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Jia Y, Jiang Q, Sun S. Embryonic expression patterns of TBL1 family in zebrafish. Gene Expr Patterns 2024; 51:119355. [PMID: 38272246 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2024.119355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Except the addition of TBL1Y in human, transducing beta like 1 (TBL1) family mainly consists of two members TBL1X and TBL1XR1, taking part in multiple intracellular signaling pathways such as Wnt/β-catenin and NF-κB in cancer progression. However, the gene expression patterns of this family during embryonic development remain largely unknown. Here we took advantage of zebrafish model to characterize the spatial and temporal expression patterns of TBL1 family genes including tbl1x, tbl1xr1a and tbl1xr1b. The in situ hybridization studies of gene expression showed robust expressions of tbl1x and tbl1xr1b as maternal transcripts except tbl1xr1a. As the embryo develops, zygotic expressions of all TBL1 family members occur and have a redundant and broad pattern including in brain, neural retina, pharyngeal arches, otic vesicles, and pectoral fins. Ubiquitous expression of all family members were ranked from the strongest to the weakest: tbl1xr1a, tbl1x, and tbl1xr1b. In addition, one tbl1xr1a transcript tbl1xr1a202 showed unique and rich expression in the developing heart and lateral line neuromasts. Overall, all members of zebrafish TBL1 family shared numerous similarities and exhibited certain distinctions in the expression patterns, indicating that they might have redundant and exclusive functions to be further explored.
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- Yuanqi Jia
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102, PR China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China.
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- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, 201102, PR China.
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Loffet EA, Durel JF, Nerurkar NL. Evo-Devo Mechanobiology: The Missing Link. Integr Comp Biol 2023; 63:1455-1473. [PMID: 37193661 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icad033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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While the modern framework of evolutionary development (evo-devo) has been decidedly genetic, historic analyses have also considered the importance of mechanics in the evolution of form. With the aid of recent technological advancements in both quantifying and perturbing changes in the molecular and mechanical effectors of organismal shape, how molecular and genetic cues regulate the biophysical aspects of morphogenesis is becoming increasingly well studied. As a result, this is an opportune time to consider how the tissue-scale mechanics that underlie morphogenesis are acted upon through evolution to establish morphological diversity. Such a focus will enable a field of evo-devo mechanobiology that will serve to better elucidate the opaque relations between genes and forms by articulating intermediary physical mechanisms. Here, we review how the evolution of shape is measured and related to genetics, how recent strides have been made in the dissection of developmental tissue mechanics, and how we expect these areas to coalesce in evo-devo studies in the future.
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- Elise A Loffet
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Yamakawa S, Yamazaki A, Morino Y, Wada H. Early expression onset of tissue-specific effector genes during the specification process in sea urchin embryos. EvoDevo 2023; 14:7. [PMID: 37101206 PMCID: PMC10131483 DOI: 10.1186/s13227-023-00210-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In the course of animal developmental processes, various tissues are differentiated through complex interactions within the gene regulatory network. As a general concept, differentiation has been considered to be the endpoint of specification processes. Previous works followed this view and provided a genetic control scheme of differentiation in sea urchin embryos: early specification genes generate distinct regulatory territories in an embryo to express a small set of differentiation driver genes; these genes eventually stimulate the expression of tissue-specific effector genes, which provide biological identity to differentiated cells, in each region. However, some tissue-specific effector genes begin to be expressed in parallel with the expression onset of early specification genes, raising questions about the simplistic regulatory scheme of tissue-specific effector gene expression and the current concept of differentiation itself. RESULTS Here, we examined the dynamics of effector gene expression patterns during sea urchin embryogenesis. Our transcriptome-based analysis indicated that many tissue-specific effector genes begin to be expressed and accumulated along with the advancing specification GRN in the distinct cell lineages of embryos. Moreover, we found that the expression of some of the tissue-specific effector genes commences before cell lineage segregation occurs. CONCLUSIONS Based on this finding, we propose that the expression onset of tissue-specific effector genes is controlled more dynamically than suggested in the previously proposed simplistic regulation scheme. Thus, we suggest that differentiation should be conceptualized as a seamless process of accumulation of effector expression along with the advancing specification GRN. This pattern of effector gene expression may have interesting implications for the evolution of novel cell types.
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- Shumpei Yamakawa
- Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research, Friedrich-Shiller University Jena, Erbertstraße 1, 07747, Jena, Germany.
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan.
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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Yu Y, Zheng T, Li H, Hou Y, Dong C, Chen H, Wang C, Xiang M, Hu G, Dang Y. Growth inhibition of offspring larvae caused by the maternal transfer effects of tetrabromobisphenol A in zebrafish. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 322:121143. [PMID: 36731738 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is an industrial chemical and the most widely used brominated flame retardant, and has raised environmental health concerns. However, the maternal transfer toxicity of TBBPA is less studied in fish despite its frequency in the water environment, and limited evidence exists to confirm the major contributing factors. In this study, we performed a 28-d experiment on female and male zebrafish exposed to TBBPA (0, 5, 50, and 500 μg/L), and shortened body length of offspring larvae was observed at the maximum exposure concentration. By cross-mating control and exposed zebrafish (male or female), our results showed that the observed growth inhibition in the progeny was attributed to the maternal transfer effect. Although 28-d exposure resulted in the existence of TBBPA in ovaries and ova, the maternal transfer of TBBPA was not responsible for the shortened body length of offspring larvae, as evidenced through TBBPA embryo microinjection. Moreover, proteomic analyses in ova indicated that the abundance of apolipoproteins (apoa1, apoa1b, apoa2, apoa4b, and apoc1) was significantly downregulated in the ova, which may be partially responsible for the shortened body length of offspring larvae. Interestingly, these proteins did not differentially express in the ovaries. Therefore, our results demonstrate that TBBPA exposure disturbed maternal protein transfer from the ovaries to the ova, providing novel insights into the underlying maternal transfer effects.
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- Yunjiang Yu
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China; College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- Institute for Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China.
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Ren F, Zhou Q, Meng Y, Guo W, Tang Q, Mei J. RNA binding proteins are potential novel biomarkers of egg quality in yellow catfish. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:121. [PMID: 36927412 PMCID: PMC10018890 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09220-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Egg quality is a major concern in fish reproduction and development. An effective evaluation of egg quality prior to fertilization is helpful in improving the fertilization rate and survival rate of the larva. In this study, we aim to identify quality instructors from the combination study of fertilization rate, hatching rate, embryo malformation rate and gene expression profile. RESULTS Eggs from 25 female fish were fertilized with sperm from the same fish. The egg quality was determined by the fertilization rates, hatching rate and embryo malformation rate and divided into three categories, low-quality (< 35%), medium-quality (35 to 75%), and high-quality (> 75%). Due to the distinct difference in fertilization, hatching and embryo malformation rate between low-quality eggs and high-quality eggs, these two groups were considered for the identification of quality markers. Then RNA-seq was performed for the originally preserved eggs from the low-quality group and high-quality group. We profiled the differentially expressed genes and identified a group of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) as potential regulators. Gene function analysis indicated that most of these genes were enriched in RNA-regulated pathways including RNA processing. The RBPs were more related to egg quality from the PLS-DA analysis. Finally, gene expression was validated by qRT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS We found a cluster of RBP genes including igf2bp3, zar1, elavl1, rbm25b and related regulatory factors including yy1, sirt1, anp32e, btg4 as novel biomarkers of egg quality.
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- Fan Ren
- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. .,Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Nair S, Welch EL, Moravec CE, Trevena RL, Hansen CL, Pelegri F. The midbody component Prc1-like is required for microtubule reorganization during cytokinesis and dorsal determinant segregation in the early zebrafish embryo. Development 2023; 150:dev200564. [PMID: 36789950 PMCID: PMC10112900 DOI: 10.1242/dev.200564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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We show that the zebrafish maternal-effect mutation too much information (tmi) corresponds to zebrafish prc1-like (prc1l), which encodes a member of the MAP65/Ase1/PRC1 family of microtubule-associated proteins. Embryos from tmi homozygous mutant mothers display cytokinesis defects in meiotic and mitotic divisions in the early embryo, indicating that Prc1l has a role in midbody formation during cell division at the egg-to-embryo transition. Unexpectedly, maternal Prc1l function is also essential for the reorganization of vegetal pole microtubules required for the segregation of dorsal determinants. Whereas Prc1 is widely regarded to crosslink microtubules in an antiparallel conformation, our studies provide evidence for an additional function of Prc1l in the bundling of parallel microtubules in the vegetal cortex of the early embryo during cortical rotation and prior to mitotic cycling. These findings highlight common yet distinct aspects of microtubule reorganization that occur during the egg-to-embryo transition, driven by maternal product for the midbody component Prc1l and required for embryonic cell division and pattern formation.
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- Sreelaja Nair
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Panteli N, Demertzioglou M, Feidantsis K, Karapanagiotis S, Tsele N, Tsakoniti K, Gkagkavouzis K, Mylonas CC, Kormas KA, Mente E, Antonopoulou E. Advances in understanding the mitogenic, metabolic, and cell death signaling in teleost development: the case of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili, Risso 1810). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2022; 48:1665-1684. [PMID: 36459361 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-022-01146-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cell growth and differentiation signals of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), a key regulator in embryonic and postnatal development, are mediated through the IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R), which activates several downstream pathways. The present study aims to address crucial organogenesis and development pathways including Akt, MAPKs, heat shock response, apoptotic and autophagic machinery, and energy metabolism in relation to IGF-1R activation during five developmental stages of reared Seriola dumerili: 1 day prior to hatching fertilized eggs (D-1), hatching day (D0), 3 days post-hatching larvae (D3), 33 (D33) and 46 (D46) days post-hatching juveniles. During both the fertilized eggs stage and larval-to-juvenile transition, IGF-1R/Akt pathway activation may mediate the hypertrophic signaling, while p44/42 MAPK phosphorylation was apparent at S. dumerili post-hatching processes and juvenile organs completion. On the contrary, apoptosis was induced during embryogenesis and autophagy at hatching day indicating a potential involvement in morphogenetic rearrangements and yolk-sac reserves depletion. Larvae morphogenesis was accompanied by a metabolic turnover with increased substantial energy consumption. The findings of the present study demonstrate the developmental stages-specific shift in critical signaling pathways during the ontogeny of reared S. dumerili.
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- Nikolas Panteli
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Genomics and Epigenomics Translational Research (GENeTres), Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI-AUTH), Balkan Center, Buildings A & B 10th km Thessaloniki-Thermi Rd, P.O. Box 8318, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, P.O. Box 2214, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446, Volos, Greece
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Ichthyology-Culture and Pathology of Aquatic Animals, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Razmi K, Patil JG. Primordial Germ Cell Development in the Poeciliid, Gambusia holbrooki, Reveals Shared Features Between Lecithotrophs and Matrotrophs. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:793498. [PMID: 35300414 PMCID: PMC8920993 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.793498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Metazoans exhibit two modes of primordial germ cell (PGC) specification that are interspersed across taxa. However, the evolutionary link between the two modes and the reproductive strategies of lecithotrophy and matrotrophy is poorly understood. As a first step to understand this, the spatio-temporal expression of teleostean germ plasm markers was investigated in Gambusia holbrooki, a poecilid with shared lecitho- and matrotrophy. A group of germ plasm components was detected in the ovum suggesting maternal inheritance mode of PGC specification. However, the strictly zygotic activation of dnd-β and nanos1 occurred relatively early, reminiscent of models with induction mode (e.g., mice). The PGC clustering, migration and colonisation patterns of G. holbrooki resembled those of zebrafish, medaka and mice at blastula, gastrula and somitogenesis, respectively—recapitulating features of advancing evolutionary nodes with progressive developmental stages. Moreover, the expression domains of PGC markers in G. holbrooki were either specific to teleost (vasa expression in developing PGCs), murine models (dnd spliced variants) or shared between the two taxa (germline and somatic expression of piwi and nanos1). Collectively, the results suggest that the reproductive developmental adaptations may reflect a transition from lecithotrophy to matrotrophy.
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- Komeil Razmi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, TAS, Australia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Taroona, TAS, Australia
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Charitonidou K, Panteris E, Ganias K. ‘Ultrastructural changes in mitochondria during oogenesis in two phylogenetically close fish species’. J Morphol 2022; 283:502-509. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Katerina Charitonidou
- Laboratory of Ichthyology School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Department of Botany School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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- Laboratory of Ichthyology School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece
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Raby L, Völkel P, Hasanpour S, Cicero J, Toillon RA, Adriaenssens E, Van Seuningen I, Le Bourhis X, Angrand PO. Loss of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Function Alters Digestive Organ Homeostasis and Neuronal Differentiation in Zebrafish. Cells 2021; 10:cells10113142. [PMID: 34831364 PMCID: PMC8620594 DOI: 10.3390/cells10113142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) mediates histone H3K27me3 methylation and the stable transcriptional repression of a number of gene expression programs involved in the control of cellular identity during development and differentiation. Here, we report on the generation and on the characterization of a zebrafish line harboring a null allele of eed, a gene coding for an essential component of the PRC2. Homozygous eed-deficient mutants present a normal body plan development but display strong defects at the level of the digestive organs, such as reduced size of the pancreas, hepatic steatosis, and a loss of the intestinal structures, to die finally at around 10-12 days post fertilization. In addition, we found that PRC2 loss of function impairs neuronal differentiation in very specific and discrete areas of the brain and increases larval activity in locomotor assays. Our work highlights that zebrafish is a suited model to study human pathologies associated with PRC2 loss of function and H3K27me3 decrease.
