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| Picard, Marion A. L.; Vicoso, Beatriz; Roquis, David; Bulla, Ingo; Augusto, Ronaldo C.; Arancibia, Nathalie; Grunau, Christoph; Boissier, Jerome; Cosseau, Celine. |
| Differentiated sex chromosomes are accompanied by a difference in gene dose between X/Z-specific and autosomal genes. At the transcriptomic level, these sex-linked genes can lead to expression imbalance, or gene dosage can be compensated by epigenetic mechanisms and results into expression level equalization. Schistosoma mansoni has been previously described as a ZW species (i.e., female heterogamety, in opposition to XY male heterogametic species) with a partial dosage compensation, but underlying mechanisms are still unexplored. Here, we combine transcriptomic (RNA-Seq) and epigenetic data (ChIP-Seq against H3K4me3, H3K27me3, and H4K20me1 histone marks) in free larval cercariae and intravertebrate parasitic stages. For the first time, we describe... |
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Palavras-chave: Dosage compensation; Chromatin landscape; Histone modifications; Female heterogamety; Schistosoma mansoni. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00514/62580/66929.pdf |
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| Picard, Marion A. L.; Boissier, Jerome; Roquis, David; Grunau, Christoph; Allienne, Jean-francois; Duval, David; Toulza, Eve; Arancibia, Nathalie; Caffrey, Conor R.; Long, Thavy; Nidelet, Sabine; Rohmer, Marine; Cosseau, Celine. |
| Background Among more than 20,000 species of hermaphroditic trematodes, Schistosomatidae are unusual since they have evolved gonochorism. In schistosomes, sex is determined by a female heterogametic system, but phenotypic sexual dimorphism appears only after infection of the vertebrate definitive host. The completion of gonad maturation occurs even later, after pairing. To date, the molecular mechanisms that trigger the sexual differentiation in these species remain unknown, and in vivo studies on the developing schistosomulum stages are lacking. To study the molecular basis of sex determination and sexual differentiation in schistosomes, we investigated the whole transcriptome of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni in a stage-and sex-comparative... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46876/71864.pdf |
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| Picard, Marion A. L.; Cosseau, Celine; Ferre, Sabrina; Quack, Thomas; Grevelding, Christoph G.; Coute, Yohann; Vicoso, Beatriz. |
| XY systems usually show chromosome-wide compensation of X-linked genes, while in many ZW systems, compensation is restricted to a minority of dosage-sensitive genes. Why such differences arose is still unclear. Here, we combine comparative genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics to obtain a complete overview of the evolution of gene dosage on the Z-chromosome of Schistosoma parasites. We compare the Z-chromosome gene content of African (Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium) and Asian (S. japonicum) schistosomes and describe lineage-specific evolutionary strata. We use these to assess gene expression evolution following sex-linkage. The resulting patterns suggest a reduction in expression of Z-linked genes in females, combined with upregulation of the Z... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00454/56588/71845.pdf |
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| Roquis, David; Lepesant, Julie M. J.; Picard, Marion A. L.; Freitag, Michael; Parrinello, Hugues; Groth, Marco; Emans, Remi; Cosseau, Celine; Grunau, Christoph. |
| Background Chromatin structure can control gene expression and can define specific transcription states. For example, bivalent methylation of histone H3K4 and H3K27 is linked to poised transcription in vertebrate embryonic stem cells (ESC). It allows them to rapidly engage specific developmental pathways. We reasoned that non-vertebrate metazoans that encounter a similar developmental constraint (i.e. to quickly start development into a new phenotype) might use a similar system. Schistosomes are parasitic platyhelminthes that are characterized by passage through two hosts: a mollusk as intermediate host and humans or rodents as definitive host. During its development, the parasite undergoes drastic changes, most notable immediately after infection of the... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00615/72712/71721.pdf |
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