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2. Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds
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Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Natarajan, Chandrasekhar, Moriyama, Hideaki, Weber, Roy E., Fago, Angela, Cheviron, Zachary A., Dudley, Robert, McGuire, Jimmy A., Witt, Christopher C., and Storz, Jay F.
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- 2013
3. Gene Duplication and the Evolution of Hemoglobin Isoform Differentiation in Birds
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Grispo, Michael T., Natarajan, Chandrasekhar, Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Moriyama, Hideaki, Weber, Roy E., and Storz, Jay F.
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- 2012
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4. Selective forces acting during multi-domain protein evolution: the case of multi-domain globins
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Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Jollivet, Didier, Mary, Jean, Lallier, François H, Schaeffer, Stephen W, and Hourdez, Stéphane
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- 2015
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5. Epistasis Constrains Mutational Pathways of Hemoglobin Adaptation in High-Altitude Pikas
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Tufts, Danielle M., Natarajan, Chandrasekhar, Revsbech, Inge G., Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Hoffmann, Federico G., Weber, Roy E., Fago, Angela, Moriyama, Hideaki, and Storz, Jay F.
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- 2015
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6. High regional differentiation in a North American crab species throughout its native range and invaded European waters: a phylogeographic analysis
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Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Cabral, Henrique, and Schubart, Christoph D.
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- 2010
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7. Integrating Evolutionary and Functional Tests of Adaptive Hypotheses: A Case Study of Altitudinal Differentiation in Hemoglobin Function in an Andean Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
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Cheviron, Zachary A., Natarajan, Chandrasekhar, Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Eddy, Douglas K., Jones, Jennifer, Carling, Matthew D., Witt, Christopher C., Moriyama, Hideaki, Weber, Roy E., Fago, Angela, and Storz, Jay F.
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- 2014
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8. Evolution des adaptations respiratoires chez les Polynoidae (Polychaeta) des sources hydrothermales
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Projecto‑garcia, Joana Cristina, Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin (AD2M), Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris 6, Stéphane Hourdez, and François Lallier
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Positive selection ,Hydrothermal Vents ,[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems ,Polynoidea ,Hémoglobines extracellulaires ,Sources hydrothermales ,Extracellular hemoglobins ,Tandem duplication ,Sélection positive ,Oxygen affinity ,Affinité oxygène ,Duplication en tandem - Abstract
Hydrothermal vents are deep-sea ecosystems that are characterized by widely changing chemical and physical characteristics that are the result of the chaotic mixing of the hydrothermal fluid, rich in toxic compounds, such as sulfide and heavy metals, with low pH, high temperature and no oxygen; with the deep-sea water that contains no heavy metals, has a pH of ~7.8, low temperature and normal oxygen concentrations. Among others constraints, hypoxia and anoxia pose a serious problem for the fauna colonizing the hydrothermal ecosystems.Scale-worms (Polynoidea) living at hydrothermal vents are abundant, diverse and widely distributed in the range of chemical and thermal conditions. To obtain the benefits of living there (abundant local primary production), they need to cope with the harsh conditions that characterize these ecosystems. Respiratory pigments play a central function in the adaptation to hypoxia (uptake, transport and storage of the oxygen). Hydrothermal vent polynoids possess hemoglobins, a feature that clearly sets them