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D'arc M, Moreira FRR, Dias CA, Souza AR, Seuánez HN, Soares MA, Tavares MCH, Santos AFA. The characterization of two novel neotropical primate papillomaviruses supports the ancient within-species diversity model. Virus Evol 2020; 6:veaa036. [PMID: 32665860 PMCID: PMC7326299 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Papillomaviruses (PVs) are non-enveloped icosahedral viruses with a circular double-stranded DNA genome of ∼8,000 base pairs (bp). More than 200 different PV types have been identified to date in humans, which are distributed in five genera, with several strains associated with cancer development. Although widely distributed in vertebrates, Neotropical Primates (NP) PV infection was described for the first time only in 2016. Currently, four complete genomes of NP PVs have been characterized, three from Saimiri sciureus (SscPV1 to SscPV3) and one from Alouatta guariba (AgPV1). In this work, we describe two novel PV strains infecting Callithrix penicillata (provisionally named CpenPV1 and CpenPV2), using anal swab samples from animals residing at the Brasilia Primatology Center and next generation sequencing. The genomes of CpenPV1 (7,288 bp; 41.5% guanine-cytosine content - GC) and CpenPV2 (7,250 bp; 40.7% GC) contain the characteristic open reading frames (ORFs) for the early (E6, E7, E1, E2, and E4) and late (L2 and L1) PV genes. The L1 ORFs, commonly used for phylogenetic identification, share 76 per cent similarity with each other and differ 32 per cent from any other known PV, indicating that these new strains meet the criteria for defining novel species. PV genes phylogenetic variance was analyzed and different degrees of saturation revealed similar levels of topological heterogeneity, ruling out saturation as primary etiological factor for this phenomenon. Interestingly, the two CpenPV strains form a monophyletic clade within the Gammapapillomavirus genus (provisionally named gammapapillomavirus 32). Unlike for other NP PV strains, which grouped into a new sister genus of Alphapapillomavirus, this is the first report of NP PV strains grouping into a genus previously considered to exclusively comprise Old World Primates (OWP) PVs, including human PVs. These findings confirm the existence of a common ancestor for Gammapapillomavirus already infecting primates before the split of OWP and NP at ∼40 million years ago. Finally, our findings are consistent with an ancient within-species diversity model and emphasize the importance of increasing sampling to help understanding the PV-primate codivergence dynamics and pathogenic potential.
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- Mirela D'arc
- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua André Cavalcanti, Postal Code 20231-050, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua André Cavalcanti, Postal Code 20231-050, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade e Doenças Virais, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, Postal Code 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Siqueira JD, Curty G, Xutao D, Hofer CB, Machado ES, Seuánez HN, Soares MA, Delwart E, Soares EA. Composite Analysis of the Virome and Bacteriome of HIV/HPV Co-Infected Women Reveals Proxies for Immunodeficiency. Viruses 2019; 11:v11050422. [PMID: 31067713 PMCID: PMC6563245 DOI: 10.3390/v11050422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The human cervical microbiome is complex, and its role in health and disease has just begun to be elucidated. In this study, 57 cervical swab samples from 19 HIV/HPV co-infected women were analyzed for both virome and bacteriome composition. Virome analysis focused on circular DNA viruses through rolling circle amplification followed by next-generation sequencing (NGS). Data were assigned to virus families and genera, and HPV types were identified. NGS data of bacterial 16S from a subset of 24 samples were assigned to operational taxonomic units and classified according to vaginal microbiome community state types (CSTs). Four viral families were found: Papillomaviridae, Anelloviridae, Genomoviridae, and Herpesviridae. Papillomavirus reads were more abundant in women with premalignant cervical lesions, which were also strongly associated with multiple (≥3) high-risk HPV infection. Anellovirus read abundance was negatively correlated with host CD4+ T-cell counts. The bacteriome revealed the presence of CST III and CST IV, and women with ≥1% frequency of genomovirus or herpesvirus reads displayed an increased risk of carrying CST IV. By characterizing the composition of the cervical circular DNA viruses and the bacteriome of HIV/HPV co-infected women, we identified putative interactions between these two microorganism communities and their associations with patients’ clinical characteristics, notably immunodeficiency status.
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- Juliana D Siqueira
- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil.
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil.
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- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-340, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-912, Brazil.
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil.
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21944-970, Brazil.
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil.
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21944-970, Brazil.
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- Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, Brazil.
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Vialle RA, de Souza JES, Lopes KDP, Teixeira DG, Alves Sobrinho PDA, Ribeiro-dos-Santos AM, Furtado C, Sakamoto T, Oliveira Silva FA, Herculano Corrêa de Oliveira E, Hamoy IG, Assumpção PP, Ribeiro-dos-Santos Â, Santos Lima JPM, Seuánez HN, de Souza SJ, Santos S. Whole Genome Sequencing of the Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) Supports Independent Emergence of Major Teleost Clades. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:2366-2379. [PMID: 29982381 PMCID: PMC6143160 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) is one of the world's largest freshwater fishes and member of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha (bonytongues), one of the oldest lineages of ray-finned fishes. This species is an obligate air-breather found in the basin of the Amazon River with an attractive potential for aquaculture. Its phylogenetic position among bony fishes makes the Pirarucu a relevant subject for evolutionary studies of early teleost diversification. Here, we present, for the first time, a draft genome version of the A. gigas genome, providing useful information for further functional and evolutionary studies. The A. gigas genome was assembled with 103-Gb raw reads sequenced in an Illumina platform. The final draft genome assembly was ∼661 Mb, with a contig N50 equal to 51.23 kb and scaffold N50 of 668 kb. Repeat sequences accounted for 21.69% of the whole genome, and a total of 24,655 protein-coding genes were predicted from the genome assembly, with an average of nine exons per gene. Phylogenomic analysis based on 24 fish species supported the postulation that Osteoglossomorpha and Elopomorpha (eels, tarpons, and bonefishes) are sister groups, both forming a sister lineage with respect to Clupeocephala (remaining teleosts). Divergence time estimations suggested that Osteoglossomorpha and Elopomorpha lineages emerged independently in a period of ∼30 Myr in the Jurassic. The draft genome of A. gigas provides a valuable genetic resource for further investigations of evolutionary studies and may also offer a valuable data for economic applications.
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- Ricardo Assunção Vialle
- Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment – BioME, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Departmento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Aplicada, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Oncologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment – BioME, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment – BioME, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
- Instituto do Cérebro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Oncologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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Tavares WC, Pessôa LM, Seuánez HN. Changes in Ontogenetic Allometry and their Role in the Emergence of Cranial Morphology in Fossorial Spiny Rats (Echimyidae, Hystricomorpha, Rodentia). J MAMM EVOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-018-9433-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood. This malignancy shows a wide spectrum of clinical outcome and its prognosis is conditioned by manifold biological and genetic factors. We investigated the tumor genetic profile and clinical data of 29 patients with NB by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to assess therapeutic risk. In 18 of these tumors, MYCN status was assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Copy number variation was also determined for confirming MLPA findings in two 6p loci. We found 2p, 7q and 17q gains, and 1p and 11q losses as the most frequent chromosome alterations in this cohort. FISH confirmed all cases of MYCN amplification detected by MLPA. In view of unexpected 6p imbalance, copy number variation of two 6p loci was assessed for validating MLPA findings. Based on clinical data and genetic profiles, patients were stratified in pretreatment risk groups according to international consensus. MLPA proved to be effective for detecting multiple genetic alterations in all chromosome regions as requested by the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) for therapeutic stratification. Moreover, this technique proved to be cost effective, reliable, only requiring standard PCR equipment, and attractive for routine analysis. However, the observed 6p imbalances made PKHD1 and DCDC2 inadequate for control loci. This must be considered when designing commercial MLPA kits for NB. Finally, four patients showed a normal MLPA profile, suggesting that NB might have a more complex genetic pattern than the one assessed by presently available MLPA kits.
