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Drábková M, Štefka J. Dicyema moschatum. Trends Parasitol 2024:S1471-4922(24)00173-9. [PMID: 39019702 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Marie Drábková
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králové, Czechia.
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czechia; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czechia
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Slyusarev GS, Skalon EK, Starunov VV. Evolution of Orthonectida body plan. Evol Dev 2024; 26:e12462. [PMID: 37889073 DOI: 10.1111/ede.12462] [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: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Orthonectida is an enigmatic group of animals with still uncertain phylogenetic position. Orthonectids parasitize various marine invertebrates. Their life cycle comprises a parasitic plasmodium and free-living males and females. Sexual individuals develop inside the plasmodium; after egress from the host they copulate in the external environment, and the larva, which has developed inside the female infects a new host. In a series of studied orthonectid species simplification of free-living sexual individuals can be clearly traced. The number of longitudinal and transverse muscle fibers is gradually reduced. In the nervous system, simplification is even more pronounced. The number of neurons constituting the ganglion is dramatically reduced from 200 in Rhopalura ophiocomae to 4-6 in Intoshia variabili. The peripheral nervous system undergoes gradual simplification as well. The morphological simplification is accompanied with genome reduction. However, not only genes are lost from the genome, it also undergoes compactization ensured by extreme reduction of intergenic distances, short intron sizes, and elimination of repetitive elements. The main trend in orthonectid evolution is simplification and miniaturization of free-living sexual individuals coupled with reduction and compactization of the genome.
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- George S Slyusarev
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, Russia
- Zoological Institute RAS, St-Petersburg, Russia
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Skalon EK, Starunov VV, Slyusarev GS. RNA-seq analysis of parasitism by Intoshia linei (Orthonectida) reveals protein effectors of defence, communication, feeding and growth. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART B, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2024; 342:398-405. [PMID: 38369898 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23247] [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: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Orthonectida is a group of multicellular endoparasites of a wide range of marine invertebrates. Their parasitic stage is a multinuclear shapeless plasmodium infiltrating host tissues. The development of the following worm-like sexual generation takes place within the cytoplasm of the plasmodium. The existence of the plasmodial stage and the development of a sexual stage within the plasmodium are unique features to Bilateria. However, the molecular mechanisms that maintain this peculiar organism, and hence enable parasitism in orthonectids, are unknown. Here, we present the first-ever RNA-seq analysis of the plasmodium, aimed at the identification and characterization of the plasmodium-specific protein-coding genes and corresponding hypothetical proteins that distinguish the parasitic plasmodium stage from the sexual stage of the orthonectid Intoshia linei Giard, 1877, parasite of nemertean Lineus ruber Müller, 1774. We discovered 119 plasmodium-specific proteins, 82 of which have inferred functions based on known domains. Thirty-five of the detected proteins are orphans, at least part of which may reflect the unique evolutionary adaptations of orthonectids to parasitism. Some of the identified proteins are known effector molecules of other endoparasites suggesting convergence. Our data indicate that the plasmodium-specific proteins might be involved in the plasmodium defense against the host, host-parasite communication, feeding and nutrient uptake, growth within the host, and support of the sexual stage development. These molecular processes in orthonectids have not been described before, and the particular protein effectors remained unknown until now.
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- Elizaveta K Skalon
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Alfonso P, Butković A, Fernández R, Riesgo A, Elena SF. Unveiling the hidden viromes across the animal tree of life: insights from a taxonomic classification pipeline applied to invertebrates of 31 metazoan phyla. mSystems 2024; 9:e0012424. [PMID: 38651902 PMCID: PMC11097642 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00124-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Invertebrates constitute the majority of animal species on Earth, including most disease-causing agents or vectors, with more diverse viromes when compared to vertebrates. Recent advancements in high-throughput sequencing have significantly expanded our understanding of invertebrate viruses, yet this knowledge remains biased toward a few well-studied animal lineages. In this study, we analyze invertebrate DNA and RNA viromes for 31 phyla using 417 publicly available RNA-Seq data sets from diverse environments in the marine-terrestrial and marine-freshwater gradients. This study aims to (i) estimate virome compositions at the family level for the first time across the animal tree of life, including the first exploration of the virome in several phyla, (ii) quantify the diversity of invertebrate viromes and characterize the structure of invertebrate-virus infection networks, and (iii) investigate host phylum and habitat influence on virome differences. Results showed that a set of few viral families of eukaryotes, comprising Retroviridae, Flaviviridae, and several families of giant DNA viruses, were ubiquitous and highly abundant. Nevertheless, some differences emerged between phyla, revealing for instance a less diverse virome in Ctenophora compared to the other animal phyla. Compositional analysis of the viromes showed that the host phylum explained over five times more variance in composition than its habitat. Moreover, significant similarities were observed between the viromes of some phylogenetically related phyla, which could highlight the influence of co-evolution in shaping invertebrate viromes.IMPORTANCEThis study significantly enhances our understanding of the global animal virome by characterizing the viromes of previously unexamined invertebrate lineages from a large number of animal phyla. It showcases the great diversity of viromes within each phylum and investigates the role of habitat shaping animal viral communities. Furthermore, our research identifies dominant virus families in invertebrates and distinguishes phyla with analogous viromes. This study sets the road toward a deeper understanding of the virome across the animal tree of life.
