期刊
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
卷 140, 期 -, 页码 77-86出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.10.008
关键词
Takifugu obscurus; Calreticulin; Bacterial agglutination; Binding ability; Antibacterial immunity
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFD0900200]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [B200202142]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32002423]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20180501]
A Crt homolog named ToCrt was identified in the obscure puffer Takifugu obscurus, showing antimicrobial activity and playing a role in immune response. ToCrt was widely expressed in various tissues and significantly upregulated after stimulation to combat bacteria.
Calreticulin (Crt) is a highly conserved and multi-functional protein with lectin-like properties and important immunological activities. In this study, a Crt homolog, namely, ToCrt, was cloned and characterized from the obscure puffer Takifugu obscurus with an open reading frame of 1278 bp encoding a putative protein of 425 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of ToCrt consisted of three conserved structural domains: Ndomain, P-domain, and C-terminal domain. In the phylogenetic tree, ToCrt formed a separate cluster with three Crts from other pufferfish species (Takifugu rubripes, Takifugu flavidus, and Takifugu bimaculatus). The mRNA transcript of ToCrt was ubiquitously expressed in all the examined tissues in a decreasing order: liver, spleen, kidney, gills, intestine, and heart. After Vibrio harveyi, Edwardsiella tarda, and Aeromonas hydrophila stimulations, the levels of ToCrt mRNA in the kidney and spleen were significantly upregulated compared with that in the control group. The recombinant calreticulin domain of ToCrt (rToCrt) could bind three Gram-negative bacteria (V. harveyi, E. tarda, and A. hydrophila) and polysaccharides from bacterial cell walls such as lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. Meanwhile, rToCrt could agglutinate different kinds of microorganisms and exhibit antimicrobial activity. These results suggested that T. obscurus ToCrt could serve as an antimicrobial effector in the host immune response against invading microorganisms.
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