Number of gene clusters shared by the <i>T. rangeli</i>, <i>T. cruzi</i>, <i>T. brucei</i> and <i>L. major</i> genomes.

<p>Analyzes were performed using the following genome versions and gene numbers retrieved from the TriTrypDB: <i>Leishmania major</i> Friedlin (V. 7.0/8,400 genes), <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> TREU927 (V. 5.0/10,574 genes), <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> CL Brener Esmeraldo (V. 7.0/10,342 genes) and Non-Esmeraldo (V. 7.0/10,834 genes). A total of 7,613 <i>T. rangeli</i> genes were used. BBH analysis used a cut-off value of 1e-05, positive similarity type and similarity value of 40% following manual trimming for comparison with COG analysis in <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003176#pntd.0003176-ElSayed1" target="_blank">[55]</a> generating the numbers in the rectangles.</p

General characteristics of the <i>T. rangeli</i> genome.

<p>* Excluding proteins of unknown function.</p><p>General characteristics of the <i>T. rangeli</i> genome.</p

The RNAi machinery is not active in <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i>.

<p>Western blot analysis of eGFP silencing via siRNA in <i>T. rangeli</i> and Vero cells expressing eGFP. For the Western blot assays, anti-GFP and anti-alpha tubulin antibodies were used. In each blot, wild-type cells (1), eGFP cells (2), eGFP cells transfected with Mock siRNA (3), eGFP cells transfected with EGFP-S1 DS Positive Control (IDT)(4) and eGFP cells transfected with eGFP antisense siRNA (5) are shown sequentially. The experiments were performed in biological triplicates.</p

Synteny analysis between <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i> scaffolds and organized contig ends of <i>T. cruzi</i>.

<p>The blue lines represent regions of homology between the contigs. Annotated genes and other sequence characteristics are indicated by colored boxes. Arrows indicate sense transcription. <b>A</b>. Comparison between Scaffold Tr 61 (4,000–53,457 nt) and TcChr27-P (794,000–850,241 nt). <b>B</b>. Comparison between Scaffold Tr 115 (136,482–164,482 nt) and TcChr33-S (975,000–1,041,172 nt). Contig ends were oriented in the 5′ to 3′ direction according to the TriTrypDB assemblies of <i>T. cruzi</i> scaffolds. The accession numbers of the annotated sequences in the <i>T. cruzi</i> scaffolds (TriTrypDB) are displayed below the sequences.</p

Representation of the telomeric and subtelomeric regions of <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i>, <i>T. cruzi</i> and <i>T. brucei</i>.

<p>The two types of telomeres identified in <i>T. rangeli</i> and two others representing the heterogeneity of <i>T. cruzi</i> chromosome ends are shown. The size of the subtelomeric region, which extends between the telomeric hexamer repeats and the first internal core genes of the trypanosomes, is indicated below each map. Boxes indicate genes and/or gene arrays. The maps are not to scale. The <i>T. brucei</i> and <i>T. cruzi</i> maps were adapted from <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003176#pntd.0003176-ElSayed1" target="_blank">[55]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003176#pntd.0003176-MoraesBarros1" target="_blank">[98]</a>.</p

Molecular karyotype of <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i>.

<p><b>A</b>. Chromosomal bands of Choachí and SC-58 isolates were separated via PFGE and stained with ethidium bromide. The bands were numbered using Arabic numerals, starting from the smallest band. <b>B</b>. Chromosomal bands from <i>T. rangeli</i> (Choachí and SC-58 strains) and <i>T. cruzi</i> (clone CL Brener) were fractioned using a protocol optimized to separate small DNA molecules, revealing the absence of minichromosomes. The brackets represent the size range of <i>T. brucei</i> minichromosomes (30 and 150 kbp).</p

<i>In vitro</i> tolerance to hydrogen peroxide is significantly lower in <i>Trypanosoma rangeli</i> than <i>T. cruzi</i>.

<p>Epimatigote forms were cultured for 3 days in the presence of different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, and the percentages of live parasites were determined using a model Z1 Coulter Counter. Mean values ± standard deviations from three independent experiments conducted in triplicate are indicated.</p

Comparative number of genes per multicopy gene family in <i>T. rangeli</i> and <i>T. cruzi</i>.

<p>Comparative number of genes per multicopy gene family in <i>T. rangeli</i> and <i>T. cruzi</i>.</p