Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras
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Yn: Science, Cyfrol 371, Rhif 6527, 22.01.2021, t. 386-390.
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T1 - Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras
AU - Kazandjian, Taline D.
AU - Petras, Daniel
AU - Robinson, S.D.
AU - van Thiel, Jory
AU - Greene, Harry W.
AU - Arbuckle, Kevin
AU - Barlow, Axel
AU - Carter, D.A.
AU - Wouters, Roel
AU - Whiteley, Gareth
AU - Wagstaff, S.C.
AU - Arias, A.S.
AU - Albulescu, L.O.
AU - Plettenberg Laing, Anthony
AU - Hall, Cara
AU - Heap, Adam
AU - Penrhyn-Lowe, Samuel
AU - McCabe, C.V.
AU - Ainsworth, Stuart
AU - da Silva, R.R.
AU - Dorrestein, Pieter C.
AU - Richardson, M.K.
AU - Gutiérrez, José Maria
AU - Calvete, Juan J.
AU - Harrison, Robert A.
AU - Vetter, Irina
AU - Undheim, Eivind A.B.
AU - Wüster, Wolfgang
AU - Casewell, Nicholas R.
N1 - Copyright © 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
PY - 2021/1/22
Y1 - 2021/1/22
N2 - Convergent evolution provides insights into the selective drivers underlying evolutionary change. Snake venoms, with a direct genetic basis and clearly defined functional phenotype, provide a model system for exploring the repeated evolution of adaptations. While snakes use venom primarily for predation, and venom composition often reflects diet specificity, three lineages of cobras have independently evolved the ability to spit venom at adversaries. Using gene, protein, and functional analyses, we show that the three spitting lineages possess venoms characterized by an up-regulation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) toxins, which potentiate the action of preexisting venom cytotoxins to activate mammalian sensory neurons and cause enhanced pain. These repeated independent changes provide a fascinating example of convergent evolution across multiple phenotypic levels driven by selection for defense.
AB - Convergent evolution provides insights into the selective drivers underlying evolutionary change. Snake venoms, with a direct genetic basis and clearly defined functional phenotype, provide a model system for exploring the repeated evolution of adaptations. While snakes use venom primarily for predation, and venom composition often reflects diet specificity, three lineages of cobras have independently evolved the ability to spit venom at adversaries. Using gene, protein, and functional analyses, we show that the three spitting lineages possess venoms characterized by an up-regulation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) toxins, which potentiate the action of preexisting venom cytotoxins to activate mammalian sensory neurons and cause enhanced pain. These repeated independent changes provide a fascinating example of convergent evolution across multiple phenotypic levels driven by selection for defense.
KW - Adaptation, Biological/genetics
KW - Animals
KW - Elapid Venoms/enzymology
KW - Elapidae/classification
KW - Evolution, Molecular
KW - Group IV Phospholipases A2/genetics
KW - Pain
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Sensory Receptor Cells/metabolism
U2 - 10.1126/science.abb9303
DO - 10.1126/science.abb9303
M3 - Article
C2 - 33479150
VL - 371
SP - 386
EP - 390
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6527
ER -