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Transcriptomes of newly-isolated Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense reveal hundreds of mRNAs that are co-regulated with stumpy-form markers

Mulindwa, Julius ; Mercé, Clémentine ; Matovu, Enock ; Enyaru, John ; Clayton, Christine

In: BMC Genomics, 16 (2015), Nr. 1118. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1471-2164

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Abstract

Background: During natural Trypanosoma brucei infections, the parasites differentiate spontaneously into a non-dividing “stumpy” form when a certain level of parasitaemia is attained. This form is metabolically adapted for rapid further differentiation into procyclic forms upon uptake by Tsetse flies. Results: We describe here four central Ugandan isolates of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense that have undergone only three rodent passages since isolation from human patients. As expected, SNP analysis shows that these isolates are more closely related to each other than to the commonly used strains Lister 427, Antat1.1, and TREU927. TREU927 generally has smaller copy numbers of repeated genes than the other strains, while Lister 427 trypanosomes with a 30-year history of in vitro culture and cloning have more histone genes than the other isolates. The recently isolated trypanosomes were grown in rats, and their transcriptomes characterised. In comparison with cultured procyclic and bloodstream forms, there were increases in mRNAs encoding the stumpy-form markers ESAG9 and PIP39, with coordinated alterations in the levels of over 600 additional mRNAs. Numerous mRNAs encoding proteins of no known function were either increased or decreased. The products of the mRNAs that were increased in parallel with PIP39 included not only enzymes of procyclic-form metabolism, but also components of the translational and RNA control machineries. Many of the mRNAs that were decreased in cells with elevated PIP39 reflected reduced cell division. Conclusions: These transcriptomes suggest new avenues for research into the regulation of trypanosome differentiation.

Document type: Article
Journal or Publication Title: BMC Genomics
Volume: 16
Number: 1118
Publisher: BioMed Central; Springer
Place of Publication: London; Berlin; Heidelberg
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2016 14:11
Date: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2164
Page Range: pp. 1-10
Faculties / Institutes: Service facilities > Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg
Service facilities > CellNetworks Core Technology Platform
DDC-classification: 570 Life sciences
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