A serpin gene from a parasitoid wasp disrupts host immunity and exhibits adaptive alternative splicing.
A serpin gene from a parasitoid wasp disrupts host immunity and exhibits adaptive alternative splicing.
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1011649
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2023-09
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6.7
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Alternative splicing (AS) is a major source of protein diversity in eukaryotes, but less is known about its evolution compared to gene duplication (GD). How AS and GD interact is also largely understudied. By constructing the evolutionary trajectory of the serpin gene PpSerpin-1 (Pteromalus puparum serpin 1) in parasitoids and other insects, we found that both AS and GD jointly contribute to serpin protein diversity. These two processes are negatively correlated and show divergent features in both protein and regulatory sequences. Parasitoid wasps exhibit higher numbers of serpin protein/domains than nonparasitoids, resulting from more GD but less AS in parasitoids. The potential roles of AS and GD in the evolution of parasitoid host-effector genes are discussed. Furthermore, we find that PpSerpin-1 shows an exon expansion of AS compared to other parasitoids, and that several isoforms are involved in the wasp immune response, have been recruited to both wasp venom and larval saliva, and suppress host immunity. Overall, our study provides an example of how a parasitoid serpin gene adapts to parasitism through AS, and sheds light on the differential features of AS and GD in the evolution of insect serpins and their associations with the parasitic life strategy. Alternative splicing (AS) and gene duplications (GD) significantly contribute to protein diversity in eukaryotes, yet their interplay and associations with life strategies remain largely understudied. Parasites recruit diverse virulence genes to counter host defenses, providing a unique window into the interplay between AS and GD. Investigating the evolution of the PpSerpin-1 gene (Pteromalus puparum serpin 1) in parasitoids and other insects, we uncovered a negative correlation between AS and GD, distinct sequence features, and associations to the parasitic life strategy. We also demonstrate how AS enhances PpSerpin-1 protein diversity, which participates in parasitoid wasp venom and larval saliva to regulate host immunity. To our knowledge, this also represents the first functional analysis of a larval salivary gene in parasitoid wasps.
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DOI:
10.1038/nrm.2017.63
发表时间:
2017-10
期刊:
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology
影响因子:
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作者:
Herzel L;Ottoz DSM;Alpert T;Neugebauer KM
通讯作者:
Neugebauer KM
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Cao X;He Y;Hu Y;Zhang X;Wang Y;Zou Z;Chen Y;Blissard GW;Kanost MR;Jiang H
通讯作者:
Jiang H
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Jiang, HB;Wang, Y;Kanost, MR
通讯作者:
Kanost, MR
影响因子:
14.9
作者:
Bailey TL;Johnson J;Grant CE;Noble WS
通讯作者:
Noble WS
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Iñiguez LP;Hernández G
通讯作者:
Hernández G