Regulation of phagocytosis against bacterium by Rab GTPase in shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus

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• 作者：Rongrong Zong ; Wenlin Wu ; Jianyang Xu ; Xiaobo Zhang
• 关键词：Rab GTPase ; Phagocytosis ; RNAi ; mRNA overexpression ; Shrimp immunity
• 刊名：Fish & Shellfish Immunology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：September 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：25
• 期：3
• 页码：258-263
• 全文大小：687 K

文摘

Rab GTPases, members of the Ras superfamily, play important roles in phagosome formation and maturation. However, the involvement of Rab protein in phagocytosis against invading pathogens in crustacean remains unknown. In the present study, the RNAi and mRNA overexpression assays were conducted to elucidate the function of shrimp Rab gene (designated as PjRab) in hemocytic phagocytosis against bacterium. The results indicated that the phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index using FITC-labeled Vibrio parahemolyticus were significantly decreased when the PjRab gene was silenced by sequence-specific siRNA, suggesting that the PjRab protein was essential in hemocytic phagocytosis. On the other hand, the overexpression of PjRab gene leaded to the increase of phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index. The findings indicated that the PjRab protein was involved in the regulation of hemocytic phagocytosis of shrimp. Our report on the regulation of phagocytosis by Rab GTPase would contribute a better clue to realize the still poorly understood molecular events involved in shrimp as well as crustacean immune response.