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Molecular Evolution of Phosphoprotein Phosphatases in Drosophila
Márton Miskei,
Affiliation Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Department of Plant Biotechnology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Csaba Ádám,
Affiliation Department of Medical Chemistry, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
László Kovács,
Zsolt Karányi,
Affiliation First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Viktor Dombrádi
* E-mail: dombradi@med.unideb.hu
Márton Miskei Csaba Ádám ... Viktor Dombrádi
Phosphoprotein phosphatases (PPP), these ancient and important regulatory enzymes are present in all eukaryotic organisms. Based on the genome sequences of 12 Drosophila species we traced the evolution of the PPP catalytic subunits and noted a substantial expansion of the gene family. We concluded that the 18–22 PPP genes of Drosophilidae were generated from a core set of 8 indispensable phosphatases that are present in most of the insects. Retropositons followed by tandem gene duplications extended the phosphatase repertoire, and sporadic gene losses contributed to the species specific variations in the PPP complement. During the course of these studies we identified 5, up till now uncharacterized phosphatase retrogenes: PpY+, PpD5+, PpD6+, Pp4+, and Pp6+ which are found only in some ancient Drosophila. We demonstrated that all of these new PPP genes exhibit a distinct male specific expression. In addition to the changes in gene numbers, the intron-exon structure and the chromosomal localization of several PPP genes was also altered during evolution. The G−C content of the coding regions decreased when a gene moved into the heterochromatic region of chromosome Y. Thus the PPP enzymes exemplify the various types of dynamic rearrangements that accompany the molecular evolution of a gene family in Drosophilidae.
Citation: Miskei M, Ádám C, Kovács L, Karányi Z, Dombrádi V (2011) Molecular Evolution of Phosphoprotein Phosphatases in Drosophila. PLoS ONE 6(7): e22218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022218
Editor: William J. Murphy, Texas A&M University, United States of America
Received: January 10, 2011; Accepted: June 20, 2011; Published: July 15, 2011
Copyright: © 2011 Miskei et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This work was supported by the TÁMOP 4.2.1/B-09/1/KONV-2010-0007 project. The project was co-financed by the European Union and the European Social Fund. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Protein phosphorylation is a frequent postsynthetic modification operating in all eukaryotic organisms. The protein kinase enzymes that are responsible for the phosphorylation of Ser, Thr and Tyr residues of proteins evolved from a single ancestor. From the point of view of regulation it is obvious that the kinases must cooperate with protein phosphatases in order to ensure the reversibility of the process. The significance of these two competing enzyme families is equivalent in propelling the phosphorylation-dephosphorylation based regulatory cycles; however the phosphatases are second to the kinases in two respects. (i) According to the reaction mechanisms kinases should act first by modifying the side-chains in the nascent polypeptides. (ii) Phosphatases must have evolved after the kinases, since in the absence of the phosphoprotein substrate they would have had no useful function. Consequently, protein phosphatases were recruited from different fields. Some of the already existing hydrolytic enzymes adopted their catalytic pockets to accommodate the new substrates and slowly acquired more and more specificity. The so-called PhosphoProtein Phosphatase (PPP) enzymes developed from the bacterial diadenosine tetraphosphatases [1]. They are probably the most ancient protein phosphatases as the representatives of the family can be found in some prokaryotes [2], and are present in all eukaryotes [3]. They specifically dephosphorylate the Ser and Thr residues of proteins in a bicentral metal ion assisted hydrolytic reaction [4], and play fundamental roles in regulating a diverse array of cellular functions [5].
D. melanogaster is a well-established model organism of molecular genetics. A recent survey of the FlyBase ([6], http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/) identified 19 genes coding for PPP catalytic subunits in this organism (Figure 1A). According to their primary structures the PPP enzymes can be divided into 5 subgroups [5]. (i) The type 1 or PPP1 subfamily includes 4 of the classical PP1 paralogs that were named according to their chromosomal locations (Figure 1B). Pp1-13C, Pp1-87B, and Pp1-96A are the Drosophila orthologs of the mammalian PPP1 alpha isoform, while Pp1-9C corresponds to mammalian PPP1 beta/delta [7]. In addition, there are 6 novel members: PpY-55A, PpN-56A, PpD5, PpD6, Pp1-Y1, and Pp1-Y2, which are Drosophila specific intronless phosphatases with male biased expression [8]. (ii) The calcineurin/Pp2B/PPP3 Ca-regulated protein phosphatases are represented by 3 closely related isoforms (Figure 1A). CanA1 [9] is a huge gene with 12 introns, while Pp2B-14D [10] and CanA-14F have no introns in their coding regions. (iii) In D. melanogaster there are 4 type 2 phosphatases. The first member of the subfamily, Pp2A is also called microtubule star (mts) because its mutation resulted in star like arrangement of microtubules [11], Pp4-19C was originally described as PPX [12], and PpV is the Drosophila ortholog of budding yeast SIT4 and mammalian Pp6 [13]. CG11597 was identified by genome database mining and was termed as Pp4-like by Morrison et al. [14]. Since we found a phosphatase that is even more similar to Pp4 (see Table 1) we prefer to use the CG11597 annotation throughout this manuscript. (iv) PpD3 still keeps the name of a PCR product that lead to its discovery [15]. It is the ortholog of mammalian PPP5/Pp5 [16]. (v) Retinal degeneration C (rdgC) was discovered as a Ca-calmodulin regulated protein phosphatase protecting retina from light-induced degeneration [17]. It is similar to human PPP7/Pp7 isoenzymes termed PPEF-1 and PPEF-2 in as much as it has a C-terminal EF-hand containing regulatory domain.
Figure 1. Phosphoprotein phosphatase (PPP) catalytic subunits of D. melanogaster.
(A) Phylogenetic relationship of the amino acid sequences of 19 phosphatases. The bar indicates 0.2 amino acid substitutions per site, * labels male specific expression. (B) Chromosomal localization of the PPP genes. Chromosomes X, 2, 3, and 4 are depicted as solid bars with the numbering of the first and the last divisions. Chromosome Y is represented by an unproportional broken bar. The capital letters above the chromosomes label the chromosome arms termed the Muller elements. Although chromosome numbers vary in different Drosophila species the Muller elements are common to all species and can be conveniently used for the comparison of a gene's global location. The directions of the ORFs are indicated by arrows (left to right corresponds to 5′ to 3′ in the upper strand). The genes that have no introns in their coding regions are boxed.
Table 1. Localization of PPP genes in Muller elements of 12 Drosophila species.
Since D. melanogaster has the largest number of PPP genes in the animal kingdom we became interested in the origins of this family of regulatory enzyme. The gene structures (Figure 1B), and the expression patterns (Figure 1A) suggest that many of the PPP enzymes of D. melanogaster are functional retrogenes. However, the analysis of a well characterized species alone would have been fruitless from the point of evolutionary studies. The publication of the genome sequences of 12 Drosophila species [18] opened a new avenue for the comparative analysis of gene families [19]. Obviously the expansion of a gene family requires the origination of new genes. According to recent estimates about 17 genes did duplicate in the Drosophilidae within 1 million years [19], while 5–11 genes originated in the melanogaster subgroup within the same period of time [20]. The majority of the new genes is generated by tandem or dispersed duplications; in addition retropositions, formation of chimeric genes, and de novo gene origination from noncoding sequences contribute to the extension of the gene repertoire [20]. However, the gene number in a given family is also affected by deletion or degradation of some genes; a dynamic balance between gains and losses is a characteristic feature of genome evolution [19]. By comparing the nucleotide and the amino acid sequences in Drosophilidae we ventured on disclosing the evolution of the relatively small and conservative gene family of phosphoprotein phosphatases. We also analyzed the databases of 8 completely sequenced insects (summarized in FlyBase, [6]) in order to reveal the origins of the novel Drosophila specific PPP family members. In our study we found that the rate of PPP gene gains exceeded that of gene losses and noted dramatic rearrangements affecting the PPP gene family in the fly genomes.
Drosophila melanogaster Canton S strain was obtained from the Szeged Drosophila Stock Center (http://expbio.bio.u-szeged.hu/fly/index.php) that has been moved recently to Kyoto (http://kyotofly.kit.jp/cgi-bin/stocks/index.cgi). Drosophila pseudoobscura, Drosophila virilis, Drosophila persimilis, and Drosophila willistoni were from the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (http://flystocks.bio.indiana.edu/News/sequenced.htm). The fruit flies were cultivated on standard corn food at 25°C.
Genomic DNA was extracted from single flies according to the protocol of Gloor and Engels [21]. Total RNA was isolated with the Trizol Reagent (Invitrogen) and was treated with RNase-free DNase (Promega). Phosphatase specific oligonucleotide primers were designed with the Oligo Explorer 1.1.0 primer selection software developed by Teemu Kuulasmaa (http://oligo-explorer.software.informer.com). Total RNA was reverse-transcribed with M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase (Promega) and oligo-dT primer. Genomic DNA and cDNA were amplified by PCR, the reaction conditions and primer sequences are summarized in Table S1. If a PPP gene sequence was missing from the databases primers were designed based on the homologous gene sequences of the most closely related Drosophila species (Table S1B). The PCR products were subjected to electrophoresis in 1% agarose gels, stained with ethidium bromide, and visualized in a FluorChem FC2 Imaging System (Alpha Innotech). Some of the amplicons were purified by a Wizard SV gel and PCR clean-up kit (Promega) and were sequenced by the chain termination method.
