beta-Defensin in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): Sequence, tissue expression, and anti-bacterial activity of synthetic peptides
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第一作者: Dong, Jun-Jian
作者: Dong, Jun-Jian;Wu, Fang;Ye, Xing;Sun, Cheng-Fei;Tian, Yuan-Yuan;Lu, Mai-Xin;Zhang, Rui;Chen, Zhi-Hang;Wu, Fang;Ye, Xing;Tian, Yuan-Yuan;Zhang, Rui;Chen, Zhi-Hang
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关键词: Oreochromis niloticus;beta-Defensin;Gene expression;Synthetic polypeptide;Bacteriostatic activity
期刊名称:GENE ( 影响因子:3.688; 五年影响因子:3.329 )
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摘要: Beta-defensins (beta-defensins) are small cationic amphiphilic peptides that are widely distributed in plants, insects, and vertebrates, and are important for their antimicrobial properties. In this study, the beta-defensin (On beta-defensin) gene of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was cloned from spleen tissue. On beta-defensin has a genomic DNA sequence of 674 bp and produces a cDNA of 454 bp. Sequence alignments showed that On beta-defensin contains three exons and two introns. Sequence analysis of the cDNA identified an open reading frame of 201 bp, encoding 66 amino acids. Bioinformatic analysis showed that On beta-defensin encodes a cytoplasmic protein molecule containing a signal peptide. The deduced amino acid sequence of this peptide contains six conserved cysteine residues and two conserved glycine residues, and shows 81.82% and 78.33% sequence similarities with beta-defensin-1 of fugu (Takifugu rubripes) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), respectively. Real-time quantitative PCR showed that the level of On beta-defensin expression was highest in the skin (307.1-fold), followed by the spleen (773-fold), kidney (17.8-fold), and muscle (16.5-fold) compared to controls. By contrast, low levels of expression were found in the liver, heart, intestine, stomach, and gill (<3.0-fold). Artificial infection of tilapia with Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [CBS] strain) resulted in a significantly upregulated expression of On beta-defensin in the skin, muscle, kidney, and gill. In vitro antimicrobial experiments showed that a synthetic On beta-defensin polypeptide had a certain degree of inhibitory effect on the growth of Escherichia coli DH5 alpha. and S. agalactiae. The results indicate that On beta-defensin plays a role in immune responses that suppress or kill pathogens. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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