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de Sousa E Souza JF, Guimarães EMC, Figliuolo VSP, Soares SC, de Bello Cioffi M, de Menezes Cavalcante Sassi F, Feldberg E. Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes). BMC Ecol Evol 2024; 24:72. [PMID: 38816840 PMCID: PMC11138015 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02262-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Ctenoluciidae is a Neotropical freshwater fish family composed of two genera, Ctenolucius (C. beani and C. hujeta) and Boulengerella (B. cuvieri, B. lateristriga, B. lucius, B. maculata, and B. xyrekes), which present diploid number conservation of 36 chromosomes and a strong association of telomeric sequences with ribosomal DNAs. In the present study, we performed chromosomal mapping of microsatellites and transposable elements (TEs) in Boulengerella species and Ctenolucius hujeta. We aim to understand how those sequences are distributed in these organisms' genomes and their influence on the chromosomal evolution of the group. Our results indicate that repetitive sequences may had an active role in the karyotypic diversification of this family, especially in the formation of chromosomal hotspots that are traceable in the diversification processes of Ctenoluciidae karyotypes. We demonstrate that (GATA)n sequences also accumulate in the secondary constriction formed by the 18 S rDNA site, which shows consistent size heteromorphism between males and females in all Boulengerella species, suggesting an initial process of sex chromosome differentiation.
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- 573976/2008-2 Center for Studies of Adaptation to Environmental Changes in the Amazon (INCT ADAPTA II, FAPEAM/CNPq
- 573976/2008-2 Center for Studies of Adaptation to Environmental Changes in the Amazon (INCT ADAPTA II, FAPEAM/CNPq
- 573976/2008-2 Center for Studies of Adaptation to Environmental Changes in the Amazon (INCT ADAPTA II, FAPEAM/CNPq
- 573976/2008-2 Center for Studies of Adaptation to Environmental Changes in the Amazon (INCT ADAPTA II, FAPEAM/CNPq
- 301886/2019-9 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico , Brasil
- 301886/2019-9 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico , Brasil
- 301886/2019-9 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico , Brasil
- 301886/2019-9 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico , Brasil
- 301886/2019-9 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico , Brasil
- 301886/2019-9 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico , Brasil
- National Institute of Amazonian Research, Brazil/PPG Genetics, Conservation and Evolutionary Biology (INPA/GCBEv)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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- José Francisco de Sousa E Souza
- Conservation and Evolutionary Biology, INPA, National Amazon Research Institute, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP: 69067-375, Caixa Postal 2223, Manaus, 69060-001, Amazonas, Brazil.
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- Conservation and Evolutionary Biology, INPA, National Amazon Research Institute, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP: 69067-375, Caixa Postal 2223, Manaus, 69060-001, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Conservation and Evolutionary Biology, INPA, National Amazon Research Institute, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP: 69067-375, Caixa Postal 2223, Manaus, 69060-001, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Conservation and Evolutionary Biology, INPA, National Amazon Research Institute, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP: 69067-375, Caixa Postal 2223, Manaus, 69060-001, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Conservation and Evolutionary Biology, INPA, National Amazon Research Institute, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP: 69067-375, Caixa Postal 2223, Manaus, 69060-001, Amazonas, Brazil
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Dulz TA, Azambuja M, Lorscheider CA, Noleto RB, Moreira-Filho O, Nogaroto V, Nascimento VD, Diniz D, de Mello Affonso PRA, Vicari MR. Repetitive DNAs and chromosome evolution in Megaleporinus obtusidens and M. reinhardti (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Genetica 2024:10.1007/s10709-024-00206-3. [PMID: 38587599 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-024-00206-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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The high dynamism of repetitive DNAs is a major driver of chromosome evolution. In particular, the accumulation of repetitive DNA sequences has been reported as part of the differentiation of sex-specific chromosomes. In turn, the fish species of the genus Megaleporinus are a monophyletic clade in which the presence of differentiated ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes represents a synapomorphic condition, thus serving as a suitable model to evaluate the dynamic evolution of repetitive DNA classes. Therefore, transposable elements (TEs) and in tandem repeats were isolated and located on chromosomes of Megaleporinus obtusidens and M. reinhardti to infer their role in chromosome differentiation with emphasis on sex chromosome systems. Despite the conserved karyotype features of both species, the location of repetitive sequences - Rex 1, Rex 3, (TTAGGG)n, (GATA)n, (GA)n, (CA)n, and (A)n - varied both intra and interspecifically, being mainly accumulated in Z and W chromosomes. The physical mapping of repetitive sequences confirmed the remarkable dynamics of repetitive DNA classes on sex chromosomes that might have promoted chromosome diversification and reproductive isolation in Megaleporinus species.
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- Thais Aparecida Dulz
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Animal Science, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, União da Vitória, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, União da Vitória, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Animal Science, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Biodiversity and Conservation, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, BA, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Animal Science, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
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A Perspective of Molecular Cytogenomics, Toxicology, and Epigenetics for the Increase of Heterochromatic Regions and Retrotransposable Elements in Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) Exposed to the Parasiticide Trichlorfon. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12151945. [PMID: 35953934 PMCID: PMC9367383 DOI: 10.3390/ani12151945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Trichlorfon effects on the retrotransposable elements in tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) genome, which is a highly popular and well-known fish in the Amazon with a large reproduction number mediated by pisciculture. Thereby, tambaqui specimens were submitted to two different Trichlorfon concentrations (30% and 50% of LC50–96 h) under experimental conditions. The retrotransposons were analyzed using the FISH technique and the heterochromatin standard with the C-band technique. The retrotransposons studied presented a dispersed distribution profile in the tambaqui karyotype with Rex3 being more prominent than the others, showing the greatest increase in markings. Furthermore, the heterochromatin profile showed that these retrotransposons can be found in the heterochromatic portions of the chromosomes. Thus, it was observed that Trichlorfon has an activation mechanism for these retroelements, especially Rex3. Abstract Rex retroelements are the best-known transposable elements class and are broadly distributed through fish and also individual genomes, playing an important role in their evolutionary dynamics. Several agents can stress these elements; among them, there are some parasitic compounds such as the organochlorophosphate Trichlorfon. Consequently, knowing that the organochlorophosphate Trichlorfon is indiscriminately used as an antiparasitic in aquaculture, the current study aimed to analyze the effects of this compound on the activation of the Transposable Elements (TEs) Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 and the structure of heterochromatin in the mitotic chromosomes of the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). For this, two concentrations of the pesticide were used: 30% (0.261 mg/L) and 50% (0.435 mg/L) of the recommended LC50–96 h concentration (0.87 mg/L) for this fish species. The results revealed a dispersed distribution for Rex1 and Rex6 retroelements. Rex3 showed an increase in both marking intensity and distribution, as well as enhanced chromosomal heterochromatinization. This probably happened by the mediation of epigenetic adaptive mechanisms, causing the retroelement mobilization to be repressed. However, this behavior was most evident when Trichlorfon concentrations and exposure times were the greatest, reflecting the genetic flexibility necessary for this species to successfully adapt to environmental changes.
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Moura Gama J, Ludwig A, Gazolla CB, Guizelini D, Recco-Pimentel SM, Bruschi DP. A genomic survey of LINE elements in Pipidae aquatic frogs shed light on Rex-elements evolution in these genomes. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 168:107393. [PMID: 35051593 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The transposable elements (TE) represent a large portion of anuran genomes that act as components of genetic diversification. The LINE order of retrotransposons is among the most representative and diverse TEs and is poorly investigated in anurans. Here we explored the LINE diversity with an emphasis on the elements generically called Rex in Pipidae species, more specifically, in the genomes ofXenopus tropicalis, used as a model genome in the study of anurans,the allotetraploid sister species Xenopus laevis and theAmerican species Pipa carvalhoi. We were able to identify a great diversity of LINEs from five clades, Rex1, L2, CR1, L1 and Tx1, in these three species, and the RTE clade was lost in X. tropicalis. It is clear that elements classified as Rex are distributed in distinct clades. The evolutionary pattern of Rex1 elements denote a complex evolution with independent losses of families and some horizontal transfer events between fishes and amphibians which were supported not only by the phylogenetic inconsistencies but also by the very low Ks values found for the TE sequences. The data obtained here update the knowledge of the LINEs diversity in X. laevis and represent the first study of TEs in P. carvalhoi.
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- Joana Moura Gama
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética (PPG-GEN), Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil; Laboratório de Citogenética evolutiva e Conservação Animal (LabCeca), Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências e Tecnologias Aplicadas em Saúde (LaCTAS), Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fiocruz-PR, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética (PPG-GEN), Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil; Laboratório de Citogenética evolutiva e Conservação Animal (LabCeca), Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioinformática, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética (PPG-GEN), Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil; Laboratório de Citogenética evolutiva e Conservação Animal (LabCeca), Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil.