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- Pau Alfonso
- Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (CSIC-Universitat de València), Paterna, València, Spain
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR6047 Archaeal Virology Unit, Paris, France
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- Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (CSIC-Universitat de València), Paterna, València, Spain
- The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Liao IJY, Lu TM, Chen ME, Luo YJ. Spiralian genomics and the evolution of animal genome architecture. Brief Funct Genomics 2023; 22:498-508. [PMID: 37507111 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elad029] [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: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Recent developments in sequencing technologies have greatly improved our knowledge of phylogenetic relationships and genomic architectures throughout the tree of life. Spiralia, a diverse clade within Protostomia, is essential for understanding the evolutionary history of parasitism, gene conversion, nervous systems and animal body plans. In this review, we focus on the current hypotheses of spiralian phylogeny and investigate the impact of long-read sequencing on the quality of genome assemblies. We examine chromosome-level assemblies to highlight key genomic features that have driven spiralian evolution, including karyotype, synteny and the Hox gene organization. In addition, we show how chromosome rearrangement has influenced spiralian genomic structures. Although spiralian genomes have undergone substantial changes, they exhibit both conserved and lineage-specific features. We recommend increasing sequencing efforts and expanding functional genomics research to deepen insights into spiralian biology.
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Hisayama N, Furuya H. ESCAPE PROCESSES IN EMBRYOS OF DICYEMIDS (PHYLUM DICYEMIDA). J Parasitol 2023; 109:496-505. [PMID: 37861239 DOI: 10.1645/23-30] [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] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Dicyemid mesozoans usually consist of 10 to 40 cells. They are characterized by 2 distinct embryos, vermiform and infusoriform, that develop within the axial cell of the adult. The means of escape of each embryo from the parent body was studied in Dicyema japonicum and Dicyema misakiense, parasites of Octopus sinensis. There were no differences in means of escape between species or embryo type, apparently due to morphological constraints whereby the parents (nematogen or rhombogen) share a similar body organization. Escapes were effected through the gap between adjacent peripheral cells of the adult, rupturing the axial cell membrane and the membrane that envelopes the embryo. After the embryo escaped, the path was closed by the enveloping membrane left behind by the embryo. Vermiform embryos can escape from any region of the body, although more embryos were observed to escape from anterior regions than from posterior regions. Infusoriform embryos escaped from both anterior and posterior regions in the axial cell, with more embryos observed to escape from the posterior regions. The different escape regions for the 2 types of embryo are presumably related to the adult body plan lacking a genital opening, so each different type of embryo has its appropriate site of escape.
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- Naoki Hisayama
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Skalon EK, Starunov VV, Bondarenko NI, Slyusarev GS. Plasmodium structure of Intoshia linei (Orthonectida). J Morphol 2023; 284:e21602. [PMID: 37313769 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Orthonectids are enigmatic parasitic bilaterians whose exact position on the phylogenetic tree is still uncertain. Despite ongoing debate about their phylogenetic position, the parasitic stage of orthonectids known as "plasmodium" remains underexplored. There is still no consensus on the origin of the plasmodium: whether it is an altered host cell or a parasitic organism that develops in the host extracellular environment. To determine the origin of the orthonectid parasitic stage, we studied in detail the fine structure of the Intoshia linei orthonectid plasmodium using a variety of morphological methods. The orthonectid plasmodium is a shapeless multinucleated organism separated from host tissues by a double membrane envelope. Besides numerous nuclei, its cytoplasm contains organelles typical for other bilaterians, reproductive cells, and maturing sexual specimens. Reproductive cells, as well as developing orthonectid males and females, are covered by an additional membrane. The plasmodium forms protrusions directed to the surface of the host body and used by mature individuals for egress from the host. The obtained results indicate that the orthonectid plasmodium is an extracellular parasite. A possible mechanism for its formation might involve spreading parasitic larva cells across the host tissues with subsequent generation of a cell-within-cell complex. The cytoplasm of the plasmodium originates from the outer cell, which undergoes multiple nuclear divisions without cytokinesis, while the inner cell divides, giving rise to reproductive cells and embryos. The term "plasmodium" should be avoided and the term "orthonectid plasmodium" could be temporarily used instead.
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- Elizaveta K Skalon
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Stick R, Peter A. CaaX-less lamins: Lophotrochozoa provide a glance at the playground of evolution. PROTOPLASMA 2023; 260:741-756. [PMID: 36102949 PMCID: PMC10125929 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-022-01809-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Nuclear lamins are the main components of the nuclear lamina in many eukaryotes. They are members of the intermediate filament (IF) protein family. Lamins differ from cytoplasmic IF proteins by the presence of a nuclear localisation sequence (NLS) and a C-terminal tetrapeptide, the CaaX motif. The CaaX motif is target of post-translational modifications including isoprenylation, proteolytic processing, and carboxyl-methylation. These modifications, in conjunction with the NLS, direct lamins to the inner nuclear membrane where they assemble into filaments. Lamins lacking a CaaX motif are unable to associate independently with nuclear membranes and remain in the nucleoplasm. So far, three species have been reported to exclusively express CaaX-less lamins. All three belong to the lophotrochozoan lineage. To find out whether they represent rare exceptions, we analysed lamins of representatives of 17 lophotrochozoan phyla. Here we report that all four clades of Rotifera as well as individual taxa of Mollusca and Annelida lack CaaX-lamins, but express lamins with alternative C-termini. Of note, the respective mollusc and annelid groups occupy very different phylogenetic ranks. Most of these alternative C-termini are rich in aromatic residues. A possible function of these residues in membrane association is discussed. Alternative splicing of terebellid lamin transcripts gives rise to two lamin variants, one with a CaaX motif and one with an alternative C-terminus. A similar situation is found in Arenicolidae, Opheliidae, Capitellidae, and Echiura. This points a way, how the switch from lamins carrying a CaaX motif to lamins with alternative C-termini may have occurred.
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- Reimer Stick
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, 28334, Bremen, Germany.
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
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Gomis-Rüth FX, Stöcker W. Structural and evolutionary insights into astacin metallopeptidases. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 9:1080836. [PMID: 36685277 PMCID: PMC9848320 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1080836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The astacins are a family of metallopeptidases (MPs) that has been extensively described from animals. They are multidomain extracellular proteins, which have a conserved core architecture encompassing a signal peptide for secretion, a prodomain or prosegment and a zinc-dependent catalytic domain (CD). This constellation is found in the archetypal name-giving digestive enzyme astacin from the European crayfish Astacus astacus. Astacin catalytic domains span ∼200 residues and consist of two subdomains that flank an extended active-site cleft. They share several structural elements including a long zinc-binding consensus sequence (HEXXHXXGXXH) immediately followed by an EXXRXDRD motif, which features a family-specific glutamate. In addition, a downstream SIMHY-motif encompasses a "Met-turn" methionine and a zinc-binding tyrosine. The overall architecture and some structural features of astacin catalytic domains match those of other more distantly related MPs, which together constitute the metzincin clan of metallopeptidases. We further analysed the structures of PRO-, MAM, TRAF, CUB and EGF-like domains, and described their essential molecular determinants. In addition, we investigated the distribution of astacins across kingdoms and their phylogenetic origin. Through extensive sequence searches we found astacin CDs in > 25,000 sequences down the tree of life from humans beyond Metazoa, including Choanoflagellata, Filasterea and Ichtyosporea. We also found < 400 sequences scattered across non-holozoan eukaryotes including some fungi and one virus, as well as in selected taxa of archaea and bacteria that are pathogens or colonizers of animal hosts, but not in plants. Overall, we propose that astacins originate in the root of Holozoa consistent with Darwinian descent and that the latter genes might be the result of horizontal gene transfer from holozoan donors.
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- F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth
- Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Higher Scientific Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,*Correspondence: F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth, ; Walter Stöcker,
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology (IMP), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU), Mainz, Germany,*Correspondence: F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth, ; Walter Stöcker,
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Drábková M, Kocot KM, Halanych KM, Oakley TH, Moroz LL, Cannon JT, Kuris A, Garcia-Vedrenne AE, Pankey MS, Ellis EA, Varney R, Štefka J, Zrzavý J. Different phylogenomic methods support monophyly of enigmatic 'Mesozoa' (Dicyemida + Orthonectida, Lophotrochozoa). Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20220683. [PMID: 35858055 PMCID: PMC9257288 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Dicyemids and orthonectids were traditionally classified in a group called Mesozoa, but their placement in a single clade has been contested and their position(s) within Metazoa is uncertain. Here, we assembled a comprehensive matrix of Lophotrochozoa (Metazoa) and investigated the position of Dicyemida (= Rhombozoa) and Orthonectida, employing multiple phylogenomic approaches. We sequenced seven new transcriptomes and one draft genome from dicyemids (Dicyema, Dicyemennea) and two transcriptomes from orthonectids (Rhopalura). Using these and published data, we assembled and analysed contamination-filtered datasets with up to 987 genes. Our results recover Mesozoa monophyletic and as a close relative of Platyhelminthes or Gnathifera. Because of the tendency of the long-branch mesozoans to group with other long-branch taxa in our analyses, we explored the impact of approaches purported to help alleviate long-branch attraction (e.g. taxon removal, coalescent inference, gene targeting). None of these were able to break the association of Orthonectida with Dicyemida in the maximum-likelihood trees. Contrastingly, the Bayesian analysis and site-specific frequency model in maximum-likelihood did not recover a monophyletic Mesozoa (but only when using a specific 50 gene matrix). The classic hypothesis on monophyletic Mesozoa is possibly reborn and should be further tested.
