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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Two cDNA homologues of medaka hatching enzyme -- high choriolytic enzyme (HCE) and low choriolytic enzyme (LCE) -- were cloned from Fundulus heteroclitus embryos. Amino acid sequences of the mature forms of Fundulus HCE (FHCE) and LCE (FLCE) were 77.9% and 63.3% identical to those of medaka HCE and LCE, respectively. In addition, phylogenetic analysis clearly showed that FHCE and FLCE belonged to the clades of HCE and LCE, respectively. Exon-intron structures of FHCE and FLCE genes were similar to those of medaka HCE (intronless) and LCE (8-exon-7-intron) genes, respectively. Northern blotting and whole-mount in situ hybridization showed that both genes were concurrently expressed in hatching gland cells. Their spatio-temporal expression pattern was basically similar to that of medaka hatching enzyme genes. We separately purified two isoforms of FHCE, FHCE1 and FHCE2, from hatching liquid through gel filtration and cation exchange column chromatography in the HPLC system. The two isoforms, slightly different in molecular weight and in MCA-peptide-cleaving activity, swelled the inner layer of chorion by their limited proteolysis, like the medaka HCE isoforms. In addition, we identified FLCE by TOF-MS. Similar to the medaka LCE, FLCE hardly digested intact chorion. FHCE and FLCE together, when incubated with chorion, rapidly and completely digested the chorion, suggesting their synergistic effect in chorion digestion. Such a cooperative digestion was confirmed by electron microscopic observation. The results suggest that a hatching enzyme system composed of HCE and LCE is conserved between two different teleosts Fundulus and medaka.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1742-464X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4315-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Chorion, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Fundulidae, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Metalloendopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Oryzias, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16128802-Species Specificity
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification and gene cloning of Fundulus heteroclitus hatching enzyme. A hatching enzyme system composed of high choriolytic enzyme and low choriolytic enzyme is conserved between two different teleosts, Fundulus heteroclitus and medaka Oryzias latipes.
pubmed:affiliation
Life Science Institute, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. i-iuchi@hoffman.cc.sophia.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't