DNA of free-living bodonids (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea) in bat ectoparasites: potential relevance to the evolution of parasitic trypanosomatids

Krisztin Szőke; Attila D. Sándor; Sándor A. Boldogh; Tamás Görföl; Jan Votýpka; Nóra Takács; Péter Estók; Dávid Kováts; Alexandra Corduneanu; Viktor Molnár; Jenő Kontschán; Sándor Hornok

doi:10.1556/004.2017.051

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volume/Issue:: Volume 65: Issue 4

DNA of free-living bodonids (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea) in bat ectoparasites: potential relevance to the evolution of parasitic trypanosomatids

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Krisztin Szőke

Krisztin Szőke Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary

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Attila D. Sándor

Attila D. Sándor Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Sándor A. Boldogh

Sándor A. Boldogh Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary

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Tamás Görföl

Tamás Görföl Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary

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Jan Votýpka

Jan Votýpka Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

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Nóra Takács

Nóra Takács Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary

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Péter Estók

Péter Estók Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary

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Dávid Kováts

Dávid Kováts Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary

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Alexandra Corduneanu

Alexandra Corduneanu Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Viktor Molnár

Viktor Molnár Hannover Adventure Zoo, Hannover, Germany

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Jenő Kontschán

Jenő Kontschán Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

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Sándor Hornok

Sándor Hornok Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary

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Pages:: 531–540

Online Publication Date:: Dec 2017

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2017

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2017.051

Keywords:: Chiroptera; evolution

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Kinetoplastids are flagellated protozoa, including principally free-living bodonids and exclusively parasitic trypanosomatids. In the most species-rich genus, Trypanosoma, more than thirty species were found to infect bats worldwide. Bat trypanosomes are also known to have played a significant role in the evolution of T. cruzi, a species with high veterinary medical significance. Although preliminary data attested the occurrence of bat trypanosomes in Hungary, these were never sought for with molecular methods. Therefore, amplification of an approx. 900-bp fragment of the 18S rRNA gene of kinetoplastids was attempted from 307 ixodid and 299 argasid ticks collected from bats, and from 207 cimicid bugs collected from or near bats in Hungary and Romania. Three samples, one per each bat ectoparasite group, were PCR positive. Sequencing revealed the presence of DNA from free-living bodonids (Bodo saltans and neobodonids), but no trypanosomes were detected. The most likely source of bodonid DNA detected here in engorged bat ectoparasites is the blood of their bat hosts. However, how bodonids were acquired by bats, can only be speculated. Bats are known to drink from freshwater bodies, i.e. the natural habitats of B. saltans and related species, allowing bats to ingest bodonids. Consequently, these results suggest that at least the DNA of bodonids might pass through the alimentary mucosa of bats into their circulation. The above findings highlight the importance of studying bats and other mammals for the occurrence of bodonids in their blood and excreta, with potential relevance to the evolution of free-living kinetoplastids towards parasitism.

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