Publication: Two new anti-apoptotic proteins of white spot syndrome virus that bind to an effector caspase (PmCasp) of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon
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2014-01-01
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10959947
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10504648
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Mahidol University
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Fish and Shellfish Immunology. Vol.38, No.1 (2014), 1-6
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Tareerat Lertwimol, Pakkakul Sangsuriya, Kornsunee Phiwsaiya, Saengchan Senapin, Amornrat Phongdara, Chuenchit Boonchird, Timothy W. Flegel Two new anti-apoptotic proteins of white spot syndrome virus that bind to an effector caspase (PmCasp) of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. Vol.38, No.1 (2014), 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2014.02.022 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/33158
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Two new anti-apoptotic proteins of white spot syndrome virus that bind to an effector caspase (PmCasp) of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus (Penaeus) monodon
Abstract
White spot syndrome virus proteins WSSV134 and WSSV322 have been shown to bind with the p20 domain (residues 55-214) of Penaeus monodon caspase ( PmCasp) protein through yeast two-hybrid screening. Binding was confirmed for the p20 domain and the full-length caspase by co-immunoprecipitation. WSSV134 is also known as the WSSV structural protein VP36A, but no function or conserved domains have been ascribed to WSSV322. Discovery of the caspase binding activity of these two proteins led to an investigation of their possible anti-apoptotic roles. Full-length PmCasp was confirmed to be an effector caspase by inducing apoptosis in transfected Sf-9 cells as assessed by DAPI staining. Using the same cell model, comparison of cells co-transfected with PmCasp and either WSSV134 or WSSV322 revealed that both of the binding proteins had anti-apoptotic activity. However, using the same Sf-9 protocol with anti-apoptosis protein-1 (AAP-1; also called WSSV449) previously shown to bind and inactivate a different effector caspase from P.monodon ( Pm caspase) did not block apoptosis induced by PmCasp. The results revealed diversity in effector caspases and their viral protein inhibitors in P.monodon. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.