Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Three β-Defensins from Canine Testes

Author:

Sang Yongming1,Ortega M. Teresa2,Blecha Frank1,Prakash Om3,Melgarejo Tonatiuh2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine

2. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506

3. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry

Abstract

ABSTRACT Mammalian β-defensins are small cationic peptides possessing broad antimicrobial and physiological activities. Because dogs are particularly resilient to sexually transmitted diseases, it has been proposed that their antimicrobial peptide repertoire might provide insight into novel antimicrobial therapeutics and treatment regimens. To investigate this proposal, we cloned the full-length cDNA of three canine β-defensin isoforms ( cBD-1 , -2 , and -3 ) from canine testicular tissues. Their predicted peptides share identical N-terminal 65-amino-acid residues, including the β-defensin consensus six-cysteine motif. The two longer isoforms, cBD-2 and -3 , possess 4 and 34 additional amino acids, respectively, at the C terminus. To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of cBD, a 34-amino-acid peptide derived from the shared mature peptide region was synthesized. Canine β-defensin displayed broad antimicrobial activity against gram-positive bacteria ( Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus ; MICs of 6 and 100 μg/ml, respectively), gram-negative bacteria ( Escherichia coli , Klebsiella pneumoniae , and Neisseria gonorrhoeae ; MICs of 20 to 50, 20, and 50 μg/ml, respectively), and yeast ( Candida albicans ; MIC of 5 to 50 μg/ml) and lower activity against Ureaplasma urealyticum and U. canigenitalium (MIC of 200 μg/ml). Antimicrobial potency was significantly reduced at salt concentrations higher than 140 mM. All three canine β-defensins were highly expressed in testis. In situ hybridization indicated that cBD-1 was expressed primarily in Sertoli cells within the seminiferous tubules. In contrast, cBD-2 was located primarily within Leydig cells. The longest isoform, cBD-3 , was detected in Sertoli cells and to a lesser extent in the interstitium. The tissue-specific expression and broad antimicrobial activity suggest that canine β-defensins play an important role in host defense and other physiological functions of the male reproductive system.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology

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