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El genoma de la casualidad de la sangre Schistosoma mansoni

Matthew Berriman¹, Brian J Haas, Philip T LoVerde

¹Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK. mb4@sanger.ac.uk

|July 17, 2009

Resumen

El genoma de Schistosoma mansoni, el parásito que causa la esquistosomiasis, ha sido secuenciado. Esto proporciona información crucial sobre su biología y posibles nuevos objetivos farmacológicos para el tratamiento de esta enfermedad tropical descuidada.

Área de la Ciencia:

* Genómica y biología evolutiva de las lombrices planas parásitas.
* La base molecular de las enfermedades tropicales descuidadas.

Sus antecedentes:

* La esquistosomiasis, causada por Schistosoma mansoni, afecta a 210 millones de personas en todo el mundo.
* El parásito es una carga significativa de enfermedades tropicales descuidadas.
* Comprender su genoma es fundamental para desarrollar nuevas estrategias de control.

Objetivo del estudio:

* Para presentar la secuencia del genoma nuclear de Schistosoma mansoni.
* Para identificar posibles objetivos farmacológicos para el tratamiento de la esquistosomiasis.
* Para obtener información sobre la evolución de los gusanos planos y la biología de los parásitos.

Principales métodos:

* Secuenciación del genoma completo y análisis del genoma nuclear de 363 megabases.
* Enfoques bioinformáticos para la identificación de genes y análisis de vías metabólicas.
* Cribado quimiogenómico para identificar proteínas parásitas sensibles a los fármacos.

Principales resultados:

* El genoma codifica al menos 11.809 genes con una distribución única de tamaño de intrón y genes de micro-exón.
* Reveló déficits en el metabolismo lipídico e identificó numerosos receptores de membrana, canales iónicos y proteasas.
* Identificaron vulnerabilidades metabólicas y objetivos potenciales para los fármacos existentes.

Conclusiones:

* El genoma de Schistosoma mansoni proporciona un valioso recurso para la investigación de la esquistosomiasis.
* Se han descubierto nuevos objetivos farmacológicos y conocimientos sobre la biología de los parásitos.
* Facilita el desarrollo de nuevas herramientas para el tratamiento y la erradicación de enfermedades.

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