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1.
Rev. panam. salud pública ; 30(5): 422-430, nov. 2011. ilus, tab
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-610068

RESUMO

OBJETIVO: Caracterizar el ambiente genómico de las secuencias adyacentes al virus linfotrópico humano de células T tipo 1 (HTLV-1) en pacientes con paraparesia espßstica tropical y mielopatía asociada a la infección con HTLV-1 (PET/MAH) de diferentes regiones de Colombia y del Japón. MÉTODOS: Se enfrentaron 71 clones recombinantes con secuencias del genoma humano adyacentes al 5'-LTR de pacientes con PET/MAH, a las bases de datos del Genome Browser y del Gen-Bank. Se identificaron y analizaron estadísticamente 16 variables genómicas estructurales y composicionales mediante el programa informßtico R, versión 2.8.1, en una ventana de 0,5 Mb. RESULTADOS: El 43,0 por ciento de los provirus se localizaron en los cromosomas del grupo C; 74 por ciento de las secuencias se ubicaron en regiones teloméricas y subteloméricas (P < 0,05). Un anßlisis de conglomerados permitió establecer las relaciones jerßrquicas entre las características genómicas incluidas en el estudio; el anßlisis de componentes principales identificó las componentes que definieron los ambientes genómicos preferidos para la integración proviral en casos de PET/MAH. CONCLUSIONES: El HTLV-1 se integró con mayor frecuencia en regiones de la cromatina ricas en islas de citocina fosfato guanina (CpG), de alta densidad de genes y de repeticiones tipo LINE (elemento disperso largo [long interspersed element]) y transposones de ADN que, en conjunto, conformarían los ambientes genómicos blanco de integración. Este nuevo escenario promoverß cambios sustanciales en el campo de la salud pública y en el manejo epidemiológico de las enfermedades infecciosas, y permitirß desarrollar potentes herramientas para incrementar la eficiencia de la vigilancia epidemiológica.


OBJECTIVE: Characterize the genomic environment of the sequences adjacent to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in different regions of Colombia and Japan. METHODS: A total of 71 recombinant clones with human genome sequences adjacent to 5' LTR in patients with HAM/TSP were compared to the Genome Browser and GenBank databases. Sixteen structural and compositional genome variables were identified, and statistical analysis was conducted in the R computer program, version 2.8.1, in a 0.5 Mb window. RESULTS: A total of 43.0 percent of the proviruses were located in the group C chromosomes; 74 percent of the sequences were located in the telomeric and subtelomeric regions (P < 0.05). A cluster analysis was used to establish the hierarchical relations between the genome characteristics included in the study. The analysis of principal components identified the components that defined the preferred genome environments for proviral integration in cases of HAM/TSP. CONCLUSIONS: HTLV-1 was integrated more often in chromatin regions rich in CpG islands with a high density of genes and LINE type repetitions, and DNA transposons which, overall, would form the genomic environments targeted for integration. This new scenario will promote substantial changes in the field of public health and in epidemiological management of infectious diseases. It will also foster the development of powerful tools for increasing the efficiency of epidemiological surveillance.


Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Genoma Humano , Vírus Linfotrópico T Tipo 1 Humano/genética , Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/genética , Provírus/genética , Sequências Repetidas Terminais/genética , Integração Viral/genética , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Cromossomos Humanos/genética , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Ilhas de CpG , DNA Recombinante/genética , Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/epidemiologia , Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/virologia , Retroelementos/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico
2.
Genet. mol. biol ; 34(4): 707-710, 2011. ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-605928

RESUMO

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile nucleotide sequences which, through changing position in host genomes, partake in important evolutionary processes. The expression patterns of two TEs, P element transposon and 412 retrotransposon, were investigated during Drosophila melanogaster and D. willistoni embryogenesis, by means of embryo hybridization using riboprobes. Spatiotemporal transcription patterns for both TEs were similar to those of developmental genes. Although the two species shared the same P element transcription pattern, this was not so with 412 retrotransposon. These findings suggest that the regulatory sequences involved in the initial development of Drosophila spp are located in the transposable element sequences, and differences, such as in this case of the 412 retrotransposon, lead to losses or changes in their transcription patterns.


