Symbiosis: Cellular, Molecular, Medical and Evolutionary Aspects

ISBN-13: 9783030518516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 632 str.

Malgorzata Kloc

Spis treści

Part I. Transfer of genetic information, nuclear symbiosis, and cellular differentiation

1. Title: “Viral Symbiosis in the Origins and Evolution of Life with a Particular Focus on the

Placental Mammals”

Authors: Frank Ryan

Corresponding author: Frank Ryan

e-mail: F.Ryan@sheffield.ac.uk

2. Title: “Gene Transfer Agents in Symbiotic Microbes”

Authors: Steen Christensen and Laura R. Serbus

Corresponding author: Laura R. Serbus

e-mail: Lserbus@fiu.edu

3. Title: “Evolution from free-living bacteria to endosymbionts of insects: genomic changes and the

importance of the chaperonin GroEL”.

Authors: Beatriz Sabater-Munoz and Christina Toft

Corresponding author: Beatriz Sabater-Munoz

e-mail: b.sabater.munyoz@gmail.com

4. Title: “Epidemiology of nucleus-dwelling Holospora: infection, transmission, adaptation, and

interaction with Paramecium”

Authors: Martina Schrallhammer & Alexey Potekhin

Corresponding author: Martina Schrallhammer

e-mail: martina.schrallhammer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

5. Title: “Trends in symbiont-induced host cellular differentiation”

Authors: Shelbi L Russell and Jennie Ruelas Castillo

Corresponding author: Shelbi L Russell

e-mail: shelbilrussell@gmail.com

Part II. Origin, adaptations and evolutionary aspects of symbiosis

6. Title: “We're in this together: Sensation of the host cell environment by endosymbiotic bacteria”

Authors: Cory D. Dunn, Tamara Somborac , and Bala Anı Akpınar

Corresponding author: Cory D. Dunn

e-mail: cory.dunn@helsinki.fi

7. Title: “Phenotype Heritability in Holobionts: An Evolutionary Model”

Authors: Saul Huitzil, Santiago Sandoval-Motta, Alejandro Frank, Maximino Aldana

Corresponding author: Aldana M

e-mail: max@icf.unam.mx

8. Title: “The role of constructive neutral evolution in the development of complexity from

symbioses: A microbe-centric view”

Author: Ramakrishnan Sitaraman

Corresponding author: Ramakrishnan Sitaraman

e-mail: minraj@gmail.com

9. Title: “Chemiosmosis, evolutionary conflict, and eukaryotic symbiosis”

Authors: Neil W. Blackstone

Corresponding author: Neil W. Blackstone

e-mail: neilb@niu.edu

10. Title: “Symbiotic origin of apoptosis”

Authors: Szymon Kaczanowski

Corresponding author: Szymon Kaczanowski

e-mail: szymon@ibb.waw.pl

11. Title: “The puzzling conservation and diversification of lipid droplets from bacteria to

eukaryotes”

Authors: Josselin Lupette, Eric Marechal

Corresponding authors: Josselin Lupette and Eric Marechal

e-mail: lupettej@msu.edu

eric.marechal@cea.fr

Part III. Evolution and role of symbiosis in photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation

12. Title: “Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes; Current Opinion, Perplexity and a New

Perspective”

Authots: Shinichiro Maruyama, Eunsoo Kim

Corresponding authors: Maruyama S and Kim E.

e-mail: maruyama@tohoku.ac.jp; ekim1@amnh.org

13. Title: “The photosynthetic adventure of Paulinella spp.”

Authors: Przemysław Gagat, Katarzyna Sidorczuk, Filip Pietluch, Paweł Mackiewicz

Corresponding authors: Pawel Mackiewicz and Przemysław Gagat

e-mail: pamac@smorfland.uni.wroc.pl

przemyslaw.gagat@uwr.edu.pl

14. Title: “The evolutionary aspects of legume nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis”

Authors: Defeng Shen and Ton Bisseling

Corresponding author: Ton Bisseling

e-mail: ton.bisseling@wur.nl

15. Title: “Early molecular dialogue between legumes and rhizobia: why are they so important?”

Authors: Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez, Maria del Rocio Reyero-Saavedra, Mariel C. Isidra-Arellano, and Maria

del Socorro Sanchez-Correa

Corresponding author: Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez

e-mail: oswaldovaldesl@unam.mx

Part IV. Diversity of nematode and insect symbionts

16. Title: “The Wolbachia Symbiont: Here, There and Everywhere”

Authors: Emilie Lefoulon, Jeremy M. Foster, Alex Truchon, C.K.S. Carlow and Barton E. Slatko

