title: A serum fucose-binding lectin (DlFBL) from adult Dicentrarchus labrax is expressed in larva and juvenile tissues and contained in eggs.
abstract: The purification, cloning, sequencing, molecular properties and expression of a fucose-binding lectin from the serum of Dicentrarchus labrax (DlFBL) have been previously reported. We now describe the distribution and expression of DlFBL during fish ontogeny. Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization assays were carried out at various developmental stages (from 10 days post-hatching larvae to juveniles). Another fucose-binding lectin, similar to DlFBL in biochemical, immunochemical and agglutinating properties, was extracted and purified from eggs and appeared to be localized in the embryo yolk sack residual. DlFBL was found in columnar and goblet cells of the intestinal epithelium of larvae (from 20 days post-hatching) and juveniles and in parenchymal tissue of juveniles. DlFBL mRNA and protein were detected in the intestinal epithelium and in hepatocytes. An amplification product from degenerate primers indicates that lectin isotypes with DlFBL epitopes are expressed in eggs and embryos. Whether the lectin fraction isolated from eggs and embryos includes DlFBL of maternal origin remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Immunobiology, Department of Animal Biology, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: M Giovanna
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cammarata
authors.forename: Gigliola
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benenati
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mangano
authors.forename: Aiti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vizzini
authors.forename: Nicolò
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Parrinello
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007814:Larva / Q000378:metabolism; D037102:Lectins / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029941:Fish Proteins; D037102:Lectins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C027112:fucose-binding lectin