文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Wang, Yue ¹ ; Zhang, Chao; Wang, Hui ² ; Ma, Hongyu; Huang, Yan-Qing ² ; Lu, Jian-Xue ² ; Li, Xin-Cang ² ; Zhang, X ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Henan Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, East China Sea Fisheries Res Inst, Shanghai 200090, Peoples R China

3.Minist Agr, Key Lab East China Sea Fishery Resources Exploita, Shanghai 200090, Peoples R China

4.Minist Agr,

关键词： Crustin; Glycine-rich region; Expression profile; Antibacterial activity; Binding activity; Agglutination activity

期刊名称：FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.581； 五年影响因子：4.851 ）

ISSN： 1050-4648

年卷期： 2018 年 75 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Crustins, the main AMP family in Crustacea, are generated as isoforms in many species and implicated in innate immune responses, but their detailed molecular mechanisms on susceptible bacteria remain largely unclear. Type II and type I crustins are distinguished by glycine-rich region (GRR), which is a major marker motif, and some type II crustins exhibit stronger antibacterial activities than their GRR deletion mutants. In the present study, a novel crustin, namely, SpCrus5, was functionally characterized from a commercially valuable crab Scylla paramamosain. SpCrus5 contained a typical cysteine-rich domain at the N-terminus, a conserved WAP domain in the center, and a special GRR at the C-terminus, which is located in a site that differs from that of GRRs in typical type II crustins found between signal peptides and cysteine-rich domains. SpCrus5 shared high similarities with most type II crustins, and it was more closely related to type II crustins than to other retrieved crustins. SpCrus5 was predominantly expressed in gills and remarkably upregulated after the crabs were challenged with Vibrio parahemolyticus or Staphylococcus carrells, suggesting that SpCrus5 might participate in antibacterial immune responses. To further elucidate how this C-terminal GRR affects the function of SpCrus5, we harvested a GRR deletion mutant (SpCrus5-Delta GRR) by deleting the GRR. Liquid growth inhibition assays demonstrated that the antimicrobial activity of SpCrus5 was stronger than that of SpCrus5-Delta GRR, and the antibacterial spectrum of the former toward Gram-negative bacteria was broader than that of the latter. Binding assays revealed that the microorganism-binding ability and polysaccharide-binding activity of SpCrus5 were stronger than those of SpCrus5-Delta GRR. SpCrus5 or SpCrus5-Delta GRR agglutinated all tested Gram-positive bacteria. Therefore, the antibacterial activities of SpCrus5 were stronger and broader than those of SpCrus5-Delta GRR, and the binding ability and agglutination activity might contribute to the antimicrobial activity of SpCrus5. These results revealed that the C-terminal GRR was necessary to produce an efficient antibacterial activity of SpCrus5. SpCrus5 was highly identical with most type II crustins and it functioned as many type II crustins did, indicating that SpCrus5 was more likely an atypical type II crustin than a type I crustin. This study revealed that SpCrus5 participated as an essential antimicrobial effector in immune responses and provided new insights into the underlying mechanisms of the sequence and function diversity of crustins.