Splicing variants of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) IL-21: Functions in IgM(+) B cell proliferation and IgM secretion

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第一作者： Zhang, Xu-Jie

作者： Zhang, Xu-Jie;Zhang, Yong-An;Cui, Zheng-Wei;Zhang, Yong-An;Zhang, Xiang-Yang;Chen, Xiao-Hua

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关键词： IL-21; Splicing variant; B cell; IgM; Grass carp

期刊名称：DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY （ 影响因子：3.636； 五年影响因子：3.654 ）

ISSN： 0145-305X

年卷期： 2020 年 110 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： In mammals, interleukin 21 (IL-21) is a type I four-helical bundle cytokine produced by activated T cells that has pleiotropic functions on immune cells. Although IL-21 has been discovered in fish, the splicing variants of this cytokine and their functions on B cells are unclear. In this study, based on the original transcript of grass carp IL-21 (named gcIL-21sv1 in this study), two alternative splicing variants, named gcIL-21sv2 and gcIL-21sv3, were cloned and characterized. The protein sequences of gcIL-21sv1 and gcIL-21sv2 consist of four a-helixes, and only the six amino acid residues at the C-terminal are different. Unlike gcIL-21sv1 and gcIL-21sv2, gcIL-21sv3 lacks the C-terminal region. The expression analysis showed that gcIL-21sv1, gcIL-21sv2, and gcIL-21sv3 were constitutively expressed in all the tested tissues, and their expression could be significantly up-regulated by LPS and Poly (I:C) in head kidney leukocytes (HKLs), with the fold change of gcIL-21sv1 being higher than that of gcIL-21sv2 and gcIL-21sv3. Recombinant gcIL-21sv1 and gcIL-21sv2, but not gcIL-21sv3, could induce the proliferation of IgM(+) B cells and the secretion of IgM, with the activity of gcIL-21sv1 being stronger than that of gcIL-21sv2, indicating that the C-terminal region plays important roles in the function of gcIL-21. Taken together, this study found that, like IL-21 in human and mouse, IL-21 splicing variants also exist in fish, and the regulatory activities of these variants in humoral immunity are differ,suggesting that grass carp may balance the immune response mediated by IL-21 through alternative splicing.

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