PUBLICATION
Genetic Evidence for Multifactorial Control of the Reproductive Axis in Zebrafish
- Authors
- Liu, Y., Tang, H., Xie, R., Li, S., Liu, X., Lin, H., Zhang, Y., Cheng, C.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170331-1
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Endocrinology 158: 604-611 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Liu, Xiaochun
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Brain/metabolism
- Female
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/genetics*
- Kisspeptins/genetics*
- Male
- Neuropeptides/metabolism
- Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid/analogs & derivatives*
- Reproduction/genetics*
- Sexual Maturation
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 28359084 Full text @ Endocrinology
Citation
Liu, Y., Tang, H., Xie, R., Li, S., Liu, X., Lin, H., Zhang, Y., Cheng, C.H. (2017) Genetic Evidence for Multifactorial Control of the Reproductive Axis in Zebrafish. Endocrinology. 158:604-611.
Abstract
It is generally believed that kisspeptin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) are required for reproduction in vertebrates. In this study, we generated gnrh3-null zebrafish and found that gnrh3 mutation did not impair gonad development and reproductive capacity. Moreover, zebrafish triple knockout mutant lacking gnrh3 and the 2 kiss1s genes undergo normal puberty and gonad maturation. The expression of follicle-stimulating hormone beta (fshβ) and luteinizing hormone beta (lhβ) was not significantly altered whereas the expression of neuropeptide Y (npy), tachykinin 3 (tac3), and secretogranin-II (sgII) was significantly increased in the triple knockout mutant, suggesting that compensation mechanisms exist to stimulate the reproductive axis in the absence of kiss and gnrh. Our results challenge the prevailing view that GnRH is indispensable for reproduction across species. These data provide genetic evidence that different mechanisms have evolved for the neuroendocrine control of reproduction between mammals and fish: pulsatile release of GnRH to the portal system is the final gateway to stimulate the reproductive axis in mammals, whereas multiple factors act in parallel with GnRH to stimulate the reproductive axis in certain fish species.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping