Journal
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 109-117Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.04.061
Keywords
Pearl formation; Xenograft transplantation; Transcriptome; Genomic analysis; Pearl oyster
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31672626]
- Guangdong Marine and Fishery Bureau [Z2015004]
- Graduate education innovation program of Guangdong Ocean University [201839]
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The immune response after allograft or xenograft transplantation in the pearl oyster is a major factor that cause its nucleus rejection and death. To determine the mechanism underlying the immune response after allograft and xenograft transplantations in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii, we constructed two sets of transcriptomes of hemocytes at different times (6 and 12 h; 1, 3, 6, 12, and 30 d) after allograft and xenograft transplantations, in which the xenografted mantle tissue was from Pinctada maxima. The transcriptomic analysis reveals many genes are involved in the immune response to transplantation, such as transient receptor potential cation channel (TRP), calmodulin (CaM), DNA replication-related genes, and sugar and lipid metabolism-related genes. The expression of these identified genes was higher in the host pearl oyster transplanted with xenograft than that by allograft. The histological analysis of the pearl sac also confirmed that many hemocytes were still gathered around the transplanted nucleus, and no pearl sac was formed in the host pearl oysters at 30 d after xenograft transplantation. The genomic analysis indicated that pearl oysters evolved many copies of genes, such as TRP, CaM, and GST, to sense and cope with the immune response after transplantation. Ribosome and Cytosolic DNA-sensing pathway were specifically induced in the xenograft group, whereas Notch signaling pathway specifically responded to the allograft transplantation. These results can improve our understanding of the mechanism underlying the immune response of pearl oysters after allograft and xenograft transplantations.
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