title: Inductive expression and characterization analysis of Paralichthys olivaceus pigment epithelium-derived factor in a virally infected cell line.
abstract: Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is acknowledged to be a non-inhibitory member of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) superfamily, with antiangiogenesis, and neuroprotective and immunoregulatory function, mainly in the tissues of nervous system. Here, A PEDF gene homolog, Paralichthys olivaceus PEDF (PoPEDF), was isolated from flounder embryonic cells (FEC) treated with UV-inactivated Grass carp hemorrhage virus (GCHV) and subsequently identified as a differentially expressed gene. The full length of PoPEDF cDNA is 1803bp with an open reading frame of 1212bp encoding a 403-amino-acid protein. This deduced protein contains an N-terminal signal peptide, a glycosylation site, a consensus serpin motif, and a 34-mer and a 44-mer fragment, all of which are very conserved in the PEDF family. PoPEDF gene exhibits a conserved exon-intron arrangement with 8 exons and 7 introns. This conserved evolutionary relationship was further confirmed by a phylogenetic analysis, where fish PEDFs and mammalian members formed a well-supported clade. Constitutive expression of PoPEDF was widely detected in many tissues. In response to UV-inactivated GCHV or poly(I:C), PEDF mRNA was upregulated in FEC cells with time. This is the first report on the transcriptional induction of PEDF in virally infected cells.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi-Bing
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Fu-Tie
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qi-Ya
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Song-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian-Fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gui
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005432:Flounder / Q000145:classification / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015843:Serpins / Q000235:genetics*; D000099174:Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005136:Eye Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D015843:Serpins; D000099174:Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor