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Comparative analysis of genes expressed in regenerating intestine and non-eviscerated intestine of Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Aspidochirotida: Stichopodidae) and cloning of ependymin gene

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The regeneration of the intestine of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) was studied by describing historically the changes that occurred during intestine regeneration on the fifth day after chemically-induced evisceration. An expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis was undertaken to identify major genes, which might be involved in intestine regeneration of A. japonicus. Two cDNA libraries were constructed with directional cloning method, one for regenerating intestine collected on the third, fourth and fifth day after evisceration (post-evisceration, PE), and the other for the non-eviscerated (NE). A total of 730 ESTs were generated by sequencing cDNA clones from the two libraries (372 from PE and 358 from NE). The results showed that the number of genes that were involved in primary metabolism of PE library was less than that of NE library, while the number of genes involved in cell defense/immunity, cell division, cell signal transduction/communication of PE library was more than that of NE library. The results also revealed that the expression of the genes which might be involved in regeneration was enhanced to some extent after evisceration. Only about 11.54% of the sequenced clones were shared by two libraries, which provided some clues for the existence of differential gene expression between PE and NE intestines. A gene named epenAj was also characterized in this study.

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    Fa-Xin Zheng & Bao-Hai Fang

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    Xiu-Qin Sun, Xu-Guang Hong & Jin-Xing Zhang

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Zheng, FX., Sun, XQ., Fang, BH. et al. Comparative analysis of genes expressed in regenerating intestine and non-eviscerated intestine of Apostichopus japonicus Selenka (Aspidochirotida: Stichopodidae) and cloning of ependymin gene. Hydrobiologia 571, 109–122 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0231-z

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