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- Ludivine Raby
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
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- Department of Fisheries and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587-77871, Iran;
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
- Univ. Artois, UR 2465, Laboratoire de la Barrière Hémato-Encéphalique (LBHE), F-62300 Lens, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 9020-U 1277 – CANTHER – Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, F-59000 Lille, France; (L.R.); (P.V.); (J.C.); (R.-A.T.); (E.A.); (I.V.S.); (X.L.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-3-2033-6222
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Wang Y, Feng T, Zhu M, Shi X, Wang Z, Liu S, Zhang X, Zhang J, Zhao S, Zhang J, Ling X, Liu M. PABPN1L assemble into "ring-like" aggregates in the cytoplasm of MII oocytes and is associated with female infertility†. Biol Reprod 2021; 106:83-94. [PMID: 34726234 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioab203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Infertility affects 10% - 15% of families worldwide. However, the pathogenesis of female infertility caused by abnormal early embryonic development is not clear. A resent study showed that PABPN1L recruited BTG4 to mRNA 3'-poly(A) tails and was essential for maternal mRNA degradation. Here, we generated an PABPN1L-antibody and found "ring-like" PABPN1L aggregates in the cytoplasm of MII oocytes. PABPN1L-EGFP proteins spontaneously formed"ring-like" aggregates in vitro. This phenomenon is similar with CCR4-NOT catalytic subunit, CNOT7, when it starts deadenylation process in vitro. We constructed two mouse model (Pabpn1l -/- and Pabpn1l tm1a/tm1a) simulating the intron1-exon2 abnormality of human PABPN1L and found that the female was sterile and the male was fertile. Using RNA-Seq, we observed a large-scale up-regulation of RNA in zygotes derived from Pabpn1l-/- MII oocytes. We found that 9222 genes were up-regulated instead of being degraded in the Pabpn1l-♀/+♂zygote. Both the Btg4 and Cnot61 genes are necessary for the deadenylation process and Pabpn1l -/- resembled both the Btg4 and Cnot6l knockouts, where 71.2% genes stabilized in the Btg4-♀/+♂ zygote and 84.2% genes stabilized in the Cnot6l-♀/+♂zygote were also stabilized in Pabpn1l-♀/+♂ zygote. BTG4/CNOT7/CNOT6L was partially co-located with PABPN1L in MII oocytes. The above results suggest that PABPN1L is widely associated with CCR4-NOT-mediated maternal mRNA degradation and PABPN1L variants on intron1-exon2 could be a genetic marker of female infertility. Summary sentence. "Ring-like" PABPN1L aggregates was found in the cytoplasm of MII oocytes and in vitro; intron1-exon2 abnormality of Pabpn1l leads female sterile in mice.
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- Ying Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Reproduction, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, 210004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Reproduction, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, 210004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Animal Core Facility of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Reproduction, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, 210004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Reproduction, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, 210004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
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Xiong Z, Lo HP, McMahon KA, Parton RG, Hall TE. Proximity Dependent Biotin Labelling in Zebrafish for Proteome and Interactome Profiling. Bio Protoc 2021; 11:e4178. [PMID: 34722825 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Identification of protein interaction networks is key for understanding intricate biological processes, but mapping such networks is challenging with conventional biochemical methods, especially for weak or transient interactions. Proximity-dependent biotin labelling (BioID) using promiscuous biotin ligases and mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics has emerged in the past decade as a powerful method for probing local proteomes and protein interactors. Here, we describe the application of an engineered biotin ligase, TurboID, for proteomic mapping and interactor screening in vivo in zebrafish. We generated novel transgenic zebrafish lines that express TurboID fused to a conditionally stabilised GFP-binding nanobody, dGBP, which targets TurboID to the GFP-tagged proteins of interest. The TurboID-dGBP zebrafish lines enable proximity-dependent biotin labelling in live zebrafish simply through outcrossing with existing GFP-tagged lines. Here, we outline a detailed protocol of the BLITZ method (Biotin Labelling In Tagged Zebrafish) for utilising TurboID-dGBP fish lines to map local proteomes and screen novel interactors. Graphic abstract: Schematic overview of the BLITZ method. TurboID-dGBP fish are crossed with GFP-tagged lines to obtain embryos co-expressing TurboID-dGBP (indicated by mKate2) and the GFP-POI (protein of interest). Embryos expressing only TurboID are used as a negative control. Embryos (2 to 7 dpf) are incubated overnight with a 500 μM biotin-supplemented embryo medium. This biotin incubation step allows TurboID to catalyse proximity-dependent biotinylation in live zebrafish embryos. After biotin incubation, embryos are solubilised in lysis buffer, and free biotin is removed using a PD-10 desalting column. The biotinylated proteins are captured by streptavidin affinity purification, and captured proteins are analysed by MS sequencing.
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- Zherui Xiong
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia.,Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Modeling Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Epilepsy Caused by Loss of Function of kif2a in Zebrafish. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0055-21.2021. [PMID: 34404749 PMCID: PMC8425962 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0055-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In recent years there has been extensive research on malformations of cortical development (MCDs) that result in clinical features like developmental delay, intellectual disability, and drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Various studies highlighted the contribution of microtubule-associated genes (including tubulin and kinesin encoding genes) in MCD development. It has been reported that de novo mutations in KIF2A, a member of the kinesin-13 family, are linked to brain malformations and DRE. Although it is known that KIF2A functions by regulating microtubule depolymerization via an ATP-driven process, in vivo implications of KIF2A loss of function remain partly unclear. Here, we present a novel kif2a knock-out zebrafish model, showing hypoactivity, habituation deficits, pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure susceptibility and microcephaly, as well as neuronal cell proliferation defects and increased apoptosis. Interestingly, kif2a−/− larvae survived until adulthood and were fertile. Notably, our kif2a zebrafish knock-out model demonstrated many phenotypic similarities to KIF2A mouse models. This study provides valuable insights into the functional importance of kif2a in zebrafish and phenotypical hallmarks related to KIF2A mutations. Ultimately, this model could be used in a future search for more effective therapies that alleviate the clinical symptoms typically associated with MCDs.
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Ding Y, Haks MC, Forn-Cuní G, He J, Nowik N, Harms AC, Hankemeier T, Eeza MNH, Matysik J, Alia A, Spaink HP. Metabolomic and transcriptomic profiling of adult mice and larval zebrafish leptin mutants reveal a common pattern of changes in metabolites and signaling pathways. Cell Biosci 2021; 11:126. [PMID: 34233759 PMCID: PMC8265131 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-021-00642-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Leptin plays a critical role in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis. However, the molecular mechanism and cross talks between leptin and metabolic pathways leading to metabolic homeostasis across different species are not clear. This study aims to explore the effects of leptin in mice and zebrafish larvae by integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics. Different metabolomic approaches including mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and high-resolution magic-angle-spinning NMR spectrometry were used to investigate the metabolic changes caused by leptin deficiency in mutant ob/ob adult mice and lepb-/- zebrafish larvae. For transcriptome studies, deep RNA sequencing was used. RESULTS Thirteen metabolites were identified as common biomarkers discriminating ob/ob mice and lepb-/- zebrafish larvae from their respective wild type controls: alanine, citrulline, ethanolamine, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, putrescine, serine and threonine. Moreover, we also observed that glucose and lipid levels were increased in lepb-/- zebrafish larvae compared to the lepb+/+ group. Deep sequencing showed that many genes involved in proteolysis and arachidonic acid metabolism were dysregulated in ob/ob mice heads and lepb mutant zebrafish larvae compared to their wild type controls, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Leptin deficiency leads to highly similar metabolic alterations in metabolites in both mice and zebrafish larvae. These metabolic changes show similar features as observed during progression of tuberculosis in human patients, mice and zebrafish larvae. In addition, by studying the transcriptome, we found similar changes in gene regulation related to proteolysis and arachidonic acid metabolism in these two different in vivo models.
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- Yi Ding
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 13, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, 04107, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, 04107, Leipzig, Germany.,Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Buchumenski I, Holler K, Appelbaum L, Eisenberg E, Junker JP, Levanon EY. Systematic identification of A-to-I RNA editing in zebrafish development and adult organs. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:4325-4337. [PMID: 33872356 PMCID: PMC8096273 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A-to-I RNA editing is a common post transcriptional mechanism, mediated by the Adenosine deaminase that acts on RNA (ADAR) enzymes, that increases transcript and protein diversity. The study of RNA editing is limited by the absence of editing maps for most model organisms, hindering the understanding of its impact on various physiological conditions. Here, we mapped the vertebrate developmental landscape of A-to-I RNA editing, and generated the first comprehensive atlas of editing sites in zebrafish. Tens of thousands unique editing events and 149 coding sites were identified with high-accuracy. Some of these edited sites are conserved between zebrafish and humans. Sequence analysis of RNA over seven developmental stages revealed high levels of editing activity in early stages of embryogenesis, when embryos rely on maternal mRNAs and proteins. In contrast to the other organisms studied so far, the highest levels of editing were detected in the zebrafish ovary and testes. This resource can serve as the basis for understanding of the role of editing during zebrafish development and maturity.
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- Ilana Buchumenski
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- The Faculty of Life Sciences and the Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
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Tseng WC, Johnson Escauriza AJ, Tsai-Morris CH, Feldman B, Dale RK, Wassif CA, Porter FD. The role of Niemann-Pick type C2 in zebrafish embryonic development. Development 2021; 148:dev194258. [PMID: 33722902 PMCID: PMC8077516 DOI: 10.1242/dev.194258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative lysosomal disease caused by mutations of either NPC1 or NPC2. NPC2 is a soluble lysosomal protein that functions in coordination with NPC1 to efflux cholesterol from the lysosomal compartment. Mutations of either gene result in the accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and other lipids in the late endosome/lysosome, and reduction of cellular cholesterol bioavailability. Zygotic null npc2m/m zebrafish showed significant unesterified cholesterol accumulation at larval stages, a reduction in body size, and motor and balance defects in adulthood. However, the phenotype at embryonic stages was milder than expected, suggesting a possible role of maternal Npc2 in embryonic development. Maternal-zygotic npc2m/m zebrafish exhibited significant developmental defects, including defective otic vesicle development/absent otoliths, abnormal head/brain development, curved/twisted body axes and no circulating blood cells, and died by 72 hpf. RNA-seq analysis conducted on 30 hpf npc2+/m and MZnpc2m/m embryos revealed a significant reduction in the expression of notch3 and other downstream genes in the Notch signaling pathway, suggesting that impaired Notch3 signaling underlies aspects of the developmental defects observed in MZnpc2m/m zebrafish.
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- Wei-Chia Tseng
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Zebrafish Core, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Zebrafish Core, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Dong Y, Newman M, Pederson SM, Barthelson K, Hin N, Lardelli M. Transcriptome analyses of 7-day-old zebrafish larvae possessing a familial Alzheimer's disease-like mutation in psen1 indicate effects on oxidative phosphorylation, ECM and MCM functions, and iron homeostasis. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:211. [PMID: 33761877 PMCID: PMC7992352 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07509-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (EOfAD) is promoted by dominant mutations, enabling the study of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenic mechanisms through generation of EOfAD-like mutations in animal models. In a previous study, we generated an EOfAD-like mutation, psen1Q96_K97del, in zebrafish and performed transcriptome analysis comparing entire brains from 6-month-old wild type and heterozygous mutant fish. We identified predicted effects on mitochondrial function and endolysosomal acidification. Here we aimed to determine whether similar effects occur in 7 day post fertilization (dpf) zebrafish larvae that might be exploited in screening of chemical libraries to find ameliorative drugs. RESULTS We generated clutches of wild type and heterozygous psen1Q96_K97del 7 dpf larvae using a paired-mating strategy to reduce extraneous genetic variation before performing a comparative transcriptome analysis. We identified 228 differentially expressed genes and performed various bioinformatics analyses to predict cellular functions. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses predicted a significant effect on oxidative phosphorylation, consistent with our earlier observations of predicted effects on ATP synthesis in adult heterozygous psen1Q96_K97del brains. The dysregulation of minichromosome maintenance protein complex (MCM) genes strongly contributed to predicted effects on DNA replication and the cell cycle and may explain earlier observations of genome instability due to PSEN1 mutation. The upregulation of crystallin gene expression may be a response to defective activity of mutant Psen1 protein in endolysosomal acidification. Genes related to extracellular matrix (ECM) were downregulated, consistent with previous studies of EOfAD mutant iPSC neurons and postmortem late onset AD brains. Also, changes in expression of genes controlling iron ion transport were observed without identifiable changes in the prevalence of transcripts containing iron responsive elements (IREs) in their 3' untranslated regions (UTRs). These changes may, therefore, predispose to the apparent iron dyshomeostasis previously observed in 6-month-old heterozygous psen1Q96_K97del EOfAD-like mutant brains.
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- Yang Dong
- Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Bioinformatics Hub, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
- Bioinformatics Hub, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
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Ishii H, Tani T. Dynamic organization of cortical actin filaments during the ooplasmic segregation of ascidian Ciona eggs. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:274-288. [PMID: 33296225 PMCID: PMC8098833 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-01-0083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Spatial reorganization of cytoplasm in zygotic cells is critically important for establishing the body plans of many animal species. In ascidian zygotes, maternal determinants (mRNAs) are first transported to the vegetal pole a few minutes after fertilization and then to the future posterior side of the zygotes in a later phase of cytoplasmic reorganization, before the first cell division. Here, by using a novel fluorescence polarization microscope that reports the position and the orientation of fluorescently labeled proteins in living cells, we mapped the local alignments and the time-dependent changes of cortical actin networks in Ciona eggs. The initial cytoplasmic reorganization started with the contraction of vegetal hemisphere approximately 20 s after the fertilization-induced [Ca2+] increase. Timing of the vegetal contraction was consistent with the emergence of highly aligned actin filaments at the cell cortex of the vegetal hemisphere, which ran perpendicular to the animal-vegetal axis. We propose that the cytoplasmic reorganization is initiated by the local contraction of laterally aligned cortical actomyosin in the vegetal hemisphere, which in turn generates the directional movement of cytoplasm within the whole egg.
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- Hirokazu Ishii
- Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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- Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Tang L, Song S, Hu C, Liu M, Lam PKS, Zhou B, Lam JCW, Chen L. Parental exposure to perfluorobutane sulfonate disturbs the transfer of maternal transcripts and offspring embryonic development in zebrafish. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 256:127169. [PMID: 32464364 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Parental exposure to perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS), an aquatic pollutant of emerging concern, is previously found to impair the embryonic development of offspring. However, the impairing mechanisms remain to clarify. In the present study, adult zebrafish were exposed to 0, 10 and 100 μg/L PFBS for 28 d, after which disturbances in maternal transcript transfer and offspring embryogenesis were investigated. Prior to zygotic genome activation, high-throughput transcriptomic sequencing revealed that parental PFBS exposure significantly altered the transcript profile of maternal origin in offspring eggs, while toxic actions varied as a function of PFBS concentrations. In offspring eggs derived from 10 μg/L exposure group, differential transcripts were mainly associated with the histone-DNA interaction of nucleosome, which would modify the compacted chromatin configuration and accessibility of transcriptional factors to DNA sequences. In this regard, the timing of zygotic genome activation was presumably disrupted. Parental exposure to 100 μg/L PFBS primarily interrupted the maternal transfer of adherens junction transcripts, which was supposed to dysregulate the cell-cell adhesion during early embryo formation. Development and growth of offspring embryos were significantly compromised by parental PFBS exposure, as exemplified by higher mortality, delayed hatching, slower heart rate, reduced body weight and neurobehavioral disorders. Overall, the present study presented the first toxicological evidence about the disturbances of PFBS in maternal transcript transfer, although the inherent linkage between maternal transcript modifications and offspring development defects still needs future works to construct.
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- Lizhu Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Out-of-season spawning affects the nutritional status and gene expression in both Atlantic salmon female broodstock and their offspring. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 247:110717. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cai L, Zheng J, Jia Y, Gu Z, Liu S, Chi M, Cheng S. Molecular Characterization and Expression Profiling of Three Transformer-2 Splice Isoforms in the Redclaw Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Front Physiol 2020; 11:631. [PMID: 32733260 PMCID: PMC7363937 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Sex determination/sex differentiation is determined by genetics, environmental factors, or the interactions of the two. The Transformer-2 (Tra-2) gene plays an important role in the sex determination cascade signal pathway in insects. In this study, the Tra-2 gene was isolated and characterized from the cDNA library of gonad tissues in the redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Three splice variants were identified, designated as CqTra-2A, CqTra-2B, and CqTra-2C, and sequence analysis showed that they had a highly conserved RRM domain. Phylogenetic analysis was performed by the NJ method, and the results revealed that the Tra-2 protein of the redclaw crayfish was very closely related to those of Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Fenneropenaeus chinensis, and Macrobrachium nipponense. Real-time PCR analysis showed that the three isoforms were predominantly expressed in the ovary and gradually increased with embryonic development. Additionally, the expression pattern of CqTra-2 at different developmental stages was analyzed by qPCR and revealed that the phase of having a body length of 3 cm may be the key period for the sex differentiation of C. quadricarinatus. RNAi-targeting gene silencing further confirmed the function of CqTra-2 in sexual differentiation in redclaw crayfish. Our experimental data will contribute to understanding the mechanism of sex determination in crustaceans.
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- Lina Cai
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China
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Xu B, Tang X, Jin M, Zhang H, Du L, Yu S, He J. Unifying developmental programs for embryonic and postembryonic neurogenesis in the zebrafish retina. Development 2020; 147:dev.185660. [PMID: 32467236 DOI: 10.1242/dev.185660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The zebrafish retina grows for a lifetime. Whether embryonic and postembryonic retinogenesis conform to the same developmental program is an outstanding question that remains under debate. Using single-cell RNA sequencing of ∼20,000 cells of the developing zebrafish retina at four different stages, we identified seven distinct developmental states. Each state explicitly expresses a gene set. Disruption of individual state-specific marker genes results in various defects ranging from small eyes to the loss of distinct retinal cell types. Using a similar approach, we further characterized the developmental states of postembryonic retinal stem cells (RSCs) and their progeny in the ciliary marginal zone. Expression pattern analysis of state-specific marker genes showed that the developmental states of postembryonic RSCs largely recapitulated those of their embryonic counterparts, except for some differences in rod photoreceptor genesis. Thus, our findings reveal the unifying developmental program used by the embryonic and postembryonic retinogenesis in zebrafish.
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- Baijie Xu
- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China .,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China .,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 201210, China
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Transcriptome Analysis of Maternal Gene Transcripts in Unfertilized Eggs of Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and Identification of Immune-Related Maternal Genes. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21113872. [PMID: 32485896 PMCID: PMC7312655 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21113872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Maternal genes are important in directing early development and determining egg quality in fish. We here report the de novo transcriptome from four tissue libraries of the cyprinid loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, and for the first time identified maternal gene transcripts in unfertilized eggs and suggest their immune system involvement. Expression profiles and functional enrichment revealed a total 24,116 transcripts were expressed as maternal transcripts in unfertilized eggs, which were involved in a wide range of biological functions and pathways. Comparison expression profiles and analysis of tissue specificity revealed that the large numbers of maternal transcripts were stored in unfertilized eggs near the late phase of ovarian maturation and before ovulation. Functional classification showed a total of 279 maternal immune-related transcripts classified with immune system process GO term and immune system KEGG pathway. qPCR analysis showed that transcript levels of identified maternal immune-related candidate genes were dynamically modulated during development and early ontogeny of M. anguillicaudatus. Taken together, this study could not only provide knowledge on the protective roles of maternal immune-related genes during early life stage of M. anguillicaudatus but could also be a valuable transcriptomic/genomic resource for further analysis of maternally provisioned genes in M. anguillicaudatus and other related teleost fishes.
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Myers JN, Dyce PW, Chatakondi NG, Gorman SA, Quiniou SM, Su B, Peatman E, Dunham RA, Butts IA. Analysis of specific mRNA gene expression profiles as markers of egg and embryo quality for hybrid catfish aquaculture. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 243:110675. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Raby L, Völkel P, Le Bourhis X, Angrand PO. The Polycomb Orthologues in Teleost Fishes and Their Expression in the Zebrafish Model. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11040362. [PMID: 32230868 PMCID: PMC7230241 DOI: 10.3390/genes11040362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) is a chromatin-associated protein complex involved in transcriptional repression of hundreds of genes controlling development and differentiation processes, but also involved in cancer and stem cell biology. Within the canonical PRC1, members of Pc/CBX protein family are responsible for the targeting of the complex to specific gene loci. In mammals, the Pc/CBX protein family is composed of five members generating, through mutual exclusion, different PRC1 complexes with potentially distinct cellular functions. Here, we performed a global analysis of the cbx gene family in 68 teleost species and traced the distribution of the cbx genes through teleost evolution in six fish super-orders. We showed that after the teleost-specific whole genome duplication, cbx4, cbx7 and cbx8 are retained as pairs of ohnologues. In contrast, cbx2 and cbx6 are present as pairs of ohnologues in the genome of several teleost clades but as singletons in others. Furthermore, since zebrafish is a widely used vertebrate model for studying development, we report on the expression of the cbx family members during zebrafish development and in adult tissues. We showed that all cbx genes are ubiquitously expressed with some variations during early development.
