Identification of two proopiomelanocortin genes in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Gonzalez Nunez, Veronica ^a,b   Gonzalez Sarmiento, Rogelio ^a,b   Rodríguez, Raquel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Opioids; Proopiomelanocortin; Zebrafish; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA LIPOTROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOTROPIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANIO RERIO; EXON; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

CYPRINIDAE; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0345599261     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Amemiya Y., Takahashi A., Meguro H., Kawaguchi H. Molecular cloning of lungfish proopiomelanocortin cDNA. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 115(3):1999 (Sep.);415-421.
2. Arends R.J., Vermeer H., Martens G.J., Leunissen J.A., Wedelaar Bonga S.E., Flik G. Cloning and expression of two proopiomelanocortin mRNAs in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Mol. Cel. Endocrinol. 143:1998 (Aug. 25);23-31.
3. Barrallo A., Malvar F.G., Gonzalez R., Rodriguez R.E., Traynor J.R. Cloning and characterization of a delta opioid receptor from zebrafish. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 26(4):1998;S360.
4. Barrallo A., Gonzalez-Sarmiento R., Porteros A., Garcia-Isidoro M., Rodriguez R.E. Cloning, molecular characterization, and distribution of a gene homologous to delta opioid receptor from zebrafish (Danio rerio). Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 245(2):1998;544-548.
5. Barrallo A., Gonzalez-Sarmiento R., Alvar F., Rodriguez R.E. ZFOR2, a new opioid receptor-like gene from the teleost zebrafish (Danio rerio). Mol. Brain Res. 84(1-2):2000;1-6.
6. Bradbury A.F., Smith D.G., Snell C.R., Birdsall N.J.M., Hulme E.C. C fragment of lipotropin has high affinity for brain opiate receptors. Nature. 260:1976;295-306.
7. Chang A.C., Cochet M., Cohen S.N. Structural organization of human genomic DNA encoding the proopiomelanocortin peptide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 77:1980;84890-84894.
8. Cochet M., Chang A.C.Y., Cohen S.N. Characterization of the structural gene and putative 5′-regulatory sequences for human proopiomelanocortin. Nature. 297:1982;335-339.
9. Danielson P.B., Dores R.M. Molecular evolution of the opioid/orphanin gene family. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 113:1999;169-186.
10. Danielson P.B., Alrubaian J., Muller M., Redding J.M., Dores R.M. Duplication of the POMC gene in the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula): analysis of gamma-MSH, ACTH and beta-endorphin regions of ray-finned fish POMC. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 116(2):1999 (Nov.);164-177.
11. Dores R.M., Smith T.R., Rubin D.A., Danielson P., Marra L.E., Youson J.H. Deciphering posttranslational processing events in the pituitary of a neopterygian fish: cloning of a gar proopiomelanocortin cDNA. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 107(3):1997;401-413.
12. Dores R.M., Sollars C., Danielson P., Lee J., Alrubaian J., Joss J.M.P. Cloning of a Proopiomelanocortin cDNA from the pituitary of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri: analyzing trends in the organization of this prohormone precursor. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 116:1999;433-444.
13. Emson P.C., Corder R., Ratter S.G., Tomlin S., Lowry P.J., Ress L.H., Arregui A., Rosser M.N. Regional distribution of pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides in the human brain. Neuroendocrinology. 38(1):1984 (Jan.);45-50.
14. Fishman M.C. Zebrafish - the canonical vertebrate. Science. 294:2001;1290-1291.
15. Fricker L.D., Snyder S.H. Enkephalin convertase: purification and characterization of a specific enkephalin - synthesizing carboxipeptidase localized to adrenal chromafin granules. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 79(12):1982;3886-3890.
16. Goldstein A., Fischli W., Lowery L.I., Hunkapiller M., Hood L. Porcine pituitary dynorphin: complete amino acid sequence of the biologically active heptadecapeptide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 78:1981;7219-7223.
17. Gubler U., Seeburg P., Hoffman B.J., Gage L.P., Udenfriend S. Molecular cloning establishes proenkephalin as precursor or enkephalin-containing peptides. Nature. 295:1982;:206-208.
18. Horikawa S., Takai T., Toyosato M., Takahashi H., Noda M., Kalidani H., Kubo T., Hirose T., Insysms S., Hayashida H., Miyata T., Numa S. Isolation and structural organization of the human preproenkephalin B gene. Nature. 306:1983;611-614.
19. Hughes J., Smith T., Kosterlitz H.W., Fothergill L.A., Morgan B.A., Morris H.R. Identification of two related pentapeptides from the brain with potent opiate agonist activity. Nature. 258:1975;577-580.
20. Kleber G., Gramsch C., Hollt V., Mehraein P., Pasi A., Herz A. Extrahypothalamic corticotropin and alpha-melanotropin in human brain. Neuroendocrinology. 1:1980 (Jul. 31);39-45.
21. Kumar S., Tamura K., Jakobsen I.B. M. MEGA2: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis software. Bioinformatics. 17(12):2001 (Dec.);1244-1245.
22. Lee J., Lecaude S., Danielson P., Sollars C., Alrubaian J., Propper C.R., Lihrmann I., Vaudry H., Dores R.M. Cloning of proopiomelanocortin from the brain of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens, and the brain of the western spadefoot toad, Spea multiplicatus. Neuroendocrinology. 70(1):1999 (Jul.);43-54.
23. Meyer A., Schartl M. Gene and genome duplications in vertebrates: the one-to-four (-to-eight in fish) rule and the evolution of novel gene functions. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 11:1999;699-704.
24. Nakanishi S., Inoue A., Kita T., Nukamura M., Chung A.C.Y., Cohen S.N., Numa S. Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for bovine corticotropin-β- lipotropin precursor. Nature. 278:1979;423-427.
25. Pryor S.C., Elizee R. Evidence of opiates and opioid neuropeptides and their immune effects in parasitic invertebrates representing three different phyla: Schistosoma mansoni, Theromyzon tessulatum, Trichinella spiralis. Acta Biol. Hung. 51(2-4):2000;331-341.
26. Rodríguez R.E., Rodríguez F.D., Sacristán M.P., Torres J.L., Valencia G., Antón J.M. New glycosylpeptides with high antinociceptive activity. Neurosci. Lett. 101(1):1989 (Jun. 5);89-94.
27. Rodríguez R.E., Rodríguez F.D., Sacristán M.P., Torres J.L., Reig F., Antón J.M., Valencia G. Antinociceptive activity of glycosidic enkephalin analogues. Psychopharmacology (Berl.). 101(2):1990;222-225.
28. Sakai M., Yamaguchi T., Watanuki H., Yasuda A., Takahashi A. Modulation of fish phagocytic cells by N-terminal peptides of proopiomelanocortin. J. Exp. Zool. 290(4):2001 (Sep. 1);341-346.
29. Salzet M., Salzet-Raveillon B., Cocquerelle C., Verger-Bocquet M., Pryor S.C., Rialas C.M., Laurent V., Stefano G.B. Leech immunocytes contain proopiomelanocortin: nitric oxide mediates hemolymph propiomelanocortin processing. J. Immunol. 159:1997 (Dec. 1);5400-5411.
30. Stefano G.B., Salzet-Raveillon B., Salzet M. Mytilus edulis hemolymph contains pro-opiomelanocortin: LPS and morphine stimulate differential processing. Mol. Brain Res. 63:1999 (Jan. 8);340-350.
31. Streisinger G., Walker C., Dower N., Knauber D., Singer F. Production of clones of homozygous diploid zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio). Nature. 291:1981;293-296.
32. Takahashi H., Teranishi Y., Nakanishi S., Numa S. Isolation and structural organization of the human corticotropin-β-lipotropin precursor gene. FEBS Lett. 135:1981;102-197.
33. Takahashi A., Amemiya Y., Nozaki M., Sower S.A., Kawauchi H. Evolutionary significance of proopiomelanocortin in agnatha and chondrichthyes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., B. 129:2001;283-289.
34. Takahashi A., Yasuda A., Sullivan C.V., Kawauchi N. Identification of proopiomelanocortin-related peptides in the rostral pars distalis of the pituitary in coelacanth: evolutional implications. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 130(3):2003 (Feb.);340-349.
35. Tollemer H., Vallarino M., Tonon M.C., Vaudry H. Ontogeny of a novel decapeptide derived from POMC-A in the brain and pituitary of the rainbow trout. Dev. Brain Res. 143:2003 (Jun. 12);83-97.
36. Varsamos S., Bonga Wendelaar S.E., Flik G., Quere R., Commes T. Cloning of a proopiomelanocortin cDNA from the pituitary gland of the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and assessment of mRNA expression in different tissues by means of real-time PCR. Endocrinology. 176(3):2003 (Mar.);405-414.
37. Zadina J.E., Hackler L., Ge L.J., Kastin A.J. A potent and selective endogenous agonist for the μ-opiate receptor. Nature. 386:1997;499-502.