TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of Penaeus monodon Kruppel-like factor (PmKLF) in infection by white spot syndrome virus
AU - Chang, Li Kwan
AU - Huang, Ping Han
AU - Shen, Wei Tao
AU - Yang, Shu Han
AU - Liu, Wang Jing
AU - Lo, Chu Fang
N1 - Funding Information:
We want to thank Tsan-Chi Chen and Ying-Ru Lin for their technical assistance. This work was supported by the National Taiwan University Excellent Research Project (BM04-03).
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Sp1-like proteins and Kruppel-like factors (KLFs) are highly related zinc-finger proteins that have crucial roles in transcription. One expressed sequence tag (EST, HPA-N-S01-EST0038) from shrimps is homologous to Sp1. This study reports the cloning and characteristics of a KLF from shrimp, Penaeus monodon (PmKLF). The full-length PmKLF cDNA is 1702. bp, encoding a polypeptide of 360 amino acids. Sequence analysis revealed that the sequence of PmKLF is similar to that of KLF11 in humans, mice and zebrafish. RT-PCR analysis indicated that PmKLF mRNA is expressed in all examined tissues. Additionally, immunofluorescence analysis revealed that GFP-KLF fusion protein is located in the nucleus as dots in an insect cell line, Sf9. Localization of PmKLF in the nucleus is also observed in the hemolymph from white spot syndrome virus (WSSV)-infected and WSSV-uninfected Litopenaeus vannamei. Knockdown of the expression of PmKLF transcript in WSSV-infected shrimp resulted in delayed cumulative mortalities, suggesting that PmKLF is important to WSSV infection. Moreover, inhibition of PmKLF expression reduced the copy number of WSSV and ie1 expression, revealing that PmKLF affects WSSV infection via interfering with ie1 expression.
AB - Sp1-like proteins and Kruppel-like factors (KLFs) are highly related zinc-finger proteins that have crucial roles in transcription. One expressed sequence tag (EST, HPA-N-S01-EST0038) from shrimps is homologous to Sp1. This study reports the cloning and characteristics of a KLF from shrimp, Penaeus monodon (PmKLF). The full-length PmKLF cDNA is 1702. bp, encoding a polypeptide of 360 amino acids. Sequence analysis revealed that the sequence of PmKLF is similar to that of KLF11 in humans, mice and zebrafish. RT-PCR analysis indicated that PmKLF mRNA is expressed in all examined tissues. Additionally, immunofluorescence analysis revealed that GFP-KLF fusion protein is located in the nucleus as dots in an insect cell line, Sf9. Localization of PmKLF in the nucleus is also observed in the hemolymph from white spot syndrome virus (WSSV)-infected and WSSV-uninfected Litopenaeus vannamei. Knockdown of the expression of PmKLF transcript in WSSV-infected shrimp resulted in delayed cumulative mortalities, suggesting that PmKLF is important to WSSV infection. Moreover, inhibition of PmKLF expression reduced the copy number of WSSV and ie1 expression, revealing that PmKLF affects WSSV infection via interfering with ie1 expression.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.dci.2011.06.008
DO - 10.1016/j.dci.2011.06.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 21740926
AN - SCOPUS:80054905536
VL - 36
SP - 121
EP - 129
JO - Developmental and Comparative Immunology
JF - Developmental and Comparative Immunology
SN - 0145-305X
IS - 1
ER -