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Biryukov M, Dmitrieva A, Vavilova V, Ustyantsev K, Bazarova E, Sukhikh I, Berezikov E, Blinov A. Mlig-SKP1 Gene Is Required for Spermatogenesis in the Flatworm Macrostomum lignano. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232315110. [PMID: 36499445 PMCID: PMC9740662 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
In a free-living flatworm, Macrostomum lignano, an S-phase kinase-associated protein 1 (SKP1) homologous gene was identified as enriched in proliferating cells, suggesting that it can function in the regulation of stem cells or germline cells since these are the only two types of proliferating cells in flatworms. SKP1 is a conserved protein that plays a role in ubiquitination processes as a part of the Skp1-Cullin 1-F-box (SCF) ubiquitin ligase complex. However, the exact role of Mlig-SKP1 in M. lignano was not established. Here, we demonstrate that Mlig-SKP1 is neither involved in stem cell regulation during homeostasis, nor in regeneration, but is required for spermatogenesis. Mlig-SKP1(RNAi) animals have increased testes size and decreased fertility as a result of the aberrant maturation of sperm cells. Our findings reinforce the role of ubiquitination pathways in germ cell regulation and demonstrate the conserved role of SKP1 in spermatogenesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mikhail Biryukov
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700AD Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700AD Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Ustyantsev K, Wudarski J, Sukhikh I, Reinoite F, Mouton S, Berezikov E. Erratum to: Proof of principle for piggyBac-mediated transgenesis in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano. Genetics 2021; 220:6489456. [PMID: 35100380 PMCID: PMC9097247 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ustyantsev K, Wudarski J, Sukhikh I, Reinoite F, Mouton S, Berezikov E. Proof of principle for piggyBac-mediated transgenesis in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano. Genetics 2021; 218:6276877. [PMID: 33999134 PMCID: PMC8717057 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Regeneration-capable flatworms are informative research models to study the mechanisms of stem cell regulation, regeneration, and tissue patterning. The free-living flatworm Macrostomum lignano is currently the only flatworm where stable transgenesis is available, and as such it offers a powerful experimental platform to address questions that were previously difficult to answer. The published transgenesis approach relies on random integration of DNA constructs into the genome. Despite its efficiency, there is room and need for further improvement and diversification of transgenesis methods in M. lignano. Transposon-mediated transgenesis is an alternative approach, enabling easy mapping of the integration sites and the possibility of insertional mutagenesis studies. Here, we report for the first time that transposon-mediated transgenesis using piggyBac can be performed in M. lignano to create stable transgenic lines with single-copy transgene insertions.
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- Kirill Ustyantsev
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biological Diversity, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585 Aichi, Japan
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9700AD, The Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9700AD, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.,European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9700AD, The Netherlands
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Jatayev S, Sukhikh I, Vavilova V, Smolenskaya SE, Goncharov NP, Kurishbayev A, Zotova L, Absattarova A, Serikbay D, Hu YG, Borisjuk N, Gupta NK, Jacobs B, de Groot S, Koekemoer F, Alharthi B, Lethola K, Cu DT, Schramm C, Anderson P, Jenkins CLD, Soole KL, Shavrukov Y, Langridge P. Green revolution 'stumbles' in a dry environment: Dwarf wheat with Rht genes fails to produce higher grain yield than taller plants under drought. Plant Cell Environ 2020; 43:2355-2364. [PMID: 32515827 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Satyvaldy Jatayev
- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro-Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro-Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro-Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro-Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Agronomy, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro-Technical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- School of Life Science, Huaian Normal University, Huai'an, China
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- LongReach Plant Breeders Management Pty Ltd, Lonsdale, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Wheat Initiative, Julius-Kühn-Institute, Berlin, Germany
- University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia
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Ustyantsev K, Biryukov M, Sukhikh I, Shatskaya NV, Fet V, Blinov A, Konopatskaia I. Diversity of <i>mariner</i>-like elements in Orthoptera. Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii 2020. [DOI: 10.18699/vj19.581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mariner-like elements (MLEs) are among the most widespread DNA transposable elements in eukaryotes. Insects were the first organisms in which MLEs were identified, however the diversity of MLEs in the insect order Orthoptera has not yet been addressed. In the present study, we explore the diversity of MLEs elements in 16 species of Orthoptera belonging to three infraorders, Acridoidea (Caelifera), Grylloidea (Ensifera), and Tettigoniidea (Ensifera) by combining data mined from computational analysis of sequenced degenerative PCR MLE amplicons and available Orthoptera genomic scaffolds. In total, 75 MLE lineages (Ortmar) were identified in all the studied genomes. Automatic phylogeny-based classification suggested that the current known variability of MLEs can be assigned to seven statistically well-supported phylogenetic clusters (I–VII), and the identified Orthoptera lineages were distributed among all of them. The majority of the lineages (36 out of 75) belong to cluster I; 20 belong to cluster VI; and seven, six, four, one and one lineages belong to clusters II, IV, VII, III, and V, respectively. Two of the clusters (II and IV) were composed of a single Orthoptera MLE lineage each (Ortmar37 and Ortmar45, respectively) which were distributed in the vast majority of the studied Orthoptera genomes. Finally, for 16 Orthoptera MLE lineages, horizontal transfer from the distantly related taxa belonging to other insect orders may have occurred. We believe that our study can serve as a basis for future researches on the diversity, distribution, and evolution of MLEs in species of other taxa that are still lacking the sequenced genomes.
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, SB RAS; Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SB RAS
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Sukhikh I, Ustyantsev K, Bugrov A, Sergeev M, Fet V, Blinov A. The Evaluation of Genetic Relationships within Acridid Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Acrididae) on the Subfamily Level Using Molecular Markers. Folia Biol (Praha) 2019. [DOI: 10.3409/fb_67-3.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Over the last few decades, molecular markers have been extensively used to study phylogeny, population dynamics, and genome mapping in insects and other taxa. Phylogenetic methods using DNA markers are inexpensive, fast and simple to use, and may help greatly to resolve phylogenetic
relationships in groups with problematic taxonomy. However, different markers have various levels of phylogenetic resolution, and it's important to choose the right set of molecular markers for a studied taxonomy level. Acrididae is the most diverse family of grasshoppers. Many attempts to
resolve the phylogenetic relationships within it did not result in a clear picture, partially because of the limited number of molecular markers used. We have tested a phylogenetic resolution of three sets of the most commonly utilized mitochondrial molecular markers available for Acrididae
sequences in the database: (i) complete protein-coding mitochondrial sequences, (ii) concatenated mitochondrial genes COI, COII, and Cytb, and (iii) concatenated mitochondrial genes COI and COII. We then complemented the analysis by testing the nuclear ITS2 region. Adequate phylogenetic resolution
of Acrididae subfamilies can be achieved using three (COI, COII, and Cytb) or more mitochondrial markers. Moreover, we found the ITS2 and concatenated COI/COII markers to be the least informative, providing a poor resolution. All the studied acridids fall into three well-supported phylogenetic
groups that include 13 subfamilies. Acridinae, Gomphocerinae, Oedipodinae, and Catantopinae are shown to be polyphyletic, while the remaining subfamilies are in accordance with current Acrididae systematics. Our study provides a basis for more comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of Acrididae
on the subfamily and lower levels.
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