Characterization of duplicated heme oxygenase-1 genes and their responses to hypoxic stress in blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala)

The heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is a cytoprotective enzyme that can be involved in cytoprotection against hypoxia stress. In this study, we cloned duplicated HO-1a and HO-1b cDNAs in hypoxia-sensitive blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala). HO-1a and HO-1b encode peptides with 272 amino acids and 246 amino acids, respectively, and they share a low sequence identity of 55%. HO-1a and HO-1b mRNAs were maternally deposited in the zygote, and the mRNAs decreased to the lowest levels at 8 hpf. Both mRNAs were significantly (p < 0.01) expressed from 12 hpf and fluctuated but maintained a high level after 16 hpf. Using in situ hybridization, HO-1a and HO-1b mRNAs were ubiquitously expressed in embryos at 12 hpf. At 24 and 36 hpf, HO-1b transcripts were detected in the mid- and hindbrain, respectively, whereas HO-1a was mainly transcribed in the eyes and endoderm at 24 hpf and in the brain at 36 hpf. In adult fish, HO-1a was abundantly expressed in the heart, liver, gill, kidney, spleen, and brain, while HO-1b mRNA was detected mainly in the kidney. After exposure to hypoxic stress, both HO-1a and HO-1b mRNAs were upregulated significantly in the gill and liver but downregulated significantly in the brain (p < 0.01). These findings suggest that duplicated HO genes have evolved divergently and yet play overlapping biological roles in regulating the response to hypoxia in M. amblycephala.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Fish physiology and biochemistry - 43(2017), 2 vom: 09. Apr., Seite 641-651

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guan, Wen-Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Dan-Dan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yi-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Xia-Yun [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Shu-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA, Complementary
EC 1.14.14.18
Expression
Fish Proteins
Gene duplication
Heme Oxygenase-1
Heme oxygenase-1
Hypoxia stress
Journal Article
Megalobrama amblycephala
RNA, Messenger

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Date Completed 27.07.2017

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10695-016-0318-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM268386080