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Pattern recognition protein binds to lipopolysaccharide and ?-1,3-glucan and activates shrimp prophenoloxidase system.

ABSTRACT: The prophenoloxidase (proPO) system is activated upon recognition of pathogens by pattern recognition proteins (PRPs), including a lipopolysaccharide- and ?-1,3-glucan-binding protein (LGBP). However, shrimp LGBPs that are involved in the proPO system have yet to be clarified. Here, we focus on characterizing the role of a Penaeus monodon LGBP (PmLGBP) in the proPO system. We found that PmLGBP transcripts are expressed primarily in the hemocytes and are increased at 24 h after pathogenic bacterium Vibrio harveyi challenge. The binding studies carried out using ELISA indicated that recombinant (r)PmLGBP binds to ?-1,3-glucan and LPS with a dissociation constant of 6.86 × 10(-7) M and 3.55 × 10(-7) M, respectively. Furthermore, we found that rPmLGBP could enhance the phenoloxidase (PO) activity of hemocyte suspensions in the presence of LPS or ?-1,3-glucan. Using dsRNA interference-mediated gene silencing assay, we further demonstrated that knockdown of PmLGBP in shrimp in vivo significantly decreased the PmLGBP transcript level but had no effect on the expression of the other immune genes tested, including shrimp antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). However, suppression of proPO expression down-regulated PmLGBP, proPO-activating enzyme (PmPPAE2), and AMPs (penaeidin and crustin). Such PmLGBP down-regulated shrimp showed significantly decreased total PO activity. We conclude that PmLGBP functions as a pattern recognition protein for LPS and ?-1,3-glucan in the shrimp proPO activating system.

SUBMITTER: Amparyup P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3322982 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pattern recognition protein binds to lipopolysaccharide and β-1,3-glucan and activates shrimp prophenoloxidase system.

Amparyup Piti P Sutthangkul Jantiwan J Charoensapsri Walaiporn W Tassanakajon Anchalee A

The Journal of biological chemistry 20120110 13

The prophenoloxidase (proPO) system is activated upon recognition of pathogens by pattern recognition proteins (PRPs), including a lipopolysaccharide- and β-1,3-glucan-binding protein (LGBP). However, shrimp LGBPs that are involved in the proPO system have yet to be clarified. Here, we focus on characterizing the role of a Penaeus monodon LGBP (PmLGBP) in the proPO system. We found that PmLGBP transcripts are expressed primarily in the hemocytes and are increased at 24 h after pathogenic bacteri ...[more]

PMID: 22235126

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