Molecular characterization and expression analysis of chemokine (CXCL12) from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

Fish & Shellfish Immunology
Along GaoJianmin Ye

Abstract

Chemokines are a class of small molecular weight cytokines of 6-14 kDa, exerting important roles in the regulation of various inflammatory diseases and immune cell migration. In this study, we have identified the CXCL12 gene from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), including CXCL12a (OnCXCL12a) and CXCL12b (OnCXCL12b). The open reading frames of OnCXCL12a and OnCXCL12b are 309 and 297 bp, encoding 102 and 98 amino acids, respectively. Multiple alignment showed that OnCXCL12a and OnCXCL12b have characteristics of CXC chemokines and share high identity with CXCL12 amino acid sequences from the known species. Tissue distribution in the healthy fish indicated that OnCXCL12a and OnCXCL12b expressed in all examined tissues, with the highest expression in muscle and anterior kidney, respectively. After challenged by Streptococcus agalactiae, Poly(I:C) and LPS in vivo and in vitro, OnCXCL12 is transcriptionally up-regulated in immune tissues and cells significantly. The recombinant OnCXCL12 proteins, (r)OnCXCL12a and (r)OnCXCL12b, enhance the release of nitric oxide and increase the expression of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10) in anterior kidney leukocytes, as well as exhibit chemotactic activity for leukocytes from ...Continue Reading

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