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Effects of Dietary Enterococcus faecalis YFI-G720 on the Growth, Immunity, Serum Biochemical, Intestinal Morphology, Intestinal Microbiota, and Disease Resistance of Crucian Carp (Carassius auratus). FISHES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/fishes7010018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Diseases of crucian carp (Carassius auratus) are closely related to intestinal parameters. Enterococcus faecalis has strong colonization ability in the intestinal tract, and produces natural antibiotics, bacteriocin, and other bacteriostatic substances, which can effectively inhibit some pathogenic bacteria and improve the intestinal microenvironment. This study aimed to assess the effects of E. faecalis YFI-G720 which was isolated from the intestinal of crucian carp on the growth, immunity, intestinal health, and disease resistance of crucian carp. Fish (48.16 ± 0.55 g) were fed four diets, commercial diet or diet containing E. faecalis at 105 CFU/g (EF1), 106 CFU/g (EF2), or 107 CFU/g (EF3) for 28 days. The results showed that supplementation of E. faecalis significantly improved the weight gain ratio (WGR) and the specific growth rate (SGR) compared with control group (p < 0.05). Intestinal mucosal epithelial cells in EF2 were intact and normal, but there was obvious vacuolation in CG. Compared with CG, serum C3 and IgM in EF2 were significantly increased at the end of the experiment (p < 0.05), and serum alkaline phosphatase was significantly higher in all experimental groups (p < 0.05). Among studied immune-related genes, expression was detected by qPCR, C3, IgM, and IL-1βwere upregulated in all experimental groups to varying degrees from 14 days, with highest expression in EF2 at 28 days. Intestinal microbiota structure analyzed through high-throughput sequencing, and the results showed that the relative abundance of Aeromonas and Acinetobacter decreased while Cetobacterium increased in all experimental groups, with the greatest changes in EF2. Challenge tests showed that fish fed E. faecalis were more resistant to Aeromonas veronii (p < 0.05). In conclusion, dietary E. faecalis YFI-G720 at 106 CFU/g can improve the health status, immune parameters, intestinal microbiota composition, and disease resistance of crucian carp.
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Gu HJ, Li MF, Sun L. A deep-sea pathogenic Bacillus subtilis isolate employs different strategies to escape the killing of teleost and murine complements. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 119:104037. [PMID: 33545212 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2021.104037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis G7 was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent and is pathogenic to pathogenic to fish (Japanese flounder) and mice. G7 is able to survive in host sera and phagocytes. In this study, we investigated the underlying mechanism of G7 serum resistance. We found that (i) the remaining complement activity was very low in G7-incubated flounder serum but high in G7-incubated mouse serum; (ii) cleaved C3 and C5 components were detected on flounder serum-incubated G7 but not on mouse serum-incubated G7; (iii) abundant uncleaved C5 was localized in G7-incubated mouse, but not flounder, serum; (iv) G7-incubated flounder, but not mouse, serum exhibited strong chemotactic activity; (v) pre-treatment with low-dose lysozyme abolished the serum resistance of G7. Hence, G7 activates flounder complement but is protected from complement-mediated destruction by its cell wall structure, while G7 prevents the activation of mouse complement. These results indicate that G7 employs different mechanisms to avoid the complement killing of different hosts.
