PUBLICATION

FOXO genes in channel catfish and their response after bacterial infection

Authors
Gao, L., Yuan, Z., Zhou, T., Yang, Y., Gao, D., Dunham, R., Liu, Z.
ID
ZDB-PUB-190326-8
Date
2019
Source
Developmental and comparative immunology   97: 38-44 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Bacterial infection, FOXO, Fish, Gene expression, Immune response
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Infections/genetics*
  • Bacterial Infections/immunology
  • Bacterial Infections/microbiology
  • Edwardsiella ictaluri/immunology
  • Edwardsiella ictaluri/physiology
  • Fish Diseases/genetics*
  • Fish Diseases/immunology
  • Fish Diseases/microbiology
  • Fish Proteins/classification
  • Fish Proteins/genetics*
  • Fish Proteins/immunology
  • Flavobacterium/immunology
  • Flavobacterium/physiology
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors/classification
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics*
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors/immunology
  • Gene Expression Profiling/methods
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions/genetics
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology
  • Ictaluridae/genetics*
  • Ictaluridae/immunology
  • Ictaluridae/microbiology
  • Multigene Family*
  • Phylogeny
PubMed
30905685 Full text @ Dev. Comp. Immunol.
Abstract
FOXO proteins are a subgroup of the forkhead family of transcription factors that play crucial roles in lifespan regulation. In addition, FOXO proteins are also involved in immune responses. After a systematic study of FOXO genes in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, seven FOXO genes were identified and characterized, including FOXO1a, FOXO1b, FOXO3a, FOXO3b, FOXO4, FOXO6a and FOXO6b. Through phylogenetic and syntenic analyses, it was found that FOXO1, FOXO3 and FOXO6 were duplicated in the catfish genome, as in the zebrafish genome. Analysis of the relative rates of nonsynonymous (dN) and synonymous (dS) substitutions revealed that the FOXO genes were globally strongly constrained by negative selection. Differential expression patterns were observed in the majority of FOXO genes after Edwardsiella ictaluri and Flavobacterium columnare infections. After E. ictaluri infection, four FOXO genes with orthologs in mammal species were significantly upregulated, where FOXO6b was the most dramatically upregulated. However, after F. columnare infection, the expression levels of almost all FOXO genes were not significantly affected. These results suggested that either a pathogenesis-specific pattern or tissue-specific pattern existed in catfish after these two bacterial infections. Taken together, these findings indicated that FOXO genes may play important roles in immune responses to bacterial infections in catfish.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping