Tissue-Specific and Time-Dependent Expressions of PC4s in Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians irradians) Reveal Function Allocation in Thermal Response

Genes

Jianshu Li¹  Xiaoting Huang¹  Ancheng Liu¹  Zhenmin Bao¹  Xuecheng Dong¹  Xiujiang Hou¹  Jingjie Hu¹  Qiang Xing¹  Junhao Zhang¹  Wen Wang¹  Xinghai Zhu¹ 

[1] MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Yushan Campus, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China;

关键词: Argopecten irradians irradians;    transcriptional coactivator p15;    thermal tolerance;    expression regulation;    function allocation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/genes13061057

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Transcriptional coactivator p15 (PC4) encodes a structurally conserved but functionally diverse protein that plays crucial roles in RNAP-II-mediated transcription, DNA replication and damage repair. Although structures and functions of PC4 have been reported in most vertebrates and some invertebrates, the PC4 genes were less systematically identified and characterized in the bay scallop Argopecten irradians irradians. In this study, five PC4 genes (AiPC4s) were successfully identified in bay scallops via whole-genome scanning through in silico analysis. Protein structure and phylogenetic analyses of AiPC4s were conducted to determine the identities and evolutionary relationships of these genes. Expression levels of AiPC4s were assessed in embryos/larvae at all developmental stages, in healthy adult tissues and in different tissues (mantles, gills, hemocytes and hearts) being processed under 32 °C stress with different time durations (0 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 3 d, 6 d and 10 d). Spatiotemporal expression profiles of AiPC4s suggested the functional roles of the genes in embryos/larvae at all developmental stages and in healthy adult tissues in bay scallop. Expression regulations (up- and down-) of AiPC4s under high-temperature stress displayed both tissue-specific and time-dependent patterns with function allocations, revealing that AiPC4s performed differentiated functions in response to thermal stress. This work provides clues of molecular function allocation of PC4 in scallops in response to thermal stress and helps in illustrating how marine bivalves resist elevated seawater temperature.

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