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Hu G, Han Y, Yang D, Cao R, Wang Q, Liu H, Dong Z, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Zhao J. Molecular cloning and characterization of FADD from the manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 88:556-566. [PMID: 30885740 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Fas-associated protein with death domain (FADD) is an essential element in cell death, and also implicates in cell cycle progression, inflammation and innate immunity. In the study, an FADD (designated as RpFADD) was identified and characterized from manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum. Multiple alignments and phylogenetic analysis strongly suggested that RpFADD was a new member of the FADD family. The RpFADD transcripts were constitutively expressed in a wide range of tissues, and dominantly expressed in hemocytes. After challenged with Vibrio anguillarum or Micrococcus luteus, the expression level of RpFADD transcripts was significantly induced and reached the maximum level at 72 h and 48 h, respectively. Knockdown of RpFADD down-regulated the transcript levels of RpIKK, RpTAK1 and RpNF-κB with the exception of RpIκB. Moreover, RpFADD primarily localized in the cell cytoplasm, and its over-expression promoted the apoptosis of HeLa cells. These results revealed that RpFADD perhaps regulated the NF-κB signaling pathways positively, which provided a better understanding of RpFADD in innate immunity.
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- Gege Hu
- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China.
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China
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- Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Center for Ocean Mega-science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, PR China.
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Masood M, Herberstein ME, Raftos DA, Nair SV. Double stranded RNA is processed differently in two oyster species. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 76:285-291. [PMID: 28687485 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ostreid herpes virus causes serious disease in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), but not in the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata). To investigate differences in disease progression, we injected oysters with double stranded RNA (dsRNA). dsRNA is known to mimic viral infection, and can evoke immune responses when Toll-like receptors detect the dsRNA, leading to the production of type 1 interferon and inflammation cytokines. The uptake and processing of dsRNA was tracked in gill and mantle tissue of Crassostrea gigas and Saccostrea glomerata after injection of fluorochrome labelled poly (I:C) dsRNA. The two species showed significant differences in tissue uptake and clearance, and differences in immune responses confirmed by real time PCR. These results showed that S. glomerata was more efficient in processing dsRNA than C. gigas, and that the gill tissue is an important site of dsRNA processing and response.
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- Muhammad Masood
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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Paces J, Nic M, Novotny T, Svoboda P. Literature review of baseline information to support the risk assessment of RNAi‐based GM plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [PMCID: PMC7163844 DOI: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.en-1246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Jan Paces
- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IMG)
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IMG)
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Pauletto M, Segarra A, Montagnani C, Quillien V, Faury N, Le Grand J, Miner P, Petton B, Labreuche Y, Fleury E, Fabioux C, Bargelloni L, Renault T, Huvet A. Long dsRNAs promote an anti-viral response in Pacific oyster hampering ostreid herpesvirus 1 replication. J Exp Biol 2017; 220:3671-3685. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.156299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Double stranded RNA-mediated genetic interference (RNAi) is a widely used reverse genetic tool for determining the loss-of-function phenotype of a gene. Here, the possible induction of an immune response by long dsRNA was tested in a marine bivalve, i.e. Crassostrea gigas, as well as the specific role of the subunit 2 of the nuclear factor κB inhibitor (IκB2). This gene is a candidate of particular interest for functional investigations in the context of massive mortality oyster events as Cg-IκB2 mRNA levels exhibited significant variation depending on the amount of ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) DNA detected. In the present study, dsRNAs targeting Cg-IκB2 and Green Fluorescence Protein genes were injected in vivo into oysters before being challenged by OsHV-1. Survival appeared close to 100% in both dsRNA injected conditions associated with a low detection of viral DNA and a low expression of a panel of 39 OsHV-1 genes as compared to infected control. Long dsRNA molecules, both Cg-IκB2- and GFP-dsRNA, may have induced an anti-viral state controlling the OsHV-1 replication and precluding the understanding of the Cg-IκB2 specific role. Immune-related genes including Cg-IκB1, Cg-Rel1, Cg-IFI44, Cg-PKR, and Cg-IAP appeared activated in dsRNA-injected condition potentially hampering viral replication and thus conferring a better resistance to OsHV-1 infection. We revealed that long dsRNA-mediated genetic interference triggered an anti-viral state in the oyster, emphasizing the need of new reverse genetics tools for assessing immune gene function and avoiding off-target effects in bivalves.
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- Marianna Pauletto
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Génétique et Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, 17390 La Tremblade, France
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- Ifremer, IHPE UMR 5244, Univ. Perpignan Via Domitia, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, F-34095, Montpellier, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, LEMAR, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Génétique et Pathologie des Mollusques Marins, 17390 La Tremblade, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, LEMAR, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, LEMAR, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, F-29688 Roscoff cedex, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, LEMAR, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, LEMAR, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- Ifremer, Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement, rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, 44000 Nantes, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, LEMAR, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Tang X, Huang B, Zhang L, Li L, Zhang G. TANK-binding kinase-1 broadly affects oyster immune response to bacteria and viruses. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 56:330-335. [PMID: 27422757 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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As a benthic filter feeder of estuaries, the immune system of oysters provides one of the best models for studying the genetic and molecular basis of the innate immune pathway in marine invertebrates and examining the influence of environmental factors on the immune system. Here, the molecular function of molluscan TANK-binding kinase-1 (TBK1) (which we named CgTBK1) was studied in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. Compared with known TBK1 proteins in other model organisms, CgTBK1 contains a conserved S-TKc domain and a coiled coil domain at the N- and C-terminals but lacks an important ubiquitin domain. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that the expression level of CgTBK1 was ubiquitous in all selected tissues, with highest expression in the gills. CgTBK1 expression was significantly upregulated in response to infections with Vibrio alginolyticus, ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1 reference strain and μvar), and polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid sodium salt, suggesting its broad function in immune response. Subcellular localization showed the presence of CgTBK1 in the cytoplasm of HeLa cells, suggesting its potential function as the signal transducer between the receptor and transcription factor. We further demonstrated that CgTBK1 interacted with CgSTING in HEK293T cells, providing evidence that CgTBK1 could be activated by direct binding to CgSTING. In summary, we characterized the TBK1 gene in C. gigas and demonstrated its role in the innate immune response to pathogen infections.
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- Xueying Tang
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.
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Green TJ, Speck P, Geng L, Raftos D, Beard MR, Helbig KJ. Oyster viperin retains direct antiviral activity and its transcription occurs via a signalling pathway involving a heat-stable haemolymph protein. J Gen Virol 2016; 96:3587-3597. [PMID: 26407968 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Little is known about the response of non-model invertebrates, such as oysters, to virus infection. The vertebrate innate immune system detects virus-derived nucleic acids to trigger the type I IFN pathway, leading to the transcription of hundreds of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) that exert antiviral functions. Invertebrates were thought to lack the IFN pathway based on the absence of IFN or ISGs encoded in model invertebrate genomes. However, the oyster genome encodes many ISGs, including the well-described antiviral protein viperin. In this study, we characterized oyster viperin and showed that it localizes to caveolin-1 and inhibits dengue virus replication in a heterologous model. In a second set of experiments, we have provided evidence that the haemolymph from poly(I : C)-injected oysters contains a heat-stable, protease-susceptible factor that induces haemocyte transcription of viperin mRNA in conjunction with upregulation of IFN regulatory factor. Collectively, these results support the concept that oysters have antiviral systems that are homologous to the vertebrate IFN pathway.
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- Timothy J Green
- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.,Department of Biological Sciences and Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Masood M, Raftos DA, Nair SV. Two Oyster Species That Show Differential Susceptibility to Virus Infection Also Show Differential Proteomic Responses to Generic dsRNA. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:1735-46. [PMID: 27072892 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Viral diseases are a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in oysters, resulting in significant economic losses. We investigated the proteomic responses of these two species of oysters to generic double-stranded RNAs (poly I:C and poly A:U). Analysis of proteomic data using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitaion (iTRAQ) indicated that there were significant differences in the proteomic responses of the two oyster species resulting from this treatment. Gene ontology analysis showed that several biological processes, cellular components, and molecular function were unique to the different data sets. For example, a number of proteins implicated in the TLR signaling pathway were associated with the Saccostrea glomerata data set but were absent in the Crassostra gigas data set. These results suggest that the differences in the proteomic responses to dsRNA may underpin the biological differences in viral susceptibility. Molecular targets previously shown to be expressed in C. gigas in response to OsHV1 infections were not present in our proteomic data sets, although they were present in the RNA extracted from the very same tissues. Taken together, our data indicate that there are substantial disparities between transcriptomic and proteomic responses to dsRNA challenge, and a comprehensive account of the oysters' biological responses to these treatments must take into account that disparity.
