title: Identification and characterization of a myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) cDNA and gene in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.
abstract: The interleukin-1 receptor/toll-like receptor (IL-1R/TLR) superfamily signaling involves myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) that acts as an important adapter protein. A Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) MyD88 (jfMyD88) cDNA and gene were cloned, and found to have lengths of 1.5 and 3.01 kb, respectively. The ORF encodes 285 amino acids that contain a death domain and a Toll/IL-1 receptor domain. The gene is composed of 5 exons and 4 introns. The jfMyD88 gene is highly expressed in organs involved in immune functions, including the gills, intestines, kidney, skin and spleen. Three days after a fish was infected with Edwardsiella tarda, staining with anti-jfMyD88 polyclonal antibody revealed an increased population of MyD88-positive cells in the kidney and spleen. These results imply that MyD88 has an important role in the innate immune system in Japanese flounder.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genome Science, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-5-7, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomokazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hirono
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito-Taki
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary; D020609:Edwardsiella tarda / Q000276:immunology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005432:Flounder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053594:Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D053594:Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88; D012333:RNA, Messenger