlantichella from Macaronesia and Western Europe appears as the sister group of Ulota bellii from Zealandia. This latter species is here segregated in the new genus Rehubryum. Assessment of the ecological and biogeographical affinities of the species within the phylogenetic framework suggests that niche adaptation (including climate and substrate) may be a key evolutionary driver that shaped the high diversification of Orthotricheae.
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- Isabel Draper
- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución,Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología, Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain
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- Departamento de Botánica y Geología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Ringeling FR, Chakraborty S, Vissers C, Reiman D, Patel AM, Lee KH, Hong A, Park CW, Reska T, Gagneur J, Chang H, Spletter ML, Yoon KJ, Ming GL, Song H, Canzar S. Partitioning RNAs by length improves transcriptome reconstruction from short-read RNA-seq data. Nat Biotechnol 2022; 40:741-750. [PMID: 35013600 PMCID: PMC11332977 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-021-01136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The accuracy of methods for assembling transcripts from short-read RNA sequencing data is limited by the lack of long-range information. Here we introduce Ladder-seq, an approach that separates transcripts according to their lengths before sequencing and uses the additional information to improve the quantification and assembly of transcripts. Using simulated data, we show that a kallisto algorithm extended to process Ladder-seq data quantifies transcripts of complex genes with substantially higher accuracy than conventional kallisto. For reference-based assembly, a tailored scheme based on the StringTie2 algorithm reconstructs a single transcript with 30.8% higher precision than its conventional counterpart and is more than 30% more sensitive for complex genes. For de novo assembly, a similar scheme based on the Trinity algorithm correctly assembles 78% more transcripts than conventional Trinity while improving precision by 78%. In experimental data, Ladder-seq reveals 40% more genes harboring isoform switches compared to conventional RNA sequencing and unveils widespread changes in isoform usage upon m6A depletion by Mettl14 knockout.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Center for RNA Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for RNA Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Center, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried-Planegg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neuroscience and Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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Hutter CR, Cobb KA, Portik DM, Travers SL, Wood PL, Brown RM. FrogCap: A modular sequence capture probe-set for phylogenomics and population genetics for all frogs, assessed across multiple phylogenetic scales. Mol Ecol Resour 2022; 22:1100-1119. [PMID: 34569723 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Despite the prevalence of high-throughput sequencing in phylogenetics, many relationships remain difficult to resolve because of conflicting signal among genomic regions. Selection of different types of molecular markers from different genomic regions is required to overcome these challenges. For evolutionary studies in frogs, we introduce the publicly available FrogCap suite of genomic resources, which is a large collection of ~15,000 markers that unifies previous genetic sequencing efforts. FrogCap is designed to be modular, such that subsets of markers and SNPs can be selected based on the desired phylogenetic scale. FrogCap uses a variety of marker types that include exons and introns, ultraconserved elements, and previously sequenced Sanger markers, which span up to 10,000 bp in alignment lengths; in addition, we demonstrate potential for SNP-based analyses. We tested FrogCap using 121 samples distributed across five phylogenetic scales, comparing probes designed using a consensus- or exemplar genome-based approach. Using the consensus design is more resilient to issues with sensitivity, specificity, and missing data than picking an exemplar genome sequence. We also tested the impact of different bait kit sizes (20,020 vs. 40,040) on depth of coverage and found triple the depth for the 20,020 bait kit. We observed sequence capture success (i.e., missing data, sequenced markers/bases, marker length, and informative sites) across phylogenetic scales. The incorporation of different marker types is effective for deep phylogenetic relationships and shallow population genetics studies. Having demonstrated FrogCap's utility and modularity, we conclude that these new resources are efficacious for high-throughput sequencing projects across variable timescales.
