Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 135-142.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.02.020

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Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of MyD88 in Roughskin Soulpin,Trachidermus fasciatus

Bi Caihong, Zhang Qiuxia, Yu Shanshan, Chen Xuezhao, Liu Chunying, Zhu Qian   

  1. School of Marine Science,Shandong University(Weihai,Weihai 264209
  • Received:2014-06-24 Online:2015-02-05 Published:2015-02-06

Abstract: Myeloid differentiation factor 88(TfMyD88) is a key adaptor protein in the Toll-madiated signaling passway. In this study, we cloned the full-length cDNA from the roughskin soulpin, Trachidermus fasciatus. The full-length of MyD88 was 1 555 bp, which contained an open reading frame(ORF) of 867 bp encoding a polypeptide of 288 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence has a conserved death domain(DD) at the N-terminal and a typical Toll/interleukin-1 receptor(TIR) domain at the C-terminal. The mRNA expression patterns of TfMyD88 in healthy and LPS challenged roughskin soulpin were detected using quantitative Real-time PCR. MyD88 was expressed broadly in the blood, heart, liver, gill, intestine, skin, musle, kidney, spleen, brain, with the highest expression in the gill. The expression of TfMyD88 post challenge with LPS(lipopolysaccharide) was detected in blood, liver, gill, skin and spleen. The up-regulation of the expression levels of TfMyD88 in all the detccted tissues after chanllaged by LPS suggests that MyD88 plays an important role in roughskin soulpin defenses against bacterial infection.

Key words: Trachidermus fasciatus, MyD88, gene clone, innate immunity, LPS