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Liu X, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Vakharia VN, Zhang X, Lv X, Sun W. Screening of genes encoding proteins that interact with ISG15: Probing a cDNA library from a snakehead fish cell line using a yeast two-hybrid system. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2022; 128:300-306. [PMID: 35921933 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2022.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) regulates cellular life processes, including defense responses against infection by a variety of viral pathogens, by binding to target proteins. At present, various fish ISG15s have been identified, but the biological function of ISG15 in snakehead fish is still unclear. In this study, total RNA was extracted from snakehead fish cell line E11, ds cDNA was synthesized and purified using SMART technology, and the resulting cDNA library was screened by co-transforming yeast cells. The library titer was 4.28 × 109 CFU/mL. Using snakehead ISG15 as the bait protein, the recombinant bait vector pGBKT7-ISG15 was constructed and transformed into the yeast strain Y2HGold. The toxicity and self-activation activity of the bait vector were detected on the deficient medium, and the prey proteins interacting with ISG15 were screened. In total, 19 interacting proteins of ISG15 were identified, including mitotic checkpoint protein BUB3, hypothetical protein SnRVgp6, elongation factor 1-beta, 60S ribosomal protein L9, dual specificity protein phosphatase 5-like, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit I and ferritin. A yeast spotting assay further probed the interaction between ISG15 and DUSP5. These results increase our understanding of the interaction network of snakehead ISG15 and will aid in exploring the underlying mechanisms of snakehead ISG15 functions in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaodan Liu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore Country, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
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Ruhmann B, Giller K, Hankele AK, Ulbrich SE, Schmicke M. Interferon-τ induced gene expression in bovine hepatocytes during early pregnancy. Theriogenology 2017; 104:198-204. [PMID: 28888122 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Interferon-tau (IFNτ) is the conceptus derived specific early pregnancy signal in bovidae. Locally, IFNτ induces an IFNτ specific gene expression (ISG) in endometrial cells and by this it averts luteolysis of the corpus luteum (CL) by suppressing prostaglandin production. Moreover, it was shown that IFNτ also induces ISG in the liver in pregnant sheep and in liver biopsies from Holstein Friesian heifers on Day 18 of pregnancy. The objective of the present study was to confirm increased hepatic ISG in vivo on Day 18 of pregnancy and to prove if hepatocytes and not non-parenchymal cells react to IFNτ by using immunohistochemistry and primary bovine hepatocytes stimulated in vitro with recombinant bovine IFNτ. For the animal experiment, Angus heifers (n = 12) were cycle synchronized and the Day of ovulation (Day 0) was defined by ovarian ultrasonography and verified by progesterone < 0.1 ng/ml. Heifers were artificially inseminated either with sperm (n = 9) or with seminal plasma (mock control, n = 3). Early pregnancy was defined and detected by progesterone and pregnancy associated glycoprotein (PAG) concentration in blood before and after induced luteolysis by a PGF-injection on Day 21 in n = 3 inseminated heifers. A liver biopsy was taken on Day 18 for the analysis of gene (ISG 15, MX 1, MX 2 and OAS 1) and protein (OAS1) expression using qPCR and immunohistochemistry, respectively. Primary bovine hepatocytes were collected from bull liver using a two-step collagenase perfusion, cultured short-term in a monolayer and stimulated with IFNτ. Thereafter, gene expression was measured by qPCR. In liver biopsies obtained from pregnant heifers ISG was numerically higher expressed compared to biopsies from non-pregnant heifers. Furthermore, the OAS 1 protein expression was localized in hepatocytes on Day 18 of pregnancy. In vitro, primary bovine hepatocytes showed an increased mRNA expression of ISG after IFNτ stimulation. In conclusion, the findings confirm that IFNτ induces ISG in the parenchymal part of the liver in early pregnancy of cattle.
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- B Ruhmann
- Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hannover, Germany
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- ETH Zurich, Animal Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Universitätsstrasse 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Animal Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Universitätsstrasse 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Animal Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Universitätsstrasse 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hannover, Germany.
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