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- Marie Drábková
- Department of Parasitology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic,Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Campus Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- The Centre for Marine Science, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 57000 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, and the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, 9505 Ocean Shore Boulevard, St Augustine, FL 32080, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Campus Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA,Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Parasitology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic,Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic
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Whang I, Lee B, Krishnan R, Nakajima H, Furuya H, Shin SP. Dicyema sphyrocephalum (Phylum Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) isolated from Korean common octopus Callistoctopus minor in Korea. J Vet Sci 2021; 21:e86. [PMID: 33263233 PMCID: PMC7710466 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2020.21.e86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Dicyemids are parasites found in the renal sac of cephalopods. The first species of dicyemid was found from kidneys of the Korean common octopus Callistoctopus minor. Objectives This study aimed to identify the dicyemid and investigate the effect on renal sac of host. Methods In this study, we compared the morphological characteristics of isolate to dicyemids (Dicyema sphyrocephalum, Dicyema clavatum, and Dicyema dolichocephalum) reported from C. minor in Japan. We compared the 18S ribosomal RNA (rDNA) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of isolate to the sequences of D. shyrocephalum and D. clavatum. The infected octopuses renal tissues were histologically compared with the tissues of uninfected individuals. Results The morphological characteristic of this isolated species corresponds to D. sphyrocephalum. The sequences similarities of 18S rDNA and COI gene of isolate are 99.7% and 98.1% with D. sphyrocephalum. We observed morphological changes in the epithelia folds of kidney at the dicyemids attached areas. Conclusions The present study identified the isolate as D. sphyrocephalum and this is the first report of dicyemid species from Republic of Korea. Further studies on the effects of dicyemids on growth and health status of cephalopods will be needed.
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- Ilson Whang
- Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK), Seocheon 33662, Korea
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- Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Korea
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- Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Korea
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan.
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- Department of Marine Life Science & Marine Science Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
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In this review, we consider transformations of axial symmetry in metazoan evolution and development, the genetic basis, and phenotypic expressions of different axial body plans. In addition to the main symmetry types in metazoan body plans, such as rotation (radial symmetry), reflection (mirror and glide reflection symmetry), and translation (metamerism), many biological objects show scale (fractal) symmetry as well as some symmetry-type combinations. Some genetic mechanisms of axial pattern establishment, creating a coordinate system of a metazoan body plan, bilaterian segmentation, and left–right symmetry/asymmetry, are analysed. Data on the crucial contribution of coupled functions of the Wnt, BMP, Notch, and Hedgehog signaling pathways (all pathways are designated according to the abbreviated or full names of genes or their protein products; for details, see below) and the axial Hox-code in the formation and maintenance of metazoan body plans are necessary for an understanding of the evolutionary diversification and phenotypic expression of various types of axial symmetry. The lost body plans of some extinct Ediacaran and early Cambrian metazoans are also considered in comparison with axial body plans and posterior growth in living animals.
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Ono H, Yoshida MA. Direct RNA sequencing approach to compare non-model mitochondrial transcriptomes: An application to a cephalopod host and its mesozoan parasite. Methods 2020; 176:55-61. [PMID: 32151668 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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To identify non-protein coding as well as truncated or premature RNA sequences expressed and obtain more complete transcriptome information, we combined the MinION direct RNA-sequencing of a conventional poly(A) RNA purification method with poly(A)-tagging of the non-coding RNA (ncRNA) fraction. This approach was applied to transcriptome sequencing of the dicyemid mesozoan, Dicyema misakiense, which has minicircular mitochondrial DNA molecules where each molecule encodes a single gene, as well as the host. Using informatics analysis, we distinguished dicyemid RNAs from those of the host squid. The poly(A) RNAs were assigned to host mitochondrial genes, host nuclear protein-coding genes, Dicyema nuclear protein-coding genes, and Dicyema mitochondrial genes in the decreasing order. Our poly(A)-tailing method recovered significantly more ncRNAs from the host compared with the sequencing of poly(A) RNAs. Furthermore, our method captured various lengths of squid mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transcripts at different steps of maturation including a read of 3,500 bp, which covers 21% of the squid mitochondrial genome, possibly a premature host RNA product. In contrast, shorter and less abundant reads were recovered from the dicyemid mitochondrial RNAs (mtRNAs). Even the longest read was 307 bp covering only a part of a minicircle. This study revealed significantly different modes of the mitochondrial transcription between a mesozoan and the host. Our approach to perform direct RNA-sequencing combined with the poly(A)-tailing reaction can be an effective method to fully capture non-poly(A) transcripts in a wide range of organisms.
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- Hiroki Ono
- Marine Biological Science Section, Education and Research Center for Biological Resources, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Japan
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- Marine Biological Science Section, Education and Research Center for Biological Resources, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Japan.
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Lu TM, Kanda M, Furuya H, Satoh N. Dicyemid Mesozoans: A Unique Parasitic Lifestyle and a Reduced Genome. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 11:2232-2243. [PMID: 31347665 PMCID: PMC6736024 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Dicyemids, previously called “mesozoans” (intermediates between unicellular protozoans and multicellular metazoans), are an enigmatic animal group. They have a highly simplified adult body, comprising only ∼30 cells, and they have a unique parasitic lifestyle. Recently, dicyemids were shown to be spiralians, with affinities to the Platyhelminthes. In order to understand molecular mechanisms involved in evolution of this odd animal, we sequenced the genome of Dicyema japonicum and a reference transcriptome assembly using mixed-stage samples. The D. japonicum genome features a high proportion of repetitive sequences that account for 49% of the genome. The dicyemid genome is reduced to ∼67.5 Mb with 5,012 protein-coding genes. Only four Hox genes exist in the genome, with no clustering. Gene distribution in KEGG pathways shows that D. japonicum has fewer genes in most pathways. Instead of eliminating entire critical metabolic pathways, parasitic lineages likely simplify pathways by eliminating pathway-specific genes, while genes with fundamental functions may be retained in multiple pathways. In principle, parasites can stand to lose genes that are unnecessary, in order to conserve energy. However, whether retained genes in incomplete pathways serve intermediate functions and how parasites overcome the physiological needs served by lost genes, remain to be investigated in future studies.
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- Tsai-Ming Lu
- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan.,Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway
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- DNA Sequencing Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan
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Schoch CL, Ciufo S, Domrachev M, Hotton CL, Kannan S, Khovanskaya R, Leipe D, Mcveigh R, O'Neill K, Robbertse B, Sharma S, Soussov V, Sullivan JP, Sun L, Turner S, Karsch-Mizrachi I. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford) 2020; 2020:baaa062. [PMID: 32761142 PMCID: PMC7408187 DOI: 10.1093/database/baaa062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 680] [Impact Index Per Article: 170.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Taxonomy includes organism names and classifications for every sequence in the nucleotide and protein sequence databases of the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration. Since the last review of this resource in 2012, it has undergone several improvements. Most notable is the shift from a single SQL database to a series of linked databases tied to a framework of data called NameBank. This means that relations among data elements can be adjusted in more detail, resulting in expanded annotation of synonyms, the ability to flag names with specific nomenclatural properties, enhanced tracking of publications tied to names and improved annotation of scientific authorities and types. Additionally, practices utilized by NCBI Taxonomy curators specific to major taxonomic groups are described, terms peculiar to NCBI Taxonomy are explained, external resources are acknowledged and updates to tools and other resources are documented. Database URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy.
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- Conrad L Schoch
- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center of Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 9600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Shabardina V, Kashima Y, Suzuki Y, Makalowski W. Emergence and Evolution of ERM Proteins and Merlin in Metazoans. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:3710-3724. [PMID: 31851361 PMCID: PMC6978628 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ezrin, radixin, moesin, and merlin are cytoskeletal proteins, whose functions are specific to metazoans. They participate in cell cortex rearrangement, including cell-cell contact formation, and play an important role in cancer progression. Here, we have performed a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the proteins spanning 87 species. The results describe a possible mechanism for the protein family origin in the root of Metazoa, paralogs diversification in vertebrates, and acquisition of novel functions, including tumor suppression. In addition, a merlin paralog, present in most vertebrates but lost in mammals, has been described here for the first time. We have also highlighted a set of amino acid variations within the conserved motifs as the candidates for determining physiological differences between ERM paralogs.
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Systems Genomics, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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Lu TM, Furuya H, Satoh N. Gene expression profiles of dicyemid life-cycle stages may explain how dispersing larvae locate new hosts. ZOOLOGICAL LETTERS 2019; 5:32. [PMID: 31754455 PMCID: PMC6854800 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-019-0146-y] [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: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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UNLABELLED Metazoans have evolved a great variety of life histories in response to environmental conditions. A unique example is encountered in dicyemid mesozoans. In addition to a highly simplified adult body comprising only ~ 30 cells, dicyemids exhibit a parasitic lifestyle that includes nematogens (asexual reproductive adults), rhombogens (sexual reproductive adults), vermiform larvae generated by nematogens, and infusoriform larvae generated by rhombogens. However, due to the difficulties of observing microscopic endoparasites, the complex life cycle and biological functions of life-cycle stages of dicyemids have remained mysterious. Taking advantage of the recently decoded genome of Dicyema japonicum, we examined genes that undergird this lifestyle. Using stage-specific gene expression profiles, we found that biological processes associated with molecular transport, developmental regulation, and sensory response are specified at different stages. Together with the expression of potential neurotransmitters, we further suggest that apical cells in infusoriform larva probably serve sensory functions, although dicyemids have no nervous system. Gene expression profiles show that more genes are expressed in free-living infusoriform larvae than in the other three stages, and that some of these genes are likely involved in locating new hosts. These data provide molecular information about the unique lifestyle of dicyemids and illustrate how an extremely simplified endoparasite adapted and retained gene sets and morphological characters to complete its life cycle. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary information accompanies this paper at 10.1186/s40851-019-0146-y.
