2022
Evolutionary Processes in the Emergence and Recent Spread of the Syphilis Agent, Treponema pallidum
PLA-DIAZ, Marta, Leonor SANCHEZ-BUSO, Lorenzo GIACANI, David ŠMAJS, Philipp P BOSSHARD et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Evolutionary Processes in the Emergence and Recent Spread of the Syphilis Agent, Treponema pallidum
Autoři
PLA-DIAZ, Marta, Leonor SANCHEZ-BUSO, Lorenzo GIACANI, David ŠMAJS (203 Česká republika, domácí), Philipp P BOSSHARD, Homayoun C BAGHERI, Verena J SCHUENEMANN, Kay NIESELT, Natasha ARORA a Fernando GONZALEZ-CANDELAS (garant)
Vydání
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, 0737-4038
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology
Stát vydavatele
Velká Británie a Severní Irsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 10.700
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14110/22:00129408
Organizační jednotka
Lékařská fakulta
UT WoS
000771141500045
Klíčová slova anglicky
recombination; selection; phylogenetic congruence; treponematoses; genome analysis
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 31. 1. 2023 12:45, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
Anotace
V originále
The incidence of syphilis has risen worldwide in the last decade in spite of being an easily treated infection. The causative agent of this sexually transmitted disease is the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (TPA), very closely related to subsp. pertenue (TPE) and endemicum (TEN), responsible for the human treponematoses yaws and bejel, respectively. Although much focus has been placed on the question of the spatial and temporary origins of TPA, the processes driving the evolution and epidemiological spread of TPA since its divergence from TPE and TEN are not well understood. Here, we investigate the effects of recombination and selection as forces of genetic diversity and differentiation acting during the evolution of T. pallidum subspecies. Using a custom-tailored procedure, named phylogenetic incongruence method, with 75 complete genome sequences, we found strong evidence for recombination among the T. pallidum subspecies, involving 12 genes and 21 events. In most cases, only one recombination event per gene was detected and all but one event corresponded to intersubspecies transfers, from TPE/TEN to TPA. We found a clear signal of natural selection acting on the recombinant genes, which is more intense in their recombinant regions. The phylogenetic location of the recombination events detected and the functional role of the genes with signals of positive selection suggest that these evolutionary processes had a key role in the evolution and recent expansion of the syphilis bacteria and significant implications for the selection of vaccine candidates and the design of a broadly protective syphilis vaccine.
Návaznosti
GA17-25455S, projekt VaV |
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