Immune-related gene expression profiling of yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) kidney cells stimulated with ConA and LPS using microarray analysis.
To better understand the immune system of a commercially important fish (yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata), we constructed a cDNA microarray containing 1001 selected genes from yellowtail EST and used this to investigate gene expression of primary cultured kidney cells stimulated with ConA and LPS. The total number of up-regulated genes stimulated by LPS was apparently greater than that of ConA stimulation, whereas down-regulated genes were markedly found in ConA-stimulated group. Of the genes that were up-regulated at 3, 6, and 12h after LPS treatment, 12%, 13% and 12%, respectively, were immune-related. Immune-related genes were sorted into 4 groups based on their differential expression patterns against LPS induction. LPS induced the expression of genes related to inflammation, cytokine activity, antigen presentation and antigen binding such as, IL-1beta, CC chemokine with stalk CK2, MHC class II beta chain and immunoglobulin heavy chain. Amplified fragments of RT-PCR products of IgM, IL-1beta, nephrosin, and beta-actin had signal intensities that were comparable to those obtained with the microarray. Overall, these results show that microarrays are a promising tool for uncovering immune mechanism in teleost fish. cDNA sequences of genes were deposited in the GenBank database at DDBJ with accession numbers BB 996897-BB 997897.
Darawiroj
Damri
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Laboratory of Genome Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-5-7, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kondo
Hidehiro
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Hirono
Ikuo
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Aoki
Takashi
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D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000662:veterinary; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D005796:Genes / Q000276:immunology; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018942:Macrolides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D018942:Macrolides; C076477:concanamycin F