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Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (CARD)) is the only adaptor involved in the formation of multiple types of inflammasomes. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that ASC plays a critical role in the protection of the host against pathogen infection. I...

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Autores principales: Tang, Xin, Liu, Xiande, Wang, Zhiyong, Chen, Meiling, Zhang, Dongling
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9917028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768499
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032175
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author Tang, Xin
Liu, Xiande
Wang, Zhiyong
Chen, Meiling
Zhang, Dongling
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Liu, Xiande
Wang, Zhiyong
Chen, Meiling
Zhang, Dongling
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description ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (CARD)) is the only adaptor involved in the formation of multiple types of inflammasomes. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that ASC plays a critical role in the protection of the host against pathogen infection. In this study, we identified an ASC gene in the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea), namely LcASC, and then investigated the expression characteristics and related signal pathways. On one hand, LcASC has several conserved protein modules, i.e., an N-terminal PYD region, a C-terminal CARD region, and twelve α-helix structures. On the other hand, it has a high variable linker between PYD and CARD domains. Moreover, LcASC has varying degrees of expression in different tissues, among which the highest expression is observed in the spleen followed by the gills and skin. It also shows induced expressions in the head kidney, liver, and spleen following immune stimulation, especially Vibrio Parahaemolyticus infection. Further subcellular localization analysis showed that LcASC formed a clear aggregated speck in the cytoplasm close to the nucleus. In addition, we found 46 DEGs in a comparative transcriptome analysis between the LcASC overexpression group and the control vector group. Notedly, the up-regulated gene Fos and down-regulated gene DOK3 in LcASC overexpressed cells play important roles in the immune system. How ASC contacts these two genes needs to be clarified in upcoming studies. These findings collectively provide new insights into finfish ASC and its potential regulatory signaling pathway as well.
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spelling pubmed-99170282023-02-11 Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) Tang, Xin Liu, Xiande Wang, Zhiyong Chen, Meiling Zhang, Dongling Int J Mol Sci Article ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (CARD)) is the only adaptor involved in the formation of multiple types of inflammasomes. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that ASC plays a critical role in the protection of the host against pathogen infection. In this study, we identified an ASC gene in the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea), namely LcASC, and then investigated the expression characteristics and related signal pathways. On one hand, LcASC has several conserved protein modules, i.e., an N-terminal PYD region, a C-terminal CARD region, and twelve α-helix structures. On the other hand, it has a high variable linker between PYD and CARD domains. Moreover, LcASC has varying degrees of expression in different tissues, among which the highest expression is observed in the spleen followed by the gills and skin. It also shows induced expressions in the head kidney, liver, and spleen following immune stimulation, especially Vibrio Parahaemolyticus infection. Further subcellular localization analysis showed that LcASC formed a clear aggregated speck in the cytoplasm close to the nucleus. In addition, we found 46 DEGs in a comparative transcriptome analysis between the LcASC overexpression group and the control vector group. Notedly, the up-regulated gene Fos and down-regulated gene DOK3 in LcASC overexpressed cells play important roles in the immune system. How ASC contacts these two genes needs to be clarified in upcoming studies. These findings collectively provide new insights into finfish ASC and its potential regulatory signaling pathway as well. MDPI 2023-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9917028/ /pubmed/36768499 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032175 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Tang, Xin
Liu, Xiande
Wang, Zhiyong
Chen, Meiling
Zhang, Dongling
Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
title Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
title_full Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
title_fullStr Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
title_short Molecular Characterization, Expression, and Regulatory Signal Pathway Analysis of Inflammasome Component Apoptosis-Associated Speck-like Protein Containing a CARD Domain (ASC) in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
title_sort molecular characterization, expression, and regulatory signal pathway analysis of inflammasome component apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a card domain (asc) in large yellow croaker (larimichthys crocea)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9917028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768499
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24032175
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