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Mo ZQ, Yang M, Wang HQ, Xu Y, Huang MZ, Lao GF, Li YW, Li AX, Luo XC, Dan XM. Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) BCR signaling pathway was involved in response against Cryptocaryon irritans infection. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 57:198-205. [PMID: 27514788 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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B cell antigen receptor (BCR) plays a crucial role in B cell development and antibody production. It comprises membrane immunoglobulin non-covalently associated with CD79a/CD79b heterodimer. After B cell activation, initial extracellular signals are transduced by BCR complex and amplified by two protein tyrosine kinases, LYN and SYK, which then trigger various pathways. In the present study, we cloned grouper genes for BCR accessory molecules, EcCD79a (669 bp) and EcCD79b (639 bp), as well as two protein tyrosine kinases, EcLYN (1482 bp) and EcSYK (1854 bp). Homology analysis showed that all four molecules had a relatively high amino acid identity compared with those in other animals. Among them, they all shared the highest identity with Takifugu rubripes (EcCD79a 49%, EcCD79b 52%, EcLYN 82% and EcSYK 77%). The conserved features and important functional residues were analyzed. Together with IgM and IgT, tissue distribution analysis showed that all six molecules were mainly expressed in immune organs, particularly systematic immune organs. In groupers infected with Cryptocaryon irritans, up-regulation of EcCD79a and b, EcIgM and EcIgT were not seen in the early stage skin and gill until 14-21 days. Up-regulation of EcCD79a was seen in head kidney at most time points, while EcCD79a and b were only significantly up-regulated in day 14 spleen. Significant up-regulation of EcIgT were seen in day 21 head kidney and day 1, day14 spleen. Significant up-regulation of EcIgM were seen in day 1 head kidney and 12 h spleen. In addition, two protein kinase genes, EcLYN and EcSYK, were up-regulated in the skin at most time points, which suggested that B cells may be activated at the skin local infection site.
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- Ze-Quan Mo
- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Import and Export Technical Measures of Animal, Plant and Food, Technical Center of Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Guangzhou 510623, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, The School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong Province, PR China
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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- College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, PR China.
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BILLER-TAKAHASHI JAQUELINED, URBINATI ELISABETHC. Fish Immunology. The modification and manipulation of the innate immune system: Brazilian studies. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2014; 86:1484-506. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201420130159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The understanding of fish immune system structure and function is essential for the development of new technologies and products to improve productivity. This is the first review on immune system of fish with Brazilian studies. Aquaculture in Brazil has shown massive growth in recent years due to methods of culture intensification. However, these procedures led to disease outbreaks, as well as the chemotherapy and the misuse of antibiotics. A viable alternative to avoid the use of chemicals and prevent economic losses is the administration of immunostimulants and prebiotcs, which act by increasing the innate immune system. In Brazil there is a lack of studies on fish immune system, except by some groups that have studied the effects of the immunostimulants administration in various species.
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Fillatreau S, Six A, Magadan S, Castro R, Sunyer JO, Boudinot P. The astonishing diversity of Ig classes and B cell repertoires in teleost fish. Front Immunol 2013; 4:28. [PMID: 23408183 PMCID: PMC3570791 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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With lymphoid tissue anatomy different than mammals, and diverse adaptations to all aquatic environments, fish constitute a fascinating group of vertebrate to study the biology of B cell repertoires in a comparative perspective. Fish B lymphocytes express immunoglobulin (Ig) on their surface and secrete antigen-specific antibodies in response to immune challenges. Three antibody classes have been identified in fish, namely IgM, IgD, and IgT, while IgG, IgA, and IgE are absent. IgM and IgD have been found in all fish species analyzed, and thus seem to be primordial antibody classes. IgM and IgD are normally co-expressed from the same mRNA through alternative splicing, as in mammals. Tetrameric IgM is the main antibody class found in serum. Some species of fish also have IgT, which seems to exist only in fish and is specialized in mucosal immunity. IgM/IgD and IgT are expressed by two different sub-populations of B cells. The tools available to investigate B cell responses at the cellular level in fish are limited, but the progress of fish genomics has started to unravel a rich diversity of IgH and immunoglobulin light chain locus organization, which might be related to the succession of genome remodelings that occurred during fish evolution. Moreover, the development of deep sequencing techniques has allowed the investigation of the global features of the expressed fish B cell repertoires in zebrafish and rainbow trout, in steady state or after infection. This review provides a description of the organization of fish Ig loci, with a particular emphasis on their heterogeneity between species, and presents recent data on the structure of the expressed Ig repertoire in healthy and infected fish.
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- Simon Fillatreau
- Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Leibniz Institute Berlin, Germany
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Garcia-Garcia E, Grayfer L, Stafford JL, Belosevic M. Evidence for the presence of functional lipid rafts in immune cells of ectothermic organisms. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 37:257-269. [PMID: 22450166 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2011] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The role of lipid rafts in non-mammalian leukocytes has been scarcely investigated. We performed biochemical and functional analysis of lipid rafts in fish leukocytes. Fish Flotillin-1 and a fish GM1-like molecule (fGM1-L) were found in low density detergent-resistant membranes (LD-DRM) in goldfish macrophages and catfish B lymphocytes, similarly to mammals. The presence of flotillin-1 and fGM1-L in LD-DRM was sensitive to increased detergent concentrations, and cholesterol extraction. Confocal microscopy analysis of flotillin-1 and fGM1-L in fish leukocytes showed a distinctive punctuated staining pattern, suggestive of pre-existing rafts. Confocal microscopy analysis of macrophages showed that the membrane of phagosomes containing serum-opsonized zymosan was enriched in fGM1-L, and zymosan phagocytosis was reduced after cholesterol extraction. The presence of flotillin-1 and fGM1-L in LD-DRM, the microscopic evidence of flotillin-1 and fGM1-L on fish macrophages and B-cells, and the sensitivity of phagocytosis to cholesterol extraction, indicate that lipid rafts are biochemically and functionally similar in leukocytes from fish and mammals.
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- Erick Garcia-Garcia
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada AB T6G 2E9
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Quiniou SMA, Wilson M, Boudinot P. Processing of fish Ig heavy chain transcripts: diverse splicing patterns and unusual nonsense mediated decay. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 35:949-58. [PMID: 21168434 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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While the diversification of the antigen-binding sites is realized by genomic VDJ rearrangements during B cell differentiation, different forms of immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy (H) chains can be produced through multiple splicing pathways. In most vertebrates, the secreted (S) and membrane (Mb) forms of IgM chain are created by alternative splicing through usage of a cryptic splice site in Cμ4 allowing the junction to the TM exon. The processing pattern for Igμ is different in teleosts, which generally use the Cμ3 donor site instead. In ancient fish lineages, multiple unusual splicing patterns were found for Ig H chain, involving donor sites that do not always follow the classical consensus. The production of IgD versus IgM H chains seems to be generally realized by alternative splicing in all vertebrates, but typical teleost IgD H chains are chimeric and contains a Cμ1 domain. Together, these observations raise questions on how different fish regulate RNA splicing and if their splicing machinery is especially complex. A preliminary scan of the zebrafish and stickleback genomes provides evidence that gene orthologs to the mammalian main splice factors are highly conserved as single copy genes, while the snRNPs U repertoire may be different and may explain other particular features of RNA processing in fish.
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Hikima JI, Jung TS, Aoki T. Immunoglobulin genes and their transcriptional control in teleosts. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 35:924-936. [PMID: 21078341 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Immunoglobulin (Ig), which exists only in jawed vertebrates, is one of the most important molecules in adaptive immunity. In the last two decades, many teleost Ig genes have been identified by in silico data mining from the enormous gene and EST databases of many fish species. In this review, the organization of Ig gene segments, the expressed Ig isotypes and their transcriptional controls are discussed. The Ig heavy chain (IgH) locus in teleosts encodes the variable (V), the diversity (D), the joining (J) segments and three different isotypic constant (C) regions including Cμ, Cδ, and Cζ/τ genes, and is organized as a "translocon" type like the IgH loci of higher vertebrates. In contrast, the Ig light (L) chain locus is arranged in a "multicluster" or repeating set of VL, JL, and CL segments. The IgL chains have four isotypes; two κ L1/G and L3/F), σ (L2) and λ. The transcription of IgH genes in teleosts is regulated by a VH promoter and the Eμ3' enhancer, which both function in a B cell-specific manner. The location of the IgH locus, structure and transcriptional function of the Eμ3' enhancer are important to our understanding of the evolutional changes that have occurred in the IgH gene locus.
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- Jun-ichi Hikima
- Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea
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Randelli E, Buonocore F, Scapigliati G. Cell markers and determinants in fish immunology. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 25:326-340. [PMID: 18722788 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Despite the impressive increase in the cloning and expression of genes encoding fish immunoregulatory molecules, the knowledge on "in vivo" and "in vitro" functional immunology of the corresponding peptide products is still at an initial stage. This is partly due to the lacking of specific markers for immunoregulatory peptides, that represent an indispensible tool to dissect immune reactions and to trace the fate of cellular events downstream of the activation. In this review we summarise the available information on functional immune activities of some teleost species and discuss the obtained data in an evolutionary and applied context.
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- Elisa Randelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Verjan N, Ooi EL, Nochi T, Kondo H, Hirono I, Aoki T, Kiyono H, Yuki Y. A soluble nonglycosylated recombinant infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) G-protein induces IFNs in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 25:170-180. [PMID: 18499475 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Revised: 03/31/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Viral glycoproteins interact with cell-surface receptors to mediate virus entry and innate immune system activation. We found that a soluble recombinant infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus G-protein (rIHNV-G) stimulated an early innate immune response mediated by proinflammatory cytokines, IFN1 and IFN-gamma in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fry. Expression of both IFN1 and IFN-gamma mRNA transcripts was an early event and was rIHNV-G dose-dependent. In addition, preliminary evidence revealed that the innate immune response induced by rIHNV-G protein could protect rainbow trout fry from a subsequent IHNV virus challenge. Finally, the binding and distribution of FITC-rIHNV-G protein on rainbow trout spleen and head kidney leukocytes resemble morphological changes which occur on the cell membrane during antigen-receptor interaction including membrane reorganization, patching, polarization and capping. Thus a soluble nonglycosylated rIHNV-G protein could mediate the activation of rainbow trout leukocytes, with concomitant production of proinflammatory cytokines and IFNs.
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- Noel Verjan
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Sahoo M, Edholm ES, Stafford JL, Bengtén E, Miller NW, Wilson M. B cell receptor accessory molecules in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 32:1385-97. [PMID: 18572245 PMCID: PMC2561914 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Revised: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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B cell receptor (BCR) accessory molecules CD79a and CD79b homologs were identified in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Both are found as single copy genes that encode proteins containing a signal peptide, an extracellular immunoglobulin domain, a transmembrane region and a cytoplasmic tail containing an immune-receptor tyrosine-dased activation motif (ITAM). IpCD79a and IpCD79b transcripts correlate well with IgM message expression. They are highly expressed in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) enriched in membrane (m) IgM+ cells and catfish clonal B cell lines, but not in catfish clonal T cells, indicating that IpCD79a and IpCD79b expression is B cell restricted. Studies using catfish clonal B cells (3B11) transfected with constructs encoding epitope-tagged IpCD79a and IpCD79b revealed that IpCD79a was expressed as a 45 kDa protein and IpCD79b was expressed as a 32 kDa protein. Furthermore, co-immunoprecipitations of epitope-tagged CD79 proteins demonstrate that these molecules are non-covalently associated with mIgM. These data correlate with some of the previous immunoprecipitation data demonstrating that catfish mIgM associates with proteins of 45 and 32 kDa.
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- Manoranjan Sahoo
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS, 39216, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS, 39216, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Z508, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E9
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS, 39216, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS, 39216, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson MS, 39216, USA
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Bengtén E, Quiniou S, Hikima J, Waldbieser G, Warr GW, Miller NW, Wilson M. Structure of the catfish IGH locus: analysis of the region including the single functional IGHM gene. Immunogenetics 2006; 58:831-44. [PMID: 16941126 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0139-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The catfish IGH locus is large ( approximately 1 Mb) and complex, having undergone multiple internal duplications and transpositions. To define the structure of the locus that contains the single expressed IGHM gene, two overlapping bacterial-artificial-chromosome (BAC) clones spanning the most 3' end of the channel catfish immunoglobulin heavy (IGH) chain locus have been completely sequenced. The analyses created a contig of 257,153 bp containing 55 VH, 6 D, 12 JH genes and the IGH constant region genes encoding the functional secreted and membrane forms of IgM and the membrane form of IgD. This analysis revealed three major features. First, no C-region genes were found aside from the previously described IGHM1 and IGHD1, with the latter gene being the most 3' C-region gene of the catfish IGH locus. There was no evidence in the region sequenced for genes that could encode an Ig class similar to the IgZ/IgT described in zebrafish, trout and pufferfish. Second, there are a high number of VH pseudogenes, 28 out of 55 (51%). In contrast, the entire zebrafish IGH locus has 40 functional VH genes and eight pseudogenes (17%). Third, an internal duplication of a 52.4-kb block of VH genes has occurred. These observations suggest that the IGH locus of teleost fish varies significantly from species to species in the diversity of C-region genes as well as the numbers of genes encoding V regions.