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- Régis Afonso Costa
- Genetics Program, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua André Cavalcanti 37, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20231-050, Brazil.,Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Genetics Program, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua André Cavalcanti 37, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20231-050, Brazil. .,Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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D'arc M, Furtado C, Siqueira JD, Seuánez HN, Ayouba A, Peeters M, Soares MA. Assessment of the gorilla gut virome in association with natural simian immunodeficiency virus infection. Retrovirology 2018; 15:19. [PMID: 29402305 PMCID: PMC5800045 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-018-0402-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background Simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) of chimpanzees and gorillas from Central Africa crossed the species barrier at least four times giving rise to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) groups M, N, O and P. The paradigm of non-pathogenic lentiviral infections has been challenged by observations of naturally infected chimpanzees with SIVcpz associated with a negative impact on their life span and reproduction, CD4+ T-lymphocyte loss and lymphoid tissue destruction. With the advent and dissemination of new generation sequencing technologies, novel promising markers of immune deficiency have been explored in human and nonhuman primate species, showing changes in the microbiome (dysbiosis) that might be associated with pathogenic conditions. The aim of the present study was to identify and compare enteric viromes of SIVgor-infected and uninfected gorillas using noninvasive sampling and ultradeep sequencing, and to assess the association of virome composition with potential SIVgor pathogenesis in their natural hosts. Results We analyzed both RNA and DNA virus libraries of 23 fecal samples from 11 SIVgor-infected (two samples from one animal) and 11 uninfected western lowland gorillas from Campo-Ma’an National Park (CP), in southwestern Cameroon. Three bacteriophage families (Siphoviridae, Myoviridae and Podoviridae) represented 67.5 and 68% of the total annotated reads in SIVgor-infected and uninfected individuals, respectively. Conversely, mammalian viral families, such as Herpesviridae and Reoviridae, previously associated with gut- and several mammalian diseases were significantly more abundant (p < 0.003) in the SIVgor-infected group. In the present study, we analyzed, for the first time, the enteric virome of gorillas and their association with SIVgor status. This also provided the first evidence of association of specific mammalian viral families and SIVgor in a putative dysbiosis context. Conclusions Our results suggested that viromes might be potentially used as markers of lentiviral disease progression in wild gorilla populations. The diverse mammalian viral families, herein described in SIVgor-infected gorillas, may play a pivotal role in a disease progression still unclear in these animals but already well characterized in pathogenic lentiviral infections in other organisms. Larger sample sets should be further explored to reduce intrinsic sampling variation.
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- Mirela D'arc
- Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- UMI233/INSERM1175 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMI233/INSERM1175 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Several human diseases have been associated with mutations in mitochondrial genes comprising a set of confirmed and reported mutations according to the MITOMAP database. An analysis of complete mitogenomes across 139 primate species showed that most confirmed disease-associated mutations occurred in aligned codon positions and gene regions under strong purifying selection resulting in a strong evolutionary conservation. Only two confirmed variants (7.1%), coding for the same amino acids accounting for severe human diseases, were identified without apparent pathogenicity in non-human primates, like the closely related Bornean orangutan. Conversely, reported disease-associated mutations were not especially concentrated in conserved codon positions, and a large fraction of them occurred in highly variable ones. Additionally, 88 (45.8%) of reported mutations showed similar variants in several non-human primates and some of them have been present in extinct species of the genus Homo. Considering that recurrent mutations leading to persistent variants throughout the evolutionary diversification of primates are less likely to be severely damaging to fitness, we suggest that these 88 mutations are less likely to be pathogenic. Conversely, 69 (35.9%) of reported disease-associated mutations occurred in extremely conserved aligned codon positions which makes them more likely to damage the primate mitochondrial physiology.
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- William Corrêa Tavares
- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Meyrelles AR, Siqueira JD, Santos PPD, Hofer CB, Luiz RR, Seuánez HN, Almeida G, Soares MA, Soares EA, Machado ES. Bonafide, type-specific human papillomavirus persistence among HIV-positive pregnant women: predictive value for cytological abnormalities, a longitudinal cohort study. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2016; 111:120-7. [PMID: 26872340 PMCID: PMC4750452 DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
This study investigated the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence,
associated risk factors, and predictors of cytological alteration outcomes in a
cohort of human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women over an 18-month
period. HPV was typed through L1 gene sequencing in cervical smears
collected during gestation and at 12 months after delivery. Outcomes were defined as
nonpersistence (clearance of the HPV in the 2nd sample), re-infection (detection of
different types of HPV in the 2 samples), and type-specific HPV persistence (the same
HPV type found in both samples). An unfavourable cytological outcome was considered
when the second exam showed progression to squamous intraepithelial lesion or high
squamous intraepithelial lesion. Ninety patients were studied. HPV DNA persistence
occurred in 50% of the cases composed of type-specific persistence (30%) or
re-infection (20%). A low CD4+T-cell count at entry was a risk factor for
type-specific, re-infection, or HPV DNA persistence. The odds ratio (OR) was almost
three times higher in the type-specific group when compared with the re-infection
group (OR = 2.8; 95% confidence interval: 0.43-22.79). Our findings show that
bonafide (type-specific) HPV persistence is a stronger predictor for the development
of cytological abnormalities, highlighting the need for HPV typing as opposed to HPV
DNA testing in the clinical setting.
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- Angela Ri Meyrelles
- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Siqueira JD, Alves BM, Prellwitz IM, Furtado C, Meyrelles ÂR, Machado ES, Seuánez HN, Soares MA, Soares EA. Identification of novel human papillomavirus lineages and sublineages in HIV/HPV-coinfected pregnant women by next-generation sequencing. Virology 2016; 493:202-8. [PMID: 27060563 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary condition for development of cervical cancer, and has also been associated with malignancies of other body anatomical sites. Specific HPV types have been associated with premalignant lesions and invasive carcinoma, but mounting evidence suggests that within-type lineages and sublineages also display distinct biological characteristics associated with persistent infections and evolution to cervical cancer. In the present study, we have assessed HPV multiple infection and variation from a cohort of highly susceptible, HIV(+) pregnant women using next-generation sequencing and an in-house pipeline for HPV full-length genome assembly. Seventy-two consensus sequences representing complete or near-complete (>97%) HPV genomes were assembled, spanning 28 different types. Genetic distance and phylogenetic analyses allowed us to propose the classification of novel HPV lineages and sublineages across nine HPV types, including two high-risk types. HPV diversity may be a hallmark of immunosuppressed patients upon HIV infection and AIDS progression.
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- Juliana D Siqueira
- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Alves BM, Prellwitz IM, Siqueira JD, Meyrelles ÂR, Bergmann A, Seuánez HN, Machado ES, Soares MA, Soares EA. The effect of human leukocyte antigen G alleles on human papillomavirus infection and persistence in a cohort of HIV-positive pregnant women from Brazil. Infect Genet Evol 2015; 34:339-43. [PMID: 26134300 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Revised: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Patients with compromised immune systems have more severe intraepithelial lesions and more rapid disease progression, in addition to increased risk for cervical cancer. Persistent infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary step in that process. By inducing expression of inhibitory ligands of natural killer cells, like HLA-G, HPV avoids the elimination of infected cells. Recent studies have investigated polymorphisms in HLA-G that may be associated with susceptibility to HPV infection and persistence. One hundred-forty HIV(+) pregnant women from Brazil had a DNA fragment comprising HLA-G exons 2-4 PCR-amplified, cloned, sequenced and analyzed for allele determination. Altogether, 22 alleles comprising 52 different genotypes were found. Four novel HLA-G alleles were characterized. We have not observed association of specific HLA-G alleles with HPV infection, but found a protective effect of the G:01:01:02 allele against the occurrence of intraepithelial lesions. In addition to describing new HLA-G alleles and defining new reference sequences, our data provide a better understanding of the impact of HLA-G alleles on HPV-related disease.
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- Brunna M Alves
- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Epidemiologia Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Andrade RC, Cardoso LCA, Ferman SE, Faria PS, Seuánez HN, Achatz MI, Vargas FR. Association of TP53 polymorphisms on the risk of Wilms tumor. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014; 61:436-41. [PMID: 24038938 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Molecular factors influencing Wilms tumor (WT) development remain largely unknown. TP53 mutations seem to be restricted to the anaplastic WT subtype. However, TP53 polymorphisms do not have a defined role in the disease. PROCEDURE To assess the impact of TP53 mutations and polymorphisms (PIN2, PIN3, and PEX4) on risk of development, age at diagnosis, and survival in WT, we analyzed 46 blood DNA samples and 31 fresh tumor DNA samples from 52 patients with WT. Sequencing of TP53 exons 2-11 was performed. RESULTS Tumor DNA analysis revealed TP53 pathogenic missense mutations (p.V197M, p.R213Q, p.R248W, and p.R337C) in four samples (12.9%). Blood DNA samples revealed a novel intronic mutation, IVS2 + 37C > T, in one patient (2.2%). Bilaterality was associated with a twofold decrease in survival (P = 0.00037). Diffuse anaplasia also presented a lower survival probability compared to patients with non-anaplastic tumors, or with focal anaplasia (P = 0.045). Patients with a TP53 somatic mutation showed survival probability of 37.5% versus 85.0% for patients with no somatic mutations, although the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.0706). PIN3 duplicated allele was associated with a 20-month later mean age at diagnosis (P = 0.0084). TP53 PEX4 C allele showed an increased risk for WT development (P = 0.0379). No relationship was found between survival and gender, age at diagnosis, or the less frequent alleles of PIN2, PIN3, and PEX4. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate an association between PIN3 and age at diagnosis, as well as an association of PEX4 and risk of development of WT.
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- R C Andrade
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Prellwitz IM, Alves BM, Ikeda MLR, Kuhleis D, Picon PD, Jarczewski CA, Osório MR, Sánchez A, Seuánez HN, Larouzé B, Soares MA, Soares EA. HIV behind bars: human immunodeficiency virus cluster analysis and drug resistance in a reference correctional unit from southern Brazil. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69033. [PMID: 23874857 PMCID: PMC3706441 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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People deprived of liberty in prisons are at higher risk of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to their increased exposure through intravenous drug use, unprotected sexual activity, tattooing in prison and blood exposure in fights and rebellions. Yet, the contribution of intramural HIV transmission to the epidemic is scarcely known, especially in low- and middle-income settings. In this study, we surveyed 1,667 inmates incarcerated at Presídio Central de Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil, for HIV infection and molecular characterization. The HIV seroprevalence was 6.6% (110/1,667). Further analyses were carried out on 40 HIV-seropositive inmates to assess HIV transmission clusters and drug resistance within the facility with the use of molecular and phylogenetic techniques. The molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 subtypes observed was similar to the one reported for the general population in southern Brazil, with the predominance of HIV-1 subtypes C, B, CRF31_BC and unique BC recombinants. In particular, the high rate (24%) of URF_BC found here may reflect multiple exposures of the population investigated to HIV infection. We failed to find HIV-infected inmates sharing transmission clusters with each other. Importantly, the analysis of HIV-1 pol genomic fragments evidenced high rates of HIV primary and secondary (acquired) drug resistance and an alarming proportion of virologic failure among patients under treatment, unveiling suboptimal access to antiretroviral therapy (ARV), low ARV adherence and dissemination of drug resistant HIV strains in primary infections. Our results call for immediate actions of public authority to implement preventive measures, serological screening and, for HIV-seropositive subjects, clinical and treatment follow-up in order to control HIV infection and limit the spread of drug resistance strains in Brazilian prisons.
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Secretaria de Saúde de Viamão, Prefeitura de Viamão, Viamão, Brazil
- Departamento de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital Sanatório Partenon, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Secretaria de Segurança Pública, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Secretaria de Segurança Pública, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital Sanatório Partenon, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Secretaria de Estado de Administração Penitenciária, Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- INSERM U707, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, Paris, France
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Muniz CP, Troncoso LL, Moreira MA, Soares EA, Pissinatti A, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN, Sharma B, Jia H, Shankar A, Switzer WM, Santos AF, Soares MA. Identification and characterization of highly divergent simian foamy viruses in a wide range of new world primates from Brazil. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67568. [PMID: 23844033 PMCID: PMC3701081 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Foamy viruses naturally infect a wide range of mammals, including Old World (OWP) and New World primates (NWP), which are collectively called simian foamy viruses (SFV). While NWP species in Central and South America are highly diverse, only SFV from captive marmoset, spider monkey, and squirrel monkey have been genetically characterized and the molecular epidemiology of SFV infection in NWPs remains unknown. We tested a large collection of genomic DNA (n = 332) comprising 14 genera of NWP species for the presence of SFV polymerase (pol) sequences using generic PCR primers. Further molecular characterization of positive samples was carried out by LTR-gag and larger pol sequence analysis. We identified novel SFVs infecting nine NWP genera. Prevalence rates varied between 14-30% in different species for which at least 10 specimens were tested. High SFV genetic diversity among NWP up to 50% in LTR-gag and 40% in pol was revealed by intragenus and intrafamilial comparisons. Two different SFV strains infecting two captive yellow-breasted capuchins did not group in species-specific lineages but rather clustered with SFVs from marmoset and spider monkeys, indicating independent cross-species transmission events. We describe the first SFV epidemiology study of NWP, and the first evidence of SFV infection in wild NWPs. We also document a wide distribution of distinct SFVs in 14 NWP genera, including two novel co-speciating SFVs in capuchins and howler monkeys, suggestive of an ancient evolutionary history in NWPs for at least 28 million years. A high SFV genetic diversity was seen among NWP, yet these viruses seem able to jump between NWP species and even genera. Our results raise concerns for the risk of zoonotic transmission of NWP SFV to humans as these primates are regularly hunted for food or kept as pets in forest regions of South America.
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- Cláudia P. Muniz
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Primatologia do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Barbosa RH, Aguiar FCC, Silva MFL, Costa RA, Vargas FR, Lucena E, Carvalho de Souza M, de Almeida LM, Bittar C, Ashton Prolla P, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN. Screening of RB1 alterations in Brazilian patients with retinoblastoma and relatives with retinoma: phenotypic and genotypic associations. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013; 54:3184-94. [PMID: 23532519 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To identify constitutional alterations of the retinoblastoma 1 gene (RB1) in two cohorts of Brazilian patients with retinoblastoma and to analyze genotype-phenotype associations. METHODS Molecular screening was carried out by direct sequencing of the 27 RB1 exons and flanking regions in blood DNA of 71 patients with retinoblastoma and 4 relatives with retinoma, and with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) in 21 patients. The presumed impact of nucleotide substitutions on the structure of the retinoblastoma protein (pRB) was predicted by Polymorphism Phenotyping-2 (PolyPhen-2). Kaplan-Meier and log-rank test were used for estimating 60-month survival rates. RESULTS One hundred two nucleotide substitutions were detected, 92 substitutions in 59 patients with retinoblastoma and 10 substitutions in 4 individuals with retinoma. Eight substitutions were novel. The majority of substitutions were intronic (86.2%). More than one substitution was present in 37.3% of patients. Twenty-one duplications and 11 deletions were found in 12 patients; some of which with both types of alterations. Duplications/deletions were found in four patients lacking constitutional alterations when analyzed by sequencing, and in eight patients carrying one or more polymorphic intronic substitutions. The global 60-month survival rate in patients was 91.8% (Confidence Interval95% = 85.0 - 99.1). Significant, lower survival rates were found in extraocular presentation (81.0%) versus intraocular tumors (P = 0.014), first enucleation after 1 month following diagnosis (80.9%) versus earlier first enucleation (P = 0.020), and relapse (100.0%) versus absence of relapse (P = 0.0005). CONCLUSIONS Fifteen substitutions (4 intronic and 11 exonic) were identified as probably or likely pathogenic. Four of these 11 exonic substitutions were novel. Survival rates, however, were not affected by presence of these probably or likely pathogenic alterations, most of which not found in patients with retinoblastoma from other Latin American countries. These differences might be related to the different ethnic composition of the Latin American cohorts. Portuguese Abstract.
