title: Oligopeptide transporter PepT1 in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.): cloning, tissue expression and comparative aspects.
abstract: A novel full-length cDNA that encodes for the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) PepT1-type oligopeptide transporter has been cloned. This cDNA (named codPepT1) was 2,838 bp long, with an open reading frame of 2,190 bp encoding a putative protein of 729 amino acids. Comparison of the predicted Atlantic cod PepT1 protein with zebrafish, bird and mammalian orthologs allowed detection of many structural features that are highly conserved among all the vertebrate proteins analysed, including (1) a larger than expected area of hydrophobic amino acids in close proximity to the N terminus; (2) a single highly conserved cAMP/cGMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation motif; (3) a large N-glycosylation-rich region within the large extracellular loop; and (4) a conserved and previously undescribed stretch of 8-12 amino acid residues within the large extracellular loop. Expression analysis at the mRNA level indicated that Atlantic cod PepT1 is mainly expressed at intestinal level, but that it is also present in kidney and spleen. Analysis of its regional distribution along the intestinal tract of the fish revealed that PepT1 is ubiquitously expressed in all segments beyond the stomach, including the pyloric caeca, and through the whole midgut. Only in the last segment, which included the hindgut, was there a lower expression. Atlantic cod PepT1, the second teleost fish PepT1-type transporter documented to date, will contribute to the elucidation of the evolutionary and functional relationships among vertebrate peptide transporters. Moreover, it can represent a useful tool for the study of gut functional regionalization, as well as a marker for the analysis of temporal and spatial expression during ontogeny.
authors.affiliation: University of Bergen, Department of Biology, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. ivar.ronnestad@bio.uib.no
authors.forename: Ivar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rønnestad
authors.forename: Paulo J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gavaia
authors.forename: Carla S B
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Viegas
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Verri
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Tom Ole
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Nilsen
authors.forename: Ann-Elise O
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jordal
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamisaka
authors.forename: M Leonor
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cancela
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism; D048389:Gadus morhua / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000074011:Peptide Transporter 1; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D027981:Symporters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D000074011:Peptide Transporter 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D027981:Symporters; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C000613207:slc15a1b protein, zebrafish