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GENE
卷 877, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147547
关键词
Ribosome Inactivating Proteins; Horizontal Gene Transfer; Insects; Immune effectors; RNA N -glycosidase
This article reports the discovery of ribosome-inactivating protein genes in insects and investigates their expression and function. The study found that the expression of these genes is induced by infection with pathogens and provides the first transcriptomic evidence of parasite-induced rRNA depurination. These findings suggest a possible role of these foreign genes as immune effectors in insects.
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are RNA N-glycosidases that depurinate an adenine residue in the conserved alpha-sarcin/ricin loop (SRL) of rRNA, inhibiting protein synthesis. Previously, we reported the existence of these toxins in insects, whose presence is restricted to mosquitoes from the Culicinae subfamily (e.g., Aedes aegypti) and whiteflies from the Aleyrodidae family (e.g., Bemisia tabaci). Both groups of genes are derived from two independent horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events and are evolving under purifying selection. Here, we report and characterize the occurrence of a third HGT event in the Sciaroidea superfamily, which supports the recurrent acquisition of RIP genes by insects. Transcriptomic experiments, available in databases, allowed us to describe the temporal and spatial expression profiles for these foreign genes in these organisms. Furthermore, we found that RIP expression is induced after infection with pathogens and provided, for the first time, transcriptomic evidence of parasite SRL depurination. This evidence suggests a possible role of these foreign genes as immune effectors in insects.
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