Journal
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 239, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108872
Keywords
Paralichthys olivaceus; Transcriptome; Attenuated vaccine; Immune response
Funding
- Marine S&T Fund of Shandong Province for Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) [2018SDKJ0502-3]
- National Marine Economy Innovation and Development Regional Demonstration Project (Qingdao)
- Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province
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This study utilized RNA-Seq technology to investigate the molecular mechanism of fish immune response following TXhfq vaccination, revealing a large number of differentially expressed genes in different tissues, with implications in six immune-related categories. A protein-protein interaction network highlighted the significance of the top six hub genes regulated by TXhfq in immune processes.
A previous study showed that an attenuated Edwardsiella tarda strain, TXhfq, as a live vaccine could elicit protective immune effects in fish against E. tarda infection. In the current study, in order to clarify the molecular mechanism of fish immune response at the early stage after TXhfq vaccination, RNA-Seq technology was used to compare the transcriptomes of skin, intestine, and spleen between bath-vaccinated and unvaccinated Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). An average of 46.6 million clean reads per library was obtained, similar to 88.04% of which were successfully mapped to the reference genome, and approximately 24,600 genes were detected in each sample. A total of 565, 878, and 1258 differential expression genes (DEGs) were found in skin, intestine, and spleen, respectively, including 1263 up-regulated genes and 1438 down-regulated genes. The DEGs exhibited different characteristics in each tissue. One hundred and sixteen DEGs belonging to six immune related categories were scrutinized, i.e., inflammatory factors, cytokines, complement and coagulation system, mucins, phagocytosis, and antigen processing and presentation. A protein-protein interaction network was constructed to get the interaction network between immune genes during the early stage of immunization. The top six hub genes highly regulated by TXhfq formed complicated interaction relationship with each other, which were involved in immune processes, notably inflammation and phagocytosis. Our results provide valuable information for the understanding of the immune mechanism underlying the protection of live attenuated vaccines in fish.
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