Sequence data were collected from the FlyBase (http://flybase.org/), the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics (http://genome.ucsc.edu/) and the NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/), databases. Initially 19 known D. melanogaster PPP protein sequences (Figure 1) were used as queries in blastp for homology search [22]. ORFs in the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics DNA sequences were predicted with pDRAW32 (http://www.acaclone.com/), FGENESH and FGENESH+ [23] programs. Hits of the first round were used as queries in a second blastp search in order to confirm, and extend the sequence collection. In both searches a strict limitation of the expect value (E<1×10−40) was used [24]. New hypothetical protein sequences were also examined with the SMART software (a Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool) in order to identify their domain structures (http://smart.embl-heidelberg.de/). Our initial protein assignation was accepted only if a typical PPPs catalytic domain was revealed by SMART. Obvious mistakes of the databases (frame shifts, premature stops, insertions and deletions) resulting in an aberrant protein that was not compatible with the conserved primary structures of the closely related PPP enzymes were corrected manually with the help of pDRAW32 (Table S2). Homologous protein sequences were compared with the ClustalW program [25]. Known PPPs were identified by the abridged species name followed by the corresponding D. melanogaster phosphatase name as given in FlyBase (Table 1). If a phosphatase gene coded for more than one isoforms always the longest protein sequence was used for the analysis.
Protein sequences were compared with the pDRAW32 and the BioEdit [26] softwares. Phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary calculations were conducted with MEGA version 4.0 [27], [28] using Neighbor-Joining method in the Dayhoff matrix substitution model [29], [30]. Bootstrap tests were performed with 500 replications [31]. Orthologous relationships were deduced from the tree topology and were confirmed by microsyntheny analysis. The complex type 1 PPP subfamily was also analyzed by the multidimensional scaling (MDS) method [32], [33] with the SAS for Windows 8.2, PROC MDS procedure (Cary NC, USA, SAS Institute Inc.).
Gene localizations in the Muller elements were taken from FlyBase [6]. Based on their genome environments the chromosomal localizations of Pp1-Y2 and PpD6 genes in D. ananassae were corrected (Table 1). Genetic rearrangements were examined by dot plots prepared with pDRAW32. The G−C percentage of the coding regions was calculated with OligoExplorer (http://oligo-explorer.software.informer.com). The dn/ds values for the PPP catalytic domain coding sequences were calculated and analyzed as described earlier [8].
The basic PPP toolkit of insects
We used D. melanogaster as a gold standard for the comparison of the PPP catalytic subunits in 12 Drosophila species. Table 1 demonstrates that with a few exceptions all of the PPP genes of D. melanogaster are also present in the genomes of the other 11 members of Drosophilidae, total PPP numbers fluctuate between 18 and 22 per species. The minimal PPP toolkit was predicted from Table 2 comprising 7–8 enzymes that are present in most of the sequenced insect species.
Table 2. Identification of PPP genes in sequenced insect genomes.
The structural relationships of the insect PPP protein sequences are depicted in Figure 2 and Figure S1 contains the identification of each protein as well as the bootstrap values of the family tree. Both of the figures show that 7 of the 8 common insect phosphatases fall into 7 well-defined, distinct groups in the family tree demonstrating a conserved structure and suggesting a conserved function for these enzymes in Drosophila and other insects. The phosphatases of the non-Drosophila species (that are labeled with colored dots) form sub-branches that are well separated from the Drosophila proteins supporting a common origin but independent evolution.
Figure 2. Phylogeny of PPP catalytic subunits in insects.
The phylogeny of 287 insect PPP catalytic subunits is presented. Enzyme subfamilies are labeled in line with the D. melanogaster nomenclature (see Table 1). The color codes for the non-Drosophila species are given in the lower right corner, species abbreviations are listed in Table 2. The scale indicates 0.2 amino acid substitutions per site in the primary structure. Uncertain branching points are circled and labeled with the appropriate bootstrap value. The following 8 short, partial polypeptide sequences were excluded from the comparisons: Dsim flw, Dana Pp1-Y1, Dsec Pp1-Y2, Dwil PpN58A, Dyak Pp2B-14D, Dvir Pp2B-14D, Dsim CanA-14F, Dsim rdgC.
The only exception to the rule is the group of PPP3/calcineurin (CanA1/Pp2B) phosphatases. First of all, the B variant of N. vitripennis CanA1 is an outlying member of the subfamily (Figure 2). We assume that it was derived from the more conserved A variant by gene duplication, and its sequence diverged significantly due to its functional redundancy. Figure 2 shows that 5 of the non-Drosophila PPP3 enzymes are similar to Drosophila CanA1. Typical CanA1 genes contain introns in their coding regions (Tables 1, 2). In contrast, the PPP3 phosphatases of C. quinquefasciatus, A. egypty, and A. gambiae lay closer to Drosophila Pp2B-14D enzymes according to their protein (Figure 2) and gene (Tables 1, 2) structures. These intronless genes testify the duplication of the ancient intron containing CanA1 gene in Diptera. Consequently, we consider CanA1 as the ancestor of all insect calcineurin phosphatases that was retained in Drosophilidae but was lost in other Diptera. The presence of 3 independently evolving non-Drosophila Pp2B-14 enzymes created some uncertainty in the family tree construction (Figure 2) that was eliminated when the analysis was focused on the 12 Drosophila species (Figure 3).
Figure 3. Phylogeny of PPP catalytic subunits in Drosophilidae.
The phylogenetic analysis of 227 Drosophila PPP catalytic subunits is presented as in Figure 2. The color of the branches indicates the chromosomal localization of the corresponding genes, the color code of the Muller elements is given in the lower right corner. The names of the 5 novel PPP enzymes that were identified in the present study are labeled by a+suffix and are surrounded by a heavy border. The scale indicates 0.1 amino acid substitutions per site in the primary structure.
Figure 2 also demonstrates that several groups of Drosophila phosphatases have no orthologs in other insects. Strikingly, in addition to the standard phosphatase repertoire, the members of Drosophilidae acquired no less than 15 new, dynamically changing PPP family members (Table 1). These new phosphatases are emphasized in Figure 3, while the detailed family trees of the 12 Drosophila species as well as that of the PPP protein sequences are given in Figures S2A and S2B. The obvious question arises how the new phosphatases evolved; what was the mechanism of the gain and occasional loss of PPP genes?
Gain of PPP genes in Drosophilidae
Duplications are supposed to be the most effective tools extending gene repertoire. Our data support the thesis that both Pp2B-14D (14E) and CanA-14F are the intronless derivatives of CanA1 in all Drosophila species (Figure 3 and Table 1). The comparison of the phosphatases in insects (Figure 2), and especially in 12 Drosophila species (Figure 3) suggests that an intron containing ancient form of Pp1-96A was the parent of the intronless type 1 phosphatases. Pp1-87B evolved directly from the Pp1-96A. Based on the available data it is more difficult to tell if Pp1-13C originated directly from Pp1-96A, or indirectly via Pp1-87B, however it is sure, that the other intron containing type 1 phosphatase, flw, can not be the common ancestor as it is more variable and less closely related (Figures 3 and S2D).
In addition to the duplication of classical phosphatase genes, the PPP set of Drosophilidae was substantially expanded by the appearance of more retrogenes (Figure 4). The novel type 1 phosphatases, i.e. Pp1-Y1, Pp1-Y2, PpD5, PpD6, PpN58A, and PpY-55A that were originally discovered in D. melanogaster (Figure 1), are present in all of the 12 Drosophila species (Figure 3 and Table 1), but are absent from other insects (Figure 2 and Table 2). As a matter of fact, their orthologs cannot be found in any other living organisms, thus they can be classified as Drosophila specific phosphatases.
Figure 4. Gain and loss of PPP genes in Drosophilidae.
The basic PPP set of insects is in a black box. Gained genes are in blue and lost genes are in red boxes. The broken line indicates that the Pp2B-14D gene was gained in the Diptera. The family tree of the 12 Drosophila species with a mutational clock is presented in Figure S1A.
New PPP genes of Drosophilidae
Unexpectedly, retropositions and tandem gene duplications created additional new PPP enzymes that do not exist in D. melanogaster. Previously, Koerich et al. [34] have noted that D. willistoni and D. virilis contained a gene that was similar to PpD6, however they did not explore this observation. We considered the finding of two orthologs of a given D. melanogaster phosphatase in the same species as a sign of gene duplication. One of these paralogs, which was more similar to the D. melanogaster query sequence, was assumed to carry the functions of the known gene, while the less similar one was regarded as a new gene copy. For the assignation of the new members of the family we used the name of the D. melanogaster ortholog with a+suffix. Our gene assignation was confirmed by the different chromosomal localization of the two paralogs, and the fact that the old copy preserved its original location (Figure S5). The functional activity of the novel gene copy was proven by the detection of its mRNA transcript (Table 3). Following up this approach we identified 5 up till now uncharacterized phosphatases (Figure 3 and Table 1). According to our sequence comparisons (Figure S2C) it is likely that PpD6+ and PpD5+ were derived from PpD6 and PpD5, respectively. These two new retrogenes are present in most of the Drosophila species with the exception of the melanogaster group (Table 1), thus they must have appeared together with the other, better known PPP retrogenes more than 63 million years ago when the Drosophilidae separated from other insects (Figure 4). The Pp6+ gene was identified exclusively in the representatives of the ancient Drosophila subspecies placing the time of its appearance in the window of 44–63 million years ago (Figure 4). A more recent duplication of the Pp4 gene producing CG11597 was described earlier [8]. Table 1 confirms that this gene is restricted to the members of the melanogaster group that bifurcated from the obscura group 56 million years ago (Figures 4 and S2A).
