Potential Indicators of Stress Response Identified by Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis of Hemocytes and Embryos from the American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica |
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Authors: | Matthew J Jenny Amy H Ringwood Eric R Lacy Alan J Lewitus Jason W Kempton Paul S Gross Gregory W Warr Robert W Chapman |
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Institution: | (1) Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, U.S.A., US;(2) Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC 29412, U.S.A., US;(3) Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, U.S.A., US;(4) Belle W. Baruch Institute for Coastal Research, University of South Carolina, Georgetown, SC 29442, U.S.A., US;(5) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, U.S.A., US |
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Abstract: | A pilot program was initiated to identify genes from the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, that are potentially involved in the stress response for use as bioindicators of exposure to environmental pollutants and
to toxic and infectious agents. A PCR-based method was used to construct cDNA libraries from pooled embryos and the hemocytes
of a single individual. A total of 998 randomly selected clones (expressed sequence tags, ESTs) were sequenced. Approximately
40% of the ESTs are novel sequences. Several potential biomarkers identified include an antimicrobial peptide, recognition
molecules (lectin receptors), proteinases and proteinase inhibitors, and a novel metallothionein. Diversity analysis shows
that 363 and 286 unique genes were identified from the hemocyte and embryo libraries, respectively, indicating that full-scale
EST collection is a valuable approach for the discovery of new genes of potential significance in the molluscan stress response.
Received May 11, 2001; accepted July 16, 2001 |
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Keywords: | : oyster biomarker expressed sequence tags immunity development |
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