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Amorim KDJ, da Costa GWWF, Cioffi MDB, Tanomtong A, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. A new view on the scenario of karyotypic stasis in Epinephelidae fish: Cytogenetic, historical, and biogeographic approaches. Genet Mol Biol 2021; 44:e20210122. [PMID: 34807969 PMCID: PMC8608104 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2021-0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Epinephelidae (groupers) is an astonishingly diverse group of carnivorous fish widely distributed in reef environments around the world, with growing economic importance. The first chromosomal inferences suggested a conservative scenario for the family. However, to date, this has not been validated using biogeographic and phylogenetic approaches. Thus, to estimate karyotype diversification among groupers, eight species from the Atlantic and Indian oceans were investigated using conventional cytogenetic protocols and fluorescence in situ hybridization of repetitive sequences (rDNA, microsatellites, transposable elements). Despite the remarkable persistence of some symplesiomorphic karyotype patterns, such as all species sharing 2n=48 and most preserve a basal karyotype (2n=48 acrocentrics), the chromosomal diversification in the family revealed an unsuspected evolutionary dynamic, where about 40% of the species escape from the ancestral karyotype pattern. These karyotype changes showed a relation with the historical biogeography, likely as a byproduct of the progressive occupancy of new areas (huge diversity of adaptive and speciation conditions). In this context, oceanic regions harboring more recent clades such as those of the Indo-Pacific, exhibited a higher karyotype diversity. Therefore, the karyotype evolution of Epinephelidae fits well with the expansion and geographic contingencies of its clades, providing a more complex and diverse scenario than previously assumed.
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- Karlla Danielle Jorge Amorim
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Laboratório de Citogenética de Peixes, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Khon Kaen University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Khon Kaen University, Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, Muang, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Laboratório de Citogenética de Peixes, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Natal, RN, Brazil
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Helmprobst F, Kneitz S, Klotz B, Naville M, Dechaud C, Volff JN, Schartl M. Differential expression of transposable elements in the medaka melanoma model. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251713. [PMID: 34705830 PMCID: PMC8550402 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Malignant melanoma incidence is rising worldwide. Its treatment in an advanced state is difficult, and the prognosis of this severe disease is still very poor. One major source of these difficulties is the high rate of metastasis and increased genomic instability leading to a high mutation rate and the development of resistance against therapeutic approaches. Here we investigate as one source of genomic instability the contribution of activation of transposable elements (TEs) within the tumor. We used the well-established medaka melanoma model and RNA-sequencing to investigate the differential expression of TEs in wildtype and transgenic fish carrying melanoma. We constructed a medaka-specific TE sequence library and identified TE sequences that were specifically upregulated in tumors. Validation by qRT- PCR confirmed a specific upregulation of a LINE and an LTR element in malignant melanomas of transgenic fish.
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- Frederik Helmprobst
- Physiological Chemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Neuropathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (FH); (MS)
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- Physiological Chemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Physiological Chemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon, Lyon, France
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- The Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America
- Developmental Biochemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (FH); (MS)
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Pinheiro Figliuolo VS, Ferreira AMV, Guimarães EMC, de Sousa E Souza JF, Feldberg E, Gross MC. Cryptic Diversity in the Terminal Portion of the Chromosomes of the Dogtooth Characins, Family Cynodontidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes). Zebrafish 2021; 18:221-230. [PMID: 33847525 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2020.1973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The chromosomes of the dogtooth characins, fish species of the family Cynodontidae, have only a relatively small amount of heterochromatin, including the terminal portion. Curiously, in the cynodontid Cynodon gibbus, the terminal portion is rich in repetitive DNAs, including transposable retroelements and microsatellite sequences. Given this, this study investigated the composition of the terminal portion of the chromosomes of two cynodontid species (Rhaphiodon vulpinus and Hydrolycus armatus), to compile a database for the evaluation of all three cynodontid genera, and in particular, verify the possible tendency for the accumulation of repetitive DNAs in the terminal portion of the chromosomes of C. gibbus, H. armatus, and R. vulpinus. The Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 transposable retroelements and the (CA)15, (GA)15, (GATA)8, (GACA)8, (CAT)10, and (CAC)10 microsatellite motifs are found primarily in the terminal portion of the chromosomes of the species analyzed in this study, except R. vulpinus, which has no evidence of the presence of Rex1 or Rex3 through the fluorescent in situ hybridization technique. The mapping of the repetitive sequences, principally the microsatellite motifs, indicates a marked tendency for the accumulation of these sequences in the terminal portions of the chromosomes, which may have played a fundamental role in the differentiation of the three species.
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
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- Institute for Natural and Life Sciences, Federal University of Latin American Integration, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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Transposable Elements and Teleost Migratory Behaviour. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020602. [PMID: 33435333 PMCID: PMC7827017 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) represent a considerable fraction of eukaryotic genomes, thereby contributing to genome size, chromosomal rearrangements, and to the generation of new coding genes or regulatory elements. An increasing number of works have reported a link between the genomic abundance of TEs and the adaptation to specific environmental conditions. Diadromy represents a fascinating feature of fish, protagonists of migratory routes between marine and freshwater for reproduction. In this work, we investigated the genomes of 24 fish species, including 15 teleosts with a migratory behaviour. The expected higher relative abundance of DNA transposons in ray-finned fish compared with the other fish groups was not confirmed by the analysis of the dataset considered. The relative contribution of different TE types in migratory ray-finned species did not show clear differences between oceanodromous and potamodromous fish. On the contrary, a remarkable relationship between migratory behaviour and the quantitative difference reported for short interspersed nuclear (retro)elements (SINEs) emerged from the comparison between anadromous and catadromous species, independently from their phylogenetic position. This aspect is likely due to the substantial environmental changes faced by diadromous species during their migratory routes.
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Carducci F, Barucca M, Canapa A, Carotti E, Biscotti MA. Mobile Elements in Ray-Finned Fish Genomes. Life (Basel) 2020; 10:E221. [PMID: 32992841 PMCID: PMC7599744 DOI: 10.3390/life10100221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) are a very diverse group of vertebrates, encompassing species adapted to live in freshwater and marine environments, from the deep sea to high mountain streams. Genome sequencing offers a genetic resource for investigating the molecular bases of this phenotypic diversity and these adaptations to various habitats. The wide range of genome sizes observed in fishes is due to the role of transposable elements (TEs), which are powerful drivers of species diversity. Analyses performed to date provide evidence that class II DNA transposons are the most abundant component in most fish genomes and that compared to other vertebrate genomes, many TE superfamilies are present in actinopterygians. Moreover, specific TEs have been reported in ray-finned fishes as a possible result of an intricate relationship between TE evolution and the environment. The data summarized here underline the biological interest in Actinopterygii as a model group to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the high biodiversity observed in this taxon.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (F.C.); (M.B.); (A.C.); (E.C.)
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da Silva FA, Corrêa Guimarães EM, Carvalho ND, Ferreira AM, Schneider CH, Carvalho-Zilse GA, Feldberg E, Gross MC. Transposable DNA Elements in Amazonian Fish: From Genome Enlargement to Genetic Adaptation to Stressful Environments. Cytogenet Genome Res 2020; 160:148-155. [DOI: 10.1159/000507104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transposable elements have driven genome evolution and plasticity in many ways across a range of organisms. Different types of biotic and abiotic stresses can stimulate the expression or transposition of these mobile elements. Here, we cytogenetically analyzed natural fish populations of the same species living under different environmental conditions to test the influence and organization of transposable elements in their genome. Differential behavior was observed for the markers Rex 1, Rex 3, and Rex 6 in the chromosomes of individuals of the same species but coming from different environments (polluted and unpolluted). An increase in the number of Rex transposable elements in the chromosomes and their influence on the genome of populations living in a polluted environment indicates that they must be under constant adaptive evolution.
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Pinheiro Figliuolo VS, Goll L, Ferreira Viana P, Feldberg E, Gross MC. First Record on Sex Chromosomes in a Species of the Family Cynodontidae: Cynodon gibbus (Agassiz, 1829). Cytogenet Genome Res 2020; 160:29-37. [PMID: 32092757 DOI: 10.1159/000505889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The fish family Cynodontidae belongs to the superfamily Curimatoidea, together with the Hemiodontidae, Serrasalmidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Chilodontidae, Curimatidae, and Anostomidae. The majority of the species of this superfamily that have been analyzed to date have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 54. Differentiated sex chromosomes (with female heterogamety) have been observed only in the Prochilodontidae, Parodontidae, and Anostomidae. The present study provides the first description of differentiated sex chromosomes in the cynodontid species Cynodon gibbus, which has a ZZ/ZW system, and shows that repetitive DNA has played a fundamental role in the differentiation of these sex chromosomes.
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Viana Ferreira AM, Marajó L, Matoso DA, Ribeiro LB, Feldberg E. Chromosomal Mapping of Rex Retrotransposons in Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum Cuvier, 1818) Exposed to Three Climate Change Scenarios. Cytogenet Genome Res 2019; 159:39-47. [PMID: 31593951 DOI: 10.1159/000502926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Greenhouse gas emissions are known to influence the planet's temperature, mainly due to human activities. To allow hypothesis testing, as well as to seek viable alternatives for mitigation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested 3 main scenarios for changes projected for the year 2100. In this paper, we subjected Colossoma macropomum Cuvier, 1818 (tambaqui) individuals in a microcosm to IPCC scenarios B1 (mild), A1B (intermediate), and A2 (extreme) to test possible impacts on their genome. We found chromosome heterochromatinization in specimens exposed to the A2 scenario, where terminal blocks and interstitial bands were detected on several chromosome pairs. The behavior of Rex1 and Rex3 sequences differed between the test scenarios. Hybridization of Rex1 resulted in diffuse signals which showed a gradual increase in the tested scenarios. For Rex3, an increase was observed in the A2 scenario with blocks on several chromosomes, some of which coincided with heterochromatin. Heterochromatinization is an epigenetic process, which may have occurred as a mechanism for regulating Rex3 activity. The signal pattern of Rex6 did not change, suggesting that other mechanisms are acting to regulate its activity.
