Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911357
Keywords
Sebastiscus marmoratus; toll-like receptor; genome-wide identification; poly(I; C); immune response
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32072966, 41776171]
- Province Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang [2021C02047]
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This study used bioinformatics methods to identify and analyze the Toll-like receptor (TLR) gene family members in the marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus). It found that there are 11 TLR gene family members in Sebastiscus marmoratus, which can be divided into five different subfamilies. The study also revealed the expression patterns and upregulation of certain TLRs in different tissues after a poly(I:C) challenge. The results provide insights into the structure, function, and expression of TLRs in marbled rockfish.
Toll-like receptor (TLR) is a cluster of type I transmembrane proteins that plays a role in innate immunity. Based on the marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus) genome database, this study used bioinformatics methods to identify and analyze its TLR gene family members. The results showed that there were 11 TLR gene family members in Sebastiscus marmoratus (SmaTLR), which could be divided into five different subfamilies. The number of amino acids encoded by the Smatlr genes ranged from 637 to 1206. The physicochemical properties of the encoded proteins of different members were also computed. The results of protein structure prediction, phylogenetic relation, and motif analysis showed that the structure and function of the SmaTLRs were relatively conserved. Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed the expression patterns of SmaTLRs in the gill, liver, spleen, head kidney, kidney, and intestine. SmaTLRs were widely detected in the tested tissues, and they tended to be expressed higher in immune-related tissues. After polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid (poly(I:C)) challenge, SmaTLR14, SmaTLR3, SmaTLR5S, SmaTLR7, and SmaTLR22 were significantly upregulated in the spleen or liver. The results of this study will help to understand the status of TLR gene family members of marbled rockfish and provide a basis for further study of the functional analysis of this gene family.
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