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- E Bengtén
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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Solem ST, Stenvik J. Antibody repertoire development in teleosts--a review with emphasis on salmonids and Gadus morhua L. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 30:57-76. [PMID: 16084588 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The group of teleosts is highly diverse, comprising more than 23000 extant species. Studies of the teleost antibody repertoire have been conducted in many different species within different orders, though some species and families have been better characterised than others. The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) and several species within the Salmoninae (e.g. Salmo salar and Oncorynchus mykiss) are among the best-studied teleosts in terms of the antibody repertoire. The estimated size of the repertoire, the organisation of immunoglobulin (IG) gene segments, the expressed IG repertoire, the IgM serum concentration, and the serum antibody responses reveal some fundamental differences between these species. The serum IgM concentration of G. morhua is some ten times higher than that of S. salar, though G. morhua is characterised as a 'low' (or 'non') responder in terms of specific antibody production. In contrast, an antibody response is readily induced in S. salar, although the response is strongly regulated by antigen induced suppression. The IGHD gene of G. morhua has a unique structure, while the IGHM and IGHD genes of S. salar have a characteristic genomic organisation in two parallel loci. In addition, salmonids, express a broad repertoire of IGH and IGI V-region gene segments, while a single V gene family dominates the expressed heavy and light chain repertoire of G. morhua. Little is known about the developing antibody repertoire during ontogeny, in different stages of B-cell maturation, or in separate B-cell subsets. Information on the establishment of the preimmune repertoire, and the possible role of environmental antigens is also sparse.
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- Stein Tore Solem
- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Bengtén E, Clem LW, Miller NW, Warr GW, Wilson M. Channel catfish immunoglobulins: repertoire and expression. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 30:77-92. [PMID: 16153707 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is widely recognized as an important model for studying immune responses in ectothermic vertebrates. It is one of the few fish species for which defined viable in vitro culture systems have been established and is currently the only fish species from which a variety of functionally distinct clonal leukocyte lines are available. Moreover, there is a large basis of biochemical and molecular information on the structure and function of catfish immunoglobulins (Igs). Catfish, as other teleosts, have a tetrameric homolog of IgM as their predominant serum Ig plus a homolog of IgD. They also have genetic elements basically similar to those of mammals, which encode and regulate their expression. The catfish Ig heavy (H) chain locus is a translocon-type locus with three Igdelta genes linked to an Igmu gene or pseudogene. The catfish IgH locus is estimated to contain approximately 200 variable (V) region genes representing 13 families as well as at least three diversity (D) and 11 joining (JH) genes. The catfish has two light (L) chain isotypes, F and G, both encoded by loci organized in multiple cassettes of VL-JL-CL with the VL in the opposite transcriptional orientation. Hence, all requisite components for encoding antibodies are present in the catfish, albeit with certain variations. In the future, whether or not additional unique features of Ig function and expression will be found remains to be determined.