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Carducci F, Biscotti MA, Forconi M, Barucca M, Canapa A. An intriguing relationship between teleost Rex3 retroelement and environmental temperature. Biol Lett 2019; 15:20190279. [PMID: 31480936 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The movement and accumulation of transposable elements (TEs) exert a great influence on the host genome, e.g. determining architecture and genome size, providing a substrate for homologous recombination and DNA rearrangements. TEs are also known to be responsive and susceptible to environmental changes. However, the correlation between environmental conditions and the sequence evolution of TEs is still an unexplored field of research. Among vertebrates, teleosts represent a successful group of animals adapted to a wide range of different environments and their genome is constituted by a rich repertoire of TEs. The Rex3 retroelement is a lineage-specific non-LTR retrotransposon and thus represents a valid candidate for performing comparative sequence analyses between species adapted to diverse temperature conditions. Partial reverse transcriptase sequences of the Rex3 retroelement belonging to 39 species of teleosts were investigated through phylogenetic analysis to evaluate whether the species' adaptation to different environments led to the evolution of different Rex3 temperature-related variants. Our findings highlight an intriguing behaviour of the analysed sequences, showing clustering of Rex3 sequences isolated from species living in cold waters (Arctic and Antarctic regions and cold waters of temperate regions) compared with those isolated from species living in warm waters. This is the first evidence to our knowledge of a correlation between environmental temperature and Rex3 retroelement evolution.
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- Federica Carducci
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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Takagui FH, Baumgärtner L, Baldissera JN, Laridondo Lui R, Margarido VP, Fonteles SBA, Garcia C, Birindelli JO, Moreira-Filho O, Almeida FS, Giuliano-Caetano L. Chromosomal Diversity of Thorny Catfishes (Siluriformes-Doradidae): A Case of Allopatric Speciation Among Wertheimerinae Species of São Francisco and Brazilian Eastern Coastal Drainages. Zebrafish 2019; 16:477-485. [PMID: 31453759 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2019.1769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Wertheimerinae is a small subfamily of thorny catfish composed of two species found in eastern Brazilian coastal drainages: Wertheimeria maculata and Kalyptodoras bahiensis. According to molecular phylogenetic analysis, Franciscodoras marmoratus an endemic species of the São Francisco River is also a member of this subfamily. Even though both phylogenetic approaches suggest that this group is one of the oldest lineages of the Doradidae, a disagreement remains about the constitution of Wertheimerinae. Hence, cytogenetic analysis is important to understand the karyotypic evolution of thorny catfish and can be a useful cytotaxonomic tool to clarify the relationships between these species. All Wertheimerinae species, and F. marmoratus here analyzed, shared 2n = 58 chromosomes, karyotypic formulas (24m+12sm +8st +14a), and nucleolus organizer region (NOR) pattern (terminal 18S rDNA sites on pair 22). Differences were noted in heterochromatin and 5S rDNA site distribution. The chromosomal markers here applied added to the molecular data, reinforcing that these three species actually represent a well-resolved taxonomic unit. Our results represent one more evidence of the ancient connectivity between eastern coastal drainages and São Francisco River, whose separation represented an important event for the allopatric speciation that produced the current forms of Wertheimerinae subfamily.
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- Fábio Hiroshi Takagui
- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, Brazil
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- Genetics of Aquatic Organisms Laboratory, Center for Agrarian Environmental and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Recôncavo of Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Southwest of Bahia, Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
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- Museum of Zoology, Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Molecular Biodiversity and Conservation Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil
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- Genetics and Animal Ecology Laboratory, Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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- Animal Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of General Biology, Biological Sciences Center, Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
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Favarato RM, Braga Ribeiro L, Ota RP, Nakayama CM, Feldberg E. Cytogenetic Characterization of Two Metynnis Species (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) Reveals B Chromosomes Restricted to the Females. Cytogenet Genome Res 2019; 158:38-45. [DOI: 10.1159/000499954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Karyotypes and chromosomal characteristics with focus on B chromosomes of 2 species of the serrasalmid genus Metynnis, namely M. lippincottianus and M. maculatus, were examined using conventional (C-banding) and molecular (FISH mapping of minor and major rDNAs and Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 retrotransposable elements) protocols. Both species possessed a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 62 and karyotypes composed of 32 metacentric + 28 submetacentric + 2 subtelocentric and 32 metacentric + 26 submetacentric + 4 subtelocentric, respectively; one small B element was found in the female genome of M. lippincottianus. C-banding revealed heterochromatin in the pericentromeric and terminal portions of all chromosomes of both species; the B chromosome was entirely heterochromatic. FISH showed 18S rDNA sites in 2 chromosome pairs in both species (pairs 19 and 22), and a large block in the B chromosome, while 5S rDNA signals were detected in the first pair of subtelocentric chromosomes in both species, moreover in M. maculatus an additional labeled pair 4 was observed. Mapping of the Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 retrotransposable elements in the genomes of M. lippincottianus and M. maculatus indicated that they were dispersed throughout nearly all the chromosomes of the complement, except for the B chromosome of M. lippincottianus.
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Traldi JB, Lui RL, Martinez JDF, Vicari MR, Nogaroto V, Moreira Filho O, Blanco DR. Chromosomal distribution of the retroelements Rex 1, Rex 3 and Rex 6 in species of the genus Harttia and Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20190010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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ABSTRACT The transposable elements (TE) have been widely applied as physical chromosome markers. However, in Loricariidae there are few physical mapping analyses of these elements. Considering the importance of transposable elements for chromosomal evolution and genome organization, this study conducted the physical chromosome mapping of retroelements (RTEs) Rex1, Rex3 and Rex6 in seven species of the genus Harttia and four species of the genus Hypostomus, aiming to better understand the organization and dynamics of genomes of Loricariidae species. The results showed an intense accumulation of RTEs Rex1, Rex3 and Rex6 and dispersed distribution in heterochromatic and euchromatic regions in the genomes of the species studied here. The presence of retroelements in some chromosomal regions suggests their participation in various chromosomal rearrangements. In addition, the intense accumulation of three retroelements in all species of Harttia and Hypostomus, especially in euchromatic regions, can indicate the participation of these elements in the diversification and evolution of these species through the molecular domestication by genomes of hosts, with these sequences being a co-option for new functions.
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Carducci F, Barucca M, Canapa A, Biscotti MA. Rex Retroelements and Teleost Genomes: An Overview. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113653. [PMID: 30463278 PMCID: PMC6274825 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Repetitive DNA is an intriguing portion of the genome still not completely discovered and shows a high variability in terms of sequence, genomic organization, and evolutionary mode. On the basis of the genomic organization, it includes satellite DNAs, which are organized as long arrays of head-to-tail linked repeats, and transposable elements, which are dispersed throughout the genome. These repeated elements represent a considerable fraction of vertebrate genomes contributing significantly in species evolution. In this review, we focus our attention on Rex1, Rex3 and Rex6, three elements specific of teleost genomes. We report an overview of data available on these retroelements highlighting their significative impact in chromatin and heterochromatin organization, in the differentiation of sex chromosomes, in the formation of supernumerary chromosomes, and in karyotype evolution in teleosts.
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- Federica Carducci
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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Prizon AC, Bruschi DP, Gazolla CB, Borin-Carvalho LA, Portela-Castro ALDB. Chromosome Spreading of the Retrotransposable Rex-3 Element and Microsatellite Repeats in Karyotypes of the Ancistrus Populations. Zebrafish 2018; 15:504-514. [DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2018.1620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Ana Camila Prizon
- Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cellular Biology, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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Hatanaka T, de Oliveira EA, Ráb P, Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Jegede OOI, Liehr T, Olaleye VF, de Bello Cioffi M. First chromosomal analysis in Gymnarchus niloticus (Gymnarchidae: Osteoglossiformes): insights into the karyotype evolution of this ancient fish order. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Terumi Hatanaka
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Mato Grosso – SEDUC-MT, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Jena University Hospital, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Lourenço de Freitas N, Al-Rikabi ABH, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Yano CF, Aguiar de Oliveira E, Hatanaka T, Cioffi MDB. Early Stages of XY Sex Chromosomes Differentiation in the Fish Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) Revealed by DNA Repeats Accumulation. Curr Genomics 2018; 19:216-226. [PMID: 29606909 PMCID: PMC5850510 DOI: 10.2174/1389202918666170711160528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Species with 'young' or nascent sex chromosomes provide unique opportunities to understand early evolutionary mechanisms (e.g. accumulation of repetitive sequences, cessation of recombination and gene loss) that drive the evolution of sex chromosomes. Among vertebrates, fishes exhibit highly diverse and a wide spectrum of sex-determining mechanisms and sex chromosomes, ranging from cryptic to highly differentiated ones, as well as, from simple to multiple sex chromosome systems. Such variability in sex chromosome morphology and composition not only exists within closely related taxa, but often within races/populations of the same species. Inside this context, the wolf fish Hoplias malabaricus offers opportunity to investigate the evolution of morphologically variable sex chromosomes within a species complex, as homomorphic to highly differentiated sex chromosome systems occur among its different karyomorphs. MATERIALS & METHODS To discover various evolutionary stages of sex chromosomes and to compare their sequence composition among the wolf fish´s karyomorphs, we applied multipronged molecular cytogenetic approaches, including C-banding, repetitive DNAs mapping, Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) and Whole Chromosomal Painting (WCP). Our study was able to characterize a cryptically differentiated XX/XY sex chromosome system in the karyomorph F of this species. CONCLUSION The Y chromosome was clearly identified by an interstitial heterochromatic block on the short arms, primarily composed of microsatellite motifs and retrotransposons. Additionally, CGH also identified a male specific chromosome region in the same chromosomal location, implying that the accumulation of these repeats may have initiated the Y chromosome differentiation, as well as played a critical role towards the evolution and differentiation of sex chromosomes in various karyomorphs of this species.
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Getlekha N, Cioffi MDB, Maneechot N, Bertollo LAC, Supiwong W, Tanomtong A, Molina WF. Contrasting Evolutionary Paths Among Indo-Pacific Pomacentrus Species Promoted by Extensive Pericentric Inversions and Genome Organization of Repetitive Sequences. Zebrafish 2017; 15:45-54. [PMID: 29023226 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2017.1484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Pomacentrus (damselfishes) is one of the most characteristic groups of fishes in the Indo-Pacific coral reef. Its 77 described species exhibit a complex taxonomy with cryptic lineages across their extensive distribution. Periods of evolutionary divergences between them are very variable, and the cytogenetic events that followed their evolutionary diversification are largely unknown. In this respect, analyses of chromosomal divergence, within a phylogenetic perspective, are particularly informative regarding karyoevolutionary trends. As such, we conducted conventional cytogenetic and cytogenomic analyses in four Pomacentrus species (Pomacentrus similis, Pomacentrus auriventris, Pomacentrus moluccensis, and Pomacentrus cuneatus), through the mapping of repetitive DNA classes and transposable elements, including 18S rDNA, 5S rDNA, (CA)15, (GA)15, (CAA)10, Rex6, and U2 snDNA as markers. P. auriventris and P. similis, belonging to the Pomacentrus coelestis complex, have indistinguishable karyotypes (2n = 48; NF = 48), with a peculiar syntenic organization of ribosomal genes. On the other hand, P. moluccensis and P. cuneatus, belonging to another clade, exhibit very different karyotypes (2n = 48, NF = 86 and 92, respectively), with a large number of bi-armed chromosomes, where multiple pericentric inversions played a significant role in their karyotype organization. In this sense, different chromosomal pathways followed the phyletic diversification in the Pomacentrus genus, making possible the characterization of two well-contrasting species groups regarding their karyotype features. Despite this, pericentric inversions act as an effective postzygotic barrier in many organisms, which appear to be also the case for P. moluccensis and P. cuneatus; the extensive chromosomal similarities in the two species of P. coelestis complex suggest minor participation of chromosomal postzygotic barriers in the phyletic diversification of these species.
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- Nuntaporn Getlekha
- 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University , Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 2 Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos , São Paulo, Brazil
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- 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University , Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 3 Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Khon Kaen University , Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University , Khon Kaen, Thailand .,4 Toxic Substances in Livestock and Aquatic Animals Research Group, KhonKaen University , Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- 5 Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte , Natal, Brazil
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Chalopin D, Volff JN. Analysis of the spotted gar genome suggests absence of causative link between ancestral genome duplication and transposable element diversification in teleost fish. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2017; 328:629-637. [PMID: 28921831 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Teleost fish have been shown to contain many superfamilies of transposable elements (TEs) that are absent from most tetrapod genomes. Since theories predict an increase in TE activity following polyploidization, such diversity might be linked to the 3R whole-genome duplication that occurred approximately 300 million years ago before the teleost radiation. To test this hypothesis, we have analyzed the genome of the spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus, which diverged from the teleost lineage before the 3R duplication. Our results indicate that TE diversity and copy numbers are similar in gar and teleost genomes, suggesting that TE diversity was ancestral and not linked to the 3R whole-genome duplication. We propose that about 25 distinct superfamilies of TEs were present in the last ancestor of gars and teleost fish about 300 million years ago in the ray-finned fish lineage.
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- Domitille Chalopin
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242 CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242 CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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de Moraes RLR, Bertollo LAC, Marinho MMF, Yano CF, Hatanaka T, Barby FF, Troy WP, Cioffi MDB. Evolutionary Relationships and Cytotaxonomy Considerations in the Genus Pyrrhulina (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae). Zebrafish 2017; 14:536-546. [PMID: 28767325 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2017.1465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Although fishes exhibit the greatest biodiversity among the vertebrates, a large percentage of this fauna is still underexplored on evolutionary cytogenetic questions, particularly the miniature species. The Lebiasinidae family is a particular example for such case. This study is the first one presenting differential cytogenetic methods, such as C-banding, repetitive DNAs mapping, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and whole chromosome painting in lebiasinid species. Pyrrhulina australis and Pyrrhulina aff. australis were deeply investigated concerning their chromosomal patterns and evolutionary relationships. These species have a very similar morphology, but they can be distinguished by a longitudinal midlateral faintly dark stripe exclusive for Pyrrhulina aff. australis. Both species presented 2n = 40 chromosomes (4st +36a), without heteromorphic sex chromosomes. However, despite their morphological and karyotype resemblance, it was evidenced that both species have already gone through a significant genomic divergence, thus corresponding to distinct evolutionary units. Furthermore, to give additional support to some proposals on evolutionary relationship among Lebiasinidae with other fish families, a chromosomal comparative approach with Erythrinus erythrinus, a representative species of the Erythrinidae family, was also performed. In addition to have similar karyotype structure, mainly composed by acrocentric chromosomes, both species share uncommon genomic similarities, such as (i) syntenic location of 5S and 18S rDNA sequences; (ii) huge dispersion of multiple 5S rDNA sites in the karyotypes; and (iii) complex association between 5S rDNA and Rex3 elements. CGH experiments, despite reinforcing some shared genomic homologies, also highlighted that both Pyrrhulina and Erythrinus have a range of nonoverlapping species-specific signals. The overall chromosomal data proved to be effective markers for the cytotaxonomy and evolutionary process among Lebiasinidae fishes.
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- 1 Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) , São Carlos, Brazil
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- 1 Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) , São Carlos, Brazil
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- 1 Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) , São Carlos, Brazil
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- 3 Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso , Campus de Tangará da Serra, Tangará da Serra, Brazil
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- 1 Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) , São Carlos, Brazil
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Suárez P, Pinto Barroso ICG, Silva DDS, Milhomem SSR, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Martins C, Pieczarka JC, Nagamachi CY. Highest Diploid Number Among Gymnotiformes: First Cytogenetic Insights into Rhabdolichops (Sternopygidae). Zebrafish 2017; 14:272-279. [PMID: 28394248 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2016.1405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We report the first comparative cytogenetic analysis of two species from electrogenic fish of genus Rhabdolichops (Sternopygidae, Gymnotiformes): Rhabdolichops troscheli and Rhabdolichops cf eastwardi. R. troscheli has 2n = 54 (fundamental number [FN] = 66), whereas R. cf. eastwardi has 2n = 74 (FN = 78). C-banding revealed centromeric constitutive heterochromatin in both species. Ag-NORs mapped on pair 6 in R. troscheli and pair 30 in R. cf eastwardi. Fluorescense in situ hybridization with 18S rDNA probes confirmed the Ag-NOR staining results and revealed additional (presumably silent) ribosomal genes on pairs 12, 13, 21, 23, 26, and 27 in R. cf eastwardi. 5S rDNA was found on the centromeres of pair 7 in both species. Telomeric probes showed only distal locations. Dispersed signal patterns were obtained using probes for retrotransposons Rex1 and Rex3. Histone H1 and H3 genes were found together on pair 6 in R. cf eastwardi. The high diploid number found in Rhabdolichops suggests that chromosome fission may have contributed to its chromosomal evolution, phylogenetic relationship of the Sternopygidae suggests that this increase in diploid number could be a synapomorphic characteristic of genus Rhabdolichops. Although both species are phylogenetically close related, their karyotype structure has undergone divergent evolutionary directions. All in all, our results strongly suggest that R. cf eastwardi experencied recent intense genome reorganization.
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- Pablo Suárez
- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
- 2 Instituto de Biología Subtropical , CONICET-UNaM, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
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- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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- 4 Instituto Federal de Educação , Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás, Valparaiso de Goiás, Brazil
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- 6 Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho , Botucatu, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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Ayres-Alves T, Cardoso AL, Nagamachi CY, Sousa LMD, Pieczarka JC, Noronha RCR. Karyotypic Evolution and Chromosomal Organization of Repetitive DNA Sequences in Species of Panaque, Panaqolus, and Scobinancistrus (Siluriformes and Loricariidae) from the Amazon Basin. Zebrafish 2017; 14:251-260. [PMID: 28277948 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2016.1373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Loricariidae family comprises the greatest variability of Neotropical catfish species, with more than 800 valid species. This family shows significant chromosomal diversity. Mapping of repetitive DNA sequences can be very useful in exploring such diversity, especially among groups that appear to share a preserved karyotypic macrostructure. We describe the karyotypes of Panaque armbrusteri and Panaqolus sp., as assessed using classical cytogenetic methods. Moreover, we offer a map of their repetitive sequences, including 18S and 5S ribosomal DNAs, the Rex1 and Rex3 retrotransposons, and the Tc1-mariner transposon in P. armbrusteri, Panaqolus sp., Scobinancistrus aureatus, and Scobinancistrus pariolispos. Those species share chromosome numbers of 2n = 52, but are divergent in their chromosome structures and the distributions of their repetitive DNA sequences. In situ hybridization with 18S and 5S rDNA probes confirms chromosome location in different pairs; in Panaqolus sp. these sites are in synteny. This multigene family organization can be explained by the occurrence of chromosome rearrangements, and possible events, such as transposition and unequal crossing-over. Rex1 and Rex3 retrotransposons and the Tc1-mariner transposon appeared predominantly dispersed and in small clusters in some chromosome regions. These data emphasize the importance of repetitive sequences in promoting the karyotypic evolution of these species.
