Molecular evolution of peptidergic signaling systems in bilaterians.
2013
Mirabeau, Olivier | Joly, Jean-Stéphane | Neurobiologie et Développement (N&eD) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard (INAF) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | INRA MSNC group Institut Fessard, CNRS ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) | Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale; France Parkinson Association; Agence Nationale de la Recherche
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Peptide hormones and their receptors are widespread in metazoans, but the knowledge we have of their evolutionary relationships remains unclear. Recently, accumulating genome sequences from many different species have offered the opportunity to reassess the relationships between protostomian and deuterostomian peptidergic systems (PSs). Here we used sequences of all human rhodopsin and secretin-type G protein-coupled receptors as bait to retrieve potential homologs in the genomes of 15 bilaterian species, including nonchordate deuterostomian and lophotrochozoan species. Our phylogenetic analysis of these receptors revealed 29 well-supported subtrees containing mixed sets of protostomian and deuterostomian sequences. This indicated that many vertebrate and arthropod PSs that were previously thought to be phyla specific are in fact of bilaterian origin. By screening sequence databases for potential peptides, we then reconstructed entire bilaterian peptide families and showed that protostomian and deuterostomian peptides that are ligands of orthologous receptors displayed some similarity at the level of their primary sequence, suggesting an ancient coevolution between peptide and receptor genes. In addition to shedding light on the function of human G protein-coupled receptor PSs, this work presents orthology markers to study ancestral neuron types that were probably present in the last common bilaterian ancestor.
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