Table 3. Expression of the new PPP genes in Drosophila imagos.
Two of the closely related representatives of the obscura group, D. pseudoobscura, and D. persimilis gained the group specific PpY+ and Pp4+ retrogenes (Table 1). The similarity between the PpY-55A and PpY+ sequences (Figures 3 and S2B), as well as the close localization of the two genes in the physical map of Muller element A (Figure S5A) suggest that the latter was generated from the former by replicative transposition. Likewise, the sequence analysis of the Pp4-19C and Pp4+ pairs (Figures 3 and S2B) reveals that the retroposition of the intron containing Pp4-19C produced the intronless Pp4+ gene copy.
Although the new PPP genes code for full length proteins that contain the critical residues which are necessary for phosphatase activity, without experimentation it would be rather difficult to predict if they were transcribed, or were degraded to an inactive pseudogene status.
We tested by RT-PCR the expression of the 5 new PPP genes identified in the present study as well as the expression of their parental genes. Table 3 and Figure S3 demonstrate that all of the new genes are functionally active retrogenes. Most of them have a strict male-specific expression pattern, the only exception is Pp4+ that is slightly expressed in females, too. The male-specific transcription of PpD5, PpD6, and PpY-55A genes has been retained by their new paralogs PpD5+, PpD6+, and PpY+. On the other hand, the paralogs of the otherwise unbiased parental Pp4-19C and PpV, Pp6 genes acquired sex preference in expression (Table 3).
Loss of PPP genes from Drosophilidae
The gene duplications described in the previous sections explain how the basic PPP gene set of insects was amended by new members and how Drosophila species gained their sizeable PPP complements. However, the situation is more complicated, since some of the new PPP genes have been lost during the course of evolution (Table 1).
The absence of a gene from the database may be attributed to the intrinsic shortcoming of the shotgun sequencing strategy. To overcome this problem we used PCR (Table S1) for the amplification and identification of the missing genes. In this way we found 2 of the PPP genes that were not recovered by the genome projects, corrected 2, and confirmed 4 gene sequences (Tables 1, S2). Still there remained many missing PPP genes that were not recovered by our experimental approach. One can argue that these genes were not identified for technical reasons, as they are in species that have only distant sequenced relatives preventing the construction of appropriate PCR primers. However, it should not escape our attention that the absences do not follow a probabilistic distribution, in fact all of the missing PPP enzymes belong to the novel type 1 retrogenes (Table 1).
PpD5+ and PpD6+ were eliminated from the melanogaster group 56–44 million years ago (Figure 4). The explanation of the accidental, species specific gene losses requires more consideration (Figure S4). The lack of Pp1-Y1 and PpD6+ from D. mojavensis and the absence of PpD6+ from D. grimshawi have already been reported by Koerich et al. [34], and can be attributed to the rearrangements of an ancient PPP gene cluster (Figure 5). The PpY-55A gene was not identified in D. grimshawi (Table 1). We noted that the chromosomal region in Muller element C that is supposed to contain PpY-55A between the landmark genes elk and drp13 underwent substantial rearrangements in this species, but we did not find the PpY-55A sequence in the expected position(s) either in the vicinity of elk or close to drp13 (Figure S4A). Thus, the Hawaiian drosophila lost its PpY-55A (or this gene has not been sequenced yet for technical reasons). The deletion of PpD5+ from D. willistoni is supported by the synteny and dot plot analysis of its genomic environment (Figure S4C, D). A similar analysis suggests that PpD5 was deleted/degraded in D. willistoni and D. grimshawi (Figure S4E, F). Thus the investigation of the affected chromosome regions confirms the accidental loss of some redundant type 1 PPP genes (Figure 4).
Figure 5. Rearrangements of the PpD6, PpD6+, Pp1- Y1, Pp1-Y2 gene cluster.
(A) Chromosomal localizations of PpD6 (D6), PpD6+ (D6+), Pp1- Y1 (Y1), and Pp1-Y2 (Y2) genes. Chromosome segments are symbolized by horizontal bars, the coloring identifies Muller elements C, B and chromosome Y in blue, pink, and black, respectively. The directions of the coding regions are indicated by arrows, pointing from 5′ to 3′ in the sense strand. In chromosome Y the positions and orientations of inactive viral reverse transcriptase (RT), pol and gag genes are also shown for orientation; here the arrows represent only the relative directions within a short DNA segment. (B) The G−C content in the coding regions of the PpD6, PpD6+, Pp1- Y, and Pp1-Y2 genes. The upper part of the panel shows the average G−C content + SD for all PPP genes of a given species, while the lower part depicts the G−C content of the four selected phosphatases.
Relocations and rearrangements of PPP genes in Drosophilidae
Besides the gain and loss of genes the changes in the chromosomal localizations and gene structures also contributed to the evolution of the PPP family in Drosophilidae. For reference, the localizations of PPP genes in the Muller elements of D. melanogaster are shown in Figure 1B. Gene movements between Muller elements are outlined in Table 1 and are reflected by the colors in Figure 3, the detailed localization of each Drosophila PPP gene is summarized in Figure S5. The data collectively demonstrate that the PPP genes keep a well conserved position and orientation in the members of the melanogaster subgroup. On the other hand, many PPP genes, and first of all the novel type 1 phosphatase genes, frequently change positions in the more distantly related Sophophora and Drosophila subspecies. The details of three interesting rearrangements are summarized in Figure S4.
The PpY-55A gene evolved via an intron containing intermediate that was preserved in the members of the repleta, virilis, and willistoni groups (Table 1). The intron-containing PpY-55A disappeared in D. grimshawi, and lost its intron about 62 million years ago when the obscura and the melanogaster groups separated from the willistoni group (Figure S4A). In the obscura group the intronless version of PpY-55A relocated to element A (chromosome X) where it was subsequently duplicated (Figure S5A). The place of the translocated gene still can be recognized in element C (Figure S4A), but its sequence has been degraded. On the other hand, in the melanogaster group the new intronless PpY-55A gene replaced the old intron containing version in element C, but the direction of the coding strand got reversed due to a larger chromosomal inversion (Figure S4B).
In D. pseudoobscura and D. persimilis the PpD5+ gene has a unique ∼60 bp intron in the coding region (Tables 1, S1). Neither the sequence, nor the position of this intron has been found in any PPP genes. This gene was deleted from the members of the melanogaster and willistoni groups, but its intronless version was established at the same location in all of the ancient Drosophila subspecies (Table 1 and Figure S4C, D). Remarkably, the gain/loss of the intron was accompanied by gene inversion.
Synteny analysis revealed that in the melanogaster and the obscura groups PpD5 has a well conserved localization in Muller element C between the landmark genes CG9308 and CG13500 (Figure S4E). The place of the gene can still be discerned in the other members of Drosophilidae but the gene sequence was degenerated (Figure S4F). However, PpD5 was rescued in D. willistoni and D. grimshawi, as it was relocated to a new position in the same element between cos and Eaf in D. mojavensis and D. virilis (Figure S4G).
In agreement with the supplementary figure 6 of Koerich et al. [34] we found that several PPP genes, which are widely separated in D. melanogaster, form a cluster in the more ancient species (Figure 5A). We believe that the cluster of D. virilis represents the complete gene arrangement; 4 PPP genes are next to each other in Muller element C in the same orientation, following the order of Pp1-Y1, PpD6+, PpD6, and Pp1-Y2. The position of the genes suggests a series of tandem duplications that was probably initiated from Pp1-Y2 that is closely related to the parental Pp1-96A (Figure S2C, D) and can be considered as the most ancient member of the cluster. In D. grimshawi the redundant PpD6+ was eliminated, while in D. mojavensis both of the redundant genes Pp1-Y1 and PpD6+ were lost. In the willistoni and the obscura groups a central inversion reversed the first and second genes together, creating a new order of PpD6+, Pp1-Y1, PpD6, and Pp1-Y2. This gene cluster was mobilized and disintegrated in the melanogaster group. PpD6+ was eliminated in all of the group members. In D. ananassae one half of the cluster i.e. Pp1-Y2 and PpD6 moved together into the Y chromosome [8], [34]. On the other hand, all of the cluster members were separated in the common ancestor of the melanogaster subgroup. PpD6 landed in element B (Figure 5A) while Pp1-Y1 and Pp1-Y2 arrived to heterochromatic areas of Y [34].
Adaptation of the PPP genes to the genomic environment in Drosophilidae
It has been reported previously that Drosophila genes residing in a heterochromatic environment have lower G−C content than their paralogs in euchromatic regions [35]. By extending the idea of gene adaptation we analyzed if the movements of the PPP genes between the autosomes and the heterochromatin rich Y affected their base composition. Figure 5B shows that the average G−C content of the PPP coding regions varies between 50–60%, except for D. willistoni that has a lower level of these nucleotides. The data follow the general tendency, and support the notion that D. willistoni has a lower G−C content because it prefers T over C in the codons of certain amino acids [36]. In accord with the expectation, the G−C content of the phosphatase cluster members is close to average when they are in Muller elements C or B, but the ratio becomes significantly reduced when they move to the Y (Figure 5B). By analyzing the G−C content of all known Drosophila genes that have been relocated between Y and other chromosomes we proved that the PPP genes obey a more general rule (Table S3).
The functional rational behind the basic PPP toolkit of insects
