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Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in the Ochotona Family Driven by the Cold Environmental Stress
Yang, Jie1,2; Wang, Zhen Long1,2; Zhao, Xin Quan1; Wang, De Peng1,2; Qi, De Lin1,2; Xu, Bao Hong4; Ren, Yong Hong4; Tian, Hui Fang4
2008-01-23
发表期刊PLOS ONE
卷号3期号:1
文章类型Article
摘要Background. Environmental stress can accelerate the evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins and create new functions specialized for different environments, enhancing an organism's fitness to stressful environments. Pikas (order Lagomorpha), endemic, non-hibernating mammals in the modern Holarctic Region, live in cold regions at either high altitudes or high latitudes and have a maximum distribution of species diversification confined to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Variations in energy metabolism are remarkable for them living in cold environments. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived hormone, plays important roles in energy homeostasis. Methodology/Principal Findings. To examine the extent of leptin variations within the Ochotona family, we cloned the entire coding sequence of pika leptin from 6 species in two regions (Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Inner Mongolia steppe in China) and the leptin sequences of plateau pikas (O. curzonia) from different altitudes on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. We carried out both DNA and amino acid sequence analyses in molecular evolution and compared modeled spatial structures. Our results show that positive selection (PS) acts on pika leptin, while nine PS sites located within the functionally significant segment 85-119 of leptin and one unique motif appeared only in pika lineages-the ATP synthase a and b subunit signature site. To reveal the environmental factors affecting sequence evolution of pika leptin, relative rate test was performed in pikas from different altitudes. Stepwise multiple regression shows that temperature is significantly and negatively correlated with the rates of non-synonymous substitution (Ka) and amino acid substitution (Aa), whereas altitude does not significantly affect synonymous substitution (Ks), Ka and Aa. Conclusions/Significance. Our findings support the viewpoint that adaptive evolution may occur in pika leptin, which may play important roles in pikas' ecological adaptation to extreme environmental stress. We speculate that cold, and probably not hypoxia, may be the primary environmental factor for driving adaptive evolution of pika leptin.
WOS标题词Science & Technology
关键词[WOS]AMINO-ACID SITES ; CODON-SUBSTITUTION MODELS ; TISSUE IN-VITRO ; ADIPOSE-TISSUE ; BODY-WEIGHT ; GENE-EXPRESSION ; FOOD-INTAKE ; PLASMA LEPTIN ; OBESE GENE ; OB/OB MICE
收录类别SCI
语种英语
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号WOS:000260503900017
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文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/6873
专题中国科学院西北高原生物研究所
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Plateau Biol, Key Lab Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Biol Evolut & Ada, Xining, Qinghai, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing, Peoples R China
3.Qufu Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Shandong, Peoples R China
4.Shijiazhuang Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China
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Yang, Jie,Wang, Zhen Long,Zhao, Xin Quan,et al. Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in the Ochotona Family Driven by the Cold Environmental Stress[J]. PLOS ONE,2008,3(1).
APA Yang, Jie.,Wang, Zhen Long.,Zhao, Xin Quan.,Wang, De Peng.,Qi, De Lin.,...&Tian, Hui Fang.(2008).Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in the Ochotona Family Driven by the Cold Environmental Stress.PLOS ONE,3(1).
MLA Yang, Jie,et al."Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in the Ochotona Family Driven by the Cold Environmental Stress".PLOS ONE 3.1(2008).
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