Diversity of RNA viruses in the cosmopolitan monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris.

Autor: Macedo DH; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.; University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden., Grybchuk D; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.; Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic., Režnarová J; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.; University Hospital in Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic., Votýpka J; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.; Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44, Prague, Czech Republic., Klocek D; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic., Yurchenko T; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic., Ševčík J; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic., Magri A; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.; Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, 40064, Bologna, Italy., Dolinská MU; Department of Epizootiology, Parasitology and Protection of One Health, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81, Košice, Slovakia., Záhonová K; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.; Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada., Lukeš J; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.; Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic., Servienė E; Laboratory of Genetics, Institute of Botany, Nature Research Centre, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania., Jászayová A; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic.; Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01, Košice, Slovakia.; University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81, Košice, Slovakia., Serva S; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biosciences, Vilnius University, 10257, Vilnius, Lithuania., Malysheva MN; Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia., Frolov AO; Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia., Yurchenko V; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic. vyacheslav.yurchenko@osu.cz., Kostygov AY; Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00, Ostrava, Czech Republic. kostygov@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC biology [BMC Biol] 2023 Sep 12; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 191. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 12.
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01687-y
Abstrakt: Background: Trypanosomatids are parasitic flagellates well known because of some representatives infecting humans, domestic animals, and cultural plants. Many trypanosomatid species bear RNA viruses, which, in the case of human pathogens Leishmania spp., influence the course of the disease. One of the close relatives of leishmaniae, Leptomonas pyrrhocoris, has been previously shown to harbor viruses of the groups not documented in other trypanosomatids. At the same time, this species has a worldwide distribution and high prevalence in the natural populations of its cosmopolitan firebug host. It therefore represents an attractive model to study the diversity of RNA viruses.
Results: We surveyed 106 axenic cultures of L. pyrrhocoris and found that 64 (60%) of these displayed 2-12 double-stranded RNA fragments. The analysis of next-generation sequencing data revealed four viral groups with seven species, of which up to five were simultaneously detected in a single trypanosomatid isolate. Only two of these species, a tombus-like virus and an Ostravirus, were earlier documented in L. pyrrhocoris. In addition, there were four new species of Leishbuviridae, the family encompassing trypanosomatid-specific viruses, and a new species of Qinviridae, the family previously known only from metatranscriptomes of invertebrates. Currently, this is the only qinvirus with an unambiguously determined host. Our phylogenetic inferences suggest reassortment in the tombus-like virus owing to the interaction of different trypanosomatid strains. Two of the new Leishbuviridae members branch early on the phylogenetic tree of this family and display intermediate stages of genomic segment reduction between insect Phenuiviridae and crown Leishbuviridae.
Conclusions: The unprecedented wide range of viruses in one protist species and the simultaneous presence of up to five viral species in a single Leptomonas pyrrhocoris isolate indicate the uniqueness of this flagellate. This is likely determined by the peculiarity of its firebug host, a highly abundant cosmopolitan species with several habits ensuring wide distribution and profuseness of L. pyrrhocoris, as well as its exposure to a wider spectrum of viruses compared to other trypanosomatids combined with a limited ability to transmit these viruses to its relatives. Thus, L. pyrrhocoris represents a suitable model to study the adoption of new viruses and their relationships with a protist host.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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