aside from shallow water relatives. These hemoglobins are unique among annelids and their evolutionary history was the interest of this work. There are two main types of hemoglobins in hydrothermal vent polynoids: single- and tetra-domain globins. Although they are extracellular, both globins types are more closely related to intracellular globins that to the typical annelid extracellular ones. This indicates a distinct origin for these hemoglobins. We first studied the evolutionary history of the multi-domain gene hemoglobin and found out that it originates from the tandem duplication of a myoglobin/like ancestral. Both globin types possess residues in the heme pocket that have been shown to be responsible for the high oxygen affinity in the nematode Ascaris hemoglobin. These amino acids are also found in the globin from Harmothea, a non-vent-endemic species. This indicates that the adaptative value of these hemoglobins most likely resides in their expression at high levels in the body and did not require specific adaptations in the heme pocket in the lineage to give rise to all the vent species. In addition, some amino acid sites were shown to be under positive selection in some lineages. Some of these amino acids are located in the heme pocket where they will likely affect the functional properties and potentially provide protection against sulfide. The other amino acids under positive selection are located in areas where they will probably affect interactions between subunits for the single-domain globins, and between domains for the tetra-domain globins.; Les sources hydrothermales sont des écosystèmes profonds qui sont caractérisés par une large et variable caractéristiques chimiques et physiques, résultat du mélange chaotique du fluide hydrothermal, riche en composés toxiques, tels que le sulfide et les métaux lourds, avec un pH bas, une température élevée et pas d'oxygène; avec une eau profonde ne contenant pas de métaux lourds, qui a un pH ~7.8, une basse température et une concentration en oxygène normale. Parmi d'autres contraintes, l'hypoxie et l'anoxie posent un sérieux problème à la faune colonisant les écosystèmes hydrothermales.Les annélides (Polynoidea), vivant près des sources hydrothermales, sont abondants, variés et largement répandu dans la variété des conditions chimiques et thermiques. Pour obtenir les avantages de vivre dans ce lieu (abondante production primaire locale), ils doivent surmonter les conditions difficiles qui caractérisent ces écosystèmes. Les pigments respiratoires jouent un rôle central dans l'adaptation à l'hypoxie (assimilation, transport et stockage de l'oxygène). Les Polynoidea des sources hydrothermales ont des hémoglobines, une particularité qui les distingue clairement de leurs proches en eaux peu profondes. Ces hémoglobines sont uniques parmi les annélides, leur évolution était l'objet de ce travail.Il y a deux principaux types d'hémoglobines chez les polynoids des sources hydrothermales : les globines "classiques" et les globines tétradomaines. Bien qu'elles soient extracellulaires, ces deux types de globines sont plus proches des globines intracellulaires que celles extracellulaires d'un annélide typique. Cela indique une origine distinct entre ces hémoglobines. Nous avons d'abord étudié l'évolution de ces gènes hémoglobines tétradomaines et nous avons découvert qu'elles étaient à l'origine d'une duplication en tandem entre une myoglobine-genre ancestral.Toutes deux possèdent des résidus dans la poche de l'hème qui ont indiqué être responsable de l'affinité forte pour l'oxygène dans l’hémoglobine du nématode Ascaris. Ces acides aminés sont aussi découverts dans les globines de Harmothea, une espèce non endémique aux sources hydrothermales. Cela indique que la valeur adaptative de ces hémoglobines résident sans doute dans l'expression à des niveaux élevés dans le corps et n'exigent pas d'adaptations spécifiques dans la poche de l'hème à l'origine de la lignée des espèces hydrothermales. De plus, certaines de ces acides aminés sont présents sous sélection positive dans certaines lignées. Certains de ces acides aminés sont localisés dans la poche de l'hème où ils sont probablement affectés par les propriétés fonctionnelles et potentiellement protégés contre le sulfide. Les autres acides aminés sous sélection positive sont localisés dans des zones où ils interagissent probablement entre les sous-unités des globines classiques et entre les domaines des globines tétradomaines.
