摘要
为探究草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)神经肽Y(neuropeptide Y,NPY)与神经肽Y受体(NPY receptor,YR)的相互作用及信号传递机制,对草鱼YR的基因结构、组织表达和细胞信号传导途径进行分析。结果显示,在草鱼基因组中获取了7个YR基因的序列,分别为Y1R、Y2R、Y2-2R、Y4R、Y7R、Y8Ra和Y8Rb。对草鱼YR进行同源性分析,发现7个YR编码的氨基酸序列在硬骨鱼类中高度保守。组织表达结果显示,草鱼YR主要在中枢组织表达,但也可以位于外周组织,包括眼睛、鳃和肠道。NPY可以激活人胚胎肾细胞(HEK293t)中Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb的表达,Y2R与cAMP/PKA信号通路偶联;Y4R与MAPK/ERK信号通路偶联;而Y8Rb可激活cAMP/PKA和MAPK/ERK 2条信号通路。脑室注射NPY可引起Y1R、Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb表达量显著升高。研究结果表明,草鱼Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb具有功能性,能够有效传递信号,NPY的作用很可能由这些受体介导。
神经肽Y(neuropeptide Y,NPY)是一种广泛分布于许多物种中的肽,与多种生理功能相关,例如食物摄入、能量代谢、记忆和血
YR作为细胞膜NPY的靶点,属于G蛋白偶联受体(G protein-coupled receptor)家族成
目前,对硬骨鱼类NPY及其受体功能的研究已有较
试验用草鱼购自武汉四汇水产科技有限公司,饲养于华中农业大学水产基地的循环水养殖系统中进行环境适应,水温为(23±2) ℃。每天11:00按体质量的2%饲喂商业漂浮饲料(通威,广州)。HEK293t细胞购自中国典型培养物保藏中心,于37 ℃ 5% CO2培养箱中培养。草鱼NPY购自上海吉玛制药技术有限公司,纯度为95%,于-20 ℃冰箱中保存。
从草鱼基因组数据库(http://www.ncgr.ac.cn/grasscarp/)中获得草鱼YR序列,分析及确定其序列组成并预测氨基酸序列。利用Clustal(http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalw2/)进行氨基酸序列多重比对。从GenBank或Ensembl数据库中获取以下22个物种的YR氨基酸序列:短吻鳄(Alligator mississippiensis)、热带爪蟾(Xenopus tropicalis)、鹦鹉(Amazona aestiva)、猪(Sus scrofa)、牛(Bos taurus)、银鲛(Callorhinchus milii)、红鳍东方鲀(Takifugu rubripes)、狗(Canis lupus familiaris)、大鼠(Rattus norvegicus)、豚鼠(Cavia porcellus)、斑马鱼(Danio rerio)、狼鲈(Dicentrarchus labrax)、马(Equus caballus)、鸡(Gallus gallus)、人(Homo sapiens)、斑点雀鳝(Lepisosteus oculatus)、猴(Macaca mulatta)、小鼠(Mus musculus)、兔(Oryctolagus cuniculus)、青鳉(Oryzias latipes)、猩猩(Pan troglodytes)、非洲爪蟾(Xenopus laevis),与草鱼YR氨基酸序列进行多重比对,并利用MEGAX软件以邻接法(neighbor-joining,NJ)构建进化树(bootstrap=1 000)。
选取3尾于同一环境养殖的草鱼,利用麻醉剂MS222(20 mg/L)麻醉后分离组织(脑、眼睛、心脏、肌肉、肠、鳃、肝、脾、肾)并于液氮中冷冻保存、备用。用RNAiso Plus(TAKARA,日本)从冷冻样品中提取总RNA,使用1 µg总RNA进行cDNA的反转录合成(诺唯赞生物科技股份有限公司,南京)。用qRT-PCR检测草鱼7个YR基因的表达水平。反应体系(20 µL)包括:双蒸水8.2 µL,上下游引物各0.4 µL,模板cDNA 1 µL,SYBR(诺唯赞生物科技股份有限公司,南京)10 µL。反应参数为:95 ℃预变性5 min;然后进行40个循环:95 ℃变性15 s,退火15 s,72 ℃延伸45 s。每个样品设置3个重复。以ef1α为内参基因,引物名称、序列及引物退火温度见
引物名称 Primer name | 引物序列 (5′-3′) Sequence (5′-3′) | 退火温度/℃ Annealingtemperature |
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RT-ef1α-F | GCTGACTGTGCCGTGCTGAT | 58 |
RT-ef1α-R | GCTGACTTCCTTGGTGATTTCC | |
RT-Y1R-F | CCACCAATTCCACCAGTCAC | 57 |
RT-Y1R-R | ATCGCCATTACAACAAACAAAG | |
RT-Y2R-F | TCACCTGGGTAGTAAGCG | 52 |
RT-Y2R-R | CAGCAGCGTGGAGATTG | |
RT-Y2-2R-F | GTTGCTGGACGAATGGAAA | 56 |
RT-Y2-2R-R | GCCGAGGTGGAAGACGA | |
RT-Y4R-F | CCCTCAATCAAAGCAACAGT | 55 |
RT-Y4R-R | ACCAAGCAAGCCCAAAA | |
RT-Y7R-F | CGTGTCCATTCTCACCCTG | 57 |
RT-Y7R-R | GGATTTCCTCATAGCGATACTCT | |