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- Tsai-Ming Lu
- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, 904-0495 Japan
- Present address: Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, 5008 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa, 904-0495 Japan
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Ueki T, Arimoto A, Tagawa K, Satoh N. Xenacoelomorph-Specific Hox Peptides: Insights into the Phylogeny of Acoels, Nemertodermatids, and Xenoturbellids. Zoolog Sci 2019; 36:395-401. [DOI: 10.2108/zs190045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Tatsuya Ueki
- Program of Basic Biology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Onomichi, Hiroshima 722-0073, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Laumer CE, Fernández R, Lemer S, Combosch D, Kocot KM, Riesgo A, Andrade SCS, Sterrer W, Sørensen MV, Giribet G. Revisiting metazoan phylogeny with genomic sampling of all phyla. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20190831. [PMID: 31288696 PMCID: PMC6650721 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Proper biological interpretation of a phylogeny can sometimes hinge on the placement of key taxa-or fail when such key taxa are not sampled. In this light, we here present the first attempt to investigate (though not conclusively resolve) animal relationships using genome-scale data from all phyla. Results from the site-heterogeneous CAT + GTR model recapitulate many established major clades, and strongly confirm some recent discoveries, such as a monophyletic Lophophorata, and a sister group relationship between Gnathifera and Chaetognatha, raising continued questions on the nature of the spiralian ancestor. We also explore matrix construction with an eye towards testing specific relationships; this approach uniquely recovers support for Panarthropoda, and shows that Lophotrochozoa (a subclade of Spiralia) can be constructed in strongly conflicting ways using different taxon- and/or orthologue sets. Dayhoff-6 recoding sacrifices information, but can also reveal surprising outcomes, e.g. full support for a clade of Lophophorata and Entoprocta + Cycliophora, a clade of Placozoa + Cnidaria, and raising support for Ctenophora as sister group to the remaining Metazoa, in a manner dependent on the gene and/or taxon sampling of the matrix in question. Future work should test the hypothesis that the few remaining uncertainties in animal phylogeny might reflect violations of the various stationarity assumptions used in contemporary inference methods.
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- Christopher E. Laumer
- Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Bioinformatics & Genomics Unit, Center for Genomic Regulation, Carrer del Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona (Spain)
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923, USA
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Alabama Museum of Natural History, The University of Alabama, Campus Box 870344, Tuscaoosa, AL 35487, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum of London, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, IB, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Bermuda Natural History Museum, PO Box FL 145, Flatts, FLBX, Bermuda
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Zverkov OA, Mikhailov KV, Isaev SV, Rusin LY, Popova OV, Logacheva MD, Penin AA, Moroz LL, Panchin YV, Lyubetsky VA, Aleoshin VV. Dicyemida and Orthonectida: Two Stories of Body Plan Simplification. Front Genet 2019; 10:443. [PMID: 31178892 PMCID: PMC6543705 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Two enigmatic groups of morphologically simple parasites of invertebrates, the Dicyemida (syn. Rhombozoa) and the Orthonectida, since the 19th century have been usually considered as two classes of the phylum Mesozoa. Early molecular evidence suggested their relationship within the Spiralia (=Lophotrochozoa), however, high rates of dicyemid and orthonectid sequence evolution led to contradicting phylogeny reconstructions. Genomic data for orthonectids revealed that they are highly simplified spiralians and possess a reduced set of genes involved in metazoan development and body patterning. Acquiring genomic data for dicyemids, however, remains a challenge due to complex genome rearrangements including chromatin diminution and generation of extrachromosomal circular DNAs, which are reported to occur during the development of somatic cells. We performed genomic sequencing of one species of Dicyema, and obtained transcriptomic data for two Dicyema spp. Homeodomain (homeobox) transcription factors, G-protein-coupled receptors, and many other protein families have undergone a massive reduction in dicyemids compared to other animals. There is also apparent reduction of the bilaterian gene complements encoding components of the neuromuscular systems. We constructed and analyzed a large dataset of predicted orthologous proteins from three species of Dicyema and a set of spiralian animals including the newly sequenced genome of the orthonectid Intoshia linei. Bayesian analyses recovered the orthonectid lineage within the Annelida. In contrast, dicyemids form a separate clade with weak affinity to the Rouphozoa (Platyhelminthes plus Gastrotricha) or (Entoprocta plus Cycliophora) suggesting that the historically proposed Mesozoa is a polyphyletic taxon. Thus, dramatic simplification of body plans in dicyemids and orthonectids, as well as their intricate life cycles that combine metagenesis and heterogony, evolved independently in these two lineages.
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- Oleg A. Zverkov
- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Fromm B, Tosar JP, Aguilera F, Friedländer MR, Bachmann L, Hejnol A. Evolutionary Implications of the microRNA- and piRNA Complement of Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha). Noncoding RNA 2019; 5:E19. [PMID: 30813358 PMCID: PMC6468455 DOI: 10.3390/ncrna5010019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Gastrotrichs-'hairy bellies'-are microscopic free-living animals inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats. Based on morphological and early molecular analyses, gastrotrichs were placed close to nematodes, but recent phylogenomic analyses have suggested their close relationship to flatworms (Platyhelminthes) within Spiralia. Small non-coding RNA data on e.g., microRNAs (miRNAs) and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNA) may help to resolve this long-standing question. MiRNAs are short post-transcriptional gene regulators that together with piRNAs play key roles in development. In a 'multi-omics' approach we here used small-RNA sequencing, available transcriptome and genomic data to unravel the miRNA- and piRNA complements along with the RNAi (RNA interference) protein machinery of Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida). We identified 52 miRNA genes representing 35 highly conserved miRNA families specific to Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Protostomia, and Spiralia, respectively, with overall high similarities to platyhelminth miRNA complements. In addition, we found four large piRNA clusters that also resemble flatworm piRNAs but not those earlier described for nematodes. Congruently, transcriptomic annotation revealed that the Lepidodermella protein machinery is highly similar to flatworms, too. Taken together, miRNA, piRNA, and protein data support a close relationship of gastrotrichs and flatworms.
