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| العنوان: |
Activation of transcription and retrotransposition of a novel retroelement, Steamer, in neoplastic hemocytes of the mollusk Mya arenaria. |
| المؤلفون: |
Arriagada, Gloria, Metzger, Michael J., Muttray, Annette F., Sherry, James, Reinisch, Carol, Street, Craig, Ian Lipkind, W., Goff, Stephen P. |
| المصدر: |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 9/30/2014, Vol. 111 Issue 39, p14175-14180, 6p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
MOLLUSK diseases, ANIMAL diseases, HEMOLYMPH, MYA arenaria, MESSENGER RNA |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NORTH Atlantic Region |
| مستخلص: |
Bivalve mollusks of the North Atlantic, most prominently the soft shell clam Mya arenaria, are afflicted with an epidemic transmissible disease of the circulatory system closely resembling leukemia. The disease is characterized by a dramatic expansion of blast-like cells in the hemolymph with high mitotic index. Examination of hemolymph of diseased clams revealed high levels of reverse transcriptase activity, the hallmark of retroviruses and retroelements. By deep sequencing of RNAs from hemolymph, we identified transcripts of a novel retroelement, here named Steamer. The DNA of the element is marked by long terminal repeats and encodes a single large protein with similarity to mammalian retroviral Gag-Pol proteins. Steamer mRNA levels were specifically elevated in diseased hemocytes, and high expression was correlated with disease status. DNA copy number per genome was present at enormously high levels in diseased hemocytes, indicative of extensive reverse transcription and retrotransposition. Steamer activation in M. arenaria is an example of a catastrophic induction of genetic instability that may initiate or advance the course of leukemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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