TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular characterization of the sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein (SCP) from crayfish Procambarus clarkii
AU - Gao, Yongping
AU - Gillen, Christopher M.
AU - Wheatly, Michele G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the US National Science Foundation (Grants IBN 0076035 to MGW and 0445202 to MGW, YG and CMG). The authors thank Dr. Steven Berberich in the Center for Genomics Research at Wright State University for his expert technical advice on real-time PCR.
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - Sarcoplasmic Calcium-binding Protein (SCP) is believed to function as the invertebrate equivalent of vertebrate parvalbumin, namely to "buffer" cytosolic Ca2+. We have cloned and characterized a novel SCP from axial abdominal muscle of crayfish Procambarus clarkii (referred to as pcSCP1), and have examined tissue specific distribution and expression as a function of molting stage in non-epithelial and epithelial tissues. The complete sequence of pcSCP1 consists of 1052 bp with a 579 bp open reading frame, coding for 193 amino acid residues (molecular mass of 21.8 kDa). There is a 387 bp 3′ terminal non-coding region with a poly (A) tail. The deduced pcSCP1 protein sequence matched most closely with published SCP sequences from another crayfish Astacus leptodactylus (92.8%) and from shrimp (78.6-81.2%) and fruit fly (53%). Real-time PCR analysis confirmed that pcSCP1 is ubiquitously expressed in all tissues tested (gill, hepatopancreas, intestine, antennal gland, muscle); however it is most abundant in muscle particularly in the axial abdominal muscle. The real-time PCR analysis revealed that pcSCP1 expression is downregulated in pre- and postmolt stages compared with intermolt. Epithelial (hepatopancreas and antennal gland) SCP expression exhibited a more dramatic decrease than that observed in muscle. Expression trends for pcSCP1 paralleled published trends for sarco/endoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase (SERCA), suggesting that their cellular function in regulating intracellular Ca2+ is linked.
AB - Sarcoplasmic Calcium-binding Protein (SCP) is believed to function as the invertebrate equivalent of vertebrate parvalbumin, namely to "buffer" cytosolic Ca2+. We have cloned and characterized a novel SCP from axial abdominal muscle of crayfish Procambarus clarkii (referred to as pcSCP1), and have examined tissue specific distribution and expression as a function of molting stage in non-epithelial and epithelial tissues. The complete sequence of pcSCP1 consists of 1052 bp with a 579 bp open reading frame, coding for 193 amino acid residues (molecular mass of 21.8 kDa). There is a 387 bp 3′ terminal non-coding region with a poly (A) tail. The deduced pcSCP1 protein sequence matched most closely with published SCP sequences from another crayfish Astacus leptodactylus (92.8%) and from shrimp (78.6-81.2%) and fruit fly (53%). Real-time PCR analysis confirmed that pcSCP1 is ubiquitously expressed in all tissues tested (gill, hepatopancreas, intestine, antennal gland, muscle); however it is most abundant in muscle particularly in the axial abdominal muscle. The real-time PCR analysis revealed that pcSCP1 expression is downregulated in pre- and postmolt stages compared with intermolt. Epithelial (hepatopancreas and antennal gland) SCP expression exhibited a more dramatic decrease than that observed in muscle. Expression trends for pcSCP1 paralleled published trends for sarco/endoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase (SERCA), suggesting that their cellular function in regulating intracellular Ca2+ is linked.
KW - Crayfish
KW - Procambarus clarkii
KW - SCP, sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein
KW - SERCA, sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca ATPase
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 16807031
AN - SCOPUS:33746275536
SN - 1096-4959
VL - 144
SP - 478
EP - 487
JO - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
JF - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IS - 4
ER -