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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 25, 期 8-9, 页码 725-743出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(01)00033-7
关键词
acute phase protein; fish; acute phase response; CRP; SAA; TCBP1; transferrin; pre-cerebellin-like protein; fibrinogen; inflammation; innate immunity
资金
- FIC NIH HHS [F06 TW-02305] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES-7060] Funding Source: Medline
Tissue trauma or invasion by pathogens or parasites induce changes in the quantities of several macromolecules in animal body fluids. These changes comprise one aspect of the acute phase response (APR), which in toto involves metabolic changes in several organ systems. One clear indication of the response is the increase in synthesis and secretion by the liver of several plasma proteins, with simultaneous decreases in others. These acute phase proteins (APP) function in a variety of defense-related activities such as limiting the dispersal of infectious agents, repair of tissue damage, inactivation of proteases, killing of microbes and other potential pathogens, and restoration of the healthy state. Some APP are directly harmful to microbes, while others modify targets thus marking them for cell responses. Some work alone while others contribute to cascades. Proteins that are APP in mammals, and that have been identified in both teleosts and elasmobranchs include C-reactive protein, serum amyloid P, and several components of the Complement system. Others reported in teleosts include transferrin and thrombin. Of these, only CRP has been reported to increase in acute phase plasma. In trout, a precerebellin-like protein is an APP with unknown functions. A cDNA library enriched in fragments of transcripts that were more abundant in livers from fish undergoing an APR recently yielded sequences resembling 12 additional known APP, and as many others either not known to be APP, or not similar to others yet in public databases. It appears that, as in mammals, hepatocytes are the prime source of APP in fish, and that pro-inflammatory cytokines induce transcription of their genes. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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