Allograft inflammatory factor-1 in grass carp (Ctenopharynogodon idella): Expression and response to cadmium exposure

Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2015 Nov;47(1):444-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.08.034. Epub 2015 Aug 31.

Abstract

Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) is an inflammation responsive protein that is mainly produced by immunocytes. As a pro-inflammatory cytokine, AIF-1 is a key moderator in host immune defense reaction. However, the inflammatory properties of AIF-1 in freshwater fish still hasn't been clearly elucidated. In the present study, AIF-1 was identified from grass carp (Ctenopharynogodon idella). It's transcript was found in all examined tissues including brain, spleen, kidney, liver, heart, while a relative low level in red muscle, gill, thymus, white muscle, intestine and fin. Furthermore, AIF-1 transcription and expression level decreased in spleen and didn't change a lot in kidney with cadmium induction, respectively. The result indicated that grass carp AIF-1 might be involved in cadmium-induced stress.

Keywords: AIF-1; Allograft inflammatory factor-1; Cadmium; Grass carp.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Blotting, Western / veterinary
  • Cadmium / toxicity*
  • Carps / genetics*
  • Carps / metabolism
  • Cytokines / chemistry
  • Cytokines / genetics*
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Fish Proteins / chemistry
  • Fish Proteins / genetics*
  • Fish Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Expression*
  • Organ Specificity
  • Phylogeny
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity*

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • Fish Proteins
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Cadmium