Complementary DNA sequences of the constant regions of T‐cell antigen receptors α, β and γ in mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, and their transcriptional changes after stimulation with Flavobacterium columnare

Journal of Fish Diseases - Tập 37 Số 2 - Trang 89-101 - 2014
Jingyun Tian1, Zhitao Qi2, Nan Wu3, Ming Xian Chang4, Pin Nie4
1National Oceanographic Center Qingdao Shandong Province China
2Key Laboratory of Aquaculture and Ecology of Coastal Pool of Jiangsu Province Yancheng Institute of Technology Yancheng Jiangsu Province China
3Laboratory of Fish Molecular Immunology Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Hubei Province China
4State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

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AbstractIn this study, the constant‐region genes (Cα, Cβ and Cγ) that encode the T‐cell antigen receptor (TCR) α, β and γ chains were cloned from mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, an important freshwater fish species in China. The complementary DNA sequences of Cα, Cβ and Cγ were 843, 716 and 906 base pairs (bp) in length and had a 465‐, 289‐ and 360‐bp 3′ untranslated region, encoding 125, 142 and 182 amino acids, respectively. The amino‐acid sequences of the constant regions of mandarin fish TCR α, β and γ chains (encoded by Cα, Cβ and Cγ, respectively) were most similar to those of their teleost counterparts, showing 60% similarity with pufferfish, 48% similarity with Atlantic salmon and 57% similarity with flounder, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the mandarin fish Cα, Cβ and Cγ were clustered, respectively, with their vertebrate counterparts. The mandarin fish Cα, Cβ and Cγ could also be separated into four domains: immunoglobulin; connecting peptide (CP); transmembrane (TM); and cytoplasmic tail. Several conserved features in mammalian TCRs were also found in those of mandarin fish, such as a conserved cysteine residue in the CP domain of Cα, necessary for creating an interchain disulphide bond with the TCR β chain, and a conserved antigen receptor TM motif in Cα and Cβ. Meanwhile, transcripts of Cα, Cβ and Cγ were detectable in all examined organs, with a stronger signal observed in lymphoid organs. In addition, the temporal transcriptional changes for Cα and Cγ were investigated, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 weeks after stimulation with Flavobacterium columnare, in head kidney, spleen, blood, thymus, gill and intestine, using real‐time polymerase chain reaction. The results demonstrated stimulation‐dependent up‐regulations in almost all tissues examined, which indicates that T cells may play important roles in preventing mandarin fish from bacterial invasion. In particular, apart from thymus, T cells were distributed mainly in gill and intestine, where striking up‐regulation of Cγ was also observed. These results will facilitate functional studies of teleost TCRs and T cells.

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Journal of Fish Diseases

Tập 37 Số 2

89-101

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