Expression analysis of tissue factor pathway inhibitors TFPI-1 and TFPI-2 in Paralichthys olivaceus and antibacterial and anticancer activity of derived peptides

Guanghua Wang,Yanli Su,Qinqin Gu,Min Zhang,Hongmei Liu,Yonghua Hu,Dongfang Hao,Bing Xie,Changbiao Wang

doi:10.1186/s13567-021-00908-y

Abstract

Tissue factor pathway inhibitors (TFPI), including TFPI-1 and TFPI-2, are Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitors that mainly inhibit the blood coagulation induced by tissue factors. Previous reports on teleost proved TFPI play important roles in innate immunity. In this study, two TFPI (PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2) molecules from Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) were analyzed and characterized for their expression patterns, antibacterial and anticancer activities of the C-terminal derived peptides. Quantitative real time RT-PCR analysis shows that constitutive PoTFPI-1 expression occurred, in increasing order, in the brain, muscle, spleen, gills, head kidney, blood, intestine, heart, and liver; PoTFPI-2 was expressed, in increasing order, in the brain, gills, head kidney, muscle, intestine, spleen, liver, heart, and blood. Under the stimulation of fish pathogens, both PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2 expressions increased significantly in a manner that depended on the pathogens, tissue type, and infection stage. Furthermore, C-terminal peptides TP25 and TP26, derived from PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2, respectively, were synthesized and proved to be active against Micrococcus luteus (for TP25 and TP26) and Staphylococcus aureus (for TP25) via retardation effects on bacterial nucleic acids. In addition, TP25 and TP26 also displayed significant inhibitory effects on human colon cancer cell line HT-29. These results reveal that both PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2 play important roles in host innate immunity. The antibacterial activity and anticancer cells function of TP25 and TP26 will add new insights into the roles of teleost TFPI.

Highlights

Tissue Factor (TF, thromboplastin), as the major factor for the initiation of the blood coagulation process, is a high-affinity receptor for the coagulation factor VII (FXII)
The 3D structures of PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2 were predicted by protein homology/analogy recognition engine V 2.0 (Phyre2) with 100% confidence, and the image was colored by rainbow from N to C terminus
In this study, we examined the expression profiles of PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2 in different tissues of flounder under normal physiological conditions and the result shows that PoTFPI-1 and PoTFPI-2 expression is distributed in all the tissues examined

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Introduction

Tissue Factor (TF, thromboplastin), as the major factor for the initiation of the blood coagulation process, is a high-affinity receptor for the coagulation factor VII (FXII). There are a K3 domain and basic C-terminal region in TFPIα [9], while TFPIβ contains a region involved in the attachment of a GPI membrane anchor [10]. TFPI-2 plays roles in the regulation of extracellular matrix remodeling and participates in tumor growth and metastasis [16,17,18]. Whether it is TFPI-1 or TFPI2, their C-terminal regions can be cleaved off at different positions, resulting in TFPI truncates with various sizes [19]

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