Transcriptomic analysis of oligochaete immune responses to myxosporeans infection: Branchiura sowerbyi infected with Myxobolus cultus

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第一作者： Zhao, Yuanli

作者： Zhao, Yuanli;Liu, Xinhua;Zhang, Qianqian;Li, Aihua;Zhang, Jinyong;Zhao, Yuanli;Liu, Xinhua;Zhang, Qianqian;Li, Aihua;Zhang, Jinyong;Zhao, Yuanli;Liu, Xinhua;Zhang, Qianqian;Li, Aihua;Zhang, Jinyong;Xi, Bingwen

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关键词： Branchiura sowerbyi; Myxobolus cultus; Innate immune response; Transcriptomics; Invertebrate-myxosporean interaction

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.841； 五年影响因子：3.368 ）

ISSN： 0022-2011

年卷期： 2020 年 169 卷

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摘要： The Myxozoa are endoparasites characterized by a two-host life cycle that typically involves invertebrates and vertebrates as definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively. However, little is known about invertebrate-myxosporean interactions, particularly about patterns of host immune defense. We used RNA-sequencing to identify genes that are possibly involved in the immune responses of the oligochaete Branchiura sowerbyi naturally infected with Myxobolus cilium. De novo assembly of the B. sowerbyi transcriptome yielded 119,031 unigenes, with an average length of 896 bp and an N50 length of 1754 bp. Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed 4059 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between M. cultus-infected and uninfected B. sowerbyi groups, including 3802 upregulated genes and 257 downregulated genes. Among the B. sowerbyi immune factors implicated in the responses to M. cultus infection, DEGs related to lectins, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, phagocytosis, oxidative-antioxidative responses, proteases, and protease inhibitors were upregulated. The expression of some immune-related molecules such as calmodulin, heat shock proteins, antimicrobial peptides, lysenin, and serum amyoid A protein were also significantly upregulated. The expression patterns of 14 immune-related DEGs identified by RNA-seq were validated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. This study is the first attempt to characterize the B. sowerbyi transcriptome and identify immune-related molecules possibly associated with M. cultus infection. It is also the first report of invertebrate host-myxosporean interactions at the transcriptomic level. Our results will facilitate the elucidation of adaptive evolution mechanisms of myxosporean parasites in the definitive host and the genetic basis for differences in resistance of invertebrate hosts of different genotypes to a myxosporean species.

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