Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (12): 3151-3159.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2020.12.024

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Molecular Characteristics of Chicken Rab7b in Localization and Binding Invariant Chain in Late Cell Endocytosis

CHEN Fangfang*, TAN Hongli, QIAN Yanhong, GUI Yaping, YU Fengmei, ZHA Lisha   

  1. Animal Molecule and Applied Immune Innovation Team, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
  • Received:2020-07-20 Online:2020-12-25 Published:2020-12-23

Abstract: Rab is a family of molecules that mediate the transport of active proteins in cells. The invariant chain (Ii) has the immunological functions of assisting antigen peptide transport, B cell maturation, and acting as the receptor of cytokines. Previous studies showed that Rab5a of chicken (Gallus gallus) is bound to Ii in the early endocytosis, but it is not clear whether there are other Rab molecules with this property. Based on the localization of Rab7b in late endocytosis and its relationship with intracellular molecular transport, this study explored the molecular structure of Rab7b binding to Ii. First, Rab7b genes of chicken and mouse (Mus musculus) were amplified with self-designed primers, and the amino acid homology was analyzed; the prokaryotic and eukaryotic recombinant plasmids containing Rab7b and its 67 amino acid mutant Rab7bQ67L were constructed. Secondly, the recombinant plasmid containing red fluorescent protein and target gene was transfected into mouse macrophage line Raw264.7. After culture, the recombinant plasmid was stained with FITC labeled mouse anti late endosomal protein 1 (LAMP1) antibody to observe the localization of the target protein. Furthermore, chicken Rab7b and Rab7bQ67L were co-transfected with Ii to observe their co-localization with Ii. Finally, the binding of Rab7b and its mutants to Ii were detected by pull-down technique and Western blotting. The results showed that the Rab7b gene was the same size as expected, and its open reading frame was 624 bp, encoding 208 amino acids. The homology of Rab7b protein structure between chicken and mouse was 74%. Although both Rab7b and Rab7bQ67L could bind to Ii, it was Rab7b rather than Rab7bQ67L could locate in the late endocytosis. In conclusion, Rab7b and Ii were not only co-located in the late endocytosis, but also combined with each other; the 67th amino acid of Rab7b affected its location in cells but not with Ii. These results suggest that Rab molecules are involved in the transport of Ii in intracellular organelles, which provides a new way to further study the mechanism of Ii transport in cells.

Key words: Ii, late endocytosis, Rab7b, mutation, co-localization

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