RT-Y8Ra-F | TCTTGGGTGAGACGCTGTGC | 60 |
RT-Y8Ra-R | GTGGTCGCTGAATGGGTTG | |
RT-Y8Rb-F | CCCACTGGTTGGAAGCC | 56 |
RT-Y8Rb-R | TGAAGGGAAGACTGAGGTTGT |
1)草鱼YR表达载体构建。从草鱼基因组数据库中调取所需YR基因的CDS序列,根据CDS序列利用Primer 6设计全长扩增引物,以草鱼脑组织cDNA为模板,使用高保真酶(诺唯赞生物科技股份有限公司,南京)进行PCR扩增,引物信息见
引物名称 Prime name | 引物序列 (5′-3′) Sequence (5′-3′) |
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Y1R-F | ATGCCAGACTCCGCCCTGTC |
Y1R-R | CTAGAGATCTAGGCTACTAA |
Y2R-F | ATGAACATATCTGAAGATGAA |
Y2R-R | TCAGTGAGTATTGATTGGTCT |
Y2-2R-F | ATGGATTCCCTCAGCTTAATCA |
Y2-2R-R | TCAGACATCTGTTGCGTTGAG |
Y4R-F | ATGCTTTGCTGTCTGGAGCTA |
Y4R-R | TTACACAGAATTGTTTCTGAGT |
Y7R-F | ATGGGCCAATCAGATCTAGCCA |
Y7R-R | TCAGACAGCAGCCGCAGGCTGAC |
Y8Ra-F | ATGAACTTACCGAACTTCCAGAAATACAC |
Y8Ra-R | TTAGCAGTGAGCGCACTGTTCCGAT |
Y8Rb-F | ATGGAGCGGTCTCATCTGAACAA |
Y8Rb-R | TTAAATGGTCTCTTTCTGTTC |
引物名称 Prime name | 引物序列 (5′-3′) Sequence (5′-3′) |
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Y1R-EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGCCAGACTCCGCCCTGTC |
Y1R-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAAGACTAGAGATCTAGGCTACTAA |
Y2R-EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGAACATATCTGAAGATGAA |
Y2R-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAAGATCAGTGAGTATTGATTGGTCT |
Y2-2R- EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGGATTCCCTCAGCTTAATCA |
Y2-2R-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAAGATCAGACATCTGTTGCGTTGAG |
Y4R-EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGCTTTGCTGTCTGGAGCTA |
Y4R-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAAGATTACACAGAATTGTTTCTGAGT |
Y7R-EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGGGCCAATCAGATCTAGCCA |
Y7R-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAAGATCAGACAGCAGCCGCAGGCTGAC |
Y8Ra-EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGAACTTACCGAACTTCCAGAAATACAC |
Y8Ra-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAGATTAGCAGTGAGCGCACTGTTCCGAT |
Y8Rb-EcoRⅠ | CGGAATTCATGGAGCGGTCTCATCTGAACAA |
Y8Rb-XbaⅠ | GGCTCTAGATTAAATGGTCTCTTTCTGTTC |
2)cAMP和P-ERK激活程度检测。为了检测草鱼YR是否能被NPY激活并具有信号转导能力,使用NPY刺激处理转染了草鱼YR表达载体的HEK293t细胞,检测下游cAMP和P-ERK的激活情况。本试验设置对照组和7个试验组。对照组为转染了空载的HEK293t细胞;试验组为分别转染了Y1R、Y2R、Y2-2R、Y4R、Y7R、Y8Ra和Y8Rb的HEK293t细胞;每组设置6个平行。分别用OG(含BSA)和NPY(1
将体质量为(42±5) g的草鱼120尾随机分为2组:对照组注射5 µL PBS;试验组注射0.5 µg/g的NPY溶液(5 µg/µL)。每组设置3个重复,共6个养殖缸,每缸20尾草鱼。注射2 h后于缸中随机取5尾草鱼,利用麻醉剂MS222(20 mg/L)麻醉后分离脑组织并于液氮中冷冻保存、待用。利用qRT-PCR检测试验组和对照组草鱼脑组织中YR基因的相对表达量。
草鱼YR基因序列分析结果显示,草鱼中共发现Y1R、Y2R、Y2-2R、Y4R、Y7R、Y8Ra和Y8Rb 7个YR亚型。其中Y4R、Y7R和Y8Rb只有1个外显子;Y1R具有2个外显子,1个内含子;Y2R和Y2-2R具有3个外显子,2个内含子;Y8Ra具有4个外显子,3个内含子(