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- Han-Jie Gu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Academy of Tropical Agricultural Resource, CATAS, Haikou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Li L, Yang W, Shen Y, Xu X, Li J. The evolutionary analysis of complement component C5 and the gene co-expression network and putative interaction between C5a and C5a anaphylatoxin receptor (C5AR/CD88) in human and two Cyprinid fish. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 116:103958. [PMID: 33290783 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2020.103958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The complement system is a complex network of soluble and membrane-associated serum proteins that regulate immune response. Activation of the complement C5 generates C5a and C5b which generate chemoattractive effect on myeloid cells and initiate the membrane attack complex (MAC) assembly. However, the study of evolutionary process and systematic function of C5 are still limited. In this study, we performed an evolutionary analysis of C5. Phylogeny analysis indicated that C5 sequences underwent complete divergence in fish and non-fish vertebrate. It was found that codon usage bias improved and provided evolution evidence of C5 in species. Notably, the codon usage bias of grass carp was evolutionarily closer to the zebrafish genome compared with humans and stickleback. This suggested that the zebrafish cell line may provide an alternative environment for heterologous protein expression of grass carp. Sequence comparison showed a higher similarity between human and mouse, grass carp, and zebrafish. Moreover, selective pressure analysis revealed that the C5 genes in fish and non-fish vertebrates exhibited different evolutionary patterns. To study the function of C5, gene co-expression networks of human and zebrafish were built which revealed the complexity of C5 function networks in different species. The protein structure simulation of C5 indicated that grass carp and zebrafish are more similar than to human, however, differences between species in C5a proteins are extremely smaller. Spatial conformations of C5a-C5AR (CD88) protein complex were constructed, which showed that possible interaction may exist between C5a and CD88 proteins. Furthermore, the protein docking sites/residues were measured and calculated according to the minimum distance for all atoms from C5a and CD88 proteins. In summary, this study provides insights into the evolutionary history, function and potential regulatory mechanism of C5 in fish immune responses.
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- Lisen Li
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
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Najafpour B, Cardoso JCR, Canário AVM, Power DM. Specific Evolution and Gene Family Expansion of Complement 3 and Regulatory Factor H in Fish. Front Immunol 2020; 11:568631. [PMID: 33381109 PMCID: PMC7768046 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.568631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The complement system comprises a large family of plasma proteins that play a central role in innate and adaptive immunity. To better understand the evolution of the complement system in vertebrates and the contribution of complement to fish immunity comprehensive in silico and expression analysis of the gene repertoire was made. Particular attention was given to C3 and the evolutionary related proteins C4 and C5 and to one of the main regulatory factors of C3b, factor H (Cfh). Phylogenetic and gene linkage analysis confirmed the standing hypothesis that the ancestral c3/c4/c5 gene duplicated early. The duplication of C3 (C3.1 and C3.2) and C4 (C4.1 and C4.2) was likely a consequence of the (1R and 2R) genome tetraploidization events at the origin of the vertebrates. In fish, gene number was not conserved and multiple c3 and cfh sequence related genes were encountered, and phylogenetic analysis of each gene generated two main clusters. Duplication of c3 and cfh genes occurred across the teleosts in a species-specific manner. In common, with other immune gene families the c3 gene expansion in fish emerged through a process of tandem gene duplication. Gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), had nine c3 gene transcripts highly expressed in liver although as reported in other fish, extra-hepatic expression also occurs. Differences in the sequence and protein domains of the nine deduced C3 proteins in the gilthead sea bream and the presence of specific cysteine and N-glycosylation residues within each isoform was indicative of functional diversity associated with structure. The diversity of C3 and other complement proteins as well as Cfh in teleosts suggests they may have an enhanced capacity to activate complement through direct interaction of C3 isoforms with pathogenic agents.
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- Babak Najafpour
- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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Li J, Liu H, Ma Q, Song X, Pang Y, Su P, Sun F, Gou M, Lu J, Shan Y, Guan H, Liu X, Li Q, Han Y. VLRs expression were significantly affected by complement C3 knockdown morphants in Lampetra morii. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 106:307-317. [PMID: 32681885 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The complement component 3 of the lamprey, a jawless vertebrate, functions as an opsonin during the phagocytosis of rabbit red cells. Furthermore, lamprey C3 may be activated and cleaved into C3b, which is attached to the surface of target cells in the cytolytic process. However, the mechanism mediating the biological function of C3 in the lamprey is unknown. To our knowledge, this study is the first to show that variable lymphocyte receptors (VLRs) expression were significantly affected by complement C3 knockdown morphants in Lampetra morii. We identified the C3 gene in the lamprey genome based on its orthologs, conserved synteny, functional domains, phylogenetic tree, and conserved motifs. Additionally, we determined the optimal infection concentration of Aeromonas hydrophila to perform immune stimulation experiments in the lamprey larvae. The quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence analyses revealed that the expression of Lampetra morii C3 (lmC3) was significantly upregulated in the larvae infected with 107 CFU/mL of A. hydrophila. The lmC3 morphants (lmC3 MO) of lamprey larvae were generated by morpholino-mediated knockdown. The lmC3 MO larvae were highly susceptible to A. hydrophila infection, which indicated that lmC3 is critical in lamprey immune response. The expression of a selected panel of orthologous genes was comparatively analyzed in the infected wild type, infected lmC3 MO, infected control MO, uninfected wild type and uninfected lmC3 MO one-month-old ammocoete larvae. The knockdown of lmC3 strongly affected the expression of VLRA+/VLRB+/VLRC+-associated genes, which was also confirmed by immunohistochemical analysis. Thus, VLR expression were significantly affected by complement C3 knockdown morphants in Lampetra morii.
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- Jun Li
- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China; Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, 116001, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, 116029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China.
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Xu Y, Yu Y, Zhang X, Huang Z, Li H, Dong S, Liu Y, Dong F, Xu Z. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of complement component 3 in dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 72:484-493. [PMID: 29155029 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2017.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The complement component 3 (C3) is a central component of complement system. All three pathways converge at formation of C3 convertases and share the terminal pathways of membrane attack complex (MAC) formation. In this study, three isoforms of C3 were discovered in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, named "C3-1", "C3-2" and "C3-3", respectively. The full-length of C3-1 cDNA sequence was firstly identified and analyzed from dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus). The Ma-C3-1 cDNA sequence comprised of 4509 bp encoding 1454 amino acids with a putative signal peptide of 20 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence showed that Ma-C3-1 has conserved residues and domain, which are known to be crucial for C3 function. Interestingly, an amino acid substitution of the highly conserved GCGEQ was discovered in Ma-C3-1. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Ma-C3-1 was closely related to Cyprinidae. The mRNA expression levels of three isoforms of C3 were detected in kidney, eye, spleen, gonad, heart, fin ray, gut, muscle, brain, gill, skin, blood and liver. The expression of Ma-C3-1 and Ma-C3-3 were mainly detected in liver, followed by spleen, gonad. However, the high expression of Ma-C3-2 was found in kidney, followed by blood and gonad. The morphological changes of gill and skin, and the expression pattern of these three isoforms C3 molecular following the infection with Aeromonas hydrophila were investigated. The mRNA expression levels of three C3 isoforms were up-regulated in the gill, skin, liver and spleen after infection with A.hydrophila. Similarly, challenge experiments resulted in significant up-regulated expression of other complement-relevant genes in gill, liver and skin, such as C4, C5, C8b, especially at 24 h and 36 h. These results suggest that complement system might play an important role not only in liver, but also in the mucosal tissues as gill and skin of teleost fish.
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- Yongsheng Xu
- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Health Production of Fisheries in Hunan Province, Changde, 415000, China.
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Wang S, Gao Y, Shu C, Xu T. Characterization and evolutionary analysis of duplicated C7 in miiuy croaker. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 45:672-679. [PMID: 26036969 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.05.042] [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: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 05/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The complement system, as one of the most sophisticated innate immune system, plays an important role in defense against invading microorganisms. The complement component C7 participates in the cytolytic phase of complement activation through a series of polymerization reactions with other terminal complement components. In this study, we derived two C7 genes from the whole genome of miiuy croaker which were the consequence of the fish-specific genome duplication. Our data showed that miiuy croaker C7-1 and C7-2 genes shared same structure domains. The analysis of gene synteny showed that high degree conserved of synteny was retained between miiuy croaker and other teleosts, and miiuy croaker had a relatively closer relationship with fugu. The expression of C7-1 and C7-2 in miiuy croaker healthy tissues revealed that they were ubiquitously expressed in all ten tested tissues. Besides, the immune response of C7-1 and C7-2 were different in spleen with Vibrio anguillarum, Staphylococcus aureus, poly I:C and LPS at 24 h post-injection, respectively. Furthermore, the expression patterns of C7-1 and C7-2 were different in liver, spleen and kidney after infected with V. anguillarum at different time-point. Evolutionary analysis showed that all the ancestral lineages underwent positive selection except for the ancestral lineages of fish C7-2, indicated that the ancestral lineages of fish C7-1 genes undertook more pressures than C7-2 in defense against the invading microorganisms. Meanwhile, a series of maximum likelihood methods were used to explore the evolutionary patterns on extant vertebrates' C7 genes. Three and one positive selection sites were found in extant mammalian C7 genes and fish C7-2 genes, but no positive selection site was found in extant fishes C7-1 genes. The result showed that extant fish C7-2 genes undertook more pressures compared with C7-1. In conclusion, fish C7-1 and C7-2 gene underwent different evolutionary patterns.
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- Shanchen Wang
- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jilin Agriculture University, Changchun, 130118, China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, China.
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Melillo D, Varriale S, Giacomelli S, Natale L, Bargelloni L, Oreste U, Pinto MR, Coscia MR. Evolution of the complement system C3 gene in Antarctic teleosts. Mol Immunol 2015; 66:299-309. [PMID: 25909494 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.03.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Revised: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Notothenioidei are typical Antarctic teleosts evolved to adapt to the very low temperatures of the Antarctic seas. Aim of the present paper is to investigate sequence and structure of C3, the third component of the complement system of the notothenioid Trematomus bernacchii and Chionodraco hamatus. We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of two C3 isoforms of T. bernacchii and a single C3 isoform of C. hamatus. These sequences were aligned against other homologous teleost sequences to check for the presence of diversifying selection. Evidence for positive selection was observed in the evolutionary lineage of Antarctic teleost C3 sequences, especially in that of C. hamatus, the most recently diverged species. Adaptive selection affected numerous amino acid positions including three residues located in the anaphylatoxin domain. In an attempt to evaluate the link between sequence variants and specific structural features, we constructed molecular models of Antarctic teleost C3s, of their proteolytic fragments C3b and C3a, and of the corresponding molecules of the phylogenetically related temperate species Epinephelus coioides, using human crystallographic structures as templates. Subsequently, we compared dynamic features of these models by molecular dynamics simulations and found that the Antarctic C3s models show higher flexibility, which likely allows for more pronounced movements of both the TED domain in C3b and the carboxyl-terminal region of C3a. As such dynamic features are associated to positively selected sites, it appears that Antarctic teleost C3 molecules positively evolved toward an increased flexibility, to cope with low kinetic energy levels of the Antarctic marine environment.
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- Daniela Melillo
- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli (SZN), Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli (SZN), Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli (SZN), Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
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Comparative Phylogeny of the Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue. Mucosal Immunol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-415847-4.00010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Wang S, Wang R, Xu T. Genomic characterization and expression pattern of Bf/C2 and C4 in miiuy croaker and molecular evolution analysis on mammals and fishes. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 39:423-431. [PMID: 24927880 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2014] [Revised: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The complement system plays an important role in both innate and adaptive host defense against the invading microorganisms in vertebrates. It can be activated by three pathways: the classical, alternative and lectin pathways. Bf/C2 and C4, as members of complement, play a pivotal role in the activation of the complement system. In our study, we identified Bf/C2 and C4 genes and genomic structure in miiuy croaker, and expression patterns of Bf/C2 and C4 genes was analyzed. In healthy miiuy croaker tissues, Bf/C2 and C4 genes were found to be ubiquitously expressed in all ten tested tissues. Analysis of expression of Bf/C2 and C4 genes after bacterial infection showed a significant up-regulated in liver. The evolutionary analysis showed that the ancestral lineages of Bf/C2 and C4 genes in mammals and fishes experienced positive selection indicated that the ancestors of mammals and fishes had further evolved to adapt to their environment, respectively. A series of maximum likelihood (ML) methods were used to study the evolution on vertebrates' Bf/C2 and C4 genes. One and five positive selection sites were found in mammals of Bf/C2 and C4 genes, but no positive selection site was found in fishes of Bf/C2 and C4 genes, indicating that Bf/C2 and C4 genes in mammals and fishes underwent different evolutionary patterns.
