title: Cloning and characterization of the IkappaBalpha gene from Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.
abstract: We identified and characterized the Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) inhibitor kappa B alpha (JFIKBA) cDNA. The JFIKBA cDNA contains an open reading frame of 960bp encoding 320 amino acid residues. JFIKBA contains 6 ankyrin repeats in the central coding region. Expression studies by RT-PCR showed constitutive expression of the JFIKBA gene in several Japanese flounder tissues (brain, muscle, gill, heart, kidney, liver, spleen and intestine). Moreover, expression of JFIKBA mRNA was induced in kidney by LPS stimulation. To investigate the role of JFIKBA, we constructed a recombinant plasmid expressing the JFIKBA coding region under the control of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Over-expression of the JFIKBA gene in the Japanese flounder cultured cell line derived from kidney, suppressed the expression of the TNF alpha gene with lipopolysaccharide stimulation. These results indicated that JFIKBA has an important role in the innate immune system, especially in the signaling of the cytokine network.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-5-7, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hirono
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005432:Flounder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha