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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
The acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 1 (ACOX1) catalyzes the first, rate-limiting step in peroxisomal beta-oxidation of medium to very long straight-chain fatty acids. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) acox1 was characterized and compared with homologs from other sequenced genomes, revealing a remarkable conservation of structure in the vertebrate lineage. Strictly conserved regions of the deduced proteins included acyl-CoA oxidase and FAD binding domains, as well as a COOH-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal. Whole mount in situ hybridization showed that zebrafish acox1 transcripts were diffusely distributed in early-stage embryonic cells, then discreetly expressed in the brain and widely present in the liver and intestine at later stages. An evolutionarily conserved alternative splicing of the corresponding acox1 primary transcript was identified in teleosts and tetrapods including mammals, giving rise, after exon skipping, to two splice variants, ACOX1-3I and ACOX1-3II. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR on zebrafish adult tissues indicated high levels of both variants in the liver, anterior intestine, and to a lesser extent, in the brain. However, the ACOX1-3II transcript variant was expressed seven times more in zebrafish brain than the ACOX1-3I variant. These data suggest a tissue-specific modulation of ACOX1 activity by exchanging exon 3 duplicated isoforms containing amino acid sequences that are potentially implicated in fatty acyl chain specificity. In addition, a significant pretranslational up-regulation of zebrafish and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) acox1 expression was observed in the anterior intestine after feeding. Taken together, these data indicate that ACOX1 alternative splicing isoforms play a key conserved role in the vertebrate fatty acid metabolism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1531-2267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Oncorhynchus mykiss, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Vertebrates, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:17090698-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Conserved expression of alternative splicing variants of peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase 1 in vertebrates and developmental and nutritional regulation in fish.
pubmed:affiliation
Génomique et Physiologie des Poissons, Université Bordeaux 1, UMR NuAGe, 33405 Talence cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't