Characterization of a Lipopolysaccharide- and Beta-1,3-Glucan Binding Protein (LGBP) from the Hepatopancreas of Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium Rosenbergii, Possessing Lectin-Like Activity

Overview

Journal Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins

Publisher Springer

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Nutritional Sciences
Pharmacology

Date 2023 Jan 2

PMID 36593373

Authors

Sonalina Sahoo

Mohan R Badhe

Anirban Paul

Pramoda Kumar Sahoo

Amol R Suryawanshi

Debabrata Panda

Bindu R Pillai

Bharat Bhusan Patnaik

Jyotirmaya Mohanty

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Abstract

The study focuses on the isolation, characterization, and expression analysis of a lectin from the hepatopancreas of Macrobrachium rosenbergii. The protein was isolated by affinity chromatography on a melibiose-agarose column. The molecular weight of the native protein was found to be ~120 kDa which consists of a single polypeptide of ~39.5 kDa. On mass spectrometric analysis, the protein was identified as lipopolysaccharide- and beta-1,3-glucan binding protein (LGBP). LGBP showed hemagglutination with rabbit RBC like a lectin and its carbohydrate-binding specificity was determined by the hemagglutination inhibition test. The protein also showed antibacterial activity against two Gram-negative bacteria Vibrio harveyi and Aeromonas sobria, and one Gram positive bacteria Bacillus cereus in the disc diffusion test. Rabbit antiserum was raised against the purified LGBP and used to develop a sandwich ELISA system for quantitation of the protein in hepatopancreas and serum samples of M. rosenbergii. The expression of the LGBP transcripts in muscle, hepatopancreas, and gill tissues from M. rosenbergii juveniles at 72 h post-challenge of V. harveyi was not modulated as noticed in qPCR analysis. However, significant increases in the concentrations of LGBP protein in hepatopancreas (5.23 ± 0.45 against 3.43 ± 0.43 mg/g tissue in control) and serum (1.08 ± 0.14 against 0.61 ± 0.08 µg/ml in control) were observed in the challenged group of prawns in ELISA suggesting its putative role against bacterial infections. The study for the first time characterized the native LGBP of M. rosenbergii showing a multifunctional role in immunity.

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