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Molecular cloning, expression analysis and functional characterization of NEDD4 from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis
Hongli Xia1, Huiling Hu2, Zhiwen Wang1
1Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen, 518120, China; Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
Abstract:
Neural precursor cell-expressed developmentally downregulated gene 4 (NEDD4) was a member of HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases, which participated in various biological processes. In this study, a NEDD4 was identified and analyzed in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (OnNEDD4) and its open reading frame was 2781 bp, encoding 926 amino acids. Three conserved structure features were found in OnNEDD4, including C2 domain, WW domains and HECT domain. OnNEDD4 was constitutively expressed in all examined tissues and the highest expression level was observed in thymus. After Streptococcus agalactiae stimulation, OnNEDD4 was significantly induced in several tissues, including thymus, intestine, blood and gill. Moreover, yeast two-hybrid assay shown OnNEDD4 could interact with extracellular region of OnCD40, but this interaction didn't affect the phagocytosis of monocytes/macrophages (MO/MΦ) to S. agalactiae and A. hydrophila. Taken together, the present study suggested that OnNEDD4 participate in CD40-mediated immune response excluding phagocytosis.
