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Prado-Alvarez M, Lynch SA, Kane A, Darmody G, Pardo BG, Martínez P, Cotterill J, Wontner-Smith T, Culloty SC. Oral immunostimulation of the oyster Ostrea edulis: Impacts on the parasite Bonamia ostreae. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 45:43-51. [PMID: 25652290 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Revised: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Bioactive compounds were orally administered to the native European oyster Ostrea edulis to evaluate the immune response and the progression of infection of the protozoan parasite Bonamia ostreae. The immunostimulants lipopolysaccharide and zymosan directly administrated to the water column induced an increase in lysozyme activity and the percentage of granulocytes in naïve oysters over a period of 7 days. In another set of experiments, zymosan and curdlan were microencapsulated in alginate and also administered to the water column to naïve and B. ostreae infected O. edulis. Oyster mortality, prevalence and intensity of infection and several immune parameters were evaluated up to 28 days post-administration. Lysozyme activity, nitric oxide production and the expression of galectin, lysozyme and superoxide dismutase increased after 24 h in both infected and uninfected oysters. Zymosan immunostimulated oysters displayed a decrease in the prevalence of B. ostreae infection not attributed to mortalities but which could be associated to the enhanced ability of immunostimulants to evoke an enhanced immune response in the oysters and reduce infection.
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- M Prado-Alvarez
- Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, University College Cork, The Cooperage, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.
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- Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, University College Cork, The Cooperage, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
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- Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, University College Cork, The Cooperage, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
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- Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, University College Cork, The Cooperage, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Campus de Lugo, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Campus de Lugo, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- The Food & Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom
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- The Food & Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom
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- Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, University College Cork, The Cooperage, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
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Wang G, Li N, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Wang Y. IGFBP7 promotes hemocyte proliferation in small abalone Haliotis diversicolor, proved by dsRNA and cap mRNA exposure. Gene 2015; 571:65-70. [PMID: 26115770 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) binds IGFs with a low affinity, but in contrast, recognizes insulin with a high affinity. Many studies show that IGFBP7 involves several cellular processes of vertebrates and functions as a tumor suppressor gene in different tumors. However, the function of IGFBP7 in invertebrates is unclear. In this research, we studied the function of IGFBP7 in the proliferation of small abalone Haliotis diversicolor hemocytes by exposure to dsRNA or cap mRNA of saIGFBP7. We found that exposure to dsRNA or cap mRNA of saIGFBP7 could significantly affect the mRNA and protein expression of IGFBP7 in cultured small abalone hemocytes (p<0.05). There was a significant increase in hemocyte density and the number of adherent hemocytes after exposure to cap mRNA of saIGFBP7 (p<0.05). Similarly, exposure to dsRNA of saIGFBP7 could significantly decrease the hemocyte density and the number of adherent hemocytes (p<0.05). These findings suggest that IGFBP7 increases hemocyte growth. It is the first time to report the effect of IGFBP7 on the proliferation of marine invertebrate cells.
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- Guodong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361021
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361021
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361021
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361021
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, State University of New York at Cobleskill, NY 12043, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361021.
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Nagasawa K, Oouchi H, Itoh N, Takahashi KG, Osada M. In Vivo Administration of Scallop GnRH-Like Peptide Influences on Gonad Development in the Yesso Scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129571. [PMID: 26030928 PMCID: PMC4451010 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Existing research on the role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in bivalve reproduction is inadequate, even though a few bivalve GnRH orthologs have been cloned. The objective of this paper was to elucidate the in vivo effect of GnRH administration in Yesso scallop reproduction. We performed in vivo administration of scallop GnRH (py-GnRH) synthetic peptide into the developing gonad, and analyzed its effect on gonad development for 6 weeks during the reproductive season. The resulting sex ratio in the GnRH administered (GnRH(+)) group might be male biased, whereas the control (GnRH(-)) group had an equal sex ratio throughout the experiment. The gonad index (GI) of males in the GnRH(+) group increased from week 2 to 24.8% at week 6. By contrast the GI of the GnRH(-) group peaked in week 4 at 16.6%. No significant difference was seen in female GI between the GnRH(+) and GnRH(-) groups at any sampling point. Oocyte diameter in the GnRH(+) group remained constant (about 42–45 μm) throughout the experiment, while in the GnRH(-) group it increased from 45 to 68 μm i.e. normal oocyte growth. The number of spermatogonia in the germinal acini of males in the GnRH(+) group increased from week 4 to 6. Hermaphrodites appeared in the GnRH(+) group in weeks 2 and 4. Their gonads contained many apoptotic cells including oocytes. In conclusion, this study suggests that py-GnRH administration could have a potential to accelerate spermatogenesis and cause an inhibitory effect on oocyte growth in scallops.
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- Kazue Nagasawa
- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1–1 Amamiya-machi, Tsutsumidori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1–1 Amamiya-machi, Tsutsumidori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1–1 Amamiya-machi, Tsutsumidori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1–1 Amamiya-machi, Tsutsumidori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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The use of -omic tools in the study of disease processes in marine bivalve mollusks. J Invertebr Pathol 2015; 131:137-54. [PMID: 26021714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Our understanding of disease processes and host-pathogen interactions in model species has benefited greatly from the application of medium and high-throughput genomic, metagenomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses. The rate at which new, low-cost, high-throughput -omic technologies are being developed has also led to an expansion in the number of studies aimed at gaining a better understanding of disease processes in bivalves. This review provides a catalogue of the genetic and -omic tools available for bivalve species and examples of how -omics has contributed to the advancement of marine bivalve disease research, with a special focus in the areas of immunity, bivalve-pathogen interactions, mechanisms of disease resistance and pathogen virulence, and disease diagnosis. The analysis of bivalve genomes and transcriptomes has revealed that many immune and stress-related gene families are expanded in the bivalve taxa examined thus far. In addition, the analysis of proteomes confirms that responses to infection are influenced by epigenetic, post-transcriptional, and post-translational modifications. The few studies performed in bivalves show that epigenetic modifications are non-random, suggesting a role for epigenetics in regulating the interactions between bivalves and their environments. Despite the progress -omic tools have enabled in the field of marine bivalve disease processes, there is much more work to be done. To date, only three bivalve genomes have been sequenced completely, with assembly status at different levels of completion. Transcriptome datasets are relatively easy and inexpensive to generate, but their interpretation will benefit greatly from high quality genome assemblies and improved data analysis pipelines. Finally, metagenomic, epigenomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies focused on bivalve disease processes are currently limited but their expansion should be facilitated as more transcriptome datasets and complete genome sequences become available for marine bivalve species.
