Highly resolved genome assembly and comparative transcriptome profiling reveal genes related to developmental stages of tapeworm <i>Ligula intestinalis</i>

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2563" target="_blank" >https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2563</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2563" target="_blank" >10.1098/rspb.2023.2563</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Highly resolved genome assembly and comparative transcriptome profiling reveal genes related to developmental stages of tapeworm <i>Ligula intestinalis</i>

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) is an emerging model organism for studies on parasite population biology and host-parasite interactions. However, a well-resolved genome and catalogue of its gene content has not been previously developed. Here, we present the first genome assembly of L. intestinalis, based on Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Illumina and Omni-C sequencing methodologies. We use transcriptome profiling to compare plerocercoid larvae and adult worms and identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with these life stages. The genome assembly is 775.3 mega (M)bp in size, with scaffold N50 value of 118 Mbp and encodes 27 256 predicted protein-coding sequences. Over 60% of the genome consists of repetitive sequences. Synteny analyses showed that the 10 largest scaffolds representing 75% of the genome display high correspondence to full chromosomes of cyclophyllidean tapeworms. Mapping RNA-seq data to the new reference genome, we identified 3922 differentially expressed genes in adults compared with plerocercoids. Gene ontology analyses revealed over-represented genes involved in reproductive development of the adult stage (e.g. sperm production) and significantly enriched DEGs associated with immune evasion of plerocercoids in their fish host. This study provides the first insights into the molecular biology of L. intestinalis and provides the most highly contiguous assembly to date of a diphyllobothriid tapeworm useful for population and comparative genomic investigations of parasitic flatworms.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Highly resolved genome assembly and comparative transcriptome profiling reveal genes related to developmental stages of tapeworm <i>Ligula intestinalis</i>

Popis výsledku anglicky

Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) is an emerging model organism for studies on parasite population biology and host-parasite interactions. However, a well-resolved genome and catalogue of its gene content has not been previously developed. Here, we present the first genome assembly of L. intestinalis, based on Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Illumina and Omni-C sequencing methodologies. We use transcriptome profiling to compare plerocercoid larvae and adult worms and identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with these life stages. The genome assembly is 775.3 mega (M)bp in size, with scaffold N50 value of 118 Mbp and encodes 27 256 predicted protein-coding sequences. Over 60% of the genome consists of repetitive sequences. Synteny analyses showed that the 10 largest scaffolds representing 75% of the genome display high correspondence to full chromosomes of cyclophyllidean tapeworms. Mapping RNA-seq data to the new reference genome, we identified 3922 differentially expressed genes in adults compared with plerocercoids. Gene ontology analyses revealed over-represented genes involved in reproductive development of the adult stage (e.g. sperm production) and significantly enriched DEGs associated with immune evasion of plerocercoids in their fish host. This study provides the first insights into the molecular biology of L. intestinalis and provides the most highly contiguous assembly to date of a diphyllobothriid tapeworm useful for population and comparative genomic investigations of parasitic flatworms.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-04676S" target="_blank" >GA19-04676S: Ekologická speciace generalistického organismu: populačně-genomická analýza adaptací a biogeografie tasemnice Ligula intestinalis</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

ISSN

0962-8452

e-ISSN

1471-2954

Svazek periodika

291

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2015

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

20232563

Kód UT WoS článku

001153940600006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85183726188