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- Carl R Hutter
- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Differences in PLA2 Constitution Distinguish the Venom of Two Endemic Brazilian Mountain Lanceheads, Bothrops cotiara and Bothrops fonsecai. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 14:toxins14040237. [PMID: 35448846 PMCID: PMC9028134 DOI: 10.3390/toxins14040237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Interspecific differences in snake venom compositions can result from distinct regulatory mechanisms acting in each species. However, comparative analyses focusing on identifying regulatory elements and patterns that led to distinct venom composition are still scarce. Among venomous snakes, Bothrops cotiara and Bothrops fonsecai represent ideal models to complement our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of venom production. These recently diverged species share a similar specialized diet, habitat, and natural history, but each presents a distinct venom phenotype. Here, we integrated data from the venom gland transcriptome and miRNome and the venom proteome of B. fonsecai and B. cotiara to better understand the regulatory mechanisms that may be acting to produce differing venom compositions. We detected not only the presence of similar toxin isoforms in both species but also distinct expression profiles of phospholipases A2 (PLA2) and some snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) and snake venom serine proteinases (SVSPs) isoforms. We found evidence of modular expression regulation of several toxin isoforms implicated in venom divergence and observed correlated expression of several transcription factors. We did not find strong evidence for miRNAs shaping interspecific divergence of the venom phenotypes, but we identified a subset of toxin isoforms whose final expression may be fine-tuned by specific miRNAs. Sequence analysis on orthologous toxins showed a high rate of substitutions between PLA2s, which indicates that these toxins may be under strong positive selection or represent paralogous toxins in these species. Our results support other recent studies in suggesting that gene regulation is a principal mode of venom evolution across recent timescales, especially among species with conserved ecotypes.
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Zhao X, Yu T. Tiglon enables accurate transcriptome assembly via integrating mappings of different aligners. iScience 2022; 25:104067. [PMID: 35355524 PMCID: PMC8958329 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Full-length transcript reconstruction has a pivotal role in RNA-seq data analysis. In this research, we present a new genome-guided transcriptome assembly algorithm, namely Tiglon, which integrates multiple alignments of different mapping tools and builds the labeled splice graphs, followed by a label-based dynamic path-searching strategy to reconstruct the transcripts. We evaluate Tiglon on a simulated dataset and 12 real datasets under the Hisat2 and Star mappings. The results indicate that the integrating techniques of Tiglon exhibit great superiority over the state-of-the-art assemblers, including StringTie2 and Scallop, depending on Hisat2 alignments, Star alignments, or the merged alignments of both. Especially, Tiglon is significantly powerful in recovering lowly expressed transcripts. Tiglon is designed for integrating multiple alignments to assemble transcripts Integrating alignments of different aligners is helpful for transcriptome assembly Tiglon proposes a new graph model called the labeled splice graph Our experiments demonstrate that Tiglon outperforms the leading assemblers
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Sakuma A, Zhang Z, Suzuki E, Nagasawa T, Nikaido M. A transcriptomic reevaluation of the accessory olfactory organ in Bichir (Polypterus senegalus). ZOOLOGICAL LETTERS 2022; 8:5. [PMID: 35135614 PMCID: PMC8822828 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-022-00189-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Fish possess one olfactory organ called the olfactory epithelium (OE), by which various chemical substances are detected. On the other hand, tetrapods possess two independent olfactory organs called the main olfactory epithelium (MOE) and vomeronasal organ (VNO), each of which mainly detects general odorants and pheromones, respectively. Traditionally, the VNO, so-called concentrations of vomeronasal neurons, was believed to have originated in tetrapods. However, recent studies have identified a primordial VNO in lungfish, implying that the origin of the VNO was earlier than traditionally expected. In this study, we examined the presence/absence of the VNO in the olfactory organ of bichir (Polypterus senegalus), which is the most ancestral group of extant bony vertebrates. In particular, we conducted a transcriptomic evaluation of the accessory olfactory organ (AOO), which is anatomically separated from the main olfactory organ (MOO) in bichir. As a result, several landmark genes specific to the VNO and MOE in tetrapods were both expressed in the MOO and AOO, suggesting that these organs were not functionally distinct in terms of pheromone and odorant detection. Instead, differentially expressed gene (DEG) analysis showed that DEGs in AOO were enriched in genes for cilia movement, implying its additional and specific function in efficient water uptake into the nasal cavity other than chemosensing. This transcriptomic study provides novel insight into the long-standing question of AOO function in bichir and suggests that VNO originated in the lineage of lobe-finned fish during vertebrate evolution.
