Molecular characterization and expression pattern of fetuin-B in gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio)

Biochem Genet. 2008 Oct;46(9-10):620-33. doi: 10.1007/s10528-008-9176-4. Epub 2008 Aug 27.

Abstract

Fetuin-B has recently been cloned and identified from rats, mice, and humans; their expression patterns, however, have not been elucidated yet. In this study, Cagfetuin-B has been cloned in gibel carp. RT-PCR and Western blot detection revealed that Cagfetuin-B is first transcribed from the blastula stage and at a relatively stable level afterward during embryogenesis and the larval stage. Cagfetuin-B transcripts are predominantly distributed over the yolk syncytial layer in the early embryos and later restricted to the cells of liver and brain in newly hatched larvae. Moreover, a dynamic distribution of Cagfetuin-B protein was observed in brain, kidney, liver, and skin during morphogenesis. In adult fish, Cagfetuin-B transcripts are restricted in liver and ovary. Our work, for the first time, revealed the extra-hepatic transcription and a dynamic distribution of fetuin-B during embryogenesis and in adults, which indicates the potential roles of fetuin-B in fish organogenesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carps
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Models, Genetic
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Ovary / metabolism
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / biosynthesis*
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / genetics*

Substances

  • alpha-Fetoproteins