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Bravo-Lopez M, Villa-Islas V, Rocha Arriaga C, Villaseñor-Altamirano AB, Guzmán-Solís A, Sandoval-Velasco M, Wesp JK, Alcantara K, López-Corral A, Gómez-Valdés J, Mejía E, Herrera A, Meraz-Moreno A, Moreno-Cabrera MDLL, Moreno-Estrada A, Nieves-Colón MA, Olvera J, Pérez-Pérez J, Iversen KH, Rasmussen S, Sandoval K, Zepeda G, Ávila-Arcos MC. Paleogenomic insights into the red complex bacteria Tannerella forsythia in Pre-Hispanic and Colonial individuals from Mexico. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2020; 375:20190580. [PMID: 33012233 PMCID: PMC7702795 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The 'red complex' is an aggregate of three oral bacteria (Tannerella forsythia, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola) responsible for severe clinical manifestation of periodontal disease. Here, we report the first direct evidence of ancient T.forsythia DNA in dentin and dental calculus samples from archaeological skeletal remains that span from the Pre-Hispanic to the Colonial period in Mexico. We recovered twelve partial ancient T. forsythia genomes and observed a distinct phylogenetic placement of samples, suggesting that the strains present in Pre-Hispanic individuals likely arrived with the first human migrations to the Americas and that new strains were introduced with the arrival of European and African populations in the sixteenth century. We also identified instances of the differential presence of genes between periods in the T. forsythia ancient genomes, with certain genes present in Pre-Hispanic individuals and absent in Colonial individuals, and vice versa. This study highlights the potential for studying ancient T. forsythia genomes to unveil past social interactions through analysis of disease transmission. Our results illustrate the long-standing relationship between this oral pathogen and its human host, while also unveiling key evidence to understand its evolutionary history in Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Mexico. This article is part of the theme issue 'Insights into health and disease from ancient biomolecules'.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miriam Bravo-Lopez
- International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
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- International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
| | - Carolina Rocha Arriaga
- International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
| | - Ana B. Villaseñor-Altamirano
- International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
| | - Axel Guzmán-Solís
- International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
| | - Marcela Sandoval-Velasco
- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark
| | - Julie K. Wesp
- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
| | - Keitlyn Alcantara
- Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
| | - Aurelio López-Corral
- Department of Archeology, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Tlaxcala, 90000, Mexico
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- National Institute of Anthropology and History, Querétaro, 76000, Mexico
| | - Alberto Herrera
- National Institute of Anthropology and History, Querétaro, 76000, Mexico
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- National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Unit of Advanced Genomics (LANGEBIO), CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36824, Mexico
| | - Maria A. Nieves-Colón
- National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Unit of Advanced Genomics (LANGEBIO), CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36824, Mexico
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
| | - Joel Olvera
- Graduate Program of Physical Anthropology, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 14030, Mexico
| | - Julia Pérez-Pérez
- National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 14030, Mexico
| | - Katrine Højholt Iversen
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
| | - Simon Rasmussen
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
| | - Karla Sandoval
- National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Unit of Advanced Genomics (LANGEBIO), CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36824, Mexico
| | - Gabriela Zepeda
- National Institute of Anthropology and History, Guanajuato, 36250, Mexico
| | - María C. Ávila-Arcos
- International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Querétaro, 76230, Mexico
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