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- 2009
9. Evolution of respiratory adaptations in hydrothermal vent scale-worms (Polynoidae)
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Projecto‑Garcia, Joana Cristina, Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin (AD2M), Station biologique de Roscoff [Roscoff] (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris 6, Stéphane Hourdez, and François Lallier
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Positive selection ,Hydrothermal Vents ,[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems ,Polynoidea ,Hémoglobines extracellulaires ,Sources hydrothermales ,Extracellular hemoglobins ,Tandem duplication ,Sélection positive ,Oxygen affinity ,Affinité oxygène ,Duplication en tandem - Abstract
Hydrothermal vents are deep-sea ecosystems that are characterized by widely changing chemical and physical characteristics that are the result of the chaotic mixing of the hydrothermal fluid, rich in toxic compounds, such as sulfide and heavy metals, with low pH, high temperature and no oxygen; with the deep-sea water that contains no heavy metals, has a pH of ~7.8, low temperature and normal oxygen concentrations. Among others constraints, hypoxia and anoxia pose a serious problem for the fauna colonizing the hydrothermal ecosystems.Scale-worms (Polynoidea) living at hydrothermal vents are abundant, diverse and widely distributed in the range of chemical and thermal conditions. To obtain the benefits of living there (abundant local primary production), they need to cope with the harsh conditions that characterize these ecosystems. Respiratory pigments play a central function in the adaptation to hypoxia (uptake, transport and storage of the oxygen). Hydrothermal vent polynoids possess hemoglobins, a feature that clearly sets them aside from shallow water relatives. These hemoglobins are unique among annelids and their evolutionary history was the interest of this work. There are two main types of hemoglobins in hydrothermal vent polynoids: single- and tetra-domain globins. Although they are extracellular, both globins types are more closely related to intracellular globins that to the typical annelid extracellular ones. This indicates a distinct origin for these hemoglobins. We first studied the evolutionary history of the multi-domain gene hemoglobin and found out that it originates from the tandem duplication of a myoglobin/like ancestral. Both globin types possess residues in the heme pocket that have been shown to be responsible for the high oxygen affinity in the nematode Ascaris hemoglobin. These amino acids are also found in the globin from Harmothea, a non-vent-endemic species. This indicates that the adaptative value of these hemoglobins most likely resides in their expression at high levels in the body and did not require specific adaptations in the heme pocket in the lineage to give rise to all the vent species. In addition, some amino acid sites were shown to be under positive selection in some lineages. Some of these amino acids are located in the heme pocket where they will likely affect the functional properties and potentially provide protection against sulfide. The other amino acids under positive selection are located in areas where they will probably affect interactions between subunits for the single-domain globins, and between domains for the tetra-domain globins.; Les sources hydrothermales sont des écosystèmes profonds qui sont caractérisés par une large et variable caractéristiques chimiques et physiques, résultat du mélange chaotique du fluide hydrothermal, riche en composés toxiques, tels que le sulfide et les métaux lourds, avec un pH bas, une température élevée et pas d'oxygène; avec une eau profonde ne contenant pas de métaux lourds, qui a un pH ~7.8, une basse température et une concentration en oxygène normale. Parmi d'autres contraintes, l'hypoxie et l'anoxie posent un sérieux problème à la faune colonisant les écosystèmes hydrothermales.Les annélides (Polynoidea), vivant près des sources hydrothermales, sont abondants, variés et largement répandu dans la variété des conditions chimiques et thermiques. Pour obtenir les avantages de vivre dans ce lieu (abondante production primaire locale), ils doivent surmonter les conditions difficiles qui caractérisent ces écosystèmes. Les pigments respiratoires jouent un rôle central dans l'adaptation à l'hypoxie (assimilation, transport et stockage de l'oxygène). Les Polynoidea des sources hydrothermales ont des hémoglobines, une particularité qui les distingue clairement de leurs proches en eaux peu profondes. Ces hémoglobines sont uniques parmi les annélides, leur évolution était l'objet de ce travail.Il y a deux principaux types d'hémoglobines chez les polynoids des sources hydrothermales : les globines "classiques" et les globines tétradomaines. Bien qu'elles soient extracellulaires, ces deux types de globines sont plus proches des globines intracellulaires que celles extracellulaires d'un annélide typique. Cela indique une origine distinct entre ces hémoglobines. Nous avons d'abord étudié l'évolution de ces gènes hémoglobines tétradomaines et nous avons découvert qu'elles étaient à l'origine d'une duplication en tandem entre une myoglobine-genre ancestral.Toutes deux possèdent des résidus dans la poche de l'hème qui ont indiqué être responsable de l'affinité forte pour l'oxygène dans l’hémoglobine du nématode Ascaris. Ces acides aminés sont aussi découverts dans les globines de Harmothea, une espèce non endémique aux sources hydrothermales. Cela indique que la valeur adaptative de ces hémoglobines résident sans doute dans l'expression à des niveaux élevés dans le corps et n'exigent pas d'adaptations spécifiques dans la poche de l'hème à l'origine de la lignée des espèces hydrothermales. De plus, certaines de ces acides aminés sont présents sous sélection positive dans certaines lignées. Certains de ces acides aminés sont localisés dans la poche de l'hème où ils sont probablement affectés par les propriétés fonctionnelles et potentiellement protégés contre le sulfide. Les autres acides aminés sous sélection positive sont localisés dans des zones où ils interagissent probablement entre les sous-unités des globines classiques et entre les domaines des globines tétradomaines.
