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Multilocus characterization of Sarcocystis falcatula-related organisms isolated in Brazil supports genetic admixture of high diverse SAG alleles among the isolates

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Cesar, Marina O. [1] ; Matushima, Eliana R. [1] ; Zwarg, Ticiana [2] ; de Oliveira, Alice S. [2] ; Sanches, Thais C. [2] ; Joppert, Adriana M. [2] ; Keid, Lara B. [3] ; Oliveira, Tricia Maria F. S. [3] ; Ferreira, Helena L. [3] ; Bedoya Llano, Horwald Alexander [4] ; Konradt, Guilherme [5] ; Bianchi, Matheus Viezzer [5] ; Gregori, Fabio [4] ; Gondim, Luis Fernando P. [6] ; Soares, Rodrigo M.
Total Authors: 15
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Pathol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Secretariat Environm & Green, Tech Div Vet Med & Management Wildlife, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Vet Med, Pirassununga, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Prevent Vet Med & Anim Hlth, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Vet Clin Pathol, Rio Grande Do Sul, RS - Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Bahia, Dept Anat Pathol & Clin, Salvador, BA - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: Experimental Parasitology; v. 188, p. 42-49, MAY 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 5
Abstract

In a previous study in Brazil, six isolates of Sarcocystis spp. recovered from budgerigars fed sporocysts excreted by opossums of the genus Didelphis were characterized by means of sequencing fragments of gene coding cytochrome B (CYTB), internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), and surface antigen genes (SAG2, SAG3 and SAG4). The isolates shared identical ITS1 and CYTB sequences, but differed at SAG2, SAG3 and SAG4: three allele variants of SAG2, 3 allele variants of SAG3 and 2 allele variants of SAG4 were encountered in three multilocus genotypes (MLGs) (MLG1, MLG2, and MLG3). At ITSI and CYTB, all the isolates from budgerigars were identical to the Sarcocystis falcatula-like isolate 59-2016-RS-BR that was detected in a barefaced ibis (Phimosus infuscatus) causing necrotizing meningoencephalitis in Brazil. At ITSI locus, all the above isolates were clearly distinct from Sarcocystis neurone, Sarcocystis falcatula, Sarcocystis lindsayi, and Sarcocystis speeri, the four known species of Sarcocystis that use opossums of the genus Didelphis as definitive hosts. Here, we replicated the experiment above to identify additional MLGs or other species of Sarcocystis. Fifteen budgerigars were experimentally infected with sporocysts of Sarcocystis spp. from 12 opossums of the genus Didelphis. All the birds died 9-19 days after infection and tissue samples containing merozoites and schizonts of Sarcocystis spp. were recovered. Fractions of sequences coding for 18S ribosomal RNA gene (18S), CYTB, ITS1, SAG2, SAG3 and SAG4 were PCR amplified and sequenced from the infected lungs. In addition, fractions of 18S, SAG2, SAG3 and SAG4 were sequenced from the isolate 59-2016-RS-BR and fractions of 18S were sequenced from the six isolates from budgerigars described above. From the results, all the isolates shared identical 18S, ITS1 and CYTB sequences. Among the 15 new isolates from budgerigars, three allele variants of SAG2, 3 allele variants of SAG3 and 2 allele variants of SAG4 were encountered in five MLGs, of which four were novel (MLG1, MLG4, MLG5, MLG6 and MLG7). Isolate 59-2016-RS-BR was assigned to an eighth MLG (MLG8). Molecular data pointed that Sarcocystis assigned to MLGs 1 to 8 are variants of the same species, but the SAG-based trees of the isolates conflicted, which supports genetic admixture among them. The sarcocystinae studied have high diversity of SAG alleles per locus and the correlation of such an abundant variety of SAG alleles to host specificity and pathogenicity needs to be assessed. Remains to be elucidated if the parasites studied here and S. falcatula are variants of the same species that have diverged to the point of possessing differences at ITS1 level, but that are still capable of exchanging genes. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/11226-4 - Molecular characterization of Sarcocystis spp. isolates from marsupials of the genus Didelphis spp. through the analysis of mitocondrial and apicoplast genes, internal transcribed spacers (ITS-1) and surface antigen genes
Grantee:Rodrigo Martins Soares
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants