title: Zebrafish peptidoglycan recognition protein SC (zfPGRP-SC) mediates multiple intracellular signaling pathways.
abstract: Insect PGRPs can function as bacterial recognition molecules triggering proteolytic and/or signal transduction pathways, with the resultant production of antimicrobial peptides. To explore if zebrafish peptidoglycan recognition protein SC (zfPGRP-SC) has such effects, RNA interference (siRNA) and high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis were used to identify differentially expressed genes regulated by zfPGRP-SC. The mRNA levels for a set of genes involved in Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, such as TLRs, SARM, MyD88, TRAF6 and nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B2 (p100/p52), were examined by quantitative RT-PCR (QT-PCR). The results from the arrays and QT-PCR showed that the expression of 133 genes was involved in signal transduction pathways, which included Toll-like receptor signaling, Wnt signaling, BMP signaling, insulin receptor signaling, TGF-beta signaling, GPCR signaling, small GTPase signaling, second-messenger-mediated signaling, MAPK signaling, JAK/STAT signaling, apoptosis and anti-apoptosis signaling and other signaling cascades. These signaling pathways may connect with each other to form a complex network to regulate not just immune responses but also other processes such as development and apoptosis. When transiently over-expressed in HEK293T cells, zfPGRP-SC inhibited NF-kappaB activity with and without lipopolysacharide (LPS) stimulation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, and Laboratory of Fish Diseases, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430072, PR China.
authors.forename: M X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000502:physiology*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000276:immunology; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors / Q000276:immunology; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; C118897:peptidoglycan recognition protein