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Sato, Yukuto ; Hermawan, Idam ; Kakita, Tetsuya ; Okano, Sho ; Imai, Hideyuki ; Nagai, Hiroto ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Yamashiro, Tetsu ; Kajita, Tadashi ; Toma, Claudia
出版情報: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.  16  2022-03.  Public Library of Science
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/0002019663
概要: Background Leptospirosis, a zoonosis caused by species in the spirochete genus Leptospira, is endemic to the Yaeyama reg ion in Okinawa, subtropical Japan. Species of the P1 subclade “virulent” group, within the genus Leptospira, are the main etiological agents of leptospirosis in Okinawa. However, their environmental persistence is poorly understood. This study used a combination of bacterial isolation and environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding methods to understand the eco-epidemiology of leptospirosis in this endemic region. Findings Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) characterized twelve human clinical L. interrogans isolates belonging to the P1 subclade “virulent” subgroup and 11 environmental soil isolates of the P1subclade “low virulent” subgroup (genetically related to L. kmetyi, n = 1; L. alstonii, n = 4; L. barantonii, n = 6) from the Yaeyama region targeting four virulence-related genes (lipL32, ligA, ligB and lpxD1). Clinical isolates were PCR positive for at least three targeted genes, while all environmental isolates were positive only for lipL32. Analysis of infected renal epithelial cells with selected clinical and environmental strains, revealed the disassembly of cell-cell junctions for the Hebdomadis clinical strain serogroup. Comparison of leptospiral eDNA during winter and summer identified operational taxonomic units corresponding to the species isolated from soil samples (L. kmetyi and L. barantonii) and additional P2 subclade species (L. licerasiae, L. wolffii-related, among others) that were not detected by soil cultivation. Total Leptospira read counts were higher in summer than in winter and the analysis of leptospiral/animal eDNA relationship suggested Rattus spp. as a potential reservoir animal. Conclusion Our study demonstrated high environmental Leptospira diversity in the Yaeyama region, particularly during summer, when most of the leptospirosis cases are reported. In addition, several Leptospira species with pathogenic potential were identified that have not yet been reported in Yaeyama; however, the environmental persistence of P1 subclade species previously isolated from human clinical cases in this region was absent, suggesting the need of further methodology development and surveillance. 続きを見る
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Sato, Takehiro ; Adachi, Noboru ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Hosomichi, Kazuyoshi ; Yoneda, Minoru ; Oota, Hiroki ; Tajima, Atsushi ; Toyoda, Atsushi ; Kanazawa-Kiriyama, Hideaki ; Matsumae, Hiromi ; Koganebuchi, Kae ; Shimizu, K Kentaro ; Shinoda, Ken-ichi ; Hanihara, Tsunehiko ; Weber, Andrzej ; Kato, Hirofumi ; Ishida, Hajime
出版情報: Genome Biology and Evolution.  13  2021-08-19.  Oxford University Press
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/50052
概要: Recent studies on paleogenomics have reported some Paleolithic and Neolithic genomes that have provided new insights int o the human population history in East and Northeast Asia. However, there remain some cases where more recent migration events need to be examined to elucidate the detailed formation process of local populations. Although the area around northern Japan is one of the regions archaeologically suggested to have been affected by migration waves after the Neolithic period, the genetic source of these migrations are still unclear. Thus, genomic data from such past migrant populations would be highly informative to clarify the detailed formation process of local populations in this region. Here, we report the genome sequence of a 900-year-old adult female (NAT002) belonging to the prehistoric Okhotsk people, who have been considered to be the past migrants to northern Japan after the Neolithic period. We found a close relationship between NAT002 and modern Lower Amur populations and past admixture events between the Amur, Jomon, and Kamchatka ancestries. The admixture dating suggested migration of Amur-related ancestry at approximately 1,600 BP, which is compatible with the archaeological evidence regarding the settlement of the Okhotsk people. Our results also imply migration of Kamchatka-related ancestry at approximately 2,000 BP. In addition, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing detected the HLA-B*40 allele, which is reported to increase the risk of arthritis, suggesting the genetic vulnerability of NAT002 to hyperostosis, which was observed around her chest clavicle.
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Matsunami, Masatoshi ; Koganebuchi, Kae ; Imamura, Minako ; Ishida, Hajime ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Maeda, Shiro
出版情報: Molecular Biology and Evolution.  38  pp.2045-2056,  2021-05.  Oxford University Press
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/50049
概要: The Ryukyu Archipelago is located in the southwest of the Japanese islands and is composed of dozens of islands, grouped into the Miyako Islands, Yaeyama Islands, and Okinawa Islands. Based on the results of principal component analysis on genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms, genetic differentiation was observed among the island groups of the Ryukyu Archipelago. However, a detailed population structure analysis of the Ryukyu Archipelago has not yet been completed. We obtained genomic DNA samples from 1,240 individuals living in the Miyako Islands, and we genotyped 665,326 single-nucleotide polymorphisms to infer population history within the Miyako Islands, including Miyakojima, Irabu, and Ikema islands. The haplotype-based analysis showed that populations in the Miyako Islands were divided into three subpopulations located on Miyakojima northeast, Miyakojima southwest, and Irabu/Ikema. The results of haplotype sharing and the D statistics analyses showed that the Irabu/Ikema subpopulation received gene flows different from those of the Miyakojima subpopulations, which may be related with the historically attested immigration during the Gusuku period (900 − 500 BP). A coalescent-based demographic inference suggests that the Irabu/Ikema population firstly split away from the ancestral Ryukyu population about 41 generations ago, followed by a split of the Miyako southwest population from the ancestral Ryukyu population (about 16 generations ago), and the differentiation of the ancestral Ryukyu population into two populations (Miyako northeast and Okinawajima populations) about seven generations ago. Such genetic information is useful for explaining the population history of modern Miyako people and must be taken into account when performing disease association studies.
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Kataoka, Keiichi ; Fujita, Hironori ; Isa, Mutsumi ; Gotoh, Shimpei ; Arasaki, Akira ; Ishida, Hajime ; Kimura, Ryosuke
出版情報: Scientific Reports.  11  2021-03.  Springer Nature
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/50051
概要: Morphological variations in human teeth have long been recognized and, in particular, the spatial and temporal distribut ion of two patterns of dental features in Asia, i.e., Sinodonty and Sundadonty, have contributed to our understanding of the human migration history. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying such dental variations have not yet been completely elucidated. Recent studies have clarified that a nonsynonymous variant in the ectodysplasin A receptor gene (EDAR 370V/A; rs3827760) contributes to crown traits related to Sinodonty. In this study, we examined the association between the EDAR polymorphism and tooth root traits by using computed tomography images and identified that the effects of the EDAR variant on the number and shape of roots differed depending on the tooth type. In addition, to better understand tooth root morphogenesis, a computational analysis for patterns of tooth roots was performed, assuming a reaction–diffusion system. The computational study suggested that the complicated effects of the EDAR polymorphism could be explained when it is considered that EDAR modifies the syntheses of multiple related molecules working in the reaction–diffusion dynamics. In this study, we shed light on the molecular mechanisms of tooth root morphogenesis, which are less understood in comparison to those of tooth crown morphogenesis.
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Sato, Yukuto ; Tsurui-Sato, Kaori ; Katoh, Mitsuho ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Tatsuta, Haruki ; Tsuji, Kazuki
出版情報: Ecology and Evolution.  2020-12-24.  Wiley
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47605
概要: Batesian mimicry is a striking example of Darwinian evolution, in which a mimetic species resembles toxic or unpalatable model species, thereby receiving protection from predators. In some species exhibiting Batesian mimicry, nonmimetic individuals coexist as polymorphism in the same population despite the benefits of mimicry. In a previous study, we proposed that the abundance of mimics is limited by that of the models, leading to polymorphic Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polytes, on the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. We found that their mimic ratios (MRs), which varied among the Islands, were explained by the model abundance of each habitat, rather than isolation by distance or phylogenetic constraint based on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. In the present study, this possibility was reexamined based on hundreds of nuclear single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 93 P. polytes individuals from five Islands of the Ryukyus. We found that the population genetic and phylogenetic structures of P. polytes largely corresponded to the geographic arrangement of the habitat Islands, and the genetic distances among island populations show significant correlation with the geographic distances, which was not evident by the mtDNA‐based analysis. A partial Mantel test controlling for the present SNP‐based genetic distances revealed that the MRs of P. polytes were strongly correlated with the model abundance of each island, implying that negative frequency‐dependent selection interacting with model species shaped and maintained the mimetic polymorphism. Taken together, our results support the possibility that predation pressure, not isolation by distance or other neutral factors, is a major driving force of evolution of the Batesian mimicry in P. polytes from the Ryukyus.
