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Isolation and mRNA Expression of Metallothionein Isoforms from Rockbream Oplegnathus fasciatus

돌돔(Oplegnathus fasciatus)으로부터 Metallothionein 유전자 Isoform들의 분리 및 발현 특징 분석

  • Lee, Sang-Yoon (Department of Marine Bio-Materials and Aquaculture, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Nam, Yoon-Kwon (Department of Marine Bio-Materials and Aquaculture, Pukyong National University)
  • 이상윤 (부경대학교 해양바이오신소재학과) ;
  • 남윤권 (부경대학교 해양바이오신소재학과)
  • Received : 2011.02.22
  • Accepted : 2011.04.08
  • Published : 2011.04.30
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Abstract

Genetic determinants of two metallothionein isoforms (MT-A and MT-B) were isolated and characterized from the perciform species, rockbream (Oplegnathus fasciatus). Rockbream MT-A and MT-B shared a high degree of homology at amino acid levels with representative orthologs from other perciform species, especially with respect to the conserved cysteine residues. At the genomic level, both MT-A and MT-B genes represent a tripartite structure typical of vertebrate MT genes. However, rockbream MT-B showed unusually large introns (1.2 kb and 0.8 kb for intron I and II, respectively), a phenomenon that has rarely been seen in other vertebrate MT genes. MT-A and MT-B transcripts were ubiquitously detected in a wide array of tissues, wherein brain and eye showed the highest basal expression levels, and the fin exhibited the lowest expression of both isoforms. The basal expression of MT-A in most tissues was significantly higher (ranging from 4- to 10-fold) than that of MT-B. Upon heavy metal exposures to Cd, Cu or Zn at 25 ppb for 48 h, MT-A and MT-B transcripts in the liver were significantly activated by Cd and moderately by Zn. On the other hand, exposure to Cu did not result in alterations of MT-A, nor in the significant suppression of MT-B. Following bacterial challenges with Escherichia coli, Edwardsiella tarda or Streptococcus iniae, MT isoforms in the liver, kidney and spleen were highly modulated and exhibited a pattern that was dependent on the bacterial species, tissues and isoforms. These results suggest that the two MT isoforms could be taken into account as potential indicators of metal toxicity and immune perturbations of this aquaculture-relevant species.

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