Barnabé Christian, Mobarec H. I., Jurado M. R., Cortez J. A., Brenière Simone Frédérique. (2016). Reconsideration of the seven discrete typing units within the species Trypanosoma cruzi, a new proposal of three reliable mitochondrial clades. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 39, p. 176-186. ISSN 1567-1348.
Titre du document
Reconsideration of the seven discrete typing units within the species Trypanosoma cruzi, a new proposal of three reliable mitochondrial clades
Année de publication
2016
Auteurs
Barnabé Christian, Mobarec H. I., Jurado M. R., Cortez J. A., Brenière Simone Frédérique
Source
Infection Genetics and Evolution, 2016,
39, p. 176-186 ISSN 1567-1348
It is generally acknowledged that Trypanosoma cruzi, responsible for Chagas disease, is structured into six or seven distinct discrete typing units (DTUs), and termed TcI through TcVI and TcBat for the seventh, by a collective of researchers. However, such structuring can be validated only when the species is analyzed over its entire distribution area with the same genetic markers. Many works have dealt with several DTUs in limited areas, generally one country, others have dealt with only one DTU over the endemic area, but no work has reported data of all DTUs over the entire endemic area. Hence, the aim of this minireview was to analyze three gene sequences, already deposited in GenBank by others, over the entire geographical distribution of Chagas disease. Two mitochondrial (CytB and COII) and one nuclear gene (Gpi) were selected (i) among those most widely used in the field, (ii) of single copy for the nuclear one, and (iii) presenting common sequences of sufficient size for applying phylogenetic tools. They were analyzed using maximum likelihood trees and phylogenetic networks. Remarkably, only three significant clusters instead of seven were found with the mitochondrial genes. With the nuclear gene, surprisingly, all seven expected clusters did not have significant bootstrap values. Moreover, DTUs TcV and TcVI were indistinguishable as were TcIII and TcIV. Additionally, we have undertaken a minireview of seventy-five publications presenting phylogenetic trees with identifiable DTUs that allowed us, together with our own results, to seriously question the structuring of T. cruzi into six or seven separated DTUs. We propose that mitochondrial typing in three clusters currently named mtTcI, mtTcII, and mtTcIII is robust whereas nuclear typing may lead to a questionable clustering but it is valuable for detecting mitochondrial introgression, heterozygous states and allelic composition.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010066679]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010066679