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Zhang L, Yu M, Xu H, Wei X, Liu Y, Huang C, Chen H, Guo Z. RNA sequencing revealed the abnormal transcriptional profile in cloned bovine embryos. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 150:492-500. [PMID: 32035150 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has potential applications in agriculture and biomedicine, but the efficiency of cloning is still low. In this study, the transcriptional profiles in cloned and fertilized embryos were measured and compared by RNA sequencing. The 2-cell embryos were detected to identify the earliest transcriptional differences between embryos derived through IVF and SCNT. As a result, 364 genes showed decreased expression in cloned 2-cell embryos and were enriched in "intracellular protein transport" and "ubiquitin mediated proteolysis". In blastocysts, 593 genes showed decreased expression in cloned blastocysts and were enriched in "RNA binding", "nucleotide binding", "embryo development", and "adherens junction". We identified 14 development related genes that were not activated in the cloned embryos. Then, 68 and 245 long non-coding RNAs were recognized abnormally expressed in cloned 2-cell embryos and cloned blastocysts, respectively. Furthermore, we found that incomplete RNA-editing occurred in cloned embryos and might be caused by decreased ADAR expression. In conclusion, our study revealed the abnormal transcripts and deficient RNA-editing sites in cloned embryos and provided new data for further mechanistic studies of somatic nuclear reprogramming.
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- Lei Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China.
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Rocha de Almeida T, Alix M, Le Cam A, Klopp C, Montfort J, Toomey L, Ledoré Y, Bobe J, Chardard D, Schaerlinger B, Fontaine P. Domestication may affect the maternal mRNA profile in unfertilized eggs, potentially impacting the embryonic development of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226878. [PMID: 31891603 PMCID: PMC6938363 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Domestication is an evolutionary process during which we expect populations to progressively adapt to an environment controlled by humans. It is accompanied by genetic and presumably epigenetic changes potentially leading to modifications in the transcriptomic profile in various tissues. Reproduction is a key function often affected by this process in numerous species, regardless of the mechanism. The maternal mRNA in fish eggs is crucial for the proper embryogenesis. Our working hypothesis is that modifications of maternal mRNAs may reflect potential genetic and/or epigenetic modifications occurring during domestication and could have consequences during embryogenesis. Consequently, we investigated the trancriptomic profile of unfertilized eggs from two populations of Eurasian perch. These two populations differed by their domestication histories (F1 vs. F7+-at least seven generations of reproduction in captivity) and were genetically differentiated (FST = 0.1055, p<0.05). A broad follow up of the oogenesis progression failed to show significant differences during oogenesis between populations. However, the F1 population spawned earlier with embryos presenting an overall higher survivorship than those from the F7+ population. The transcriptomic profile of unfertilized eggs showed 358 differentially expressed genes between populations. In conclusion, our data suggests that the domestication process may influence the regulation of the maternal transcripts in fish eggs, which could in turn explain differences of developmental success.
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- UR AFPA, University of Lorraine, INRA, Nancy, France
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- LPGP, UR1037 Fish Physiology and Genomics, INRA, Rennes, France
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- LPGP, UR1037 Fish Physiology and Genomics, INRA, Rennes, France
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- UR AFPA, University of Lorraine, INRA, Nancy, France
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- LPGP, UR1037 Fish Physiology and Genomics, INRA, Rennes, France
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Hypomorphic zebrafish models mimic the musculoskeletal phenotype of β4GalT7-deficient Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Matrix Biol 2019; 89:59-75. [PMID: 31862401 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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β4GalT7 is a transmembrane Golgi enzyme, encoded by B4GALT7, that plays a pivotal role in the proteoglycan linker region formation during proteoglycan biosynthesis. Defects in this enzyme give rise to a rare autosomal recessive form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), currently known as 'spondylodysplastic EDS (spEDS-B4GALT7)'. This EDS subtype is mainly characterized by short stature, hypotonia and skeletal abnormalities, thereby illustrating its pleiotropic importance during human development. Insights into the pathogenic mechanisms underlying this disabling disease are very limited, in part due to the lack of a relevant in vivo model. As the majority of mutations identified in patients with spEDS-B4GALT7 are hypomorphic, we generated zebrafish models with partial loss of B4galt7 function, including different knockdown (morphant) and mosaic knockout (crispant) b4galt7 zebrafish models and studied the morphologic, functional and molecular aspects in embryonic and larval stages. Morphant and crispant zebrafish show highly similar morphological abnormalities in early development including a small, round head, bowed pectoral fins, short body-axis and mild developmental delay. Several craniofacial cartilage and bone structures are absent or strongly misshapen. In addition, the total amount of sulfated glycosaminoglycans is significantly diminished and particularly heparan and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan levels are greatly reduced. We also show impaired cartilage patterning and loss of chondrocyte organization in a cartilage-specific Tg(Col2a1aBAC:mcherry) zebrafish reporter line. The occurrence of the same abnormalities in the different models confirms these are specifically caused by B4galt7 deficiency. A disturbed actin pattern, along with a lack of muscle tone, was only noted in morphants in which translation of b4galt7 was blocked. In conclusion, we generated the first viable animal models for spEDS-B4GALT7, and show that in early development the human spEDS-B4GALT7 phenotype is faithfully mimicked in these zebrafish models. Our findings underscore a key role for β4GalT7 in early development of cartilage, bone and muscle. These models will lead to a better understanding of spEDS-B4GALT7 and can be used in future efforts focusing on therapeutic applications.
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Sales CF, Lemos FS, Morais RDVS, Thomé RG, Santos HB, Pinheiro APB, Bazzoli N, Rizzo E. Thermal stress induces heat shock protein 70 and apoptosis during embryo development in a Neotropical freshwater fish. Reprod Fertil Dev 2019; 31:547-556. [PMID: 30373705 DOI: 10.1071/rd18217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Fish embryos are particularly vulnerable to temperature changes, with the effects varying with developmental stage. The major aim of the present study was to analyse the relationship between apoptosis and heat shock protein (HSP) 70 during embryo development under thermal stress conditions. To this end, Prochilodus lineatus embryos at the blastopore closure stage were subjected to one of three thermal treatments for 1h (Group 1, 25°C (control); Group 2, 20°C; Group 3, 30°C) and then examined at 0, 4 and 8h posttreatment (h.p.t.). The viability of embryos was highest in Group 1 (81.33±16.65%), followed by Group 3 and Group 2 (75.33±12.10% and 68.67±16.86% respectively), with significant difference between Groups 1 and 2 (P<0.05). At 0h.p.t., embryos subjected to thermal stress (Group 3) had a significantly higher number of terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-digoxigenin nick end-labelling (TUNEL)- and caspase-3-labelled cells, and a lower number of HSP70-positive cells than those in the control group. At 4h.p.t., there was a decrease in the TUNEL reaction and an increase in HSP70 in embryos in Group 3. At 8h.p.t., the size of Group 3 embryos was significantly smaller than that of Group 1 embryos. The results indicate a cytoprotective role for HSP70, regulating caspase-3-mediated apoptosis during embryo development of P. lineatus; however, this mechanism is not effective in controlling embryo viability and larval malformations.