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- Atsuhiro Sakuma
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
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Raghavan V, Kraft L, Mesny F, Rigerte L. A simple guide to de novo transcriptome assembly and annotation. Brief Bioinform 2022; 23:6514404. [PMID: 35076693 PMCID: PMC8921630 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbab563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A transcriptome constructed from short-read RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is an easily attainable proxy catalog of protein-coding genes when genome assembly is unnecessary, expensive or difficult. In the absence of a sequenced genome to guide the reconstruction process, the transcriptome must be assembled de novo using only the information available in the RNA-seq reads. Subsequently, the sequences must be annotated in order to identify sequence-intrinsic and evolutionary features in them (for example, protein-coding regions). Although straightforward at first glance, de novo transcriptome assembly and annotation can quickly prove to be challenging undertakings. In addition to familiarizing themselves with the conceptual and technical intricacies of the tasks at hand and the numerous pre- and post-processing steps involved, those interested must also grapple with an overwhelmingly large choice of tools. The lack of standardized workflows, fast pace of development of new tools and techniques and paucity of authoritative literature have served to exacerbate the difficulty of the task even further. Here, we present a comprehensive overview of de novo transcriptome assembly and annotation. We discuss the procedures involved, including pre- and post-processing steps, and present a compendium of corresponding tools.
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- Venket Raghavan
- Corresponding authors: Venket Raghavan, Quantitative and Computational Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail: ; Louis Kraft, Quantitative and Computational Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail:
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- Corresponding authors: Venket Raghavan, Quantitative and Computational Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail: ; Louis Kraft, Quantitative and Computational Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail:
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Lestari B, Naito S, Endo A, Nishihara H, Kato A, Watanabe E, Denda K, Komada M, Fukushima T. Placental mammals acquired functional sequences in NRK for regulating the CK2-PTEN-AKT pathway and placental cell proliferation. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 39:6499274. [PMID: 34999820 PMCID: PMC8857918 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab371] [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] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The molecular evolution processes underlying the acquisition of the placenta in eutherian ancestors are not fully understood. Mouse NCK-interacting kinase (NIK)-related kinase (NRK) is expressed highly in the placenta and plays a role in preventing placental hyperplasia. Here, we show the molecular evolution of NRK, which confers its function for inhibiting placental cell proliferation. Comparative genome analysis identified NRK orthologs across vertebrates, which share the kinase and citron homology (CNH) domains. Evolutionary analysis revealed that NRK underwent extensive amino acid substitutions in the ancestor of placental mammals and has been since conserved. Biochemical analysis of mouse NRK revealed that the CNH domain binds to phospholipids, and a region in NRK binds to and inhibits casein kinase-2 (CK2), which we named the CK2-inhibitory region (CIR). Cell culture experiments suggest the following: 1) Mouse NRK is localized at the plasma membrane via the CNH domain, where the CIR inhibits CK2. 2) This mitigates CK2-dependent phosphorylation and inhibition of PTEN and 3) leads to the inhibition of AKT signaling and cell proliferation. Nrk deficiency increased phosphorylation levels of PTEN and AKT in mouse placenta, supporting our hypothesis. Unlike mouse NRK, chicken NRK did not bind to phospholipids and CK2, decrease phosphorylation of AKT, or inhibit cell proliferation. Both the CNH domain and CIR have evolved under purifying selection in placental mammals. Taken together, our study suggests that placental mammals acquired the phospholipid-binding CNH domain and CIR in NRK for regulating the CK2–PTEN–AKT pathway and placental cell proliferation.
