Genetic clustering of Trypanosoma cruzi I lineage evidenced by intergenic miniexon gene sequencing

American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America and caused by the flagellate Trypanosoma cruzi, which exhibits broad genetic variation. In various areas, the transmission of Chagas disease is ensured by sylvatic vectors, mainly carrying the evolutionary lineage I of T. cruzi....

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Published in:Infection, genetics and evolution genetics and evolution, 2007-09, Vol.7 (5), p.587-593
Main Authors: O’Connor, Olivia, Bosseno, Marie-France, Barnabé, Christian, Douzery, Emmanuel J.P., Brenière, Simone Frédérique
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Base Sequence
Didelphis
DNA, Intergenic - genetics
Exons - genetics
Miniexon gene
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymorphism
Polymorphism, Genetic
T. cruzi I
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi - classification
Trypanosoma cruzi - genetics
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Summary:American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America and caused by the flagellate Trypanosoma cruzi, which exhibits broad genetic variation. In various areas, the transmission of Chagas disease is ensured by sylvatic vectors, mainly carrying the evolutionary lineage I of T. cruzi. Despite its epidemiological importance, this lineage is poorly studied. Here, we investigated the genetic variability and the phylogenetic relationships within T. cruzi I using sequences of the non-transcribed spacer of miniexon genes. The variability was firstly analysed between 10 repeats of spacer-miniexon genes in two strains of T. cruzi I and in the CL Brener strain, showing lower intra-strain variability than inter-strain. Furthermore, the phylogenetic analysis of 19 T. cruzi I strains (49 copies in total) clusters the copies into at least three groups. Two evolutionary phenomena can be proposed to explain the partition of the strains: (i) an association between strains and Didelphis sp. hosts and (ii) geographical clustering between the North American and South American strains. Thereby, the miniexon gene is an attractive marker to establish the phylogeny of lineage I and explore relationships between T. cruzi and mammal hosts.
ISSN:1567-1348
1567-7257
DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2007.05.003