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- Shanchen Wang
- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
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Xu T, Zhu Z, Sun Y, Ren L, Wang R. Characterization and expression of the CXCR1 and CXCR4 in miiuy croaker and evolutionary analysis shows the strong positive selection pressures imposed in mammal CXCR1. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 44:133-144. [PMID: 24333436 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
The innate immune system can recognize non-self, danger signals, and pathogen associated molecular patterns and provides a first line of antimicrobial host defense. Therefore, it plays an instructive role and is pretty important in vertebrates. In innate immune responses, CXCRs act as the main receptors of CXC chemokines and play a vital role in host defense and inflammation. In present study, we cloned two cDNA molecules of CXCR1 and CXCR4 in Miichthys miiuy (miiuy croaker). In these two genes, we found the most highly conserved DRY motif in the second intracellular loop adjacent to the third transmembrane domain. The expressions of CXCR1 and CXCR4 showed that they were ubiquitously expressed in ten normal tissues. After infection with Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio harveyi, the expressions of CXCRs in the immune tissues were significantly regulated in most of tissues except that of CXCR1 in the kidney after V. harveyi injection. Evolutionary analysis showed that only the ancestral lineages of CXCR4 in amphibians underwent positive selection, indicating that the ancestors of amphibians boarded the land and had to further evolve to adapt to terrestrial environments. Multiple ML methods were implemented to detect the robust positively selected candidates for sites. In total, we detected 12 and 3 positively selected sites in the subsets of current mammal and fish CXCR1 genes, and only one site under positive selection was found in mammalian CXCR4 subsets. These positively selected sites were mainly located in the extracellular domains of CXCRs. The sliding window analysis and evolution test tended to favor positive selection acting on the N-terminal domain of CXCR1, which was the critical region for ligand/receptor signaling for neutrophils and receptor-ligand interaction, indicating that the N-terminal of CXCR1 in mammals underwent more positive selection than that of fish.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tianjun Xu
- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China.
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China
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Wang S, Wang R, Xu T. The evolutionary analysis on complement genes reveals that fishes C3 and C9 experience different evolutionary patterns. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:2040-2045. [PMID: 24184007 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.10.018] [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: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Complement is a humoral factor of innate immunity and plays an essential role in altering the host of the presence of potential pathogens and clearing of invading microorganisms. The third complement component (C3) not only is regarded as the crossing of the three pathways of complement activation, but also serves one of the bridges linking innate and acquired immunity. The nine complement component (C9) can combine with C5b, C6, C7 and C8 to form MAC which bounds to the surface of microorganisms to kill them. The evidence of evolution on C3 genes which have multiple functions and plays central role in innate immunity was documented in our previous study. Now we were interested in the evolution of C9 genes which were the terminal complement components. For these reasons, we want to explore the evolutionary patterns of C9 and whether C3 and C9 experience different evolutionary patterns. In our study, we used the sliding window method to separately calculate the values of ω among fishes and mammals of C3 and C9 codons. In order to detect the positive selection sites, we used the maximum likelihood (ML) method to study the evolutionary pattern on C3 and C9 genes. Positive selection sites were detected in mammalian C9 genes and no positive selection sites were detected in fishes C9 genes. However, no positive selection sites were detected in mammalian C3 genes and positive selection sites were detected in fishes C3 genes. The result indicated that C3 and C9 had different evolutionary patterns on mammals and fishes. In conclusion, different living environments lead to different evolutionary patterns on C3 and C9 in mammals and fishes. Besides, different complement components may have different evolutionary patterns on mammals and fishes.
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- Shanchen Wang
- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, PR China
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Does HIV evolve towards a more adaptive state similar to that of simian immunodeficiency virus? AIDS 2013; 27:2965-7. [PMID: 24963705 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000000017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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