Cloning and characterisation of Na+/K+-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase from oriental river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense

Youhui Huang, Zhiquan Liu, Yiming Li, Donglei Wu, Meng Zhang, Yunlong Zhao*

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Abstract

Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) and carbonic anhydrase (CA) are ion transporters that play important roles in osmotic pressure balance in crustaceans. Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) is one of the most economically important shrimps in China. This species can live in freshwater and low-salt water, but the molecular mechanism of salinity regulation is unclear. In this study, full-length cDNAs of M. nipponense α-NKA and CA were obtained by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE)-PCR (GenBank accession numbers MH378774 and MH827971, respectively), and characterised. Full-length cDNAs of Mnα-NKA (3778 bp) and MnCA (1407 bp) contain open reading frames of 3030 bp and 930 bp, respectively, encoding polypeptides of 1009 and 930 amino acids. Bioinformatic analysis showed that Mnα-NKA and MnCA harbour the representative features of NKAs and CAs, and share high homology with orthologs in other crustaceans. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed that Mnα-NKA and MnCA were expressed in various tissues, with highest expression in posterior gills and hepatopancreas. Both Mnα-NKA and MnCA were up-regulated in response to salinity acclimation, but expression patterns differed. Our results provide a theoretical basis for the mechanism regulating salinity acclimation in M. nipponense.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)809-817
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume129
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2019

Keywords

  • Macrobrachium nipponense
  • MnCA
  • Mnα-NKA

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