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- Muhammad Masood
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University , NSW 2109 Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University , NSW 2109 Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University , NSW 2109 Australia
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Green TJ, Chataway T, Melwani AR, Raftos DA. Proteomic analysis of hemolymph from poly(I:C)-stimulated Crassostrea gigas. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 48:39-42. [PMID: 26578249 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Synthetic double stranded RNA (Poly(I:C)) injection of Crassostrea gigas results in a systemic antiviral response involving many evolutionary conserved antiviral effectors (ISGs). Compared to mammals, the timing of C. gigas ISG expression to viral or poly(I:C) injection is delayed (>12 h p.i.). It could be interpreted that a cytokine is responsible for the systemic, but delayed expression of C. gigas ISGs. We therefore analysed the acellular fraction of C. gigas hemolymph by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) to identify hemolymph proteins induced by poly(I:C). Poly(I:C) injection increased the relative intensity of four protein spots. These protein spots were identified by tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a small heat shock protein (sHSP), poly(I:C)-inducible protein 1 (PIP1) and two isoforms of C1q-domain containing protein (C1qDC). RT-qPCR analysis confirmed that the genes encoding these proteins are induced in hemocytes of C. gigas injected with poly(I:C) (p < 0.05). Proteomic data from this experiment corroborates previous microarray and whole transcriptome studies that have reported up-regulation of C1qDC and sHSP during mass mortality events among farmed oysters.
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- Timothy J Green
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Chowder Bay, Mosman, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Chowder Bay, Mosman, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Chowder Bay, Mosman, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Bachère E, Rosa RD, Schmitt P, Poirier AC, Merou N, Charrière GM, Destoumieux-Garzón D. The new insights into the oyster antimicrobial defense: Cellular, molecular and genetic view. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 46:50-64. [PMID: 25753917 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.02.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Oysters are sessile filter feeders that live in close association with abundant and diverse communities of microorganisms that form the oyster microbiota. In such an association, cellular and molecular mechanisms have evolved to maintain oyster homeostasis upon stressful conditions including infection and changing environments. We give here cellular and molecular insights into the Crassostrea gigas antimicrobial defense system with focus on antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs). This review highlights the central role of the hemocytes in the modulation and control of oyster antimicrobial response. As vehicles for AMPs and other antimicrobial effectors, including reactive oxygen species (ROS), and together with epithelia, hemocytes provide the oyster with local defense reactions instead of systemic humoral ones. These reactions are largely based on phagocytosis but also, as recently described, on the extracellular release of antimicrobial histones (ETosis) which is triggered by ROS. Thus, ROS can signal danger and activate cellular responses in the oyster. From the current literature, AMP production/release could serve similar functions. We provide also new lights on the oyster genetic background that underlies a great diversity of AMP sequences but also an extraordinary individual polymorphism of AMP gene expression. We discuss here how this polymorphism could generate new immune functions, new pathogen resistances or support individual adaptation to environmental stresses.
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- Evelyne Bachère
- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
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- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France; Laboratory of Immunology Applied to Aquaculture, Department of Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France; Laboratorio de Genética e Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Biología, Pontificia Universidad, Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Universidad 330, 2373223 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- Ifremer, UMR 5244, IHPE Interaction Host Pathogen Environment, UPVD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, CC 80, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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Immune responses to infectious diseases in bivalves. J Invertebr Pathol 2015; 131:121-36. [PMID: 26003824 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Many species of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) are important in fisheries and aquaculture, whilst others are critical to ecosystem structure and function. These crucial roles mean that considerable attention has been paid to the immune responses of bivalves such as oysters, clams and mussels against infectious diseases that can threaten the viability of entire populations. As with many invertebrates, bivalves have a comprehensive repertoire of immune cells, genes and proteins. Hemocytes represent the backbone of the bivalve immune system. However, it is clear that mucosal tissues at the interface with the environment also play a critical role in host defense. Bivalve immune cells express a range of pattern recognition receptors and are highly responsive to the recognition of microbe-associated molecular patterns. Their responses to infection include chemotaxis, phagolysosomal activity, encapsulation, complex intracellular signaling and transcriptional activity, apoptosis, and the induction of anti-viral states. Bivalves also express a range of inducible extracellular recognition and effector proteins, such as lectins, peptidoglycan-recognition proteins, thioester bearing proteins, lipopolysaccharide and β1,3-glucan-binding proteins, fibrinogen-related proteins (FREPs) and antimicrobial proteins. The identification of FREPs and other highly diversified gene families in bivalves leaves open the possibility that some of their responses to infection may involve a high degree of pathogen specificity and immune priming. The current review article provides a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, description of these factors and how they are regulated by infectious agents. It concludes that one of the remaining challenges is to use new "omics" technologies to understand how this diverse array of factors is integrated and controlled during infection.
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Martín-Gómez L, Villalba A, Kerkhoven RH, Abollo E. Role of microRNAs in the immunity process of the flat oyster Ostrea edulis against bonamiosis. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 27:40-50. [PMID: 25008434 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small (∼22nt) non-coding regulatory single strand RNA molecules that reduce stability and/or translation of sequence-complementary target. miRNAs are a key component of gene regulatory networks and have been involved in a wide variety of biological processes, such as signal transduction, cell proliferation and apoptosis. Many miRNAs are broadly conserved among the animal lineages and even between invertebrates and vertebrates. The European flat oyster Ostrea edulis is highly susceptible to infection with Bonamia ostreae, an intracellular parasite able to survive and proliferate within oyster haemocytes. Mollusc haemocytes play a key role in the immune response of molluscs as main cellular effectors. The roles of miRNAs in the immune response of O. edulis to bonamiosis were analysed using a commercial microarray platform (miRCURY LNA™ v2, Exiqon) for miRNAs. Expression of miRNAs in haemocytes from oysters with different bonamiosis intensity was compared. Differential expression was detected in 63 and 76 miRNAs when comparing heavily-affected with non-affected oysters and with lightly-affected ones, respectively. Among them, 19 miRNAs are known to be linked to immune response, being responsible of proliferation and activation of macrophages, inflammation, apoptosis and/or oxidative damage, which is consistent with the modulation of their expression in oyster haemocytes due to bonamiosis.
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- Laura Martín-Gómez
- Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Aptdo 13, 36620 Vilanova de Arousa, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Aptdo 13, 36620 Vilanova de Arousa, Spain
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- Central Microarray Facility, NKI (The Netherlands Cancer Institute), Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Fundación CETMAR - Centro Tecnológico del Mar, Eduardo Cabello s/n., 36208 Vigo, Spain
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Green TJ, Montagnani C, Benkendorff K, Robinson N, Speck P. Ontogeny and water temperature influences the antiviral response of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 36:151-157. [PMID: 24200990 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Disease is caused by a complex interaction between the pathogen, environment, and the physiological status of the host. Determining how host ontogeny interacts with water temperature to influence the antiviral response of the Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, is a major goal in understanding why juvenile Pacific oysters are dying during summer as a result of the global emergence of a new genotype of the Ostreid herpesvirus, termed OsHV-1 μvar. We measured the effect of temperature (12 vs 22 °C) on the antiviral response of adult and juvenile C. gigas injected with poly I:C. Poly I:C up-regulated the expression of numerous immune genes, including TLR, MyD88, IκB-1, Rel, IRF, MDA5, STING, SOC, PKR, Viperin and Mpeg1. At 22 °C, these immune genes showed significant up-regulation in juvenile and adult oysters, but the majority of these genes were up-regulated 12 h post-injection for juveniles compared to 26 h for adults. At 12 °C, the response of these genes was completely inhibited in juveniles and delayed in adults. Temperature and age had no effect on hemolymph antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus (HSV-1). These results suggest that oysters rely on a cellular response to minimise viral replication, involving recognition of virus-associated molecular patterns to induce host cells into an antiviral state, as opposed to producing broad-spectrum antiviral compounds. This cellular response, measured by antiviral gene expression of circulating hemocytes, was influenced by temperature and oyster age. We speculate whether the vigorous antiviral response of juveniles at 22 °C results in an immune-mediated disorder causing mortality.
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- Timothy J Green
- School of Biological Sciences and Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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- Ifremer, UMR 5119 Ecology of Coastal Marine Systems, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC80, 30495 Montpellier cedex 05, France
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- Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, P.O. Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences and Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia; Nofima, P.O. Box 210, N-1431 Ås, Norway
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- School of Biological Sciences and Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Molecular characterisation of TNF, AIF, dermatopontin and VAMP genes of the flat oyster Ostrea edulis and analysis of their modulation by diseases. Gene 2013; 533:208-17. [PMID: 24095775 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.09.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2012] [Revised: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bonamiosis and disseminated neoplasia (DN) are the most important diseases affecting cultured flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) in Galicia (NW Spain). Previous research of the response of O. edulis against bonamiosis by suppression subtractive hybridisation yielded a partial expressed sequence tag of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and allograft inflammatory factor (AIF), as well as the whole open reading frame for dermatopontin and vesicle-associated membrane (VAMP). Herein, the complete open reading frames of TNF and AIF genes were determined by the rapid amplification of cDNA, and the deduced amino acid sequences of the four genes were characterised. Phylogenetic relationships for each gene were studied using maximum likelihood parameters. Quantitative-PCR assays were also performed in order to analyse the modulation of the expression of these genes by bonamiosis and disseminated neoplasia. Gene expression profiles were studied in haemolymph cells and in various organs (gill, gonad, mantle and digestive gland) of oysters affected by bonamiosis, DN, and both diseases with regard to non-affected oysters (control). TNF expression in haemolymph cells was up-regulated at heavy stage of bonamiosis but its expression was not affected by DN. AIF expression was up-regulated at heavy stage of bonamiosis in haemolymph cells and mantle, which is associated with heavy inflammatory response, and in haemolymph cells of oysters affected by DN. AIF expression was, however, down-regulated in other organs as gills and gonads. Dermatopontin expression was down-regulated in haemolymph cells and digestive gland of oysters affected by bonamiosis, but DN had no significant effect on its expression. Gills and gonads showed up-regulation of dermatopontin expression associated with bonamiosis. There were significant differences in the expression of TNF and VAMP depending on the bonamiosis intensity stage whereas no significant differences were detected between light and heavy severity degrees of DN for the studied genes. VAMP expression showed also differences among haemolymph cells and the organs studied. The occurrence of both diseases in oysters involved haemolymph cell gene expression patterns different from those associated to each disease separately: no significant effect was observed in TNF expression, dermatopontin was up-regulated and marked up-regulation of AIF and VAMP was recorded, which suggests a multiplier effect of the combination of both diseases for the latter two genes.
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Green TJ, Montagnani C. Poly I:C induces a protective antiviral immune response in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) against subsequent challenge with Ostreid herpesvirus (OsHV-1 μvar). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:382-388. [PMID: 23685009 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In-vivo studies were carried out to investigate the protective effect of a synthetic viral analogue (poly I:C) against Ostreid herpes virus (OsHV-1 μvar). Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) were immune-primed by intramuscular injection of 240 μg of poly I:C or sterile seawater at 1 day prior to infection with OsHV-1 μvar. Poly I:C injection induced an antiviral state in C. gigas as the percentage of viral-infected oysters at 48 h post infection was significantly lower in the poly I:C treatment (11%) compared to seawater controls (100%). In an additional experiment, we demonstrated that the protective role of poly I:C is reproducible and elicits a specific antiviral response as immune-priming with heat-killed Vibrio splendidus provided no protection against subsequent viral infection. In both experiments, genes homologous to a toll-like receptor (TLR), MyD88, interferon regulatory factor (IRF) and protein kinase R (PKR) were up-regulated in oysters immune-primed with poly I:C compared to seawater controls (p < 0.05). The MyD88, IRF and PKR genes were also significantly up-regulated in response to OsHV-1 μvar infection (p < 0.05), which is suggestive that they are implicated in the antiviral response of C. gigas. Our results demonstrate that C. gigas can recognise double-strand RNA to initiate an innate immune response that inhibits viral infection. The observed response has striking similarities to the hallmarks of the type-1 interferon response of vertebrates.
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- Timothy J Green
- Ifremer, UMR 5119 "Ecology of Coastal Marine Systems", Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC80, 30495 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
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Choi SH, Jee BY, Lee SJ, Cho MY, Lee SJ, Kim JW, Jeong HD, Kim KH. Effects of RNA interference-mediated knock-down of hypoxia-inducible factor-α on respiratory burst activity of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas hemocytes. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:476-479. [PMID: 23680843 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In mammals, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 α (HIF-1α) is known to play important roles not only in oxygen homeostasis but also in innate immune responses. In this study, to assess the functional role of HIF-α in respiratory burst activity of Crassostrea gigas hemocytes, oysters were injected with HIF-α- or green fluorescent protein (GFP)-targeted-long double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs), and at 1, 3, and 7 days post-injection, knock-down of C. gigas HIF-α expression and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were analyzed. Expression of HIF-α in mantle, gill, and hemocytes of C. gigas was clearly down-regulated by injection of the HIF-α-targeted-long dsRNA, but was not inhibited by the GFP-targeted-long dsRNA, indicating that HIF-α expression was suppressed through sequence-specific and systemic RNA interference (RNAi). Respiratory burst activity of hemocytes was significantly increased by administration of GFP-targeted-long dsRNA. However, knock-down of HIF-α expression led to significant decrease of chemiluminescence (CL) response of C. gigas hemocytes at 3 and 7 days post-administration of HIF-α-targeted-long dsRNA, indicating the critical role of HIF-α in activation of respiratory burst activity of oyster hemocytes.
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- Seung Hyuk Choi
- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, 599-1, Daeyeondong, Namgu, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
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Taylor DA, Thompson EL, Nair SV, Raftos DA. Differential effects of metal contamination on the transcript expression of immune- and stress-response genes in the Sydney Rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2013; 178:65-71. [PMID: 23545341 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Revised: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Environmental contamination by metals is a serious threat to the biological sustainability of coastal ecosystems. Our current understanding of the potential biological effects of metals in these ecosystems is limited. This study tested the transcriptional expression of immune- and stress-response genes in Sydney Rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata). Oysters were exposed to four metals (cadmium, copper, lead and zinc) commonly associated with anthropogenic pollution in coastal waterways. Seven target genes (superoxide dismutase, ferritin, ficolin, defensin, HSP70, HSP90 and metallothionein) were selected. Quantitative (real-time) PCR analyses of the transcript expression of these genes showed that each of the different metals elicited unique transcriptional profiles. Significant changes in transcription were found for 18 of the 28 combinations tested (4 metals × 7 genes). Of these, 16 reflected down-regulation of gene transcription. HSP90 was the only gene significantly up-regulated by metal contamination (cadmium and zinc only), while defensin expression was significantly down-regulated by exposure to all four metals. This inhibition could have a significant negative effect on the oyster immune system, promoting susceptibility to opportunistic infections and disease.
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- Daisy A Taylor
- Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Chowder Bay, NSW 2088, Australia; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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Zhou Z, Wang M, Zhao J, Wang L, Gao Y, Zhang H, Liu R, Song L. The increased transcriptional response and translocation of a Rel/NF-κB homologue in scallop Chlamys farreri during the immune stimulation. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:1209-1215. [PMID: 23403154 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The Rel/NF-κB transcription factors can function as key regulators to modulate the expression of immune-related genes in response to immune challenge or environmental stress. In the present study, a gene coding Rel/NF-κB homologue was identified from scallop Chlamys farreri (designated CfRel). Its deduced protein comprised 359 amino acids, and contained a conserved N-terminal Rel homology domain (RHD) and an IPT domain. There was an NF-κB/Rel/dorsal domain signature sequence in the RHD domain. The mRNA transcripts of CfRel could be detected in all the tested tissues including adductor muscle, mantle, gill, gonad, haemocytes, kidney and hepatopancreas, with the highest expression level in hepatopancreas. After LPS stimulation, there were two peaks of CfRel mRNA expression level in haemocytes at 6 h (25.25-fold, P < 0.05) and 24 h (59.66-fold, P < 0.05) respectively, while the mRNA expression of CfRel was only up-regulated at 3 h after PGN stimulation (2.35-fold, P < 0.05). By Western blotting technique, CfRel protein was observed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of scallop haemocytes, and its concentration in the haemocyte nucleus increased significantly at 3 h and 12 h after LPS stimulation. The noticeable NF-κB transcription activity of CfRel protein was determined by NF-κB luciferase reporter assays (122.43%, P < 0.05), and it decreased significantly (17.61%, P < 0.05) after the coexpression of scallop IκB protein. These results collectively suggested that CfRel mRNA transcripts and protein were induced by immune stimulation, and CfRel protein could extricate itself from IκB protein and transfer into the haemocyte nucleus to modulate the immune response in scallop.
