Le fumarate hydratase Cell structure actin, beta Protein synthesis, transport and folding ribosomal protein L11 ribosomal protein L18 ribosomal protein L27a ribosomal protein L29 ribosomal protein S12 fragment 1 ribosomal protein S25 ribosomal protein S29 ribosomal protein S2e 40S ribosomal protein S2 60S ribosomal protein L6 Transport serum lectin globin Y Others DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 21 small EDRK-rich factor 2 group-specific component (vitamin D binding protein) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121224.t002 ddx21 serf2 gc JZ575554 JZ575604 JZ575567 Salmo salar Oncorhynchus mykiss Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis 6E-46 1E-15 3E-27 47 2 99 Unclassified Unclassified Vitamin D metabolic process sln35-a gby JZ575603 JZ575566 Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis 3E-15 6E-05 1 3 Protein transport Oxygen transport rpl11 rpl18 rpl27a rpl29 rps12 rps25 rps29 rps2e rps2 rpl6 JZ575583 JZ575584 JZ575586 JZ575587 JZ575591 JZ575594 JZ575595 JZ575590 JZ575520 JZ575521 Protopterus dolloi Protopterus dolloi Xenopus laevis Ictalurus punctatus Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis Salmo salar Xenopus laevis Salmo salar Salmo salar 6E133 3E130 9E-22 1E-63 7E-56 5E-31 5E-20 5E-77 1E-72 1E-77 13 9 5 29 1 5 1 9 36 1 Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation actb JZ575523 Cynops ensicauda 1E117 44 Cell structure fh JZ575565 Danio rerio 3E-90 19 Tricarboxylic acid cycle bhmt1 JZ575536 Xenopus laevis 8E-95 39 Methionine biosynthetic process ass1 Q-VD-OPh site cpsIII JZ575533 JZ575539 Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis 1E-47 1E-53 3 18 Arginine biosynthetic process Glutamine metabolic process Gene symbol P. annectens accession no. Homolog species Evalue No of clones Biological processessubtraction libraries, indicating that it could be false positives or encoding for different isoforms of the same protein. The forward library indicated the up-regulation of bhmt1 and fh GSK-1605786 web expression levels in the liver of P. annectens after 6 months of aestivation. Certain genes related to nitrogen metabolism such as ass1 and cps III and a number of ribosomal genes that was involved in protein synthesis were also up-regulated (Table 2). The reverse library indicated the down-regulation of expression levels of genes related to antioxidative stress (e.g. sod1) and copper transport (e.g. cp) in the liver of P. annectens afterPLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0121224 March 30,7 /Differential Gene Expression in the Liver of the African LungfishTable 3. Known transcripts found in the reverse library (down-regulation) obtained by suppression subtractive hybridization PCR from the liver of Protopterus annectens aestivated for 6 months in air with fish kept in fresh water as the reference for comparison. Group and Gene Carbohydrate metabolism fructose-bisphosphate aldolase C Amino acid, polyamine and nucleotide metabolism inter-alpha trypsin inhibitor, heavy chain 2 Blood coagulation apolipoprotein H serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade C (antithrombin), member 1 beta-2-glycoprotein 1 precursor coagulation factor II precursor fibrinogen alpha fibrinogen beta fibrinogen gamma Complement CD46 antigen, complement regulatory protein peptidoglycan recognition protein 2 complement C3 precursor alpha chain fragment 1 complement C3 precursor alpha chain fragment 2 complement C3 precursor alpha chain fragment 3 complement component receptor 1 complement component 1 complement component 4 binding protein, alpha complement component 9 co.Le fumarate hydratase Cell structure actin, beta Protein synthesis, transport and folding ribosomal protein L11 ribosomal protein L18 ribosomal protein L27a ribosomal protein L29 ribosomal protein S12 fragment 1 ribosomal protein S25 ribosomal protein S29 ribosomal protein S2e 40S ribosomal protein S2 60S ribosomal protein L6 Transport serum lectin globin Y Others DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 21 small EDRK-rich factor 2 group-specific component (vitamin D binding protein) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121224.t002 ddx21 serf2 gc JZ575554 JZ575604 JZ575567 Salmo salar Oncorhynchus mykiss Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis 6E-46 1E-15 3E-27 47 2 99 Unclassified Unclassified Vitamin D metabolic process sln35-a gby JZ575603 JZ575566 Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis 3E-15 6E-05 1 3 Protein transport Oxygen transport rpl11 rpl18 rpl27a rpl29 rps12 rps25 rps29 rps2e rps2 rpl6 JZ575583 JZ575584 JZ575586 JZ575587 JZ575591 JZ575594 JZ575595 JZ575590 JZ575520 JZ575521 Protopterus dolloi Protopterus dolloi Xenopus laevis Ictalurus punctatus Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis Salmo salar Xenopus laevis Salmo salar Salmo salar 6E133 3E130 9E-22 1E-63 7E-56 5E-31 5E-20 5E-77 1E-72 1E-77 13 9 5 29 1 5 1 9 36 1 Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation Translation actb JZ575523 Cynops ensicauda 1E117 44 Cell structure fh JZ575565 Danio rerio 3E-90 19 Tricarboxylic acid cycle bhmt1 JZ575536 Xenopus laevis 8E-95 39 Methionine biosynthetic process ass1 cpsIII JZ575533 JZ575539 Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis 1E-47 1E-53 3 18 Arginine biosynthetic process Glutamine metabolic process Gene symbol P. annectens accession no. Homolog species Evalue No of clones Biological processessubtraction libraries, indicating that it could be false positives or encoding for different isoforms of the same protein. The forward library indicated the up-regulation of bhmt1 and fh expression levels in the liver of P. annectens after 6 months of aestivation. Certain genes related to nitrogen metabolism such as ass1 and cps III and a number of ribosomal genes that was involved in protein synthesis were also up-regulated (Table 2). The reverse library indicated the down-regulation of expression levels of genes related to antioxidative stress (e.g. sod1) and copper transport (e.g. cp) in the liver of P. annectens afterPLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0121224 March 30,7 /Differential Gene Expression in the Liver of the African LungfishTable 3. Known transcripts found in the reverse library (down-regulation) obtained by suppression subtractive hybridization PCR from the liver of Protopterus annectens aestivated for 6 months in air with fish kept in fresh water as the reference for comparison. Group and Gene Carbohydrate metabolism fructose-bisphosphate aldolase C Amino acid, polyamine and nucleotide metabolism inter-alpha trypsin inhibitor, heavy chain 2 Blood coagulation apolipoprotein H serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade C (antithrombin), member 1 beta-2-glycoprotein 1 precursor coagulation factor II precursor fibrinogen alpha fibrinogen beta fibrinogen gamma Complement CD46 antigen, complement regulatory protein peptidoglycan recognition protein 2 complement C3 precursor alpha chain fragment 1 complement C3 precursor alpha chain fragment 2 complement C3 precursor alpha chain fragment 3 complement component receptor 1 complement component 1 complement component 4 binding protein, alpha complement component 9 co.