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Review of the RNA Interference Pathway in Molluscs Including Some Possibilities for Use in Bivalves in Aquaculture. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/jmse3010087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ding J, Wang R, Yang F, Zhao L, Qin Y, Zhang G, Yan X. Identification and characterization of a novel phage-type like lysozyme from Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 47:81-9. [PMID: 24995730 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A novel lysozyme gene (RpLysPh) with high similarity to the bacteriophage lysozymes was identified in Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum. The full length cDNA of RpLysPh is 828bp and contains a 462bp open reading frame (ORF) that codes for a 154 amino acid protein. Multiple sequence alignment analysis revealed that the three residues essential for catalytic activity in phage-type lysozyme (Glu(20), Asp(29), and Thr(35)) are conserved in RpLysPh. The comparison of the 3D models of RpLysPh and Coxiella burnetii lysozyme also suggested that the active sites involved in the binding of substrate have similar conformations. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that RpLysPh shares a similar origin with the bacterial phage-type lysozyme group. The highest level of expression of RpLysPh was observed in hemocytes, followed by mantle. Induction of RpLysPh expression was observed in gills in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), peptidoglycan (PGN), polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly(I:C)), and whole glucan particles (WGP) challenge. The recombinant protein of RpLysPh showed antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Jianfeng Ding
- Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, PR China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Shellfish Culture and Breeding in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116023, PR China.
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Martins E, Figueras A, Novoa B, Santos RS, Moreira R, Bettencourt R. Comparative study of immune responses in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and the shallow-water mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis challenged with Vibrio bacteria. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 40:485-499. [PMID: 25089010 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus and the continental European coast Mytilus galloprovincialis are two bivalves species living in highly distinct marine habitats. Mussels are filter-feeding animals that may accumulate rapidly bacteria from the environment. Contact with microorganism is thus inevitable during feeding processes where gill tissues assume a strategic importance at the interface between the external milieu and the internal body cavities promoting interactions with potential pathogens during normal filtration and a constant challenge to their immune system. In the present study B. azoricus and M. galloprovincialis were exposed to Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio splendidus suspensions and to a mixture of these Vibrio suspensions, in order to ascertain the expression level of immune genes in gill samples, from both mussel species. The immune gene expressions were analyzed by means of quantitative-Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR). The gene expression results revealed that these bivalve species exhibit significant expression differences between 12 h and 24 h post-challenge times, and between the Vibrio strains used. V. splendidus induced the strongest gene expression level in the two bivalve species whereas the NF-κB and Aggrecan were the most significantly differentially expressed between the two mussel species. When comparing exposure times, both B. azoricus and M. galloprovincialis showed similar percentage of up-regulated genes at 12 h while a marked increased of gene expression was observed at 24 h for the majority of the immune genes in M. galloprovincialis. This contrasts with B. azoricus where the majority of the immune genes were down-regulated at 24 h. The 24 h post-challenge gene expression results clearly bring new evidence supporting time-dependent transcriptional activities resembling acute phase-like responses and different immune responses build-up in these two mussel species when challenged with Vibrio bacteria. High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)-Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) analyses resulted in different peptide sequences from B. azoricus and M. galloprovincialis gill tissues suggesting that naïve animals present differences, at the protein synthesis level, in their natural environment. B. azoricus proteins sequences, mostly of endosymbiont origin, were related to metabolic, energy production, protein synthesis processes and nutritional demands whereas in M. galloprovincialis putative protein functions were assumed to be related to structural and cellular integrity and signaling functions.
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- Eva Martins
- Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAç), Rua Prof. Doutor Frederico Machado, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal; IMAR Institute of Marine Research and LARSyS Laboratory of Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science, 9901-862 Horta, Azores, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, IIM - CSIC. Eduardo Cabello, 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, IIM - CSIC. Eduardo Cabello, 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAç), Rua Prof. Doutor Frederico Machado, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal; IMAR Institute of Marine Research and LARSyS Laboratory of Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science, 9901-862 Horta, Azores, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, IIM - CSIC. Eduardo Cabello, 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain
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- IMAR Institute of Marine Research and LARSyS Laboratory of Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science, 9901-862 Horta, Azores, Portugal; MARE-Marine and Environmental Science Center, University of the Azores, 9901-862 Horta, Azores, Portugal.