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- Beni Lestari
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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Zhao J, Feng H, Zhu D, Lin Y. MultiTrans: An Algorithm for Path Extraction Through Mixed Integer Linear Programming for Transcriptome Assembly. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2022; 19:48-56. [PMID: 34033544 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2021.3083277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Recent advances in RNA-seq technology have made identification of expressed genes affordable, and thus boosting repaid development of transcriptomic studies. Transcriptome assembly, reconstructing all expressed transcripts from RNA-seq reads, is an essential step to understand genes, proteins, and cell functions. Transcriptome assembly remains a challenging problem due to complications in splicing variants, expression levels, uneven coverage and sequencing errors. Here, we formulate the transcriptome assembly problem as path extraction on splicing graphs (or assembly graphs), and propose a novel algorithm MultiTrans for path extraction using mixed integer linear programming. MultiTrans is able to take into consideration coverage constraints on vertices and edges, the number of paths and the paired-end information simultaneously. We benchmarked MultiTrans against two state-of-the-art transcriptome assemblers, TransLiG and rnaSPAdes. Experimental results show that MultiTrans generates more accurate transcripts compared to TransLiG (using the same splicing graphs) and rnaSPAdes (using the same assembly graphs). MultiTrans is freely available at https://github.com/jzbio/MultiTrans.
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Kakui K, Fleming JF, Mori M, Fujiwara Y, Arakawa K. Comprehensive Transcriptome Sequencing of Tanaidacea with Proteomic Evidences for Their Silk. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:6460816. [PMID: 34904645 PMCID: PMC8715525 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tanaidaceans are small benthic crustaceans that mainly inhabit diverse marine environments, and they comprise one of the most diverse and abundant macrofaunal groups in the deep sea. Tanaidacea is one of the most thread-dependent taxa in the Crustacea, constructing tubes, spun with their silk, for shelter. In this work, we sequenced and assembled the comprehensive transcriptome of 23 tanaidaceans encompassing 14 families and 4 superfamilies of Tanaidacea, and performed silk proteomics of Zeuxo ezoensis to search for its silk genes. As a result, we identified two families of silk proteins that are conserved across the four superfamilies. The long and repetitive nature of these silk genes resembles that of other silk-producing organisms, and the two families of proteins are similar in composition to silkworm and caddisworm fibroins, respectively. Moreover, the amino acid composition of the repetitive motifs of tanaidacean silk tends to be more hydrophilic, and therefore could be a useful resource in studying their unique adaptation of silk use in a marine environment. The availability of comprehensive transcriptome data in these taxa, coupled with proteomic evidence of their silk genes, will facilitate evolutionary and ecological studies.
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- Keiichi Kakui
- Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan.,Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan.,Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.,Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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Sashittal P, Zhang C, Peng J, El-Kebir M. Jumper enables discontinuous transcript assembly in coronaviruses. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6728. [PMID: 34795232 PMCID: PMC8602663 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26944-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Genes in SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in the order of Nidovirales are expressed by a process of discontinuous transcription which is distinct from alternative splicing in eukaryotes and is mediated by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Here, we introduce the DISCONTINUOUS TRANSCRIPT ASSEMBLYproblem of finding transcripts and their abundances given an alignment of paired-end short reads under a maximum likelihood model that accounts for varying transcript lengths. We show, using simulations, that our method, JUMPER, outperforms existing methods for classical transcript assembly. On short-read data of SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV samples, we find that JUMPER not only identifies canonical transcripts that are part of the reference transcriptome, but also predicts expression of non-canonical transcripts that are supported by subsequent orthogonal analyses. Moreover, application of JUMPER on samples with and without treatment reveals viral drug response at the transcript level. As such, JUMPER enables detailed analyses of Nidovirales transcriptomes under varying conditions.
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- Palash Sashittal
- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- College of Medicine, University of ILlinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Plant ecological genomics at the limits of life in the Atacama Desert. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2101177118. [PMID: 34725254 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2101177118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The Atacama Desert in Chile-hyperarid and with high-ultraviolet irradiance levels-is one of the harshest environments on Earth. Yet, dozens of species grow there, including Atacama-endemic plants. Herein, we establish the Talabre-Lejía transect (TLT) in the Atacama as an unparalleled natural laboratory to study plant adaptation to extreme environmental conditions. We characterized climate, soil, plant, and soil-microbe diversity at 22 sites (every 100 m of altitude) along the TLT over a 10-y period. We quantified drought, nutrient deficiencies, large diurnal temperature oscillations, and pH gradients that define three distinct vegetational belts along the altitudinal cline. We deep-sequenced transcriptomes of 32 dominant plant species spanning the major plant clades, and assessed soil microbes by metabarcoding sequencing. The top-expressed genes in the 32 Atacama species are enriched in stress responses, metabolism, and energy production. Moreover, their root-associated soils are enriched in growth-promoting bacteria, including nitrogen fixers. To identify genes associated with plant adaptation to harsh environments, we compared 32 Atacama species with the 32 closest sequenced species, comprising 70 taxa and 1,686,950 proteins. To perform phylogenomic reconstruction, we concatenated 15,972 ortholog groups into a supermatrix of 8,599,764 amino acids. Using two codon-based methods, we identified 265 candidate positively selected genes (PSGs) in the Atacama plants, 64% of which are located in Pfam domains, supporting their functional relevance. For 59/184 PSGs with an Arabidopsis ortholog, we uncovered functional evidence linking them to plant resilience. As some Atacama plants are closely related to staple crops, these candidate PSGs are a "genetic goldmine" to engineer crop resilience to face climate change.
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Taheri-Dehkordi A, Naderi R, Martinelli F, Salami SA. Computational screening of miRNAs and their targets in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) by transcriptome mining. PLANTA 2021; 254:117. [PMID: 34751821 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03761-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A robust workflow for the identification of miRNAs and their targets in saffron was developed. MicroRNA-mediated gene regulation in saffron is potentially involved in several biological processes, including the biosynthesis of highly valuable apocarotenoids. Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is the most expensive spice in the world and a major source of apocarotenoids. Even though miRNAs (20-24 nt non-coding small RNAs) are important regulators of gene expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels, their role in saffron has not been thoroughly investigated. As a result, a workflow for computational identification of miRNAs and their targets can be useful to uncover the regulatory networks underlying biological processes in this valuable plant. The efficiency of several assembly tools such as Trans-ABySS, Trinity, Bridger, rnaSPAdes, and EvidentialGene was evaluated based on both reference-based and reference-free metrics using transcriptome data. A reliable workflow for computational identification of miRNAs and their targets in saffron was described. The EvidentialGene was found to be the most efficient de novo transcriptome assembler for saffron as a complex triploid model, followed by the Trinity. In total, 66 miRNAs from 19 different families that target 2880 genes, including several transcription factors involved in the flowering transition, were identified. Three of the identified targets were involved in the terpenoids backbone biosynthesis. CsCCD and CsUGT genes involved in the apocarotenoids biosynthetic pathway were targeted by csa-miR156g and csa-miR156b-3p, revealing a unique post-transcriptional regulation dynamic in saffron. The identified miRNAs and their targets add to our understanding of the many biological roles of miRNAs in saffron and shed new light on the control of the apocarotenoid biosynthetic pathway in this valuable plant.
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- Ayat Taheri-Dehkordi
- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
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St Laurent RA, Carvalho APS, Earl C, Kawahara AY. Food Plant Shifts Drive the Diversification of Sack-Bearer Moths. Am Nat 2021; 198:E170-E184. [PMID: 34648399 DOI: 10.1086/716661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AbstractLepidoptera are a highly diverse group of herbivorous insects; however, some superfamilies have relatively few species. Two alternative hypotheses for drivers of Lepidoptera diversity are shifts in food plant use or shifts from concealed to external feeding as larvae. Many studies address the former hypothesis but with bias toward externally feeding taxa. One of the most striking examples of species disparity between sister lineages in Lepidoptera is between the concealed-feeding sack-bearer moths (Mimallonoidea), which contain about 300 species, and externally feeding Macroheterocera, which have over 74,000 species. We provide the first dated tree of Mimallonidae to understand the diversification dynamics of these moths in order to fill a knowledge gap pertaining to drivers of diversity within an important concealed-feeding clade. We find that Mimallonidae is an ancient Lepidoptera lineage that originated in the Cretaceous ∼105 million years ago and has had a close association with the plant order Myrtales for the past 40 million years. Diversification dynamics are tightly linked with food plant usage in this group. Reliance on Myrtales may have influenced diversification of Mimallonidae because clades that shifted away from the ancestral condition of feeding on Myrtales have the highest speciation rates in the family.
