PUBLICATION
Molecular and expression analysis of apolipoprotein E gene in the Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis
- Authors
- Li, C.J., Gan, F., Chen, X.H., Liu, Z.G., Li, L.X., Wei, Q.W., and Tang, Y.K.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-101013-1
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 158(1): 64-70 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Chinese sturgeon, Apolipoprotein E, Cloning, RT-PCR, gene expression
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Apolipoproteins E/chemistry*
- Apolipoproteins E/genetics*
- Cloning, Molecular
- Fishes*/genetics
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Protein Conformation
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Alignment
- Species Specificity
- PubMed
- 20868764 Full text @ Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol.
Citation
Li, C.J., Gan, F., Chen, X.H., Liu, Z.G., Li, L.X., Wei, Q.W., and Tang, Y.K. (2011) Molecular and expression analysis of apolipoprotein E gene in the Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology. 158(1):64-70.
Abstract
Apolipoproteins are carrier proteins that bind to lipids to form lipoprotein particles and have been shown to play an important role in lipid metabolism. In this study, a full-length cDNA for apolipoprotein E, named AsapoE, was cloned from the Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis). This cDNA sequence is 1289bp in length, and codes for a polypeptide of 274 amino acid residues, which is 45% and 42% identical to that of the rainbow trout and zebrafish, respectively, and 39%, 30%, and 29% identical to frog, mouse, and human respectively. The predicted AsApoE protein has a conserved amphipathic α-helix region with the potential to bind to lipids. RT-PCR analysis reveals that AsapoE is expressed in all tissues examined with a preferential expression in the kidney and liver. During the embryo development stage, AsapoE mRNA is low but still detectable at gastrula stage embryos; then AsapoE mRNAs reach a higher level in muscle contraction stage embryos, this relatively stable expression persists during the following embryogenic stages and declines 1day after hatching. These results will serve as a basis for comparative studies on vertebrate apoE genes.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping