Babesia duncani multi-omics identifies virulence factors and drug targets


Por: Singh, Pallavi, Lonardi, Stefano, Liang, Qihua, Vydyam, Pratap, Khabirova, Eleonora, Fang, Tiffany, Gihaz, Shalev, Thekkiniath, Jose, Munshi, Muhammad, Abel, Steven, Ciampossin, Loic, Batugedara, Gayani, Gupta, Mohit, Lu, Xueqing Maggie, Lenz, Todd, Chakravarty, Sakshar, Cornillot, Emmanuel, Hu, Yangyang, Ma, Wenxiu, Gonzalez, Luis Miguel, Sanchez, Sergio, Estrada, Karel, Sanchez-Flores, Alejandro, Montero, Estrella, Harb, Omar S., Le Roch, Karine G., Mamoun C.B.

Publicada: 1 may 2023 Ahead of Print: 1 abr 2023
Resumen:
Babesiosis is a malaria-like disease in humans and animals that is caused by Babesia species, which are tick-transmitted apicomplexan pathogens. Babesia duncani causes severe to lethal infection in humans, but despite the risk that this parasite poses as an emerging pathogen, little is known about its biology, metabolic requirements or pathogenesis. Unlike other apicomplexan parasites that infect red blood cells, B. duncani can be continuously cultured in vitro in human erythrocytes and can infect mice resulting in fulminant babesiosis and death. We report comprehensive, detailed molecular, genomic, transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses to gain insights into the biology of B. duncani. We completed the assembly, 3D structure and annotation of its nuclear genome, and analysed its transcriptomic and epigenetics profiles during its asexual life cycle stages in human erythrocytes. We used RNA-seq data to produce an atlas of parasite metabolism during its intraerythrocytic life cycle. Characterization of the B. duncani genome, epigenome and transcriptome identified classes of candidate virulence factors, antigens for diagnosis of active infection and several attractive drug targets. Furthermore, metabolic reconstitutions from genome annotation and in vitro efficacy studies identified antifolates, pyrimethamine and WR-99210 as potent inhibitors of B. duncani to establish a pipeline of small molecules that could be developed as effective therapies for the treatment of human babesiosis. Comprehensive multi-omics of Babesia duncani reveals evolution, drug sensitivity and virulence.

Filiaciones:
Singh, Pallavi:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

 Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Infect Dis, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

Lonardi, Stefano:
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Liang, Qihua:
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Vydyam, Pratap:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

 Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Infect Dis, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

Khabirova, Eleonora:
 Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Stat, Riverside, CA USA

Fang, Tiffany:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

 Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Infect Dis, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

Gihaz, Shalev:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

 Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Infect Dis, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

Thekkiniath, Jose:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

 Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Infect Dis, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

Munshi, Muhammad:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

 Yale Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sect Infect Dis, New Haven, CT 06510 USA

Abel, Steven:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Ciampossin, Loic:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Batugedara, Gayani:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Gupta, Mohit:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Lu, Xueqing Maggie:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Lenz, Todd:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Chakravarty, Sakshar:
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Cornillot, Emmanuel:
 Institut de Biologie Computationnelle (IBC), and Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM - INSERM U1194), Institut régional du Cancer Montpellier (ICM) and Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

 Univ Montpellier, Inst Biol Computat IBC, Montpellier, France

 Inst reg Canc Montpellier ICM, Inst Rech Cancerol Montpellier IRCM, INSERM U1194, Montpellier, France

 Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Hu, Yangyang:
 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Ma, Wenxiu:
 Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Stat, Riverside, CA USA

Gonzalez, Luis Miguel:
 Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

 Inst Salud Carlos III, Parasitol Reference & Res Lab, Natl Ctr Microbiol, Madrid, Spain

Sanchez, Sergio:
 Reference and Research Laboratory on Food and Waterborne Bacterial Infections, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

 Inst Salud Carlos III, Reference & Res Lab Food & Waterborne Bacterial I, Natl Ctr Microbiol, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Estrada, Karel:
 Unidad Universitaria de Secuenciación Masiva y Bioinformática, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Univ Secuenciac Mas & Bioinformat, Inst Biotecnol, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Sanchez-Flores, Alejandro:
 Unidad Universitaria de Secuenciación Masiva y Bioinformática, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Univ Secuenciac Mas & Bioinformat, Inst Biotecnol, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Montero, Estrella:
 Parasitology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

 Inst Salud Carlos III, Parasitol Reference & Res Lab, Natl Ctr Microbiol, Madrid, Spain

Harb, Omar S.:
 Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA USA

Le Roch, Karine G.:
 Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States

 Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Mamoun C.B.:
 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
ISSN: 20585276





Nature Microbiology
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Tipo de documento: Article
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