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Front Immunol ; 11: 347, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32194564

RESUMO

This study aimed to characterize cathelicidins from the gray short-tailed opossum in silico and experimentally validate their antimicrobial effects against various pathogenic bacteria and West Nile virus (WNV). Genome-wide in silico analysis against the current genome assembly of the gray short-tailed opossum yielded 56 classical antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from eight different families, among which 19 cathelicidins, namely ModoCath1 - 19, were analyzed in silico to predict their antimicrobial domains and three of which, ModoCath1, -5, and -6, were further experimentally evaluated for their antimicrobial activity, and were found to exhibit a wide spectrum of antimicroial effects against a panel of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains. In addition, these peptides displayed low-to-moderate cytotoxicity in mammalian cells as well as stability in serum and various salt and pH conditions. Circular dichroism analysis of the spectra resulting from interactions between ModoCaths and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) showed formation of a helical structure, while a dual-dye membrane disruption assay and scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed that ModoCaths exerted bactericidal effects by causing membrane damage. Furthermore, ModoCath5 displayed potent antiviral activity against WNV by inhibiting viral replication, suggesting that opossum cathelicidins may serve as potentially novel antimicrobial endogenous substances of mammalian origin, considering their large number. Moreover, analysis of publicly available RNA-seq data revealed the expression of eight ModoCaths from five different tissues, suggesting that gray short-tailed opossums may be an interesting source of cathelicidins with diverse characteristics.


Assuntos
Catelicidinas/farmacologia , Gambás/imunologia , Vírus do Nilo Ocidental , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Catelicidinas/química , Catelicidinas/genética , Catelicidinas/isolamento & purificação , Membrana Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Dicroísmo Circular , Simulação por Computador , Bactérias Gram-Negativas , Bactérias Gram-Positivas , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Queratinócitos , Lipopolissacarídeos/química , Células MCF-7 , Gambás/genética , Proteínas Citotóxicas Formadoras de Poros/síntese química , Proteínas Citotóxicas Formadoras de Poros/genética , Proteínas Citotóxicas Formadoras de Poros/isolamento & purificação , RNA-Seq , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Transcriptoma , Replicação Viral/efeitos dos fármacos , Vírus do Nilo Ocidental/genética , Vírus do Nilo Ocidental/fisiologia
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Asian-Australas J Anim Sci ; 32(12): 1816-1825, 2019 12 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31208168

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: We tried to analyze allele-specific expression in the pig neocortex using bioinformatic analysis of high-throughput sequencing results from the parental genomes and offspring transcriptomes from reciprocal crosses between Korean Native and Landrace pigs. METHODS: We carried out sequencing of parental genomes and offspring transcriptomes using next generation sequencing. We subsequently carried out genome scale identification of SNPs in two different ways using either individual genome mapping or joint genome mapping of the same breed parents that were used for the reciprocal crosses. Using parent-specific SNPs, allele-specifically expressed genes were analyzed. RESULTS: Because of the low genome coverage (~4x) of the sequencing results, most SNPs were non-informative for parental lineage determination of the expressed alleles in the offspring and were thus excluded from our analysis. Consequently, 436 SNPs covering 336 genes were applicable to measure the imbalanced expression of paternal alleles in the offspring. By calculating the read ratios of parental alleles in the offspring, we identified seven genes showing allele-biased expression (P < 0.05) including three previously reported and four newly identified genes in this study. CONCLUSION: The newly identified allele-specifically expressing genes in the neocortex of pigs should contribute to improving our knowledge on genomic imprinting in pigs. To our knowledge, this is the first study of allelic imbalance using high throughput analysis of both parental genomes and offspring transcriptomes of the reciprocal cross in outbred animals. Our study also showed the effect of the number of informative animals on the genome level investigation of allele-specific expression using RNA-seq analysis in livestock species.

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Gene ; 692: 88-93, 2019 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30641213

RESUMO

Proline-arginine-rich (PR)-39 is neutrophil antimicrobial peptide that has potent antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and some enveloped viruses as a part of the innate immune system. We analyzed the nucleotide sequence variations of PR-39 exon 4, which is the mature peptide region responsible for antimicrobial activity, from 48 pigs of six breeds using sequence-based typing. The analysis identified four alleles including allele PR-35 with a 12-bp deletion near the N-terminus. Interestingly, 16.7% of individuals showed the presence of three alleles per individual, but only in the Berkshire and Duroc breeds. We further analyzed the genetic diversity of PR-39 for the entire genomic region of the gene from PR-39 exon 1 to the 3' untranslated region for different alleles by PCR amplification and cloning. The antimicrobial activity of chemically synthesized PR-35 was similar to that of PR-39, but the level of mammalian cell cytotoxicity was lower than the wild type. Better knowledge of the genetic diversity of PR-39 among different individuals and breeds may contribute to improved immune defense of pigs. PR-35, as a natural antimicrobial peptide variant, could be an interesting candidate for the development of peptide antibiotics.


Assuntos
Peptídeos Catiônicos Antimicrobianos/farmacologia , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Animais , Peptídeos Catiônicos Antimicrobianos/efeitos adversos , Peptídeos Catiônicos Antimicrobianos/genética , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos/métodos , Éxons , Expressão Gênica , Genoma , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Suínos , Testes de Toxicidade , Catelicidinas
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Gene ; 640: 1-5, 2018 Jan 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28966132

RESUMO

The sequence information of the genomic form of the human ABO blood group orthologous gene (erythrocyte antigen A, EAA) is not complete in pigs. Therefore, we cloned and characterized the nucleotide sequence of EAA intron 7, which is critical to understand genetic difference between A and 0 blood groups in pigs, covering complete genomic sequence information of EAA excluding a ~560bp unsequencible gap. We also analyzed genetic polymorphisms within EAA intron 7 and exon 8. We found difference in A0 blood group frequencies among pig breeds. In addition, we designed a new genomic DNA-based A0 blood group typing method and improved the accuracy and simplicity of the typing.


Assuntos
Sistema ABO de Grupos Sanguíneos/genética , Cruzamento , Polimorfismo Genético , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Animais , Frequência do Gene , Genótipo , Humanos , Fenótipo , Suínos , Porco Miniatura
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