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Thrimawithana AH, Wu C, Christeller JT, Simpson RM, Hilario E, Tooman LK, Begum D, Jordan MD, Crowhurst R, Newcomb RD, Grapputo A. The Genomics and Population Genomics of the Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana, an Invasive Tortricid Pest of Horticulture. Insects 2022; 13:insects13030264. [PMID: 35323562 PMCID: PMC8951345 DOI: 10.3390/insects13030264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Simple Summary In this study, we produced a genomic resource for the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana, to understand the biological basis of adaptation to a high number of hosts (polyphagy) and the invasive nature of this and other lepidopteran pests. The light brown apple moth is an invasive pest of horticultural plants, with over 500 recorded plant hosts. With origins in Australia, the pest has subsequently spread to New Zealand, Hawaii, California and Europe, causing significant economic losses for fruit producers. Comparative genomic analyses with other lepidopteran genomes indicate that a high proportion of the genome is made up of repetitive sequences, with the majority of the known elements being DNA transposable elements and retrotransposons. Twenty gene families show significant expansions, including some likely to have a role in its pest status. Finally, population genomics, investigated by a RAD-tag approach, indicated likely patterns of invasion and admixture, with Californian moths most probably being derived from Australia. Abstract The light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana is an invasive, polyphagous pest of horticultural systems around the world. With origins in Australia, the pest has subsequently spread to New Zealand, Hawaii, California and Europe, where it has been found on over 500 plants, including many horticultural crops. We have produced a genomic resource, to understand the biological basis of the polyphagous and invasive nature of this and other lepidopteran pests. The assembled genome sequence encompassed 598 Mb and has an N50 of 301.17 kb, with a BUSCO completion rate of 97.9%. Epiphyas postvittana has 34% of its assembled genome represented as repetitive sequences, with the majority of the known elements made up of longer DNA transposable elements (14.07 Mb) and retrotransposons (LINE 17.83 Mb). Of the 31,389 predicted genes, 28,714 (91.5%) were assigned to 11,438 orthogroups across the Lepidoptera, of which 945 were specific to E. postvittana. Twenty gene families showed significant expansions in E. postvittana, including some likely to have a role in its pest status, such as cytochrome p450s, glutathione-S-transferases and UDP-glucuronosyltransferases. Finally, using a RAD-tag approach, we investigated the population genomics of this pest, looking at its likely patterns of invasion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amali H. Thrimawithana
- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand; (J.T.C.); (R.M.S.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand; (J.T.C.); (R.M.S.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand; (A.H.T.); (C.W.); (E.H.); (L.K.T.); (D.B.); (M.D.J.); (R.C.)
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Correspondence:
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy;
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Yuvaraj JK, Jordan MD, Zhang DD, Andersson MN, Löfstedt C, Newcomb RD, Corcoran JA. Sex pheromone receptors of the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana, support a second major pheromone receptor clade within the Lepidoptera. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2022; 141:103708. [PMID: 34973420 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Sex pheromones facilitate species-specific sex communication within the Lepidoptera. They are detected by specialised pheromone receptors (PRs), most of which to date fall into a single monophyletic receptor lineage (frequently referred to as "the PR clade") within the odorant receptor (OR) family. Here we investigated PRs of the invasive horticultural pest, Epiphyas postvittana, commonly known as the light brown apple moth. Ten candidate PRs were selected, based on their male-biased expression in antennae or their relationship to the PR clade, for functional assessment in both HEK293 cells and Xenopus oocytes. Of these, six ORs responded to compounds that include components of the E. postvittana ('Epos') sex pheromone blend or compounds that antagonise sex pheromone attraction. In phylogenies, four of the characterised receptors (EposOR1, 6, 7 and 45) fall within the PR clade and two other male-biased receptors (EposOR30 and 34) group together well outside the PR clade. This new clade of pheromone receptors includes the receptor for (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (EposOR30), which is the main component of the sex pheromone blend for this species. Interestingly, receptors of the two clades do not segregate by preference for compounds associated with behavioural response (agonist or antagonist), isomer type (E or Z) or functional group (alcohol or acetate), with examples of each scattered across both clades. Phylogenetic comparison with PRs from other species supports the existence of a second major clade of lepidopteran ORs including, EposOR30 and 34, that has been co-opted into sex pheromone detection in the Lepidoptera. This second clade of sex pheromone receptors has an origin that likely predates the split between the major lepidopteran families.
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Gemmell NJ, Rutherford K, Prost S, Tollis M, Winter D, Macey JR, Adelson DL, Suh A, Bertozzi T, Grau JH, Organ C, Gardner PP, Muffato M, Patricio M, Billis K, Martin FJ, Flicek P, Petersen B, Kang L, Michalak P, Buckley TR, Wilson M, Cheng Y, Miller H, Schott RK, Jordan MD, Newcomb RD, Arroyo JI, Valenzuela N, Hore TA, Renart J, Peona V, Peart CR, Warmuth VM, Zeng L, Kortschak RD, Raison JM, Zapata VV, Wu Z, Santesmasses D, Mariotti M, Guigó R, Rupp SM, Twort VG, Dussex N, Taylor H, Abe H, Bond DM, Paterson JM, Mulcahy DG, Gonzalez VL, Barbieri CG, DeMeo DP, Pabinger S, Van Stijn T, Clarke S, Ryder O, Edwards SV, Salzberg SL, Anderson L, Nelson N, Stone C. The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution. Nature 2020; 584:403-409. [PMID: 32760000 PMCID: PMC7116210 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2561-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)-the only living member of the reptilian order Rhynchocephalia (Sphenodontia), once widespread across Gondwana1,2-is an iconic species that is endemic to New Zealand2,3. A key link to the now-extinct stem reptiles (from which dinosaurs, modern reptiles, birds and mammals evolved), the tuatara provides key insights into the ancestral amniotes2,4. Here we analyse the genome of the tuatara, which-at approximately 5 Gb-is among the largest of the vertebrate genomes yet assembled. Our analyses of this genome, along with comparisons with other vertebrate genomes, reinforce the uniqueness of the tuatara. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the tuatara lineage diverged from that of snakes and lizards around 250 million years ago. This lineage also shows moderate rates of molecular evolution, with instances of punctuated evolution. Our genome sequence analysis identifies expansions of proteins, non-protein-coding RNA families and repeat elements, the latter of which show an amalgam of reptilian and mammalian features. The sequencing of the tuatara genome provides a valuable resource for deep comparative analyses of tetrapods, as well as for tuatara biology and conservation. Our study also provides important insights into both the technical challenges and the cultural obligations that are associated with genome sequencing.
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- Neil J Gemmell
- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- LOEWE-Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, National Zoological Garden, Pretoria, South Africa
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Organismal Biology - Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Amedes Genetics, Amedes Medizinische Dienstleistungen, Berlin, Germany
- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, The GLOBE Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA
- Center for One Health Research, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA
- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas 'Alberto Sols' CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Organismal Biology - Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Global Genome Initiative, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- Global Genome Initiative, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Center for Health and Bioresources, Molecular Diagnostics, Vienna, Austria
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- AgResearch, Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand
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- San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, CA, USA
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Ngatiwai Trust Board, Whangarei, New Zealand
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Thoma M, Missbach C, Jordan MD, Grosse-Wilde E, Newcomb RD, Hansson BS. Transcriptome Surveys in Silverfish Suggest a Multistep Origin of the Insect Odorant Receptor Gene Family. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Wu C, Jordan MD, Newcomb RD, Gemmell NJ, Bank S, Meusemann K, Dearden PK, Duncan EJ, Grosser S, Rutherford K, Gardner PP, Crowhurst RN, Steinwender B, Tooman LK, Stevens MI, Buckley TR. Analysis of the genome of the New Zealand giant collembolan (Holacanthella duospinosa) sheds light on hexapod evolution. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:795. [PMID: 29041914 PMCID: PMC5644144 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4197-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The New Zealand collembolan genus Holacanthella contains the largest species of springtails (Collembola) in the world. Using Illumina technology we have sequenced and assembled a draft genome and transcriptome from Holacanthella duospinosa (Salmon). We have used this annotated assembly to investigate the genetic basis of a range of traits critical to the evolution of the Hexapoda, the phylogenetic position of H. duospinosa and potential horizontal gene transfer events. RESULTS Our genome assembly was ~375 Mbp in size with a scaffold N50 of ~230 Kbp and sequencing coverage of ~180×. DNA elements, LTRs and simple repeats and LINEs formed the largest components and SINEs were very rare. Phylogenomics (370,877 amino acids) placed H. duospinosa within the Neanuridae. We recovered orthologs of the conserved sex determination genes thought to play a role in sex determination. Analysis of CpG content suggested the absence of DNA methylation, and consistent with this we were unable to detect orthologs of the DNA methyltransferase enzymes. The small subunit rRNA gene contained a possible retrotransposon. The Hox gene complex was broken over two scaffolds. For chemosensory ability, at least 15 and 18 ionotropic glutamate and gustatory receptors were identified, respectively. However, we were unable to identify any odorant receptors or their obligate co-receptor Orco. Twenty-three chitinase-like genes were identified from the assembly. Members of this multigene family may play roles in the digestion of fungal cell walls, a common food source for these saproxylic organisms. We also detected 59 and 96 genes that blasted to bacteria and fungi, respectively, but were located on scaffolds that otherwise contained arthropod genes. CONCLUSIONS The genome of H. duospinosa contains some unusual features including a Hox complex broken over two scaffolds, in a different manner to other arthropod species, a lack of odorant receptor genes and an apparent lack of environmentally responsive DNA methylation, unlike many other arthropods. Our detection of candidate horizontal gene transfer candidates confirms that this phenomenon is occurring across Collembola. These findings allow us to narrow down the regions of the arthropod phylogeny where key innovations have occurred that have facilitated the evolutionary success of Hexapoda.
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- Chen Wu
- Landcare Research, Private Bag, Auckland, 92170, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113, Bonn, Germany
- Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Institute for Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics Otago, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Planegg-, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Biomolecular Interactions Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, GPO Box 234, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Landcare Research, Private Bag, Auckland, 92170, New Zealand.
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Carraher C, Dalziel J, Jordan MD, Christie DL, Newcomb RD, Kralicek AV. Towards an understanding of the structural basis for insect olfaction by odorant receptors. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 66:31-41. [PMID: 26416146 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Insects have co-opted a unique family of seven transmembrane proteins for odour sensing. Odorant receptors are believed to have evolved from gustatory receptors somewhere at the base of the Hexapoda and have expanded substantially to become the dominant class of odour recognition elements within the Insecta. These odorant receptors comprise an obligate co-receptor, Orco, and one of a family of highly divergent odorant "tuning" receptors. The two subunits are thought to come together at some as-yet unknown stoichiometry to form a functional complex that is capable of both ionotropic and metabotropic signalling. While there are still no 3D structures for these proteins, site-directed mutagenesis, resonance energy transfer, and structural modelling efforts, all mainly on Drosophila odorant receptors, are beginning to inform hypotheses of their structures and how such complexes function in odour detection. Some of the loops, especially the second extracellular loop that has been suggested to form a lid over the binding pocket, and the extracellular regions of some transmembrane helices, especially the third and to a less extent the sixth and seventh, have been implicated in ligand recognition in tuning receptors. The possible interaction between Orco and tuning receptor subunits through the final intracellular loop and the adjacent transmembrane helices is thought to be important for transducing ligand binding into receptor activation. Potential phosphorylation sites and a calmodulin binding site in the second intracellular loop of Orco are also thought to be involved in regulating channel gating. A number of new methods have recently been developed to express and purify insect odorant receptor subunits in recombinant expression systems. These approaches are enabling high throughput screening of receptors for agonists and antagonists in cell-based formats, as well as producing protein for the application of biophysical methods to resolve the 3D structure of the subunits and their complexes.
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- Colm Carraher
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Food Nutrition & Health Team, Food & Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Fallot M, Porta A, Algora A, Tain JL, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui VM, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Briz JA, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucoanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly GF, Garcia AR, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos MB, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan MD, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen VS, Kondev FG, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez-Cerdán AB, Podolyák Z, Penttilä H, Regan PH, Reponen M, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonzogni AA, Weber C. Total Absorption Spectroscopy Study of (92)Rb Decay: A Major Contributor to Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Shape. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:102503. [PMID: 26382674 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.102503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor. (92)Rb makes the dominant contribution to the reactor antineutrino spectrum in the 5-8 MeV range but its decay properties are in question. We have studied (92)Rb decay with total absorption spectroscopy. Previously unobserved beta feeding was seen in the 4.5-5.5 region and the GS to GS feeding was found to be 87.5(25)%. The impact on the reactor antineutrino spectra calculated with the summation method is shown and discussed.
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- A-A Zakari-Issoufou
- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research, MTA ATOMKI, Debrecen, 4026 Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Tain JL, Valencia E, Algora A, Agramunt J, Rubio B, Rice S, Gelletly W, Regan P, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Fallot M, Porta A, Rissanen J, Eronen T, Äystö J, Batist L, Bowry M, Bui VM, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Elomaa VV, Estevez E, Farrelly GF, Garcia AR, Gomez-Hornillos B, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jordan MD, Jokinen A, Kolhinen VS, Kondev FG, Martínez T, Mendoza E, Moore I, Penttilä H, Podolyák Z, Reponen M, Sonnenschein V, Sonzogni AA. Enhanced γ-Ray Emission from Neutron Unbound States Populated in β Decay. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:062502. [PMID: 26296113 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.062502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Total absorption spectroscopy is used to investigate the β-decay intensity to states above the neutron separation energy followed by γ-ray emission in (87,88)Br and (94)Rb. Accurate results are obtained thanks to a careful control of systematic errors. An unexpectedly large γ intensity is observed in all three cases extending well beyond the excitation energy region where neutron penetration is hindered by low neutron energy. The γ branching as a function of excitation energy is compared to Hauser-Feshbach model calculations. For (87)Br and (88)Br the γ branching reaches 57% and 20%, respectively, and could be explained as a nuclear structure effect. Some of the states populated in the daughter can only decay through the emission of a large orbital angular momentum neutron with a strongly reduced barrier penetrability. In the case of neutron-rich (94)Rb the observed 4.5% branching is much larger than the calculations performed with standard nuclear statistical model parameters, even after proper correction for fluctuation effects on individual transition widths. The difference can be reconciled by introducing an enhancement of 1 order of magnitude in the photon strength to neutron strength ratio. An increase in the photon strength function of such magnitude for very neutron-rich nuclei, if it proves to be correct, leads to a similar increase in the (n,γ) cross section that would have an impact on r process abundance calculations.
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- J L Tain
- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Surrey, Department of Physics, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- University of Surrey, Department of Physics, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- University of Surrey, Department of Physics, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, FI00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, RU-188300 Gatchina, Russia
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- University of Surrey, Department of Physics, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnólogicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Surrey, Department of Physics, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnólogicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apdo. Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnólogicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnólogicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Surrey, Department of Physics, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Corcoran JA, Jordan MD, Thrimawithana AH, Crowhurst RN, Newcomb RD. The Peripheral Olfactory Repertoire of the Lightbrown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128596. [PMID: 26017144 PMCID: PMC4446339 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana is an increasingly global pest of horticultural crops. Like other moths, E. postvittana relies on olfactory cues to locate mates and oviposition sites. To detect these cues, moths have evolved families of genes encoding elements of the peripheral olfactory reception system, including odor carriers, receptors and degrading enzymes. Here we undertake a transcriptomic approach to identify members of these families expressed in the adult antennae of E. postvittana, describing open reading frames encoding 34 odorant binding proteins, 13 chemosensory proteins, 70 odorant receptors, 19 ionotropic receptors, nine gustatory receptors, two sensory neuron membrane proteins, 27 carboxylesterases, 20 glutathione-S-transferases, 49 cytochrome p450s and 18 takeout proteins. For the odorant receptors, quantitative RT-PCR corroborated RNAseq count data on steady state transcript levels. Of the eight odorant receptors that group phylogenetically with pheromone receptors from other moths, two displayed significant male-biased expression patterns, one displayed significant female-biased expression pattern and five were expressed equally in the antennae of both sexes. In addition, we found two male-biased odorant receptors that did not group with previously described pheromone receptors. This suite of olfaction-related genes provides a substantial resource for the functional characterization of this signal transduction system and the development of odor-mediated control strategies for horticultural pests.
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- Jacob A. Corcoran
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
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Corcoran JA, Jordan MD, Carraher C, Newcomb RD. A novel method to study insect olfactory receptor function using HEK293 cells. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 54:22-32. [PMID: 25174788 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The development of rapid and reliable assays to characterize insect odorant receptors (ORs) and pheromone receptors (PRs) remains a challenge for the field. Typically ORs and PRs are functionally characterized either in vivo in transgenic Drosophila or in vitro through expression in Xenopus oocytes. While these approaches have succeeded, they are not well suited for high-throughput screening campaigns, primarily due to inherent characteristics that limit their ability to screen large quantities of compounds in a short period of time. The development of a practical, robust and consistent in vitro assay for functional studies on ORs and PRs would allow for high-throughput screening for ligands, as well as for compounds that could be used as novel olfactory-based pest management tools. Here we describe a novel method of utilizing human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293) transfected with inducible receptor constructs for the functional characterization of ORs in 96-well plates using a fluorescent spectrophotometer. Using EposOrco and EposOR3 from the pest moth, Epiphyas postvittana as an example, we generated HEK293 cell lines with robust and consistent responses to ligands in functional assays. Single-cell sorting of cell lines by FACS facilitated the selection of isogenic cell lines with maximal responses, and the addition of epitope tags on the N-termini allowed the detection of recombinant proteins in homogenates by western blot and in cells by immunocytochemistry. We thoroughly describe the methods used to generate these OR-expressing cell lines, demonstrating that they have all the necessary features required for use in high-throughput screening platforms.
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- Jacob A Corcoran
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Steinert JR, Postlethwaite M, Jordan MD, Chernova T, Robinson SW, Forsythe ID. NMDAR-mediated EPSCs are maintained and accelerate in time course during maturation of mouse and rat auditory brainstem in vitro. J Physiol 2009; 588:447-63. [PMID: 20008465 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.184317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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NMDA receptors (NMDARs) mediate a slow EPSC at excitatory glutamatergic synapses throughout the brain. In many areas the magnitude of the NMDAR-mediated EPSC declines with development and is associated with changes in subunit composition, but the mature channel composition is often unknown. We have employed the calyx of Held terminal with its target, the principal neuron of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB), to examine the NMDAR-mediated EPSC during synapse maturation from P10 to P40. Our data show that the calyx has reached a mature state by around P18. The NMDAR-mediated EPSC amplitude (and dominant decay ) fell from around 5 nA (: 40-50 ms) at P10/11 to 0.3-0.5 nA (: 10-15 ms) by P18. The mature NMDAR-EPSC showed no sensitivity to ifenprodil, indicating lack of NR2B subunits, and no block by submicromolar concentrations of zinc, consistent with NR1-1b subunit expression. Additionally, from P11 to P18 there was a reduction in voltage-dependent block and the apparent dissociation constant for [Mg(2+)](o) (K(o)) changed from 7.5 to 14 mm. Quantitative PCR showed that the relative expression of NR2A and NR2C increased, while immunohistochemistry confirmed the presence of NR2A, NR2B and NR2C protein. Although the mature NMDAR-EPSC is small, it is well coupled to NO signalling, as indicated by DAR-4M imaging. We conclude that native mature NMDAR channels at the calyx of Held have a fast time course and reduced block by [Mg(2+)](o), consistent with dominance of NR2C subunits and functional exclusion of NR2B subunits. The pharmacology suggests a single channel type and we postulate that the mature NMDARs consist of heterotrimers of NR1-1b-NR2A-NR2C.
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- Joern R Steinert
- MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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Jordan MD, Anderson A, Begum D, Carraher C, Authier A, Marshall SDG, Kiely A, Gatehouse LN, Greenwood DR, Christie DL, Kralicek AV, Trowell SC, Newcomb RD. Odorant receptors from the light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) recognize important volatile compounds produced by plants. Chem Senses 2009; 34:383-94. [PMID: 19293399 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Moths recognize a wide range of volatile compounds, which they use to locate mates, food sources, and oviposition sites. These compounds are recognized by odorant receptors (OR) located within the dendritic membrane of sensory neurons that extend into the lymph of sensilla, covering the surface of insect antennae. We have identified 3 genes encoding ORs from the tortricid moth, Epiphyas postvittana, a pest of horticulture. Like Drosophila melanogaster ORs, they contain 7 transmembrane helices with an intracellular N-terminus, an orientation in the plasma membrane opposite to that of classical GPCRs. EpOR2 is orthologous to the coreceptor Or83b from D. melanogaster. EpOR1 and EpOR3 both recognize a range of terpenoids and benzoates produced by plants. Of the compounds tested, EpOR1 shows the best sensitivity to methyl salicylate [EC(50) = 1.8 x 10(-12) M], a common constituent of floral scents and an important signaling compound produced by plants when under attack from insects and pathogens. EpOR3 best recognizes the monoterpene citral to low concentrations [EC(50) = 1.1 x 10(-13) M]. Citral produces the largest amplitude electrophysiological responses in E. postvittana antennae and elicits repellent activity against ovipositing female moths. Orthologues of EpOR3 were found across 6 families within the Lepidoptera, suggesting that the ability to recognize citral may underpin an important behavior.
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- Melissa D Jordan
- The Horticultural and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited (HortResearch), Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
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Jordan MD, Stanley D, Marshall SDG, De Silva D, Crowhurst RN, Gleave AP, Greenwood DR, Newcomb RD. Expressed sequence tags and proteomics of antennae from the tortricid moth, Epiphyas postvittana. Insect Mol Biol 2008; 17:361-373. [PMID: 18651918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00812.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Genomic and proteomic analyses of the antennae of the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) were undertaken to identify genes and proteins potentially involved in odorant and pheromone binding and turnover. An EST approach yielded 5739 sequences, comprising 808 contigs and 1545 singletons. InterPro and Blast analyses revealed members of families implicated in odorant and pheromone binding (PBPs, GOBPs, ABPXs and CSPs) and turnover (CXEs, GSTs, CYPs). Of the three pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) identified, two were more highly expressed at the RNA and protein levels in adult male antennae (EpPBP1, EpPBP3), while a third was more highly expressed in female antennae (EpPBP2). To identify proteins involved in the detection of sex-specific signals, differential 2D gel electrophoresis (pH 5-8) followed by mass spectrometry was conducted on antennal proteins from males versus females. Identified male-biased proteins included a pheromone binding protein, a porin, a short chain dehydrogenase/reductase, and a member of the takeout family.
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- M D Jordan
- The Horticultural and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited (HortResearch), Auckland, New Zealand
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The crystal structure of phosphorylase b-heptulose 2-phosphate complex with oligosaccharide and AMP bound has been refined by molecular dynamics and crystallographic least-squares with the program XPLOR. Shifts in atomic positions of up to 4 A from the native enzyme structure were correctly determined by the program without manual intervention. The final crystallographic R value for data between 8 and 2.86 A resolution is 0.201, and the overall root-mean-square difference between the native and complexed structure is 0.58 A for all protein atoms. The results confirm the previous observation that there is a direct hydrogen bond between the phosphate of heptulose 2-phosphate and the pyridoxal phosphate 5'-phosphate group. The close proximity of the two phosphates is stabilized by an arginine residue, Arg569, which shifts from a site buried in the protein to a position where it can make contact with the product phosphate. There is a mutual interchange in position between the arginine and an acidic group, Asp283. These movements represent the first stage of the allosteric response which converts the catalytic site from a low to a high-affinity binding site. Communication of these changes to other sites is prevented in the crystal by the lattice forces, which also form the subunit interface. The constellation of groups in the phosphorylase transition state analogue complex provides a structural basis for understanding the catalytic mechanism in which the cofactor pyridoxal phosphate 5'-phosphate group functions as a general acid to promote attack by the substrate phosphate on the glycosidic bond when the reaction proceeds in the direction of glycogen degradation. In the direction of glycogen synthesis, stereoelectronic effects contribute to the cleavage of the C-1-O-1 bond. In both reactions the substrate phosphate plays a key role in transition state stabilization. The details of the oligosaccharide, maltoheptaose, interactions with the enzyme at the glycogen storage site are also described.
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- L N Johnson
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Oxford, U.K
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Jordan MD. The construction of a philosophical medicine: exegesis and argument in Salernitan teaching on the soul. Osiris 1990; 6:42-61. [PMID: 11612690 DOI: 10.1086/368694] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Jordan MD, Taylor CR, Nyhuis AW, Tavel ME. Audibility of the fourth heart sound. Relationship to presence of disease and examiner experience. Arch Intern Med 1987; 147:721-6. [PMID: 3827460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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To determine the meaning of an audible fourth heart sound (S4), 51 subjects (21 normal and 30 abnormal persons), aged between 38 and 74 years (mean, 55.4 years), were examined by nine "blinded" physicians (four cardiologists, five house staff officers). Audibility scores were compared with phonocardiographic, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic measurements. An S4 was recorded graphically in 35 (68.6%) of all 51 subjects and splitting of the first sound (S1), in 37 subjects (72.5%). The abnormal group did not differ significantly from the normal subjects in incidence of recordable S4 or splitting of S1. Audibility of S4, however, correlated with its recorded amplitude, size, and palpability of the presystolic apical impulse, left ventricular systolic and diastolic diameters, and history of myocardial infarction. Despite variation among examiners, house staff officers were likelier than cardiologists to believe an S4 present even in cases lacking a recordable S4 and in normal subjects and were more apt to believe an S4 present when splitting of S1 was identified graphically. We conclude that an audible S4 continues to provide evidence for cardiac disease, and that increasing examiner experience renders this finding fairly specific. Less experienced examiners are likelier to confuse splitting of S1 with the S4, suggesting that training should be focused on means to improve this differentiation.
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Jordan MD. Medicine as science in the early commentaries of "Johannitius". Traditio 1987; 43:121-145. [PMID: 11618221 DOI: 10.1017/s0362152900012502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the prologue to his De commixtionibus elementorum, the Salernitan master Urso contrasts the ‘volumina numerosa’ of practical medicine with the ‘pau-cula … in idiomate latino volumina’ on theory. Urso explains the contrast by comparing the ease of compiling a practical manual with the arduous task of discovering and disclosing the secrets of nature. This comparison leads him to standard topics for a preface — the author's own inabilities and need for divine grace, the various demands on diligence in the reader. Indeed, the central contrast of the prologue seems more a topos than a strict judgment of the state of medical theory among the Salernitans.
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Menke DM, Jordan MD, Aust CH, Waller BF. Isolated and severe left main coronary atherosclerosis and thrombosis: a complication of acute angle takeoff of the left main coronary artery. Am Heart J 1986; 112:1319-20. [PMID: 3788780 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90367-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Menke DM, Jordan MD, Aust CH, Storer W, Waller BF. Histologic evidence of distal coronary thromboembolism. A complication of acute proximal coronary artery thrombolysis therapy. Chest 1986; 90:614-6. [PMID: 3757575 DOI: 10.1378/chest.90.4.614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Distal migration of occluding coronary thrombus during thrombolysis therapy for acute myocardial infarction rarely has been observed angiographically. Necropsy documentation of the final location of embolic fragments in this circumstance has not been reported previously. This report documents multiple occluded intramyocardial vessels with thrombus observed to have showered distally during thrombolysis therapy. Depending on size and number, fragments of dislodging proximal coronary embolus may produce additional myocardial necrosis.
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Dalrymple GV, Ghidoni JJ, Kundel HL, Lindsay IR, Jordan MD. An atlas of cross-sectional anatomy of the Macaca mulatta for use in radiobiologic experiments. SAM-TR-65-32. Tech Rep SAM-TR 1965:1-23. [PMID: 4954666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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