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2017 ; 13
(2
): e1006508
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Interacting networks of resistance, virulence and core machinery genes identified
by genome-wide epistasis analysis
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Skwark MJ
; Croucher NJ
; Puranen S
; Chewapreecha C
; Pesonen M
; Xu YY
; Turner P
; Harris SR
; Beres SB
; Musser JM
; Parkhill J
; Bentley SD
; Aurell E
; Corander J
PLoS Genet
2017[Feb]; 13
(2
): e1006508
PMID28207813
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Recent advances in the scale and diversity of population genomic datasets for
bacteria now provide the potential for genome-wide patterns of co-evolution to be
studied at the resolution of individual bases. Here we describe a new statistical
method, genomeDCA, which uses recent advances in computational structural biology
to identify the polymorphic loci under the strongest co-evolutionary pressures.
We apply genomeDCA to two large population data sets representing the major human
pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and Streptococcus pyogenes
(group A Streptococcus). For pneumococcus we identified 5,199 putative epistatic
interactions between 1,936 sites. Over three-quarters of the links were between
sites within the pbp2x, pbp1a and pbp2b genes, the sequences of which are
critical in determining non-susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics. A
network-based analysis found these genes were also coupled to that encoding
dihydrofolate reductase, changes to which underlie trimethoprim resistance.
Distinct from these antibiotic resistance genes, a large network component of 384
protein coding sequences encompassed many genes critical in basic cellular
functions, while another distinct component included genes associated with
virulence. The group A Streptococcus (GAS) data set population represents a
clonal population with relatively little genetic variation and a high level of
linkage disequilibrium across the genome. Despite this, we were able to pinpoint
two RNA pseudouridine synthases, which were each strongly linked to a separate
set of loci across the chromosome, representing biologically plausible targets of
co-selection. The population genomic analysis method applied here identifies
statistically significantly co-evolving locus pairs, potentially arising from
fitness selection interdependence reflecting underlying protein-protein
interactions, or genes whose product activities contribute to the same phenotype.
This discovery approach greatly enhances the future potential of epistasis
analysis for systems biology, and can complement genome-wide association studies
as a means of formulating hypotheses for targeted experimental work.