The role of serpin protein on the natural immune defense against pathogen infection in Lampetra japonica.
Fish Shellfish Immunol
; 92: 196-208, 2019 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) are a large protein family that is involved in various physiological processes and is known to regulate innate immunity pathways. However, research for the functional study of serpins in lamprey is limited. In the present study, a serpin gene was cloned and characterized from Lampetra japonica at molecular, protein and cellular levels, named L-serpin which belongs to family F serine protease inhibitors (serpin family). The L-serpin includes a serpin domain in the N-terminus. The mRNA transcript of L-serpin was extensively expressed in kidney, supraneural body, intestine, liver, heart, gill and the highest expression in leukocytes. The mRNA expression level of L-serpin increased significantly after Vibrio anguillarum, Staphylocccus aureus and Poly IC stimulation and dramatically peak at 8â¯h. It is demonstrated that the L-serpin protected cells from lethal Gram-negative endotoxemia through associating with inhibition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-triggered cell death and inflammatory factors expression. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and the microbe binding assay were used to determine that L-serpin interacts directly with LPS (KDâ¯=â¯6.14â¯×â¯10-7â¯M). Furthermore, we confirmed L-serpin is a major inhibitor of complement activation by inactivating lamprey-C1q protein (KDâ¯=â¯2.06â¯×â¯10-6â¯M). Taken together, these findings suggest that L-serpin is a endogenous anti-inflammatory factor to defend against Gram-negative bacterial challenge and involved in lamprey innate immunity.
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Asunto principal:
Serpinas
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Regulación de la Expresión Génica
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Enfermedades de los Peces
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Inmunidad Innata
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Lampreas
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Animals
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En
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Fish Shellfish Immunol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
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2019
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Article