PUBLICATION

Identification and characterization of MAVS from Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus

Authors
Zhou, W., Zhou, J., Lv, Y., Qu, Y., Chi, M., Li, J., Feng, H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-150207-8
Date
2015
Source
Fish & shellfish immunology   43(2): 460-8 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Li, Jun, Zhou, Wei
Keywords
Black carp, Innate Immunity, MAVS
MeSH Terms
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/chemistry
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics*
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cyprinidae*
  • Fish Diseases/genetics
  • Fish Diseases/immunology*
  • Fish Diseases/virology
  • Fish Proteins/chemistry
  • Fish Proteins/genetics*
  • Fish Proteins/metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Organ Specificity
  • Phylogeny
  • Reoviridae/physiology
  • Reoviridae Infections/genetics
  • Reoviridae Infections/immunology
  • Reoviridae Infections/veterinary
  • Reoviridae Infections/virology
  • Rhabdoviridae/physiology
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections/genetics
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections/immunology
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections/veterinary
  • Rhabdoviridae Infections/virology
PubMed
25655327 Full text @ Fish Shellfish Immunol.
Abstract
MAVS (mitochondria antiviral signaling protein) plays an important role in the host cellular innate immune response against microbial pathogens. In this study, MAVS has been cloned and characterized from black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus). The full-length cDNA of black carp MAVS (bcMAVS) consists of 2352 nucleotides and the predicted bcMAVS protein contains 579 amino acids. Structural analysis showed that bcMAVS is composed of functional domains including an N-terminal CARD, a central proline-rich domain, a putative TRAF2-binding motif and a C-terminal TM domain, which is similar to mammalian MAVS. bcMAVS is constitutively transcribed in all the selected tissues including gill, kidney, heart, intestine, liver, muscle, skin and spleen; bcMAVS mRNA level in intestine, liver, muscle increased but decreased in spleen right after GCRV or SVCV infection. Multiple bands of bcMAVS were detected in western blot when it was expressed in tissue culture, which is similar to mammalian MAVS. Immunofluorescence assay determined that bcMAVS is a mitochondria protein and luciferase reporter assay demonstrated that bcMAVS could induce zebrafish IFN and EPC IFN expression in tissue culture. Data generated in this manuscript has built a solid foundation for further elucidating the function of bcMAVS in the innate immune system of black carp.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping