简介：Outerdensefibersarespecificsubcellularcomponentsofmammalspermflagella,apartfromtheaxonemeanditsassociatedproteins.Asoneoftheouterdensefiberscomponents,ODF3isessentialfortheformationofmammalspermflagella.Inthepresentstudy,weisolatedtheOdf3gene,1033bpinlength,fromZhikongscallopChlamysfarreri,whichwasnamedasCf-Odf3.ItwaspredictedthatCf-Odf3encodesaproteinof240aminoacidswhichcontains5discontinuousPro-Gly-Prorepeats.TheCf-Odf3transcriptsweredetectedinbothtestisandovaryofC.farreriatvariousstagesthroughqRT-PCR.TheCf-ODF3proteinsynthesizedbyprokaryoteswaspurifiedusingNi2+-NTAaffinitychromatographyandusedtoproduceitspolyclonalantibody.TheantibodyproductwaseffectiveandspecificaswasexaminedbyWesternblotting.TheCf-Odf3transcriptandCf-ODF3proteinwerelocatedinintragonadalsomaticcells(ISCs),spermatogoniaandspermatocytesofC.farreritestes,whilenotranscriptionofCf-Odf3andsynthesisofCf-ODF3weredetectedinspermatidsandspermatozoa.ThelocationofOdf3expressionisdifferentfromthatofvertebrateswhereODF3issynthesizedspecificallyinspermatidsandspermflagella.Moreover,theCf-Odf3expressionwasalsodetectedinISCs,oogoniaandoocytesofthescallopovaries.OurfindingrevealedadifferentcharacteristicofOdf3expressionbetweenscallopandvertebrates,whichimpliedthatCf-Odf3playedaroleinthegametogenesisofC.farreri.