1
|
de Sousa RF, Venere PC, Faria KDC. Comparative cytogenetics of two species of Dermanura (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Midwestern Brazil. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2021; 15:89-99. [PMID: 33868592 PMCID: PMC8035126 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v15i2.60577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Dermanura Gervais, 1856 is represented by small frugivorous bats of the Stenodermatinae subfamily. The taxonomy of this group presents controversies and has been subject to changes, especially since the morphological characters evaluated have left gaps that are difficult to fill regarding good species characterization. Previous studies performed in Dermanura cinerea Gervais, 1856 found that the karyotype of this species has a diploid number of chromosomes equal to 30 and 56 autosomal arms. The objective of the present study was to describe, for the first time, the karyotypes of the species Dermanura anderseni (Osgood, 1916) and Dermanura gnoma (Handley, 1987) based on classical cytogenetic markers. For both species, the diploid number found was 2n = 30 and NFa = 56. Two pairs of chromosomes showed markings of the nucleolus organizing regions (AgNORs) in the species D. anderseni and only one pair in D. gnoma, differing from what has already been described for D. cinerea. The two species analyzed here also showed differences in the sex chromosome system, with D. gnoma showing a neo-XY type system while in D. anderseni the classic XY sexual system was observed. In both species, visualization of the constitutive heterochromatin occurred in the pericentromeric region of all chromosomes, as well as in the short arms of the subtelocentric chromosomes. The present work represents an important expansion of karyotypic information for the subfamily Stenodermatinae, bringing chromosomal features that are possible to use in the taxonomic implications of the group.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ricardo Firmino de Sousa
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso – UFMT. Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, n° 2367, Bairro Boa Esperança. Cuiabá – MT, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Mato GrossoCuiabáBrazil
- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Av. Prof. Dr. Renato Figueiro Varella, s/n, Nova Xavantina, MT, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Mato GrossoCuiabáBrazil
| | - Paulo Cesar Venere
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso – UFMT. Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, n° 2367, Bairro Boa Esperança. Cuiabá – MT, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Mato GrossoCuiabáBrazil
| | - Karina de Cassia Faria
- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Av. Prof. Dr. Renato Figueiro Varella, s/n, Nova Xavantina, MT, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Mato GrossoCuiabáBrazil
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
de Sotero-Caio CG, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Calixto MDS, Valente GT, Martins C, Loreto V, de Souza MJ, Santos N. Centromeric enrichment of LINE-1 retrotransposons and its significance for the chromosome evolution of Phyllostomid bats. Chromosome Res 2017; 25:313-325. [PMID: 28916913 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-017-9565-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Despite their ubiquitous incidence, little is known about the chromosomal distribution of long interspersed elements (LINEs) in mammalian genomes. Phyllostomid bats, characterized by lineages with distinct trends of chromosomal evolution coupled with remarkable ecological and taxonomic diversity, represent good models to understand how these repetitive sequences contribute to the evolution of genome architecture and its link to lineage diversification. To test the hypothesis that LINE-1 sequences were important modifiers of bat genome architecture, we characterized the distribution of LINE-1-derived sequences on genomes of 13 phyllostomid species within a phylogenetic framework. We found massive accumulation of LINE-1 elements in the centromeres of most species: a rare phenomenon on mammalian genomes. We hypothesize that expansion of these elements has occurred early in the radiation of phyllostomids and recurred episodically. LINE-1 expansions on centromeric heterochromatin probably spurred chromosomal change before the radiation of phyllostomids into the extant 11 subfamilies and contributed to the high degree of karyotypic variation observed among different lineages. Understanding centromere architecture in a variety of taxa promises to explain how lineage-specific changes on centromere structure can contribute to karyotypic diversity while not disrupting functional constraints for proper cell division.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cibele Gomes de Sotero-Caio
- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Animal e Humana, UFPE-Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia s/n; Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP:50740-600, Brazil. .,Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
| | - Diogo Cavalcanti Cabral-de-Mello
- Departamento de Biologia, Grupo de Estudos em Citogenômica e Evolução Animal, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
| | - Merilane da Silva Calixto
- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Animal e Humana, UFPE-Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia s/n; Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP:50740-600, Brazil.,Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia, Unidade Acadêmica de Ciências Biológicas, UFCG-Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Patos, PB, Brazil
| | - Guilherme Targino Valente
- Departamento de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
| | - Cesar Martins
- Departamento de Morfologia, Laboratório Genômica Integrativa, UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
| | - Vilma Loreto
- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Animal e Humana, UFPE-Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia s/n; Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP:50740-600, Brazil
| | - Maria José de Souza
- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Animal e Humana, UFPE-Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia s/n; Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP:50740-600, Brazil
| | - Neide Santos
- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Animal e Humana, UFPE-Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia s/n; Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP:50740-600, Brazil
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
de Souza ÉMS, Gross MC, Silva CEFE, Sotero-Caio CG, Feldberg E. Heterochromatin variation and LINE-1 distribution in Artibeus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from Central Amazon, Brazil. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2017; 11:613-626. [PMID: 29114357 PMCID: PMC5672158 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v11i4.14562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Species in the subgenus Artibeus Leach, 1821 are widely distributed in Brazil. Conserved karyotypes characterize the group with identical diploid number and chromosome morphology. Recent studies suggested that the heterochromatin distribution and accumulation patterns can vary among species. In order to assess whether variation can also occur within species, we have analyzed the chromosomal distribution of constitutive heterochromatin in A. planirostris (Spix, 1823) and A. lituratus (Olfers, 1818) from Central Amazon (North Brazil) and contrasted our findings with those reported for other localities in Brazil. In addition, Ag-NOR staining and FISH with 18S rDNA, telomeric, and LINE-1 probes were performed to assess the potential role that these different repetitive markers had in shaping the current architecture of heterochromatic regions. Both species presented interindividual variation of constitutive heterochromatin. In addition, in A. planirostris the centromeres of most chromosomes are enriched with LINE-1, colocated with pericentromeric heterochromatin blocks. Overall, our data indicate that amplification and differential distribution of the investigated repetitive DNAs might have played a significant role in shaping the chromosome architecture of the subgenus Artibeus.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Érica Martinha Silva de Souza
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001 Manaus, AM, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001 Manaus, AM, Brazil
| | - Maria Claudia Gross
- Universidade Federal da Integração Latino Americana, Laboratório de Genética, Av. Tarquínio Joslin dos Santos, 1000, Jardim Universitário, 85857-190, Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil
| | - Carlos Eduardo Faresin e Silva
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001 Manaus, AM, Brazil
- Laboratório de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001 Manaus, AM, Brazil
| | - Cibele Gomes Sotero-Caio
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA 79409
- Laboratório de Genética e Citogenética Animal e Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Engenharia s/n; Cidade Universitária; CEP:50740-600; Recife-PE, Brazil
| | - Eliana Feldberg
- Laboratório de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, 69.060-001 Manaus, AM, Brazil
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Protein markers of synaptic behavior and chromatin remodeling of the neo-XY body in phyllostomid bats. Chromosoma 2015; 125:701-8. [PMID: 26661581 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-015-0566-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
The XX/XY system is the rule among mammals. However, many exceptions from this general pattern have been discovered since the last decades. One of these non-conventional sex chromosome mechanisms is the multiple sex chromosome system, which is evolutionary fixed among many bat species of the family Phyllostomidae, and has arisen by a translocation between one original gonosome (X or Y chromosome), and an autosome, giving rise to a "neo-XY body." The aim of this work is to study the synaptic behavior and the chromatin remodeling of multiple sex chromosomes in different species of phyllostomid bats using electron microscopy and molecular markers. Testicular tissues from adult males of the species Artibeus lituratus, Artibeus planirostris, Uroderma bilobatum, and Vampyrodes caraccioli from the eastern Amazonia were analyzed by optical/electron microscopy and immunofluorescence of meiotic proteins involved in synapsis (SYCP3 and SYCE3), sister-chromatid cohesion (SMC3), and chromatin silencing (BRCA1, γ-H2AX, and RNApol 2). The presence of asynaptic axes-labeled by BRCA1 and γ-H2AX-at meiotic prophase in testes that have a normal development of spermatogenesis, suggests that the basic mechanism that arrests spreading of transcriptional silencing (meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI)) to the autosomal segments may be per se the formation of a functional synaptonemal complex between homologous or non-homologous regions, and thus, this SC barrier might be probably related to the preservation of fertility in these systems.
