Molecular and expression analysis of the Allograft inflammatory factor 1 (AIF-1) in the coelomocytes of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Barca, A., Vacca, F., Vizioli, J., Drago, F., Vetrugno, C., Verri, T., & Pagliara, P. Fish Shellfish Immunol, 71:136–143, October, 2017.
Molecular and expression analysis of the Allograft inflammatory factor 1 (AIF-1) in the coelomocytes of the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Allograft inflammatory factor 1 (AIF-1) is a highly conserved gene involved in inflammation, cloned and characterized in several evolutionary distant animal species. Here, we report the molecular identification, characterization and expression of AIF-1 from the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. In this species, AIF-1 encodes a predicted 151 amino acid protein with high similarity to vertebrate AIF-1 proteins. Immunocytochemical analyses on coelomocytes reveal localization of the AIF-1 protein in amoebocytes (perinuclear cytoplasmic zone) and red sphaerulocytes (inside granules), but not in vibratile cells and colorless sphaerula cells. The significant increase of AIF-1 expression (mRNA and protein) found in the coelomocytes of the sea urchin after Gram + bacterial challenge suggests the involvement of AIF-1 in the inflammatory response. Our analysis on P. lividus AIF-1 contributes to elucidate AIF-1 function along the evolutionary scale and consolidate the key evolutionary position of echinoderms throughout metazoans with respect to the common immune paths.
@article{barca_molecular_2017,
	title = {Molecular and expression analysis of the {Allograft} inflammatory factor 1 ({AIF}-1) in the coelomocytes of the common sea urchin {Paracentrotus} lividus},
	volume = {71},
	issn = {1095-9947 (Electronic) 1050-4648 (Linking)},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28986218},
	doi = {10.1016/j.fsi.2017.09.078},
	abstract = {Allograft inflammatory factor 1 (AIF-1) is a highly conserved gene involved in inflammation, cloned and characterized in several evolutionary distant animal species. Here, we report the molecular identification, characterization and expression of AIF-1 from the common sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. In this species, AIF-1 encodes a predicted 151 amino acid protein with high similarity to vertebrate AIF-1 proteins. Immunocytochemical analyses on coelomocytes reveal localization of the AIF-1 protein in amoebocytes (perinuclear cytoplasmic zone) and red sphaerulocytes (inside granules), but not in vibratile cells and colorless sphaerula cells. The significant increase of AIF-1 expression (mRNA and protein) found in the coelomocytes of the sea urchin after Gram + bacterial challenge suggests the involvement of AIF-1 in the inflammatory response. Our analysis on P. lividus AIF-1 contributes to elucidate AIF-1 function along the evolutionary scale and consolidate the key evolutionary position of echinoderms throughout metazoans with respect to the common immune paths.},
	journal = {Fish Shellfish Immunol},
	author = {Barca, A. and Vacca, F. and Vizioli, J. and Drago, F. and Vetrugno, C. and Verri, T. and Pagliara, P.},
	month = oct,
	year = {2017},
	pages = {136--143},
}

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