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Gakuhari, Takashi ; Nakagome, Shigeki ; Rasmussen, Simon ; Allentoft, Morten E. ; Sato, Takehiro ; Korneliussen, Thorfinn ; Chuinneagain, Blanaid Ni ; Matsumae, Hiromi ; Koganebuchi, Kae ; Schmidt, Ryan ; Mizushima, Souichiro ; Kondo, Osamu ; Shigehara, Nobuo ; Yoneda, Minoru ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Ishida, Hajime ; Masuyama, Tadayuki ; Yamada, Yasuhiro ; Tajima, Atsushi ; Shibata, Hiroki ; Toyoda, Atsushi ; Tsurumoto, Toshiyuki ; Wakebe, Tetsuaki ; Shitara, Hiromi ; Hanihara, Tsunehiko ; Willerslev, Eske ; Sikora, Martin ; Oota, Hiroki
出版情報: Communications Biology.  3  2020-08-25.  Springer Nature
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/50006
概要: Anatomically modern humans reached East Asia more than 40,000 years ago. However, key questions still remain unanswered with regard to the route(s) and the number of wave(s) in the dispersal into East Eurasia. Ancient genomes at the edge of the region may elucidate a more detailed picture of the peopling of East Eurasia. Here, we analyze the whole-genome sequence of a 2,500-year-old individual (IK002) from the main-island of Japan that is characterized with a typical Jomon culture. The phylogenetic analyses support multiple waves of migration, with IK002 forming a basal lineage to the East and Northeast Asian genomes examined, likely representing some of the earliest-wave migrants who went north from Southeast Asia to East Asia. Furthermore, IK002 shows strong genetic affinity with the indigenous Taiwan aborigines, which may support a coastal route of the Jomon-ancestry migration. This study highlights the power of ancient genomics to provide new insights into the complex history of human migration into East Eurasia.
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Gakuhari, Takashi ; Nakagome, Shigeki ; Rasmussen, Simon ; Allentoft, Morten E. ; Sato, Takehiro ; Korneliussen, Thorfinn ; Chuinneagain, Blanaid Ni ; Matsumae, Hiromi ; Koganebuchi, Kae ; Schmidt, Ryan ; Mizushima, Souichiro ; Kondo, Osamu ; Shigehara, Nobuo ; Yoneda, Minoru ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Ishida, Hajime ; Masuyama, Tadayuki ; Yamada, Yasuhiro ; Tajima, Atsushi ; Shibata, Hiroki ; Toyoda, Atsushi ; Tsurumoto, Toshiyuki ; Wakebe, Tetsuaki ; Shitara, Hiromi ; Hanihara, Tsunehiko ; Willerslev, Eske ; Sikora, Martin ; Oota, Hiroki
出版情報: Communications Biology.  3  2020-08-25.  Springer Nature
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/46972
概要: Anatomically modern humans reached East Asia more than 40,000 years ago. However, key questions still remain unanswered with regard to the route(s) and the number of wave(s) in the dispersal into East Eurasia. Ancient genomes at the edge of the region may elucidate a more detailed picture of the peopling of East Eurasia. Here, we analyze the whole-genome sequence of a 2,500-year-old individual (IK002) from the main-island of Japan that is characterized with a typical Jomon culture. The phylogenetic analyses support multiple waves of migration, with IK002 forming a basal lineage to the East and Northeast Asian genomes examined, likely representing some of the earliest-wave migrants who went north from Southeast Asia to East Asia. Furthermore, IK002 shows strong genetic affinity with the indigenous Taiwan aborigines, which may support a coastal route of the Jomon-ancestry migration. This study highlights the power of ancient genomics to provide new insights into the complex history of human migration into East Eurasia.