When analyzing the origin of the large Drosophila PPP gene complement, it is inevitable to assume that a core set of indispensable PPP catalytic subunits must have been present in all of the insects. From the data of Table 2 and Figure 2 we concluded that the basic insect PPP set includes no more than 8 enzymes: 2 of the PPP1 isoforms and a single representative of each PPP that has a human ortholog numbered PPP2-7. The requirement for two type 1 phosphatases is not unexpected. It is known that animals posses at least two PPP1 isoforms, because one of them (the β/δ isoform) is specialized in muscular functions, while the other (the α isoform) operates in cell cycle regulation.
If we take into consideration that Pp1-87B and Pp2B-14B took over most of the roles of the more ancient Pp1-97A and CanA1 phosphatases, respectively (see later), on the bases of molecular genetic studies carried out with D. melanogaster we can give the following functional explanation for the conservation of 8 core PPP enzymes: (i) The flapwing (flw) mutant exhibits aberrant flight muscle development [37] and an additional mitotic effect of flw has been recently suggested [38]. (ii) The inactivation of Pp1-87B causes a mitotic block in anaphase [38], [39]. The same gene is also involved in the interphase chromosome condensation [40] as well as in learning and memory [41]. (iii) The overexpression of active Pp2B-14D, results in lethality [42] and female sterility [43]. (iv) Pp2A is essential for the completion of the cell division cycle as witnessed by the microtubule star (mts) mutant in which the centromer and nuclear cycles are uncoupled [11], and chromosome segregation is impaired [38]. Furthermore, mts can mediate visual signaling [44], cytoskeletal organization and cell shape [45], phagocytosis [46], as well as the sevenless [47] and hedgehog [48] signal transduction pathways. (v) The role of Pp4-19C in microtubule organization was revealed by the analysis of the centrosomes minus microtubules (cmm) mutant [49]. In a systematic RNAi screen Pp4-19C was identified as a cell size regulator [38], and its involvement in neuroblast cell division has been proven [50], [51]. (vi) The accumulation of the PpV protein in embryos implicated this phosphatase in zygotic transcription and cellularization [13]. (vii) The modulator function of PpD3 in mitotic cell cycle was suggested by Chen et al. [38]. (viii) RdgC acts in the G-protein mediated signaling pathway [52]. The accumulation of hyperphosphorylated rhodopsin in the rdgC mutant induces the degeneration of the photoreceptor cells by apoptosis [53], [54]. Obviously, the members of the core set of PPP enzymes acquired important if not essential functions and got fixed in most of the insect genomes (Table 2) including all of the Drosophila species (Table 1). These 8 genes represented the starting material for retropositions and subsequent tandem duplications. Based on the available data including DNA and protein sequence analysis, chromosomal localization, and expression patterns of the genes we put together a hypothetical sequence of events that expanded the PPP enzyme family in Drosophilidae.
The duplication of classical PPP enzymes produced the first generation of functional PPP retrogenes
The basic PPP toolkit was expanded by the duplication of the classical calcineurin and type 1 phosphatases (Table 1 and Figure 3) using at least in part an unorthodox, RNA intermediate based retroposition mechanism [reviewed in 55]. The first retroduplication took place in Diptera and produced Pp2B-14D that was later duplicated again in Drosophilidae (Figure 4). Betran et al. [56] reported that in D. melanogaster CanA-14F originated from CanA1 via retroposition. Later it was reported that Pp2B-14D was also a retrogene that was derived from CanA1 [57]. A careful inspection of the database (http://flybase.org/) revealed that -in contrast with the original designation- Pp2B-14D falls into the 14E1-14E3 chromosomal subdivision. Since CanA-14F is at 14E3-14F1 they are next-door neighbors in chromosome X (Figure 1B). The revised chromosomal localization suggests that one of these genes was generated from the other by local gene duplication. As Pp2B-14D appeared first in Diptera, while CanA-14F is found only in Drosophilidae (Figure 4) it is logical to assume that the tandem duplication of the older Pp2B-14D gene resulted in the more recent CanA-14F copy. This sequence of events is supported by the fact that in D. melanogaster Pp2B-14D is the most predominant calcineurin isoform [10] that has important functions [42], [43]. On the other hand, a P-element insertion mutant of CanA-14F has no obvious phenotypes (http://flybase.org/). Curiously, Drosophila also kept the ancestral intron containing CanA1 gene, probably because its gene product gained a new function in the innate immune response [58]. In contrast, in other members of Diptera the predominant Pp2B-14D retrogene took over the important calcineurin functions, and eventually replaced the parental gene.
The second retroposition based duplication event took place in the ancestor of all Drosophila lineages and produced Pp1-87B from Pp1-96A [57]. Due to the very strong sequence similarity it is more difficult to decide if Pp1-13C originated directly from Pp1-96A, or indirectly via Pp1-87B (Figure S2D). In D. melanogaster Pp1-87B is an essential, predominant PPP1 isoenzyme form [59], while the inactivation of Pp1-96A does not result in any obvious phenotype [60]. However, the properties of the Pp1-96A/flw double mutant indicate a functional overlap between the two paralogs. As the overexpression of Pp1-13C did not affect either Pp1-87B or flw mutants it seems to be a redundant gene product [60].
A second wave of retropositionos and tandem duplications created novel Drosophila specific PPP retrogenes
According to our reconstruction Pp1-96A was the forefather of a large family of novel type 1 phosphatase retrogenes (Table 1 and Figure 3). The tracing of the evolutionary history of this large subfamily proved to be difficult, since the traditional phylogenetic analysis repeatedly resulted in uncertain branching points in the family trees (Figures 2, 3). The reduction of the dataset to the type 1 PPP proteins did not help resolving the problem (not documented results), that is why these sequences were also analyzed by a multidimensional sequence scaling method (Figure S2C, D). In the two dimensional representation of this comparisons the distance between two dots (representing two individual proteins) is proportional to the sequence similarity. According to gene structures Pp1-96A can be regarded as the parent of the partially retroposed PpY-55A gene that retained one of its introns (see later). As discussed before, the duplication of Pp1-96A created Pp1-87B, the first perfectly processed retrogene in the subfamily. Either Pp1-96A or Pp1-87B could have been the starting points of additional retropositions that resulted in the classical Pp1-13C, as well as in the novel Pp1-Y2 and PpD5 phosphatases (Figure S2C, D). Multidimensional sequence scaling data suggest that PpD5+ was generated from PpD5 meanwhile the duplication of Pp1-Y2 produced both PpD6 and PpN58A. In turn PpD6 duplicated to give rise to Pp1-Y1 and PpD6+ (Figure S2C). The close relationship between Pp1-Y2, PpD6, Pp1-Y1, and PpD6+ genes is supported by their juxtaposed chromosomal localization (Figure 5A). The exact timing of these 11 duplication events is not known, but they must have happened in the common ancestor of the Drosophilidae more that 63 million years ago (Figure 4).
Additional retroposition events extended the PPP family in a subspecies or group of Drosophilidae. 44–63 million years ago a new Pp6+ variant was generated from the ancient ortholog of PpV/Pp6 in the Drosophila subspecies. This novel retrogene was lost in the Sophophora members. A more specific set of PPP duplications was restricted to the obscura group. Around 62 million years ago the retroposition of Pp4 generated the obscura group specific Pp4+. At the same time the repositioning and duplication of PpY-55A gene resulted in the new PpY+. Meanwhile the intron-containing parental gene disappeared and was replaced by an intronless PpY-55A. Finally, 44–55 million years ago the last retroposition in the melanogaster group produced CG11597 from Pp4. It is also clear, that Pp4+ is distinct from CG11597 and can not be considered as its precursor. Thus, the ancestral Pp4-19C gene underwent two separate retropositions in the melanogaster and in the obscura groups, resulting in CG11597 and Pp4+, respectively (Figure 4).
The novel functional PPP retrogenes exhibit male biased expression
We have reported that the male biased transcription of the type 1 PpY-1, PpY-2, PpD5, PpD6, PpN58A and PpY-55A retrogenes was conserved during the evolution of Drosophilidae [8]. Here we extend this observation and prove that 5 more of the novel functional PPP retrogenes: PpD5+, PpD6+, PpY+, Pp4+, and Pp6+ have the same male specific expression pattern (Table 3 and Figure S3). Our results are in good agreement with the observation that many of the Drosophila retrogenes are preferentially expressed in the male germline [55], [57], and the new male biased PPPs evolve faster [8]. 4 out of the 5 new male-biased PPP genes are located on autosomes, only PpY+ resides in Muller element A that corresponds to the left arm of chromosome X in D. pseudoobscura (Table 1). Furthermore, the parental Pp4-19C and PpV, Pp6 genes are in Muller element A (chromosome X) in all of the 12 Drosophila species. Consequently, their retrogene copies moved out of X support the thesis that male-specific retrogenes tend to avoid X inactivation throughout the Drosophila lineages [55], [56], [61].
Our earlier publication [8] and present data (Table 3) together suggest that most of the recent PPP functional retrogenes follow the "out of testis" hypothesis of Vinckenbosch et al. [62]. While the older (classical or first generation) PPP retrogenes developed a differential expression pattern and gained specialized functions, 11 younger (novel or second generation) PPP retrogenes are still male specific. As usual, there is one exception to the rule, one of the youngest PPP members, CG11597 is unbiased, it is transcribed in different developmental stages and in both sexes [8].
Save for their male specific expression, we have no information on the functions of the 5 new PPP members. As a matter of fact the same holds for the 6 other novel PPP retrogenes, whose transcription in the testis of D. melanogaster was demonstrated earlier [8]. Most probably they are in the early stages of their evolution; and they perform overlapping or redundant roles. We propose, that a sizable pool (6–10 genes) of still actively changing novel PPP retrogenes provides a powerful reservoir for the evolution of new regulatory mechanisms. The faster evolution of the novel PPP retrogenes is demonstrated by their higher rate of nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions in comparison to the older classical PPP genes (Table S4). Most of the latter are expressed in the testis of the males that is a shelter and a testing ground of the fast evolving novel genes [62]. According to this hypothesis the advantageous gene variants can be selected through the improved reproductive fitness of the males.
