Analysis by RNA-seq of transcriptomic changes elicited by heat shock in Leishmania major
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UAM. Departamento de Biología MolecularPublisher
Nature Publishing GroupDate
2019-12-01Citation
10.1038/s41598-019-43354-9
Scientific Reports 2019.9 (2019): 6919
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2045-2322DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-43354-9Funded by
This work was supported by grants (to B.A. and J.M.R.) from Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, project number SAF2017-86965-R (co-funded with FEDER funds), and by the Network of Tropical Diseases Research RICET (RD16/0027/0008), co-funded with FEDER funds. The CBMSO receives institutional grants from the Fundación Ramón Areces and from the Fundación Banco de SantanderProject
Gobierno de España. SAF2017-86965-R; Gobierno de España. RD16/0027/0008Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43354-9Subjects
Microbial genetics; Transcriptomics; Leishmania major; Biología y Biomedicina / BiologíaRights
© 2019, The Author(s)Abstract
Besides their medical relevance, Leishmania is an adequate model for studying post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression. In this microorganism, mRNA degradation/stabilization mechanisms together with translational control and post-translational modifications of proteins are the major drivers of gene expression. Leishmania parasites develop as promastigotes in sandflies and as amastigotes in mammalians, and during host transmission, the parasite experiences a sudden temperature increase. Here, changes in the transcriptome of Leishmania major promastigotes after a moderate heat shock were analysed by RNA-seq. Several of the up-regulated transcripts code for heat shock proteins, other for proteins previously reported to be amastigote-specific and many for hypothetical proteins. Many of the transcripts experiencing a decrease in their steady-state levels code for transporters, proteins involved in RNA metabolism or translational factors. In addition, putative long noncoding RNAs were identified among the differentially expressed transcripts. Finally, temperature-dependent changes in the selection of the spliced leader addition sites were inferred from the RNA-seq data, and particular cases were further validated by RT-PCR and Northern blotting. This study provides new insights into the post-transcriptional mechanisms by which Leishmania modulate gene expression
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Google Scholar:Rastrojo, Alberto
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Corvo, Laura
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Lombraña, Rodrigo
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Solana, Jose C.
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Aguado, Begoña
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Requena Rolania, José María
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