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- Raquel H Barbosa
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Cardoso LCA, Tenorio Castaño JA, Pereira HS, Lima MADFD, Dos Santos ACE, de Faria PS, Ferman S, Seuánez HN, Nevado JB, de Almeida JCC, Lapunzina P, Vargas FR. Constitutional and somatic methylation status of DMRH19 and KvDMR in Wilms tumor patients. Genet Mol Biol 2012; 35:714-24. [PMID: 23271929 PMCID: PMC3526076 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572012005000073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The most frequent epigenetic alterations in Wilms tumor (WT) occur at WT2, assigned to 11p15. WT2 consists of two domains: telomeric domain 1 (DMRH19) that contains the IGF2 gene and an imprinted maternally expressed transcript (H19) and centromeric domain 2 (KvDMR) that contains the genes KCNQ1, KCNQ1OT1 and CDKN1C. In this work, we used pyrosequencing and MS-MLPA to compare the methylation patterns of DMRH19/KvDMR in blood and tumor samples from 40 WT patients. Normal constitutional KvDMR methylation indicated that most of the epigenetic alterations in WT occur at DMRH19. Constitutional DMRH19 hypermethylation (HM DMRH19) was observed in two patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Pyrosequencing and MS-MLPA showed HM DMRH19 in 28/34 tumor samples: 16/34 with isolated HM DMRH19 and 12/34 with concomitant HM DMRH19 and KvDMR hypomethylation, indicating paternal uniparental disomy. With the exception of one blood sample, the MS-MLPA and pyrosequencing findings were concordant. Diffuse or focal anaplasia was present in five tumor samples and was associated with isolated somatic HM DMRH19 in four of them. Constitutional 11p15 methylation abnormalities were present in 5% of the samples and somatic abnormalities in the majority of tumors. Combined analysis of DMRH19/KvDMR by pyrosequencing and MS-MLPA is beneficial for characterizing epigenetic anomalies in WT, and MS-MLPA is useful and reliable for estimation of DNA methylation in a clinical setting.
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- Leila C A Cardoso
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. ; Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Cardoso LCA, De Souza KRL, De O Reis AH, Andrade RC, Britto AC, De Lima MAFD, Dos Santos ACE, De Faria PS, Ferman S, Seuánez HN, Vargas FR. WT1, WTX and CTNNB1 mutation analysis in 43 patients with sporadic Wilms' tumor. Oncol Rep 2012; 29:315-20. [PMID: 23117548 DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.2096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Wilms' tumor (WT) is a heterogeneous neoplasia characterized by a number of genetic abnormalities, involving tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes and genes related to the Wnt signaling pathway. Somatic biallelic inactivation of WT1 is observed in 5-10% of sporadic WT. Somatic mutations in exon 3 of CTNNB1, which encodes β-catenin, were initially observed in 15% of WT. WTX encodes a protein that negatively regulates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and mediates the binding of WT1. In this study, we screened germline and somatic mutations in selected regions of WT1, WTX and CTNNB1 in 43 WT patients. Mutation analysis of WT1 identified two single-nucleotide polymorphisms, one recurrent nonsense mutation (p.R458X) in a patient with proteinuria but without genitourinary findings of Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS) and one novel missense mutation, p.C428Y, in a patient with Denys-Drash syndrome phenotype. WT1 SNP rs16754A>G (R369R) was observed in 17/43 patients, and was not associated with significant difference in age at diagnosis distribution, or with 60-month overall survival rate. WTX mutation analysis identified five sequence variations, two synonymous substitutions (p.Q1019Q and p.D379D), a non-synonymous mutation (p.F159L), one frameshift mutation (p.157X) and a novel missense mutation, p.R560W. Two sequence variations in CTNNB1 were identified, p.T41A and p.S45C. Overall survival of bilateral cases was significantly lower (p=0.005). No difference was observed when survival was analyzed among patients with WT1 or with WTX mutations. On the other hand, the survival of two patients with the CTNNB1 p.T41A mutation was significantly lower (p=0.000517) than the average.
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- Leila C A Cardoso
- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21944‑970, Brazil
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Meyrelles ARI, Siqueira JD, Hofer CB, Costa TP, Azevedo AP, Guimarães BV, Seuánez HN, Soares MA, Almeida G, Soares EA, Machado ES. HIV/HPV co-infection during pregnancy in southeastern Brazil: prevalence, HPV types, cytological abnormalities and risk factors. Gynecol Oncol 2012; 128:107-112. [PMID: 23063764 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Revised: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE HIV(+) pregnant women are at a higher risk of HPV infection and development of cervical cancer. Our objectives were to assess the prevalence and HPV types in HIV(+) pregnant women and to identify risk factors for HPV infection and cytological abnormalities. METHODS Cervicovaginal smears were collected during pregnancy from 140 women. Partial HPV L1 gene and the exon 4 of the human TP53 gene (containing codon 72) were PCR-amplified and sequenced. Amplified products indicating multiple HPV infection were further cloned and sequenced. The association of demographic, obstetric and HIV-related clinical variables with HPV infection and cervical lesions was tested by univariate analyses, and significant factors were subsequently tested by logistic regression multivariate analysis. RESULTS HPV DNA tested positive for 118 patients and HPV types were identified in 104 samples. Twenty-eight different types were found, HPV-16 and HPV-58 being the most prevalent. High-risk types were present in 79.8% of samples and multiple infections in 16.3%. Abnormal cervical smears were found in 44 patients (31.4%). Absolute CD4(+) T-cell counts below 350 were associated with HPV infection. Younger age was associated with cervical abnormalities and higher CD4(+) T-cell count was an apparent protective factor. CONCLUSIONS We found a high prevalence of HPV infection and high-risk types in this cohort. Our results highlighted the relevance of immune system integrity rather than TP53 variants for protecting this highly vulnerable population to HPV infection and carcinogenesis.
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- Angela R I Meyrelles
- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Cirúrgicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ginecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Cirúrgicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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de Oliveira Reis AH, de Carvalho INSR, de Sousa Damasceno PB, Ferman SE, Lucena E, Lopez-Camelo JS, Seuánez HN, Vargas FR. Influence of MDM2 and MDM4 on development and survival in hereditary retinoblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012; 59:39-43. [PMID: 22180099 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Retinoblastoma (RB) accounts for 3% of all childhood malignancies, with different incidences around the world. This malignancy results from loss-of-function of both RB1 alleles although other genes, like MDM2 and MDM4, have been proposed to be involved in tumor development. PROCEDURE We genotyped rs2279744T>G and rs937283A>G in MDM2, and rs4252668T>C and rs116197192G>A in MDM4, in 104 unrelated RB patients and 104 controls. Sixty-month survival Kaplan-Meier curves and χ(2)-tests were performed for estimating the putative effect of MDM2 and MDM4 alleles on disease progression and survival of RB patients. RESULTS MDM2 rs2279744G was significantly more frequent in controls, indicating an apparently protective effect on RB development. However, survival of patients who carried a constitutional RB1 mutation was significantly lower with rs2279744TG or GG than with rs2279744TT. Presence of rs2279744G and a constitutional RB1 mutation was sixfold more frequent in the 0-12 month age group than other age groups at onset of symptoms (P = 0.0401). MDM4 rs4252668C was present at a significantly higher frequency in controls while the frequency of MDM4 rs116197192G was significantly higher in RB patients, suggesting that this allele might increase the risk of developing RB. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that MDM2 and MDM4 polymorphisms may influence development and/or survival in RB.
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Darc M, Schrago CG, Soares EA, Pissinatti A, Menezes AN, Soares MA, Seuánez HN. Molecular evolution of α4 integrin binding site to lentiviral envelope proteins in new world primates. Infect Genet Evol 2012; 12:1501-7. [PMID: 22691367 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2012] [Revised: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Integrin epitopes encoded by ITGA4 exons 5 and 6 encompass the α4β7 binding site to natural ligands and HIV-1 gp120. Functional assays of α4 variants of new world primates (NWP) showed reduced binding of several ligands, including the HIV-1 envelope, probably accounting for restriction phenotypes conferring resistance to lentiviral infection (Darc et al., 2011). In this paper, we have analyzed, by cloning and sequencing, the α4 domain polymorphisms present in 10 NWP species and four old world primates (including human). Analyses of differential selection at codon sites and along evolutionary lineages were carried out. We identified codons under positive selection, including polymorphic variations at codon 201, presumably convergent during NWP radiation and significant positive selection leading to a single allele (SagVar2).
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- Mirela Darc
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Germano FN, dos Santos CA, Honscha G, Strasburg A, Gabbi B, Mendoza-Sassi RA, Soares EA, Seuánez HN, Soares MA, Martínez AMB. Prevalence of hepatitis C virus among users attending a voluntary testing centre in Rio Grande, southern Brazil: predictive factors and hepatitis C virus genotypes. Int J STD AIDS 2011; 21:466-71. [PMID: 20852195 DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We estimated the prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) infection and associated risk factors in 750 individuals attending the Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center of Rio Grande (VCT/RG), in Southern Brazil, and identified viral genotypes. Demographic data and risk factors for HCV transmission were also collected and analysed. Anti-HCV antibody-positive individuals were tested for HCV-RNA and genotyped by sequencing the 5' untranslated region of the viral genome. Prevalence estimates of anti-HCV and HCV-RNA were 6% and 5.5%, respectively. We identified genotypes 1 (67%), 2 (2%) and 3 (31%); the latter was more prevalent than in other regions of Brazil. Anti-HCV prevalence in VCT/RG users was similar to previous reports. Age, previous blood transfusion, sexual orientation and injecting drug use were independent predictors of HCV infection. The presence of multiple risk factors was also associated with a higher risk for HCV infection. HCV genotype was not associated with any variable analysed in this study.
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- F N Germano
- Departamento de Patologia, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, AV. General Osório S/N, Centro 96200-400 Rio Grande
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Soares EA, Makamche MF, Siqueira JD, Lumngwena E, Mbuagbaw J, Kaptue L, Asonganyi T, Seuánez HN, Soares MA, Alemnji G. Molecular diversity and polymerase gene genotypes of HIV-1 among treatment-naïve Cameroonian subjects with advanced disease. J Clin Virol 2010; 48:173-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2010] [Accepted: 04/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Manrique Arechavaleta G, Scholl V, Pérez V, Bittencourt R, Moellmann A, Hassan R, Seuánez HN, Dobbin J, Martinez L, Renault IZ, Uriarte R. Rapid and sensitive allele-specific (AS)-RT-PCR assay for detection of T315I mutation in chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. Clin Exp Med 2010; 11:55-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10238-010-0101-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Moreira MAM, Bonvicino CR, Soares MA, Seuánez HN. Genetic diversity of neotropical primates: phylogeny, population genetics, and animal models for infectious diseases. Cytogenet Genome Res 2010; 128:88-98. [PMID: 20389036 DOI: 10.1159/000291485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The classification of neotropical primates has been controversial, and different arrangements have been proposed based on disparate taxonomic criteria and on the traits selected for elucidating phylogenetic reconstructions, like morphologic characters, nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA. Population studies of some neotropical primates have been useful for assessing their extant genetic variability and for understanding their social structure and dynamics. Finally, neotropical primates have become valuable models for some human infectious deseases, especially for HIV studies related to viral resistance. In this review, we comment on these aspects that make neotropical primates a group of highly valuable species for basic and applied research.
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- M A M Moreira
- Division of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Casado F, Bonvicino CR, Nagle C, Comas B, Manzur TD, Lahoz MM, Seuánez HN. Mitochondrial divergence between 2 populations of the hooded capuchin, Cebus (Sapajus) cay (Platyrrhini, Primates). J Hered 2010; 101:261-9. [PMID: 20056682 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We analyzed the molecular divergence of 2 separate populations of Cebus apella paraguayanus, recently considered a junior synonym of Cebus cay, and estimated its time of separation from C. apella. Cytochrome b DNA from 23 C. cay from Brazil and 9 from Paraguay showed 24 haplotypes (20 and 4, respectively), accounting for 29 variable sites (19 transitions and 10 transversions), with 40.0%, 26.7%, and 33.0% replacements at first, second, and third codon positions, respectively. Genetic distance between haplotypes averaged 0.5%, with 1.1% between C. cay populations. Phylogenetic reconstructions and median joining separated C. cay from Brazil and Paraguay. Neighbor joining showed C. cay and C. apella as sister groups, although C. cay and C. apella collapsed in maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood topologies. Analysis of molecular variance showed the highest variance component between C. cay populations, and mismatch distribution indicated that this species suffered a recent demographic expansion. Divergence time estimates suggested that the 2 populations of C. cay split in the Pleistocene, a period of repeated glaciation events leading to drastic changes in the vegetation composition of different biomes.
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- Flavia Casado
- the Setor de Mastozoologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Moraes LM, Cardoso LC, Moura VL, Moreira MA, Menezes AN, Llerena JC, Seuánez HN. Detailed analysis of X chromosome inactivation in a 49,XXXXX pentasomy. Mol Cytogenet 2009; 2:20. [PMID: 19811657 PMCID: PMC2766382 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-2-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Pentasomy X (49,XXXXX) has been associated with a severe clinical condition, presumably resulting from failure or disruption of X chromosome inactivation. Here we report that some human X chromosomes from a patient with 49,XXXXX pentasomy were functionally active following isolation in inter-specific (human-rodent) cell hybrids. A comparison with cytogenetic and molecular findings provided evidence that more than one active X chromosome was likely to be present in the cells of this patient, accounting for her abnormal phenotype. Results 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-pulsed cultures showed different patterns among late replicating X chromosomes suggesting that their replication was asynchronic and likely to result in irregular inactivation. Genotyping of the proband and her mother identified four maternal and one paternal X chromosomes in the proband. It also identified the paternal X chromosome haplotype (P), indicating that origin of this X pentasomy resulted from two maternal, meiotic non-disjunctions. Analysis of the HUMANDREC region of the androgen receptor (AR) gene in the patient's mother showed a skewed inactivation pattern, while a similar analysis in the proband showed an active paternal X chromosome and preferentially inactivated X chromosomes carrying the 173 AR allele. Analyses of 33 cell hybrid cell lines selected in medium containing hypoxanthine, aminopterin and thymidine (HAT) allowed for the identification of three maternal X haplotypes (M1, M2 and MR) and showed that X chromosomes with the M1, M2 and P haplotypes were functionally active. In 27 cell hybrids in which more than one X haplotype were detected, analysis of X inactivation patterns provided evidence of preferential inactivation. Conclusion Our findings indicated that 12% of X chromosomes with the M1 haplotype, 43.5% of X chromosomes with the M2 haplotype, and 100% of the paternal X chromosome (with the P haplotype) were likely to be functionally active in the proband's cells, a finding indicating that disruption of X inactivation was associated to her severe phenotype.
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- Lucia M Moraes
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Barbosa RH, Vargas FR, Lucena E, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN. Constitutive RB1 mutation in a child conceived by in vitro fertilization: implications for genetic counseling. BMC Med Genet 2009; 10:75. [PMID: 19640284 PMCID: PMC2726130 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Background The purpose of this study was to identify mutations associated with bilateral retinoblastoma in a quadruplet conceived by in vitro fertilization, and to trace the parental origin of mutations in the four quadruplets and their father. Methods Mutational screening was carried out by sequencing. Genotyping was carried out for determining quadruplet zygosity. Results The proband was a carrier of a novel RB1 constitutive mutation (g.2056C>G) which was not detected in her father or her unaffected sisters, and of two other mutations (g.39606 C>T and g.174351T>A) also present in two monozygotic sisters. The novel mutation probably occurred de novo while the others were of likely maternal origin. The novel mutation, affecting the Kozak consensus at the 5'UTR of RB1 and g.174351T>A were likely associated to retinoblastoma in the proband. Conclusion Molecular diagnosis of retinoblastoma requires genotypic data of the family for determining hereditary transmission. In the case of children generated by IVF with oocytes from an anonymous donor which had been stored in a cell repository, this might not be successfully accomplished, making precise diagnosis impracticable for genetic counseling.
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- Raquel H Barbosa
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua André Cavalcanti, 37, 4th floor, 20231-050 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Barbosa RH, Vargas FR, Aguiar FCC, Ferman S, Lucena E, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN. Hereditary retinoblastoma transmitted by maternal germline mosaicism. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008; 51:598-602. [PMID: 18661485 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Investigating transmission of a constitutive, g78238C > T (R552X), RB1 mutation in four affected children descended from three different unaffected fathers and an unaffected mother. PROCEDURES Sequence data analyses and allele-specific PCR assays were used to investigate the presence of the mutation in four affected children, five unaffected sibs (or half-sibs), and the unaffected mother. Haplotyping was carried out for confirming that the children descended from different fathers. RESULTS Haplotyping excluded the possibility of paternal transmission of a de novo mutation and provided evidence of maternal germline mosaicism. The mutation was apparently absent in blood- and buccal cell-DNA of the mother who also showed a normal fundoscopy. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicated that mosaicism was restricted to the maternal germline. The mutational event must have occurred at least 4 weeks post-conception, unlike the early mutational events of most mosaics, occurring between fertilization and the 8th day of conception. The implications of these findings are discussed in view that genetic counselling should discriminate between germline mosaicism and de novo events in pseudo-low-penetrant hereditary retinoblastoma.
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- Raquel H Barbosa
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Hassan R, Stefanoff CG, Felisbino F, Barros MHM, Zalcberg IR, Klumb CE, Bigni RS, Seuánez HN. Second Epstein-Barr Virus–Associated Burkitt's Lymphoma of the CNS in a Child With Progressive Renal Failure. J Clin Oncol 2008; 26:3085-7. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.15.1431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Rocio Hassan
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Instituto Nacionale de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Instituto Nacionale de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Instituto Nacionale de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Instituto Nacionale de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Hematology Service, Instituto Nacionale de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Hematology Service, Instituto Nacionale de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Genetics Department, Instituto Nacional de Câncer; and Genetics Department, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Hassan R, Felisbino F, Stefanoff CG, Pires V, Klumb CE, Dobbin J, Seuánez HN, Renault IZ. Burkitt lymphoma/leukaemia transformed from a precursor B cell: clinical and molecular aspects. Eur J Haematol 2008; 80:265-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00992.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pimentel BJ, Stefanoff CG, Moreira AS, Seuánez HN, Zalcberg IR. Use of V H, D and J H immunoglobulin gene segments in Brazilian patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Genet Mol Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572008000400007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Brazil
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Nascimento F, Bonvicino C, de Oliveira M, Schneider M, Seuánez HN. Population genetic studies ofAlouatta belzebul from the Amazonian and Atlantic Forests. Am J Primatol 2008; 70:423-31. [DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Revised: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Salles D, Cabral REC, Pizzatti L, Bisch PM, Paixão JC, de Almeida CEB, Seuánez HN, Cabral-Neto JB. Changes in protein expression due to deleterious mutations in the FA/BRCA pathway. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 364:755-60. [PMID: 17977515 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Inherited deleterious mutations in one of the Fanconi anemia genes lead to a disease, characterized by bone marrow failure, myeloid leukemia, and hypersensitivity to DNA damage. We identified proteins likely associated to the molecular signaling pathways involved in DNA repair of interstrand cross-link lesions and in mechanisms of genomic stability mediated by FA/BRCA pathways. We compared protein maps resolved by bidimensional electrophoresis and analyzed differentially expressed proteins, by mass spectrometry, between FA complementation group C (FANCC)-deficient cells, and their ectopically corrected counterpart in physiological conditions or after treatment with MMC. We found six differentially expressed proteins; among them, the checkpoint mediator protein MDC1 whose expression was disrupted in FANCC-/- cells. The potential role of differentially expressed proteins in FA phenotype is discussed.
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- Daniela Salles
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Do Nascimento FF, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN. Population genetic studies of Alouatta caraya (Alouattinae, Primates): inferences on geographic distribution and ecology. Am J Primatol 2007; 69:1093-104. [PMID: 17330870 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cytochrome b DNA sequence data (ca. 1,140 bp) of 44 Alouatta caraya, including 42 specimens from three localities of Brazil and two from Bolivia, were used for phylogenetic reconstructions and population studies. Seventeen haplotypes were identified, eight of which were present in more than one individual. Seven of these eight haplotypes were shared by individuals from a same locality and one by individuals from two localities. We found 26 variable sites along the entire gene, consisting of 18 transitions and eight transversions; most replacements occurring at the third codon position (65.39%) in contrast to first and second positions (26.92 and 7.69%, respectively). In the sample collected at Chapada dos Guimarães (Brazil), nucleotide and haplotype diversity estimates were pi=0.002325 and h=0.8772, respectively. Maximum parsimony analysis grouped all haplotypes in two clades, separating Bolivian haplotypes from Brazilian haplotypes, the grouping of which did not show a straightforward correspondence with geographic distribution. Median-joining and TCS network pointed to haplotypes 11 or 12 as the most likely ancestral ones. Mismatch distribution and the goodness-of-fit test (SSD estimate=0.0027; P=0.6999) indicated that the population from Chapada dos Guimarães experienced a demographic expansion, in agreement with the median-joining star-like pattern, although this finding could not be confirmed by Fu's F(s) test.
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- Fabrícia F Do Nascimento
- Pos-graduate Programme in Molecular and Cell Biology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A phylogeographic study of Callicebus lugens was carried out based on cytochrome b DNA sequence data. Here, we report, for the first time, the distribution of C. lugens south of the Rio Negro, in Barcelos municipality (Amazonas State, Brazil), indicating that this river is not the southern boundary of the distribution of this species as previously proposed. Specimens from the north and south banks showed the same diploid number (2n = 16), while phylogenetic reconstructions based on maximum parsimony, distance, and maximum likelihood analyses grouped all specimens in a strongly supported clade comprising 2 separate lineages, in coincidence with their geographic distribution along riverbanks. Median-joining analysis showed a similar separation, with 22 transitions between the 2 groups, whereas time of divergence estimates indicated that the splitting of the C. lugens lineages occurred some 2.2 million years before present. Conservation strategies should take into consideration that this species might be sympatric with Callicebus torquatus at the south bank of Rio Negro.
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- Flávia Casado
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rua André Cavalcanti, 37, 4th floor, 20231-050, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Hassan R, Franco SAL, Stefanoff CG, Romano SO, Diamond HR, Franco LGP, Seuánez HN, Zalcberg IR. Hepatosplenic ?? T-cell lymphoma following seven malaria infections. Pathol Int 2006; 56:668-73. [PMID: 17040289 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.02027.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hepatosplenic gammadelta T-cell lymphoma (HSTL) is a clinicopathological entity associated with an immunocompromised status in approximately 25% of patients. Herein is described a case of HSTL in a 53-year-old Brazilian man with seven previous malaria infections, initially misdiagnosed as a hyperreactive splenomegaly due to chronic malaria. A characteristic lymphoid infiltrate was observed in spleen, liver and bone marrow sinusoids/sinuses. Neoplastic cells had a CD45RO+, CD2+, CD7+, CD3+, CD5-, CD8+, CD56+, perforin+, FasL-negative, T-cell receptor (TCR)alphabeta-negative, TCRgammadelta+ profile. Analyses of gamma and delta TCR rearrangements confirmed diagnosis of gammadelta T-cell lymphoma by detecting VgammaI/Vdelta1-Jdelta1 clonal rearrangements. Sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Plasmodium falciparum, Epstein-Barr virus and herpesvirus-8 failed to demonstrate infection. The disease progressed to a fatal outcome following cutaneous infiltration and leukemic proliferation. The authors also comment on the association of lymphoma and infection, focusing on PCR diagnosis of TCRgamma and delta clonal rearrangements and the presumed pathogenic events leading to HSTL in the context of chronic malaria infection. Initial lymphomagenic stages might not be direct consequences of antigenic stimulation of Vdelta1 T-cells, but might depend on interactions between gammadelta T and B cells during cooperative or regulatory responses to Plasmodium sp.
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MESH Headings
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Fatal Outcome
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Immunophenotyping
- Liver Neoplasms/genetics
- Liver Neoplasms/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Malaria/immunology
- Malaria/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Splenic Neoplasms/genetics
- Splenic Neoplasms/immunology
- Splenic Neoplasms/pathology
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- Rocío Hassan
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, National Institute of Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Hassan R, White LR, Stefanoff CG, de Oliveira DE, Felisbino FE, Klumb CE, Bacchi CE, Seuánez HN, Zalcberg IR. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) detection and typing by PCR: a contribution to diagnostic screening of EBV-positive Burkitt's lymphoma. Diagn Pathol 2006; 1:17. [PMID: 16893464 PMCID: PMC1559641 DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-1-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated to the etio-pathogenesis of an increasing number of tumors. Detection of EBV in pathology samples is relevant since its high prevalence in some cancers makes the virus a promising target of specific therapies. RNA in situ hybridization (RISH) is the standard diagnostic procedure, while polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods are used for strain (EBV type-1 or 2) distinction. We performed a systematic comparison between RISH and PCR for EBV detection, in a group of childhood B-cell Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL), aiming to validate PCR as a first, rapid method for the diagnosis of EBV-associated B-cell NHL. METHODS EBV infection was investigated in formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples of 41 children with B-cell NHL, including 35 Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by in situ hybridization of EBV-encoded small RNA (EBER-RISH) and PCR assays based on EBNA2 amplification. RESULTS EBV genomes were detected in 68% of all NHL. Type 1 and 2 accounted for 80% and 20% of EBV infection, respectively. PCR and RISH were highly concordant (95%), as well as single- and nested-PCR results, allowing the use of a single PCR round for diagnostic purposes. PCR assays showed a sensitivity and specificity of 96% and 100%, respectively, with a detection level of 1 EBV genome in 5,000-10,000 EBV-negative cells, excluding the possibility of detecting low-number EBV-bearing memory cells. CONCLUSION We describe adequate PCR conditions with similar sensitivity and reliability to RISH, to be used for EBV diagnostic screening in high grade B-NHL, in "at risk" geographic regions.
