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De Jode A, Faria R, Formenti G, Sims Y, Smith TP, Tracey A, Wood JMD, Zagrodzka ZB, Johannesson K, Butlin RK, Leder EH. Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly of the Rough Periwinkle Littorina saxatilis. Genome Biol Evol 2024; 16:evae076. [PMID: 38584387 PMCID: PMC11050657 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae076] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
Abstract
The intertidal gastropod Littorina saxatilis is a model system to study speciation and local adaptation. The repeated occurrence of distinct ecotypes showing different levels of genetic divergence makes L. saxatilis particularly suited to study different stages of the speciation continuum in the same lineage. A major finding is the presence of several large chromosomal inversions associated with the divergence of ecotypes and, specifically, the species offers a system to study the role of inversions in this divergence. The genome of L. saxatilis is 1.35 Gb and composed of 17 chromosomes. The first reference genome of the species was assembled using Illumina data, was highly fragmented (N50 of 44 kb), and was quite incomplete, with a BUSCO completeness of 80.1% on the Metazoan dataset. A linkage map of one full-sibling family enabled the placement of 587 Mbp of the genome into 17 linkage groups corresponding to the haploid number of chromosomes, but the fragmented nature of this reference genome limited the understanding of the interplay between divergent selection and gene flow during ecotype formation. Here, we present a newly generated reference genome that is highly contiguous, with a N50 of 67 Mb and 90.4% of the total assembly length placed in 17 super-scaffolds. It is also highly complete with a BUSCO completeness of 94.1% of the Metazoa dataset. This new reference will allow for investigations into the genomic regions implicated in ecotype formation as well as better characterization of the inversions and their role in speciation.
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- Aurélien De Jode
- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, USA
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- The Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Johannesson K, Faria R, Le Moan A, Rafajlović M, Westram AM, Butlin RK, Stankowski S. Diverse pathways to speciation revealed by marine snails. Trends Genet 2024; 40:337-351. [PMID: 38395682 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.01.002] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Speciation is a key evolutionary process that is not yet fully understood. Combining population genomic and ecological data from multiple diverging pairs of marine snails (Littorina) supports the search for speciation mechanisms. Placing pairs on a one-dimensional speciation continuum, from undifferentiated populations to species, obscured the complexity of speciation. Adding multiple axes helped to describe either speciation routes or reproductive isolation in the snails. Divergent ecological selection repeatedly generated barriers between ecotypes, but appeared less important in completing speciation while genetic incompatibilities played a key role. Chromosomal inversions contributed to genomic barriers, but with variable impact. A multidimensional (hypercube) approach supported framing of questions and identification of knowledge gaps and can be useful to understand speciation in many other systems.
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- Kerstin Johannesson
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden; The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; CNRS & Sorbonne Université, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE 41390 Gothenburg, Sweden; Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden; The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, SE 45296 Strömstad, Sweden; The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria; Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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Berdan EL, Aubier TG, Cozzolino S, Faria R, Feder JL, Giménez MD, Joron M, Searle JB, Mérot C. Structural Variants and Speciation: Multiple Processes at Play. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2024; 16:a041446. [PMID: 38052499 PMCID: PMC10910405 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Research on the genomic architecture of speciation has increasingly revealed the importance of structural variants (SVs) that affect the presence, abundance, position, and/or direction of a nucleotide sequence. SVs include large chromosomal rearrangements such as fusion/fissions and inversions and translocations, as well as smaller variants such as duplications, insertions, and deletions (CNVs). Although we have ample evidence that SVs play a key role in speciation, the underlying mechanisms differ depending on the type and length of the SV, as well as the ecological, demographic, and historical context. We review predictions and empirical evidence for classic processes such as underdominance due to meiotic aberrations and the coupling effect of recombination suppression before exploring how recent sequencing methodologies illuminate the prevalence and diversity of SVs. We discuss specific properties of SVs and their impact throughout the genome, highlighting that multiple processes are at play, and possibly interacting, in the relationship between SVs and speciation.
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- Emma L Berdan
- Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
- Bioinformatics Core, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, UMR 5174, CNRS/IRD, 31077 Toulouse, France
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italia
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Genética Humana de Misiones (IGeHM), Parque de la Salud de la Provincia de Misiones "Dr. Ramón Madariaga," N3300KAZ Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, N3300LQH Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- CNRS, UMR 6553 Ecobio, OSUR, Université de Rennes, 35000 Rennes, France
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da Fonseca RR, Campos PF, Rey-Iglesia A, Barroso GV, Bergeron LA, Nande M, Tuya F, Abidli S, Pérez M, Riveiro I, Carrera P, Jurado-Ruzafa A, G. Santamaría MT, Faria R, Machado AM, Fonseca MM, Froufe E, C. Castro LF. Population Genomics Reveals the Underlying Structure of the Small Pelagic European Sardine and Suggests Low Connectivity within Macaronesia. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:170. [PMID: 38397160 PMCID: PMC10888339 DOI: 10.3390/genes15020170] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
The European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, Walbaum 1792) is indisputably a commercially important species. Previous studies using uneven sampling or a limited number of makers have presented sometimes conflicting evidence of the genetic structure of S. pilchardus populations. Here, we show that whole genome data from 108 individuals from 16 sampling areas across 5000 km of the species' distribution range (from the Eastern Mediterranean to the archipelago of Azores) support at least three genetic clusters. One includes individuals from Azores and Madeira, with evidence of substructure separating these two archipelagos in the Atlantic. Another cluster broadly corresponds to the center of the distribution, including the sampling sites around Iberia, separated by the Almeria-Oran front from the third cluster that includes all of the Mediterranean samples, except those from the Alboran Sea. Individuals from the Canary Islands appear to belong to the Mediterranean cluster. This suggests at least two important geographical barriers to gene flow, even though these do not seem complete, with many individuals from around Iberia and the Mediterranean showing some patterns compatible with admixture with other genetic clusters. Genomic regions corresponding to the top outliers of genetic differentiation are located in areas of low recombination indicative that genetic architecture also has a role in shaping population structure. These regions include genes related to otolith formation, a calcium carbonate structure in the inner ear previously used to distinguish S. pilchardus populations. Our results provide a baseline for further characterization of physical and genetic barriers that divide European sardine populations, and information for transnational stock management of this highly exploited species towards sustainable fisheries.
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- Rute R. da Fonseca
- Center for Global Mountain Biodiversity, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- The Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark;
- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
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- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Østervoldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Section for Ecology and Evolution, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
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- Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación, IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas, Spain;
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- Laboratory of Environment Bio-Monitoring, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Bizerte 7021, Tunisia;
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO-CSIC, 36390 Vigo, Spain; (M.P.); (I.R.); (P.C.)
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO-CSIC, 36390 Vigo, Spain; (M.P.); (I.R.); (P.C.)
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO-CSIC, 36390 Vigo, Spain; (M.P.); (I.R.); (P.C.)
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO-CSIC, 38180 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; (A.J.-R.); (M.T.G.S.)
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, IEO-CSIC, 38180 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; (A.J.-R.); (M.T.G.S.)
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- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
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- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
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- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
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- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
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- CIIMAR—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; (M.N.); (R.F.); (A.M.M.); (M.M.F.); (E.F.)
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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Berdan EL, Barton NH, Butlin R, Charlesworth B, Faria R, Fragata I, Gilbert KJ, Jay P, Kapun M, Lotterhos KE, Mérot C, Durmaz Mitchell E, Pascual M, Peichel CL, Rafajlović M, Westram AM, Schaeffer SW, Johannesson K, Flatt T. How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process. J Evol Biol 2023; 36:1761-1782. [PMID: 37942504 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14242] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
Inversions are structural mutations that reverse the sequence of a chromosome segment and reduce the effective rate of recombination in the heterozygous state. They play a major role in adaptation, as well as in other evolutionary processes such as speciation. Although inversions have been studied since the 1920s, they remain difficult to investigate because the reduced recombination conferred by them strengthens the effects of drift and hitchhiking, which in turn can obscure signatures of selection. Nonetheless, numerous inversions have been found to be under selection. Given recent advances in population genetic theory and empirical study, here we review how different mechanisms of selection affect the evolution of inversions. A key difference between inversions and other mutations, such as single nucleotide variants, is that the fitness of an inversion may be affected by a larger number of frequently interacting processes. This considerably complicates the analysis of the causes underlying the evolution of inversions. We discuss the extent to which these mechanisms can be disentangled, and by which approach.
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- Emma L Berdan
- Bioinformatics Core, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Bioscience, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal
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- CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute/Animal Biology Department, cE3c - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Center for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Central Research Laboratories, Natural History Museum of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- UMR 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, OSUR, CNRS, Rennes, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Functional Genomics & Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
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- Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria
- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Lucek K, Giménez MD, Joron M, Rafajlović M, Searle JB, Walden N, Westram AM, Faria R. The Impact of Chromosomal Rearrangements in Speciation: From Micro- to Macroevolution. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2023; 15:a041447. [PMID: 37604585 PMCID: PMC10626258 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
Chromosomal rearrangements (CRs) have been known since almost the beginning of genetics. While an important role for CRs in speciation has been suggested, evidence primarily stems from theoretical and empirical studies focusing on the microevolutionary level (i.e., on taxon pairs where speciation is often incomplete). Although the role of CRs in eukaryotic speciation at a macroevolutionary level has been supported by associations between species diversity and rates of evolution of CRs across phylogenies, these findings are limited to a restricted range of CRs and taxa. Now that more broadly applicable and precise CR detection approaches have become available, we address the challenges in filling some of the conceptual and empirical gaps between micro- and macroevolutionary studies on the role of CRs in speciation. We synthesize what is known about the macroevolutionary impact of CRs and suggest new research avenues to overcome the pitfalls of previous studies to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the evolutionary significance of CRs in speciation across the tree of life.
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- Kay Lucek
- Biodiversity Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Genética Humana de Misiones (IGeHM), Parque de la Salud de la Provincia de Misiones "Dr. Ramón Madariaga," N3300KAZ Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, N3300LQH Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, 8026 Bodø, Norway
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado;
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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Reeve J, Butlin RK, Koch EL, Stankowski S, Faria R. Chromosomal inversion polymorphisms are widespread across the species ranges of rough periwinkles (Littorina saxatilis and L. arcana). Mol Ecol 2023. [PMID: 37843465 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17160] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
Inversions are thought to play a key role in adaptation and speciation, suppressing recombination between diverging populations. Genes influencing adaptive traits cluster in inversions, and changes in inversion frequencies are associated with environmental differences. However, in many organisms, it is unclear if inversions are geographically and taxonomically widespread. The intertidal snail, Littorina saxatilis, is one such example. Strong associations between putative polymorphic inversions and phenotypic differences have been demonstrated between two ecotypes of L. saxatilis in Sweden and inferred elsewhere, but no direct evidence for inversion polymorphism currently exists across the species range. Using whole genome data from 107 snails, most inversion polymorphisms were found to be widespread across the species range. The frequencies of some inversion arrangements were significantly different among ecotypes, suggesting a parallel adaptive role. Many inversions were also polymorphic in the sister species, L. arcana, hinting at an ancient origin.
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- James Reeve
- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Science and Technology - Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal
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Carvalho J, Morales HE, Faria R, Butlin RK, Sousa VC. Integrating Pool-seq uncertainties into demographic inference. Mol Ecol Resour 2023; 23:1737-1755. [PMID: 37475177 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13834] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
Next-generation sequencing of pooled samples (Pool-seq) is a popular method to assess genome-wide diversity patterns in natural and experimental populations. However, Pool-seq is associated with specific sources of noise, such as unequal individual contributions. Consequently, using Pool-seq for the reconstruction of evolutionary history has remained underexplored. Here we describe a novel Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) method to infer demographic history, explicitly modelling Pool-seq sources of error. By jointly modelling Pool-seq data, demographic history and the effects of selection due to barrier loci, we obtain estimates of demographic history parameters accounting for technical errors associated with Pool-seq. Our ABC approach is computationally efficient as it relies on simulating subsets of loci (rather than the whole-genome) and on using relative summary statistics and relative model parameters. Our simulation study results indicate Pool-seq data allows distinction between general scenarios of ecotype formation (single versus parallel origin) and to infer relevant demographic parameters (e.g. effective sizes and split times). We exemplify the application of our method to Pool-seq data from the rocky-shore gastropod Littorina saxatilis, sampled on a narrow geographical scale at two Swedish locations where two ecotypes (Wave and Crab) are found. Our model choice and parameter estimates show that ecotypes formed before colonization of the two locations (i.e. single origin) and are maintained despite gene flow. These results indicate that demographic modelling and inference can be successful based on pool-sequencing using ABC, contributing to the development of suitable null models that allow for a better understanding of the genetic basis of divergent adaptation.
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- João Carvalho
- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Portugal
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- Section for Hologenomics, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Portugal
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Le Moan A, Panova M, De Jode A, Ortega-Martinez O, Duvetorp M, Faria R, Butlin R, Johannesson K. An allozyme polymorphism is associated with a large chromosomal inversion in the marine snail Littorina fabalis. Evol Appl 2023; 16:279-292. [PMID: 36793696 PMCID: PMC9923470 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Understanding the genetic targets of natural selection is one of the most challenging goals of population genetics. Some of the earliest candidate genes were identified from associations between allozyme allele frequencies and environmental variation. One such example is the clinal polymorphism in the arginine kinase (Ak) gene in the marine snail Littorina fabalis. While other enzyme loci do not show differences in allozyme frequencies among populations, the Ak alleles are near differential fixation across repeated wave exposure gradients in Europe. Here, we use this case to illustrate how a new sequencing toolbox can be employed to characterize the genomic architecture associated with historical candidate genes. We found that the Ak alleles differ by nine nonsynonymous substitutions, which perfectly explain the different migration patterns of the allozymes during electrophoresis. Moreover, by exploring the genomic context of the Ak gene, we found that the three main Ak alleles are located on different arrangements of a putative chromosomal inversion that reaches near fixation at the opposing ends of two transects covering a wave exposure gradient. This shows Ak is part of a large (3/4 of the chromosome) genomic block of differentiation, in which Ak is unlikely to be the only target of divergent selection. Nevertheless, the nonsynonymous substitutions among Ak alleles and the complete association of one allele with one inversion arrangement suggest that the Ak gene is a strong candidate to contribute to the adaptive significance of the inversion.
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- Alan Le Moan
- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
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- InBIO Laboratório Associado, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO Campus de Vairão Vairão Portugal
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden.,Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield UK
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- Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad Sweden
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Brandao M, Goncalves Almeida J, Fonseca P, Faria R, Sousa O, Fonseca C, Fontes-Carvalho R. Representativeness of EXPLORER-HCM trial and prevalence of eligibility criteria for Mavacamten in a nationwide cohort. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1731] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
The EXPLORER-HCM trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of Mavacamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor, in symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Mavacamten improved symptoms, exercise capacity and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. However, the proportion of patients eligible for this therapy in real practice remains unclear.
Purpose
To determine the prevalence of eligibility criteria for Mavacamten and to describe the profile of patients complying with EXPLORER-HCM criteria in a nationwide cohort.
Methods
Cross-sectional study including all HCM patients enrolled in a European country-based nationwide registry. Presence of EXPLORER-HCM inclusion [≥18 years, obstructive HCM (LVOT gradient ≥50 mmHg), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥55%, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II–III] and exclusion criteria [syncope or sustained ventricular tachycardia with exercise] were analyzed.
Results
Of 1042 patients included in this analysis (57.8% male, mean age at diagnosis 52 years, 39.6% obstructive HCM), 45 met the EXPLORER-HCM inclusion criteria and, after applying exclusion criteria, 30 patients were eligible for therapy with Mavacamten.
Eligible patients were all Caucasian, mostly female (63.3%), with a mean age at diagnosis of 58±14 years. All patients presented with heart failure symptoms, and were mostly in NYHA class II (83.3%); 4 patients (13.3%) presented with atrial fibrillation. In the baseline echocardiogram, mean LVEF was 68±9%; mean interventricular septum thickness was 20±4 mm; most patients presented with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve (96.7%) and mitral regurgitation (96.7%). In cardiac magnetic resonance imaging evaluation, maximal wall thickness was 22±4 mm and 76.9% had late gadolinium enhancement. A pathogenic or likely pathogenic HCM gene variant was identified in 5 patients (MYH7 and MYBPC3 gene mutations).
In this group, 86.2% of patients were treated with beta-blockers and 34.5% with calcium channel antagonists. Only 1 patient was on Disopyramide. Septal reduction techniques were used in 43.3% of patients: alcohol septal ablation and septal myectomy were performed in 7 (23.3%) and 6 (20.0%) patients, respectively. Cardioverter-defibrillators were implanted in 2 patients for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, and 6 patients received a pacemaker for bradycardia indications.
Conclusion
Specific therapies remain an unmet need in HCM. In this large nationwide cohort, only 2.9% of patients were eligible for therapy with Mavacamten according to EXPLORER-HCM criteria. Among patients complying with the study criteria, invasive septal reduction therapies were offered to a high proportion of patients. Further real-world data are warranted to estimate the proportion of HCM patients that will benefit from Mavacamten.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- M Brandao
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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Brandao M, Goncalves Almeida J, Fonseca P, Faria R, Sousa O, Fonseca C, Fontes-Carvalho R. Predictors of left ventricular dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: results from a nationwide registry. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1730] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
Progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with incident left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (HCM-LVSD) is associated with poor prognosis and advanced heart failure (HF). Prevalence ranges from 5–10% in previous studies. Identification of predictors of adverse remodeling may improve risk stratification and prognostication in HCM.
Purpose
To identify predictors of HCM-LVSD in a nationwide cohort of HCM patients (pts).
Methods
Retrospective study including all HCM pts enrolled in a European country-based nationwide registry. HCM-LVSD group included pts with LV ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤50% at baseline and pts who developed LV dysfunction/dilated phenotype during follow-up. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of HCM-LVSD.
Results
1042 HCM patients (57.8% male, mean age at diagnosis 52 years) were included, of whom 81 (8%) belonged to the HCM-LVSD group. HCM-LVSD pts were mostly male (60.5%) and tended to be older at the time of diagnosis than those without LVSD (55 vs 52 years, p=0.054). HCM-LVSD pts were more often symptomatic at the index visit (84.1% vs 65.2%, p<0.001), with more functional impairment (New York Heart Association class III–IV: 18.5% vs 9.2%, p=0.021). Atrial fibrillation (21.3% vs 8.6%, p<0.001) and intraventricular conduction disturbances (28.6% vs 14.4%, p=0.002) were more prevalent in HCM-LVSD pts. HCM-LVSD pts had higher baseline left atrium (LA) volumes (52 vs 39 ml, p=0.001), lower LVEF (50 vs 67%, p<0.001) and higher rates of mitral regurgitation (79.0% vs 65.1%, p=0.011). Prevalence of obstructive HCM was lower in the HCM-LSVD group (25.3% vs 40.9%, p=0.007). Presence of late gadolinium enhancement (92.6% vs 74.6%, p=0.035) was more common in pts with LVSD. Baseline N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide was higher in HCM-LVSD (3839 vs 1281 pg/ml, p=0.027). There were no differences in the number and type of genetic variants between groups. In HCM-LVSD pts, implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators for secondary prevention was more frequent (28.6% vs 6.4%, p=0.002), as was the use of pacemaker (16.7% vs 7.0%, p=0.002). During a mean follow-up of 5.3±6.1 years, hospitalization for HF (50.0% vs 11.3%) and all-cause mortality (12.3% vs 2.9%, p<0.001) were more frequent in HCM-LVSD group.
After multivariate analysis, higher LA volume (odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.05, p=0.003) and nonobstructive HCM (OR 2.74, 95% CI 1.03–7.27, p=0.043) were independent predictors of HCM-LVSD.
Conclusions
In this large nationwide cohort of HCM pts, prevalence of LVSD was 8%, in line with existing literature. In this cohort, larger LA volumes and nonobstructive HCM predicted progression to HCM-LVSD.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- M Brandao
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho , Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal
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Hearn KE, Koch EL, Stankowski S, Butlin RK, Faria R, Johannesson K, Westram AM. Differing associations between sex determination and sex‐linked inversions in two ecotypes of
Littorina saxatilis. Evol Lett 2022; 6:358-374. [PMID: 36254259 PMCID: PMC9554762 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Sexual antagonism is a common hypothesis for driving the evolution of sex chromosomes, whereby recombination suppression is favored between sexually antagonistic loci and the sex‐determining locus to maintain beneficial combinations of alleles. This results in the formation of a sex‐determining region. Chromosomal inversions may contribute to recombination suppression but their precise role in sex chromosome evolution remains unclear. Because local adaptation is frequently facilitated through the suppression of recombination between adaptive loci by chromosomal inversions, there is potential for inversions that cover sex‐determining regions to be involved in local adaptation as well, particularly if habitat variation creates environment‐dependent sexual antagonism. With these processes in mind, we investigated sex determination in a well‐studied example of local adaptation within a species: the intertidal snail, Littorina saxatilis. Using SNP data from a Swedish hybrid zone, we find novel evidence for a female‐heterogametic sex determination system that is restricted to one ecotype. Our results suggest that four putative chromosomal inversions, two previously described and two newly discovered, span the putative sex chromosome pair. We determine their differing associations with sex, which suggest distinct strata of differing ages. The same inversions are found in the second ecotype but do not show any sex association. The striking disparity in inversion‐sex associations between ecotypes that are connected by gene flow across a habitat transition that is just a few meters wide indicates a difference in selective regime that has produced a distinct barrier to the spread of the newly discovered sex‐determining region between ecotypes. Such sex chromosome‐environment interactions have not previously been uncovered in L. saxatilis and are known in few other organisms. A combination of both sex‐specific selection and divergent natural selection is required to explain these highly unusual patterns.
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- Katherine E. Hearn
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN United Kingdom
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN United Kingdom
- Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 3EJ United Kingdom
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN United Kingdom
- ISTA (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) Klosterneuburg 3400 Austria
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN United Kingdom
- Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad SE‐45296 Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto Vairão 4485‐661 Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto Vairão 4485‐661 Portugal
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- Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad SE‐45296 Sweden
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- ISTA (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) Klosterneuburg 3400 Austria
- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture Nord University Bodø 8026 Norway
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Local adaptation leads to differences between populations within a species. In many systems, similar environmental contrasts occur repeatedly, sometimes driving parallel phenotypic evolution. Understanding the genomic basis of local adaptation and parallel evolution is a major goal of evolutionary genomics. It is now known that by preventing the break-up of favourable combinations of alleles across multiple loci, genetic architectures that reduce recombination, like chromosomal inversions, can make an important contribution to local adaptation. However, little is known about whether inversions also contribute disproportionately to parallel evolution. Our aim here is to highlight this knowledge gap, to showcase existing studies, and to illustrate the differences between genomic architectures with and without inversions using simple models. We predict that by generating stronger effective selection, inversions can sometimes speed up the parallel adaptive process or enable parallel adaptation where it would be impossible otherwise, but this is highly dependent on the spatial setting. We highlight that further empirical work is needed, in particular to cover a broader taxonomic range and to understand the relative importance of inversions compared to genomic regions without inversions. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Genomic architecture of supergenes: causes and evolutionary consequences’.
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- Anja M Westram
- ISTA (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria.,Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.,Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- ISTA (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Talling PJ, Baker ML, Pope EL, Ruffell SC, Jacinto RS, Heijnen MS, Hage S, Simmons SM, Hasenhündl M, Heerema CJ, McGhee C, Apprioual R, Ferrant A, Cartigny MJB, Parsons DR, Clare MA, Tshimanga RM, Trigg MA, Cula CA, Faria R, Gaillot A, Bola G, Wallance D, Griffiths A, Nunny R, Urlaub M, Peirce C, Burnett R, Neasham J, Hilton RJ. Longest sediment flows yet measured show how major rivers connect efficiently to deep sea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4193. [PMID: 35858962 PMCID: PMC9297676 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31689-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Here we show how major rivers can efficiently connect to the deep-sea, by analysing the longest runout sediment flows (of any type) yet measured in action on Earth. These seafloor turbidity currents originated from the Congo River-mouth, with one flow travelling >1,130 km whilst accelerating from 5.2 to 8.0 m/s. In one year, these turbidity currents eroded 1,338-2,675 [>535-1,070] Mt of sediment from one submarine canyon, equivalent to 19–37 [>7–15] % of annual suspended sediment flux from present-day rivers. It was known earthquakes trigger canyon-flushing flows. We show river-floods also generate canyon-flushing flows, primed by rapid sediment-accumulation at the river-mouth, and sometimes triggered by spring tides weeks to months post-flood. It is demonstrated that strongly erosional turbidity currents self-accelerate, thereby travelling much further, validating a long-proposed theory. These observations explain highly-efficient organic carbon transfer, and have important implications for hazards to seabed cables, or deep-sea impacts of terrestrial climate change. This paper analyses the longest sediment flows measured in action on Earth. These seabed flows were caused by floods and spring tides, and flushed prodigious sediment and carbon volumes into the deep sea, as they accelerated for a thousand kilometres.
