1. Mating Interactions between Schistosoma bovis and S. mansoni and Compatibility of Their F1 Progeny with Biomphalaria glabrata and Bulinus truncatus
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Amos Mathias Onyekwere, Alejandra De Elias-Escribano, Julien Kincaid-Smith, Sarah Dametto, Jean-François Allienne, Anne Rognon, Maria Dolores Bargues, Jérôme Boissier, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Departamento de Parasitologia, Universitat de València (UV)-Facultad de farmacia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universitat de València (UV), CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM), This research was funded by Campus France, France and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), Nigeria and was supported by the program HySWARM (ANR-18-CE35-0001) from the French Research National Agency respectively awarded to J.B. and A.M.O. is funded by Campus France. M.D.B. and A.D.E.-E. were funded by the Red de Investigacion de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales-RICET (RD16/0027/0023) of the PN de I+D+I, ISCIII-Subdireccion General de Redes y Centros de Investigacion Cooperativa RETICS, Ministry of Health and Consumption, Madrid, by CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CB21/13/00056), ISCIII, Ministry of Science and Education, Madrid, Spain, by the PROMETEO Program, Programa de Ayudas para Grupos de Investigacion de Excelencia (2021/004), Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain and by BEFPI/2021/019. This study is set within the framework of the 'Laboratoires d'Excellence (LABEX)' TULIP (ANR-10-LABX-0041)., ANR-18-CE35-0001,HySWARM,Hybrid Swarm: rôle de l'hybridation dans les capacités invasives, l'épidémiologie et le diagnostic de la schistosomiase(2018), and ANR-10-LABX-0041,TULIP,Towards a Unified theory of biotic Interactions: the roLe of environmental(2010)
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Microbiology (medical) ,mating interactions ,[SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] ,fungi ,Schistosoma mansoni ,compatibility ,Microbiology ,Biomphalaria glabrata ,Schistosoma bovis ,F1 progeny ,Bulinus truncatus ,[SDV.BDLR.RS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Reproductive Biology/Sexual reproduction ,Virology ,parasitic diseases ,[SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology - Abstract
Contrary to the majority of other Trematoda, Schistosoma species are gonochoric. Consequently, in endemic areas where several schistosome species overlap and can co-infect the same definitive host, there may be frequent opportunities for interspecific pairing. Our experimental study provides novel insight on the pairing behavior between Schistosoma bovis and S. mansoni in mixed infections in mice. We used six mate choice experiments to assess mating interactions between the two schistosome species. We show that mating between the two Schistosoma species is not random and that S. mansoni exhibits greater mate recognition compared to S. bovis. We also performed reciprocal crosses (male S. mansoni × female S. bovis) and (female S. mansoni × male S. bovis) that produce active swimming miracidia. These miracidia were genotyped by ITS2 sequencing and proposed for mollusc infection. Molecular analyses show that all the miracidia are parthenogenetically produced (i.e., their harbor the mother ITS2 genotype) and as a consequence can only infect the mollusc of the maternal species. Offspring produced by male S. mansoni × female S. bovis pairing can only infect Bulinus truncatus whereas offspring produced by female S. mansoni × male S. bovis can only infect Biomphalaria glabrata snails. Evolutionary and epidemiological consequences are discussed.
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- 2022