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- Rocío Hassan
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Praça Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130, 6floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Praça Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130, 6floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Praça Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130, 6floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Botucatu School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Praça Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130, 6floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Hematology Service, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Praça Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Botucatu School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti 37, 4floor, 20231-050, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (CEMO), Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Praça Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130, 6floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Almeida FC, Maroja LS, Moreira MA, Seuánez HN, Cerqueira R. Population structure and genetic variability of mainland and insular populations of the Neotropical water rat, Nectomys squamipes (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae). Genet Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572005000500008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Francisca C. Almeida
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Brazil
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Ribeiro IP, Menezes AN, Moreira MAM, Bonvicino CR, Seuánez HN, Soares MA. Evolution of cyclophilin A and TRIMCyp retrotransposition in New World primates. J Virol 2005; 79:14998-5003. [PMID: 16282502 PMCID: PMC1287578 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.23.14998-15003.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Host cell factors modulate retroviral infections. Among those, cyclophilin A (CypA) promotes virus infectivity by facilitating virus uncoating or capsid unfolding or by preventing retroviral capsid interaction with cellular restriction factors. In Aotus species, a retrotransposed copy of CypA inserted into the tripartite motif 5 (TRIM5) gene encodes a fusion protein which may block human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by targeting the incoming virus to ubiquitin-ligated degradation or by interfering with normal uncoating of the incoming particle, rendering those monkeys resistant to infection. In this study, we have extensively analyzed representative specimens from all New World primate genera and shown that the retrotransposed CypA copy is only present in Aotus. We have shown that this inserted copy diverged from its original counterpart and that this occurred prior to Aotus radiation, although no positive selection was observed. Finally, our data underscores the need for a precise taxonomic identification of primate species used as models for retroviral infections and novel antiviral approaches.
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- Ieda P Ribeiro
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS-bloco A-sala A2-121, Cidade Universitaria-Ilha do Fundão, 21949-570 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Seuánez HN, Bonvicino CR, Moreira MAM. The primates of the Neotropics: genomes and chromosomes. Cytogenet Genome Res 2005; 108:38-46. [PMID: 15545714 DOI: 10.1159/000080800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2003] [Accepted: 11/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The classification of neotropical primates has been controversial. Different arrangements have been proposed, depending on taxonomic criteria and on the traits selected for phylogenetic reconstructions. These include gross morphologic characters, karyotypic attributes and DNA sequence data of nuclear and mitochondrial genes and of repetitive genomic components. These approaches have substantially clarified the main intergeneric relationships although several intrageneric arrangements still remain to be elucidated. In this review, we compare karyologic and molecular data of this speciose group.
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- H N Seuánez
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Lemos B, Yunes JA, Vargas FR, Moreira MAM, Cardoso AA, Seuánez HN. Phylogenetic footprinting reveals extensive conservation of Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) regulatory elements. Genomics 2005; 84:511-23. [PMID: 15498458 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2003] [Accepted: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) plays a fundamental role in numerous developmental processes including morphogenesis of limbs, nervous system, and teeth. Using a Bayesian alignment algorithm for phylogenetic footprinting we analyzed approximately 28 kb of noncoding DNA in the SHH locus of human and mouse. This showed that the length of conserved noncoding sequences (4196 nt) shared by these species was approximately 3 times larger than the SHH coding sequence (1386 nt). Most segments were located in introns (53%) or within 2-kb regions upstream (16%) or downstream (20%) of the first and last SHH codon. Even though regions more than 2 kb upstream or downstream of the first and last SHH codon represented 57% (16 kb) of the sequence compared, they accounted for only 11% (494 nt) of the total length of conserved noncoding segments. One region of 650 nt downstream of SHH was identified as a putative scaffold/matrix attachment region (SMAR). Human-mouse analysis was complemented by sequencing in apes, monkeys, rodents, and bats, thus further confirming the evolutionary conservation of some segments. Gel-shift assays indicated that conserved segments are targeted by nuclear proteins and showed differences between two cell types that expressed different levels of SHH, namely human endothelial cells and breast cancer cells. The relevance of these findings with respect to regulation of SHH expression during normal and pathologic development is discussed.
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- Bernardo Lemos
- Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Stanyon R, Bigoni F, Slaby T, Muller S, Stone G, Bonvicino CR, Neusser M, Seuánez HN. Multi-directional chromosome painting maps homologies between species belonging to three genera of New World monkeys and humans. Chromosoma 2004; 113:305-15. [PMID: 15616867 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-004-0320-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2004] [Revised: 09/17/2004] [Accepted: 09/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We mapped chromosomal homologies in two species of Chiropotes (Pitheciini, Saki Monkeys) and one species of Aotus (Aotinae, Owl Monkey) by multi-directional chromosome painting. Human chromosome probes were hybridized to Chiropotes utahicki, C. israelita and Aotus nancymae metaphases. Wooly Monkey chromosome paints were also hybridized to Owl Monkey metaphases. We established Owl Monkey chromosome paint probes by flow sorting and reciprocally hybridized them to human chromosomes. The karyotypes of the Bearded Saki Monkeys studied here are close to the hypothesized ancestral platyrrhine karytoype, while that of the Owl Monkey appears to be highly derived. The A. nancymae karyotype is highly shuffled and only three human syntenic groups were found conserved coexisting with 17 derived human homologous associations. A minimum of 14 fissions and 13 fusions would be required to derive the A. nancymae karyotype from that of the ancestral New World primate karyotype. An inversion between homologs to segments of human 10 and 16 suggests a link between Callicebus and Chiropotes, while the syntenic association of 10/11 found in Aotus and Callicebus suggests a link between these two genera. Future molecular cytogenetic work will be needed to determine whether these rearrangements represent synapomorphic chromosomal traits.
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- R Stanyon
- Comparative Molecular Cytogenetics Core, BRL, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA.
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Nascimento FF, Bonvicino CR, da Silva FCD, Schneider MPC, Seuánez HN. Cytochrome b polymorphisms and population structure of two species of Alouatta (Primates). Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 108:106-11. [PMID: 15545722 DOI: 10.1159/000080808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2003] [Accepted: 01/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We carried out a phylogenetic and population study in Alouatta caraya and Alouatta belzebul based on cytochrome b DNA sequence data. Maximum Parsimony and Median-Joining analyses grouped A. caraya from different localities showing a population structure in accordance with geographic distribution. The relation between A. caraya haplotypes could be explained with respect to the species range in the Cerrado, one of the most ancient morphoclimatic domains of South America, and the Chaco. Conversely, A. belzebul from the Amazonas and Atlantic forests grouped in a paraphyletic arrangement without an evident geographic pattern. Recent geologic events resulting in the separation of A. belzebul might explain why these geographically distant groups shared similar haplotypes and why ancestral polymorphisms might have been maintained in this species. Time of divergence estimates indicated that the splitting of the Alouatta lineage leading to A. caraya occurred some 4.58 MYA while the lineage leading to A. belzebul emerged 4.14 MYA.
