Fish Shellfish Immunol 2020 Sep 01;104:622-632. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.06.024.

Molecular characterization, inducible expression and functional analysis of an IKKβ from the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota.

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The inhibitory kappa B kinase (IKK) is a critical regulator for the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway. In this study, an IKKβ named as HLIKKβ was identified from the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota. The full-length cDNA of HLIKKβ is 4246 bp in size, containing a 132 bp 5'-untranslated region (UTR), a 1783 bp 3'-UTR and a 2331 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a protein of 776 amino acids with a deduced molecular weight of 89.66 kDa. HLIKKβ contains a kinase domain (KD) at its N-terminal, a leucine zipper (LZ) and a helix-loop-helix (HLH) motif at its C-terminal. In the KD, a conserved active loop (SXXXS) were identified. The results of luciferase reporter assay and ELISA assay showed that over-expressed HLIKKβ in HEK293T cells could activate the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and induce the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β. When HLIKKβ was silenced by siRNA, the apoptosis rate of sea cucumber coelomocytes was increased significantly, indicating the anti-apoptotic function of HLIKKβ. Moreover, the up-regulation of HLIKKβ mRNA was observed in the sea cucumber coelomocytes after polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid [Poly (I:C)] or lipopolysaccharides (LPS) challenge, suggesting that the HLIKKβ might play important roles in the innate immune defense of sea cucumber against the viral and bacterial infections.

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