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Transcriptome analysis in tardigrade species reveals specific molecular pathways for stress adaptations
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- Tardigrades have unique stress-adaptations that allow them to survive extremes of cold, heat, radiation and vacuum. To study this, encoded protein clusters and pathways from an ongoing transcriptome study on the tardigrade \(Milnesium\) \(tardigradum\) were analyzed using bioinformatics tools and compared to expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from \(Hypsibius\) \(dujardini\), revealing major pathways involved in resistance against extreme environmental conditions. ESTs are available on the Tardigrade Workbench along with software and databankTardigrades have unique stress-adaptations that allow them to survive extremes of cold, heat, radiation and vacuum. To study this, encoded protein clusters and pathways from an ongoing transcriptome study on the tardigrade \(Milnesium\) \(tardigradum\) were analyzed using bioinformatics tools and compared to expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from \(Hypsibius\) \(dujardini\), revealing major pathways involved in resistance against extreme environmental conditions. ESTs are available on the Tardigrade Workbench along with software and databank updates. Our analysis reveals that RNA stability motifs for \(M.\) \(tardigradum\) are different from typical motifs known from higher animals. \(M.\) \(tardigradum\) and \(H.\) \(dujardini\) protein clusters and conserved domains imply metabolic storage pathways for glycogen, glycolipids and specific secondary metabolism as well as stress response pathways (including heat shock proteins, bmh2, and specific repair pathways). Redox-, DNA-, stress- and protein protection pathways complement specific repair capabilities to achieve the strong robustness of \(M.\) \(tardigradum\). These pathways are partly conserved in other animals and their manipulation could boost stress adaptation even in human cells. However, the unique combination of resistance and repair pathways make tardigrades and \(M.\) \(tardigradum\) in particular so highly stress resistant.…
Author: | Frank Förster, Daniela Beisser, Markus A. Grohme, Chunguang Liang, Brahim Mali, Alexander Matthias Siegl, Julia C. Engelmann, Alexander V. Shkumatov, Elham Schokraie, Tobias Müller, Martina Schnölzer, Ralph O. Schill, Marcus Frohme, Thomas Dandekar |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-123089 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Biologie / Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Bioinformatics and biology insights |
Year of Completion: | 2012 |
Volume: | 6 |
Pagenumber: | 69-96 |
Source: | Bioinformatics and Biology Insights 2012:6 69–96. doi: 10.4137/BBI.S9150 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4137/BBI.S9150 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC3342025 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Tag: | RNA; adaption; cluster; expressed sequence tag; protein familiy; tardigrada; transcriptome |
Release Date: | 2015/12/16 |
Note: | This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited. |