您好,欢迎访问中国水产科学研究院 机构知识库!

Characterization and functional analysis of slc7a11 gene, involved in skin color differentiation in the red tilapia

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: Wang, Lan-mei 1 ; Bu, Hong-yi 2 ; Song, Fei-biao 2 ; Zhu, Wen-bin 1 ; Fu, Jian-jun 1 ; Dong, Zai-jie 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Res Ctr, Key Lab Freshwater Fisheries & Germplasm Resource, Wuxi 214081, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

2.Nanjing Agr Univ, Wuxi Fisheries Coll, Wuxi 214081, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

关键词: slc7a11; Red tilapia; Expression; Localization; RNA interference; Skin color differentiation

期刊名称:COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY ( 影响因子:2.32; 五年影响因子:2.465 )

ISSN: 1095-6433

年卷期: 2019 年 236 卷

页码:

收录情况: SCI

摘要: Red tilapia has become more popular for aquaculture production in China in recent years. However, the pigmentation differentiation that has resulted from the process of genetic breeding and skin color variation during the overwintering period are the main problems limiting the development of commercial culture. The genetic basis of skin color differentiation is still not understood. Solute carrier family 7 member 11 (slc7a11) has been identified to be a critical genetic regulator of pheomelanin synthesis in the skin of mammals. However, little information is available about its molecular characteristics, expression, location and function in skin color differentiation of fish. In this study, three complete cDNA sequences (2159 bp, 2190 bp and 2249 bp) of slc7a11 were successfully isolated from Malaysian red tilapia, encoding polypeptides of 492, 525 and 492 amino acids respectively. Quantitative real-time PCR demonstrated that slc7a11 mRNA expression is high in the ventral skin of PR (pink with scattered red spots) fish. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed that xCT (the protein encoded by slc7a11) was concentrated mainly in the cytoplasm and nucleus of both the dorsal and ventral skin cells of fish. After RNA interference of slc7a11, slc7a11 and cbs mRNA expressions decreased, but the tyr mRNA expression increased in the skin of fish. Results suggest that slc7a11 plays an important role in skin color formation and differentiation of red tilapia through the melanogenesis pathway.

  • 相关文献
作者其他论文 更多>>