个性的重大进化过渡的起源和阐述
Ab Matteen Rafiqi1,2, Arjuna Rajakumar1, Ehab Abouheif3
1Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Nature
|September 4, 2020
概括
中的强制性内生生态通过显著的胚胎发育变化进化. 霍克斯基因被重新连接以调节生殖基因,使细菌能够整合并在胚胎中创建功能坐标.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学
- 发育生物学
- 微生物学
背景情况:
- 强制性内共生是一种主要的进化过渡,不同的物种合并成为一个生物体.
- 了解导致这种融合的进化和发展途径至关重要,但仍然有限.
- 细菌Blochmannia和部落Camponotini提供了一个模型系统来研究内共生的起源.
研究的目的:
- 调查Blochmannia和Camponotini之间的强制性内生关系的进化和发育机制.
- 为了阐明霍克斯基因是如何在这种共生关系的发展过程中重新使用的.
- 了解母体基因表达和亚细胞局部化在促进细菌融合中的作用.
主要方法:
- 对Camponotini和其他昆虫的胚胎发育进行比较分析.
- 在胚胎发生过程中对Hox基因 (腹部A和Ultrabithorax) 表达模式和功能进行研究.
- 在早期胚胎中与生殖基因相关的霍克斯基因mRNA和蛋白质的局部化研究.
- 对Blochmannia细菌与这些胚胎成分的相互作用和调节的分析.
主要成果:
- 与其他昆虫相比,Blochmannia-Camponotini的强制性内共生是通过胚胎发育的根本性改变引起的.
- 霍克斯基因 (abdA和Ubx) 被重新连接以调节生殖基因,它们的产物在早期胚胎中表达和局部化.
- 布洛克曼尼亚细菌在四个不同的胚胎部位选择调节这些局部化的霍克斯基因产物,建立整合的功能坐标.
- 胚胎中的mRNA和蛋白质定位能力早于内共生,并由Blochmannia和Camponotini共同选择.
结论:
- 布洛克曼尼亚与坎波诺蒂尼的融合涉及保存的霍克斯基因网络的重新连接和先前存在的发育能力的选择.
- 分子创新 (基因网络重新连接) 和生态因素 (互惠,水平转移) 的结合促进了这一重大进化过渡.
- 这项研究强调了发育可塑性和生态相互作用的融合如何推动复杂的共生系统的起源和发展.
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