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- Peter J Talling
- Departments of Geography and Earth Science, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
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- Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- National Oceanography Centre Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK.,School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- University of Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, Geo-Ocean, 29280, Plouzané, France.,Department of Geosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
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- Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, TU Wien, 1040, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Marine Geosciences Unit, IFREMER Centre de Brest, Plouzané, France
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- Marine Geosciences Unit, IFREMER Centre de Brest, Plouzané, France
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- Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
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- National Oceanography Centre Southampton, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK
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- Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center (CRREBaC) and Department of Natural Resources Management, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS3 9JT, UK
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- Angola Cables SA, Cellwave Building 2nd Floor Via AL5, Zona XR6B, Talatona-Luanda, Angola
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- Angola Cables SA, Cellwave Building 2nd Floor Via AL5, Zona XR6B, Talatona-Luanda, Angola
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- Marine Geosciences Unit, IFREMER Centre de Brest, Plouzané, France
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- Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center (CRREBaC) and Department of Natural Resources Management, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Subsea Centre of Excellence Technology, BT, London, UK
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- Ambios, 1 Hexton Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8HL, UK
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Wischhofstraße 1-3, 24148, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
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De Jode A, Le Moan A, Johannesson K, Faria R, Stankowski S, Westram AM, Butlin RK, Rafajlović M, Fraïsse C. Ten years of demographic modelling of divergence and speciation in the sea. Evol Appl 2022; 16:542-559. [PMID: 36793688 PMCID: PMC9923478 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Understanding population divergence that eventually leads to speciation is essential for evolutionary biology. High species diversity in the sea was regarded as a paradox when strict allopatry was considered necessary for most speciation events because geographical barriers seemed largely absent in the sea, and many marine species have high dispersal capacities. Combining genome-wide data with demographic modelling to infer the demographic history of divergence has introduced new ways to address this classical issue. These models assume an ancestral population that splits into two subpopulations diverging according to different scenarios that allow tests for periods of gene flow. Models can also test for heterogeneities in population sizes and migration rates along the genome to account, respectively, for background selection and selection against introgressed ancestry. To investigate how barriers to gene flow arise in the sea, we compiled studies modelling the demographic history of divergence in marine organisms and extracted preferred demographic scenarios together with estimates of demographic parameters. These studies show that geographical barriers to gene flow do exist in the sea but that divergence can also occur without strict isolation. Heterogeneity of gene flow was detected in most population pairs suggesting the predominance of semipermeable barriers during divergence. We found a weak positive relationship between the fraction of the genome experiencing reduced gene flow and levels of genome-wide differentiation. Furthermore, we found that the upper bound of the 'grey zone of speciation' for our dataset extended beyond that found before, implying that gene flow between diverging taxa is possible at higher levels of divergence than previously thought. Finally, we list recommendations for further strengthening the use of demographic modelling in speciation research. These include a more balanced representation of taxa, more consistent and comprehensive modelling, clear reporting of results and simulation studies to rule out nonbiological explanations for general results.
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- Aurélien De Jode
- Department of Marine Sciences‐TjärnöUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences‐TjärnöUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences‐TjärnöUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório AssociadoUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal,BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land PlanningCIBIOVairãoPortugal
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)KlosterneuburgAustria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)KlosterneuburgAustria,Faculty of Biosciences and AquacultureNord UniversityBodøNorway
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- Department of Marine Sciences‐TjärnöUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden,Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of BiosciencesThe University of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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- Department of Marine SciencesUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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Fernandes S, Cruz I, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Diaz S, Silva M, Barros A, Saraiva F, Faria R, Almeida J, Fonseca P, Goncalves H, Oliveira M, Ferreira N, Primo J, Fontes-Carvalho R. Role of epicardial adipose tissue volume as predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence. Europace 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac053.146] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Several studies have demonstrated the relation between general obesity and atrial fibrillation (AF). Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), due to its local paracrine effect and the intimate relation with the atrium, could influence AF recurrence rates, but very few studies have explored this association.
Purpose
In this study we aimed to evaluate if EAT could be a predictor of AF recurrence after an AF ablation procedure.
Methods
We included all consecutive patients submitted to AF ablation (2017-2019) who performed a computed tomography scan prior to the procedure. EAT volume was semi-automatically reconstructed by manually tracing the pericardium. Adipose tissue was defined in the range between -150 and -50 Hounsfield units. Recurrence was defined as any documented (ECG/Holter) episode of AF, atrial flutter or atrial tachycardia after 3 months of the procedure. Logistic regression with a restricted cubic polynomial transformation was used to model the non-linear relationship between recurrence and EAT volumes. Inspection of the partial effect curves suggested that a cutoff for EAT volume ≥80mL could stratify patients at risk of recurrence and a Time-to-event analysis was carried.
Results
A total of 354 patients (66% male, median age 57 years [IQR 48–65] and 21% persistent AF) were included. During a median follow-up of 34 months [IQR 24-43], 117 patients (33%) had AF recurrence. These patients had a significantly greater EAT volume (76 mL [IQR 55-111] vs 72 mL [IQR 48-95], p=0.03) when compared to those without recurrence. Also, patients with higher EAT volume (≥ 80mL) had a higher risk of recurrence compared to patients with lower volume (Figure 1, log-rank test p=0.007). After adjusting for clinical risk factors (age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, thyroid disease, AF type and left atrial enlargement), higher EAT volume did not remain an independent predictor of AF recurrence (Figure 2, HR 1.25 [95% CI, 0.83-1.86] p=0.3).
Conclusion
In this cohort of patients with AF submitted to catheter ablation, EAT volume ≥80mL was associated with increased risk of AF recurrence. However, it was not an independent predictor of AF recurrence after adjustment to clinical risk factors.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - I Cruz
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - R Ladeiras-Lopes
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - J Primo
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Fernandes S, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Cruz I, Silva G, Diaz S, Barros A, Saraiva F, Faria R, Almeida J, Fonseca P, Goncalves H, Oliveira M, Ferreira N, Primo J, Fontes-Carvalho R. Higher coronary calcium score is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence. Europace 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac053.140] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Introduction
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) referred for catheter ablation routinely undergo cardiac computed tomography (CCT) for procedure planning. An opportunistic evaluation of coronary artery calcium score (CACS) can be an important tool to improve clinical care. It is already known that CACS is associated with a high risk of AF development, particularly if values are above 100, but few data are available regarding the impact of CACS in AF recurrence after ablation.
Purpose
To assess the impact of CACS on atrial fibrillation recurrence following catheter ablation.
Methods
Retrospective, single-centre cohort study of consecutive patients with AF undergoing CCT for ablation procedure planning, from 2017 to 2019. Baseline clinical and demographical data were collected. Patients with known history of coronary artery disease (CAD) and moderate to severe valvular heart disease were excluded. CACS was assessed using the Agatston method. Recurrence was defined as any documented episode of AF, atrial flutter or atrial tachycardia after 3 months from procedure. Patients were stratified in CACS<100 and CACS≥100. Explorative analysis incorporated Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox regression.
Results
A total of 354 patients were included, with a mean age of 56 ± 12 years, 66% male and 21% with persistent AF. More than half of the patients had a CACS>0 (n=185, 52%) and 63 patients (18%) had a CACS≥100. Patients with CACS≥100 were older (63 ± 7 vs 54 ± 12 years, p<0.001), had higher prevalence of hypertension (68% vs 43%, p<0.001) and diabetes mellitus (21% vs 10%, p=0.012) and higher left atrial volume (39 ± 9 vs 35 ± 9 ml/m2, p=0.018). After a median observation time of 34 months (IQR 24-43), 117 patients (33%) had AF recurrence.
CACS≥100 was associated with increased risk of AF recurrence (unadjusted Cox regression: hazard ratio [HR] 1.85; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.23-2.79, p=0.003) (Fig. 1). After covariate adjustment (age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, thyroid disease, AF type and left atria enlargement) CACS≥100 remained an independent predictor of the risk of AF recurrence (HR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.05-2.70, p=0.03) as well as persistent AF (HR, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.23-3.00, p=0.004) (Fig. 2).
Conclusion
In patients with AF undergoing catheter ablation, without previous history of CAD, a CACS≥100 was independently associated with a 68% increase in the risk of AF recurrence.
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| | - R Ladeiras-Lopes
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - I Cruz
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - G Silva
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - S Diaz
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
| | - A Barros
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
| | - F Saraiva
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
| | - R Faria
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - J Almeida
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - P Fonseca
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - J Primo
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Fernandes S, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Cruz I, Silva G, Silva M, Queiros P, Diaz S, Barros A, Saraiva F, Faria R, Almeida J, Fonseca P, Ferreira N, Primo J, Fontes-Carvalho R. Association of epicardial adipose tissue and coronary artery calcium score in patients with atrial fibrillation. Europace 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac053.300] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Introduction
Both coronary artery calcium (CAC) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) had been implicated in coronary artery disease (CAD) and risk of future adverse cardiovascular events. There are scarce data regarding the assessment and association of EAT volume and CAC score (CACS) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients.
Purpose
To assess the association between EAT volume and the presence and severity of CAC in patients with AF.
Methods
Retrospective and single-centre study including consecutive patients with AF undergoing contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography for catheter ablation planning, from 2017 to 2019. Patients with known history of CAD and moderate to severe valvular heart disease were excluded. Baseline clinical and demographical data were collected, as well as their cardiovascular risk, based on the SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation) system and cardiovascular risk categories. We assessed CACS (Agatston method) and EAT volume and analysed their association. EAT was defined as the adipose tissue accumulated between the visceral pericardium and the myocardium and was semi-automatically reconstructed by manually tracing the pericardium. Patients were split into three groups according to CACS: 0, 1-99 and ≥100. A logistic regression (LR) analysis was performed to explore the relationship between EAT volume and the presence of CAC (CACS>0), adjusted for age, gender, obesity, diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
Results
A total of 354 patients were included, with a mean age of 56 ± 12 years, 66% male and 21% with persistent AF. A CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2 was present in 130 (37%) patients and most patients had low to moderate cardiovascular risk (n=213, 82%). More than half of the patients had a CACS>0 (n=185, 52%), of which 63 patients (18%) had a CACS≥100. The mean EAT volume was 79 ± 39 ml. There was a significant association between EAT volume and the presence of CAC: CACS=0 69 ± 34 ml vs CACS 1-99 84 ± 38 ml vs CACS ≥100 95 ± 45 ml (p<0.001) (Fig. 1). After covariate adjustment (LR model R2 = 0.373, p <0.0001), the presence of CAC was not associated with EAT volume (OR 1.00, 95%CI 1.00 - 1.01, p=0.2) or obesity, and only with higher age, male gender, hypertension and diabetes mellitus (Fig. 2).
