title: cDNA sequence and tissue-specific expression of a basic liver-type fatty acid binding protein in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio).
abstract: We have determined the nucleotide sequence for a cDNA clone derived from zebrafish (Danio rerio) that codes for a fatty acid binding protein (FABP). Amino acid sequence similarity of the zebrafish FABP was highest to FABPs isolated from the livers of catfish, chicken, salamander and iguana. The open-reading frame of the zebrafish FABP cDNA codes for a protein of 14.0 kDa with a calculated isoelectric point of 8.8. The zebrafish liver-type FABP (L-FABP) cDNA hybridized to single restriction fragments of total zebrafish genomic DNA digested with the restriction endonucleases HaeIII or EcoRI suggesting that a single copy of the L-FABP gene is present in the zebrafish genome. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that the zebrafish L-FABP cDNA hybridized to a transcript of 700 nucleotides in total zebrafish RNA. In situ hybridization and emulsion autoradiography revealed that the L-FABP was expressed exclusively in the liver of the adult zebrafish. Based on amino acid sequence similarity, the isoelectric point and its tissue-specific pattern of expression, we conclude that this zebrafish FABP belongs to the basic liver-type FABPs only found, thus far, in non-mammalian vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Denovan-Wright
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D015027:Zebrafish; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C493319:FABP1 protein, human; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C493320:Fabp1 protein, mouse; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C490175:fabp7a protein, zebrafish