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Los genes del prófago WO recapitulan y mejoran la incompatibilidad citoplasmática inducida por Wolbachia
Daniel P LePage1, Jason A Metcalf1, Sarah R Bordenstein1
1Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.
Nature
|February 28, 2017
Resumen
Los investigadores identificaron dos genes, cifA y cifB, responsables de la incompatibilidad citoplasmática inducida por Wolbachia. Este descubrimiento avanza la comprensión de la manipulación reproductiva y Wolbachia
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología
- La genética
- Biología evolutiva
Sus antecedentes:
- Las Wolbachia son bacterias intracelulares que infectan a los invertebrados, manipulando la reproducción para aumentar su prevalencia.
- La incompatibilidad citoplasmática (CI) es una manipulación reproductiva común inducida por Wolbachia que causa letalidad embrionaria en cruces específicos.
- La base genética de CI ha permanecido elusiva a pesar de su importancia en la especiación inducida por simbiontes y el control de plagas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Identificar los genes bacterianos responsables de la incompatibilidad citoplasmática mediada por Wolbachia.
- Validar funcionalmente los genes identificados utilizando enfoques transgénicos.
Principales métodos:
- Genómica comparativa de los genes propágicos WO.
- Expresión transgénica de genes candidatos (cifA y cifB) en Drosophila melanogaster.
- Evaluación de la letalidad embrionaria en cruces con moscas transgénicas.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron dos genes co-divergentes, cifA y cifB, del módulo de asociación eucariota del prófago WO.
- Expresión dual de cifA y cifB en machos de Drosophila no infectados con CI recapitulado y mejorado.
- La letalidad embrionaria observada imitaba a la de tipo salvaje y fue rescatada por embriones infectados por Wolbachia.
Conclusiones:
- Los genes cifA y cifB son los principales factores que impulsan la incompatibilidad citoplasmática en Wolbachia.
- Este descubrimiento abre nuevas vías para la investigación genética sobre las manipulaciones reproductivas de Wolbachia.
- Los hallazgos apoyan el uso de Wolbachia para controlar vectores de arbovirus como los que transmiten el dengue y el virus Zika.
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