Conclusion
In our cohort of patients with AF undergoing catheter ablation we observed an association between EAT and CACS. Nevertheless, EAT volume was not an independent predictor of CACS and only the classical cardiovascular risk factors remained significant.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - R Ladeiras-Lopes
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - I Cruz
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - G Silva
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - M Silva
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - P Queiros
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - S Diaz
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
| | - A Barros
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
| | - F Saraiva
- Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Cardiovascular Research and Development Centre, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Porto, Portugal
| | - R Faria
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - J Almeida
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - P Fonseca
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - N Ferreira
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - J Primo
- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Locke DP, Hillier LW, Warren WC, Worley KC, Nazareth LV, Muzny DM, Yang SP, Wang Z, Chinwalla AT, Minx P, Mitreva M, Cook L, Delehaunty KD, Fronick C, Schmidt H, Fulton LA, Fulton RS, Nelson JO, Magrini V, Pohl C, Graves TA, Markovic C, Cree A, Dinh HH, Hume J, Kovar CL, Fowler GR, Lunter G, Meader S, Heger A, Ponting CP, Marques-Bonet T, Alkan C, Chen L, Cheng Z, Kidd JM, Eichler EE, White S, Searle S, Vilella AJ, Chen Y, Flicek P, Ma J, Raney B, Suh B, Burhans R, Herrero J, Haussler D, Faria R, Fernando O, Darré F, Farré D, Gazave E, Oliva M, Navarro A, Roberto R, Capozzi O, Archidiacono N, Della Valle G, Purgato S, Rocchi M, Konkel MK, Walker JA, Ullmer B, Batzer MA, Smit AFA, Hubley R, Casola C, Schrider DR, Hahn MW, Quesada V, Puente XS, Ordoñez GR, López-Otín C, Vinar T, Brejova B, Ratan A, Harris RS, Miller W, Kosiol C, Lawson HA, Taliwal V, Martins AL, Siepel A, RoyChoudhury A, Ma X, Degenhardt J, Bustamante CD, Gutenkunst RN, Mailund T, Dutheil JY, Hobolth A, Schierup MH, Ryder OA, Yoshinaga Y, de Jong PJ, Weinstock GM, Rogers J, Mardis ER, Gibbs RA, Wilson RK. Author Correction: Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes. Nature 2022; 608:E36. [PMID: 35962045 PMCID: PMC9402433 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04799-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Devin P. Locke
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - LaDeana W. Hillier
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Wesley C. Warren
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Kim C. Worley
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Lynne V. Nazareth
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Donna M. Muzny
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Shiaw-Pyng Yang
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Zhengyuan Wang
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Asif T. Chinwalla
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Pat Minx
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Makedonka Mitreva
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Lisa Cook
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Kim D. Delehaunty
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Catrina Fronick
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Heather Schmidt
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Lucinda A. Fulton
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Robert S. Fulton
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Joanne O. Nelson
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Vincent Magrini
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Craig Pohl
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Tina A. Graves
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Chris Markovic
- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
| | - Andy Cree
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Huyen H. Dinh
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Jennifer Hume
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Christie L. Kovar
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Gerald R. Fowler
- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
| | - Gerton Lunter
- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948MRC Functional Genomics Unit and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, Oxford, UK ,grid.270683.80000 0004 0641 4511Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK
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- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948MRC Functional Genomics Unit and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, Oxford, UK
| | - Andreas Heger
- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948MRC Functional Genomics Unit and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, Oxford, UK
| | - Chris P. Ponting
- grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948MRC Functional Genomics Unit and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, Oxford, UK
| | - Tomas Marques-Bonet
- grid.34477.330000000122986657Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington USA ,grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.34477.330000000122986657Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington USA
| | - Lin Chen
- grid.34477.330000000122986657Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington USA
| | - Ze Cheng
- grid.34477.330000000122986657Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington USA
| | - Jeffrey M. Kidd
- grid.34477.330000000122986657Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington USA
| | - Evan E. Eichler
- grid.34477.330000000122986657Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington USA ,grid.413575.10000 0001 2167 1581Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington USA
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- grid.10306.340000 0004 0606 5382Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- grid.10306.340000 0004 0606 5382Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- grid.52788.300000 0004 0427 7672European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge UK
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- grid.52788.300000 0004 0427 7672European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge UK
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- grid.52788.300000 0004 0427 7672European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge UK
| | - Jian Ma
- grid.205975.c0000 0001 0740 6917Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California USA ,grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Present Address: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
| | - Brian Raney
- grid.205975.c0000 0001 0740 6917Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California USA
| | - Bernard Suh
- grid.205975.c0000 0001 0740 6917Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California USA
| | - Richard Burhans
- grid.29857.310000 0001 2097 4281Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Javier Herrero
- grid.52788.300000 0004 0427 7672European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge UK
| | - David Haussler
- grid.205975.c0000 0001 0740 6917Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, California USA
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- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.5808.50000 0001 1503 7226CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
| | - Olga Fernando
- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.10772.330000000121511713Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
| | - Fleur Darré
- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Arcadi Navarro
- grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.425902.80000 0000 9601 989XICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) and INB (Instituto Nacional de Bioinformática) PRBB, Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Roberta Roberto
- grid.7644.10000 0001 0120 3326Department of Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - Oronzo Capozzi
- grid.7644.10000 0001 0120 3326Department of Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
| | | | - Giuliano Della Valle
- grid.6292.f0000 0004 1757 1758Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Stefania Purgato
- grid.6292.f0000 0004 1757 1758Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Mariano Rocchi
- grid.7644.10000 0001 0120 3326Department of Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - Miriam K. Konkel
- grid.64337.350000 0001 0662 7451Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
| | - Jerilyn A. Walker
- grid.64337.350000 0001 0662 7451Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
| | - Brygg Ullmer
- grid.64337.350000 0001 0662 7451Center for Computation and Technology, Department of Computer Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
| | - Mark A. Batzer
- grid.64337.350000 0001 0662 7451Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
| | - Arian F. A. Smit
- grid.64212.330000 0004 0463 2320Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington USA
| | - Robert Hubley
- grid.64212.330000 0004 0463 2320Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington USA
| | - Claudio Casola
- grid.411377.70000 0001 0790 959XDepartment of Biology and School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana USA
| | - Daniel R. Schrider
- grid.411377.70000 0001 0790 959XDepartment of Biology and School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana USA
| | - Matthew W. Hahn
- grid.411377.70000 0001 0790 959XDepartment of Biology and School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana USA
| | - Victor Quesada
- grid.10863.3c0000 0001 2164 6351Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
| | - Xose S. Puente
- grid.10863.3c0000 0001 2164 6351Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
| | - Gonzalo R. Ordoñez
- grid.10863.3c0000 0001 2164 6351Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- grid.10863.3c0000 0001 2164 6351Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- grid.7634.60000000109409708Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynska Dolina, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- grid.7634.60000000109409708Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynska Dolina, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- grid.29857.310000 0001 2097 4281Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- grid.29857.310000 0001 2097 4281Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- grid.29857.310000 0001 2097 4281Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institut für Populations genetik, Vetmeduni Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XDepartment of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XDepartment of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XDepartment of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, New York USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XDepartment of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XDepartment of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York USA
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- grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, California USA
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- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona USA
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- grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- grid.7048.b0000 0001 1956 2722Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- grid.452788.40000 0004 0458 5309San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, California USA
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- grid.414016.60000 0004 0433 7727Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California USA
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- grid.414016.60000 0004 0433 7727Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
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- grid.39382.330000 0001 2160 926XHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas USA
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- grid.4367.60000 0001 2355 7002The Genome Center at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri USA
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Fernandes S, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Faria R, Ferreira W, Carvalho M, Almeida J, Fonseca P, Oliveira M, Goncalves H, Ferreira N, Primo J, Fontes-Carvalho R. Coronary calcification by computed tomography in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0425] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) is routinely performed for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) planning in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). This imaging method can also identify coronary artery calcium (CAC).
Purpose
To evaluate the prevalence of CAC in patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF undergoing catheter ablation.
Methods
Cross-sectional study including patients with AF/atrial flutter (AFL) undergoing CCT for ablation procedure planning from 2017 to 2019. Baseline clinical and demographic data were collected and CAC score was assessed using the Agatston method. Patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF/AFL (defined according to 2020 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the diagnosis and management of AF) were compared.
Results
A total of 474 patients were included (441 with AF and 33 with AFL), with a mean age of 57±12 years, of which 295 (62%) were males. CHA2DS2-VASc score was ≥1 (male) or ≥2 (female) in 278 (64%) patients and most patients had a low to moderate cardiovascular risk (259, 80%). CAC was identified in 254 (54%) patients. AF/AFL was paroxysmal in 348 (75%) patients and persistent in 116 (25%). Baseline characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors were similar between groups except for diabetes mellitus (33 [10%] vs 22 [20%], p=0.012) and valvular heart disease (13 [4%] vs 18 [16%], p<0.001) that were more prevalent in patients with persistent AF/AFL. Patients with persistent AF/AFL had higher left atrial volume and left ventricle mass (36±8 vs 43±12 ml/m2, p<0.001 and 90±22 vs 96±22 g/m2, p=0.041). CAC was more frequently present in patients with persistent AF/AFL (175 [50%] vs 72 [62%], p=0.028), especially CAC score >100 (58 [17%] vs 35 [30%], p=0.002). After multivariate analysis, CAC score>100 remained an independent predictor of persistent AF/AFL (OR 2.12, 95% CI 1.18–3.82, p=0.013) along with higher left atrial volume (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.03–1.08, p<0.001).
Conclusion
In this study, coronary artery calcium was present in more than half of AF/FLA patients undergoing catheter ablation. Patients with persistent AF/AFL showed higher calcium scores and this could derive from chronic, more advanced disease. Especially in those patients, opportunistic CV risk screening and CAC-guided clinical management might be clinically useful.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Fernandes S, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Faria R, Ferreira W, Carvalho M, Almeida J, Fonseca P, Oliveira M, Goncalves H, Ferreira N, Primo J, Fontes-Carvalho R. Coronary artery calcium in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation – an opportunity to personalize cardiovascular and thromboembolic risk management. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2470] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
There is a well-established association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Coronary artery calcium score (CACS) is a helpful tool to refine cardiovascular risk stratification and guide strategies of cardiovascular (CV) primary prevention.
Purpose
To evaluate the prevalence and clinical implications of CACS in terms of CV and thromboembolic risk stratification and preventive therapies, in patients with AF and atrial flutter (AFL) undergoing catheter ablation.
Methods
Cross-sectional study including patients with AF/AFL undergoing multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for ablation procedure planning from 2017 to 2019. Baseline clinical and demographical data were collected. CV and thromboembolic risks were evaluated based on the SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation) system and CHA2DS2-VASc score. CACS was assessed in patients without history of coronary artery disease using the Agatston method.
Results
A total of 474 patients were included (441 with AF and 33 with AFL, mean age of 58±10 years, 62% male). Excluding those over 70 years of age (n=50, 11%), most patients had low (n=69, 22%) or moderate (n=188, 60%) CV risk and 277 (64%) patients had a CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥1 (male) or ≥2 (female). Overall, 265 patients (65%) were under chronic anticoagulation and 157 (39%) were under statin therapy. CAC was present in 254 (54%) patients and showed a multivessel distribution in 62% of the cases. The left main stem was affected in 81 (17%) patients and the left anterior descending artery in 211 (45%). Incorporating CACS>100 as a variable in CHA2DS2-VASc score (vascular disease parameter in patients without history of vascular disease) would have resulted in a significant score reclassification (n=87, 20%) and identification of new potential candidates for anticoagulation (n=12, 3%). Additional, anticoagulation would be indicated as a class IA recommendation in more 26 (6%) patients. Twenty three percent of patients with zero calcium were taking statins, and only 7% of patients with a CACS >300 were on high-intensity statin therapy. According to the recommendations and based on their CACS and current therapy, 103 (25%) patients would be candidates for statin therapy and 69 (17%) patients would be candidates for changes in the current statin therapy intensity (Table 1).
Conclusion
In our study, more than half of the patients undergoing MDCT before AF/AFL catheter ablation had coronary calcium above zero. Our findings suggest that an opportunistic evaluation of CACS can be clinically valuable in thromboembolic risk stratification and management of preventive pharmacological strategies such as anticoagulation and statins.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Faria R, Johannesson K, Stankowski S. Speciation in marine environments: Diving under the surface. J Evol Biol 2021; 34:4-15. [PMID: 33460491 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Marine environments are inhabited by a broad representation of the tree of life, yet our understanding of speciation in marine ecosystems is extremely limited compared with terrestrial and freshwater environments. Developing a more comprehensive picture of speciation in marine environments requires that we 'dive under the surface' by studying a wider range of taxa and ecosystems is necessary for a more comprehensive picture of speciation. Although studying marine evolutionary processes is often challenging, recent technological advances in different fields, from maritime engineering to genomics, are making it increasingly possible to study speciation of marine life forms across diverse ecosystems and taxa. Motivated by recent research in the field, including the 14 contributions in this issue, we highlight and discuss six axes of research that we think will deepen our understanding of speciation in the marine realm: (a) study a broader range of marine environments and organisms; (b) identify the reproductive barriers driving speciation between marine taxa; (c) understand the role of different genomic architectures underlying reproductive isolation; (d) infer the evolutionary history of divergence using model-based approaches; (e) study patterns of hybridization and introgression between marine taxa; and (f) implement highly interdisciplinary, collaborative research programmes. In outlining these goals, we hope to inspire researchers to continue filling this critical knowledge gap surrounding the origins of marine biodiversity.
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- Rui Faria
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Portugal.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Marine Sciences-Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Westram AM, Faria R, Johannesson K, Butlin R. Using replicate hybrid zones to understand the genomic basis of adaptive divergence. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:3797-3814. [PMID: 33638231 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Combining hybrid zone analysis with genomic data is a promising approach to understanding the genomic basis of adaptive divergence. It allows for the identification of genomic regions underlying barriers to gene flow. It also provides insights into spatial patterns of allele frequency change, informing about the interplay between environmental factors, dispersal and selection. However, when only a single hybrid zone is analysed, it is difficult to separate patterns generated by selection from those resulting from chance. Therefore, it is beneficial to look for repeatable patterns across replicate hybrid zones in the same system. We applied this approach to the marine snail Littorina saxatilis, which contains two ecotypes, adapted to wave-exposed rocks vs. high-predation boulder fields. The existence of numerous hybrid zones between ecotypes offered the opportunity to test for the repeatability of genomic architectures and spatial patterns of divergence. We sampled and phenotyped snails from seven replicate hybrid zones on the Swedish west coast and genotyped them for thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Shell shape and size showed parallel clines across all zones. Many genomic regions showing steep clines and/or high differentiation were shared among hybrid zones, consistent with a common evolutionary history and extensive gene flow between zones, and supporting the importance of these regions for divergence. In particular, we found that several large putative inversions contribute to divergence in all locations. Additionally, we found evidence for consistent displacement of clines from the boulder-rock transition. Our results demonstrate patterns of spatial variation that would not be accessible without continuous spatial sampling, a large genomic data set and replicate hybrid zones.
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- Anja M Westram
- IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria.,Animal & Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
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- Animal & Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,CIIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Animal & Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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Kolora SRR, Gysi DM, Schaffer S, Grimm-Seyfarth A, Szabolcs M, Faria R, Henle K, Stadler PF, Schlegel M, Nowick K. Accelerated Evolution of Tissue-Specific Genes Mediates Divergence Amidst Gene Flow in European Green Lizards. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:6275683. [PMID: 33988711 PMCID: PMC8382678 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab109] [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] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The European green lizards of the Lacerta viridis complex consist of two closely related species, L. viridis and Lacerta bilineata that split less than 7 million years ago in the presence of gene flow. Recently, a third lineage, referred to as the “Adriatic” was described within the L. viridis complex distributed from Slovenia to Greece. However, whether gene flow between the Adriatic lineage and L. viridis or L. bilineata has occurred and the evolutionary processes involved in their diversification are currently unknown. We hypothesized that divergence occurred in the presence of gene flow between multiple lineages and involved tissue-specific gene evolution. In this study, we sequenced the whole genome of an individual of the Adriatic lineage and tested for the presence of gene flow amongst L. viridis, L. bilineata, and Adriatic. Additionally, we sequenced transcriptomes from multiple tissues to understand tissue-specific effects. The species tree supports that the Adriatic lineage is a sister taxon to L. bilineata. We detected gene flow between the Adriatic lineage and L. viridis suggesting that the evolutionary history of the L. viridis complex is likely shaped by gene flow. Interestingly, we observed topological differences between the autosomal and Z-chromosome phylogenies with a few fast evolving genes on the Z-chromosome. Genes highly expressed in the ovaries and strongly co-expressed in the brain experienced accelerated evolution presumably contributing to establishing reproductive isolation in the L. viridis complex.
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- Sree Rohit Raj Kolora
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Molecular Evolution & Animal Systematics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Swarm Intelligence and Complex Systems Group, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Complex Networks Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Molecular Evolution & Animal Systematics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Conservation Biology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Tisza River Research, Danube Research Institute, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Conservation Biology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Competence Center for Scalable Data Services and Solutions Dresden/Leipzig, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria.,Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.,Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle Jena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Molecular Evolution & Animal Systematics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Koch EL, Morales HE, Larsson J, Westram AM, Faria R, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Johannesson K, Butlin RK. Genetic variation for adaptive traits is associated with polymorphic inversions in Littorina saxatilis. Evol Lett 2021; 5:196-213. [PMID: 34136269 PMCID: PMC8190449 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Chromosomal inversions have long been recognized for their role in local adaptation. By suppressing recombination in heterozygous individuals, they can maintain coadapted gene complexes and protect them from homogenizing effects of gene flow. However, to fully understand their importance for local adaptation we need to know their influence on phenotypes under divergent selection. For this, the marine snail Littorina saxatilis provides an ideal study system. Divergent ecotypes adapted to wave action and crab predation occur in close proximity on intertidal shores with gene flow between them. Here, we used F2 individuals obtained from crosses between the ecotypes to test for associations between genomic regions and traits distinguishing the Crab‐/Wave‐adapted ecotypes including size, shape, shell thickness, and behavior. We show that most of these traits are influenced by two previously detected inversion regions that are divergent between ecotypes. We thus gain a better understanding of one important underlying mechanism responsible for the rapid and repeated formation of ecotypes: divergent selection acting on inversions. We also found that some inversions contributed to more than one trait suggesting that they may contain several loci involved in adaptation, consistent with the hypothesis that suppression of recombination within inversions facilitates differentiation in the presence of gene flow.
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- Eva L Koch
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield United Kingdom
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- Evolutionary Genetics Section Globe Institute University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.,Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad 45296 Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield United Kingdom.,IST Austria Klosterneuburg Austria
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield United Kingdom.,CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
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- Department of Scientific Computing Florida State University Tallahassee Florida FL 32306-4120
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- Department of Biological Science Florida State University Tallahassee Florida FL 32306-4295
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- Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad 45296 Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield Sheffield United Kingdom.,Department of Marine Sciences University of Gothenburg Strömstad 45296 Sweden
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Rafajlović M, Rambla J, Feder JL, Navarro A, Faria R. Inversions and genomic differentiation after secondary contact: When drift contributes to maintenance, not loss, of differentiation. Evolution 2021; 75:1288-1303. [PMID: 33844299 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Due to their effects on reducing recombination, chromosomal inversions may play an important role in speciation by establishing and/or maintaining linked blocks of genes causing reproductive isolation (RI) between populations. This view fits empirical data indicating that inversions typically harbor loci involved in RI. However, previous computer simulations of infinite populations with two to four loci involved in RI implied that, even with gene flux as low as 10-8 per gamete, per generation between alternative arrangements, inversions may not have large, qualitative advantages over collinear regions in maintaining population differentiation after secondary contact. Here, we report that finite population sizes can help counteract the homogenizing consequences of gene flux, especially when several fitness-related loci reside within the inversion. In these cases, the persistence time of differentiation after secondary contact can be similar to when gene flux is absent and notably longer than the persistence time without inversions. Thus, despite gene flux, population differentiation may be maintained for up to 100,000 generations, during which time new incompatibilities and/or local adaptations might accumulate and facilitate progress toward speciation. How often these conditions are met in nature remains to be determined.
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- Marina Rafajlović
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SE-40530, Sweden.,Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SE-40530, Sweden
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- IBE, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. PRBB, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.,Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556
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- IBE, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. PRBB, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.,Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.,BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, 08005, Spain
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- IBE, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. PRBB, Barcelona, 08003, Spain.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom.,CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, 4480-661, Portugal
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Martins D, Faria R, Rodrigues S, Pinho M. Psychiatric manifestations of anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9471568 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Introduction Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder characterized by neuropsychiatric symptoms before progressing to seizures, complex movement disorder, autonomic dysfunction and hypoventilation. Objectives Presenting a review of the psychiatric manifestations of anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Methods Search on Pubmed® and Medscape® databases with the following keywords: “psychiatric”, “anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis” and “anti-NMDAR encephalitis”. We focused on data from systematic reviews and meta-analyzes. The articles were selected by the authors according to their relevance. Results Studies show that 77% to 95% of patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis initially present psychiatric manifestations. Age and sex distribution are young women, and the frequency of cases is lower after 40 years of age. The most common psychiatric symptoms are agitation (59%) and psychotic symptoms (54%). The psychotic symptoms more common are visual (64%), auditory (59%) hallucinations and persecutory delusions (73%). Catatonia is described in 42% of patients. Antipsychotic treatment induces an adverse drug reaction (33%), the neuroleptic malignant syndrome represents 22% of the cases. Delays in distinguishing this disease from a psychiatric disorder can have serious complications, with a mortality of up to 25% in patients receiving limited or delayed immunotherapy. Conclusions It’s important to consider anti-NMDAR encephalitis in the differential diagnosis of patients with an acute onset psychosis or unusual psychiatric symptoms. Antipsychotic treatment should be use with caution when suspected or confirmed anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Without appropriate treatment, patients may suffer a protracted course with significant long-term disability or death. A clinical index of suspicion is required to identify patients who would benefit from cerebrospinal fluid testing and immunotherapies. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Martins D, Faria R, Pinho M, Rodrigues S. Impulse control disorders and dopamine agonists. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9475728 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are an adverse effect of dopamine agonists (DAAs) that affects the quality of life and can lead to legal, criminal and familiar problems. Objectives Presenting a review of the mechanisms, prevalence and factors associated with the development of an ICD due to DAA use. Methods Search on Pubmed database with combination of the following keywords were used: “Impulse control disorders”, “dopamine agonist” or “therapy”. We focused on data from studies published between 2015 and 2020. The articles were selected by the author according to their relevance. Results DAAs are mainly indicated in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), and are also used on symptoms of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and prolactinoma or lactation inhibition. Dopamine replacement therapy act on dopamine receptors in the nigrostriatal and the reward pathways, which plays a role in addictive behavior. The prevalence of ICDs ranged from 2.6 to 34.8% in PD patients and a lower prevalence in RLS patients. Some of the ICDs reported were pathological gambling, hypersexuality, compulsive shopping, obsessive hobbying, punding, and compulsive medication use. The factors associated with the development include the type of DAAs, dosage, male gender, younger age, history of psychiatric symptoms, earlier onset of disease, longer disease duration, and motor complications in PD. Conclusions Further studies are needed to clarify the pathophysiology of the ICD in DAA therapy and determinate premorbid risk factors. The percentage of patients with ICDs is underrated, so it’s important to improve the patient’s evaluation, using validated and consensual assessment tools.
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Martins D, Faria R, Pinho M, Rodrigues S. Phenocopy syndrome of frontotemporal dementia. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9475717 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by behavioral or language changes with progressive executive dysfunction. It´s subdivided into two variants, the behavioral and language variants. The phenocopy syndrome of frontotemporal dementia (phFTD) mimics the behavioral variant, but doesn´t show frontotemporal atrophy in neuroimaging and doesn´t progress to frank dementia over the years. Objectives Presenting a review of phenocopy syndrome of frontotemporal dementia. Methods Search on Pubmed® and Medscape® databases with the following keywords: “frontotemporal dementia and phenocopy” or “FTD phenocopy”. We focused on data from systematic reviews and meta-analyzes published in the last five years. The articles were selected by the authors according to their relevance. Results Mutations in GRN and MAPT gens and genetic expansion of C9orf72 have been identified. The discovery of the C9orf72 expansion in psychiatric disorders (psychosis, bipolar disorder or depressive disorder), for some authors, represents that phFTD is a psychiatric pathology. In fact, there’s a higher frequency of psychiatric and psychological symptoms in phFTD compared to the variants of FTD. Usually are male patients who don´t have significant cognitive deficits, with preservation of executive functions and episodic memory. Until now, there are no definitive biomarkers of the disease. The prognosis is more benigne, unlike FTD, which has an average survival of 3 years since diagnosis. Conclusions phFTD is a clinical and scientific challenge. The neurobiological bases remain unknown, requiring further studies in this field. The identification of markers that can differentiate patients with typical FTD and phFTD can facilitate prognosis orientation and pharmacological an non-pharmacological treatment.
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Graca Santos L, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Ferreira N, Faria R, Ferreira W, Carvalho M, Braga P. Is coronary computed tomography angiography a good choice for elders and high probability cases? Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.1375] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) is widely considered the optimal non-invasive test to rule out coronary artery disease (CAD) and the gatekeeper for invasive coronary angiography (ICA). However, its diagnostic utility in elderly patients (pts) and in cases of high pre-test probability (PTP) is still questioned.
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To determine whether older age and high PTP are correlated with non-diagnostic cCTA scans in pts with suspected chronic coronary syndrome (CCS).
Methods
Single-centre retrospective study of 302 pts with suspected CAD assigned to two groups: (A) 207 pts aged ≥70 years (y); (B) 95 aged <70y. Younger pts were randomly selected from our database. We excluded pts with known history of CAD and suspected acute coronary syndrome. A 192x2 dual-source CT equipment was used. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics were collected as well as scan features and findings. We defined high PTP according to clinical Morise score. Our endpoint was the obtention of diagnostic scan (all segments evaluable). Multivariate analysis was performed to assess the determinants of non-diagnostic scans. We used SPSS Statistics 22 for statistical analysis.
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Overall, mean age was 68±9y and 53% were male. Elderly pts presented more co-morbidities (hypertension: 78.3 vs 54.7%, p<0.01; hyperlipidaemia: 69.1 vs 52.6%, p<0.01; pulmonary disease: 13.0 vs 4.2%, p=0.02) and high PTP more frequently (16.9 vs 6.3%, p<0.01). Total coronary calcium score (CaS) was higher in elderly pts (382.7±658.7 vs 243.5±490.8, p=0.04); per-vessel, both left anterior descending (156.7±254.2 vs 92.2±187.8, p=0.01) and left circumflex (LCX) arteries (65.5±131.3 vs 26.8±67.6, p<0.01) showed higher CaS in the elderly. Multiple calcified plaques (≥5) were also more common in this group (60.4 vs 45.3%, p=0.01). However, the proportion of pts with CaS considered prohibitive for angiography (13.5 vs 7.4%; p=0.12) and calcium blooming artefacts impairing interpretation (14.5 vs 12.5%; p=0.65) did not differ. A diagnostic study was more frequently obtained in younger pts but without reaching statistical significance (69.1 vs 76.8%; p=0.17). Obstructive CAD was equally identified (30.3 vs 30.4%; p=0.92) with a respective per-patient accuracy of 68.4% (13/19) and 57.1% (8/14) comparing with ICA when performed. Multivariate analysis showed that LCX CaS ≥75th percentile and multiple calcified plaques (≥5) were associated with non-diagnostic cCTA scan (Figure 1). High PTP (p=0.83) and age ≥70y (p=0.61) were not associated with the endpoint.
Conclusion
In this comparison study of elderly and young pts undergoing cCTA for suspected CCS, age ≥70y and high PTP were not associated with non-diagnostic tests while multiple calcified lesions and severe LCX calcification predicted inconclusive studies. Our results cast hope on the applicability of cCTA to elderly pts and cases with high PTP, although larger studies are required.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Galindo J, Carvalho J, Sotelo G, Duvetorp M, Costa D, Kemppainen P, Panova M, Kaliontzopoulou A, Johannesson K, Faria R. Genetic and morphological divergence between Littorina fabalis ecotypes in Northern Europe. J Evol Biol 2020; 34:97-113. [PMID: 32935387 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Low dispersal marine intertidal species facing strong divergent selective pressures associated with steep environmental gradients have a great potential to inform us about local adaptation and reproductive isolation. Among these, gastropods of the genus Littorina offer a unique system to study parallel phenotypic divergence resulting from adaptation to different habitats related with wave exposure. In this study, we focused on two Littorina fabalis ecotypes from Northern European shores and compared patterns of habitat-related phenotypic and genetic divergence across three different geographic levels (local, regional and global). Geometric morphometric analyses revealed that individuals from habitats moderately exposed to waves usually present a larger shell size with a wider aperture than those from sheltered habitats. The phenotypic clustering of L. fabalis by habitat across most locations (mainly in terms of shell size) support an important role of ecology in morphological divergence. A genome scan based on amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) revealed a heterogeneous pattern of differentiation across the genome between populations from the two different habitats, suggesting ecotype divergence in the presence of gene flow. The contrasting patterns of genetic structure between nonoutlier and outlier loci, and the decreased sharing of outlier loci with geographic distance among locations are compatible with parallel evolution of phenotypic divergence, with an important contribution of gene flow and/or ancestral variation. In the future, model-based inference studies based on sequence data across the entire genome will help unravelling these evolutionary hypotheses, improving our knowledge about adaptation and its influence on diversification within the marine realm.
