Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis

Junichi Watanabe; Masahira Hattori; Matthew Berriman; Michael J. Lehane; Neil Hall; Philippe Solano; Serap Aksoy; Winston Hide; Yéya Tiémoko Touré; Geoffrey M. Attardo; Alistair Charles Darby; Atsushi Toyoda; Christiane Hertz-Fowler; Denis M. Larkin; James A. Cotton; Mandy J. Sanders; Martin T. Swain; Michael A. Quail; Noboru Inoue; Sophie Ravel; Todd Duane Taylor; Tulika P. Srivastava; Vineet Kumar Sharma; Wesley C. Warren; Richard K. Wilson; Yutaka Suzuki; Daniel Lawson; Daniel Seth Toney Hughes; Karyn Megy; Daniel K. Masiga; Paul Odhiambo Mireji; Immo Alex Hansen; Jan Van Den Abbeele; Joshua B. Benoit; Kostas Bourtzis; George F O Obiero; Hugh M. Robertson; Jeffery W. Jones; Jingjiang Zhou; Linda M. Field; Markus Friedrich; Steven R G Nyanjom; Erich Loza Telleria; Guy Caljon; José M. C. Ribeiro; Alvaro Acosta-Serrano; Cherpheng Ooi; Clair Rose; David P. Price; Lee Rafuse Haines; Alan G. Christoffels; Cheolho Sim; Daphne Q D Pham; David L. Denlinger; Dawn L. Geiser; Irene A. Omedo; Joy J. Winzerling; Justin T. Peyton; Kevin K. Marucha; Mario Jonas; Megan E. Meuti; Neil David Rawlings; Qirui Zhang; Rosaline Wanjiru Macharia; Veronika Michalkova; Zahra Jalali Sefid Dashti; Aaron A. Baumann; Gerd Gäde; Heather G. Marco; Jelle Caers; Liliane Schoofs; Michael A. Riehle; Wanqi Hu; Zhijian Tu; Aaron M. Tarone; Anna Rodolfa Malacrida; Caleb K. Kibet; Francesca Scolari; J. J. O. Koekemoer; Judith H. Willis; Ludvik M. Gomulski; Marco Falchetto; Maxwell J. Scott; Shuhua Fu; Singhoi Sze; Thiago Luiz; Brian L. Weiss; Deirdre P. Walshe; Jingwen Wang; Mark Wamalwa; Sarah Mwangi; Urvashi N. Ramphul; Anna K. Snyder; Corey L. Brelsfoard; Gavin H. Thomas; George Tsiamis; Peter Arensburger; Rita V M Rio; Sandy J. Macdonald; Sumir Panji; Adele F. Kruger; Alia Benkahla; Apollo Simon Peter Balyeidhusa; Atway R. Msangi; Chinyere K. Okoro; Dawn Stephens; Eleanor J. Stanley; Feziwe Mpondo; Florence N. Wamwiri; Furaha Mramba; Geoffrey H. Siwo; George Githinji; Gordon William Harkins; Grace Adira Murilla; Heikki Lehväslaiho; Imna I. Malele; Joanna Eseri Auma; Johnson K. Kinyua; Johnson O. Ouma; Loyce M A Okedi; Lucien Manga; Martin A. Aslett; Mathurin Koffi; Michael W. Gaunt; Mmule Makgamathe; Nicola Jane Mulder; Oliver Manangwa; Patrick P. Abila; Patrick Wincker; Richard I. Gregory; Rosemary Bateta; Ryuichi Sakate; Sheila Ommeh; Stella M. Lehane; Tadashi Imanishi; Victor Chukwudi Osamor; Yoshihiro Kawahara

doi:10.1126/science.1249656

Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis

Junichi Watanabe, Masahira Hattori, Matthew Berriman, Michael J. Lehane, Neil Hall, Philippe Solano, Serap Aksoy, Winston Hide, Yéya Tiémoko Touré, Geoffrey M. Attardo, Alistair Charles Darby, Atsushi Toyoda, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Denis M. Larkin, James A. Cotton, Mandy J. Sanders, Martin T. Swain, Michael A. Quail, Noboru Inoue, Sophie RavelTodd Duane Taylor, Tulika P. Srivastava, Vineet Kumar Sharma, Wesley C. Warren, Richard K. Wilson, Yutaka Suzuki, Daniel Lawson, Daniel Seth Toney Hughes, Karyn Megy, Daniel K. Masiga, Paul Odhiambo Mireji, Immo Alex Hansen, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Joshua B. Benoit, Kostas Bourtzis, George F O Obiero, Hugh M. Robertson, Jeffery W. Jones, Jingjiang Zhou, Linda M. Field, Markus Friedrich, Steven R G Nyanjom, Erich Loza Telleria, Guy Caljon, José M. C. Ribeiro, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Cherpheng Ooi, Clair Rose, David P. Price, Lee Rafuse Haines, Alan G. Christoffels, Cheolho Sim, Daphne Q D Pham, David L. Denlinger, Dawn L. Geiser, Irene A. Omedo, Joy J. Winzerling, Justin T. Peyton, Kevin K. Marucha, Mario Jonas, Megan E. Meuti, Neil David Rawlings, Qirui Zhang, Rosaline Wanjiru Macharia, Veronika Michalkova, Zahra Jalali Sefid Dashti, Aaron A. Baumann, Gerd Gäde, Heather G. Marco, Jelle Caers, Liliane Schoofs, Michael A. Riehle, Wanqi Hu, Zhijian Tu, Aaron M. Tarone, Anna Rodolfa Malacrida, Caleb K. Kibet, Francesca Scolari, J. J. O. Koekemoer, Judith H. Willis, Ludvik M. Gomulski, Marco Falchetto, Maxwell J. Scott, Shuhua Fu, Singhoi Sze, Thiago Luiz, Brian L. Weiss, Deirdre P. Walshe, Jingwen Wang, Mark Wamalwa, Sarah Mwangi, Urvashi N. Ramphul, Anna K. Snyder, Corey L. Brelsfoard, Gavin H. Thomas, George Tsiamis, Peter Arensburger, Rita V M Rio, Sandy J. Macdonald, Sumir Panji, Adele F. Kruger, Alia Benkahla, Apollo Simon Peter Balyeidhusa, Atway R. Msangi, Chinyere K. Okoro, Dawn Stephens, Eleanor J. Stanley, Feziwe Mpondo, Florence N. Wamwiri, Furaha Mramba, Geoffrey H. Siwo, George Githinji, Gordon William Harkins, Grace Adira Murilla, Heikki Lehväslaiho, Imna I. Malele, Joanna Eseri Auma, Johnson K. Kinyua, Johnson O. Ouma, Loyce M A Okedi, Lucien Manga, Martin A. Aslett, Mathurin Koffi, Michael W. Gaunt, Mmule Makgamathe, Nicola Jane Mulder, Oliver Manangwa, Patrick P. Abila, Patrick Wincker, Richard I. Gregory, Rosemary Bateta, Ryuichi Sakate, Sheila Ommeh, Stella M. Lehane, Tadashi Imanishi, Victor Chukwudi Osamor, Yoshihiro Kawahara

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Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of human African trypanosomiasis throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Both sexes of adult tsetse feed exclusively on blood and contribute to disease transmission. Notable differences between tsetse and other disease vectors include obligate microbial symbioses, viviparous reproduction, and lactation. Here, we describe the sequence and annotation of the 366-megabase Glossina morsitans morsitans genome. Analysis of the genome and the 12,308 predicted protein-encoding genes led to multiple discoveries, including chromosomal integrations of bacterial (Wolbachia) genome sequences, a family of lactation-specific proteins, reduced complement of host pathogen recognition proteins, and reduced olfaction/chemosensory associated genes. These genome data provide a foundation for research into trypanosomiasis prevention and yield important insights with broad implications for multiple aspects of tsetse biology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	380-386
Number of pages	7
Journal	Science
Volume	344
Issue number	6182
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249656
State	Published - Apr 24 2014

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Watanabe, J., Hattori, M., Berriman, M., Lehane, M. J., Hall, N., Solano, P., Aksoy, S., Hide, W., Touré, Y. T., Attardo, G. M., Darby, A. C., Toyoda, A., Hertz-Fowler, C., Larkin, D. M., Cotton, J. A., Sanders, M. J., Swain, M. T., Quail, M. A., Inoue, N., ... Kawahara, Y. (2014). Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis. Science, 344(6182), 380-386. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249656

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note = "KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01 Acknowledgements: The public release and future updates of the genome sequence and associated information are hosted at VectorBase (www.vectorbase.org). The genome sequence can also be found at GenBank under the accession no. CCAG010000000. The Glossina morsitans genome project was funded by the Wellcome Trust (grants 085775/Z/08/Z and 098051) and World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) (project no. A90088) and the Ambrose Monell Foundation. Authors also acknowledge support by the Food and Agriculture Organization/International Atomic Energy Agency Coordinated Research Program {"}Improving SIT for Tsetse Flies through Research on their Symbionts,{"} the European Union Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action FA0701 {"}Arthropod Symbiosis: From Fundamental Studies to Pest and Disease Management,{"} and a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas {"}Comprehensive Genomics{"} from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (to M. H.). BAC libraries were generated through National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases resources, and sequencing was supported by RIKEN Japan. We thank the staff in the library construction, sequence production, and informatics support groups at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.",

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Watanabe, J, Hattori, M, Berriman, M, Lehane, MJ, Hall, N, Solano, P, Aksoy, S, Hide, W, Touré, YT, Attardo, GM, Darby, AC, Toyoda, A, Hertz-Fowler, C, Larkin, DM, Cotton, JA, Sanders, MJ, Swain, MT, Quail, MA, Inoue, N, Ravel, S, Taylor, TD, Srivastava, TP, Sharma, VK, Warren, WC, Wilson, RK, Suzuki, Y, Lawson, D, Hughes, DST, Megy, K, Masiga, DK, Mireji, PO, Hansen, IA, Van Den Abbeele, J, Benoit, JB, Bourtzis, K, Obiero, GFO, Robertson, HM, Jones, JW, Zhou, J, Field, LM, Friedrich, M, Nyanjom, SRG, Telleria, EL, Caljon, G, Ribeiro, JMC, Acosta-Serrano, A, Ooi, C, Rose, C, Price, DP, Haines, LR, Christoffels, AG, Sim, C, Pham, DQD, Denlinger, DL, Geiser, DL, Omedo, IA, Winzerling, JJ, Peyton, JT, Marucha, KK, Jonas, M, Meuti, ME, Rawlings, ND, Zhang, Q, Macharia, RW, Michalkova, V, Dashti, ZJS, Baumann, AA, Gäde, G, Marco, HG, Caers, J, Schoofs, L, Riehle, MA, Hu, W, Tu, Z, Tarone, AM, Malacrida, AR, Kibet, CK, Scolari, F, Koekemoer, JJO, Willis, JH, Gomulski, LM, Falchetto, M, Scott, MJ, Fu, S, Sze, S, Luiz, T, Weiss, BL, Walshe, DP, Wang, J, Wamalwa, M, Mwangi, S, Ramphul, UN, Snyder, AK, Brelsfoard, CL, Thomas, GH, Tsiamis, G, Arensburger, P, Rio, RVM, Macdonald, SJ, Panji, S, Kruger, AF, Benkahla, A, Balyeidhusa, ASP, Msangi, AR, Okoro, CK, Stephens, D, Stanley, EJ, Mpondo, F, Wamwiri, FN, Mramba, F, Siwo, GH, Githinji, G, Harkins, GW, Murilla, GA, Lehväslaiho, H, Malele, II, Auma, JE, Kinyua, JK, Ouma, JO, Okedi, LMA, Manga, L, Aslett, MA, Koffi, M, Gaunt, MW, Makgamathe, M, Mulder, NJ, Manangwa, O, Abila, PP, Wincker, P, Gregory, RI, Bateta, R, Sakate, R, Ommeh, S, Lehane, SM, Imanishi, T, Osamor, VC & Kawahara, Y 2014, 'Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis', Science, vol. 344, no. 6182, pp. 380-386. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249656

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AU - Watanabe, Junichi

AU - Hattori, Masahira

AU - Berriman, Matthew

AU - Lehane, Michael J.

AU - Hall, Neil

AU - Solano, Philippe

AU - Aksoy, Serap

AU - Hide, Winston

AU - Touré, Yéya Tiémoko

AU - Attardo, Geoffrey M.

AU - Darby, Alistair Charles

AU - Toyoda, Atsushi

AU - Hertz-Fowler, Christiane

AU - Larkin, Denis M.

AU - Cotton, James A.

AU - Sanders, Mandy J.

AU - Swain, Martin T.

AU - Quail, Michael A.

AU - Inoue, Noboru

AU - Ravel, Sophie

AU - Taylor, Todd Duane

AU - Srivastava, Tulika P.

AU - Sharma, Vineet Kumar

AU - Warren, Wesley C.

AU - Wilson, Richard K.

AU - Suzuki, Yutaka

AU - Lawson, Daniel

AU - Hughes, Daniel Seth Toney

AU - Megy, Karyn

AU - Masiga, Daniel K.

AU - Mireji, Paul Odhiambo

AU - Hansen, Immo Alex

AU - Van Den Abbeele, Jan

AU - Benoit, Joshua B.

AU - Bourtzis, Kostas

AU - Obiero, George F O

AU - Robertson, Hugh M.

AU - Jones, Jeffery W.

AU - Zhou, Jingjiang

AU - Field, Linda M.

AU - Friedrich, Markus

AU - Nyanjom, Steven R G

AU - Telleria, Erich Loza

AU - Caljon, Guy

AU - Ribeiro, José M. C.

AU - Acosta-Serrano, Alvaro

AU - Ooi, Cherpheng

AU - Rose, Clair

AU - Price, David P.

AU - Haines, Lee Rafuse

AU - Christoffels, Alan G.

AU - Sim, Cheolho

AU - Pham, Daphne Q D

AU - Denlinger, David L.

AU - Geiser, Dawn L.

AU - Omedo, Irene A.

AU - Winzerling, Joy J.

AU - Peyton, Justin T.

AU - Marucha, Kevin K.

AU - Jonas, Mario

AU - Meuti, Megan E.

AU - Rawlings, Neil David

AU - Zhang, Qirui

AU - Macharia, Rosaline Wanjiru

AU - Michalkova, Veronika

AU - Dashti, Zahra Jalali Sefid

AU - Baumann, Aaron A.

AU - Gäde, Gerd

AU - Marco, Heather G.

AU - Caers, Jelle

AU - Schoofs, Liliane

AU - Riehle, Michael A.

AU - Hu, Wanqi

AU - Tu, Zhijian

AU - Tarone, Aaron M.

AU - Malacrida, Anna Rodolfa

AU - Kibet, Caleb K.

AU - Scolari, Francesca

AU - Koekemoer, J. J. O.

AU - Willis, Judith H.

AU - Gomulski, Ludvik M.

AU - Falchetto, Marco

AU - Scott, Maxwell J.

AU - Fu, Shuhua

AU - Sze, Singhoi

AU - Luiz, Thiago

AU - Weiss, Brian L.

AU - Walshe, Deirdre P.

AU - Wang, Jingwen

AU - Wamalwa, Mark

AU - Mwangi, Sarah

AU - Ramphul, Urvashi N.

AU - Snyder, Anna K.

AU - Brelsfoard, Corey L.

AU - Thomas, Gavin H.

AU - Tsiamis, George

AU - Arensburger, Peter

AU - Rio, Rita V M

AU - Macdonald, Sandy J.

AU - Panji, Sumir

AU - Kruger, Adele F.

AU - Benkahla, Alia

AU - Balyeidhusa, Apollo Simon Peter

AU - Msangi, Atway R.

AU - Okoro, Chinyere K.

AU - Stephens, Dawn

AU - Stanley, Eleanor J.

AU - Mpondo, Feziwe

AU - Wamwiri, Florence N.

AU - Mramba, Furaha

AU - Siwo, Geoffrey H.

AU - Githinji, George

AU - Harkins, Gordon William

AU - Murilla, Grace Adira

AU - Lehväslaiho, Heikki

AU - Malele, Imna I.

AU - Auma, Joanna Eseri

AU - Kinyua, Johnson K.

AU - Ouma, Johnson O.

AU - Okedi, Loyce M A

AU - Manga, Lucien

AU - Aslett, Martin A.

AU - Koffi, Mathurin

AU - Gaunt, Michael W.

AU - Makgamathe, Mmule

AU - Mulder, Nicola Jane

AU - Manangwa, Oliver

AU - Abila, Patrick P.

AU - Wincker, Patrick

AU - Gregory, Richard I.

AU - Bateta, Rosemary

AU - Sakate, Ryuichi

AU - Ommeh, Sheila

AU - Lehane, Stella M.

AU - Imanishi, Tadashi

AU - Osamor, Victor Chukwudi

AU - Kawahara, Yoshihiro

N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01 Acknowledgements: The public release and future updates of the genome sequence and associated information are hosted at VectorBase (www.vectorbase.org). The genome sequence can also be found at GenBank under the accession no. CCAG010000000. The Glossina morsitans genome project was funded by the Wellcome Trust (grants 085775/Z/08/Z and 098051) and World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) (project no. A90088) and the Ambrose Monell Foundation. Authors also acknowledge support by the Food and Agriculture Organization/International Atomic Energy Agency Coordinated Research Program "Improving SIT for Tsetse Flies through Research on their Symbionts," the European Union Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action FA0701 "Arthropod Symbiosis: From Fundamental Studies to Pest and Disease Management," and a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "Comprehensive Genomics" from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (to M. H.). BAC libraries were generated through National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases resources, and sequencing was supported by RIKEN Japan. We thank the staff in the library construction, sequence production, and informatics support groups at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

PY - 2014/4/24

Y1 - 2014/4/24

N2 - Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of human African trypanosomiasis throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Both sexes of adult tsetse feed exclusively on blood and contribute to disease transmission. Notable differences between tsetse and other disease vectors include obligate microbial symbioses, viviparous reproduction, and lactation. Here, we describe the sequence and annotation of the 366-megabase Glossina morsitans morsitans genome. Analysis of the genome and the 12,308 predicted protein-encoding genes led to multiple discoveries, including chromosomal integrations of bacterial (Wolbachia) genome sequences, a family of lactation-specific proteins, reduced complement of host pathogen recognition proteins, and reduced olfaction/chemosensory associated genes. These genome data provide a foundation for research into trypanosomiasis prevention and yield important insights with broad implications for multiple aspects of tsetse biology.

AB - Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of human African trypanosomiasis throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Both sexes of adult tsetse feed exclusively on blood and contribute to disease transmission. Notable differences between tsetse and other disease vectors include obligate microbial symbioses, viviparous reproduction, and lactation. Here, we describe the sequence and annotation of the 366-megabase Glossina morsitans morsitans genome. Analysis of the genome and the 12,308 predicted protein-encoding genes led to multiple discoveries, including chromosomal integrations of bacterial (Wolbachia) genome sequences, a family of lactation-specific proteins, reduced complement of host pathogen recognition proteins, and reduced olfaction/chemosensory associated genes. These genome data provide a foundation for research into trypanosomiasis prevention and yield important insights with broad implications for multiple aspects of tsetse biology.

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UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077534

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DO - 10.1126/science.1249656

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SN - 0036-8075

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SP - 380

EP - 386

JO - Science

JF - Science

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ER -

Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis

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