Discovery and characterization of the first genuine avian leptin gene in the rock dove (Columba livia)
Endocrinology (United States), ISSN: 1945-7170, Vol: 155, Issue: 9, Page: 3376-3384
2014
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- 64
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- 32
Article Description
Leptin, the key regulator of mammalian energy balance, has been at the center of a great controversy in avian biology for the last 15 years since initial reports of a putative leptin gene (LEP) in chickens. Here, we characterize a novel LEP in rock dove (Columba livia) with low similarity of the predicted protein sequence (30% identity, 47% similarity) to the human ortholog. Searching the Sequence-Read-Archive database revealed leptin transcripts, in the dove's liver, with 2 noncoding exons preceding 2 coding exons. This unusual 4-exon structure was validated by sequencing of a GC-rich product (76% GC, 721 bp) amplified from liver RNA by RT-PCR. Sequence alignment of the dove leptin with orthologous leptins indicated that it consists of a leader peptide (21 amino acids; aa) followed by the mature protein (160 aa), which has a putative structure typical of 4-helicalbundle cytokines except that it is 12 aa longer than human leptin. Extra residues (10 aa) were located within the loop between 2 5'-helices, interrupting the amino acid motif that is conserved in tetrapods and considered essential for activation of leptin receptor (LEPR) but not for receptor binding per se. Quantitative RT-PCR of 11 tissues showed highest (P<.05) expression of LEP in the dove's liver, whereas the dove LEPR peaked (P<.01) in the pituitary. Both genes were prominently expressed in the gonads and at lower levels in tissues involved in mammalian leptin signaling (adipose; hypothalamus).Abioassay based on activation of the chicken LEPR in vitro showed leptin activity in the dove's circulation, suggesting that dove LEP encodes an active protein, despite the interrupted loop motif. Providing tools to study energy-balance control atanevolutionary perspective, our original demonstration of leptin signaling in dove predicts a more ancient role of leptin in growth and reproduction in birds, rather than appetite control. Copyright
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84904442882&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2014-1273; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24758303; https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/155/9/3376/2423061; https://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2014-1273; https://academic.oup.com/endo/article-abstract/155/9/3376/2423061?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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