图1 草鱼和斑马鱼YR基因结构
Fig. 1 Genomic organization of the YR genesfrom zebrafish and grass carp
黑色方块表示外显子,黑线表示内含子。The black squares represent exons and the black lines represent introns.
草鱼Y1R与其他物种多重比对结果显示,草鱼Y1R和斑马鱼Y1R相似性最高,为98%;与斑点雀鳝Y1R相似性较高,为84%(


图2 草鱼和其他硬骨鱼类Y1R(A)、Y2R(B)、Y2-2R(C)和Y4R(D)氨基酸序列多重比对结果
Fig. 2 Multiple amino acid alignment results of Y1R(A),Y2R(B),Y2-2R(C) and Y4R(D) between grass carp and other fishes
绿色表示疏水性氨基酸,红色表示带电氨基酸,蓝色表示极性氨基酸。Green represents hydrophobic amino acids, red represents charged amino acids, and blue represents polar amino acids.
使用草鱼YR氨基酸序列构建系统发育树,与其他22个物种的YR序列进行进化分析,包括鱼类、两栖动物、爬行动物、鸟类和哺乳动物,结果如

图3 YR系统进化树
Fig.3 Phylogenetic tree analyses of YR

图2 草鱼和其他硬骨鱼类Y7R(E),Y8Ra(F)和Y8Rb(G)氨基酸序列多重比对结果 (续)
Fig.2 Multiple amino acid alignment results of Y7R(E),Y8Ra(F) and Y8Rb(G) between grass carp and other fishes (continued)
绿色表示疏水性氨基酸,红色表示带电氨基酸,蓝色表示极性氨基酸。Green represents hydrophobic amino acids, red represents charged amino acids, and blue represents polar amino acids.
以ef1α为内参基因,草鱼YR mRNA在9个组织(器官)中的相对表达情况如

图4 Y1R(A)、Y2R(B)、Y2-2R(C)、Y4R(D)、Y7R(E)、Y8Ra(F)和Y8Rb(G)在草鱼组织中的表达
Fig. 4 The expression profile of Y1R(A),Y2R(B),Y2-2R(C),Y4R(D),Y7R(E),Y8Ra(F) and Y8Rb(G)genes in grass carp tissues
B:脑 Brain;E:眼睛 Eye;Gu:肠道 Gut;Gi:腮 Gill;S:脾 Spleen;K:肾 Kidney;L:肝 Liver;M:肌肉 Muscle;H:心 Heart.用不同字母标记的值之间存在显著差异(P<0.05)。Data with different letters above the bars indicated significant difference (P<0.05).

图5 草鱼NPY结合不同亚型YR后下游cAMP水平
Fig. 5 cAMP levels of different subtypes of YR in grass carp after combined with NPY
*表示与对照相比差异显著(P<0.05)。The asterisks indicated significant difference (P<0.05).

图6 草鱼YR下游ERK磷酸化水平
Fig. 6 Phosphorylated ERK level of YR in grass carp
不同字母标记的值之间存在显著差异(P<0.05)。Data with different letters above the bars indicated significant difference (P<0.05).
为了更好地了解NPY与YR之间的相互作用,本研究检测了脑室注射NPY 2 h后YR在草鱼脑组织中的相对表达量(

图7 NPY脑室注射后YR在草鱼脑组织中的表达量
Fig. 7 The expression of YR genes in brain of grass carp by ICV administration
*表示与对照相比差异显著(P<0.05)。The asterisks indicated significant difference (P<0.05).
YR亚型在不同物种中有所不
据报道,硬骨鱼类的YR在大脑中表达,但也可以位于外周组织,包括眼睛和肠
1986年,YR家族在药理学上被描述为一种主要的突触前NPY/PYY受
与对照组相比,注射NPY 2 h后Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb的表达量显著升高,表明Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb在活体中可对NPY的刺激做出响应,这与上述细胞试验中得出的结果一致。值得注意的是,除Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb外,Y1R也表现出对NPY的响应。这可能是由于Y1R在体外不能单独被NPY激活,或是活体中存在其他YIR配体。
综上所述,草鱼Y2R、Y4R和Y8Rb在细胞、活体水平均对NPY的刺激具有响应,NPY很可能通过这些受体发挥作用。这些发现不仅有助于全面了解NPY系统在硬骨鱼类中的生理作用,而且有助于揭示YR在不同脊椎动物中结构和功能的变化。
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