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1 May 2012 Cloning and Characterization of the Peptidoglycan RecognitionProtein Genes in the Mosquito, Armigeres subalbatus(Diptera: Culicidae)
Songjie Wang, Gavin C. Conant, Ruguang Ou, Brenda T. Beerntsen
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Abstract

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are a group of proteins that are responsible for the recognition and, in some cases, binding of peptidoglycan (PGN), a unique cell wall component of bacteria, and initiation of immune responses to various types of pathogens. In the current study, full-length cDNA sequences of multiple PGRPs, identified via a database search, were cloned in the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus (Coquillett). During cloning, a novel transcript variant (isoform) of AsPGRP-LC (As: Ar. subalbatus) was also identified that shares a large 5′ end fragment with AsPGRP-LC All four AsPGRP genes (six transcripts) contain a conserved PGRP domain, an ortholog of the amidase-2 domain. Based on predicted functional domain, the six Ar. subalbatus PGRPs resemble both short (AsPGRP-S1) and long (AsPGRP-LBa, AsPGRP-LBb, AsPGRP-LCa, AsPGRPLCb, and AsPGRP-LE) forms of PGRPs as in other insects. Sequence alignments showed that PGRPs are conserved across Dipterans. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that PGRPs represent an ancient gene family that has primarily diverged through speciation events among these Dipterans, with only a limited number of lineage specific gene duplications. Developmental profiling of the six AsPGRP transcripts using real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed that AsPGRP-LCa and AsPGRP-LCb are constitutively expressed at high levels in all developmental stages, while AsPGRP-S1, AsPGRP-LBa, AsPGRP-LBb, and AsPGRP-LE transcripts have low expression in most of the life stages and are increased only at certain times. Tissue profiling of the six AsPGRP transcripts showed that they are expressed in various patterns, even between the different isoforms of the same PGRP gene, indicating that these AsPGRPs may play different functions.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
Songjie Wang, Gavin C. Conant, Ruguang Ou, and Brenda T. Beerntsen "Cloning and Characterization of the Peptidoglycan RecognitionProtein Genes in the Mosquito, Armigeres subalbatus(Diptera: Culicidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 49(3), 656-671, (1 May 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME11165
Received: 3 August 2011; Accepted: 27 February 2012; Published: 1 May 2012
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KEYWORDS
Armigeres subalbatus
AsPGRP
immune response
mosquito
peptidoglycan recognition protein
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