Tributyltin binding protein information site

What is tributyltin-binding proteins(TBT-bps)?

TBT-bps is a newly and novel discovered protein that binds to tributyltin (TBT) in the blood of Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, and is excreted from the body via the skin mucus (Shimasaki et al., 2002; Satone et al., 2008). TBT-bp1 of Japanese flounder is a glycoprotein with 42% N-glycan content and its molecular mass and isoelectric point are 46.5 kDa and 3.0, respectively. We expected that TBT accumulation in blood of flounder would attribute to TBT-bp1. The large amount of N-glycan and the amino acid sequence suggesting that TBT-bp1 may be categorized as one of lipocalin members which play an important role in transportation, detoxification and elimination of xenobiototic compounds. (Oba, et al., 2007; Satone et al., 2008). TBT-bp1 was identified in tiger puffer fish(Oba, 2010)

Response of tributyltin-binding protein by chemical exposure or stress

TBT-bp1 was up regulated by exposure of
- TCDD in liver of medaka (Volz, 2005),
- PCBs and PCB126 in brain of medaka (Nakayama, 2008),
- mixture of pesticide in flounder (Marchand, 2006),
- dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in liver of eel (Nogueiraa, 2009),
- Cr(VI) in mummichog (Roling, 2006).
- As in mummichogs (Gonzalez, 2010)

Also, Up regulated to fish disease
TBT-bps was upregulated in trubot challenged to Aeromonas salmonicida(Millan et al 2009).

Different gene expression of TBT-bp1 and TBT-bp2
-in japanese flounder with different susceptibilities to edwardsiellosis(Yasuike, 2010)

On the other hand TBT-bp1 is down regulated by
- exposure of Bisphenol A in fish (Lee, 2007)
Also TBT-bp2 was increased by exposure of TBT-d27 (Nassef, submitted) ,
- PCBs and PCB126 in brain of medaka (Nakayama, 2008).

Tributyltin-binding protein in fish

TBT-bp1 in Japanese flounder (Shimasaki et al 2002)
TBT-bp1 in Japanese flounder (Satone et al., 2008)
TBT-bp2 in Japanese flounder (Oba, et al., 2007)
TBT-bps was reported from EST library of Japanese flounder (Kondo et al 2005)
TBT-bp1 was identified in tiger puffer fish(Oba, 2010)
Homolog of TBT-bp was repored in the ovarian cavity fluid of viviparous fish (Nakamura et al 2009)
Homolog of TBT-bp was reported to relate sex determination (Shirak et al 2008)
Male-specific protein in tilapia was reported to relate sexual behavior (Shirak et al 2008)
Homolog of TBT-bps were found in gene database
medaka
mummichog
poinson fish
Zebrafish
and so on (searched by gene database )

Tributyltin-binding protein related news

Undre construction

Basic reference of lipocalin or AGP (Tributyltin-binding protein related)

Reviw of AGP (Odagiri et al 2009 )
Reviw of lipocalin (in Japanese) (Mogi et al 2005 )
Reviw of lipocalin -exon intron structure (Sanchez et al., 2003)
Reviw of lipocalin -molecular evolution (Gutiérrez et al., 2000)