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- Eva Bengtén
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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Jansson E, Grönvik KO, Johannisson A, Näslund K, Westergren E, Pilström L. Monoclonal antibodies to lymphocytes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 14:239-257. [PMID: 12681279 DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2002.0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) to lymphocytes of rainbow trout have been developed by immunisation with synthetic peptides, prepared from selected parts of the alpha- and beta-gene sequences of the T-cell receptor (TCR). Mab 1C2 (TCR beta immunisation) identified lymphocytes in blood (11%), spleen (18%) and in thymus (9%) in flow cytometry analysis (FCM). Immune complexes of lymphocytes coupled to Mab 1C2 was used for further immunisations resulting in numerous supernatants reactive with lymphocytes in FCM, of which Mabs 7A5 and 8H4 were selected for further characterisation. Mab 7A5 identified 31% of lymphocytes in blood and 9% in the spleen. Mab 8H4 labelled 61% and 85% of lymphocytes in the same organs. Mab 8H4 reacted with the majority of the lymphocytes in the thymus (98%). Mabs 1C2, 7A5 and 8H4 recognised surface markers on both Ig(-) and Ig(+) lymphocytes in peripheral blood and in spleen in double staining experiments. An increased proportion of Ig(-) lymphocytes were identified when Ig(+) lymphocytes were eliminated by immunomagnetic separation. No cross-reactivity of Mabs 1C2, 7A5 or 8H4 to anti-thrombocyte Mabs was detected. Mab 1C2 captured molecules of about 40 and also of 55-60kDa, in an immunoprecipitation assay. Mab 7A5 recognised an antigen of approximately 75-80kDa and Mab 8H4 identified proteins of about 70, 100 and 150kDa. Immunohistochemical staining by Mab 8H4 of fixed thymus, revealed a strong labelling of lymphoid cells in the outer zones of thymus. The 8H4 positive lymphoid cells surrounds circular structures, which were not labelled by Mab 8H4. These distinctly appearing structures have a similar shape as nurse cells described in mammals.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/blood
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary
- Female
- Flow Cytometry/veterinary
- Immunization
- Immunohistochemistry/veterinary
- Immunomagnetic Separation/veterinary
- Lymphocytes/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oncorhynchus mykiss/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Precipitin Tests/veterinary
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- Eva Jansson
- National Veterinary Institute, SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Park H, Zhou H, Bengtén E, Wilson M, Chinchar VG, Clem LW, Miller NW. Activation of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) T cells involves NFAT-like transcription factors. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 26:775-784. [PMID: 12377217 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(02)00037-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA) specifically inhibits mammalian T cells by preventing activation of transcription factors (termed nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT)) involved in cytokine gene expression. In this study, catfish peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and antigen specific T cells were treated with CsA to gain insights into the intracellular processes involved in fish T cell activation. To this end, CsA was observed to inhibit the in vitro proliferation of Con A stimulated catfish PBL, and specific alloantigen stimulated T cells. However, the inhibitory effect of CsA on catfish T cells was obviated by treatment with Con A, antigen activation or culture supernatant from activated catfish T cells prior to the addition of CsA. The use of a phosphatase assay coupled with Western blot analysis employing a polyclonal antibody to mammalian NFAT indicated that CsA prevents the dephosphorylation and subsequent nuclear translocation of an NFAT-like molecule in catfish T cells. Finally, a nuclear protein selection protocol demonstrated that a catfish NFAT-like protein binds to a known murine IL-2 promoter sequence. These results suggest that cytokines are involved in the activation of teleost T cells, and argue that T cell activation processes are conserved over a wide phylogenetic distance.
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- H Park
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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Morrison RN, Hayball JD, Cook MT, Nowak BF. Anti-immunoglobulin binding and activation of snapper (Pagrus auratus) leucocytes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 26:247-255. [PMID: 11755674 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(01)00070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In order to perform specific immunological assays we have produced and characterised three monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that bind snapper (Pagrus auratus, Bloch and Schneider) immunoglobulin (Ig). Hybridomas were produced and screened for anti-Ig production using ELISA, Western blot and flow cytometry. All three MAbs (designated 2C5, 4A2 and 1C6) bound specifically to the heavy (H) chain of reduced Ig in Western blot. Furthermore, 1C6 was shown to bind to reduced skin mucus Ig H chain and all three MAbs cross-reacted with the H chain of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout Ig. In flow cytometric analyses 2C5 and 4A2 bound to B cell populations in the peripheral blood and lymphoid organs. Furthermore, cross-linked 2C5 induced an increase in intracellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation in peripheral blood lymphocytes. Phosphorylated proteins exhibited similar molecular weights to those of mammalian Igalpha and Igbeta and may represent snapper mIg accessory molecule analogues. These data exhibit the potential use of 2C5, 4A2 and 1C6 in both cellular and biochemical analyses of populations of snapper leucocytes.
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- Richard N Morrison
- School of Aquaculture and CRC for Aquaculture, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 7250.
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Bengtén E, Wilson M, Miller N, Clem LW, Pilström L, Warr GW. Immunoglobulin isotypes: structure, function, and genetics. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2000; 248:189-219. [PMID: 10793479 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59674-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- E Bengtén
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA
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MacDougal KC, Mericko PA, Burnett KG. Antigen receptor-mediated activation of extracellular related kinase (ERK) in B lymphocytes of teleost fishes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 1999; 23:221-230. [PMID: 10402209 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(99)00006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In mammalian B lymphocytes, engagement of the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) activates several parallel intracellular signaling pathways which ultimately lead to expression of differentiated functions such as cell proliferation and antibody production or to cellular apoptosis. BCR engagement stimulates the classical mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, also called the extracellular-related kinase (ERK) pathway, resulting in activation of the signature terminal enzyme in the pathway, MAPK (or ERK). BCR signaling also activates the phosphatidyl inositol pathway and its key enzyme protein kinase C (PKC). To investigate the ERK pathway in cells of the teleost immune system, peripheral blood leukocytes from red drum or channel catfish were treated with PKC activators or antibodies which crosslink the BCR. Proteins were identified in both red drum and catfish B cells that resembled mammalian ERKs in molecular weight and in their possessing a distinctive pTEpY dual phosphorylation site. BCR-mediated activation of these presumptive teleost ERKs depended in part (red drum) or in total (catfish) on PKC. To our knowledge this represents the first report of a functional MAPK kinase pathway in teleost fish.
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- K C MacDougal
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29412, USA
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Ross DA, Wilson MR, Miller NW, Clem LW, Warr GW. Evolutionary variation of immunoglobulin mu heavy chain RNA processing pathways: origins, effects, and implications. Immunol Rev 1998; 166:143-51. [PMID: 9914909 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1998.tb01259.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Immunoglobulins (Ig) can occur in two physical forms, soluble (secreted) and membrane bound. The soluble form is secreted from B cells, and is present in the blood and other fluids where it plays a role as an immune effector molecule. The membrane-bound form of the Ig molecule is inserted into the B-cell membrane, where it serves as a receptor for antigen. The function of the membrane-bound Ig as a receptor for antigen requires additional accessory molecules, the membrane Ig plus accessory molecules are referred to, collectively, as the B-cell receptor (BCR) complex. The secreted and membrane-bound forms of an Ig result from alternative patterns of RNA processing of the primary transcript from the heavy chain gene. IgM is the only class of Ig known to be conserved in all vertebrate species (perhaps exclusive of the agnathan fish). While the structure of the IgM heavy (mu) chain gene has been highly conserved in vertebrate evolution, the patterns of alternative RNA processing of the mu transcript show surprising diversity. In particular, the bony fish (teleosts) produce membrane mu-chain message by a splicing pathway that is quite different from that seen in other vertebrates; it results in the production of membrane IgM that lacks the C mu 4 domain. How this unusual RNA splicing pattern could have evolved and its implications for the function of the BCR in the bony fishes are considered here.
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- D A Ross
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
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Miller N, Wilson M, Bengtén E, Stuge T, Warr G, Clem W. Functional and molecular characterization of teleost leukocytes. Immunol Rev 1998; 166:187-97. [PMID: 9914913 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1998.tb01263.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The coupling of immunologically relevant in vitro assay systems, cell separation techniques, and the development of distinct clonal leukocyte lines has established the existence of T, B, natural killer, and accessory cell equivalents in teleosts. B cells are directly defined by monoclonal antibodies to teleost immunoglobulin (Ig) and identification of Ig H and L chain genes. As in mammals, fish B cells show Ig H-chain gene rearrangements, allelic exclusion, produce both membrane-bound and secreted forms of Ig, and transduce intracellular proliferative signals upon anti-Ig cross-linking. It has also been found that some fish B cells express a unique chimeric Ig chain with sequence homology to mammalian Ig delta. Teleost T cells are still indirectly defined as sIg- lymphocytes due to a lack of definitive surface markers. These mIg- lymphocytes are the responding cells in mixed leukocyte cultures, proliferate specifically to autologously processed and presented antigen, provide helper function for in vitro antibody responses, and produce interleukin-like factors upon activation. Recent identification of teleost T-cell receptor alpha and beta genes has now permitted the unequivocal genetic demonstration that some of these mIg- cells are bona fide T cells. It is anticipated that such long-term clonal cell lines will be indispensable tools for dissecting the physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of teleost immune responses.