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Kono N, Nakamura H, Ohtoshi R, Arakawa K. Transcriptomic data during development of a two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Data Brief 2021; 38:107388. [PMID: 34604480 PMCID: PMC8473666 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus is a popular food for reptiles and other insectivorous animals, for the ease of breeding and rich nutrients. It goes through eight moulting cycles until it grows into an adult of size around 30-40 mm, but different larval instars are also used for their sizes matching the fed animals. We therefore provide a transcriptomic resource on different developmental stages of G. bimaculatus to understand the inner molecular workings of these stages contributing to varying nutrients. The raw RNA sequence data is available at NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under the BioProject PRJNA716138 and the assembled contigs are available as a supplementary data of this report.
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- Nobuaki Kono
- Institute for Advance Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan.,Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0882, Japan
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- Institute for Advance Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan.,Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0882, Japan.,Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0882, Japan
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Shi X, Wang X, Neuwald AF, Halakivi-Clarke L, Clarke R, Xuan J. A Bayesian approach for accurate de novo transcriptome assembly. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17663. [PMID: 34480063 PMCID: PMC8417280 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97015-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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De novo transcriptome assembly from billions of RNA-seq reads is very challenging due to alternative splicing and various levels of expression, which often leads to incorrect, mis-assembled transcripts. BayesDenovo addresses this problem by using both a read-guided strategy to accurately reconstruct splicing graphs from the RNA-seq data and a Bayesian strategy to estimate, from these graphs, the probability of transcript expression without penalizing poorly expressed transcripts. Simulation and cell line benchmark studies demonstrate that BayesDenovo is very effective in reducing false positives and achieves much higher accuracy than other assemblers, especially for alternatively spliced genes and for highly or poorly expressed transcripts. Moreover, BayesDenovo is more robust on multiple replicates by assembling a larger portion of common transcripts. When applied to breast cancer data, BayesDenovo identifies phenotype-specific transcripts associated with breast cancer recurrence.
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- Xu Shi
- Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 900 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, 22203, USA
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- Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 900 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, 22203, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 670 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 16th Street N, Austin, MN, 55912, USA
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- Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 900 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, 22203, USA.
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Watthanasiri P, Geadkaew-Krenc A, Grams R. Morphology and Mitochondrial Genome of Fischoederius sp. 1 in Thailand. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY 2021; 59:355-362. [PMID: 34470086 PMCID: PMC8413858 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2021.59.4.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A rumen fluke Fischoederius elongatus is assigned to the type species of genus Fischoederius, family Gastrothylacidae. However, the mitochondrial sequences recently published are thought to be of inconsistent species, suggesting that several morphologically similar but genetically distinct species might be classified as Fischoederius elongatus. Thus, mentions of F. elongatus from South, Southeast, and East Asia might unintentionally refer to different species. The present work describes morphology and a full mitochondrial genome sequence of one of these species. The fluke specimens were collected from 2 infected cattle in Thailand. An interesting finding was the presence of a second tRNA-Asp gene next to a partial ND1 gene. It is suggested that these duplicated sequences are the remnants of non-reciprocal recombination events caused by inverted repeats located between ND2 and ND1 mitochondrial genes.
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- Pichanee Watthanasiri
- Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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- Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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- Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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Medhat B, Shawish A. FLR: A Revolutionary Alignment-Free Similarity Analysis Methodology for DNA-Sequences. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2021; 18:1924-1936. [PMID: 31976902 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2020.2967385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This paper introduces a novel alignment-free sequence analysis methodology. Its main idea is based on introducing a new representation of the DNA-Sequence. This representation breaks the dependency between the DNA bases that exist in the traditional string presentation. We called it the Four-Lists-Representation (FLR). Based on the FLR, a series of revolutionary algorithms for searching, map-discovery, similarity-score analysis, and similarity-visualization have been developed. They are combined in what we call the FLR Methodology. The paper also studies most of the available similarity analysis techniques in a comprehensive state-of-art review. The conducted extensive simulation and theoretical studies confirm the outperformance of the whole set of FLR-based algorithms in terms of speed and memory consumption in comparison to a long list of available similarity analysis algorithms. The ability to provide a similarity-map, similarity-score, and similarity-graph as a set of evidence-based rationales makes the quality of results provided by the proposed methodology presents a new edge in this field and promises a new area of genome-based research.
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