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- F F Nascimento
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Olicio R, Rivero MB, Seuánez HN. Erratum: The paternal chromosome 9 and the maternal chromosome 22 are preferentially rearranged in chronic myeloid leukaemia. Leukemia 2004. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hassan R, Bonamino MH, Braggio E, Lobo AM, Seuánez HN, Tabak DG, Zalcberg IR. A systematic approach to molecular quantitative determination of mixed chimaerism following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: an analysis of its applicability in a group of patients with severe aplastic anaemia. Eur J Haematol 2004; 73:156-61. [PMID: 15287911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00296.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mixed chimaerism (MC) following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) is defined as the persistent cohabitation of haematopoietic cells from recipients and donors. Its kinetics, clinical implications and more efficient laboratory approaches for MC detection are the object of ongoing research in view of the possibility of developing useful markers. Here we describe a sequential analysis of chimaerism using variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by quantitative, fluorescent labelled, short tandem repeat (STR) PCR. A set of four, highly discriminative VNTR and four STR markers was used to assess chimaerism. Sensitivity and regression analysis indicated that this approach was reliable for routine application in a single BMT centre. We studied 12 patients with severe aplastic anaemia (SAA) who had received allo-BMT, and had been conditioned with cyclosphosphamide (Cy) with or without anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG). We found a 50% prevalence of MC in the whole group, with levels between 4% and 37% of recipient cells. A sustained stable MC pattern after BMT was characteristic of the Cy-only conditioned patients but was also recorded in one patient treated with the Cy + ATG regime who showed a sustained MC pattern over a period of 24 months post-BMT. In none of our patients, MC was associated with an increased risk of graft rejection in a median follow-up of 39.5 months.
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- Rocío Hassan
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Centre (CEMO) Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Braggio E, Bonvicino CR, Vargas FR, Ferman S, Eisenberg ALA, Seuánez HN. Identification of three novel RB1 mutations in Brazilian patients with retinoblastoma by "exon by exon" PCR mediated SSCP analysis. J Clin Pathol 2004; 57:585-90. [PMID: 15166261 PMCID: PMC1770321 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.014423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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AIMS To carry out a retrospective study, screening for mutations of the entire coding region of RB1 and adjacent intronic regions in patients with retinoblastoma. METHODS Mutation screening in DNA extracts of formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissues of 28 patients using combined "exon by exon" polymerase chain reaction mediated single strand conformational polymorphism analysis, followed by DNA sequencing. RESULTS Eleven mutations were found in 10 patients. Ten mutations consisted of single base substitutions; 10 were localised in exonic regions (eight nonsense, one missense, and one frameshift) and another one in the intron-exon splicing region. Three novel mutations were identified: a 2 bp insertion in exon 2 (g.5506-5507insAG, R73fsX77), a G to A transition affecting the last invariant nucleotide of intron 13 (g.76429G>A), and a T to C transition in exon 20 (g.156795T>C, L688P). In addition, eight C to T transitions, resulting in stop codons, were found in five different CGA codons (g.64348C>T, g.76430C>T, g.78238C>T, g.78250C>T, and g.150037C>T). Although specific mutation hotspots have not been identified in the literature, eight of the 11 mutations occurred in CGA codons and seven fell within the E1A binding domains (codons 393-572 and 646-772), whereas five were of both types-in CGA codons within E1A binding domains. CONCLUSIONS CGA codons and E1A binding domains are apparently more frequent mutational targets and should be initially screened in patients with retinoblastoma. Paraffin wax embedded samples proved to be valuable sources of DNA for retrospective studies, providing useful information for genetic counselling.
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- E Braggio
- Genetics Division, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, 20230-130 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Olicio R, Rivero MB, Seuánez HN. The paternal chromosome 9 and the maternal chromosome 22 are preferentially rearranged in chronic myeloid leukaemia. Leukemia 2004; 18:1445-8. [PMID: 15190259 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
MESH Headings
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Family Health
- Fathers
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- Hybrid Cells
- Inheritance Patterns
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Male
- Mothers
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Bonvicino CR, Boubli JP, Otazú IB, Almeida FC, Nascimento FF, Coura JR, Seuánez HN. Morphologic, karyotypic, and molecular evidence of a new form of Chiropotes (primates, pitheciinae). Am J Primatol 2004; 61:123-33. [PMID: 14610730 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.10115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Morphologic, karyotypic, and molecular analyses were carried out in 25 specimens of a distinct morph of Chiropotes (henceforth termed Chiropotes sp.) obtained from a number of localities in the Brazilian Amazon. Pelage coloration clearly distinguishes the collected specimens and all other known species of this genus. A distinct karyotype was described for Chiropotes sp. It differs from C. satanas chiropotes by two pericentric inversions, and from C. satanas utahicki by three, which suggests that these taxa are reproductively isolated. Morphometric analyses did not show significant differentiation between these Chiropotes taxa. Molecular analyses confirmed the monophyly of the subfamily Pitheciinae and genera Chiropotes, Cacajao, and Pithecia (the latter appearing as the most basal lineage of the pithecine clade). The genetic distances between C. s. utahicki and Chiropotes sp. from Rio Negro were greater than those between three recognized species of Pithecia, but smaller than those between Cacajao calvus and Cacajao melanocephalus. The most appropriate name for Chiropotes sp. from Rio Negro is C. israelita. This species, C. s. chiropotes, and C. s. utahicki are allopatric. Pelage coloration, karyotype, and molecular analysis strongly indicate that C. chiropotes, C. utahicki, and Chiropotes israelita deserve species status.
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- C R Bonvicino
- Genetics Division, Diretoria de Pesquisa, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Stanyon R, Bonvicino CR, Svartman M, Seuánez HN. Chromosome painting in Callicebus lugens, the species with the lowest diploid number (2n=16) known in primates. Chromosoma 2003; 112:201-6. [PMID: 14608465 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-003-0261-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Revised: 10/20/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytogenetic studies have shown that New World primates are karyologically diverse and highly derived. The genus Callicebus is the best example of this karyological diversity, with diploid numbers ranging from 2n=50 to 2n=16. We report on Callicebus lugens, which has the lowest diploid number (2n=16) yet found in the primate order and represents a striking example of extreme karyotypic shuffling. To better understand the genomic rearrangements that have resulted in this extremely low diploid number, we mapped chromosome homologies between C. lugens and humans by in situ hybridization. The total number of hybridization signals was 42, excluding the Y chromosome, with a total of 34 syntenic associations not found in humans. This species has one of the most derived karyotypes among the Platyrrhini. Fusion has been the predominant mode of karyological evolution, although fissions and inversions have also transformed the C. lugens karyotype. Remarkably in such a highly rearranged karyotype, the synteny of 11 human chromosomes (4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, and X) was maintained intact, even if most of these human-homologous gene clusters were translocated. Other human syntenies, such as homologues to human chromosomes 10 and 16, were highly fragmented. Comparisons of the C. lugens-human homology map with those of other New World primates have not yet helped establish a phylogenic arrangement between congeneric species or link Callicebus with any other genus.
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- R Stanyon
- Comparative Molecular Cytogenetics Core, Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Bonvicino CR, Penna-Firme V, do Nascimento FF, Lemos B, Stanyon R, Seuánez HN. The lowest diploid number (2n = 16) yet found in any primate: Callicebus lugens (Humboldt, 1811). Folia Primatol (Basel) 2003; 74:141-9. [PMID: 12826733 DOI: 10.1159/000070647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2002] [Accepted: 02/03/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Morphologic, molecular and karyologic analyses of Callicebus lugens (Humboldt, 1811) of known geographic origin supported the proposition that this is a valid species. Morphologic and morphometric analyses showed evident differences between C. lugens and two other related taxa of the same group (Callicebus purinus and Callicebus torquatus). Cytochrome b DNA analyses (maximum parsimony, neighbour joining and maximum likelihood) were congruent in showing a strong association between C. lugens and Callicebus sp. of the torquatus group in one branch and a sister branch further divided into two clades: one with species of the personatus group and another, with species of the moloch group. Karyotypic analysis showed that C. lugens has the lowest diploid chromosome number of the primate order (2n = 16). Comparisons with other congeneric species clearly supported the proposition that C. lugens is karyotypically similar to others of the torquatus group.
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- Cibele R Bonvicino
- Division of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Praça da Cruz Vermelha 23, 6o Andar, 20230-130 Rio de Haneiro, Brazil.
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Three monomorphic and four highly polymorphic microsatellites of Nectomys squamipes were isolated and characterised in a sample of 141 specimens from eight different Brazilian localities. These seven microsatellites and four others previously described in this species were tested in seven other nonfocus sigmodontine species. At least three loci were successfully amplified in every species, but none was amplified in all species. All sequenced products in nonfocus species showed (GT)(n) motifs as in N. squamipes. Several loci were amplified in Nectomys rattus and Oligoryzomys nigripes, while absence of PCR products was observed more frequently in Oxymycterus dasythricus and Akodon cursor. Two of three monomorphic loci in N. squamipes were polymorphic in other species.
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- L S Maroja
- Genetics Department, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 68011 Cidade UniversitAAria, 21944-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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