Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a novel caspase recruitment domain protein (CARD) in common carp Cyprinus carpio L.
A novel caspase recruitment domain protein (CARD) was isolated from common carp Cyprinus carpio L. by expressed sequence tag analysis. This gene consist of a 2016 bp open reading frame and untranslated regions, which is putatively translated to a protein of 535 amino acid residues. The gene harbors domains (CARD and Coiled-coil domain), which are conserved in proteins of CARD family. The CARD domain have carp was similar to human CARD9 with 72.4% identity. Expression analysis revealed that CARD gene of carp (carp-CARD) expressed in normal tissues of head kidney, spleen, liver, heart and brain. Here we demonstrated that the expression of carp-CARD increased by cortisol treatment in all the tissues and had a high and long lasting expression in cortisol treated spleen.
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, 1-21-24, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
Tomoya
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Kono
Tadashi
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Sakai
Masahiro
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Sakai
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002347:Carps / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006854:Hydrocortisone