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Gamage, Chandika D. ; Sato, Yukuto ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Yamashiro, Tetsu ; Toma, Claudia
出版情報: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.  14  2020-07-23.  Public Library of Science
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47020
概要: Background:Leptospirosis is one of the most significant zoonoses across the world not only because of its impact on huma n and animal health but also because of the economic and social impact on agrarian communities. Leptospirosis is endemic in Sri Lanka where paddy farming activities, the use of draught animals in agriculture, and peridomestic animals in urban and rural areas play important roles in maintaining the infection cycle of pathogenic Leptospira, especially concerning animals as a potential reservoir. In this study, an environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding methodology was applied in two different agro-ecological regions of Sri Lanka to understand the eco-epidemiology of leptospirosis.\nMethodology/Principal findings:Irrigation water samples were collected in Kandy District (wet zone mid-country region 2) and Girandurukotte, Badulla District (intermediate zone low-country region 2); and analysed for the presence of pathogenic Leptospira, associated microbiome and the potential reservoir animals. Briefly, we generated PCR products for high-throughput sequencing of multiple amplicons through next-generation sequencing. The analysis of eDNA showed different environmental microbiomes in both regions and a higher diversity of Leptospira species circulating in Kandy than in Girandurukotte. Moreover, the number of sequence reads of pathogenic Leptospira species associated with clinical cases such as L. interrogans was higher in Kandy than in Girandurukotte. Kandy also showed more animal species associated with pathogenic bacterial species than Girandurukotte. Finally, several pathogenic bacterial species including Arcobacter cryaerophilus, responsible for abortion in animals, was shown to be associated with pathogenic Leptospira.\nConclusions/Significance:Leptospirosis has been considered to be endemic in wet regions, consistently, leptospiral sequences were detected strongly in Kandy. The great Leptospira species diversity in Kandy observed in this study shows that the etiological agents of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka might be underestimated. Furthermore, our eDNA metabarcoding can be used to discriminate bacterial and animal species diversity in different regions and to explore environmental microbiomes to identify other associated bacterial pathogens in the environment.
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Isshiki, Mariko ; Naka, Izumi ; Watanabe, Yusuke ; Nishida, Nao ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Furusawa, Takuro ; Natsuhara, Kazumi ; Yamauchi, Taro ; Nakazawa, Minato ; Ishida, Takafumi ; Eddie, Ricky ; Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ; Ohashi, Jun
出版情報: Scientific Reports.  10  2020-04-23.  Springer Nature
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/46968
概要: People in the Solomon Islands today are considered to have derived from Asian- and Papuan-related ancestors. Papuan-rela ted ancestors colonized Near Oceania about 47,000 years ago, and Asian-related ancestors were Austronesian (AN)-speaking population, called Lapita, who migrated from Southeast Asia about 3,500 years ago. These two ancestral populations admixed in Near Oceania before the expansion of Lapita people into Remote Oceania. To understand the impact of the admixture on the adaptation of AN-speaking Melanesians in Near Oceania, we performed the genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of 21 individuals from Munda, the main town of the New Georgia Islands in the western Solomon Islands. Population samples from Munda were genetically similar to other Solomon Island population samples. The analysis of genetic contribution from the two different ancestries to the Munda genome revealed significantly higher proportions of Asian- and Papuan-related ancestries in the region containing the annexin A1 (ANXA1) gene (Asian component > 82.6%) and in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II region (Papuan component > 85.4%), respectively. These regions were suspected to have undergone natural selection since the time of admixture. Our results suggest that admixture had affected adaptation of AN-speaking Melanesians in the Solomon Islands.
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Tsurui, Kaori Sato ; Sato, Yukuto ; Kato, Emi ; Katoh, Mitsuho ; Kimura, Ryosuke ; Tatsuta, Haruki ; Tsuji, Kazuki
出版情報: Ecology and Evolution.  9  pp.5991-6002,  2019-05-29.  Wiley
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/44865
概要: Batesian mimicry is a well-studied adaptation for predation avoidance, in which a mimetic species resembles an unpalatab le model species. Batesian mimicry can be under positive selection because of the protection gained against predators, due to resemblance to unpalatable model species. However, in some mimetic species, nonmimetic individuals are present in populations, despite the benefits of mimicry. The mechanism for evolution of such mimetic polymorphism remains an open question. Here, we address the hypothesis that the abundance of mimics is limited by that of the models, leading to mimetic polymorphism. In addition, other forces such as the effects of common ancestry and/or isolation by distance may explain this phenomenon. To investigate this question, we focused on the butterfly, Papilio polytes, that exhibits mimetic polymorphism on multiple islands of the Ryukyus, Japan, and performed field surveys and genetic analysis. We found that the mimic ratio of P. polytes was strongly correlated with the model abundance observed on each of the five islands, suggesting negative frequency-dependent selection is driving the evolution of polymorphism in P. polytes populations. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicated that the southern island populations are the major source of genetic diversity, and the middle and northern island populations arose by relatively recent migration. This view was also supported by mismatch distribution and Tajima's D analyses, suggesting a recent population expansion on the middle and northern islands, and stable population persistence on the southern islands. The frequency of the mimetic forms within P. polytes populations is thus explained by variations in the model abundance rather than by population structure. Thus, we propose that predation pressure, rather than neutral forces, have shaped the Batesian mimicry polymorphism in P. polytes observed in the Ryukyus.
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