The spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor Olafsen) complement component C3: isolation,characterisation and tissue distribution |
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Authors: | Abelseth Torill K Stensvåg Klara Espelid Sigrun Nygaard Randi Ellingsen Terje Bøgwald Jarl Dalmo Roy A |
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Institution: | Department of Marine Biotechnology, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Troms?, N9037 Troms?, Norway. |
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Abstract: | The complement component C3 was isolated from spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor Olafsen) serum by polyethylene glycol precipitation, anion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. Silver staining in SDS-PAGE and rabbit anti-wolffish C3 antiserum used in Western blotting revealed that spotted wolffish C3 contains two polypeptide chains, M(r)65 and 115kDa, respectively. The high molecular weight alpha-chain of the C3 incorporated 14C-methylamine suggesting that it contained a reactive thioester group. The deduced amino acid sequence, after screening a liver cDNA expression library, showed that the wolffish C3 contained key amino acids for binding C3 convertase, factor H, I and properdin. Also, high degree of homology to other vertebrate C3 was found in the beta-alpha junction site. Phylogenetic tree analysis indicated that the Japanese flounder and spotted wolffish that belong to order pleuronectiformes and perciformes, respectively, are phylogenetically close species. Immunohistochemical experiments showed that liver hepatocytes and blood contained C3, and in situ hybridisation experiments revealed that liver hepatocytes expressed C3. |
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