Collapse
|
5
|
Patterns of rDNA and telomeric sequences diversification: contribution to repetitive DNA organization in Phyllostomidae bats. Genetica 2013; 142:49-58. [PMID: 24368540 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9753-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Chromosomal organization and the evolution of genome architecture can be investigated by physical mapping of the genes for 45S and 5S ribosomal DNAs (rDNAs) and by the analysis of telomeric sequences. We studied 12 species of bats belonging to four subfamilies of the family Phyllostomidae in order to correlate patterns of distribution of heterochromatin and the multigene families for rDNA. The number of clusters for 45S gene ranged from one to three pairs, with exclusively location in autosomes, except for Carollia perspicillata that had in X chromosome. The 5S gene all the species studied had only one site located on an autosomal pair. In no species the 45S and 5S genes collocated. The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probe for telomeric sequences revealed fluorescence on all telomeres in all species, except in Carollia perspicillata. Non-telomeric sites in the pericentromeric region of the chromosomes were observed in most species, ranged from one to 12 pairs. Most interstitial telomeric sequences were coincident with heterochromatic regions. The results obtained in the present work indicate that different evolutionary mechanisms are acting in Phyllostomidae genome architecture, as well as the occurrence of Robertsonian fusion during the chromosomal evolution of bats without a loss of telomeric sequences. These data contribute to understanding the organization of multigene families and telomeric sequences on bat genome as well as the chromosomal evolutionary history of Phyllostomidae bats.
Collapse
|
6
|
Waminal NE, Park HM, Ryu KB, Kim JH, Yang TJ, Kim HH. Karyotype analysis of Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer, 1843 (Araliaceae) based on rDNA loci and DAPI band distribution. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2012; 6:425-41. [PMID: 24260682 PMCID: PMC3834566 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v6i4.3740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Ginseng has long been considered a valuable plant owing to its medicinal properties; however, genomic information based on chromosome characterization and physical mapping of cytogenetic markers has been very limited. Dual-color FISH karyotype and DAPI banding analyses of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, 1843 were conducted using 5S and 45S rDNA probes. The somatic chromosome complement was 2n=48 with lengths from 3.3 μm to 6.3 μm. The karyotype was composed of 12 metacentric, 9 submetacentric, and 3 subtelocentric pairs. The 5S rDNA probe localized to the intercalary region of the short arm of pair 11, while the 45S rDNA was located at the secondary constriction of the subtelocentric satellited chromosome 14. DAPI bands were clearly observed for most chromosomes, with various signal intensities and chromosomal distributions that consequently improved chromosome identification. As a result, all 24 chromosomes could be distinguished and numbers were assigned to each chromosome for the first time. The results presented here will be useful for the on-going ginseng genome sequencing and further molecular-cytogenetic studies and breeding programs of ginseng.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Nomar Espinosa Waminal
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151–921, Korea
- Plant Biotechnology Institute, Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139–742, Korea
| | - Hye Mi Park
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151–921, Korea
- Plant Biotechnology Institute, Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139–742, Korea
| | - Kwang Bok Ryu
- Plant Biotechnology Institute, Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139–742, Korea
- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702–701, Korea
| | - Joo Hyung Kim
- Plant Biotechnology Institute, Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139–742, Korea
| | - Tae-Jin Yang
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151–921, Korea
| | - Hyun Hee Kim
- Plant Biotechnology Institute, Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139–742, Korea
| |
Collapse
|