Evolutionary Implications of the microRNA- and piRNA Complement of

Gastrotricha Lepidodermella squamata Platyhelminthes RNAi protein machinery microRNAs piRNAs

Journal

Non-coding RNA
ISSN: 2311-553X
Titre abrégé: Noncoding RNA
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101652294

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Feb 2019
Historique:
received: 21 12 2018
revised: 15 02 2019
accepted: 19 02 2019
entrez: 1 3 2019
pubmed: 1 3 2019
medline: 1 3 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Gastrotrichs-'hairy bellies'-are microscopic free-living animals inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats. Based on morphological and early molecular analyses, gastrotrichs were placed close to nematodes, but recent phylogenomic analyses have suggested their close relationship to flatworms (Platyhelminthes) within Spiralia. Small non-coding RNA data on e.g., microRNAs (miRNAs) and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNA) may help to resolve this long-standing question. MiRNAs are short post-transcriptional gene regulators that together with piRNAs play key roles in development. In a 'multi-omics' approach we here used small-RNA sequencing, available transcriptome and genomic data to unravel the miRNA- and piRNA complements along with the RNAi (RNA interference) protein machinery of Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida). We identified 52 miRNA genes representing 35 highly conserved miRNA families specific to Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Protostomia, and Spiralia, respectively, with overall high similarities to platyhelminth miRNA complements. In addition, we found four large piRNA clusters that also resemble flatworm piRNAs but not those earlier described for nematodes. Congruently, transcriptomic annotation revealed that the Lepidodermella protein machinery is highly similar to flatworms, too. Taken together, miRNA, piRNA, and protein data support a close relationship of gastrotrichs and flatworms.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30813358
pii: ncrna5010019
doi: 10.3390/ncrna5010019
pmc: PMC6468455
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Bastian Fromm (B)

Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden. Bastian.Fromm@scilifelab.se.

Juan Pablo Tosar (JP)

Functional Genomics Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay. jptosar@pasteur.edu.uy.
Nuclear Research Center, Faculty of Science, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay. jptosar@pasteur.edu.uy.

Felipe Aguilera (F)

Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160_C, Concepción 3349001, Chile. faguilera@udec.cl.
Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, 5006 Bergen, Norway. faguilera@udec.cl.

Marc R Friedländer (MR)

Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden. marc.friedlander@scilifelab.se.

Lutz Bachmann (L)

Research group Frontiers in Evolutionary Zoology, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway. lutz.bachmann@nhm.uio.no.

Andreas Hejnol (A)

Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, 5006 Bergen, Norway. andreas.hejnol@uib.no.

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