The novel PPP retrogenes rearrange and move dynamically in Drosophila genomes
While investigating the rearrangements of the PPP genes we found examples for various unorthodox retroposition events [57] like: partial retroposition, chimeric retrogene formation, retroposition followed by relocation, and retroposition followed by tandem duplications. The great variety of the molecular genetic arsenal utilized underlines a vigorous struggle of the novel PPP retrogenes to survive in the tough competition with their parental and sister phosphatases (Figures 5, S3). We found the following thee interesting examples for gene rearrangements/translocations.
In the ancient form of PpY-55A one short intron of the parental Pp1-96A was retained in a well conserved position of the new retrogene due to the reverse transcription of a partially processed mRNA. Similar partial retropositions of 6 other genes were reported before by Bai et al. [57]. The intron was lost in the obscura and melanogaster groups via two different mechanisms. In D. pseudoobscura and D. persimilis retroposition placed the intronless PpY-55A into Muller element A, where it was subsequently duplicated giving rise to the intronless PpY+. Meanwhile the intron containing gene copy got degraded. Obviously, the intronless genes in element A took over the functions of the older gene. In the melanogaster group the intron was lost via the recombination of a fully processed cDNA with the short intron containing parental gene [63].
The evolutionary history of PpD5+ is even more complicated. This gene encompasses a unique short intron in the members of the obscura group. It is possible, that this new intron was picked up from the flanking region of the insertion site, thus according to the definition of Bai et al. [57] PpD5+ may represent one of the few chimeric retrogenes. Later on, in all of the ancient Drosophila subspecies an intronless retrogene replaced the intron containing copy at the same location. Alternatively, the intronless copy of PpD5+ was generated first, and gained a small intron in the obscura group [63]. Disregarding the mechanism of the intron loss or gain the PpD5+ gene was deleted from the members of the melanogaster and willistoni groups (Table 1).
The movements of PpD5 as well as the rearrangements and final disintegration of the ancient Pp1-Y1, PpD6+, PpD6, Pp1-Y2 gene cluster exemplify the relocation of complete PPP genes without the modifications of the gene structures. One important aspect of the gene movements is the translocation of PPP genes into the heterochromatic Y chromosome [34]. It is interesting to see that 3 out of the 4 PPP gene cluster members acquired transient or permanent localization in Y. We noted that the jumping of these retrogenes into the heterochromatic environment was accompanied wit the decrease of G−C content in the ORFs. The changes in the base composition of PpD6 are especially instructive, as this gene moved from element C to Y in D. ananassae and than to B element in the melanogaster subgroup [8]. In agreement with Diaz-Castillo and Golic [35] our results show that the PPP genes adapted their G−C content to the changing genomic environment. The modification of codon usage, and first of all the changes in third codon positions reduces the G−C content of the coding regions and allows the expression of the phosphatase genes even from the heterochromatic chromosome Y.
In conclusion, the relatively small PPP gene family, like a drop of the sea, reflects many colorful molecular events of evolution. Our work demonstrates that retropositions, tandem duplications, deletions and relocations have steadily modified the PPP repertoire of the fruit flies. From this respect Drosophilidae is an especially resourceful organism as it accumulated the largest PPP complement in the animal kingdom. The dynamic alterations including the changes of the numbers, structures, orientation, and chromosomal localization of PPP genes contributed to the genetic diversity in Drosophilidae.
Figure S1.
The protein identifications for 287 insect PPP catalytic subunits and the bootstrap values corresponding to Figure 2 are shown. The color codes of the proteins from non-Drosophila species are the same as in Figure 2. Uncertain branching points are circled.
Phylogeny of 12 Drosophila species and their PPP catalytic subunits. (A) The family tree of 12 Drosophila species was constructed on the bases of the mutational clock determined by Tamura et al. [64] and Koerich et al. [34]. The main subspecies, groups and subgroups are labeled. (B) The protein identifications of 227 Drosophila PPP catalytic subunits and the bootstrap values corresponding to Figure 3 are shown. The branches of the tree are colored according to the chromosomal localization of the appropriate gene. The color codes of Muller elements are given in the lower right corner for reference. Uncertain branching points are circled. All of the protein names and sequences are given in Table S2. (C) Comparison of the amino acid sequences of 126 type 1 protein phosphatase catalytic subunits by a multidimensional scaling method. In the scatter-plot each point represents one PPP. Orthologs are circled, except for the PpY-55A, PpY+ circle that contains 2 paralogs. 7 PPP sequences (Dana PpD6_R, Dper flw_R, Dper Pp1-Y1_R Dsec Pp1-Y1_S, Dsec Pp1-Y2_R, and Dsim Pp1-Y2_R) fall outside of the +/−2.5 range, and are not depicted in the figure. (D) The box in (C) is exploded. Orthologs are circled but Pp1-96A and Pp1-87B sequences are intermixed in one circle.
The sex specific expression of PPP genes in D. melanogaster (A), D. ananassae (B), D. pseudoobscura (C), D. willistoni (D), and D. virilis (E) imagos was determined by RT-PCR. RpL23 was used as an internal control. Genomic DNA (G) was the target in the control PCR. + denotes RT-PCR, and − stands for PCR alone (negative control, without RT reaction) with the appropriate RNA preparations. S labels a 100 bp DNA ladder in which the strongest 500 bp band is marked. S2 labels a 1 kbp DNA ladder.
Analysis of specific PPP gene movements in Drosophilidae. The synteny of PpY-55A, PpD5+, and PpD5 genes are shown in panels (A), (C), and (E). Homologous chromosomal regions of about 200 kbp are represented by double headed arrows. Abridged species names are on the left, chromosome/scaffold identifications and ranges are either on the right side or in the middle of the panels. Broken lines indicate large DNA segments that are situated between the two depicted areas. Arrows show the direction and size of landmark genes, o labels the expected position of a missing gene. The names of the intronless genes are boxed. Dot plots compare homologous chromosomal regions containing the PpY-55A (B), PpD5+ (D), and PpD5 (F, G) genes from selected Drosophila species. In (B) broken lines delimit two large inversions, which are circled in the plot. The inverted PpY-55A gene is boxed. In (D) a small arrow at the right side of the plots shows the size and direction of the PpD5+ gene in D. virilis. This gene is expected to occur in the areas between the two horizontal lines. The inverted PpD5+ gene is boxed in D. pseudoobscura. The corresponding gene region was deleted from D. ananassae and D. willistoni. In (F) the arrow shows the size and direction of the PpD5 gene in D. persimilis. This gene is expected to occur in the areas between the two horizontal lines, but can not be recognized in D. grimshawi and D. willistoni because its sequence has been degraded. Panel (G) demonstrates that the chromosomal region in question is missing from D. grimshawi and D. willistoni indicating that PpD5 was inserted into this location in D. mojavensis. The scale indicates 10 kbp in all panels.
Chromosomal localization of PPP genes in Muller elements A (A), B (B), C (C), D (D), and E (E) of 12 Drosophila species. Abridged species names are given at the right side of the panels. Horizontal open bars represent continuous chromosomes or chromosome arms and a gap indicates a missing DNA sequence. A vertical line shows the localization, and the arrow tell the direction (left to right is 5′ to 3′ in the upper strand) of a given gene. The scale bar is 2 Mbp in all cases.
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Table S1.
The sequences of oligonucleotides and the experimental conditions used for PCR or RT-PCR are summarized in three sections. (A) Oligonucleotide primers and conditions used for the detection of Drosophila PPP transcripts by RT-PCR. (B) Oligonucleotide primers and conditions used for the amplification and sequencing of Drosophila PPP genes. (C) Oligonucleotide primers and conditions used for the amplification of Drosophila RpL23 in control experiments.
Predicted amino acid sequences of PhosphoProtein Phosphatase catalytic subunits in 12 Drosophila species are organized in separate Excell worksheets according to the enzyme names. The suffix S after a protein name means that the amino acid sequence was predicted from a DNA sequence determined in the present study. The suffix R indicates that the sequence was revised as explained in the linked attachment. Hyperlinks and Notes contain additional information on the polypeptides. Localization tells the Muller element that encompasses the corresponding gene. Protein sequences are in FASTA format, X stands for an unidentified amino acid residue.
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The G−C content in % is given for the coding regions of all Drosophila genes that changed location between Y chromosome and other (somatic or X) chromosomes.
The evolution of PPP genes in Drosophila was analyzed by comparing the dn/ds values of the classical and novel PPP enzymes.
Thank are due to Dr. Péter Deák and Ms. Olga Nagy (BRC, Department of Biochemistry, Szeged, Hungary) for the preparation of genomic DNA from D. simulans, D. sechellia, D. yakuba, D. erecta, and D. ananassae. The authors are grateful for Dr. Tamás Molnár (IT Service Center, University of Debrecen, Hungary) for the creation of the Drosophila PPP page at the website http://www.medchem.dote.hu/.
Conceived and designed the experiments: VD. Performed the experiments: CÁ LK. Analyzed the data: MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZK. Wrote the paper: VD.
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Michel Trempont (* 28. Juli 1928 in Boussu, Provinz Hennegau; † 30. Januar 2021) war ein belgischer Opernsänger (Bariton).