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Sun Z, Wang L, Zhang T, Zhou Z, Jiang Q, Yi Q, Yang C, Qiu L, Song L. The immunomodulation of inducible hydrogen sulfide in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 46:530-536. [PMID: 24699445 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an important gasotransmitter, which plays indispensable roles in cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems of vertebrates. However, the information about the immunomodulation of H2S in invertebrates is still very limited. In the present study, the temporal expression profile of cystathionine γ lyase in oyster Crassostrea gigas (CgCSE) was investigated after the oysters were stimulated by lipopolysaccharide. The expression levels of CgCSE mRNA transcripts in hemocytes increased significantly at 12h (1.31-fold of the PBS group, P<0.05) after LPS stimulation. The immunomodulation of inducible H2S in oyster was examined by monitoring the alterations of both cellular and humoral immune parameters in response to the stimulations of LPS, LPS+Na2S and LPS+propargylglycine (PAG). The total hemocyte counts (THC) and hemolymph PO activity increased significantly after LPS stimulation, and the increase could be further enhanced by adding PAG, while inhibited by appending Na2S. The phagocytosis activity of hemocytes was also increased firstly after LPS treatment, and the increase was enhanced by adding Na2S but inhibited after appending PAG. The anti-bacterial activity in hemolymph increased at 3h post LPS treatment, and then decreased after adding PAG. The total SOD activity of hemolymph was also elevated at 6h post LPS treatment, and the elevated activity was depressed by adding Na2S. These results collectively indicated that H2S might play crucial roles in the immune response of oyster via modulating the turnover and phagocytosis of hemocytes, and regulating the anti-bacterial activity and proPO activation in the hemolymph.
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- Zhibin Sun
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China.
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Poole AZ, Weis VM. TIR-domain-containing protein repertoire of nine anthozoan species reveals coral-specific expansions and uncharacterized proteins. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 46:480-488. [PMID: 24933613 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The intracellular toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain plays an important role in vertebrate immunity, but the evolution and function of invertebrate TIR-domain-containing proteins is not fully understood. This study characterized and compared the TIR-domain-containing protein repertoire of nine cnidarians in class Anthozoa. A diverse set of proteins, including MyD88 (myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88), toll-like receptor (TLR)-like, interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R)-like, and TIR-only proteins are present in the species surveyed. Increased numbers of TIR-only proteins were observed in corals compared to anemones, especially in the Acroporid and Pocilloporid coral families. This expansion could be linked to diversity of the microbial community on or in hosts and managing both positive and negative associations. Phylogenetic analysis indicates there are two groups of proteins with IL-1R-like domain architecture in anthozoans that potentially evolved independently of the vertebrate family. Bacterial-like TIR_2 domain proteins are also present, including one sequence with novel domain architecture. Overall this work promotes a better understanding of the anthozoan immune repertoire, which is important in the context learning about ancestral immune pathways and host-microbe interactions.
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- Angela Z Poole
- Oregon State University, Department of Integrative Biology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
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- Oregon State University, Department of Integrative Biology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
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Sun Z, Jiang Q, Wang L, Zhou Z, Wang M, Yi Q, Song L. The comparative proteomics analysis revealed the modulation of inducible nitric oxide on the immune response of scallop Chlamys farreri. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 40:584-94. [PMID: 25149594 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an important gasotransmitter which plays a key role on the modulation of immune response in all vertebrates and invertebrates. In the present study, the modulation of inducible NO on immune response of scallop Chlamys farreri was investigated via proteomic analysis. Total proteins from hepatopancreas of scallops treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or the inhibitor of vertebrate inducible NO synthase (S-methylisothiourea sulfate, SMT) for 12 h were analyzed via 2-D PAGE and ImageMaster 2D Platinum. There were 890, 1189 and 1046 protein spots detected in the groups treated by phosphate buffered saline (PBS), LPS and LPS+SMT, respectively, and 26 differentially expressed protein spots were identified among them. These proteins were annotated with binding or catalytic activity, and most of them were involved in metabolic or cellular processes. Some immune-related or antioxidant-related molecules such as single Ig IL-1-related receptor, guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit beta-like protein and peroxiredoxin were identified, and the changes of their expression levels in LPS group were intensified significantly after adding SMT. The decreased expression level of tyrosinase and increased level of glutathione S-transferase 4 in LPS group were diametrically reversed by appending SMT. Moreover, interferon stimulated exonuclease gene 20-like protein and copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase were only induced by LPS+SMT stimulation but not by LPS stimulation. These data indicated that NO could modulate many immunity processes in scallop, such as NF-κB transactivation, cytoskeleton reorganization and other pivotal processes, and it was also involved in the energy metabolism, posttranslational modification, detoxification and redox balance during the immune response.
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- Zhibin Sun
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China.
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Ren Q, Lan JF, Zhong X, Song XJ, Ma F, Hui KM, Wang W, Yu XQ, Wang JX. A novel Toll like receptor with two TIR domains (HcToll-2) is involved in regulation of antimicrobial peptide gene expression of Hyriopsis cumingii. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 45:198-208. [PMID: 24631579 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Animal Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are involved in innate immunity. Toll proteins are generally transmembrane proteins. In this study, an atypical Toll-like receptor (HcToll-2) was identified from the triangle-shell pearl mussel Hyriopsis cumingii, which belongs to phylum Mollusca. Unlike the typical Toll like receptors with extracellular leucine-rich repeats (LRRs), transmembrane, and intracellular Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domains, HcToll-2 has two homologous TIR domains located at the C-terminal (designated as HcTIR1 and HcTIR2) and lacks a transmembrane domain. Phylogenetic analysis showed that HcTIR1 was clustered with TIR of sea anemone Toll, and HcTIR2 was clustered with TIR of Drosophila Toll. HcToll-2 mRNA could be detected in the hepatopancreas and was upregulated after challenge with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Recombinant HcLRR protein with GST tag could bind to bacteria and also to LPS and PGN. Over-expression of both HcTIR1 and HcTIR2 induced drosomycin genes in Drosophila S2 cells. RNAi analysis showed that HcToll-2 was required for the expression of theromacin, which is a cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptide (AMP) gene. This research is the first report of an atypical Toll-like receptor HcToll-2 involved in antibacterial immunity through induction of AMP expression.
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- Qian Ren
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, PR China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5007 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5007 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, PR China.
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Rauta PR, Samanta M, Dash HR, Nayak B, Das S. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in aquatic animals: Signaling pathways, expressions and immune responses. Immunol Lett 2014; 158:14-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2013.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Revised: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pauletto M, Milan M, Moreira R, Novoa B, Figueras A, Babbucci M, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L. Deep transcriptome sequencing of Pecten maximus hemocytes: a genomic resource for bivalve immunology. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 37:154-165. [PMID: 24486903 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Pecten maximus, the king scallop, is a bivalve species with important commercial value for both fisheries and aquaculture, traditionally consumed in several European countries. Major problems in larval rearing, however, still limit hatchery-based seed production. High mortalities during early larval stages, likely related to bacterial pathogens, represent the most relevant bottleneck. To address this issue, understanding host defense mechanisms against microbes is extremely important. In this study next-generation RNA-sequencing was carried on scallop hemocytes. To enrich for immune-related transcripts, cDNA libraries from hemocytes challenged in vivo with inactivated-Vibrio anguillarum and in vitro with pathogen-associated molecular patterns, as well as unchallenged controls, were sequenced yielding 216,444,674 sequence reads. De novo assembly of the scallop hemocyte transcriptome consisted of 73,732 contigs (31% annotated). A total of 934 contigs encoded proteins with a known immune function, grouped into several functional categories. Particular attention was reserved to Toll-like receptors (TLRs), a family of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) involved in non-self recognition. Through mining the scallop hemocyte transcriptome, at least four TLRs could be identified. The organization of canonical TLR domains demonstrated that single cysteine cluster and multiple cysteine cluster TLRs co-exist in this species. In addition, preliminary data concerning their mRNA level following bacterial challenge suggested that different members of this family could exhibit opposite responses to pathogenic stimuli. Finally, a global analysis of differential expression comparing gene-expression levels in in vitro and in vivo stimulated hemocytes against controls provided evidence on a large set of transcripts involved in the great scallop immune response.
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- Marianna Pauletto
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), CSIC, C/Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), CSIC, C/Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), CSIC, C/Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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Sullivan JT, Belloir JA. Activation of an innate immune response in the schistosome-transmitting snail Biomphalaria glabrata by specific bacterial PAMPs. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 42:256-260. [PMID: 24113288 PMCID: PMC3855869 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Injection of crude lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Escherichia coli into the hemocoel of Biomphalaria glabrata stimulates cell proliferation in the amebocyte-producing organ (APO). However, it is not known if mitogenic activity resides in the lipid A or O-polysaccharide component of LPS. Moreover, the possible role of substances that commonly contaminate crude LPS and that are known to stimulate innate immune responses in mammals, e.g., peptidoglycan (PGN), protein, or bacterial DNA, is unclear. Therefore, we tested the effects of the following injected substances on the snail APO: crude LPS, ultrapurified LPS (lacking lipoprotein contamination), two forms of lipid A, (diphosphoryl lipid A and Kdo2-lipid A), O-polysaccharide, Gram negative PGN, both crude and ultrapurified (with and without endotoxin activity, respectively), Gram positive PGN, PGN components Tri-DAP and muramyl dipeptide, and bacterial DNA. Whereas crude LPS, ultrapurified LPS, and crude PGN were mitogenic, ultrapurified PGN was not. Moreover, LPS components, PGN components, and bacterial DNA were inactive. These results suggest that it is the intact LPS molecule which stimulates cell division in the APO.
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- John T Sullivan
- Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
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Ren Q, Chen YH, Ding ZF, Huang Y, Shi YR. Identification and function of two myeloid differentiation factor 88 variants in triangle-shell pearl mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii). DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 42:286-293. [PMID: 24090967 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Revised: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is a universal and essential adapter protein that participates in the activation of the Toll-like receptor (TLR)/interleukin-1 receptor-mediated signaling pathway. In this study, two MyD88 genes (HcMyD88-1 and HcMyD88-2) were identified from triangle-shell pearl mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii). Both HcMyD88-1 and HcMyD88-2 proteins were determined to have a death domain at the N-terminal and a TIR domain at the C-terminal. Both HcMyD88-1 and HcMyD88-2 genes were mainly expressed in the hepatopancreas of healthy mussels. HcMyD88-1 and HcMyD88-2 slightly responded to Gram-negative bacterial challenge. Upon bacterial challenge with Gram-positive Staphyloccocus aureus, HcMyD88-1 and HcMyD88-2 transcription levels remarkably increased at 2 and 6h, respectively. Overexpression of HcMyD88-1 and HcMyD88-2 proteins in Drosophila Schneider 2 cells led to the activation of antimicrobial peptide genes. These results indicated that HcMyD88-2 had higher activity than HcMyD88-1 during the activation of attacin A, drosomycin, and metchnikowin genes, suggesting that HcMyD88 genes may play a role in antibacterial innate immune defense.
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- Qian Ren
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, China.
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Wang M, Wang L, Guo Y, Zhou Z, Yi Q, Zhang D, Zhang H, Liu R, Song L. A high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) gene from Chlamys farreri and the DNA-binding ability and pro-inflammatory activity of its recombinant protein. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 36:393-400. [PMID: 24378681 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, a highly conserved DNA binding protein, plays an important role in maintaining nucleosome structures, transcription, and inflammation. In the present research, a cDNA of 1268 bp for the Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri HMGB1 (designed as CfHMGB1) was cloned via rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technique and expression sequence tag (EST) analysis. The complete cDNA sequence of CfHMGB1 contained an open reading frame (ORF) of 648 bp, which encoded a protein of 215 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of CfHMGB1 shared 53-57% similarity with other identified HMGB1s. There were two HMG domains, two low complexity regions and a conserved acidic tail in the amino acid sequence of CfHMGB1. The mRNA transcripts of CfHMGB1 were constitutively expressed in all the tested tissues, including haemocytes, muscle, mantle, gill, hepatopancreas, kidney and gonad, with the highest expression level in hepatopancreas. The mRNA expression profiles of CfHMGB1 in haemocytes after the stimulation with different pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), including lipopolysaccharide (LPS), peptidoglycan (PGN) and glucan (Glu), were similar with an up-regulation in the early stage and then recovered to the original level. The recombinant CfHMGB1 protein could bind double-stranded DNA and induce the release of TNF-α activity in mixed primary culture of scallop haemocytes. These results collectively indicated that CfHMGB1, with DNA-binding ability and pro-inflammatory activity, could play an important role in the immune response of scallops.
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- Mengqiang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China.
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Choi SH, Jee BY, Lee SJ, Cho MY, Lee SJ, Kim JW, Jeong HD, Kim KH. Effects of RNA interference-mediated knock-down of hypoxia-inducible factor-α on respiratory burst activity of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas hemocytes. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:476-479. [PMID: 23680843 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In mammals, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 α (HIF-1α) is known to play important roles not only in oxygen homeostasis but also in innate immune responses. In this study, to assess the functional role of HIF-α in respiratory burst activity of Crassostrea gigas hemocytes, oysters were injected with HIF-α- or green fluorescent protein (GFP)-targeted-long double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs), and at 1, 3, and 7 days post-injection, knock-down of C. gigas HIF-α expression and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were analyzed. Expression of HIF-α in mantle, gill, and hemocytes of C. gigas was clearly down-regulated by injection of the HIF-α-targeted-long dsRNA, but was not inhibited by the GFP-targeted-long dsRNA, indicating that HIF-α expression was suppressed through sequence-specific and systemic RNA interference (RNAi). Respiratory burst activity of hemocytes was significantly increased by administration of GFP-targeted-long dsRNA. However, knock-down of HIF-α expression led to significant decrease of chemiluminescence (CL) response of C. gigas hemocytes at 3 and 7 days post-administration of HIF-α-targeted-long dsRNA, indicating the critical role of HIF-α in activation of respiratory burst activity of oyster hemocytes.
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- Seung Hyuk Choi
- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, 599-1, Daeyeondong, Namgu, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
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Toubiana M, Gerdol M, Rosani U, Pallavicini A, Venier P, Roch P. Toll-like receptors and MyD88 adaptors in Mytilus: complete cds and gene expression levels. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 40:158-166. [PMID: 23485525 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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TLR- and MyD88-related sequences have been previously investigated in Mytibase and then in new transcript reads obtained by Illumina technology from the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. Based on full cds and domain organizations of virtual translations, we identified 23 Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and 3 MyD88 adaptors. MgTLRs can be arranged in 4 clusters according to extra-cellular LRR domain content. MgTLR-b, -i and -k were the only ones containing a multiple cysteine cluster (mccTLR), a domain composition also found in Drosophila Toll-1 and 18-wheeler. The 3 MyD88 we identified in M. galloprovincialis were also retrieved from Mytilus edulis, as well as MgTLR-b and -i. All MgTLRs were constitutively expressed in digestive gland whereas only 4 of them were also present in hemocytes. On the opposite, the 3 MgMyD88s were constitutively expressed in all the tissues. In vivo challenge of M. galloprovincialis with bacteria caused the up regulation of only MgTLR-i, but of all the 3 MgMyD88s. Highest response was induced by Gram-negative Vibrio anguillarum at 9h p.i. Injection of filamentous fungus, Fusarium oxysporum, resulted in up regulation of MgTLR-i and MgMyD88-c at 9h p.i. Such similar pattern of responses suggested MgMyD88-c represents the intra cytoplasm partner of MgTLR-i. Their interaction constituted the first cellular event revealing the existence of a Toll-signaling pathway in Lophotrochozoa.
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- Mylène Toubiana
- Ecologie des Systèmes Marins et Côtiers EcoSym, Université Montpellier 2-CNRS, cc 093, place E. Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier cedex 05, France
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Guo Y, Wang L, Zhou Z, Wang M, Liu R, Wang L, Jiang Q, Song L. An opioid growth factor receptor (OGFR) for [Met5]-enkephalin in Chlamys farreri. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:1228-1235. [PMID: 23462147 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Revised: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Opioid growth factor receptor (OGFR) is a receptor for [Met(5)]-enkephalin and plays important roles in the regulation of cell growth and embryonic development. In the present study, a cDNA of 2381 bp for the scallop Chlamys farreri OGFR (designated as CfOGFR) was identified by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) approach and expression sequence tag (EST) analysis. The complete cDNA sequence of CfOGFR contained an open reading frame (ORF) of 1200 bp, which encoded a protein of 399 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of CfOGFR shared 33-64% similarity with other OGFRs. There was a low complexity domain and a conserved OGFR_N domain at the N-terminal of CfOGFR. The mRNA transcripts of CfOGFR were constitutively expressed in the tested tissues with the highest expression level in hepatopancreas. During the early embryonic development, the mRNA transcripts of CfOGFR could be detected in different development stages, where the expression level presented a downward trend as a whole. The stimulations of LPS, Glu and poly (I:C) significantly induced the expression of CfOGFR mRNA in hemocytes (P < 0.05), while PGN stimulation exerted no influence. Co-IP and western blot results revealed that the CfOGFR in hemocytes displayed high affinity and specificity to [Met(5)]-enkephalin. Exogenous [Met(5)]-enkephalin was observed to inhibit the proliferation of HEK293T cells transfected with pcDNA3.1(+)-CfOGFR in a time and dosage dependent manner. These results collectively indicated that CfOGFR, as a homolog of OGFRs in C. farreri, played an important role in cells proliferation, and might be involved in the immune response of scallops.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Proliferation
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Hemocytes/immunology
- Hemocytes/metabolism
- Immunity, Innate
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Organ Specificity
- Pectinidae/chemistry
- Pectinidae/genetics
- Pectinidae/immunology
- Pectinidae/metabolism
- Phylogeny
- Poly I-C/administration & dosage
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial/administration & dosage
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid/immunology
- Receptors, Opioid/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- beta-Glucans/administration & dosage
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- Ying Guo
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao 266071, China
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Zhou Z, Wang M, Zhao J, Wang L, Gao Y, Zhang H, Liu R, Song L. The increased transcriptional response and translocation of a Rel/NF-κB homologue in scallop Chlamys farreri during the immune stimulation. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:1209-1215. [PMID: 23403154 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The Rel/NF-κB transcription factors can function as key regulators to modulate the expression of immune-related genes in response to immune challenge or environmental stress. In the present study, a gene coding Rel/NF-κB homologue was identified from scallop Chlamys farreri (designated CfRel). Its deduced protein comprised 359 amino acids, and contained a conserved N-terminal Rel homology domain (RHD) and an IPT domain. There was an NF-κB/Rel/dorsal domain signature sequence in the RHD domain. The mRNA transcripts of CfRel could be detected in all the tested tissues including adductor muscle, mantle, gill, gonad, haemocytes, kidney and hepatopancreas, with the highest expression level in hepatopancreas. After LPS stimulation, there were two peaks of CfRel mRNA expression level in haemocytes at 6 h (25.25-fold, P < 0.05) and 24 h (59.66-fold, P < 0.05) respectively, while the mRNA expression of CfRel was only up-regulated at 3 h after PGN stimulation (2.35-fold, P < 0.05). By Western blotting technique, CfRel protein was observed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of scallop haemocytes, and its concentration in the haemocyte nucleus increased significantly at 3 h and 12 h after LPS stimulation. The noticeable NF-κB transcription activity of CfRel protein was determined by NF-κB luciferase reporter assays (122.43%, P < 0.05), and it decreased significantly (17.61%, P < 0.05) after the coexpression of scallop IκB protein. These results collectively suggested that CfRel mRNA transcripts and protein were induced by immune stimulation, and CfRel protein could extricate itself from IκB protein and transfer into the haemocyte nucleus to modulate the immune response in scallop.
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- Zhi Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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Ren Q, Zhong X, Yin SW, Hao FY, Hui KM, Zhang Z, Zhang CY, Yu XQ, Wang W. The first Toll receptor from the triangle-shell pearl mussel Hyriopsis cumingii. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:1287-1293. [PMID: 23454418 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Revised: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Toll receptor was first discovered in Drosophila and has an important function in the innate immunity of invertebrates. In this study, the Toll receptor HcToll1 from Hyriopsis cumingii with a full length of 3810 bp consisting of a 3687 bp ORF that encodes a total of 1228 amino acids protein was selected for further study. The HcToll1 protein consisted of a signal peptide, 17 LRR domains, 2 LRRCT domains, 1 LRRNT domain, 1 TM domain, and 1 TIR domain. Phylogenetic analysis results showed that HcToll1 was clustered in one group together with other mollusca tolls. RT-PCR analysis results showed that HcToll1 was expressed in all tested tissues such as hemocytes, hepatopancreas, gills, and mantle. qRT-PCR analysis results showed that HcToll1 expression was increased by the presence of Escherichia coli, Vibrio anguillarum, Staphyloccocus aureus, and White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV). Over-expression of HcTIR could up-regulate expression of drosomycin gene in Drosophila S2 cells. The results of our study indicated that HcToll1 is a functional Toll and it has an important function in the generation of innate immune responses of H. cumingii against microbial challenge.
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- Qian Ren
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210046, China.
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Lima PC, Harris JO, Cook M. Exploring RNAi as a therapeutic strategy for controlling disease in aquaculture. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:729-743. [PMID: 23276883 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Aquatic animal diseases are one of the most significant constraints to the development and management of aquaculture worldwide. As a result, measures to combat diseases of fish and shellfish have assumed a high priority in many aquaculture-producing countries. RNA interference (RNAi), a natural mechanism for post-transcriptional silencing of homologous genes by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), has emerged as a powerful tool not only to investigate the function of specific genes, but also to suppress infection or replication of many pathogens that cause severe economic losses in aquaculture. However, despite the enormous potential as a novel therapeutical approach, many obstacles must still be overcome before RNAi therapy finds practical application in aquaculture, largely due to the potential for off-target effects and the difficulties in providing safe and effective delivery of RNAi molecules in vivo. In the present review, we discuss the current knowledge of RNAi as an experimental tool, as well as the concerns and challenges ahead for the application of such technology to combat infectious disease of farmed aquatic animals.
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- Paula C Lima
- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, C/-CSIRO Livestock Industries, QBP, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia
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Wang L, Qiu L, Zhou Z, Song L. Research progress on the mollusc immunity in China. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 39:2-10. [PMID: 22864285 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 06/17/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The economical and phylogenic importance of mollusc has led an increasing number of investigations giving emphasis to immune defense mechanism. This review discusses the advances in immunological study of mollusc in China, with special reference to dominant aquaculture species over the past decades. As an invertebrate group, molluscs lack adaptive immunity and consequently they have evolved sophisticated strategies of innate immunity for defense against pathogens. This review aims to present the various immunologically significant pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs), lectins, lipopolysaccharide and β-1, 3-glucan binding protein (LGBP), scavenger receptors (SRs) employed by mollucans. This work also highlights immune proteolytic cascade, TLR signaling pathway and an extensive repertoire of immune effectors including antimicrobial peptide, lysozyme, antioxidant enzyme and heat shock protein. Further, the review presents the preliminary progress made on the catecholaminergic neuroendocrine system in scallop and its immunomodulation function to throw light into neuroendocrine-immune regulatory network in lower invertebrates.
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- Lingling Wang
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Sun H, Zhou Z, Dong Y, Yang A, Jiang B, Gao S, Chen Z, Guan X, Wang B, Wang X. Identification and expression analysis of two Toll-like receptor genes from sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:147-158. [PMID: 23103635 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2012] [Revised: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of type I integral membrane glycoproteins which play pivotal roles in innate immunity. In this study, two TLRs named AjTLR3 and AjToll were cloned from sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus). The full-length cDNA sequences of AjTLR3 and AjToll are 3484 bp and 4211 bp, with an open reading frame (ORF) of 2679 bp and 2853 bp, encoding 892 and 950 amino acids, respectively. Both AjTLR3 and AjToll are composed of a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain, a transmembrane (TM) domain and an intracellular Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain. Evolution analysis revealed that AjTLR3 and AjToll were clustered with the vertebrate-like TLRs (V-TLRs) and the protostome-like TLRs (P-TLRs), respectively. These two genes were widely expressed in all five tested tissues (body wall, coelomocytes, tube feet, intestine and respiratory tree), but showed different expression patterns. The significantly up-regulated expressions of AjTLR3 and AjToll after peptidoglycan (PGN), lipopolysaccharides (LPS), Zymosan A and polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (PolyI:C) challenges suggested that they were functionally involved in the immune responses to the Cram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) viruses, respectively.
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- Hongjuan Sun
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Fishery Molecular Biology, Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, PR China
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Wei X, Yang J, Yang J, Liu X, Liu M, Yang D, Xu J, Hu X. A four-domain Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor from Solen grandis is implicated in immune response. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 33:1276-1284. [PMID: 23022284 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Serine proteinase inhibitor (SPI) serves as a negative regulator in immune signal pathway by restraining the activities of serine proteinase (SP) and plays an essential role in the innate immunity. In the present study, a Kunitz-type SPI was identified from the mollusk razor clam Solen grandis (designated as SgKunitz). The full-length cDNA of SgKunitz was of 1284 bp, containing an open reading frame (ORF) of 768 bp. The ORF encoded four Kunitz domains, and their amino acids were well conserved when compared with those in other Kunitz-type SPIs, especially the six cysteines involved in forming of three disulfide bridges in each domain. In addition, the tertiary structure of all the four domains adopted a typical model of Kunitz-type SPI family, indicating SgKunitz was a new member of Kunitz-type SPI superfamily. The mRNA transcripts of SgKunitz were detected in all tested tissues of razor clam, including muscle, mantle, gonad, gill, hepatopancreas and hemocytes, and with the highest expression level in gill. When the razor clams were stimulated by LPS, PGN or β-1, 3-glucan, the expression level of SgKunitz mRNA in hemocytes was significantly up-regulated (P < 0.01), suggesting SgKunitz might involved in the processes of inhibiting the activity of SPs during the immune responses triggered by various pathogens. Furthermore, the recombinant protein of SgKunitz could effectively inhibit the activities of SP trypsin and chymotrypsin in vitro. The present results suggested SgKunitz could serve as an inhibitor of SP involving in the immune response of S. grandis, and provided helpful evidences to understand the regulation mechanism of immune signal pathway in mollusk.
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- Xiumei Wei
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Restoration for Marine Ecology, Shandong Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Yantai 264006, China
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Thermal preferences of wintering snails Planorbarius corneus (L.) exposed to lipopolysaccharide and zymosan. J Invertebr Pathol 2012; 112:57-61. [PMID: 22985901 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fever is regarded as a physiological response to infection both in endothermic and ectothermic animals. In ectotherms, fevers are achieved only behaviorally, and has been described in many vertebrates' and few invertebrates' groups. In snails only symptoms of reverse fever as a response to trematode invasion were found. Present work reports on the effects of two different pyrogens - lipopolysaccharide extracted from Escherichia coli (LPS), and zymosan - from Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the thermal behavior of wintering (studied during a winter season) specimens of the Planorbarius corneus (L.). Using the thermal gradient protocol we demonstrate that the individuals of this snail species responded with behavioral fevers to dosages of pyrogens. LPS injection to the surface of the snail's foot at a dose of 10 μg/g resulted in a significant increase in preferred temperature at 5h after injection. Similarly zymosan at a dose of 0.5 and 1.0 μg/g - caused fever at 8h and 9h respectively. Average temperature chosen by feverish animals after latency period reached 28.7±0.41 °C (LPS), 28.1±0.43 °C (zymosan 1.0 μg/g) or 25.5±0.33 °C (zymosan 0.5 μg/g). We conclude, therefore, that snails are capable of reacting with fever to selected pathogen associated factors, and P. corneus can be used as a model to study a behavioral fever phenomenon in invertebrate animals.
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Zhao C, Zhang T, Zhang X, Hu S, Xiang J. Sequencing and analysis of four BAC clones containing innate immune genes from the Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri). Gene 2012; 502:9-15. [PMID: 22542508 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2011] [Revised: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The sequencing of BAC clones (~100 kb) can reveal some characteristics of a genome that are challenging to obtain based on short sequences. Additionally, although the immune genes of the Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri) have been studied widely, few analyses have been conducted at the DNA level. In this study, four C. farreri BAC clones containing innate immune genes, including hsp70, l gbp (lipopolysaccharide and beta-1,3-glucan binding protein), serine protease and a gene with an immunoglobulin-like domain, were sequenced and analyzed both to explore the genomic characteristics of C. farreri based on long DNA sequences and to promote the study of C. farreri immune genes at the DNA level. The total length of the four BACs was 389.98 kb. A total of 34 genes were predicted in these sequences, and several features of protein-coding regions in the C. farreri genome were inferred based on this information. Two LGBP genes were located close together in a 22-kb region in one BAC clone, indicating the physical linkage of some immune genes in C. farreri. A cluster of membrane transport genes was also observed; these genes might play important roles in eliminating toxins in C. farreri, which lives as a filter feeder. Further analysis showed 15.43% of the BAC sequence was repetitive. Tandem repeats were the most abundant repeat type, followed by transposable elements. A total of 31 SSRs were predicted in the four BACs. An IS10 family transposon was identified, and a suspected regulatory non-coding RNA gene for this transposon (RNA-OUT) was observed to overlap with it complementarily. This work will promote future studies on the genomics, immune system and non-coding regions of C. farreri.
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- Cui Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Wang PH, Liang JP, Gu ZH, Wan DH, Weng SP, Yu XQ, He JG. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of two novel Tolls (LvToll2 and LvToll3) and three putative Spätzle-like Toll ligands (LvSpz1-3) from Litopenaeus vannamei. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 36:359-371. [PMID: 21827783 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Toll-like receptor-mediated NF-κB pathways are essential for inducing immune related-gene expression in the defense against bacterial, fungal and viral infections in insects and mammals. Although a Toll receptor (LvToll1) was cloned in Litopenaeus vannamei, relatively little is known about other types of Toll-like receptors and their endogenous cytokine-like ligand, Spätzle. Here, we report two novel Toll-like receptors (LvToll2 and LvToll3) and three Spätzle-like proteins (LvSpz1-3) from L. vannamei. LvToll2 has 1009 residues with an extracellular domain containing 18 leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) and a cytoplasmic Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain of 139 residues. LvToll3 is 1244 residues long with an extracellular domain containing 23 LRRs and a cytoplasmic TIR domain of 138 residues. The Spätzle-like proteins LvSpz1, LvSpz2 and LvSpz3 are 237, 245 and 275 residues in length, respectively, and all of them have a putative C-terminal cystine-knot domain. In Drosophila Schneider 2 (S2) cells, LvToll1 and LvToll3 were localized to the membrane and cytoplasm, and LvToll2 was confined to the cytoplasm. In Drosophila S2 cells, LvToll2 could significantly activate the promoters of NF-κB-pathway-controlled antimicrobial peptide genes, whereas LvToll1 and LvToll3 had no effect on them. LvSpz1 exerted some degree of inhibition on the promoter activities of Drosophila Attacin A and L. vannamei Penaeidin4. LvSpz3 also inhibited the Drosophila Attacin A promoter, but LvSpz2 could only slightly activate it. LvToll1, LvToll2 and LvToll3 were constitutive expressed in various tissues, while LvSpz1, LvSpz2 and LvSpz3 exhibited tissue-specific expression in the epithelium, eyestalk, intestine, gill and muscle. In the gill, after Vibrio alginolyticus challenge, LvToll1 was upregulated, but LvToll2 and LvToll3 showed no obvious changes. LvSpz1 and LvSpz3 were also strongly induced by V. alginolyticus challenge, but LvSpz2 only showed a slight downregulation. In the gill, after white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) challenge, LvToll1, LvToll2, LvToll3, LvSpz1 and LvSpz3 were upregulated, but LvSpz2 showed no obvious change, except for a slight downregulation at 12h post-injection of WSSV. These findings might be valuable in understanding the innate immune signal pathways of shrimp and enabling future studies on the host-pathogen interactions in V. alginolyticus and WSSV infections.
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- Pei-Hui Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Sullivan JT, Bulman CA, Salamat Z. Effect of crude lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli O127:B8 on the amebocyte-producing organ of Biomphalaria glabrata (Mollusca). DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 35:1182-1185. [PMID: 21530581 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP) to which the internal defense system (IDS) of both vertebrates and invertebrates responds. We measured the mitotic response of the hematopoietic tissue of the schistosome-transmitting snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, to crude LPS from Escherichia coli 0127:B8. In a dose-response study, snails were injected with a range of concentrations of crude LPS, and mitotic figures were enumerated in histological sections of amebocyte-producing organ (APO) fixed at 24h post-injection (PI) following a 6h treatment with 0.1% colchicine. In APOs from Salvador strain snails, which are genetically resistant to infection with Schistosoma mansoni, LPS concentrations of 0.01 mg/ml and above triggered a large increase in mitotic activity, whereas in APOs from schistosome-susceptible NIH albino snails, concentrations of 0.1mg/ml elicited a much smaller, but statistically significant increase. A time course study, without colchicine treatment, revealed that in Salvador APOs the mitotic response to 0.1mg/ml occurred by 18 h PI, peaked at 24h, and returned to control levels by 72 h; NIH albino APOs showed no detectible response. When Salvador APOs were exposed to crude LPS in vitro, no increase in mitotic activity occurred, a result suggesting the possible requirement for a peripheral tissue or hemolymph factor. The increased cell proliferation induced by crude LPS represents a novel systemic response of an invertebrate IDS to one or more PAMPs from a Gram-negative bacterium.
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- John T Sullivan
- Department of Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
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