| Title: | "A novel function of vitellogenin subdomain, vWF type D, as a toxin-binding protein in the pufferfish Takifugu pardalis ovary" |
| Author(s): | Yin X; Kiriake A; Ohta A; Kitani Y; Ishizaki S; Nagashima Y; |
| Address: | "Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan. Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, NORD University, Bodo 8049, Norway. Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan. Electronic address: yujicd@kaiyodai.ac.jp" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.06.006 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-3150 (Electronic) 0041-0101 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Marine pufferfish of the Tetraodontidae family contain high levels of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in the liver and ovary. TTX is suggested to transfer from the liver to the ovary in female pufferfish during maturation. TTX in pufferfish eggs may act as a repellent against predators and as a sexual pheromone to attract male pufferfish. The toxification mechanism of the pufferfish ovary is poorly understood. Here we evaluated the chemical form of TTX and its related substances in the ovary of the panther pufferfish Takifugu pardalis by LC-ESI/MS. TTX and its analogs 4-epi-TTX, 4, 9-anhydroTTX, deoxyTTX, dideoxyTTX, and trideoxyTTX were detected in a low molecular weight fraction by Sephacryl S-400 column chromatography. The finding of an unknown TTX-related substance in a high molecular weight fraction from the Sephacryl S-400 column suggested the occurrence of toxin-binding protein in the ovary. The toxin-binding protein in the ovary was purified by ion-exchange HPLC, gel filtration HPLC, and SDS-PAGE. Amino acid sequencing and cDNA cloning revealed that the toxin-binding protein, TPOBP-10 (Takifugu pardalis ovary toxin-binding protein with a molecular mass of 10 kDa) was homologous with the predicted vitellogenin-1-like protein [Takifugu rubripes] subdomain, a von Willebrand factor type D domain. TPOBP-10 mRNA was highly expressed in the ovary and liver and less in other organs of female individuals based on RT-PCR. These findings reveal a novel function of the vitellogenin subdomain as binding with TTX-related substances, and its involvement in the toxification of the pufferfish ovary" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Carrier Proteins/*isolation & purification Female Fish Proteins Liver/chemistry Male Mice Ovary/*chemistry Sequence Analysis, Protein *Takifugu Tetrodotoxin/*analogs & derivatives/*isolation & purification/toxicity Vitellogenins/*chemistry Binding;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineYin, Xianzhe Kiriake, Aya Ohta, Akira Kitani, Yoichiro Ishizaki, Shoichiro Nagashima, Yuji eng England 2017/06/28 Toxicon. 2017 Sep 15; 136:56-66. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.06.006. Epub 2017 Jun 23" |
