title: Molecular cloning and mRNA expression of cathepsin C gene in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon).
abstract: Cathepsin C (dipeptidyl-peptidase I, DPPI) is a lysosomal cysteine proteinase belonging to the papain superfamily, which is capable of removing dipeptides sequentially from the amino terminus of peptide and protein substrates. In the present study, the cDNA of a cathepsin C was cloned from black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon (designated PmcathepsinC) by homology cloning and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) approaches. The full-length cDNA of PmcathepsinC consisted of 2051 nucleotides with a canonical polyadenylation signal sequence AATAAA and a poly(A) tail, and an open reading frame (ORF) of 1350 bp encoding a polypeptide of 449 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular weight of 50.0 kDa and theoretical isoelectric point of 5.65. The high identity of PmcathepsinC with Cathepsin C in other organisms indicated that PmcathepsinC should be a new member of the Cathepsin C family. By fluorescent quantitative real-time PCR, mRNA transcript of PmcathepsinC was detectable in all the examined tissues with higher level in ovary and heart. The temporal expression of PmcathepsinC mRNA in the hepatopancreas was up-regulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation and reached the maximum level at 4 h post-stimulation, and then dropped back to the original level gradually. These results indicated that PmcathepsinC was a constitutive and inducible acute-phase protein that perhaps involved in the immune defense of P. monodon.
authors.affiliation: The South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, 510300, PR China.
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Shigui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Weifang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dianchang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiaer
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Keng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D020789:Cathepsin C / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D043143:Hepatopancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020789:Cathepsin C