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- N Miller
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
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Mericko PA, Burnett KG. Evidence for multiple protein kinase C isoforms in the leukocytes of a marine teleost, Sciaenops ocellatus. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 120:217-22. [PMID: 9787791 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(98)10011-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The protein kinase C (PKC) family of isozymes mediates a diverse range of cellular functions, including activation of vertebrate lymphocytes through membrane-bound antigen receptors. The complex role of PKC in mammalian cells may be orchestrated in part by the presence of multiple isoforms, each of which displays a distinctive tissue distribution, substrate specificity and pattern of regulation. In the present study, PKC isoforms were identified in peripheral blood leukocytes of the marine teleost fish Sciaenops ocellatus by immunoprecipitation and Western blot using antibodies to mammalian isoforms. Functional activity was monitored by evaluating translocation of the teleost isoforms from membrane to cytosol in response to phorbol ester treatment. Teleost conventional isoforms PKC alpha and PKC beta (82 kDa) completely translocated out of the cytosol in response to phorbol ester. Phorbol ester did not induce translocation of teleost atypical isoform PKC zeta (67 kDa), as has been shown for its mammalian homologue. Although their identity as distinct isoforms is less clear, proposed teleost novel PKC delta (84, 86 kDa) and PKC eta (83, 85 kDa) also translocated out of the cytosol. The presence of multiple isoforms representing each of the three major classes of PKC in red drum leukocytes implies that the complexity of signal transduction pathways in vertebrates is highly conserved.
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- P A Mericko
- Grice Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Charleston, SC 29412, USA
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Rycyzyn MA, Wilson MR, Bengtén E, Warr GW, Clem LW, Miller NW. Mitogen and growth factor-induced activation of a STAT-like molecule in channel catfish lymphoid cells. Mol Immunol 1998; 35:127-36. [PMID: 9683258 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(98)00006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This article describes the identification of a putative STAT molecule in the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), the first report of such a molecule in a 'lower' vertebrate. A monoclonal antibody against human STAT6 recognizes an approximately 100 kDa molecule that becomes activated and translocates to the nucleus upon both growth factor and mitogen stimulation of catfish leukocytes. This presumed catfish STAT binds the mammalian interferon-gamma activation site, a known motif of mammalian STAT binding, as shown by electromobility shift assays. Purification of the proteins present in these DNA complexes confirms that the catfish reactive molecule binds to the interferon-gamma activation site sequence. These results suggest that STAT molecules have been highly conserved in vertebrate evolution.
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- M A Rycyzyn
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA
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Rycyzyn MA, Wilson MR, Warr GW, Clem LW, Miller NW. Membrane immunoglobulin-associated molecules on channel catfish B lymphocytes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 1996; 20:341-351. [PMID: 9016388 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(96)00026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Membrane immunoglobulin (mIgM) on the surface of channel catfish B lymphocytes is non-covalently associated with 64 and 70 kDa molecules which are composed of covalent 32 kDa dimers and covalent 45/25 kDa subunits, respectively. Cross-linking of mIgM on catfish B cells leads to rapid phosphorylation of tyrosine residues in these presumed accessory as well as numerous other cytoplasmic molecules. These data indicate that fish likely use a signal transduction system containing elements similar to those of mammalian B cells.
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- M A Rycyzyn
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA
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Wilson MR, Ross DA, Miller NW, Clem LW, Middleton DL, Warr GW. Alternate pre-mRNA processing pathways in the production of membrane IgM heavy chains in holostean fish. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 1995; 19:165-177. [PMID: 7556803 DOI: 10.1016/0145-305x(94)00064-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A single gene encodes two forms of the IgM heavy chain (mu) in vertebrates: one (microseconds) present in serum as secreted IgM and the other (microns) as the antigen receptor form of IgM present on the B-lymphocyte membrane. The mRNAs encoding microseconds and microns are derived from a single primary transcript by alternate pathways of RNA processing. In all vertebrates so far examined, with the exception of teleosts, microns mRNA is produced by splicing the transmembrane (TM) encoding exon 1 into a cryptic donor site near the 3' end of the C mu 4 exon. In contrast, teleost species splice the TM exon 1 into the regular splice donor site at the 3' boundary of the C mu 3 exon. We have examined micron mRNAs in two species of primitive bony fish, the holostean bowfin and the longnose gar. These fish utilize both the C mu 3 to TM1 (teleost) pathway and the typical cryptic C mu 4 to TM1 pathway. In addition the bowfin possesses a cryptic splice donor site near the middle of C mu 3. This is used in the production of a third species of microns-encoding mRNA, but does not participate in the production of an alternate form of the microseconds mRNA. The structure and patterns of expression of their mu genes suggest that the gar and bowfin may be more closely related than implied by the current view of fish evolution.
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- M R Wilson
- Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA
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