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- Thayana Ayres-Alves
- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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- 2 Laboratório Genômica Integrativa, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista , Botucatu, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará , Belém, Brazil
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Guimarães EMC, Carvalho NDM, Schneider CH, Feldberg E, Gross MC. Karyotypic Comparison of Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) in Central Amazon. Zebrafish 2017; 14:80-89. [PMID: 28129102 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2016.1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hoplias malabaricus comprises seven karyomorphs (A-G) and evolutionary units have been described in some of them. In this study, the karyotypic composition and genomic organization of individual H. malabaricus from Central Amazon are described and to verify whether they can be classified according to known karyomorphs. Individuals from the Ducke Reserve have 2n = 42 chromosomes, similar to karyomorph A. Individuals from Catalão Lake and Marchantaria Island exhibit 2n = 40 chromosomes, similar to karyomorph C. Regarding the constitutive heterochromatin, individuals from all locations present centromeric/pericentromeric blocks, in addition to some bitelomeric and interstitial markings. The number of chromosomes with nucleolar organizer region, 5S rDNA and 18S rDNA sites varied among the different locations. The Rex 3 element has a compartmentalized distribution at the terminal and centromeric regions of most chromosomes, with subtle differences among populations. Fluorescence in situ hybridization performed with a telomeric probe allowed the detection of these regions only at the terminal ends of the chromosomes. Thus, only the chromosomal macrostructure (karyomorphs A-G) is not sufficient to establish evolutionary units within the H. malabaricus group, considering differences in the genome organization that are found among their populations. Such differences in the genomic organization could be mainly caused by the sedentary habits of this species.
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- Erika Milena Corrêa Guimarães
- 1 Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Universidade Federal do Amazonas , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Manaus, Brazil
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- 1 Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Universidade Federal do Amazonas , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Manaus, Brazil
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- 1 Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Universidade Federal do Amazonas , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Manaus, Brazil
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- 2 Laboratório de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia , Manaus, Brazil
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- 1 Departamento de Genética, Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Universidade Federal do Amazonas , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Manaus, Brazil
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Ribeiro LB, Moraes Neto A, Artoni RF, Matoso DA, Feldberg E. Chromosomal Mapping of Repetitive Sequences (Rex3, Rex6, and rDNA Genes) in Hybrids Between Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) and Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887). Zebrafish 2017; 14:155-160. [PMID: 28067606 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2016.1378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Some species of Characiformes are known for their high economic value, such as Colossoma macropomum and Piaractus mesopotamicus, and are used in aquaculture programs to generate hybrid tambacu (interbreeding of C. macropomum females and P. mesopotamicus males). The present work aimed to investigate the location of the Rex3 and Rex6 transposable elements in the hybrid and in the species, in addition to checking the genomic organization of the 18S and 5S rDNA in tambacu. The diploid number found for the hybrid was equal to 54 chromosomes, with heterochromatic blocks distributed mainly in the centromeric portions. The chromosomal location of the mobile elements Rex3 and Rex6 in C. macropomum, P. mesopotamicus, and in the hybrid between these species enabled knowledge expansion and the generation of data on such mobile elements. In addition, the location of such elements is not related to the distribution of ribosomal DNA sites. The mapping of the 18S rDNA was shown to be effective in cytogenetic identification of the hybrid tambacu, allowing for differentiation from the parent species and from the hybrid between C. macropomum and the other species from Piaractus (P. brachypomus).
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- Leila Braga Ribeiro
- 1 Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR) , Boa Vista, Brazil
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- 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) , Campo Grande, Brazil
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- 3 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Evolutiva, Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG) , Ponta Grossa, Brazil
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- 5 Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) , Manaus, Brazil
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Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Cioffi MDB. Fish-FISH: Molecular Cytogenetics in Fish Species. SPRINGER PROTOCOLS HANDBOOKS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-52959-1_44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ráb P, Yano CF, Lavoué S, Jegede OI, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Majtánová Z, de Oliveira EA, Cioffi MB. Karyotype and Mapping of Repetitive DNAs in the African Butterfly Fish Pantodon buchholzi, the Sole Species of the Family Pantodontidae. Cytogenet Genome Res 2016; 149:312-320. [PMID: 27710958 DOI: 10.1159/000450534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The monophyletic order Osteoglossiformes represents one of the most ancestral groups of teleosts and has at least 1 representative in all continents of the southern hemisphere, with the exception of Antarctica. However, despite its phylogenetic and biogeographical importance, cytogenetic data in Osteoglossiformes are scarce. Here, karyotype and chromosomal characteristics of the lower Niger River population of the African butterfly fish Pantodon buchholzi, the sole species of the family Pantodontidae (Osteoglossiformes), were examined using conventional and molecular cytogenetic approaches. All specimens examined had 2n = 46 chromosomes, with a karyotype composed of 5 pairs of metacentric, 5 pairs of submetacentric, and 13 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes in both sexes. No morphologically differentiated sex chromosomes were identified. C-bands were located in the centromeric/pericentromeric region of all chromosomes and were associated with the single AgNOR site. FISH with ribosomal DNA probes revealed that both 5S and 18S rDNA were present in only 1 pair of chromosomes each, but did not colocalize. CMA3+ bands were observed near the telomeres in several chromosome pairs and also at the 18S rDNA sites. The mapping of di- and trinucleotide repeat motifs, Rex6 transposable element, and U2 snRNA showed a scattered distribution over most of the chromosomes, but for some microsatellites and the U2 snRNA also a preferential accumulation at telomeric regions. This study presents the first detailed cytogenetic analysis in the African butterfly fish by both conventional and molecular cytogenetic protocols. This is the first of a series of further cytogenetic and cytogenomic studies on osteoglossiforms, aiming to comprehensively examine the chromosomal evolution in this phylogenetically important fish order.
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- Petr Ráb
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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da Silva FA, Schneider CH, Feldberg E, Baccaro FB, Carvalho NDM, Gross MC. Genomic Organization Under Different Environmental Conditions: Hoplosternum Littorale as a Model. Zebrafish 2016; 13:197-208. [PMID: 26981695 PMCID: PMC4892195 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2015.1237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Amazon has abundant rivers, streams, and floodplains in both polluted and nonpolluted environments, which show great adaptability. Thus, the goal of this study was to map repetitive DNA sequences in both mitotic chromosomes and erythrocyte micronuclei of tamoatás from polluted and nonpolluted environments and to assess the possible genotoxic effects of these environments. Individuals were collected in Manaus, Amazonas (AM), and submitted to classical and molecular cytogenetic techniques, as well as to a blood micronucleus test. Diploid number equal to 60 chromosomes are present in all individuals, with 18S ribosomal DNA sites present in one chromosome pair and no interstitial telomeric sites on chromosomes. The micronucleus test showed no significant differences in pairwise comparisons between environments or collection sites, but the Rex3 retroelement was dispersed on the chromosomes of individuals from unpolluted environments and compartmentalized in individuals from polluted environments. Divergent numbers of 5S rDNA sites are present in individuals from unpolluted and polluted environments. The mapping of repetitive sequences revealed that micronuclei have different compositions both intra- and interindividually that suggests different regions are lost in the formation of micronuclei, and no single fragile region undergoes breaks, although repetitive DNA elements are involved in this process.
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- Francijara Araújo da Silva
- Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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Karyoevolution inPotamorhina(Cope, 1878) (Ostariophysi, Curimatidae): Using Repetitive DNA for the Elucidation of Genome Organization. Zebrafish 2016; 13:118-31. [DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2015.1187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Liehr T, Troy WP, Cioffi MDB. W Chromosome Dynamics in Triportheus Species (Characiformes, Triportheidae): An Ongoing Process Narrated by Repetitive Sequences. J Hered 2016; 107:342-8. [PMID: 27036509 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esw021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Characterizing the abundance and genomic distribution of repetitive DNAs provides information on genome evolution, especially regarding the origin and differentiation of sex chromosomes. Triportheus fishes offer a useful model to explore the evolution of sex chromosomes, since they represent a monophyletic group in which all species share a ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system. In this study, we analyzed the distribution of 13 classes of repetitive DNA sequences by FISH, including microsatellites, rDNAs, and transposable elements in 6 Triportheus species, in order to investigate the fate of the sex-specific chromosome among them. These findings show the dynamic differentiation process of the W chromosome concerning changes in the repetitive DNA fraction of the heterochromatin. The differential accumulation of the same class of repeats on this chromosome, in both nearby and distant species, reflects the inherent dynamism of the microsatellites, as well as the plasticity that shapes the evolutionary history of the sex chromosomes, even among closely related species sharing a same sex chromosome system.
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- Cassia Fernanda Yano
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Yano and Cioffi); Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany (Liehr); Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil (Troy); Departamento de Genetica e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Bertollo); CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF 70040-020, Brazil (Yano)
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Yano and Cioffi); Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany (Liehr); Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil (Troy); Departamento de Genetica e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Bertollo); CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF 70040-020, Brazil (Yano)
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Yano and Cioffi); Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany (Liehr); Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil (Troy); Departamento de Genetica e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Bertollo); CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF 70040-020, Brazil (Yano)
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Yano and Cioffi); Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany (Liehr); Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil (Troy); Departamento de Genetica e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Bertollo); CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF 70040-020, Brazil (Yano)
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Yano and Cioffi); Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany (Liehr); Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil (Troy); Departamento de Genetica e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil (Bertollo); CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, DF 70040-020, Brazil (Yano).