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- 2009
10. Convergent Evolution of Hemoglobin Function in High-Altitude Andean Waterfowl Involves Limited Parallelism at the Molecular Sequence Level.
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Natarajan, Chandrasekhar, Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Moriyama, Hideaki, Weber, Roy E., Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta, Green, Andy J., Kopuchian, Cecilia, Tubaro, Pablo L., Alza, Luis, Bulgarella, Mariana, Smith, Matthew M., Wilson, Robert E., Fago, Angela, McCracken, Kevin G., and Storz, Jay F.
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HEMOGLOBINS , *BLOOD pigments , *BLOOD proteins , *WATERFOWL , *GAME & game-birds - Abstract
A fundamental question in evolutionary genetics concerns the extent to which adaptive phenotypic convergence is attributable to convergent or parallel changes at the molecular sequence level. Here we report a comparative analysis of hemoglobin (Hb) function in eight phylogenetically replicated pairs of high- and low-altitude waterfowl taxa to test for convergence in the oxygenation properties of Hb, and to assess the extent to which convergence in biochemical phenotype is attributable to repeated amino acid replacements. Functional experiments on native Hb variants and protein engineering experiments based on site-directed mutagenesis revealed the phenotypic effects of specific amino acid replacements that were responsible for convergent increases in Hb-O2 affinity in multiple high-altitude taxa. In six of the eight taxon pairs, high-altitude taxa evolved derived increases in Hb-O2 affinity that were caused by a combination of unique replacements, parallel replacements (involving identical-by-state variants with independent mutational origins in different lineages), and collateral replacements (involving shared, identical-by-descent variants derived via introgressive hybridization). In genome scans of nucleotide differentiation involving high- and low-altitude populations of three separate species, function-altering amino acid polymorphisms in the globin genes emerged as highly significant outliers, providing independent evidence for adaptive divergence in Hb function. The experimental results demonstrate that convergent changes in protein function can occur through multiple historical paths, and can involve multiple possible mutations. Most cases of convergence in Hb function did not involve parallel substitutions and most parallel substitutions did not affect Hb-O2 affinity, indicating that the repeatability of phenotypic evolution does not require parallelism at the molecular level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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11. Hemoglobin function and allosteric regulation in semi-fossorial rodents (family Sciuridae) with different altitudinal ranges.
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Revsbech, Inge G., Tufts, Danielle M., Projecto-Garcia, Joana, Moriyama, Hideaki, Weber, Roy E., Storz, Jay F., and Fago, Angela
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SCIURIDAE ,HEMOGLOBINS ,ALLOSTERIC regulation ,HIBERNATION ,HEMODYNAMICS ,PHYSIOLOGICAL transport of oxygen ,PHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
Semi-fossorial ground squirrels face challenges to respiratory gas transport associated with the chronic hypoxia and hypercapnia of underground burrows, and such challenges are compounded in species that are native to high altitude. During hibernation, such species must also contend with vicissitudes of blood gas concentrations and plasma pH caused by episodic breathing. Here, we report an analysis of hemoglobin (Hb) function in six species of marmotine ground squirrels with different altitudinal distributions. Regardless of their native altitude, all species have high Hb-O
2 affinities, mainly due to suppressed sensitivities to allosteric effectors [2,3-diphosphoglycerate (DPG) and chloride ions]. This suppressed anion sensitivity is surprising given that all canonical anion-binding sites are conserved. Two sciurid species, the golden-mantled and thirteen-lined ground squirrel, have Hb-O2 affinities that are characterized by high pH sensitivity and low thermal sensitivity relative to the Hbs of humans and other mammals. The pronounced Bohr effect is surprising in light of highly unusual amino acid substitutions at the C-termini that are known to abolish the Bohr effect in human HbA. Taken together, the high O2 affinity of sciurid Hbs suggests an enhanced capacity for pulmonary O2 loading under hypoxic and hypercapnic conditions, while the large Bohr effect should help to ensure efficient O2 unloading in tissue capillaries. In spite of the relatively low thermal sensitivities of the sciurid Hbs, our results indicate that the effect of hypothermia on Hb oxygenation is the main factor contributing to the increased blood-O2 affinity in hibernating ground squirrels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2013
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