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Hanif MA, Hossen S, Choi CY, Kho KH. Cloning, characterization, and spatio-temporal expression patterns of HdhSPARC and its responses to multiple stressors. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2224. [PMID: 38278828 PMCID: PMC10817941 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51950-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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SPARC is an extracellular Ca2+-binding, secreted glycoprotein that plays a dynamic role in the growth and development of organisms. This study aimed to describe the isolation, characterization, and expression analysis of HdhSPARC in Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) to infer its potential functional role. The isolated HdhSPARC was 1633 bp long, encoding a polypeptide of 284 amino acid residues. Structurally, the SPARC protein in abalone is comprised of three biological domains. However, the structure of this protein varied between vertebrates and invertebrates, as suggested by their distinct clustering patterns in phylogenetic analysis. In early development, HdhSPARC was variably expressed, and higher expression was found in veliger larvae. Moreover, HdhSPARC was highly expressed in juvenile abalone with rapid growth compared to their slower-growing counterparts. Among the testicular development stages, the growth stage exhibited higher HdhSPARC expression. HdhSPARC was also upregulated during muscle remodeling and shell biomineralization, as well as in response to different stressors such as heat shock, LPS, and H2O2 exposure. However, this gene was downregulated in Cd-exposed abalone. The present study first comprehensively characterized the HdhSPARC gene, and its spatio-temporal expressions were analyzed along with its responses to various stressors.
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- Md Abu Hanif
- Department of Fisheries Science, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, 59626, South Korea
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- Department of Fisheries Science, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, 59626, South Korea
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- Division of Marine BioScience, National Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, 49112, South Korea
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- Department of Fisheries Science, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, 59626, South Korea.
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Wang W, Zhu T, Wan P, Wei Q, He J, Lai F, Fu Q. SPARC plays an important role in the oviposition and nymphal development in Nilaparvata lugens Stål. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:682. [PMID: 36192692 PMCID: PMC9531499 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08903-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål)is a notorious rice pest in many areas of Asia. Study on the molecular mechanisms underlying its development and reproduction will provide scientific basis for effective control. SPARC (Secreted Protein, Acidic and Rich in Cysteine) is one of structural component of the extracellular matrix, which influences a diverse array of biological functions. In this study, the gene for SPARC was identified and functionally analysed from N.lugens. Results The result showed that the NlSPARC mRNA was highly expressed in fat body, hemolymph and early embryo. The mortality increased significantly when NlSPARC was downregulated after RNA interference (RNAi) in 3 ~ 4th instar nymphs. Downregulation of NlSPARC in adults significantly reduced the number of eggs and offspring, as well as the transcription level of NlSPARC in newly hatched nymphs and survival rate in progeny. The observation with microanatomy on individuals after NlSPARC RNAi showed smaller and less abundant fat body than that in control. No obvious morphological abnormalities in the nymphal development and no differences in development of internal reproductive organ were observed when compared with control. Conclusion NlSPARC is required for oviposition and nymphal development mainly through regulating the tissue of fat body in N.lugens. NlSPARC could be a new candidate target for controlling the rapid propagation of N.lugens population. Our results also demonstrated that the effect of NlSPARC RNAi can transfer to the next generation in N.lugens. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08903-z.
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- Weixia Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
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Wang Z, Wang Q, Wu H, Huang Z. Identification and characterization of amphibian SLC26A5 using RNA-Seq. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:564. [PMID: 34294052 PMCID: PMC8296623 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07798-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Prestin (SLC26A5) is responsible for acute sensitivity and frequency selectivity in the vertebrate auditory system. Limited knowledge of prestin is from experiments using site-directed mutagenesis or domain-swapping techniques after the amino acid residues were identified by comparing the sequence of prestin to those of its paralogs and orthologs. Frog prestin is the only representative in amphibian lineage and the studies of it were quite rare with only one species identified. Results Here we report a new coding sequence of SLC26A5 for a frog species, Rana catesbeiana (the American bullfrog). In our study, the SLC26A5 gene of Rana has been mapped, sequenced and cloned successively using RNA-Seq. We measured the nonlinear capacitance (NLC) of prestin both in the hair cells of Rana’s inner ear and HEK293T cells transfected with this new coding gene. HEK293T cells expressing Rana prestin showed electrophysiological features similar to that of hair cells from its inner ear. Comparative studies of zebrafish, chick, Rana and an ancient frog species showed that chick and zebrafish prestin lacked NLC. Ancient frog’s prestin was functionally different from Rana. Conclusions We mapped and sequenced the SLC26A5 of the Rana catesbeiana from its inner ear cDNA using RNA-Seq. The Rana SLC26A5 cDNA was 2292 bp long, encoding a polypeptide of 763 amino acid residues, with 40% identity to mammals. This new coding gene could encode a functionally active protein conferring NLC to both frog HCs and the mammalian cell line. While comparing to its orthologs, the amphibian prestin has been evolutionarily changing its function and becomes more advanced than avian and teleost prestin.
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- Zhongying Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) has central roles in tissue integrity and remodeling throughout the life span of animals. While collagens are the most abundant structural components of ECM in most tissues, tissue-specific molecular complexity is contributed by ECM glycoproteins. The matricellular glycoproteins are categorized primarily according to functional criteria and represented predominantly by the thrombospondin, tenascin, SPARC/osteonectin, and CCN families. These proteins do not self-assemble into ECM fibrils; nevertheless, they shape ECM properties through interactions with structural ECM proteins, growth factors, and cells. Matricellular proteins also promote cell migration or morphological changes through adhesion-modulating or counter-adhesive actions on cell-ECM adhesions, intracellular signaling, and the actin cytoskeleton. Typically, matricellular proteins are most highly expressed during embryonic development. In adult tissues, expression is more limited unless activated by cues for dynamic tissue remodeling and cell motility, such as occur during inflammatory response and wound repair. Many insights in the complex roles of matricellular proteins have been obtained from studies of gene knockout mice. However, with the exception of chordate-specific tenascins, these are highly conserved proteins that are encoded in many animal phyla. This review will consider the increasing body of research on matricellular proteins in nonmammalian animal models. These models provide better access to the very earliest stages of embryonic development and opportunities to study biological processes such as limb and organ regeneration. In aggregate, this research is expanding concepts of the functions and mechanisms of action of matricellular proteins.
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- Josephine C Adams
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Kawasaki K, Mikami M, Nakatomi M, Braasch I, Batzel P, H Postlethwait J, Sato A, Sasagawa I, Ishiyama M. SCPP Genes and Their Relatives in Gar: Rapid Expansion of Mineralization Genes in Osteichthyans. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2017. [PMID: 28643450 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Gar is an actinopterygian that has bone, dentin, enameloid, and ganoin (enamel) in teeth and/or scales. Mineralization of these tissues involves genes encoding various secretory calcium-binding phosphoproteins (SCPPs) in osteichthyans, but no SCPP genes have been identified in chondrichthyans to date. In the gar genome, we identified 38 SCPP genes, seven of which encode "acidic-residue-rich" proteins and 31 encode "Pro/Gln (P/Q) rich" proteins. These gar SCPP genes constitute the largest known repertoire, including many newly identified P/Q-rich genes expressed in teeth and/or scales. Among gar SCPP genes, six acidic and three P/Q-rich genes were identified as orthologs of sarcopterygian genes. The sarcopterygian orthologs of most of these acidic genes are involved in bone and/or dentin formation, and sarcopterygian orthologs of all three P/Q-rich genes participate in enamel formation. The finding of these genes in gar suggests that an elaborate SCPP gene-based genetic system for tissue mineralization was already present in stem osteichthyans. While SCPP genes have been thought to originate from ancient SPARCL1, SPARCL1L1 appears to be more closely related to these genes, because it established a structure similar to acidic SCPP genes probably in stem gnathostomes, perhaps at about the same time with the origin of tissue mineralization. Assuming enamel evolved in stem osteichthyans, all P/Q-rich SCPP genes likely arose within the osteichthyan lineage. Furthermore, the absence of acidic SCPP genes in chondrichthyans might be explained by the secondary loss of earliest acidic genes. It appears that many SCPP genes expanded rapidly in stem osteichthyans and in basal actinopterygians.
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- Kazuhiko Kawasaki
- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, The Nippon Dental University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center, School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, The Nippon Dental University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Histology, School of Life Dentistry at Niigata, The Nippon Dental University, Niigata, Japan
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Irles P, Ramos S, Piulachs MD. SPARC preserves follicular epithelium integrity in insect ovaries. Dev Biol 2017; 422:105-114. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Alves RN, Gomes AS, Stueber K, Tine M, Thorne MAS, Smáradóttir H, Reinhard R, Clark MS, Rønnestad I, Power DM. The transcriptome of metamorphosing flatfish. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:413. [PMID: 27233904 PMCID: PMC4884423 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2699-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Flatfish metamorphosis denotes the extraordinary transformation of a symmetric pelagic larva into an asymmetric benthic juvenile. Metamorphosis in vertebrates is driven by thyroid hormones (THs), but how they orchestrate the cellular, morphological and functional modifications associated with maturation to juvenile/adult states in flatfish is an enigma. Since THs act via thyroid receptors that are ligand activated transcription factors, we hypothesized that the maturation of tissues during metamorphosis should be preceded by significant modifications in the transcriptome. Targeting the unique metamorphosis of flatfish and taking advantage of the large size of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) larvae, we determined the molecular basis of TH action using RNA sequencing. RESULTS De novo assembly of sequences for larval head, skin and gastrointestinal tract (GI-tract) yielded 90,676, 65,530 and 38,426 contigs, respectively. More than 57 % of the assembled sequences were successfully annotated using a multi-step Blast approach. A unique set of biological processes and candidate genes were identified specifically associated with changes in morphology and function of the head, skin and GI-tract. Transcriptome dynamics during metamorphosis were mapped with SOLiD sequencing of whole larvae and revealed greater than 8,000 differentially expressed (DE) genes significantly (p < 0.05) up- or down-regulated in comparison with the juvenile stage. Candidate transcripts quantified by SOLiD and qPCR analysis were significantly (r = 0.843; p < 0.05) correlated. The majority (98 %) of DE genes during metamorphosis were not TH-responsive. TH-responsive transcripts clustered into 6 groups based on their expression pattern during metamorphosis and the majority of the 145 DE TH-responsive genes were down-regulated. CONCLUSIONS A transcriptome resource has been generated for metamorphosing Atlantic halibut and over 8,000 DE transcripts per stage were identified. Unique sets of biological processes and candidate genes were associated with changes in the head, skin and GI-tract during metamorphosis. A small proportion of DE transcripts were TH-responsive, suggesting that they trigger gene networks, signalling cascades and transcription factors, leading to the overt changes in tissue occurring during metamorphosis.
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- Ricardo N Alves
- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology Group, Centro de Ciências do Mar - CCMAR, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Max Planck-Genome Centre, Max Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- Max Planck-Genome Centre, Max Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany.,Current address: Molecular Zoology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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- Max Planck-Genome Centre, Max Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology Group, Centro de Ciências do Mar - CCMAR, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal.
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