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- Bastian Fromm
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Functional Genomics Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay.
- Nuclear Research Center, Faculty of Science, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160_C, Concepción 3349001, Chile.
- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, 5006 Bergen, Norway.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Research group Frontiers in Evolutionary Zoology, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway.
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- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, 5006 Bergen, Norway.
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Nakano H, Miyazawa H. A New Species of Orthonectida That Parasitizes Xenoturbella bocki: Implications for Studies on Xenoturbella. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2019; 236:66-73. [PMID: 30707607 DOI: 10.1086/700834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Orthonectida is a phylum of marine invertebrates known to parasitize many invertebrate animals. Because of its simple body plan, it was suggested that it belong to Mesozoa, together with Dicyemida, and that it represent the evolutionary step between unicellular organisms and multicellular animals. Recent studies, including analyses of its genomes, have clarified its phylogenetic position as a member of the Protostomia, but details such as the species diversity within the phylum and how it infects the host remain unknown. Here we report orthonectids discovered from the marine worm Xenoturbella bocki. Orthonectids were found from sections of four xenoturbellid specimens, collected eight years apart. Live females were also discovered on three separate occasions. These recurring instances of orthonectids found from Xenoturbella show that they are parasitic to the animal and not just chance contaminations. Based on morphological characters such as the presence of sexual dimorphism, the arrangement of oocytes within the female body, and the presence of crystalline inclusions in the male epidermal cells, we regard this orthonectid as a new species, Rhopalura xenoturbellae sp. nov. Since orthonectids are present within the xenoturbellid adult body, caution is needed when interpreting morphological, molecular, and experimental data from X. bocki. Further studies on R. xenoturbellae will yield important information on the fundamental biological details of orthonectids that remain unknown.
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Bastin BR, Schneider SQ. Taxon-specific expansion and loss of tektins inform metazoan ciliary diversity. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:40. [PMID: 30704394 PMCID: PMC6357514 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1360-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Cilia and flagella are complex cellular structures thought to have first evolved in a last ciliated eukaryotic ancestor due to the conserved 9 + 2 microtubule doublet structure of the axoneme and associated proteins. The Tektin family of coiled-coil domain containing proteins was previously identified in cilia of organisms as diverse as green algae and sea urchin. While studies have shown that some Tektins are necessary for ciliary function, there has been no comprehensive phylogenetic survey of tektin genes. To fill this gap, we sampled tektin sequences broadly among metazoan and unicellular lineages in order to determine how the tektin gene complements evolved in over 100 different extant species. Results Using Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses, we have ascertained with high confidence that all metazoan tektins arose from a single ancestral tektin gene in the last common ancestor of metazoans and choanoflagellates. Gene duplications gave rise to two tektin genes in the metazoan ancestor, and a subsequent expansion to three and four tektin genes in early bilaterian ancestors. While all four tektin genes remained highly conserved in most deuterostome and spiralian species surveyed, most tektin genes in ecdysozoans are highly derived with extensive gene loss in several lineages including nematodes and some crustaceans. In addition, while tektin-1, − 2, and − 4 have remained as single copy genes in most lineages, tektin-3/5 has been duplicated independently several times, notably at the base of the spiralian, vertebrate and hymenopteran (Ecdysozoa) clades. Conclusions We provide a solid description of tektin evolution supporting one, two, three, and four ancestral tektin genes in a holozoan, metazoan, bilaterian, and nephrozoan ancestor, respectively. The isolated presence of tektin in a cryptophyte and a chlorophyte branch invokes events of horizontal gene transfer, and that the last common ciliated eukaryotic ancestor lacked a tektin gene. Reconstructing the evolutionary history of the tektin complement in each extant metazoan species enabled us to pinpoint lineage specific expansions and losses. Our analysis will help to direct future studies on Tektin function, and how gain and loss of tektin genes might have contributed to the evolution of various types of cilia and flagella. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12862-019-1360-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Benjamin R Bastin
- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. .,Present Address: Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Section 2, Academia Rd, Nangang District, Taipei City, 11529, Taiwan.
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Moroz LL. NeuroSystematics and Periodic System of Neurons: Model vs Reference Species at Single-Cell Resolution. ACS Chem Neurosci 2018; 9:1884-1903. [PMID: 29989789 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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There is more than one way to develop neuronal complexity, and animals frequently use different molecular toolkits to achieve similar functional outcomes (=convergent evolution). Neurons are different not only because they have different functions, but also because neurons and circuits have different genealogies, and perhaps independent origins at the broadest scale from ctenophores and cnidarians to cephalopods and primates. By combining modern phylogenomics, single-neuron sequencing (scRNA-seq), machine learning, single-cell proteomics, and metabolomic across Metazoa, it is possible to reconstruct the evolutionary histories of neurons tracing them to ancestral secretory cells. Comparative data suggest that neurons, and perhaps synapses, evolved at least 2-3 times (in ctenophore, cnidarian and bilateral lineages) during ∼600 million years of animal evolution. There were also several independent events of the nervous system centralization either from a common bilateral/cnidarian ancestor without the bona fide neurons or from the urbilaterian with diffuse, nerve-net type nervous system. From the evolutionary standpoint, (i) a neuron should be viewed as a functional rather than a genetic character, and (ii) any given neural system might be chimeric and composed of different cell lineages with distinct origins and evolutionary histories. The identification of distant neural homologies or examples of convergent evolution among 34 phyla will not only allow the reconstruction of neural systems' evolution but together with single-cell "omic" approaches the proposed synthesis would lead to the "Periodic System of Neurons" with predictive power for neuronal phenotypes and plasticity. Such a phylogenetic classification framework of Neuronal Systematics (NeuroSystematics) might be a conceptual analog of the Periodic System of Chemical Elements. scRNA-seq profiling of all neurons in an entire brain or Brain-seq is now fully achievable in many nontraditional reference species across the entire animal kingdom. Arguably, marine animals are the most suitable for the proposed tasks because the world oceans represent the greatest taxonomic and body-plan diversity.
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- Leonid L. Moroz
- Department of Neuroscience and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
- Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, 9505 Ocean Shore Blvd., St. Augustine, Florida 32080, United States
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The mitochondrial genomes of the mesozoans Intoshia linei, Dicyema sp. and Dicyema japonicum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 4. [PMID: 30105092 DOI: 10.1017/pao.2018.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Dicyemida and Orthonectida are two groups of tiny, simple, vermiform parasites that have historically been united in a group named the Mesozoa. Both Dicyemida and Orthonectida have just two cell layers and appear to lack any defined tissues. They were initially thought to be evolutionary intermediates between protozoans and metazoans but more recent analyses indicate that they are protostomian metazoans that have undergone secondary simplification from a complex ancestor. Here we describe the first almost complete mitochondrial genome sequence from an orthonectid, Intoshia linei, and describe nine and eight mitochondrial protein-coding genes from Dicyema sp. and Dicyema japonicum, respectively. The 14,247 base pair long I. linei sequence has typical metazoan gene content, but is exceptionally AT-rich, and has a unique gene order. The data we have analysed from the Dicyemida provide very limited support for the suggestion that dicyemid mitochondrial genes are found on discrete mini-circles, as opposed to the large circular mitochondrial genomes that are typical of the Metazoa. The cox1 gene from dicyemid species has a series of conserved, in-frame deletions that is unique to this lineage. Using cox1 genes from across the genus Dicyema, we report the first internal phylogeny of this group.
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Schiffer PH, Robertson HE, Telford MJ. Orthonectids Are Highly Degenerate Annelid Worms. Curr Biol 2018; 28:1970-1974.e3. [PMID: 29861137 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The animal groups of Orthonectida and Dicyemida are tiny, extremely simple, vermiform endoparasites of various marine animals and have been linked in the Mesozoa (Figure 1). The Orthonectida (Figures 1A and 1B) have a few hundred cells, including a nervous system of just ten cells [2], and the Dicyemida (Figure 1C) are even simpler, with ∼40 cells [3]. They are classic "Problematica" [4]-the name Mesozoa suggests an evolutionary position intermediate between Protozoa and Metazoa (animals) [5] and implies that their simplicity is a primitive state, but molecular data have shown they are members of Lophotrochozoa within Bilateria [6-9], which means that they derive from a more complex ancestor. Their precise affinities remain uncertain, however, and it is disputed whether they even constitute a clade. Ascertaining their affinities is complicated by the very fast evolution observed in their genes, potentially leading to the common systematic error of long-branch attraction (LBA) [10]. Here, we use mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence data and show that both dicyemids and orthonectids are members of the Lophotrochozoa. Carefully addressing the effects of unequal rates of evolution, we show that the Mesozoa is polyphyletic. While the precise position of dicyemids remains unresolved within Lophotrochozoa, we identify orthonectids as members of the phylum Annelida. This result reveals one of the most extreme cases of body-plan simplification in the animal kingdom; our finding makes sense of an annelid-like cuticle in orthonectids [2] and suggests that the circular muscle cells repeated along their body [11] may be segmental in origin.
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- Philipp H Schiffer
- Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Marinov GK, Kundaje A. ChIP-ping the branches of the tree: functional genomics and the evolution of eukaryotic gene regulation. Brief Funct Genomics 2018; 17:116-137. [PMID: 29529131 PMCID: PMC5889016 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/ely004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Advances in the methods for detecting protein-DNA interactions have played a key role in determining the directions of research into the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation. The most recent major technological transformation happened a decade ago, with the move from using tiling arrays [chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-on-Chip] to high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) as a readout for ChIP assays. In addition to the numerous other ways in which it is superior to arrays, by eliminating the need to design and manufacture them, sequencing also opened the door to carrying out comparative analyses of genome-wide transcription factor occupancy across species and studying chromatin biology in previously less accessible model and nonmodel organisms, thus allowing us to understand the evolution and diversity of regulatory mechanisms in unprecedented detail. Here, we review the biological insights obtained from such studies in recent years and discuss anticipated future developments in the field.
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- Georgi K Marinov
- Corresponding author: Georgi K. Marinov, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. E-mail:
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