Journal
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 87, Issue -, Pages 212-219Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.012
Keywords
Oreochromis niloticus; CD79; Streptococcus agalactiae; BCR signaling
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31472302, 31172432]
- Foundation of Administration of Ocean and Fisheries of Guangdong Province, China [A201701B04]
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CD79, composed of two distinct chains called CD79a and CD79b, is a transmembrane protein that forms a B cell antigen receptor with membrane immunoglobulin, and generates a signal following antigen recognition by the B cell receptor. In this study, the CD79a (OnCD79a) and CD79b (OnCD79b) were cloned and identified from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The cDNA of ORF for OnCD79a and OnCD79b are 669 and 627 bp, coding 222 and 208 amino acids, respectively. The deduced protein analysis showed that both CD79a and CD79b contain an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif in their intracellular tails that used to propagate a signal in a B cell. Expression analysis revealed that both CD79a and CD79b expressed at high levels in immune tissues, such as anterior kidney and spleen, and in IgM(+) B cells. Upon Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) infection, the expressions of OnCD79a and OnCD79b were significantly up-regulated in anterior kidney and spleen. The significant up-regulations of OnCD79a and OnCD79b were also detected in leukocytes after in vitro challenge with S. agalactiae. Further, stimulations of LPS and anti-OnIgM monoclonal antibody induced significant up-regulations of OnCD79a and OnCD79b in leukocytes. Taken together, the results of this study indicated that CD79 molecule, playing roles in BCR signaling, was likely to get involved in host defense against bacterial infection in Nile tilapia.
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