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Characterization of Biomphalaria Orbignyi, Biomphalaria Peregrina Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 95(6): 807-814, Nov./Dec. 2000 807 Characterization of Biomphalaria orbignyi, Biomphalaria peregrina and Biomphalaria oligoza by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Enzyme Digestion of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of the RNA Ribosomal Gene Linus Spatz, Teofânia HDA Vidigal*/**, Márcia CA Silva**, Stella Maris Gonzalez Cappa, Omar S Carvalho*/+ Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, Av. Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil **Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil The correct identification of Biomphalaria oligoza, B. orbignyi and B. peregrina species is difficult due to the morphological similarities among them. B. peregrina is widely distributed in South America and is considered a potential intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. We have reported the use of the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of the ribosomal DNA for the molecular identification of these snails. The snails were obtained from different localities of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The restriction patterns obtained with MvaI enzyme presented the best profile to identify the three species. The profiles obtained with all enzymes were used to estimate genetic similarities among B. oligoza, B. peregrina and B. orbignyi. This is also the first report of B. orbignyi in Uruguay. Key words: Biomphalaria orbignyi - Biomphalaria peregrina - Biomphalaria oligoza - snails - ribosomal DNA - internal transcribed spacer - polymerase chain reaction Biomphalaria snails are present in several coun- Grande do Sul (Carvalho et al. 1998), and the first tries of America and Africa, and some species serve detection of a focus of schistosomiasis in the same as intermediate hosts for the trematode Schistosoma state (Graeff-Teixera et al. 1999) suggest the pos- mansoni. In Brazil, ten species and one subspecies sibility of expansion of the disease from Brazil to of Biomphalaria are known. However, only three the neighbour southern countries. species are naturally infected with S. mansoni: B. The extensive intraspecific variation of the glabrata (Say, 1818), B. tenagophila (Orbigny, morphological characteristics commonly used for 1835) and B. straminea (Dunker, 1848) while B. identifying freshwater snails of medical impor- peregrina (Orbignyi, 1835) and B. amazonica tance, greatly complicates the classical identifica- Paraense, 1966, based on experimental infection, tion (Paraense 1975a). B. orbignyi Paraense, 1975 are considered potential hosts of the parasite cannot be differentiated from B. peregrina neither (Corrêa & Paraense 1971, Paraense & Corrêa by shell characteristics nor by the morphology of 1973). In Argentina and Uruguay there are no re- certain genital organs and has also been consid- ported cases of schistosomiasis mansoni. However, ered as a variety of B. peregrina by Orbigny (1837), the presence of B. tenagophila, B. straminea, and as mentioned by Paraense (1975b). This species B. peregrina in these countries (Paraense 1966, was originally described in 25 localities from Ar- 1970), the continuous extension of schistosomia- gentina and was described as refractary to S. sis mansoni to southernmost Brazil (Paraense mansoni infection (Paraense 1975b). It was also 1987), the recent finding of B. glabrata in Rio reported in Cuba by Yong and Perera (1989). Yong et al. (1991, 1995) and Yong and Perera (1989) reported that B. orbignyi is very similar to B. havanensis and isoenzymatic techniques were used as auxiliary tools to identify these snails. However, Work partially supported by Fapemig, Probic/UFMG, B. havanensis has been considered a potential in- Ubacyt and Foncyt. termediate host of S. mansoni (Richards 1963, Corresponding author. Fax: + 55-31-295.3115. E-mail: Malek 1985). [email protected] B. peregrina is one of the most widespread Received 27 October 1999 planorbid species in the neotropical region Accepted 19 June 2000 (Paraense 1966, 1975a). Paraense and Deslandes 808 Molecular Characterization of Biomphalaria Linus Spatz et al. (1957) reported that B. havanensis (mentioned as scribed by Vidigal et al. (2000). Taphius maya) is indistinguishable from B. PCR-RFLP analysis - The entire ITS (which peregrina by shell characteristics. includes the 5.8S rDNA gene together with the Later, Paraense and Deslandes (1958a) and flanking ITS1 and ITS2 spacers) was amplified Paraense (1966) discussed the morphological re- using the primers ETTS2 (5-TAACAAGGTTT lations between these species. CCGTAGGTGAA-3) and ETTS1 (5-TGCTTAA B. oligoza Paraense, 1974 was studied by GTTCAGCGGGT-3) (Kane & Rollinson 1994). Paraense and Deslandes (1958b) as Tropicorbis The PCR amplification conditions were the same philippianus and was found in four Brazilian states as used by Vidigal et al. (1998). Several enzymes (Mato Grosso, Paraná type locality, Santa Catarina used in our previous studies with Biomphalaria and Rio Grande do Sul) and in Córdoba Province, snails (Vidigal et al. 1998, 2000, Caldeira et al. Argentina. This species is resistant to S. mansoni 1998, 2000, Spatz et al. 1999) were tested: AluI, infection (Paraense pers. commun.). Paraense (New England Biolabs, USA), DdeI, HaeIII, RsaI, (1974) stated that Brazilian specimens were incor- Hap II (Promega) and MvaI (Boehringer Man- rectly identified as Planorbis philippianus Dunker, nheim). Digestion and RFLP analysis were per- 1848, (synonym of B. peregrina), and compared formed as described by Vidigal et al. (1998). The B. oligoza with B. orbignyi showing that these spe- localities and number of specimens used for the cies can be distinguished only by some morpho- molecular analysis are shown in the Table. logical characteristics (Paraense 1975b). Quantitative analysis of the restriction profiles The polymerase chain reaction and restriction - The bands observed in each lane of the gels, pro- fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) duced with the six enzymes, were compared with analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) all the other lanes of the same gel. A matrix of region of the rDNA has been used for species iden- taxon/character were constructed on the basis of tification in snails of the genus Oncomelania and presence/absence of each band, where only easily Bulinus (Hope & McManus 1994, Stothard et al. visible bands were scored and minor less intensely 1996, Stothard & Rollinson 1997). In previous staining bands were ignored. The percentage of studies, we have shown PCR-RFLP as a potential shared bands was calculated using the Similarity tool to identify several Biomphalaria species from Coefficient of Dice (Dice 1945) and NTSYS-PC Brazil and other regions from South America program, Version 2.0 (Rohlf 1992). These data (Vidigal et al. 1998, 2000, Caldeira et al. 1998, were clustered with UPGMA, Unweighted Pair 2000, Spatz et al. 1999). In the present work, we Group Method Analysis (Sneath & Sokal 1962) report the use of this technique for specific identi- and used for the construction of the phenetic tree. fication of B. oligoza, B. peregrina and B. orbignyi The comparison was made among individual snails from different localities of Brazil, Argentina and of the same species from different localities and Uruguay. We have also used restriction profiles to among snails from different species. The average estimate genetic similarities among these species. similarity among all the individuals was calculated MATERIALS AND METHODS and marked on the tree as the phenon line. Diver- gence below the phenon line indicates separation Snail samples and morphological identification of distinct groups. The genetic distance was calcu- - The studies were undertaken using samples of lated using the coefficient of Nei and Li (1979) field populations from Argentina, Brazil and Uru- and Treecon for Windows program (Version 1.2, guay (Table). Ten specimens of each population Van de Peer & De Wachter 1994). These data were were killed and fixed (Deslandes 1951, Paraense clustered with UPGMA and Neighbour-joining, NJ 1976). Before fixing the specimens, their foot was (Saitou & Nei 1987, Studier & Keppler 1988) and removed for subsequent DNA extraction. Fixed used for the construction of genetic distance trees. specimens were identified by means of compara- The reliability of the UPGMA and NJ distance trees tive morphology of the reproductive organs and were assessed by the bootstrap method (Felsenstein shells, according to Paraense and Deslandes 1985) with 1,000 pseudoreplications. Only boot- (1958a), and Paraense (1974, 1975a, b). In addi- strap values higher than 70% were considered sig- tion, snails identified as B. havanensis (Pfeiffer, nificant (Hillis & Huelsenbeck 1992) and values 1839), obtained from three different localities in higher than 50% were shown in the trees. Cuba and maintained in the Departamento de Malacología, Instituto Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba, RESULTS were included in this study. Morphological identification of the snail popu- DNA extraction - Total DNA was extracted lations - Results of morphological identifications from the foot of each snail using the Wizard Ge- of the snails are shown in the Table. B. orbignyi is nomic DNA Purification Kit (Promega) as de- reported for the first time in Uruguay. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 95(6), Nov./Dec. 2000 809 TABLE Species,
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