Stage-specific transcriptomic analysis of the model cestode Hymenolepis microstoma
| Autor: | Federico G. Hoffmann, Uriel Koziol, Mauricio Langleib, Matías Preza, Estela Castillo, Javier Calvelo, Andrés Iriarte |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
0303 health sciences Life Cycle Stages Hymenolepis microstoma biology Gene Expression Regulation Developmental RNA-Seq Helminth Proteins biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Life stage Transcriptome 03 medical and health sciences Evolutionary biology Multigene Family Gene expression Genetics Gene family Animals Stage specific Gene 030304 developmental biology 010606 plant biology & botany Hymenolepis |
| Zdroj: | Genomics. 113(2) |
| ISSN: | 1089-8646 |
| Popis: | Most parasitic flatworms go through different life stages with important physiological and morphological changes. In this work, we used a transcriptomic approach to analyze the main life-stages of the model tapeworm Hymenolepis microstoma (eggs, cysticercoids, and adults). Our results showed massive transcriptomic changes in this life cycle, including key gene families that contribute substantially to the expression load in each stage. In particular, different members of the cestode-specific hydrophobic ligand-binding protein (HLBP) family are among the most highly expressed genes in each life stage. We also found the transcriptomic signature of major metabolic changes during the transition from cysticercoids to adult worms. Thus, this work contributes to uncovering the gene expression changes that accompany the development of this important cestode model species, and to the best of our knowledge represents the first transcriptomic study with robust replicates spanning all of the main life stages of a tapeworm. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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