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Santos FAD, Marques DF, Terencio ML, Feldberg E, Rodrigues LRR. Cytogenetic variation of repetitive DNA elements in Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes - Erythrinidae) from white, black and clear water rivers of the Amazon basin. Genet Mol Biol 2016; 39:40-8. [PMID: 27007897 PMCID: PMC4807386 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2015-0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hoplias malabaricus is a common fish species occurring in white, black and clear water rivers of the Amazon basin. Its large distribution across distinct aquatic environments can pose stressful conditions for dispersal and creates possibilities for the emergence of local adaptive profiles. We investigated the chromosomal localization of repetitive DNA markers (constitutive heterochromatin, rDNA and the transposable element REX-3) in populations from the Amazonas river (white water), the Negro river (black water) and the Tapajós river (clear water), in order to address the variation/association of cytogenomic features and environmental conditions. We found a conserved karyotypic macrostructure with a diploid number of 40 chromosomes (20 metacentrics + 20 submetacentrics) in all the samples. Heteromorphism in pair 14 was detected as evidence for the initial differentiation of an XX/XY system. Minor differences detected in the amount of repetitive DNA markers are interpreted as possible signatures of local adaptations to distinct aquatic environments.
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- Fabíola Araújo Dos Santos
- Laboratório de Genética & Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências da Educação, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética & Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências da Educação, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética Animal, Instituto de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética Animal, Instituto de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética & Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências da Educação, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, PA, Brazil
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Although most of non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons are incorporated in the host genome almost randomly, some non-LTR retrotransposons are incorporated into specific sequences within a target site. On the basis of structural and phylogenetic features, non-LTR retrotransposons are classified into two large groups, restriction enzyme-like endonuclease (RLE)-encoding elements and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE)-encoding elements. All clades of RLE-encoding non-LTR retrotransposons include site-specific elements. However, only two of more than 20 APE-encoding clades, Tx1 and R1, contain site-specific non-LTR elements. Site-specific non-LTR retrotransposons usually target within multi-copy RNA genes, such as rRNA gene (rDNA) clusters, or repetitive genomic sequences, such as telomeric repeats; this behavior may be a symbiotic strategy to reduce the damage to the host genome. Site- and sequence-specificity are variable even among closely related non-LTR elements and appeared to have changed during evolution. In the APE-encoding elements, the primary determinant of the sequence- specific integration is APE itself, which nicks one strand of the target DNA during the initiation of target primed reverse transcription (TPRT). However, other factors, such as interaction between mRNA and the target DNA, and access to the target region in the nuclei also affect the sequence-specificity. In contrast, in the RLE-encoding elements, DNA-binding motifs appear to affect their sequence-specificity, rather than the RLE domain itself. Highly specific integration properties of these site-specific non-LTR elements make them ideal alternative tools for sequence-specific gene delivery, particularly for therapeutic purposes in human diseases.
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Integrated cytogenetics and genomics analysis of transposable elements in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Mol Genet Genomics 2016; 291:1219-25. [PMID: 26860923 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-016-1176-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Integration of cytogenetics and genomics has become essential to a better view of architecture and function of genomes. Although the advances on genomic sequencing have contributed to study genes and genomes, the repetitive DNA fraction of the genome is still enigmatic and poorly understood. Among repeated DNAs, transposable elements (TEs) are major components of eukaryotic chromatin and their investigation has been hindered even after the availability of whole sequenced genomes. The cytogenetic mapping of TEs in chromosomes has proved to be of high value to integrate information from the micro level of nucleotide sequence to a cytological view of chromosomes. Different TEs have been cytogenetically mapped in cichlids; however, neither details about their genomic arrangement nor appropriated copy number are well defined by these approaches. The current study integrates TEs distribution in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus genome based on cytogenetic and genomics/bioinformatics approach. The results showed that some elements are not randomly distributed and that some are genomic dependent on each other. Moreover, we found extensive overlap between genomics and cytogenetics data and that tandem duplication may be the major mechanism responsible for the genomic dynamics of TEs here analyzed. This paper provides insights in the genomic organization of TEs under an integrated view based on cytogenetics and genomics.
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Costa GWWFD, Cioffi MDB, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF. The Evolutionary Dynamics of Ribosomal Genes, Histone H3, and Transposable Rex Elements in the Genome of Atlantic Snappers. J Hered 2016; 107:173-80. [PMID: 26792596 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lutjanidae is a family of primarily marine and carnivorous fishes distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, with enormous economic and ecological importance. In order to better clarify the conservative chromosomal evolution of Lutjanidae, we analyzed the evolutionary dynamics of 5 repetitive DNA classes in 5 Lutjanus and in 1 Ocyurus species from the Western Atlantic. The ribosomal 18S sites were generally located in a single chromosome pair, except for L. jocu and L. alexandrei where they are found in 2 pairs. In turn, the 5S rDNA sites are unique, terminal and nonsyntenic with the 18S rDNA sites. In 3 species analyzed, H3 hisDNA genes were found in 1 chromosomal pair. However, while L. jocu presented 2 H3 sites, O. chrysurus showed a noteworthy dispersion of this gene in almost all chromosomes of the karyotype. Retrotransposons Rex1 and Rex3 do not exhibit any association with the explosive distribution of H3 sequences in O. chrysurus. The low compartmentalization of Rex elements, in addition to the general nondynamic distribution of ribosomal and H3 genes, corroborate the karyotype conservatism in Lutjanidae species, also at the microstructural level. However, some "disturbing evolutionary waves" can break down this conservative scenario, as evidenced by the massive random dispersion of H3 hisDNA in the genome of O. chrysurus. The implication of the genomic expansion of H3 histone genes and their functionality remain unknown, although suggesting that they have higher evolutionary dynamics than previously thought.
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- Gideão Wagner Werneck Félix da Costa
- From the Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970 Natal, RN, Brasil (Costa and Molina); Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235 13.565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brasil (Cioffi and Bertollo)
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- From the Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970 Natal, RN, Brasil (Costa and Molina); Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235 13.565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brasil (Cioffi and Bertollo)
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- From the Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970 Natal, RN, Brasil (Costa and Molina); Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235 13.565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brasil (Cioffi and Bertollo)
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- From the Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59.078-970 Natal, RN, Brasil (Costa and Molina); Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235 13.565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brasil (Cioffi and Bertollo).
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Daniel SN, Penitente M, Silva DMZA, Hashimoto DT, Ferreira DC, Foresti F, Porto-Foresti F. Organization and Chromosomal Distribution of Histone Genes and Transposable Rex Elements in the Genome of Astyanax bockmanni (Teleostei, Characiformes). Cytogenet Genome Res 2015; 146:311-8. [PMID: 26618348 DOI: 10.1159/000441613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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An important feature of eukaryotic organisms is the number of different repetitive DNA sequences in their genome, a feature not observed in prokaryotes. These sequences are considered to be important components for understanding evolutionary mechanisms and the karyotypic differentiation processes. Thus, we aimed to physically map the histone genes and transposable elements of the Rex family in 6 fish populations of Astyanax bockmanni. FISH results using a histone H1 gene probe showed fluorescent clusters in 2 chromosome pairs in all 6 samples analyzed. In contrast, FISH with a histone H3 probe showed conspicuous blocks in 4 chromosomes in 5 of the 6 populations analyzed. The sixth population revealed 7 chromosomes marked with this probe. Probes for the transposable elements Rex1 and Rex6 showed small sites dispersed on most chromosomes of the 6 populations, and the Rex3 element is located in a big block concentrated in only 1 acrocentric chromosome of 2 populations. As for the other populations, a Rex3 probe showed large blocks in more than 1 chromosome. Fish from Alambari and Campo Novo Stream have Rex3 elements dispersed along most of the chromosomes. Additionally, the conspicuous signals of Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 were identified in the acrocentric B microchromosome of A. bockmanni found only in individuals of the Alambari River. Thus, we believe that different mechanisms drive the spread of repetitive sequences among the populations analyzed, which appear to be organized differently in the genome of A. bockmanni. The presence of transposable elements in the B chromosome also suggests that these sequences could play a role in the origin and maintenance of the supernumerary element in the genome of this species.
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- Sandro N Daniel
- Departamento de Cix00EA;ncias Biolx00F3;gicas, Faculdade de Cix00EA;ncias, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Bauru, Brazil
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de Sene VF, Pansonato-Alves JC, Ferreira DC, Utsunomia R, Oliveira C, Foresti F. Mapping of the Retrotransposable Elements Rex1 and Rex3 in Chromosomes of Eigenmannia (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes, Sternopygidae). Cytogenet Genome Res 2015; 146:319-24. [DOI: 10.1159/000441465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transposable elements constitute a remarkable fraction of the eukaryote genome and show particular capacity to move and insert in specific regions of the genome. This study identified the retrotransposable elements Rex1 and Rex3 in the genomes of 6 cytotypes of Eigenmannia. The sequences were isolated by PCR, sequenced and physically mapped in the chromosomes of these cytotypes, aiming to investigate the organization and distribution of these elements in this fish group, mainly in the sex chromosomes. The FISH physical mapping revealed that both Rex1 and Rex3 elements are dispersed in small clusters throughout the chromosomes of all cytotypes analyzed. However, conspicuous blocks occur in several samples, including an accentuated accumulation of the Rex3 element in X1 and X2 chromosomes of Eigenmannia sp. 2 and in the X chromosome of E. virescens. The accumulations are coincident with heterochromatin-rich regions, suggesting that Rex3 played a role in the differentiation process of the sex chromosomes.