Corresponding author: Barton E. Slatko

e-mail: slatko@neb.com

17. Title: “Molecular regulators of entomopathogenic nematode-bacterial symbiosis”

Authors: Ioannis Eleftherianos and Christa Heryanto

Corresponding author: Ioannis Eleftherianos

e-mail: ioannise@gwu.edu

18. Title: “The Diversity of Symbiotic Systems in Scale Insects”

Authors: Teresa Szklarzewicz, Anna Michalik and Katarzyna Michalik

Corresponding author: Teresa Szklarzewicz

e-mail: teresa.szklarzewicz@uj.edu.pl

19. Title: “Bacterial Symbionts of Tsetse Flies: Relationships and Functional Interactions between

Tsetse and their Symbionts”

Authors: Geoffrey M. Attardo, Francesca Scolari, and Anna Malacrida

Corresponding author: Attardo GM

e-mail: gmattardo@ucdavis.edu

Part V. Symbiosis, adaptive and immune responses, and therapeutic interventions

20. Title: “Our microbiome: on the challenges, promises, and hype”

Authors: Sara Federici, Jotham Suez, Eran Elinav

Corresponding author: Eran Elinav

e-mail: eran.elinav@weizmann.ac.il

21. Title: “Endosymbiont-mediated adaptive responses to stress in holobionts”

Authors: Siao Ye, Evan Siemann

Corresponding author: Siao Ye

e-mail: thomasyesiao@gmail.com

22. Title: “Microbial Metabolites as Molecular Mediators of Host-Microbe Symbiosis in Colorectal

Cancer”

Authors: Keane JM, Joyce SA, Gahan CGM, Hyland NP, Houston A

Corresponding author: Hyland NP

e-mail: n.hyland@ucc.ie

23. Title: “The macrophages and intestinal symbiosis”

Authors: Malgorzata Kloc, Ahmed Uosef, Mahmoud Elshawwaf, Ahmed Adel Abbas Abdelshafy, Kamal

Mamdoh Kamal Elsaid, Jacek Z. Kubiak, Rafik Mark Ghobrial

Corresponding author: Malgorzata Kloc

O autorze

Prior to completing her postdoctoral training in Canada, Dr. Kloc was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Warsaw, Poland. She also served as a Research Associate in the Department of Biology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. While completing her postdoctoral training, Dr. Kloc earned the AHFMR Research Award from the University of Calgary and the MRC Biotechnology Training Award from Dalhousie University. She joined the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a Research Scientist in the Department of Molecular Genetics in 1987, and became an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology there in 2006. Dr. Kloc joined the Houston Methodist Research Institute in 2008. Currently, Dr. Kloc is the Weill Cornell Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at The Houston Methodist Hospital and the Adjunct Professor at Department of Genetics, University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center.

Blurb

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in symbiosis research. It covers molecular, organellar, cellular, immunologic, genetic and evolutionary aspects of symbiotic interactions in humans and other model systems. The book also highlights new approaches to interdisciplinary research and therapeutic applications. 

Symbiosis refers to any mutually beneficial interaction between different organisms. The symbiotic origin of cellular organelles and the exchange of genetic material between hosts and their bacterial and viral symbionts have helped shaped the current diversity of life. 

Recently, symbiosis has gained a new level of recognition, due to the realization that all organisms function as a holobiome and that any kind of interference with the hosts influences their symbionts and vice versa, and can have profound consequences for the survival of both. For example, in humans, the microbiome, i.e., the entirety of all the microorganisms living in association with the intestines, oral cavity, urogenital system and skin, is partially inherited during pregnancy and influences the maturation and functioning of the human immune system, protects against pathogens and regulates metabolism. Symbionts also regulate cancer development, wound healing, tissue regeneration and stem cell function. 

The medical applications of this new realization are vast and largely uncharted. The composition and robustness of human symbionts could make them a valuable diagnostic tool for predicting impending diseases, and the manipulation of symbionts could yield new strategies for the treatment of incurable diseases.