ITRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis reveals acute hypo-osmotic responsive proteins in the gills of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

William Ka Fai Tse*, Jin Sun, Huoming Zhang, Keng Po Lai, Jie Gu, Jian Wen Qiu, Chris Kong Chu Wong

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Abstract

Osmoregulation in fish has been a classical research topic for several decades. Salmon and eels are the widely used model animals because of their wide distribution in different geographical locations and spawning migration between fresh- and salt-water habitats. Numerous fish osmoregulatory hormones and ion transporters were identified for their essential roles in acclimation and adaptation to waters of different salinities. Because of the lack of a genomic database, the scope of most studies, however, is very limited. Recently, our group reported the first high-throughput transcriptomic and proteomic studies to identify hyperosmotic-responsive genes/proteins in gills of Japanese eels. In this study, we aimed to decipher changes in hypo-osmotic-responsive proteins in fish acclimating from seawater (SW) to freshwater (FW) conditions. We collected gill samples from SW-adapted and SW-to-FW-acclimating fish. The respective gill proteins were extracted and labeled using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and analyzed using a high-resolution mass spectrometer. In the short-term transfer from SW to FW, 51 hypo-responsive proteins were detected, and 24 unique hypo-osmotic-responsive proteins were identified (15 up-regulated and nine down-regulated proteins). Our data support the use of an omics approach to facilitate the application of functional genomics in non-model organisms. Biological significance: By combining transcriptomic and proteomic approaches, the study has provided the most comprehensive, targeted investigation of eel gill hypo-osmotic responsive proteins that provides molecular insights of osmoregulation mechanisms in a non-model organism, eel. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteomics of non-model organisms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)133-143
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Proteomics
Volume105
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 13 2014

Keywords

  • Eel
  • Gill
  • Hypo-osmotic stress
  • ITRAQ
  • Transcriptome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry

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