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Nascimento J, Baldo D, Lourenço LB. First insights on the retroelement Rex1 in the cytogenetics of frogs. Mol Cytogenet 2015; 8:86. [PMID: 26550032 PMCID: PMC4635592 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0189-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background While some transposable elements (TEs) have been found in the sequenced genomes of frog species, detailed studies of these elements have been lacking. In this work, we investigated the occurrence of the Rex1 element, which is widespread in fish, in anurans of the genus Physalaemus. We isolated and characterized the reverse transcriptase (RT)-coding sequences of Rex1 elements of five species of this genus. Results The amino acid sequences deduced from the nucleotide sequences of the isolated fragments allowed us to unambiguously identify regions corresponding to domains 3–7 of RT. Some of the nucleotide sequences isolated from Physlaemus ephippifer and P. albonotatus had internal deletions, suggesting that these fragments are likely not active TEs, despite being derived from a Rex1 element. When hybridized with metaphase chromosomes, Rex1 probes were revealed at the pericentromeric heterochromatic region of the short arm of chromosome 3 of the P. ephippifer karyotype. Neither other heterochromatin sites of the P. ephippifer karyotype nor any chromosomal regions of the karyotypes of P. albonotatus, P. spiniger and P. albifrons were detected with these probes. Conclusions Rex1 elements were found in the genomes of five species of Physalaemus but clustered in only the P. ephippifer karyotype, in contrast to observations in some species of fish, where large chromosomal sites with Rex1 elements are typically present. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13039-015-0189-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Juliana Nascimento
- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-863 Campinas São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Félix de Azara 1552, CPA N3300LQF Posadas, Misiones Argentina
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-863 Campinas São Paulo, Brazil
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Dynamics of Rex3 in the genomes of endangered Iberian Leuciscinae (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) and their natural hybrids. Mol Cytogenet 2015; 8:81. [PMID: 26512297 PMCID: PMC4623273 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Iberian Leuciscinae are greatly diverse comprising taxa of hybrid origin. With highly conservative karyotypes, Iberian Chondrostoma s.l. have recently demonstrated sub-chromosomal differentiation and rapid genome restructuring in natural hybrids, which was confirmed by ribosomal DNA (rDNA) transposition and/or multiplication. To understand the role of repetitive DNAs in the differentiation of their genomes, a genetic and molecular cytogenetic survey was conducted in Achondrostoma oligolepis, Anaecypris hispanica, Iberochondrostoma lemmingii, I. lusitanicum, Pseudochondrostoma duriense, P. polylepis, Squalius pyrenaicus and hybrids between A. oligolepis x (P. duriense/P. polylepis), representing ‘alburnine’, chondrostomine and Squalius lineages. Results Partial Rex3 sequences evidenced high sequence homology among Leuciscinae (≥98 %) and different fish families (80–95 %) proposing a relatively recent activity of these elements in the species inspected. Low nucleotide substitution rates (<20 %) and intact ORFs suggests that Rex3 may in fact be active in these genomes. The chromosomal distribution of Rex3 retroelement was found highly concentrated at pericentromeric and moderately at subtelomeric blocks, co-localizing with 5S rDNA loci, and correlating with blocks of heterochromatin and C0t-1 DNA. This accumulation was evident in at least 10 chromosome pairs, a pattern that seemed to be shared among the different species, likely pre-dating their divergence. Nevertheless, species-specific clusters were detected in I. lusitanicum, P. duriense, P. polylepis and S. pyrenaicus demonstrating rapid and independent differentiation. Natural hybrids followed the same patterns of accumulation and association with repetitive sequences. An increased number of Rex3 clusters now associating also with translocated 45S rDNA clusters vouched for other genomic rearrangements in hybrids. Rex3 sequence phylogeny did not agree with its hosts’ phylogeny but the observed distribution pattern is congruent with an evolutionary tendency to protect its activity, a robust regulatory system and/or events of horizontal transfer. Conclusions This is the first report directed at retroelement physical mapping in Cyprinidae. It helped outlining conceivable ancestral homologies and recognizing retrotransposon activation in hybrids, being possibly associated with genome diversification within the subfamily. The extensive diversity of Iberian Leuciscinae makes them excellent candidates to explore the processes and mechanisms behind the great plasticity distinguishing vertebrate genomes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13039-015-0180-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Barbosa CM, Mareco EA, Silva MDP, Martins C, Alves-Costa FA. Differential expression of a retrotransposable element, Rex6, in Colossoma macropomum fish from different Amazonian environments. Mob Genet Elements 2014; 4:e30003. [PMID: 25089227 PMCID: PMC4113519 DOI: 10.4161/mge.30003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA sequences that have the ability to move and replicate within the genomes. TEs can be classified according to their intermediates of transposition, RNA (retrotransposons) or DNA. In some aquatic organisms, it has been observed that environmental factors such as pH, temperature and pollution may stimulate differential transcription and mobilization of retrotransposons. In light of this information, the present study sought to evaluate the expression of Rex6 TE transcripts in Colossoma macropomum, which is a very commercially exploited fish in Brazil. In order to establish a comparative analysis using real-time PCR, the samples were collected from Amazonian rivers with different physical and chemical characteristics (distinguished by clear water and black water). Quantitative RT-PCR analyses revealed a differential pattern of expression between tissues collected from different types of water (clear and black waters). When it came to the hepatic and muscle tissues sampled, the levels of Rex6 transcripts were significantly different between the two Amazonian water types. These results suggest that environmental conditions operate differently in the regulation of Rex6 transcription in C. macropomum, results which have implications in the reshaping of the genome against environmental variations.
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- Cassiane Martins Barbosa
- UNESP—São Paulo State University (Universidade Estadual Paulista); Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu; Departamento de Morfologia; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP—São Paulo State University (Universidade Estadual Paulista); Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu; Departamento de Morfologia; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP—São Paulo State University (Universidade Estadual Paulista); Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu; Departamento de Morfologia; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP—São Paulo State University (Universidade Estadual Paulista); Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu; Departamento de Morfologia; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Supiwong W, Liehr T, Cioffi MB, Chaveerach A, Kosyakova N, Pinthong K, Tanee T, Tanomtong A. Chromosomal evolution in naked catfishes (Bagridae, Siluriformes): A comparative chromosome mapping study. ZOOL ANZ 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2014.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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da Silva M, Ribeiro ED, Matoso DA, Sousa LM, Hrbek T, Py-Daniel LR, Feldberg E. Chromosomal polymorphism in two species of Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): an integrative approach for understanding their biodiversity. Genetica 2014; 142:127-39. [PMID: 24682750 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-014-9760-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Structural chromosome changes are widely described in different vertebrate groups and generate genetic, phenotypic and behavioral diversity. During the evolution of loricariids, several rearrangements (fissions, fusions, inversions) seem to have occurred. Hypancistrus, tribe Ancistrini, are highly demanded for fishkeeping around the world. In this tribe, the diploid chromosome number 2n = 52 is considered a synapomorphy, and paracentric-type inversions appear to be involved in the chromosomal evolution of the tribe. The present study investigated the karyotypes of H. zebra and H. cf. debilittera using cytogenetic, classical and molecular tools, as well as DNA barcoding. Data reveal that, although diploid number in both species corroborates the proposed synapomorphy for the tribe, there is a complex karyotype dynamics, reflected in the intense chromosomal polymorphism, resulting from rearrangements involving ribosomal regions (5S and 18S rDNA), which are suggested to be paracentric inversions. Besides, DNA barcode confirms reciprocal monophyletism between the species, validating the existence of two species, only. This scenario, coupled with genomic instability caused by exogenous sequences such as Rex-3 retrotransposons and the species' sedentary lifestyle, which helps the fast polymorphism fixation, may reflect different phenotypic color patterns in natural populations, as observed in H. cf. debilittera.
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- Maelin da Silva
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo 2936, Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, CEP 69067-375, Brazil,
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Yano CF, Poltronieri J, Bertollo LAC, Artoni RF, Liehr T, de Bello Cioffi M. Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNAs in Triportheus trifurcatus (Characidae, Characiformes): insights into the differentiation of the Z and W chromosomes. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90946. [PMID: 24632562 PMCID: PMC3954618 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Repetitive DNA sequences play an important role in the structural and functional organization of chromosomes, especially in sex chromosome differentiation. The genus Triportheus represents an interesting model for such studies because all of its species analyzed so far contain a ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system. A close relationship has been found between the differentiation of the W chromosome and heterochromatinization, with the involvement of different types of repetitive DNA in this process. This study investigated several aspects of this association in the W chromosome of Triportheus trifurcatus (2 n = 52 chromosomes), including the cytogenetic mapping of repetitive DNAs such as telomeric sequences (TTAGGG)n, microsatellites and retrotransposons. A remarkable heterochromatic segment on the W chromosome was observed with a preferential accumulation of (CAC)10, (CAG)10, (CGG)10, (GAA)10 and (TA)15. The retrotransposons Rex1 and Rex3 showed a general distribution pattern in the chromosomes, and Rex6 showed a different distribution on the W chromosome. The telomeric repeat (TTAGGG)n was highly evident in both telomeres of all chromosomes without the occurrence of ITS. Thus, the differentiation of the W chromosome of T. trifurcatus is clearly associated with the formation of heterochromatin and different types of repetitive DNA, suggesting that these elements had a prominent role in this evolutionary process.
