PUBLICATION

IRF9-Stat2 Fusion Protein as an Innate Immune Inducer to Activate Mx and Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression in Zebrafish Larvae

Authors
Huang, C.J., Chou, C.M., Lien, H.W., Chu, C.Y., Ho, J.Y., Wu, Y., Cheng, C.H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-170514-2
Date
2017
Source
Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.)   19(3): 310-319 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Cheng, Chia-Hsiung, Huang, Chang-Jen
Keywords
IRF9, ISG, Innate immunity, Mx, Stat2
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • COS Cells
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Immunity, Innate*
  • Interferon-Stimulated Gene Factor 3/genetics
  • Interferon-Stimulated Gene Factor 3/metabolism
  • Larva/genetics
  • Larva/immunology
  • Larva/metabolism
  • Myxovirus Resistance Proteins/genetics
  • Myxovirus Resistance Proteins/metabolism*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins/pharmacology*
  • STAT2 Transcription Factor/genetics*
  • Signal Transduction
  • Transcriptional Activation
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/immunology
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
PubMed
28500614 Full text @ Mar. Biotechnol.
Abstract
Virus infection often causes large amounts of mortality during teleost larvae stage. Strong induction of innate immunity to increase survival rates of teleost larvae has been less reported. In this study, we present a zebrafish IRF9-Stat2 fusion protein (zIRF9-S2C) as a strong innate immunity inducer and characterized induction of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in zebrafish larvae. zIRF9-S2C could mimic IFN-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3) complex to constitutively activate transcription of Mx promoter through IFN-stimulatory element (ISRE) sites. Mutation of two ISRE sites on Mx promoter reduced transactivation activities of Mx promoter induced by zIRF9-S2C. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay experiment shows that zIRF9-S2C could directly bind to two ISRE sites of Mx promoter. Induction of transactivation of Mx promoter by zIRF9-S2C shows significantly higher activity than by zebrafish IFN1 (zIFN1), IFNγ (zIFNγ), and Tetraodon IRF9-S2C (TnIRF9-S2C). zIRF9-S2C raises transcription of Mxa, Mxb, Mxc, Ifnφ1, Ifnφ2, and Ifnφ3 in zebrafish liver ((ZFL) cell line) cells and zebrafish larvae. Collectively, we suggest that IRF9-S2C could activate transcription of ISGs with species-specific recognition and could be an innate immunity inducer in teleost larvae.
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