Assuntos
Animais , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Drosophila/embriologia , Retroelementos , Sequência de Bases , Drosophila/genética , Transcrição Gênica
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Electron. j. biotechnol ; 12(3): 2-3, July 2009. ilus, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-551880

RESUMO

Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic pathogen causing pre- and post-harvest diseases in at least 235 plant species. It manifests extraordinary genotype and phenotype variation. One of the causes of this variation is transposable elements. Two transposable elements have been discovered in this fungus, the retrotransposon (Boty), and the transposon (Flipper). In this work, two complete (Boty-II-76 and Boty-II-103) and two partial (Boty-II-95 and Boty-II-141) long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons were identified by an in silico genomic sequence analysis. Boty-II-76 and Boty-II-103 contain 6439 bp nucleotides with a pair of LTRs at both ends, and an internal deduced pol gene encoding a polyprotein with reverse transcriptase and DDE integrase domains. They are flanked by 5 bp direct repeats (ACCAT, CTTTC). In Boty-II-141, two LTRs at both ends, and a partial internal pol gene encoding a protein with a DDE integrase domain were identified. In Boty-II-95, a right LTR and a partial internal pol gene encoding a protein with no conserved domains were identified. Boty-II uses a self-priming mechanism to initiate synthesis of reverse transcripts. The sequence of the presumed primer binding site for first-strand reverse transcription is 5’-TTGTACCAT-3’. The polypurine-rich sequence for plus-strand DNA synthesis is 5’-GCCTTGAGCGGGGGGTAC-3’. Fourteen Boty-II LTRs that contain 125-158 bp nucleotides and share 69.1 ~ 100 percent identities with the short inverted terminal repeats of 5 bp (TGTCA…TGACA) were discovered. Analysis of structural features and phylogeny revealed that Boty-II is a novel LTR retrotransposon. It could potentially be used as a novel molecular marker for the investigation of genetic variation in B. cinerea.


Assuntos
Botrytis/isolamento & purificação , Botrytis/genética , Botrytis/química , Retroelementos/genética , Variação Genética , Genoma de Planta/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimologia , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química
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Electron. j. biotechnol ; 12(1): 7-8, Jan. 2009. ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-538041

RESUMO

The plant hormone abscisic acid has huge economic potential and can be applied in agriculture and forestry for it is considered to be involved in plant resistance to stresses such as cold, heat, salinity, drought, pathogens and wounding. Now overproducing strains of Botrytis cinerea are used for biotechnological production of abscisic acid. An LTR retrotransposon, Boty-aba, and a solo LTR were identified by in silico genomic sequence analysis, and both were detected within the abscisic acid gene cluster in B. cinerea B05.10, but not in B. cinerea SAS56. Boty-aba contains a pair of LTRs and two internal genes. The LTRs and the first gene have features characteristic of Ty3/gypsy LTR retrotransposons. The second gene is a novel gene, named brtn, which encodes for a protein (named BRTN) without putative conserved domains. The impressive divergence in structure of the abscisic acid gene clusters putatively gives new clues to investigate the divergence in the abscisic acid production yields of different B. cinerea strains.


Assuntos
Ácido Abscísico/genética , Ácido Abscísico , Ácido Abscísico/uso terapêutico , Botrytis/enzimologia , Botrytis/metabolismo , Ascomicetos/enzimologia , Petunia/genética , Retroelementos/genética , Sequências Repetidas Terminais
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 101(8): 833-843, Dec. 2006. ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-440569

RESUMO

The horizontal transfer of Trypanosoma cruzi mitochondrial minicircle DNA to the genomes of naturally infected humans may play an important role in the pathogenesis of Chagas disease. Minicircle integrations within LINE-1 elements create the potential for foreign DNA mobility within the host genome via the machinery associated with this retrotransposon. Here we document integration of minicircle DNA fragments in clonal human macrophage cell lines and their mobilization over time. The movement of an integration event in a clonal transfected cell line was tracked at three months and three years post-infection. The minicircle sequence integrated into a LINE-1 retrotransposon; one such foreign fragment subsequently relocated to another genomic location in association with associated LINE-1 elements. The p15 locus was altered at three years as a direct effect of minicircle/LINE-1 acquisition, resulting in elimination of p15 mRNA. Here we show for the first time a molecular pathology stemming from mobilization of a kDNA/LINE-1 mutation. These genomic changes and detected transcript variations are consistent with our hypothesis that minicircle integration is a causal component of parasite-independent, autoimmune-driven lesions seen in the heart and other target tissues associated with Chagas disease.


Assuntos
Humanos , Animais , DNA de Cinetoplasto/genética , Expressão Gênica/genética , Elementos Nucleotídeos Longos e Dispersos/genética , Retroelementos/genética , Trypanosoma cruzi/genética , Linhagem Celular/parasitologia , Transferência Genética Horizontal , Interações Hospedeiro-Parasita/genética , Macrófagos/parasitologia , Trypanosoma cruzi/fisiologia
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 101(5): 565-571, Aug. 2006. ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-437044

RESUMO

Schistosomes have a comparatively large genome, estimated for Schistosoma mansoni to be about 270 megabase pairs (haploid genome). Recent findings have shown that mobile genetic elements constitute significant proportions of the genomes of S. mansoni and S. japonicum. Much less information is available on the genome of the third major human schistosome, S. haematobium. In order to investigate the possible evolutionary origins of the S. mansoni long terminal repeat retrotransposons Boudicca and Sinbad, several genomes were searched by Southern blot for the presence of these retrotransposons. These included three species of schistosomes, S. mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. haematobium, and three related platyhelminth genomes, the liver flukes Fasciola hepatica and Fascioloides magna and the planarian, Dugesia dorotocephala. In addition, Homo sapiens and three snail host genomes, Biomphalaria glabrata, Oncomelania hupensis, and Bulinus truncatus, were examined for possible indications of a horizontal origin for these retrotransposons. Southern hybridization analysis indicated that both Boudicca and Sinbad were present in the genome of S. haematobium. Furthermore, low stringency Southern hybridization analyses suggested that a Boudicca-like retrotransposon was present in the genome of B. truncatus, the snail host of S. haematobium.


Assuntos
Humanos , Animais , DNA de Helmintos/análise , Genoma Helmíntico/genética , Retroelementos/genética , Schistosoma/genética , Southern Blotting , Biomphalaria/genética , Bulinus/genética , Schistosoma haematobium/genética
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Genet. mol. res. (Online) ; 5(1): 63-71, Mar. 31, 2006. ilus, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-449145

RESUMO

We describe a novel polymorphic Alu insertion (DXS225) on the human X chromosome (Xq21.3) embedded into an L1 retrotransposon. The DXS225 polymorphism was genotyped in 684 males from the CEPH Human Genome Diversity Panel. This insertion was found in all regions of the globe, suggesting that it took place before modern humans spread from Africa ca. 100,000 years ago. However, only one Amerindian population (Karitiana) showed this insertion allele, which may have been introduced by European admixture. Thus, it appears likely that the Alu insertion was absent from pre-Columbian America. Analysis of molecular variance worldwide demonstrated that 92.2% of the genetic variance was concentrated within populations. DXS225 is flanked by two microsatellites (DXS8114 and DXS1002), which are 86 kb apart and are in very strong linkage disequilibrium. The combination of a unique event polymorphism on the X chromosome in linkage disequilibrium with two rapidly evolving microsatellites should provide a useful tool for studies of human evolution.


Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Variação Genética , Cromossomos Humanos X/genética , Elementos Alu/genética , Genética Populacional/métodos , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Retroelementos/genética , Evolução Molecular , Genoma Humano , Genótipo , Grupos Raciais/genética , Linhagem Celular , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Genet. mol. biol ; 29(2): 384-390, 2006. ilus, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-432713

RESUMO

Information about the distribution and insertion numbers of many transposable elements is restricted to few species of Drosophila, although these elements are widely distributed throughout the genus. The aim of this work was to describe the distribution and insertion numbers of four retrotransposons (copia, gypsy, micropia, I) and four transposons (hobo, mariner, Minos and Bari-1) in the saltans group of Drosophila. Our data shows that, except for mariner, all the other elements are widespread within the saltans group and show variable insertion numbers of up to 24 copies.


Assuntos
Animais , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis , Drosophila/genética , Hibridização In Situ , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Retroelementos
9.
Rev. colomb. biotecnol ; 2(1): 59-69, jul. 1999. tab, graf
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-506978

RESUMO

Secuencias de retrotransposones del tipo Ty3/gypsy fue-ron identificadas en los genomas de tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum) y otras especies de Lycopersicon por medio de análisis de PCR. Las secuencias fueron altamente he-terogéneas, como ha sido el caso para otras secuencias de retrotransposones identificadas en plantas. Un análisis de las secuencias amplificadas por PCR mostró que la filogenia de las secuencias Ty3/gypsy de tomate fue simi-lar a la del género Lycopersicon. Este análisis también mostró que las secuencias pertenecen a secuencias de retrotransposones de lenta evolución y que parecen ser residentes desde tiempos ancestrales del genoma del to-mate. Se obtuvo alguna evidencia que sugiere que los ele-mentos del tipo Ty3/gypsy en tomate podrían ser activos. Las líneas de evidencia en favor de la presencia de retrotransposones activos en tomate y su posible transmi-sión horizontal se analizan más profundamente.


Assuntos
Análise Citogenética , Solanum lycopersicum , Retroelementos
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