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- Cassia Fernanda Yano
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Thüringen, Germany
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Molina WF, Liehr T, Cioffi MDB. Genomic organization of repetitive DNAs and its implications for male karyotype and the neo-Y chromosome differentiation in Erythrinus erythrinus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae). COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2014; 8:139-51. [PMID: 25147625 PMCID: PMC4137284 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v8i2.7597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Studies have demonstrated the effective participation of repetitive DNA sequences in the origin and differentiation of the sex chromosomes in some biological groups. In this study several microsatellites and retrotranposable sequences were cytogenetically mapped in the Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) male genome (karyomorph C), focusing on the distribution of these sequences in the sex chromosomes and in the evolutionary processes related to their differentiation. Males of E. erythrinus - karyomorph C - present 2n = 51 chromosomes (7m + 2sm + 6st + 36a), including the X1X2Y sex chromosomes. The C-positive heterochromatin has a predominant localization on the centromeric region of most chromosome pairs, but also in some telomeric regions. The 5S rDNA sites are located in the centromeric region of 27 chromosomes, including 26 acrocentric ones and the metacentric Y chromosome. The retrotransposons Rex 1 and Rex 6 show a dispersed pattern in the karyotype, contrasting with the Rex 3 distribution which is clearly co-localized with all the 27 5S rDNA sites. The microsatellite sequences show a differential distribution, some of them restricted to telomeric and/or interstitial regions and others with a scattered distribution on the chromosomes. However, no preferential accumulation of these elements were observed in the neo-Y chromosome, in contrast to what usually occurs in simple sex chromosome systems.
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- Cassia Fernanda Yano
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís (SP 310) Km 235, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís (SP 310) Km 235, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
- Professor Sênior at Universidade Federal de São Carlos
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís (SP 310) Km 235, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Splendore de Borba R, Lourenço da Silva E, Parise-Maltempi PP. Chromosome mapping of retrotransposable elements Rex1 and Rex3 in Leporinus Spix, 1829 species (Characiformes: Anostomidae) and its relationships among heterochromatic segments and W sex chromosome. Mob Genet Elements 2013; 3:e27460. [PMID: 24404417 DOI: 10.4161/mge.27460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 12/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The family Anostomidae is an interesting model for studies of repetitive elements, mainly because of the presence of high numbers of heterochromatic segments related to a peculiar system of female heterogamety, which is restricted to a few species of Leporinus genus. Thus, cytogenetic mapping of the retrotransposable elements Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 was performed in six Leporinus species, to elucidate the genomic organization of this genus. The sequencing of the Rex1 and Rex3 elements detected different base pair compositions in these elements among species, whereas the Rex6 element was not identified in the genomes of these species. FISH analysis using Rex1 detected different distribution patterns, L. elongatus, L. macrocephalus, and L. obtusidens had clusters in the terminal regions, whereas the signals were dispersed throughout all of the chromosomes with some signals in the terminal position in other species. The Rex3 signals were found mainly in the terminal positions in all the chromosomes of all species. The W chromosomes of L. elongatus, L. macrocephalus, and L. obtusidens contained the Rex1 and Rex3 signal in an interstitial position. These results suggest the emergence of different activity levels for these elements during the evolution of the species analyzed. Despite the conserved karyotype macrostructure species Leporinus often discussed, our results show some variation in hybridization patterns, particularly between the species with specific patterns in their sex chromosomes and species without this differentiated system.
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- Rafael Splendore de Borba
- Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) "Julio de Mesquita Filho," Rio Claro; Departamento de Biologia; Laboratório de Citogenética; Rio Claro, SP Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) "Julio de Mesquita Filho," Rio Claro; Departamento de Biologia; Laboratório de Citogenética; Rio Claro, SP Brazil
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Supiwong W, Liehr T, Cioffi MB, Chaveerach A, Kosyakova N, Pinthong K, Tanee T, Tanomtong A. Karyotype and cytogenetic mapping of 9 classes of repetitive DNAs in the genome of the naked catfish Mystus bocourti (Siluriformes, Bagridae). Mol Cytogenet 2013; 6:51. [PMID: 24266901 PMCID: PMC4176197 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-6-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In the present study, conventional and molecular cytogenetic studies were performed in the naked catfish Mystus bocourti (Siluriformes, Bagridae). Besides the conventional Giemsa staining, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using nine classes of repetitive DNAs namely 5S and 18S rDNAs, U2 snRNA, the microsatellites (CA)15 and (GA)15, telomeric repeats, and the retrotransposable elements Rex1, 3 and 6. was also performed. RESULTS M. bocourti had 2n = 56 chromosomes with a karyotype composed by 11 m + 11 sm + 6 st/a and a fundamental number (NF) equal to 100 in both sexes. Heteromorphic sex chromosome cannot be identified. The U2 snRNA, 5S and 18S rDNA were present in only one pair of chromosomes but none of them in a syntenic position. Microsatellites (CA)15 and (GA)15 showed hybridization signals at subtelomeric regions of all chromosomes with a stronger accumulation into one specific chromosomal pair. FISH with the telomeric probe revealed hybridization signals on each telomere of all chromosomes and interstitial telomeric sites (ITS) were not detected. The retrotransposable elements Rex1, 3 and 6 were generally spread throughout the genome. CONCLUSIONS In general, the repetitive sequences were not randomly distributed in the genome, suggesting a pattern of compartmentalization on the heterochromatic region of the chromosomes. Little is known about the structure and organization of bagrid genomes and the knowledge of the chromosomal distribution of repetitive DNA sequences in M. bocourti represents the first step for achieving an integrated view of their genomes.
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- Weerayuth Supiwong
- Department of Biology Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, 123 Mitraphap Highway, Khon Kaen 40002, Muangkhonkaen District, Thailand.
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Chromosomal organization of repetitive DNA sequences in Astyanax bockmanni (Teleostei, Characiformes): dispersive location, association and co-localization in the genome. Genetica 2013; 141:329-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9732-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Schneider CH, Gross MC, Terencio ML, do Carmo EJ, Martins C, Feldberg E. Evolutionary dynamics of retrotransposable elements Rex1, Rex3 and Rex6 in neotropical cichlid genomes. BMC Evol Biol 2013; 13:152. [PMID: 23865932 PMCID: PMC3728117 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Transposable elements (TEs) have the potential to produce broad changes in the genomes of their hosts, acting as a type of evolutionary toolbox and generating a collection of new regulatory and coding sequences. Several TE classes have been studied in Neotropical cichlids; however, the information gained from these studies is restricted to the physical chromosome mapping, whereas the genetic diversity of the TEs remains unknown. Therefore, the genomic organization of the non-LTR retrotransposons Rex1, Rex3, and Rex6 in five Amazonian cichlid species was evaluated using physical chromosome mapping and DNA sequencing to provide information about the role of TEs in the evolution of cichlid genomes. Results Physical mapping revealed abundant TE clusters dispersed throughout the chromosomes. Furthermore, several species showed conspicuous clusters accumulation in the centromeric and terminal portions of the chromosomes. These TE chromosomal sites are associated with both heterochromatic and euchromatic regions. A higher number of Rex1 clusters were observed among the derived species. The Rex1 and Rex3 nucleotide sequences were more conserved in the basal species than in the derived species; however, this pattern was not observed in Rex6. In addition, it was possible to observe conserved blocks corresponding to the reverse transcriptase fragment of the Rex1 and Rex3 clones and to the endonuclease of Rex6. Conclusion Our data showed no congruence between the Bayesian trees generated for Rex1, Rex3 and Rex6 of cichlid species and phylogenetic hypothesis described for the group. Rex1 and Rex3 nucleotide sequences were more conserved in the basal species whereas Rex6 exhibited high substitution rates in both basal and derived species. The distribution of Rex elements in cichlid genomes suggests that such elements are under the action of evolutionary mechanisms that lead to their accumulation in particular chromosome regions, mostly in heterochromatins.
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- Carlos Henrique Schneider
- Laboratório de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
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Utsunomia R, Pansonato-Alves JC, Scacchetti PC, Oliveira C, Foresti F. Scattered organization of the histone multigene family and transposable elements in Synbranchus. Genet Mol Biol 2013; 37:30-6. [PMID: 24688288 PMCID: PMC3958323 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572014000100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The fish species Synbranchus marmoratus is widely distributed throughout the Neotropical region and exhibits a significant karyotype differentiation. However, data concerning the organization and location of the repetitive DNA sequences in the genomes of these karyomorphs are still lacking. In this study we made a physical mapping of the H3 and H4 histone multigene family and the transposable elements Rex1 and Rex3 in the genome of three known S. marmoratus karyomorphs. The results indicated that both histone sequences seem to be linked with one another and are scattered all over the chromosomes of the complement, with a little compartmentalization in one acrocentric pair, which is different from observations in other fish groups. Likewise, the transposable elements Rex1 and Rex3 were also dispersed throughout the genome as small clusters. The data also showed that the histone sites are organized in a differentiated manner in the genomes of S. marmoratus, while the transposable elements Rex1 and Rex3 do not seem to be compartmentalized in this group.
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- Ricardo Utsunomia
- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil
| | - Priscilla Cardim Scacchetti
- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil
| | - Claudio Oliveira
- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil
| | - Fausto Foresti
- Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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