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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Piscine UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1B
Author(s): Leaver, Michael
Wright, Joy
Hodgson, Paul
Boukouvala, Evridiki
George, Stephen
Contact Email: mjl1@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
detoxification
flounder
Pleuronectes
pollution
gene
Lipoproteins Fish
Fishes Feeding and feeds
Dietary supplements
Glucuronosyltransferase
Issue Date: Oct-2007
Date Deposited: 31-Aug-2009
Citation: Leaver M, Wright J, Hodgson P, Boukouvala E & George S (2007) Piscine UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1B. Aquatic Toxicology, 84 (3), pp. 356-365. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0166445X; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.06.015
Abstract: Glucuronidation is an important detoxification pathway for organic pollutants in fish. We report here the isolation and characterisation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) genes from the closely related marine flatfish, plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and flounder (Platichthys flesus). The deduced amino acid sequences share greater similarity with mammalian UGT1 family genes than UGT2 genes (44-47% and 39-40% amino acid identity respectively) and have been designated UGT1B. Both plaice and flounder UGT1B mRNAs are most highly expressed in liver, but are also expressed in intestine, gill, kidney and adipose tissue to a greater extent than muscle, heart or brain. Plaice UGT1B mRNA was undetectable in gametes or fertilised eggs and there was a large increase in expression between gastrulation and myotome formation after which levels declined some 5-10 fold. Flounder UGT1B mRNA was increased in liver after intraperitoneal injection of Arochlor 1254 or lindane, but not after perflourooctanoic acid or 3-methylcholanthrene. In isolated flounder hepatocytes UGT1B mRNA was increased by benzo(a)pyrene but not by ethynylestradiol. Expression of a cDNA for plaice UGT1B in cos7 cells resulted in higher 1-naphthol conjugation in cell homogenates compared to steroid conjugation, whilst bilirubin and bile acid conjugation undetectable. This indicates that the plaice gene codes for the phenol-conjugating UGT previously purified in our laboratory from this species and that it is likely to play a major role in the detoxification of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in flatfish. Its role in development is unknown. UGT1B genes are also present in pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis) and zebrafish (Danio rerio) genomes, but that they differ in their genic organisation. Pufferfish possess multiple (repeated) complete UGT1 genes and Southern blots indicate that the homologous plaice UGT1B gene may also be organised in this way. In contrast, zebrafish appear to have two UGT1 loci whose sequences and intron/exon structures are closely related to that of plaice, however, the organisation of these genes is similar to the mammalian UGT1 family since each has multiple repeated exon 1’s which are alternatively spliced to a common set of exons encoding the aglycone binding domain. Taken together with evidence from phylogenetic comparison of fish sequences with UGT1 and UGT2 families in mammals, we suggest these homologous fish UGTs should all be included within the vertebrate UGT1 family and designated as UGT1B.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0166445X
DOI Link: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.06.015
Rights: Published in Aquatic Toxicology by Elsevier.

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