Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Rapid Evolution of Immunity- and Cancer-Related Genes in Bats
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| author | Scheben, Armin Ramos, Olivia Mendivil Kramer, Melissa Goodwin, Sara Oppenheim, Sara Becker, Daniel J. Schatz, Michael C. Simmons, Nancy B. Siepel, Adam McCombie, W. Richard |
| author_facet | Scheben, Armin Ramos, Olivia Mendivil Kramer, Melissa Goodwin, Sara Oppenheim, Sara Becker, Daniel J. Schatz, Michael C. Simmons, Nancy B. Siepel, Adam McCombie, W. Richard |
| contents | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats are exceptional among mammals for their powered flight, extended lifespans, and robust immune systems and therefore have been of particular interest in comparative genomics. Using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read platform, we sequenced the genomes of two bat species with key phylogenetic positions, the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) and the Mesoamerican mustached bat (Pteronotus mesoamericanus), and carried out a comprehensive comparative genomic analysis with a diverse collection of bats and other mammals. The high-quality, long-read genome assemblies revealed a con traction of interferon (IFN)-α at the immunity-related type I IFN locus in bats, resulting in a shift in relative IFN-ω and IFN-α copy numbers. Contradicting previous hypotheses of constitutive expression of IFN-α being a feature of the bat immune system, three bat species lost all IFN-α genes. This shift to IFN-ω could contribute to the increased viral tolerance that has made bats a common reservoir for viruses that can be transmitted to humans. Antiviral genes stimulated by type I IFNs also showed evi dence of rapid evolution, including a lineage-specific duplication of IFN-induced transmembrane genes and positive selection in IFIT2. In addition, 33 tumor suppressors and 6 DNA-repair genes showed signs of positive selection, perhaps contributing to increased longevity and reduced cancer rates in bats. The robust immune systems of bats rely on both bat-wide and lineagespecific evolution in the immune gene repertoire, suggesting diverse immune strategies. Our study provides new genomic resources for bats and sheds new light on the extraordinary molecular evolution in this critically important group of mammals. Key words: cancer resistance, Chiroptera, comparative genomics, immunity, long reads, viral tolerance. |
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| spellingShingle | Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Rapid Evolution of Immunity- and Cancer-Related Genes in Bats Scheben, Armin Ramos, Olivia Mendivil Kramer, Melissa Goodwin, Sara Oppenheim, Sara Becker, Daniel J. Schatz, Michael C. Simmons, Nancy B. Siepel, Adam McCombie, W. Richard Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats are exceptional among mammals for their powered flight, extended lifespans, and robust immune systems and therefore have been of particular interest in comparative genomics. Using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read platform, we sequenced the genomes of two bat species with key phylogenetic positions, the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) and the Mesoamerican mustached bat (Pteronotus mesoamericanus), and carried out a comprehensive comparative genomic analysis with a diverse collection of bats and other mammals. The high-quality, long-read genome assemblies revealed a con traction of interferon (IFN)-α at the immunity-related type I IFN locus in bats, resulting in a shift in relative IFN-ω and IFN-α copy numbers. Contradicting previous hypotheses of constitutive expression of IFN-α being a feature of the bat immune system, three bat species lost all IFN-α genes. This shift to IFN-ω could contribute to the increased viral tolerance that has made bats a common reservoir for viruses that can be transmitted to humans. Antiviral genes stimulated by type I IFNs also showed evi dence of rapid evolution, including a lineage-specific duplication of IFN-induced transmembrane genes and positive selection in IFIT2. In addition, 33 tumor suppressors and 6 DNA-repair genes showed signs of positive selection, perhaps contributing to increased longevity and reduced cancer rates in bats. The robust immune systems of bats rely on both bat-wide and lineagespecific evolution in the immune gene repertoire, suggesting diverse immune strategies. Our study provides new genomic resources for bats and sheds new light on the extraordinary molecular evolution in this critically important group of mammals. Key words: cancer resistance, Chiroptera, comparative genomics, immunity, long reads, viral tolerance. |
| title | Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Rapid Evolution of Immunity- and Cancer-Related Genes in Bats |
| topic | Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13522005 |