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FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 555-564Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-011-9535-7
Keywords
PSGL-1; Zebrafish; Cloning; Expression; cDNA
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- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [Y2008C179]
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To date, the best characterized glycoprotein ligand for P-selectin is P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1). In this study, we cloned the full-length cDNA of PSGL-1 from zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish PSGl-1 cDNA is 1,594 bp and encodes a putative 284 amino acid protein with a theoretical molecular weight of 30.33 kDa and iso-electric point of 7.96. A signal peptide of 27 amino acids is predicted. The putative protein contains an extracellular mucin-like domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic domain, with homology to mammalian PSGL-1. In the putative P-selectin binding region, there are 1 potential tyrosine sulfation site and 12 potential threonine O-glycosylation sites. A single extracellular cysteine, at the junction of the extracellular and transmembrane domains, suggests a disulfide-bonding pattern. The amino acid sequence of zebrafish PSGL-1 is 19-22% identical to that of mammalian PSGL-1. RT-PCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization analysis revealed that zebrafish PSGL-1 was expressed in early embryonic development, and the expression has an increased trend from 0.2 (1-cell stage) to 72 hpf. The results indicate that the general domain structure of PSGL-1 protein is conserved among species, and zebrafish PSGL-1 plays important roles in embryonic development and probably has similar biological function to that of mammalian PSGL-1.
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