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- Zhi Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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De Decker S, Saulnier D. Vibriosis induced by experimental cohabitation in Crassostrea gigas: evidence of early infection and down-expression of immune-related genes. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 30:691-699. [PMID: 21195769 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2010.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Revised: 12/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The understanding of reciprocal interactions between Crassostrea gigas and Vibrio sp., whether these be virulent or avirulent, is vital for the development of methods to improve the health status of cultured oysters. We describe an original non-invasive experimental infection technique using cohabitation, designed to explore these interactions. Using real-time PCR techniques we examined the dynamics of virulent and avirulent Vibrio sp. in oyster hemolymph and tank seawater, and made a parallel study of the expression of four genes involved in oyster immune defense: Cg-BPI, Cg-EcSOD, Cg-IκB, Cg-TIMP. No mortality occurred in control animals, but oysters put in cohabitation for 2-48 h with animals previously infected by two Vibrio pathogens suffered mortalities from 2 to 16 days post-cohabitation. Our results show that virulent Vibrio infect healthy individuals after only 2 h of cohabitation, with values ranging from 4.5 x 10² to 2 x 10⁴ cells ml⁻¹ hemolymph. Simultaneously, an approximate ten-fold increase of the total Vibrio population was observed in control animals, with a 6.6-78.5-fold up-expression of targeted genes. In contrast, oysters exposed to harmful bacteria had mean expression levels strongly down-regulated by a factor of 9.2-29 (depending on the gene) compared with control animals. Although oysters were still found to be infected by virulent Vibrio after 6-48 h of cohabitation, no significant differences were noted when comparing levels of each transcript in control and infected oysters at the same sampling times during this period: the important differences were noted before 6 h cohabitation. Taken together, our data support (1) the hypothesis that virulent Vibrio disturbs the immune response of this invertebrate host both rapidly and significantly, although this occurs specifically during an early and transient period during the first 6 h of cohabitation challenge, and that (2) expression of targeted genes is not correlated with vibriosis resistance.
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- Sophie De Decker
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Pathologie, Ifremer, Av du Mus de Loup, 17390 La Tremblade, France
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Mateo DR, Greenwood SJ, Araya MT, Berthe FCJ, Johnson GR, Siah A. Differential gene expression of gamma-actin, Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) and interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4) in Mya arenaria haemocytes induced by in vivo infections with two Vibrio splendidus strains. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 34:710-714. [PMID: 20156478 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Immune function gene expression in Mya arenaria haemocytes was evaluated following in vivo infection with Vibrio splendidus LGP32-GFP and 7SHRW. Elongation factor 1alpha (EF-1alpha) with 2 (EF-2), after challenge with LGP32-GFP, and EF-1alpha with the ribosomal protein S-18, after challenge with 7SHRW, were found to be the most stable housekeeping genes. Using these internal controls and comparing the regulation induced by both strains, up-regulation of gamma-actin, down-regulation of TLR-2 and up-regulation of IRAK-4 was significantly higher after challenge with LGP32-GFP (p<0.001, p=0.001 and p<0.05, respectively). These results suggest specific responses at a molecular level modulated by the bacterial strains. LGP32-GFP induced marked responses which coincide with a similar trend previously found on phenotypic responses under our experimental model.
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- Dante R Mateo
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada.
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