温度和遗传背景驱动了在一个关键的人类真菌病原体中调动各种可转移元素的动员
Anna I Mackey1, Vesper Fraunfelter1, Samantha Shaltz1
1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27701, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|June 6, 2025
概括
环境压力,比如热量,会增加真菌病原体Cryptococcus neoformans中的可转移元素 (TE) 活性,从而导致抗真菌耐药性. 根据隔离物种,TE流动性有所不同,突出显示了遗传背景.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 可移植元素 (TE) 是驱动基因组进化和适应的移动遗传序列.
- 压力条件可以激活TE,促进人口的快速遗传变化和适应能力.
- 新型是一种重要的人类真菌病原体,TE动态与传染病相关.
研究的目的:
- 研究环境压力 (热量和营养限制) 对Cryptococcus neoformans.TE移动性的影响.
- 确定涉及在压力下赋予抗真菌耐药性的特定TE.
- 了解基因组分布和动员TE的特征.
主要方法:
- 在热应激 (37°C) 和营养限制下,对Cryptococcus neoformans的临床和环境分离物中TE移动性的分析.
- 全基因组测序和组装以识别TE动员事件和基因组改变.
- 评估TE驱动的基因组变化从患者和经过实验的隔离物中的序列隔离物.
主要成果:
- 热应激显著增加了TE子集的调动,导致获得的抗真菌耐药性.
- 一个新的CACTA,Mirage,Chapaev (CMC) 超级组元素,CNEST,被确定为动员.
- 与逆转子子相比,DNA转子被低甲基化并均分布,与频繁的调动相关.
- 在序列分离物中,在染色体末端附近观察到TE拷贝数的变化,但在基因编码区域附近没有.
- TE移动性表现出孤立和菌株依赖性,即使在与克隆相关的孤立群体中也是如此.
结论:
- 环境压力在Cryptococcus neoformans中动态地影响TE的移动性和活动.
- TE调动有助于在这种真菌病原体中获得抗真菌耐药性.
- 遗传背景在塑造TE活动和适应潜力的过程中起着至关重要的作用.
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