期刊
MARINE DRUGS
卷 9, 期 10, 页码 1969-1994出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md9101969
关键词
sponges; Suberites domuncula; ASABF; antimicrobial peptides; apoptosis; Bittium sp.
资金
- ERC [268476-BIOSILICA]
- German Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung
- European Commission/EUREKA (EUROSTARS) [4289-SILIBACTS]
- International Human Frontier Science Program
- European Commission [244967-Mem-S]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [WI 2116/2-2]
Since sponges, as typical filter-feeders, are exposed to a high load of attacking prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, they are armed with a wide arsenal of antimicrobial/cytostatic low-molecular-weight, non-proteinaceous bioactive compounds. Here we present the first sponge agent belonging to the group of ASABF-type antimicrobial peptides. The ASABF gene was identified and cloned from the demosponge Suberites domuncula. The mature peptide, with a length of 64 aa residues has a predicted pI of 9.24, and comprises the characteristic CS alpha beta structural motif. Consequently, the S. domuncula ASABF shares high similarity with the nematode ASABFs; it is distantly related to the defensins. The recombinant peptide was found to display besides microbicidal activity, anti-fungal activity. In addition, the peptide lyses human erythrocytes. The expression of ASABF is upregulated after exposure to the apoptosis-inducing agent 2,2'-dipyridyl. During the process of apoptosis of surface tissue of S. domuncula, grazing gastropods (Bittium sp.) are attracted by quinolinic acid which is synthesized through the kynurenine pathway by the enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase (HAD). Finally, the gastropods are repelled from the sponge tissue by the ASABF. It is shown that the effector peptide ASABF is sequentially expressed after the induction of the HAD gene and a caspase, as a central enzyme executing apoptosis.
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