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Michel Trempont erhielt seine Gesangsausbildung ab 1948 am Koninklijk Conservatorium Bergen, wo er mit Auszeichnung abschloss, und später in Brüssel bei dem russischen Tenor Joseph Rogatchewsky (1891–1985). Sein Debüt gab er 1952 am Opernhaus von Lüttich, wo er ab der Saison 1951/52 bis 1953 engagiert war, mit der Rolle des Valentin in Faust von Charles Gounod. Anschließend sang er unter der Direktion von Vina Bovy am Opernhaus von Gent.

Mit Beginn der Saison 1955/56 wurde er von Rogatchewsky, der mittlerweile Operndirektor in Brüssel geworden war, als festes Ensemblemitglied an das Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brüssel verpflichtet. Dort sang er im Verlauf seiner Karriere über 140 verschiedene Rollen. Er blieb dort bis 1960 im Engagement und schloss sich von 1960 bis 1963 der von Jean-Claude Hartemann (1929–1993) und Suzanne Lafaye (1917–2015) geleiteten Operncompagnie "Baladins lyriques" an.

Ab 1962 begann Tremponts internationale Karriere als Opernsänger, wobei Auftritte in Frankreich und Belgien den Schwerpunkt bildeten. Er sang an den drei großen Bühnen der französischen Hauptstadt (Grand Opéra Paris, Opéra-Comique, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées) und an den größeren Häusern in der französischen Provinz. Er sang außerdem am Grand Théâtre de Genève, am Opernhaus von Monte Carlo und beim Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.

Er gastierte am Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, am Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, an der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, am Teatro La Fenice in Venedig sowie in Lissabon und Bukarest. Außerdem gab er Gastspiele in Kanada, Japan, Brasilien und Mexico.

In der Saison 1975/76 sang er an Mailänder Scala den Pompeo in Benvenuto Cellini. 1986 gastierte er am Teatro San Carlo in Neapel. An der San Francisco Opera gastierte er u. a. als Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Saison 1986/87), als Sulpice in La fille du régiment (Saison 1993/94) und in den Rollen Benoit/Alcindoro in La Bohème (Saison 1999/00).

1990 trat er an der Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Lüttich als Sancho Panza in Don Quichotte auf. 1991 sang er am Opernhaus von Marseille den Konsul Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. In der Spielzeit 1992/93 übernahm er am Opernhaus Lüttich den Don Magnifico in einer Neuproduktion der Oper La Cenerentola, wobei er "Parlandobrillanz in Reinkultur" zeigte. 1993 war er an der Opéra Bastille als Fieramosca in Benvenuto Cellini zu hören. 1995 trat er am Teatro Regio di Torino als Sulpice (La fille du régiment) auf.

In der Saison 1995/96 debütierte er an der Metropolitan Opera in New York City, an der Seite von Luciano Pavarotti und June Anderson, als Sulpice in La fille du régiment.

1996 sang er am Opernhaus von Monte Carlo die Rollen des Sulpice und des Barons in Chérubin von Jules Massenet. 1998 trat er am Opernhaus von Gent als Pandolfe in Cendrillon auf. 2000 gastierte er erneut am Opernhaus von Lüttich, diesmal als Bartolo in Der Barbier von Sevilla. 2001 trat er am Opernhaus von Marseille als Vizir in der Oper Mârouf von Henri Rabaud auf.

Nach dem Ende seiner Bühnenlaufbahn unterrichtete er an den Konservatorien von Brüssel und Mons und war als Juror bei Gesangswettbewerben tätig. 2015 ging er in Ruhestand.

Michel Trempont war Kommandeur des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Officier des Kronenordens (frz. Ordre de la Couronne) und Ehrenbürger seiner Heimatgemeinde Boussu. Er war mit der belgischen Sopranistin Jacqueline Vallière (1925–2011) verheiratet. Sein älterer Bruder Pol Trempont (1923–2007) war ebenfalls Opernsänger (Tenor).

Trempont starb Ende Januar 2021 im Alter von 92 Jahren.

Repertoire und Tondokumente
Zu seinen "Glanzrollen" (Kutsch/Riemens, Seite 4762) gehörten die beiden "Figaros", der Sulpice in La fille du régiment, der Sancho Panza in Don Quichotte und der Titelheld in Gianni Schicchi.

Er sang außerdem Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Rimbaud (Le Comte Ory), Taddeo (Die Italienerin in Algier) und den König Treff in Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen. Trempont war außerdem ein beliebter Operettensänger, der insbesondere in den Werken von Jacques Offenbach sehr geschätzt wurde.

Trempont wirkte in mehreren Operngesamtaufnahmen mit, u. a. als Moralès in Carmen (EMI, 1970), als Bobinet in La vie parisienne (1976, EMI), als Blondel in Richard Cœur de Lion von Grétry (EMI, 1981), als Beppo in Fra Diavolo (EMI, 1984) und als Pietro in Les brigands (EMI, 1989).

Literatur
 Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Vierte, erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage. Band 7: Suvanny–Zysset, S. 4761/4762. München 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9.
 Karl Martyniak (Hrsg.): OPERAdat. Interpreten-Lexikon. Sängerlexikon. Tobin – Tzschoppe. Seite 6. 2. Auflage Düsseldorf 1998 (mit Rollenverzeichnis).

Weblinks

 Michel Trempont (1928-2021) – Nachruf (frz.); Internetpräsenz der Opéra-Comique
 In Memoriam MICHEL TREMPONT (1928-2021) – Live-Mitschnitt eines Konzerts im Théatre Royal Mons, 1999

Einzelnachweise

Opernsänger
Bariton
Person (Brüssel)
Belgier
Geboren 1928
Gestorben 2021
Mann

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Elon Musk's fortune sinks 48% and touches its lowest level so far in 2022
November 9, 2022 by Mary Blea
November 8, 2022 | 1:24 p.m.
While Elon Musk Focusing on his new role as CEO of Twitter, his fortune is down nearly 50% from a peak of $340 billion in November 2021.
Tesla stockthe electric car maker that accounts for most of his net worth, traded at an intraday low of $186.75 on Tuesday, as investors question whether the world's richest man is spreading himself too thin among his high-profile companies.
Tesla is down 45% in 2022compared to a 19% drop in the S&P 500 Index and a 32% drop in the Nasdaq 100 Technology Index.
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Musk loses nearly $92 billion so far this year
Musk has cut $92 billion this yeara 48% drop in his fortune, the biggest drop among tycoons tracked by the Billionaires Index. Bloomberg.
Currently, the also CEO of SpaceX has a net worth of 177,000 million dollars.
Although it is still the richest person in the worldHis wealth peaked at $340 billion just a year ago, when Tesla's share price hit a record high of $410.
Musk, 51, completed his Twitter acquisition on October 27 and has opted for a series of changes in the company, laying off about half of the company employees based in San Francisco only to rehire some of them.
Companies including General Motors and Volkswagen have said they are pausing paid advertising on the site until they can better assess how the platform will change under Musk's ownership.
Tesla in trouble
Secondly, Tesla is struggling with economic pressures in its biggest market outside the United States, recently closing its flagship showroom in Beijing and lowering prices in China.
Last month, the company reported third-quarter sales that fell short of analyst estimates, and Musk acknowledged the slowdown in China and the effect of rising interest rates.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission heaped scorn on Elon Musk and his authorized arguments in a Monday authorized submitting. The company is asking New York federal Judge Alison Nathan to carry Musk in contempt for tweeting a projection of 2019 automobile output with out first getting the tweet accredited by Tesla's attorneys.
Musk has been battling the SEC since final August, when he tweeted that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla personal. That turned out to be unfaithful, and it is unlawful to publish inaccurate info that has the potential to maneuver markets. Under the phrases of a September deal, Musk paid a $20 million positive and gave up his function because the chairman of Tesla's board (Tesla paid a further $20 million).
Musk additionally promised to have Tesla attorneys evaluation future tweets that would comprise info that's "material"—that's, vital sufficient to have an effect on the worth of Tesla's inventory.
"Musk's unchecked and misleading tweets about Tesla are what precipitated the SEC's charges, and the pre-approval requirement was designed to protect against reckless conduct by Musk going forward," the SEC wrote on Monday.
Last month, Musk tweeted out a prediction that Tesla would produce "around 500k" automobiles in 2019. Hours later, Musk adopted up with another tweet clarifying that Tesla was aiming to attain an annualized manufacturing charge of 500,000 automobiles (10,000 per week) however was projecting 400,000 automobiles produced through the 2019 calendar 12 months.
Not solely was Musk's "around 500k" tweet not accredited by Tesla's attorneys, however the SEC found that "Musk had not sought pre-approval for a single one of the numerous tweets about Tesla he published in the months since the court-ordered pre-approval policy went into effect," the company wrote on Monday. The SEC is asking Judge Nathan to carry Musk in contempt.
In a authorized submitting final week, Musk's attorneys insisted that he'd carried out nothing flawed. The settlement required Musk to hunt approval for tweets that "contain or reasonably could contain" materials details about Tesla. Musk argued that he had used his personal judgment to find out that his tweets didn't comprise materials info—and that due to this fact the tweets did not require evaluation by Tesla's authorized division.
Indeed, the SEC famous, Musk tweeted about numerous different seemingly materials matters with out searching for pre-approval. Recent tweet matters have included "vehicle tax credits and pricing," "plans for expansion of charging stations internationally," "construction and production plans for a new Shanghai factory," "whether Tesla plans to phase out its Model S and Model X vehicles in the future," and others.
In the SEC's view, all of those matters had been doubtlessly vital for Tesla's shareholders, and therefore Musk ought to have sought approval from Tesla's attorneys earlier than tweeting about them.
Musk argued that his declare that Tesla would produce "around 500k [cars] in 2019" wasn't materials, as a result of forward-looking, speculative statements are typically thought of to be non-material. The SEC rejected that declare. "Musk's contention—that the potential size of a car company's production for the year could not reasonably be material—borders on the ridiculous," the company wrote.
Also on Monday, a lawyer for Musk responded to the SEC's submitting by requesting permission to file one other transient in response with a proposed deadline of this Friday. After that, we could lastly get an opportunity to listen to from Judge Nathan—and we'll discover out whether or not she's as pissed off with Musk's habits because the SEC is.


PackPlus South – Next Edition @ Bangalore!
The South India's leading packaging exhibition concluded recording a footfall of ten thousand unique visitors!
PackPlus South concluded successfully at Hyderabad in the month of March and will be back in the city after hiatus of a year, as in 2019 the event will happen at Bengaluru. This will be the third edition of the Show at Bangalore.
Karnataka occupies the fifth position in the pharmaceutical exports. Around 40% of the state's pharma produce is exported overseas. Presently Karnataka is home to more than 230 pharma and biotech companies.
Many multinational companies (MNC) have set up their manufacturing units in Karnataka including BASF, Bosch.
Karnataka has several sugar factories in northern region and also possesses many edible oil as well as textile processing units.
The Government of Karnataka is promoting the development of several SEZs across Karnataka such as pharma and biotech SEZ, food processing and agro-based industries and textiles SEZ at Hassan and IT and Coastal SEZs at Mangalore.
Bengaluru has been ranked the world's most dynamic city on an index that captures a city's economic changes and its ability to sustain it.
Bengaluru is home to some of the largest ready-to-consume food companies in India such as MTR Foods and iD Fresh Foods.
PackPlus South, along with the Commercial & Package Printing focussed event PrintFair, will be held from 10-13 April 2019 at BIEC, Bengaluru. The unprecedented success of the 2018 edition at Hyderabad has brought several leading companies from packaging, processing, printing and supply chain industries already on board.
The promotional activities for the event are shaping up to add to the visitor registrations, which have already started. Decision makers and important management members from various industries including Pharmaceutical & Chemical; Food & Beverage, Dairy & Meat; Engineering; Garments & Textiles; Personal Care Products and Logistics will be visiting the Show. Printers, Converters, Packaging Professionals and Packaging End Users as well as the providers of Materials, Equipment and Services will also visit in large numbers.


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Bill Cosby's Attorney Says '#MeToo Accusations' Will 'Enrage' Jury
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania—None of Bill Cosby's 19 accusers prosecutors want to testify at his trial should be allowed because it's going to be difficult enough to get an unbiased jury in light of the #MeToo movement, one of Cosby's defense attorneys argued Tuesday morning.
"The purpose would just be to enrage the jury this time fueled by even more prejudicial… 'Me Too' accusations that have nothing to do with Mr. Cosby at all," attorney Becky James told the court.
"With that atmosphere it's going to be hard enough to get the jury to focus on the case itself, but to bring in 19 witnesses in that environment would be extremely prejudicial," she said. "Today we live in an environment where accusations rage out there…many, many accusations against many, many celebrities, not only Mr. Cosby," she said.
The attorney for Cosby's alleged victim, Andrea Constand, told The Daily Beast previously she feared about a "backlash" to #MeToo.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele has asked the court Monday to allow 19 women who say Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them over a 40-year period be allowed to testify at trial as evidence of "prior bad acts. James spent 90 minutes arguing why that shouldn't be allowed.
Cosby, 80, is charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple employee Andrea Constand, now 44, at his Philadelphia-area mansion in January 2004. Last June, Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill declared a mistrial after a jury deliberated for 52 hours without being able to reach a verdict. Cosby's new trial is scheduled to begin April 2, with jury selection starting on March 29. CLICK FOR MORE


Wendy Shay has stated that there is no problem in revealing parts of her body on when she is performing on stage.
According to the RuffTown Records' new artiste, it is just an act to entertain her fans and to a larger extent audience at events that she has been billed to perform.
The 'Uber Driver' hitmaker made this revelation in an exclusive interview on Roman Ridge-based Accra 100.5 FM.
"If MzVee or I, dress to the stage with things that bring out my body because of my figure I don't see anything wrong with it," Wendy Shay disclosed.
"A nurse wears her uniform so that one can identify that this person is a nurse. If you are an actor or singer you are an entertainer and you have to entertain your audience. For me, I call it an act — it's just an act," she added.
Asked whether she will wear dresses that will reveal sensitive parts of her body when she off stage, she emphatically stated she won't do that.
"I won't dress like that to the market, it is just for the stage," she said.
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