Wide reference databases for typing Trypanosoma cruzi based on amplicon sequencing of the minicircle hypervariable region.
Journal
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
ISSN: 1935-2735
Titre abrégé: PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101291488
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
09
05
2023
accepted:
02
11
2023
revised:
27
11
2023
medline:
29
11
2023
pubmed:
13
11
2023
entrez:
13
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas Disease, exhibits remarkable genetic diversity and is classified into different Discrete Typing Units (DTUs). Strain typing techniques are crucial for studying T. cruzi, because their DTUs have significant biological differences from one another. However, there is currently no methodological strategy for the direct typing of biological materials that has sufficient sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility. The high diversity and copy number of the minicircle hypervariable regions (mHVRs) makes it a viable target for typing. Approximately 24 million reads obtained by amplicon sequencing of the mHVR were analyzed for 62 strains belonging to the six main T. cruzi DTUs. To build reference databases of mHVR diversity for each DTU and to evaluate this target as a typing tool. Strains of the same DTU shared more mHVR clusters than strains of different DTUs, and clustered together. Different identity thresholds were used to build the reference sets of the mHVR sequences (85% and 95%, respectively). The 95% set had a higher specificity and was more suited for detecting co-infections, whereas the 85% set was excellent for identifying the primary DTU of a sample. The workflow's capacity for typing samples obtained from cultures, a set of whole-genome data, under various simulated PCR settings, in the presence of co-infecting lineages and for blood samples was also assessed. We present reference databases of mHVR sequences and an optimized typing workflow for T. cruzi including a simple online tool for deep amplicon sequencing analysis (https://ntomasini.github.io/cruzityping/). The results show that the workflow displays an equivalent resolution to that of the other typing methods. Owing to its specificity, sensitivity, relatively low cost, and simplicity, the proposed workflow could be an alternative for screening different types of samples.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas Disease, exhibits remarkable genetic diversity and is classified into different Discrete Typing Units (DTUs). Strain typing techniques are crucial for studying T. cruzi, because their DTUs have significant biological differences from one another. However, there is currently no methodological strategy for the direct typing of biological materials that has sufficient sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility. The high diversity and copy number of the minicircle hypervariable regions (mHVRs) makes it a viable target for typing.
METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS
RESULTS
Approximately 24 million reads obtained by amplicon sequencing of the mHVR were analyzed for 62 strains belonging to the six main T. cruzi DTUs. To build reference databases of mHVR diversity for each DTU and to evaluate this target as a typing tool. Strains of the same DTU shared more mHVR clusters than strains of different DTUs, and clustered together. Different identity thresholds were used to build the reference sets of the mHVR sequences (85% and 95%, respectively). The 95% set had a higher specificity and was more suited for detecting co-infections, whereas the 85% set was excellent for identifying the primary DTU of a sample. The workflow's capacity for typing samples obtained from cultures, a set of whole-genome data, under various simulated PCR settings, in the presence of co-infecting lineages and for blood samples was also assessed.
CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE
CONCLUSIONS
We present reference databases of mHVR sequences and an optimized typing workflow for T. cruzi including a simple online tool for deep amplicon sequencing analysis (https://ntomasini.github.io/cruzityping/). The results show that the workflow displays an equivalent resolution to that of the other typing methods. Owing to its specificity, sensitivity, relatively low cost, and simplicity, the proposed workflow could be an alternative for screening different types of samples.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37956210
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011764
pii: PNTD-D-23-00568
pmc: PMC10681310
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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e0011764Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2023 Rusman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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