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- Juan Galindo
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM-UVIGO), Vigo, Spain
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- cE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences -Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Research Programme in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Marine Sciences -Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Marine Sciences -Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Azevedo O, Marques N, Reis L, Cruz I, Craveiro N, Antunes H, Lourenço C, Gomes R, Guerreiro RA, Faria R, Sá F, Lima R, Gaspar P, Faria R, Miltenberger-Miltenyi G, Sousa N, Cunha D. Predictors of Fabry disease in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: How to guide the diagnostic strategy? Am Heart J 2020; 226:114-126. [PMID: 32531501 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fabry disease (FD) is a treatable cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). We aimed to determine the independent predictors of FD and to define a clinically useful strategy to discriminate FD among HCM. METHODS Multicenter study including 780 patients with the ESC definition of HCM. FD screening was performed by enzymatic assay in males and genetic testing in females. Multivariate regression analysis identified independent predictors of FD in HCM. A discriminant function analysis defined a score based on the weighted combination of these predictors. RESULTS FD was found in 37 of 780 patients with HCM (4.7%): 31 with p.F113L mutation due to a founder effect; and 6 with other variants (p.C94S; p.M96V; p.G183V; p.E203X; p.M290I; p.R356Q/p.G360R). FD prevalence in HCM adjusted for the founder effect was 0.9%. Symmetric HCM (OR 3.464, CI95% 1.151-10.430), basal inferolateral late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) (OR 10.677, CI95% 3.633-31.380), bifascicular block (OR 10.909, CI95% 2.377-50.059) and ST-segment depression (OR 4.401, CI95% 1.431-13.533) were independent predictors of FD in HCM. The score ID FABRY-HCM [-0.729 + (2.781xBifascicular block) + (0.590xST depression) + (0.831xSymmetric HCM) + (2.130xbasal inferolateral LGE)] had a negative predictive value of 95.8% for FD, with a cut-off of 1.0, meaning that, in the absence of both bifascicular block and basal inferolateral LGE, FD is a less probable cause of HCM, being more appropriate to perform HCM gene panel than targeted FD screening. CONCLUSION FD prevalence in HCM was 0.9%. Bifascicular block and basal inferolateral LGE were the most powerful predictors of FD in HCM. In their absence, HCM gene panel is the most appropriate step in etiological study of HCM.
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Sousa Morais J, Oliveira DG, Faria R, Almeida A, Brandão M, Marinho A, Almeida I, Farinha F, Vasconcelos C. AB0406 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) VACCINATION SAFETY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS COHORT - PORTUGUESE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SINGLE-CENTER COHORT STUDY. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.4816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background:Cervical cancer is a potentially preventable consequence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination is recommended in most countries for all young women, preferentially before sexual activity begins. In Portugal, HPV vaccination is available in either bivalent (genotypes 6, 18) or tetravalent (6, 11, 16 e 18) vaccines. Both have aluminum as an adjuvant, a substance arguably capable of inducing inflammatory adjuvant syndromes. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) mostly afflicts women of childbearing age, the very target population for HPV vaccination. There are conflicting reports in the literature regarding both the efficacy and safety of this vaccine in SLE patients. This question is particularly pressing as HPV infection prevalence seems to be increased in SLE patients.Objectives:To analyze the safety of HPV vaccination in a SLE patient cohort followed at a university hospital.Methods:Retrospective single-center (35 year long, 436 SLE patient cohort) review of all female SLE patients’ local and online national records on HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening. Data on activity (using SLEDAI-2K scoring) and concomitant drug use were reviewed for the two years before and after vaccination date.Results:Of the 463 SLE patients, 420 were women (91%), of which 322 had clinical information about yes/no HPV vaccination. Twenty-seven of the patients (8%) had one of HPV vaccines, but only 13 (4%) had full information on activity before and after vaccination. Mean current age was 33,8 years and a minimum of 8,4 years of follow-up after HPV vaccination. Twenty-there (85%) were vaccinated with the tetravalent vaccine. Pre-vaccination mean SLEDAI score of was 5.9: due to arthritis (n= 5; 38,5%), low complement (n=4; 31%), dsDNA (n=4; 31%); with a medium dose of 10mg prednisolone/day and 265mg/day of hydroxychloroquine. Post-vaccination mean SLEDAI was 5.8: due to arthritis (n=6; 46%), rash (n= 5; 38,5%) and low complement (n=6; 46%); with a medium dose of 8mg prednisolone/day and 288mg/day of hydroxychloroquine. There was not a difference in organ involvement before and after vaccination, but rash was slightly more prevalent after vaccination.Conclusion:In our population, HPV vaccination didn’t significantly change disease activity and organ involvement or mean dose need of prednisolone or hydroxychloroquine. Although it is a small size SLE sample, it suggests that is safe to administer HPV vaccination to SLE patients.References:[1]eularSegal Yahel, Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Tel Aviv (2017), “HPV and systemic lupus erythematosus: a mosai of potential crossreaction”, SLE Research and Clinical Update, 23 January 2017[2]Geier David Institute of Chronic Illnesses, USA, (2016), “Quadrivalent human pappilomavirus vaccine and autoimmune adverse events: a case-control assessment of the vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) database, Environment and Autoimmunity, 13 July 2016Disclosure of Interests: :None declared
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Duarte M, Sousa Morais J, Faria R, Guerra Leal B, Marinho A, Correia J, Farinha F, Pinho Costa P, Martins Da Silva B, Vasconcelos C. AB1026 INFLAMMATORY MANIFESTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN-B*51 POSITIVE AND WITHOUT BEHÇET’S DISEASE. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.6572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B*51 allele is the most important genetic factor in susceptibility to Behçet’s disease (BD), an immune-mediated systemic disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammatory manifestations. In fact there is a considerable clinical overlap of BD with autoinflammatory syndromes. As it’s known, the majority of HLA-B*51 positive individuals do not develop BD. But do these individuals also present inflammatory manifestations?Objectives:Characterize the group of individuals in our hospital with positive HLA-B*51, without BD diagnosis and review whether inflammatory manifestations are present in these individuals.Methods:A retrospective study of HLA-B*51 positive patients between 2000 and 2019. Genomic DNA was obtained from peripheral blood and HLA genotyping was performed using a PCR with Sequence Specific Primers (PCR–SSP) methodology. From the group of 289 B*51 positive patients, BD diagnosis were excluded. Demographic and clinical data were collected by review of clinical files in December 2019.Results:176 patients, mean age of 48.5 ± 16.5 years (5 to 84 years). Most were female (68%). The HLA study was motivated by multiple diagnostic suspicions: spondyloarthritis (SpA, 25.0%), BD (22.7%) and systemic sclerosis (SSc, 10.8%). The mean time elapsed since the immunogenetic study was 8.3 years, with 12 deaths recorded. 69 (39.2%) subjects had no diagnosis for immune-mediated disease (IMD). Of the other 107 patients, the majority had 1 IMD (64.5%), and the rest were diagnosed with 2 to 4 IMD. The most frequent IMD were SpA (20.8%), psoriasis (10.4%), psoriatic arthritis (9.7%), SSc (9.7%) and rheumatoid arthritis (7.1%). Autoantibodies were detected in 94 individuals (53.4%): antinuclear antibodies (64 patients), rheumatoid factor (26 patients) and CCP antibodies (11 patients). In 55 individuals no inflammatory manifestation was identified but the 68.8% of them presented between 1 to 7 manifestations:System involvedClinical manifestationFrequencyEars, nose and throatChronic rhinitis32 (13.2%)∑ = 76 (31.4%)Recurrent tonsillitis20 (8.3%)Other24 (9.9%)Cutaneous, mucous and serousRecurrent oral aphtous ulcers34 (14.0%)∑ = 57 (23.6%)Serositis10 (4.1%)Other13 (5.4%)NeurologicalChronic headache34 (14.0%)∑ = 36 (14.9%)Asseptic meningitis2 (0.8%)OcularOcular inflammation31 (12.8%)∑ = 31 (12.8%)UrinaryRecurrent cystitis15 (6.2%)∑ = 15 (6.2%)VascularVenous thromboembolism7 (2.9%)∑ = 14 (5.8%)Aneurysm6 (2.5%)Spontaneous coronary dissection1 (0.4%)RheumaticArthromyalgia6 (2.5%)∑ = 9 (3.7%)Gout3 (1.2%)ConstitutionalRecurrent fever syndrome1 (0.4%)∑ = 1 (0.4%)DigestiveRecurrent abdominal pain1 (0.4%)∑ = 1 (0.4%)LymphaticAxillary and inguinal adenopathies1 (0.4%)∑ = 1 (0.4%)PulmonaryChronic pulmonary infiltrate1 (0.4%)∑ = 1 (0.4%)Conclusion:Inflammatory manifestations are common in HLA-B*51 positive individuals, even in those without BD diagnosis. Further research is needed, considering other HLA alleles associated with increased risk of BD and including control groups.References:[1]Burillo-Sanz S, Montes-Cano M, García-Lozano J,et al. Behçet´s disease and genetic interactions between HLA-B*51 and variants in genes of autoinflammatory syndromes.Sci Rep2019;9:2777.[2]McGonagle D, McDermott MF. A Proposed Classification on the Immunological Diseases.PLoS Med2006;3(8):e297.[3]Tong B, Liu X, Xiao J, Su G. Immunopathogenesis of Behcet´s Disease.Front. Immunol2019;10:665.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Sousa Morais J, Oliveira DG, Faria R, Almeida A, Brandão M, Marinho A, Almeida I, Farinha F, Vasconcelos C. AB0407 HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) INFECTION AND CERVICAL CANCER PREVALENCE IN A PORTUGUESE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SINGLE-CENTER SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS COHORT. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.5181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background:About 12% of women worldwide are infected with Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the most frequent cause of cervical cancer (CC) - very prevalent (~ 7,5%) and preventable. National screening efforts are in use in several countries, including Portugal. Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of HPV infection and CC when compared to the healthy population.Objectives:To evaluate the prevalence of HPV infection and rate of incidence of cervical neoplastic lesions in a SLE patient cohort followed at a university hospital.Methods:Retrospective single-center (35 year long, 463 SLE patient cohort) review of all female SLE patients’ local and online national health care records on HPV vaccination and CC screening.Results:Of the 463 SLE patients, 420 were women (91%), of which 322 had records on of HPV infection or CC developed. Mean patients’ current age was 48 years and all had screening for cervical pathology in the last 3 years. Thirty-three patients (11%) had HPV infection diagnosed at a mean age of 44 years. Twenty-seven (8%) of SLE patients were vaccinated for HPV: 8 (22%) of the infected patients had the vaccine, half after the HPV infection. Despite HPV infection, 49 patients (15%) had developed some cervical lesion, of which 41 (84% of cervical lesion) were suggestive of malignancy, and ultimately CC was diagnosed in 20 women (41%; 6% of total women), with a mean age at diagnosis of 45 years. All CC patients had history of HPV infection, but only 3 women (15%; 0,9% of total women) had been vaccinated against HPV, 2 after the diagnoses of CC and 1 before.Conclusion:In our population the prevalence of HPV was higher than reported for the general population using the World Health Organization database, conforming the higher risk of HPV infection in SLE patients. The prevalence of cervical cancer, however, was similar to the healthy population.References:[1]https://www.who.int/immunization/diseases/hpv/en/[2]Forman David (2012); “Global Burden of Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases”, Vaccine, Elsevier Volume 30, Supplement 5, 20 November 2012[3]Grein Ingrid (2016), Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Netherland (2016), HPV infection and vaccination in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients: what we really should know, Pediatric Rheumatology, 2016Disclosure of Interests: :None declared
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Marques JP, Sotelo G, Galindo J, Chaube P, Costa D, Afonso S, Panova M, Nowick K, Butlin R, Hollander J, Faria R. Transcriptomic resources for evolutionary studies in flat periwinkles and related species. Sci Data 2020; 7:73. [PMID: 32127542 PMCID: PMC7054417 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0408-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The flat periwinkles, Littorina fabalis and L. obtusata, comprise two sister gastropod species that have an enormous potential to elucidate the mechanisms involved in ecological speciation in the marine realm. However, the molecular resources currently available for these species are still scarce. In order to circumvent this limitation, we used RNA-seq data to characterize the transcriptome of four individuals from each species sampled in different locations across the Iberian Peninsula. Four de novo transcriptome assemblies were generated, as well as a pseudo-reference using the L. saxatilis reference transcriptome as backbone. After transcripts' annotation, variant calling resulted in the identification of 19,072 to 45,340 putatively species-diagnostic SNPs. The discriminatory power of a subset of these SNPs was validated by implementing an independent genotyping assay to characterize reference populations, resulting in an accurate classification of individuals into each species and in the identification of hybrids between the two. These data comprise valuable genomic resources for a wide range of evolutionary and conservation studies in flat periwinkles and related taxa.
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- João P Marques
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institut für Zoologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Marine Sciences, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Aquatic Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Moutinho AF, Serén N, Paupério J, Silva TL, Martínez-Freiría F, Sotelo G, Faria R, Mappes T, Alves PC, Brito JC, Boratyński Z. Evolutionary history of two cryptic species of northern African jerboas. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:26. [PMID: 32054437 PMCID: PMC7020373 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-1592-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Climatic variation and geologic change both play significant roles in shaping species distributions, thus affecting their evolutionary history. In Sahara-Sahel, climatic oscillations shifted the desert extent during the Pliocene-Pleistocene interval, triggering the diversification of several species. Here, we investigated how these biogeographical and ecological events have shaped patterns of genetic diversity and divergence in African Jerboas, desert specialist rodents. We focused on two sister and cryptic species, Jaculus jaculus and J. hirtipes, where we (1) evaluated their genetic differentiation, (2) reconstructed their evolutionary and demographic history; (3) tested the level of gene flow between them, and (4) assessed their ecological niche divergence. RESULTS The analyses based on 231 individuals sampled throughout North Africa, 8 sequence fragments (one mitochondrial and seven single copy nuclear DNA, including two candidate genes for fur coloration: MC1R and Agouti), 6 microsatellite markers and ecological modelling revealed: (1) two distinct genetic lineages with overlapping distributions, in agreement with their classification as different species, J. jaculus and J. hirtipes, with (2) low levels of gene flow and strong species divergence, (3) high haplotypic diversity without evident geographic structure within species, and (4) a low level of large-scale ecological divergence between the two taxa, suggesting species micro-habitat specialization. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our results suggest a speciation event that occurred during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition. The contemporary distribution of genetic variation suggests ongoing population expansions. Despite the largely overlapping distributions at a macrogeographic scale, our genetic results suggest that the two species remain reproductively isolated, as only negligible levels of gene flow were observed. The overlapping ecological preferences at a macro-geographic scale and the ecological divergence at the micro-habitat scale suggest that local adaptation may have played a crucial role in the speciation process of these species.
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- Ana Filipa Moutinho
- Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.
- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO-InBIO Associate Laboratory, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
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Sotelo G, Duvetorp M, Costa D, Panova M, Johannesson K, Faria R. Phylogeographic history of flat periwinkles, Littorina fabalis and L. obtusata. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:23. [PMID: 32039690 PMCID: PMC7011314 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1561-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The flat periwinkles, Littorina fabalis and L. obtusata, are two sister species widely distributed throughout the Northern Atlantic shores with high potential to inform us about the process of ecological speciation in the intertidal. However, whether gene flow has occurred during their divergence is still a matter of debate. A comprehensive assessment of the genetic diversity of these species is also lacking and their main glacial refugia and dispersal barriers remain largely unknown. In order to fill these gaps, we sequenced two mitochondrial genes and two nuclear fragments to perform a phylogeographic analysis of flat periwinkles across their distribution range. Results We identified two main clades largely composed by species-specific haplotypes corresponding to L. obtusata and L. fabalis, with moderate to strong support, respectively. Importantly, a model of divergence with gene flow between the two species (from L. obtusata to L. fabalis) was better supported, both in Iberia and in northern-central Europe. Three mitochondrial clades were detected within L. fabalis and two within L. obtusata, with strong divergence between Iberia and the remaining populations. The largest component of the genetic variance within each species was explained by differences between geographic regions associated with these clades. Our data suggests that overall intraspecific genetic diversity is similar between the two flat periwinkle species and that populations from Iberia tend to be less diverse than populations from northern-central Europe. Conclusions The phylogeographic analysis of this sister-species pair supports divergence with gene flow. This system thus provides us with the opportunity to study the contribution of gene flow and natural selection during diversification. The distribution of the different clades suggests the existence of glacial refugia in Iberia and northern-central Europe for both species, with a main phylogeographic break between these regions. Although the genetic diversity results are not fully conclusive, the lower diversity observed in Iberia could reflect marginal conditions at the southern limit of their distribution range during the current interglacial period.
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- Graciela Sotelo
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal. .,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. .,IBE, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.
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Costa D, Sotelo G, Kaliontzopoulou A, Carvalho J, Butlin R, Hollander J, Faria R. Hybridization patterns between two marine snails, Littorina fabalis and L. obtusata. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:1158-1179. [PMID: 32076505 PMCID: PMC7029087 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Characterizing the patterns of hybridization between closely related species is crucial to understand the role of gene flow in speciation. In particular, systems comprising multiple contacts between sister species offer an outstanding opportunity to investigate how reproductive isolation varies with environmental conditions, demography and geographic contexts of divergence. The flat periwinkles, Littorina obtusata and L. fabalis (Gastropoda), are two intertidal sister species with marked ecological differences compatible with late stages of speciation. Although hybridization between the two was previously suggested, its extent across the Atlantic shores of Europe remained largely unknown. Here, we combined genetic (microsatellites and mtDNA) and morphological data (shell and male genital morphology) from multiple populations of flat periwinkles in north-western Iberia to assess the extent of current and past hybridization between L. obtusata and L. fabalis under two contrasting geographic settings of divergence (sympatry and allopatry). Hybridization signatures based on both mtDNA and microsatellites were stronger in sympatric sites, although evidence for recent extensive admixture was found in a single location. Misidentification of individuals into species based on shell morphology was higher in sympatric than in allopatric sites. However, despite hybridization, species distinctiveness based on this phenotypic trait together with male genital morphology remained relatively high. The observed variation in the extent of hybridization among locations provides a rare opportunity for future studies on the consequences of different levels of gene flow for reinforcement, thus informing about the mechanisms underlying the completion of speciation.
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- Diana Costa
- CIBIO‐InBIOCentro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
- Department of BiologyFaculty of SciencesUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal
- CIIMARInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental ResearchUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal
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- CIBIO‐InBIOCentro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
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- CIBIO‐InBIOCentro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
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- CIBIO‐InBIOCentro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
- cE3cCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental ChangesDepartamento de Biologia AnimalFaculdade de Ciências da Universidade de LisboaLisbonPortugal
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- Department of Animal and Plant SciencesUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
- Department of Marine SciencesUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- Department of BiologyAquatic Ecology UnitLund UniversityLundSweden
- Global Ocean InstituteWorld Maritime UniversityMalmöSweden
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- CIBIO‐InBIOCentro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos GenéticosUniversidade do PortoVairãoPortugal
- CIIMARInterdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental ResearchUniversity of PortoPortoPortugal
- Department of Animal and Plant SciencesUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
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Azevedo O, Gal A, Faria R, Gaspar P, Miltenberger-Miltenyi G, Gago MF, Dias F, Martins A, Rodrigues J, Reimão P, Pereira O, Simões S, Lopes E, Guimarães MJ, Sousa N, Cunha D. Founder effect of Fabry disease due to p.F113L mutation: Clinical profile of a late-onset phenotype. Mol Genet Metab 2020; 129:150-160. [PMID: 31519519 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Knowledge on clinical profiles of late-onset phenotypes of Fabry disease (FD) is essential to better define their natural history. Our study aims to demonstrate a founder effect of FD due to the GLA gene mutation c.337T>C (p.F113L) in the Portuguese region of Guimarães; and to characterize the clinical profile of this late-onset phenotype in a large cohort of genetically related adult patients, living in the same region. METHODS AND RESULTS FD screening was performed in 150 adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and found 25 Fabry patients (16.6%). The p.F113L mutation was found in 21 of them, leading to a genealogy study and haplotype analysis of the p.F113L patients. Genealogy research revealed a 12-generation family tree with a common ancestor to p.F113L patients, suggesting a founder effect that was supported by haplotype findings. Pedigree analysis was performed and 120 consecutive p.F113L patients underwent a predefined diagnostic evaluation of FD multiorgan involvement. This late-onset phenotype was characterized by common and/or potentially severe cardiac manifestations (left ventricular hypertrophy 40.8%, atrial fibrillation 5%, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia 12.5%, atrioventricular block 18.3%, bifascicular block 13.4%). Extracardiac manifestations included albuminuria>30 mg/24 h 36.1%, chronic kidney disease≥G3 7.6%, brain white matter lesions 54.4%, stroke 3.3%, sensorineural deafness 44.5%, cornea verticillata 13.9%. Plasma lyso-GB3 was undetectable in females, regardless of clinical manifestations. CONCLUSION A founder effect of FD due to p.F113L mutation was documented by genealogy and genetics in a Portuguese region. In this late-onset phenotype, although cardiac manifestations carry the highest prognostic impact, extracardiac involvement is common.
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- Olga Azevedo
- Cardiology Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3Bs PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
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- Labor Dr. Heidrich & Kollegen MVZ GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
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- Communication and Society Research Centre, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Organelle Biogenesis & Function (OBF) Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), Porto, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3Bs PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal; Genetics Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3Bs PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal; Neurology Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Transdisciplinary Culture, Space and Memory Research Centre - History of Populations Group, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Transdisciplinary Culture, Space and Memory Research Centre - History of Populations Group, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Otorhinolaryngology Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Ophthalmology Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Dermatology Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Psychiatry Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Internal Medicine Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Pneumology Department, Reference Center on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3Bs PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3Bs PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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Johannesson K, Zagrodzka Z, Faria R, Marie Westram A, Butlin RK. Is embryo abortion a post-zygotic barrier to gene flow between Littorina ecotypes? J Evol Biol 2019; 33:342-351. [PMID: 31724256 PMCID: PMC7079066 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Genetic incompatibilities contribute to reproductive isolation between many diverging populations, but it is still unclear to what extent they play a role if divergence happens with gene flow. In contact zones between the "Crab" and "Wave" ecotypes of the snail Littorina saxatilis, divergent selection forms strong barriers to gene flow, while the role of post‐zygotic barriers due to selection against hybrids remains unclear. High embryo abortion rates in this species could indicate the presence of such barriers. Post‐zygotic barriers might include genetic incompatibilities (e.g. Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities) but also maladaptation, both expected to be most pronounced in contact zones. In addition, embryo abortion might reflect physiological stress on females and embryos independent of any genetic stress. We examined all embryos of >500 females sampled outside and inside contact zones of three populations in Sweden. Females' clutch size ranged from 0 to 1,011 embryos (mean 130 ± 123), and abortion rates varied between 0% and 100% (mean 12%). We described female genotypes by using a hybrid index based on hundreds of SNPs differentiated between ecotypes with which we characterized female genotypes. We also calculated female SNP heterozygosity and inversion karyotype. Clutch size did not vary with female hybrid index, and abortion rates were only weakly related to hybrid index in two sites but not at all in a third site. No additional variation in abortion rate was explained by female SNP heterozygosity, but increased female inversion heterozygosity added slightly to increased abortion. Our results show only weak and probably biologically insignificant post‐zygotic barriers contributing to ecotype divergence, and the high and variable abortion rates were marginally, if at all, explained by hybrid index of females.
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- Kerstin Johannesson
- Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Morales HE, Faria R, Johannesson K, Larsson T, Panova M, Westram AM, Butlin RK. Genomic architecture of parallel ecological divergence: Beyond a single environmental contrast. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaav9963. [PMID: 31840052 PMCID: PMC6892616 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav9963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The study of parallel ecological divergence provides important clues to the operation of natural selection. Parallel divergence often occurs in heterogeneous environments with different kinds of environmental gradients in different locations, but the genomic basis underlying this process is unknown. We investigated the genomics of rapid parallel adaptation in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis in response to two independent environmental axes (crab-predation versus wave-action and low-shore versus high-shore). Using pooled whole-genome resequencing, we show that sharing of genomic regions of high differentiation between environments is generally low but increases at smaller spatial scales. We identify different shared genomic regions of divergence for each environmental axis and show that most of these regions overlap with candidate chromosomal inversions. Several inversion regions are divergent and polymorphic across many localities. We argue that chromosomal inversions could store shared variation that fuels rapid parallel adaptation to heterogeneous environments, possibly as balanced polymorphism shared by adaptive gene flow.
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- Hernán E. Morales
- Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, SE-752 37 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- IST Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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Neves AR, Sousa A, Faria R, Albuquerque T, Queiroz JA, Costa D. Cancer gene therapy mediated by RALA/plasmid DNA vectors: Nitrogen to phosphate groups ratio (N/P) as a tool for tunable transfection efficiency and apoptosis. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 185:110610. [PMID: 31711736 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cancer gene therapy based on p53 tumor suppressor gene supplementation emerges as one of the most challenging and promising strategies. The development of a suitable gene delivery system is imperative to ensure the feasibility and viability of cancer gene therapy in a clinical setting. The conception of delivery systems based on cell- penetrating peptides may deeply contribute for the evolution of therapy efficacy. In this context, the present work explores the p53 encoding plasmid DNA (pDNA) condensation ability of RALA peptide to produce a suitable intracellular delivery platform. These carriers, formed at several nitrogen to phosphate groups (N/P) ratio, were characterized in terms of morphology, size, surface charges, loading and complexation capacity and the fine structure has been analyzed by Fourier-transformed infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Confocal microscopy studies confirmed intracellular localization of nanoparticles, resulting in enhanced sustained pDNA uptake. Moreover, in vitro transfection of HeLa cells mediated by RALA/pDNA vectors allows for gene release and p53 protein expression. From these progresses, apoptosis in cancer cells has been investigated. It was found that N/P ratio strongly tailors gene transfection efficiency and, thus, it can be fine-tuned for desired degree of both protein expression and apoptosis. The great asset of the proposed system relies precisely on the use of N/P ratio as a tailoring parameter that can not only modulate vector´s properties but also the extent of pDNA delivery, protein expression and, consequently, the efficacy of p53 mediated cancer therapy.
