Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol

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Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo; Hernandez, Josefina; Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard; García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo; Nusblat, Alejandro David; Nudel, Berta Clara; Slamovits, Claudio H.; Uttaro, Antonio Domingo
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2020
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The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila does not require sterols for growth and synthesizes pentacyclic triterpenoid alcohols, mainly tetrahymanol, as sterol surrogates. However, when sterols are present in the environment, T. thermophila efficiently incorporates and modifies them. These modifications consist of desaturation reactions at positions C5(6), C7(8), and C22(23), and de-ethylation at C24 of 29-carbon sterols (i.e. phytosterols). Three out of four of the enzymes involved in the sterol modification pathway have been previously identified. However, identification of the sterol C22 desaturase remained elusive, as did other basic aspects of this metabolism. To get more insights into this peculiar metabolism, we here perform a whole transcriptome analysis of T. thermophila in response to exogenous cholesterol. We found 356 T. thermophila genes to be differentially expressed after supplementation with cholesterol for 2 h. Among those that were upregulated, we found two genes belonging to the long spacing family of desaturases that we tentatively identified by RNAi analysis as sterol C22 desaturases. Additionally, we determined that the inhibition of tetrahymanol synthesis after supplementation with cholesterol occurs by a transcriptional downregulation of genes involved in squalene synthesis and cyclization. Finally, we identified several uncharacterized genes that are likely involved in sterols transport and signaling.
Fil: Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Hernandez, Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Nusblat, Alejandro David. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; Argentina
Fil: Nudel, Berta Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; Argentina
Fil: Slamovits, Claudio H.. Dalhousie University Halifax; Canadá
Fil: Uttaro, Antonio Domingo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina
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RNA INTERFERENCE
RNA SEQUENCING
STEROL C22 DESATURASE
STEROLS METABOLISM
TETRAHYMANOL BIOSYNTHESIS
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spelling Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous CholesterolNajle, Sebastián RodrigoHernandez, JosefinaOcaña Pallarès, EduardGarcía Siburu, Nicolás PabloNusblat, Alejandro DavidNudel, Berta ClaraSlamovits, Claudio H.Uttaro, Antonio DomingoCILIATERNA INTERFERENCERNA SEQUENCINGSTEROL C22 DESATURASESTEROLS METABOLISMTETRAHYMANOL BIOSYNTHESIShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila does not require sterols for growth and synthesizes pentacyclic triterpenoid alcohols, mainly tetrahymanol, as sterol surrogates. However, when sterols are present in the environment, T. thermophila efficiently incorporates and modifies them. These modifications consist of desaturation reactions at positions C5(6), C7(8), and C22(23), and de-ethylation at C24 of 29-carbon sterols (i.e. phytosterols). Three out of four of the enzymes involved in the sterol modification pathway have been previously identified. However, identification of the sterol C22 desaturase remained elusive, as did other basic aspects of this metabolism. To get more insights into this peculiar metabolism, we here perform a whole transcriptome analysis of T. thermophila in response to exogenous cholesterol. We found 356 T. thermophila genes to be differentially expressed after supplementation with cholesterol for 2 h. Among those that were upregulated, we found two genes belonging to the long spacing family of desaturases that we tentatively identified by RNAi analysis as sterol C22 desaturases. Additionally, we determined that the inhibition of tetrahymanol synthesis after supplementation with cholesterol occurs by a transcriptional downregulation of genes involved in squalene synthesis and cyclization. Finally, we identified several uncharacterized genes that are likely involved in sterols transport and signaling.Fil: Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; EspañaFil: Hernandez, Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; EspañaFil: García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Nusblat, Alejandro David. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; ArgentinaFil: Nudel, Berta Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; ArgentinaFil: Slamovits, Claudio H.. Dalhousie University Halifax; CanadáFil: Uttaro, Antonio Domingo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
title Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
spellingShingle Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo
CILIATE
RNA INTERFERENCE
RNA SEQUENCING
STEROL C22 DESATURASE
STEROLS METABOLISM
TETRAHYMANOL BIOSYNTHESIS
title_short Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
title_full Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
title_fullStr Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
title_full_unstemmed Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
title_sort Genome-wide Transcriptional Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila Response to Exogenous Cholesterol
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo
Hernandez, Josefina
Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard
García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo
Nusblat, Alejandro David
Nudel, Berta Clara
Slamovits, Claudio H.
Uttaro, Antonio Domingo
author Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo
author_facet Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo
Hernandez, Josefina
Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard
García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo
Nusblat, Alejandro David
Nudel, Berta Clara
Slamovits, Claudio H.
Uttaro, Antonio Domingo
author_role author
author2 Hernandez, Josefina
Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard
García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo
Nusblat, Alejandro David
Nudel, Berta Clara
Slamovits, Claudio H.
Uttaro, Antonio Domingo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CILIATE
RNA INTERFERENCE
RNA SEQUENCING
STEROL C22 DESATURASE
STEROLS METABOLISM
TETRAHYMANOL BIOSYNTHESIS
topic CILIATE
RNA INTERFERENCE
RNA SEQUENCING
STEROL C22 DESATURASE
STEROLS METABOLISM
TETRAHYMANOL BIOSYNTHESIS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila does not require sterols for growth and synthesizes pentacyclic triterpenoid alcohols, mainly tetrahymanol, as sterol surrogates. However, when sterols are present in the environment, T. thermophila efficiently incorporates and modifies them. These modifications consist of desaturation reactions at positions C5(6), C7(8), and C22(23), and de-ethylation at C24 of 29-carbon sterols (i.e. phytosterols). Three out of four of the enzymes involved in the sterol modification pathway have been previously identified. However, identification of the sterol C22 desaturase remained elusive, as did other basic aspects of this metabolism. To get more insights into this peculiar metabolism, we here perform a whole transcriptome analysis of T. thermophila in response to exogenous cholesterol. We found 356 T. thermophila genes to be differentially expressed after supplementation with cholesterol for 2 h. Among those that were upregulated, we found two genes belonging to the long spacing family of desaturases that we tentatively identified by RNAi analysis as sterol C22 desaturases. Additionally, we determined that the inhibition of tetrahymanol synthesis after supplementation with cholesterol occurs by a transcriptional downregulation of genes involved in squalene synthesis and cyclization. Finally, we identified several uncharacterized genes that are likely involved in sterols transport and signaling.
Fil: Najle, Sebastián Rodrigo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: Hernandez, Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Ocaña Pallarès, Eduard. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; España
Fil: García Siburu, Nicolás Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Nusblat, Alejandro David. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; Argentina
Fil: Nudel, Berta Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Nanobiotecnología; Argentina
Fil: Slamovits, Claudio H.. Dalhousie University Halifax; Canadá
Fil: Uttaro, Antonio Domingo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina
description The ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila does not require sterols for growth and synthesizes pentacyclic triterpenoid alcohols, mainly tetrahymanol, as sterol surrogates. However, when sterols are present in the environment, T. thermophila efficiently incorporates and modifies them. These modifications consist of desaturation reactions at positions C5(6), C7(8), and C22(23), and de-ethylation at C24 of 29-carbon sterols (i.e. phytosterols). Three out of four of the enzymes involved in the sterol modification pathway have been previously identified. However, identification of the sterol C22 desaturase remained elusive, as did other basic aspects of this metabolism. To get more insights into this peculiar metabolism, we here perform a whole transcriptome analysis of T. thermophila in response to exogenous cholesterol. We found 356 T. thermophila genes to be differentially expressed after supplementation with cholesterol for 2 h. Among those that were upregulated, we found two genes belonging to the long spacing family of desaturases that we tentatively identified by RNAi analysis as sterol C22 desaturases. Additionally, we determined that the inhibition of tetrahymanol synthesis after supplementation with cholesterol occurs by a transcriptional downregulation of genes involved in squalene synthesis and cyclization. Finally, we identified several uncharacterized genes that are likely involved in sterols transport and signaling.
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