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- A R Neves
- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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Azevedo PM, Guerreiro C, Ladeiras-Lopes R, Faria R, Ferreira N, Primo J, Braga P. P1772Diagnostic accuracy of a novel electrocardiographic criterion for the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0524] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction
The 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is a fundamental initial diagnostic modality for the early evaluation of a patient suspected of having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). ECG criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) typically have low sensitivity and high specificity. Recently, a novel ECG criterion (Peguero-Lo Presti, PLP) with higher sensitivity (62%) and similar specificity (90%) was developed in a cohort of hypertensive patients, but its accuracy in patients with HCM has not been tested. We hypothesized that Peguero-Lo Presti criterion would improve upon the sensitivity of other criteria, while maintaining high specificity, for the diagnosis of LVH in patients for with HCM.
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed 215 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) between 2010 and 2018 for suspected HCM. All patients aged 18 years or older, who had CMR-confirmed HCM and an ECG without confounders (complete left or right bundle brunch block or paced ventricular rhythm) were included for analysis (n=88). Left ventricular mass (LVM) index and maximum wall thickness were derived from CMR analysis. The PLP criteria was defined as the sum of the deepest S wave (SD) in any lead and the S wave amplitude of lead V4 (SV4). Cornell voltage (CL) and Sokolow-Lyon (SL) were used for comparison. We randomly selected 88 gender-matched patients who performed an ECG and CMR for other clinical reasons and who had no structural heart disease or LVH for use as controls. The DeLong and McNemar's test were used to compare ROC area under the curve (AUC) and sensitivity and specificity, respectively, between the three criteria.
Results
88 patients with HCM (63% male, mean age 56.7±15 years) were analyzed. The mean maximum wall thickness was 19.9±4.4mm and mean indexed LVM was 89.7±27g/m2. 34 patients (38.6%) had increased indexed LVM and 77 (87.5%) had at least one segment with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). Discrimination by AUC was highest for PLP (0.85 [95% CI 0.8–0.9]), compared to CL (0.79, p=0.03) and SL (0.73, p=0.02). Using literature cut-offs, the sensitivity of PLP (60% [95% CI 50–70%]) was significantly higher compared to CL (40% [95% CI 30–50%, p<0,001) and SL (41%, [95% CI 31–51%], p=0.01), whilst maintaining high specificity (PLP 96%; CL 98%; SL 94%). After adjusting for LVM, the amount of LGE had a positive correlation with PLP amplitude (Spearman's rho=0.6, coef=2.4, p=0.01), but not Cornell or Sokolow. The sensitivity of PLP was significantly higher than CL and Sokolow in patients with LGE (61% vs 44% vs 43%, p<0.05).
Conclusion
The Peguero-Lo Presti criteria demonstrated higher sensitivity and similar specificity when compared to the Cornell and Sokolow-Lyon criteria for the diagnosis of LVH in a cohort of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Therefore, they could become the standard ECG diagnostic criteria in patients suspected of having LVH and HCM.
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- Hospital Center of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Cardiology, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Pereira A, Pinho JLS, Faria R, Vieira JMP, Costa C. Improving operational management of wastewater systems. A case study. Water Sci Technol 2019; 80:173-183. [PMID: 31461434 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2019.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Wastewater treatment facilities collecting wastewater from longstanding sewer networks of five municipalities in the Ave River basin (located in NW Portugal) are especially vulnerable to water inflows since they have considerable extensions of sewers installed in stream and riverbeds. TRATAVE, the company responsible for operating the system, designed and implemented a monitoring network to measure discharges along the entire drainage network and treatment facilities in order to reduce those water inflows. Several flow measurement devices were installed at strategic locations within the sewer network and integrated with a SCADA system responsible for its operation. A decision support system (DSS) is being implemented using the Delft-FEWS platform, integrating monitoring data and models. Based on monitored data and model results, an estimation of infiltration volumes during wet periods is presented. Moreover, the capabilities of the DSS are illustrated in: (i) location of manholes losses along sewer networks during wet periods; (ii) identification and location of unknown connections to the sewer network using wastewater balances; and (iii) design of a PID controller for a pumping station using on-line tank water level measurement. Acquired knowledge resulting from the DSS greatly improved the utility performance both in terms of economic revenue and environmental protection.
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- A Pereira
- Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal E-mail: ; TRATAVE, SA, 4765-543 Serzedelo, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal E-mail:
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- TRATAVE, SA, 4765-543 Serzedelo, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal E-mail:
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- TRATAVE, SA, 4765-543 Serzedelo, Guimarães, Portugal
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Gazda MA, Andrade P, Afonso S, Dilyte J, Archer JP, Lopes RJ, Faria R, Carneiro M. Signatures of Selection on Standing Genetic Variation Underlie Athletic and Navigational Performance in Racing Pigeons. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 35:1176-1189. [PMID: 29547891 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Racing pigeons have been selectively bred to find their way home quickly over what are often extremely long distances. This breed is of substantial commercial value and is also an excellent avian model to gain empirical insights into the evolution of traits associated with flying performance and spatial orientation. Here, we investigate the molecular basis of the superior athletic and navigational capabilities of racing pigeons using whole-genome and RNA sequencing data. We inferred multiple signatures of positive selection distributed across the genome of racing pigeons. The strongest signature overlapped the CASK gene, a gene implicated in the formation of neuromuscular junctions. However, no diagnostic alleles were found between racing pigeons and other breeds, and only a small proportion of highly differentiated variants were exclusively detected in racing pigeons. We can thus conclude that very few individual genetic changes, if any, are either strictly necessary or sufficient for superior athletics and navigation. Gene expression analysis between racing and nonracing breeds revealed modest differences in muscle (213) and brain (29). These transcripts, however, showed only slightly elevated levels of genetic differentiation between the two groups, suggesting that most differential expression is not causative but likely a consequence of alterations in regulatory networks. Our results show that the unique suite of traits that enable fast flight, long endurance, and accurate navigation in racing pigeons, do not result from few loci acting as master switches but likely from a polygenic architecture that leveraged standing genetic variation available at the onset of the breed formation.
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- Malgorzata A Gazda
- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Faria R, Chaube P, Morales HE, Larsson T, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Rafajlović M, Panova M, Ravinet M, Johannesson K, Westram AM, Butlin RK. Multiple chromosomal rearrangements in a hybrid zone between Littorina saxatilis ecotypes. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:1375-1393. [PMID: 30537056 PMCID: PMC6518922 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [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: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Both classical and recent studies suggest that chromosomal inversion polymorphisms are important in adaptation and speciation. However, biases in discovery and reporting of inversions make it difficult to assess their prevalence and biological importance. Here, we use an approach based on linkage disequilibrium among markers genotyped for samples collected across a transect between contrasting habitats to detect chromosomal rearrangements de novo. We report 17 polymorphic rearrangements in a single locality for the coastal marine snail, Littorina saxatilis. Patterns of diversity in the field and of recombination in controlled crosses provide strong evidence that at least the majority of these rearrangements are inversions. Most show clinal changes in frequency between habitats, suggestive of divergent selection, but only one appears to be fixed for different arrangements in the two habitats. Consistent with widespread evidence for balancing selection on inversion polymorphisms, we argue that a combination of heterosis and divergent selection can explain the observed patterns and should be considered in other systems spanning environmental gradients.
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- Rui Faria
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,IST Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Department of Marine Sciences at Tjärnö, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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Kolora SRR, Weigert A, Saffari A, Kehr S, Walter Costa MB, Spröer C, Indrischek H, Chintalapati M, Lohse K, Doose G, Overmann J, Bunk B, Bleidorn C, Grimm-Seyfarth A, Henle K, Nowick K, Faria R, Stadler PF, Schlegel M. Divergent evolution in the genomes of closely related lacertids, Lacerta viridis and L. bilineata, and implications for speciation. Gigascience 2019; 8:giy160. [PMID: 30535196 PMCID: PMC6381762 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Lacerta viridis and Lacerta bilineata are sister species of European green lizards (eastern and western clades, respectively) that, until recently, were grouped together as the L. viridis complex. Genetic incompatibilities were observed between lacertid populations through crossing experiments, which led to the delineation of two separate species within the L. viridis complex. The population history of these sister species and processes driving divergence are unknown. We constructed the first high-quality de novo genome assemblies for both L. viridis and L. bilineata through Illumina and PacBio sequencing, with annotation support provided from transcriptome sequencing of several tissues. To estimate gene flow between the two species and identify factors involved in reproductive isolation, we studied their evolutionary history, identified genomic rearrangements, detected signatures of selection on non-coding RNA, and on protein-coding genes. FINDINGS Here we show that gene flow was primarily unidirectional from L. bilineata to L. viridis after their split at least 1.15 million years ago. We detected positive selection of the non-coding repertoire; mutations in transcription factors; accumulation of divergence through inversions; selection on genes involved in neural development, reproduction, and behavior, as well as in ultraviolet-response, possibly driven by sexual selection, whose contribution to reproductive isolation between these lacertid species needs to be further evaluated. CONCLUSION The combination of short and long sequence reads resulted in one of the most complete lizard genome assemblies. The characterization of a diverse array of genomic features provided valuable insights into the demographic history of divergence among European green lizards, as well as key species differences, some of which are candidates that could have played a role in speciation. In addition, our study generated valuable genomic resources that can be used to address conservation-related issues in lacertids.
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- Sree Rohit Raj Kolora
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
- Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
- Human Biology Group, Institute for Zoology, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 1–3, Berlin, D-14195, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
- Embrapa Agroenergia, Parque Estacaeo Biologica (PqEB), Asa Norte, Brasilia/DF, 70770-901, Brazil
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- Department of Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, Dresden, 01307, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Noethnitzerstrasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01397 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Department of Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Department of Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, 28006, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, UFZ - Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, University of Potsdam, Am Mühlenberg 3, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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- Department of Conservation Biology, UFZ - Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
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- Human Biology Group, Institute for Zoology, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 1–3, Berlin, D-14195, Germany
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Alfred Building, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
- Competence Center for Scalable Data Services and Solutions Dresden/Leipzig, Universität Leipzig, Augustusplatz 12, Leipzig, 04107, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Inselstrasse 22, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institut Für Zelltherapie Und Immunologie, Perlickstrasse 1, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger strasse 17, Wien, 1090, Austria
- Center for non-Coding RNA in Technology and Health, University of Copenhagen, Gronnegardsvej 3, Frederiksberg C, 1870, Denmark
- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
- Molecular Evolution and Systematics of Animals, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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García-Souto D, Alonso-Rubido S, Costa D, Eirín-López JM, Rolán-Álvarez E, Faria R, Galindo J, Pasantes JJ. Karyotype Characterization of Nine Periwinkle Species (Gastropoda, Littorinidae). Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:E517. [PMID: 30360559 PMCID: PMC6266005 DOI: 10.3390/genes9110517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Periwinkles of the family Littorinidae (Children, 1834) are common members of seashore littoral communities worldwide. Although the family is composed of more than 200 species belonging to 18 genera, chromosome numbers have been described in only eleven of them. A molecular cytogenetic analysis of nine periwinkle species, the rough periwinkles Littorina arcana, L. saxatilis, and L. compressa, the flat periwinkles L. obtusata and L. fabalis, the common periwinkle L. littorea, the mangrove periwinkle Littoraria angulifera, the beaded periwinkle Cenchritis muricatus, and the small periwinkle Melarhaphe neritoides was performed. All species showed diploid chromosome numbers of 2n = 34, and karyotypes were mostly composed of metacentric and submetacentric chromosome pairs. None of the periwinkle species showed chromosomal differences between male and female specimens. The chromosomal mapping of major and minor rDNA and H3 histone gene clusters by fluorescent in situ hybridization demonstrated that the patterns of distribution of these DNA sequences were conserved among closely related species and differed among less related ones. All signals occupied separated loci on different chromosome pairs without any evidence of co-localization in any of the species.
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- Daniel García-Souto
- Departamento Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain.
- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Departamento Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain.
- Systems Biotechnology Group, Department of Applied Biocatalysis, CSIC-Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, C/Marie Curie 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
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- Departamento Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain.
- CIM-UVIGO, Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, E-36331 Vigo, Spain.
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO, Laboratório Associado, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
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- Departamento Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain.
- CIM-UVIGO, Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, E-36331 Vigo, Spain.
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- Departamento Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain.
- CIM-UVIGO, Centro de Investigación Mariña, Universidade de Vigo, E-36331 Vigo, Spain.
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Almeida T, Ehuletche MG, Perna A, Bevilacqua J, Dubrovsky A, Franca M, Vargas S, Hegde M, Claeys K, Straub V, Daba N, Faria R, Loaeza A, Luccerini V, Periquet M, Sparks S, Thibault N, Araujo R. NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING AND EXPERIMENTAL MYOLOGY. Neuromuscul Disord 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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