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- Camila F Sales
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, C. P. 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, C. P. 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, C. P. 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Laboratório de Processamento de Tecidos, 35501-296 Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Laboratório de Processamento de Tecidos, 35501-296 Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, C. P. 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia de Vertebrados, 30535-610 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, C. P. 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Romney ALT, Yanagitsuru YR, Mundy PC, Fangue NA, Hung TC, Brander SM, Connon RE. Developmental Staging and Salinity Tolerance in Embryos of the Delta Smelt, Hypomesus transpacificus. AQUACULTURE (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 511:634191. [PMID: 32831418 PMCID: PMC7442155 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is a critically endangered species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Delta (SFBD). Important for the conservation of this species is understanding the physiological and ecological impacts contributing to their population decline, and current studies lack information on embryonic development. Changes in patterns of salinity across the SFBD may be a particularly important environmental stressor contributing to the recruitment and survival of the species. Throughout their ontogeny, delta smelt may exhibit unique requirements and tolerances to environmental conditions including salinity. Here, we describe 22 stages of embryonic development of H. transpacificus that characterize early differentiation from the fertilized egg until hatching, allowing the identification of critical morphological features unique to this species. Additionally, we investigated aspects of physiological tolerance to environmental salinity during development. Embryos survived incubation at salinity treatments between 0.4 and 20 ppt, yet had lower hatch success at higher salinities. Prior to hatching, embryos exposed to higher salinities had increased osmolalities and reduced fractions of yolk implying that the elevated external salinity altered the physiology of the embryo and the environment internal to the chorion. Lastly, egg activation and fertilization appear to also be impacted by salinity. Altogether, we suggest that any potential tolerance to salinity during embryogenesis, a common feature in euryhaline teleost species, impacts life cycle transitions into, and out of, embryonic development. Results from this investigation should improve conservation and management practices of this species and further expand our understanding of the intimate relationship between an embryo and its environment.
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- Amie L. T. Romney
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Wildlife Conservation and Fish Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Wildlife Conservation and Fish Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Fish Conservation Culture Laboratory, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Sarangdhar MA, Chaubey D, Srikakulam N, Pillai B. Parentally inherited long non-coding RNA Cyrano is involved in zebrafish neurodevelopment. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:9726-9735. [PMID: 30011017 PMCID: PMC6182166 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Transfer of genetic material from parents to progeny via fusion of gametes is a way to ensure flow of information from one generation to the next. Apart from the genetic material, gametes provide a rich source of other factors such as RNA and proteins which can control traits of the embryo. Non-coding RNAs are not only carriers of regulatory information but can also encode memory of events of parental life. Here, we explore the possibility of parental inheritance of non-coding RNAs, especially long non-coding RNAs. Meta-analysis of RNA-seq data revealed several non-coding RNAs present in zebrafish oocyte, sperm and 2cell-stage. The embryo is transcriptionally silent at this stage, we rationalize that all the RNAs detectable at 2cell-stage are deposited either by sperm or oocyte or both and thus inherited. In the inherited pool, we noticed a conserved lncRNA, Cyrano previously known for zebrafish brain development. Knockdown of inherited Cyrano by miR-7 without changing zygotic Cyrano altered brain morphology at 24 hpf and 48 hpf. This defect could be partially rescued by injecting full length Cyrano lncRNA or a mutant resilient to knock-down by miR-7. In future, there is ample scope to check the possibility of inherited lncRNAs as carriers of memory of parental life events and building blocks that set up an initial platform for development.
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- Mayuresh Anant Sarangdhar
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Mathura Road, New Delhi, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Mathura Road, New Delhi, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Mathura Road, New Delhi, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Mathura Road, New Delhi, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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Cheung CT, Nguyen TV, Le Cam A, Patinote A, Journot L, Reynes C, Bobe J. What makes a bad egg? Egg transcriptome reveals dysregulation of translational machinery and novel fertility genes important for fertilization. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:584. [PMID: 31307377 PMCID: PMC6631549 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5930-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Egg quality can be defined as the egg ability to be fertilized and subsequently develop into a normal embryo. Previous research has shed light on factors that can influence egg quality. Large gaps however remain including a comprehensive view of what makes a bad egg. Initial development of the embryo relies on maternally-inherited molecules, such as transcripts, deposited in the egg during its formation. Bad egg quality is therefore susceptible to be associated with alteration or dysregulation of maternally-inherited transcripts. We performed transcriptome analysis on a large number (N = 136) of zebrafish egg clutches, each clutch being split to monitor developmental success and perform transcriptome analysis in parallel. We aimed at drawing a molecular portrait of the egg in order to characterize the relation between egg transcriptome and developmental success and to subsequently identify new candidate genes involved in fertility. RESULTS We identified 66 transcript that were differentially abundant in eggs of contrasted phenotype (low or high developmental success). Statistical modeling using partial least squares regression and genetics algorithm demonstrated that gene signatures from transcriptomic data can be used to predict developmental success. The identity and function of differentially expressed genes indicate a major dysregulation of genes of the translational machinery in poor quality eggs. Two genes, otulina and slc29a1a, predominantly expressed in the ovary and dysregulated in poor quality eggs were further investigated using CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing. Mutants of each gene revealed remarkable subfertility whereby the majority of their eggs were unfertilizable. The Wnt pathway appeared to be dysregulated in the otulina mutant-derived eggs. CONCLUSIONS Here we show that egg transcriptome contains molecular signatures, which can be used to predict developmental success. Our results also indicate that poor egg quality in zebrafish is associated with a dysregulation of (i) the translational machinery genes and (ii) novel fertility genes, otulina and slc29a1a, playing an important role for fertilization. Together, our observations highlight the diversity of the possible causes of egg quality defects and reveal mechanisms of maternal origin behind the lack of fertilization and early embryonic failures that can occur under normal reproduction conditions.
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- Caroline T Cheung
- INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique des poissons, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042, Rennes cedex, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique des poissons, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042, Rennes cedex, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique des poissons, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042, Rennes cedex, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique des poissons, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042, Rennes cedex, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, IGF, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France.,Montpellier GenomiX, BioCampus Montpellier, MGX, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, IGF, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique des poissons, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042, Rennes cedex, France.
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Oh D, Houston DW. RNA Localization in the Vertebrate Oocyte: Establishment of Oocyte Polarity and Localized mRNA Assemblages. Results Probl Cell Differ 2019; 63:189-208. [PMID: 28779319 PMCID: PMC6538070 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60855-6_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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RNA localization is a fundamental mechanism for controlling cell structure and function. Early development in fish and amphibians requires the localization of specific mRNAs to establish the initial differences in cell fates prior to the onset of zygotic genome activation. RNA localization in these oocytes (e.g., Xenopus and zebrafish) requires that animal-vegetal polarity be established early in oogenesis, mediated by formation of the Balbiani body/mitochondrial cloud. This structure serves as a platform for assembly and transport of germline determinants to the future vegetal pole and also sets up the machinery for the localization of non-germline transcripts later in oogenesis. Understanding these polarization and localization mechanisms is critical for understanding the basis for early embryonic development in these organisms and also for understanding the role of RNA compartmentalization in animal gametogenesis. Here we outline recent advances in elucidating the molecular basis for the establishment of oocyte polarity at the level of Balbiani body assembly as well as the formation of RNP assemblies for early and late pathway mRNA localization in the oocyte.
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- Denise Oh
- Department of Biology, The University of Iowa, 257 BB, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Iowa, 257 BB, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
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Li G, Jin D, Zhong TP. Tubgcp3 Is Required for Retinal Progenitor Cell Proliferation During Zebrafish Development. Front Mol Neurosci 2019; 12:126. [PMID: 31178691 PMCID: PMC6543929 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The centrosomal protein γ-tubulin complex protein 3 (Tubgcp3/GCP3) is required for the assembly of γ-tubulin small complexes (γ-TuSCs) and γ-tubulin ring complexes (γ-TuRCs), which play critical roles in mitotic spindle formation during mitosis. However, its function in vertebrate embryonic development is unknown. Here, we generated the zebrafish tubgcp3 mutants using the CRISPR/Cas9 system and found that the tubgcp3 mutants exhibited the small eye phenotype. Tubgcp3 is required for the cell cycle progression of retinal progenitor cells (RPCs), and its depletion caused cell cycle arrest in the mitotic (M) phase. The M-phase arrested RPCs exhibited aberrant monopolar spindles and abnormal distributed centrioles and γ-tubulin. Moreover, these RPCs underwent apoptosis finally. Our study provides the in vivo model for the functional study of Tubgcp3 and sheds light on the roles of centrosomal γ-tubulin complexes in vertebrate development.
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- Guobao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Ezh1 arises from Ezh2 gene duplication but its function is not required for zebrafish development. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4319. [PMID: 30867490 PMCID: PMC6416316 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40738-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Trimethylation on H3K27 mediated by Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is required to control gene repression programs involved in development, regulation of tissue homeostasis or maintenance and lineage specification of stem cells. In Drosophila, the PRC2 catalytic subunit is the single protein E(z), while in mammals this function is fulfilled by two proteins, Ezh1 and Ezh2. Based on database searches, we propose that Ezh1 arose from an Ezh2 gene duplication that has occurred in the common ancestor to elasmobranchs and bony vertebrates. Expression studies in zebrafish using in situ hybridization and RT-PCR followed by the sequencing of the amplicon revealed that ezh1 mRNAs are maternally deposited. Then, ezh1 transcripts are ubiquitously distributed in the entire embryo at 24 hpf and become more restricted to anterior part of the embryo at later developmental stages. To unveil the function of ezh1 in zebrafish, a mutant line was generated using the TALEN technology. Ezh1-deficient mutant fish are viable and fertile, but the loss of ezh1 function is responsible for the earlier death of ezh2 mutant larvae indicating that ezh1 contributes to zebrafish development in absence of zygotic ezh2 gene function. Furthermore, we show that presence of ezh1 transcripts from the maternal origin accounts for the delayed lethality of ezh2-deficient larvae.
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Honjo Y, Ichinohe T. Cellular responses to ionizing radiation change quickly over time during early development in zebrafish. Cell Biol Int 2019; 43:516-527. [PMID: 30791195 PMCID: PMC6850130 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Animal cells constantly receive information about and respond to environmental factors, including ionizing radiation. Although it is crucial for a cell to repair radiation-induced DNA damage to ensure survival, cellular responses to radiation exposure during early embryonic development remain unclear. In this study, we analyzed the effects of ionizing radiation in zebrafish embryos and found that radiation-induced γH2AX foci formation and cell cycle arrest did not occur until the gastrula stage, despite the presence of major DNA repair-related gene transcripts, passed on as maternal factors. Interestingly, P21/WAF1 accumulation began ∼6 h post-fertilization, although p21 mRNA was upregulated by irradiation at 2 or 4 h post-fertilization. These results suggest that the cellular responses of zebrafish embryos at 2 or 4 h post-fertilization to radiation failed to overcome P21 protein accumulation and further signaling. Regulation of P21/WAF1 protein stabilization appears to be a key factor in the response to genotoxins during early embryogenesis.
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- Yasuko Honjo
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 754-8553, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 754-8553, Japan
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Eno C, Hansen CL, Pelegri F. Aggregation, segregation, and dispersal of homotypic germ plasm RNPs in the early zebrafish embryo. Dev Dyn 2019; 248:306-318. [PMID: 30741457 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In zebrafish and many other organisms, specification of primordial germ cells (PGCs) requires the transmission of maternally-derived germ plasm. Zebrafish germ plasm ribonucleoparticles (RNPs) aggregate along the cleavage furrows during the first several cell cycles, segregate asymmetrically during the cleavage stages, and undergo cytoplasmic dispersal in the late blastula. RESULTS For all tested germ plasm RNAs [carbonic anhydrase 15b (ca15b), deleted in azoospermia-like (dazl), dead end (dnd), nanos 3 (nos3), regulator of G-protein signaling14a (rgs14a), and vasa/DEAD box polypeptide 4 (vasa/ddx4)], RNPs are homotypic (containing a single RNA type), with RNPs packing tightly yet remaining distinct within germ plasm aggregates. Homotypic clustering of RNAs within RNPs is observed before aggregation in the cortex and is maintained through germ plasm recruitment, asymmetric segregation and RNP dispersal. We also identify a step of germ plasm fragmentation during the cleavage stages that precedes RNP dispersal. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that germ plasm aggregates act as subcellular compartments that temporarily collect and carry single RNA-type RNPs from fertilization until their cytoplasmic dispersal in PGCs at the end of the blastula period, and describe a previously unknown fragmentation step that allows for an increase in the pool of germ plasm-carrying cells, presumably PGCs. Developmental Dynamics 248:306-318, 2019. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Celeste Eno
- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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Zhao X, Du F, Liu X, Ruan Q, Wu Z, Lei C, Deng Y, Luo C, Jiang J, Shi D, Lu F. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is expressed in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) ovarian follicles and promotes oocyte maturation and early embryonic development. Theriogenology 2019; 130:79-88. [PMID: 30877846 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been discovered and characterized for several decades, yet its expression pattern in non-neuronal tissues like ovary and potential mechanism during oocyte maturation are still poorly understood. Thus the present study was devised to determine the expression pattern and mechanism of BDNF during buffalo oocyte maturation. The results revealed that BDNF was presented at different stages of buffalo ovarian follicles as well as during oocyte maturation and early embryo development. BDNF's receptor p75 was detected in granulosa cells, cumulus cells, oocytes, and early embryos, while another receptor neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor, type2 (NTRK2) was only identified in granulosa cells and cumulus cells. To determine the effect of BDNF on oocyte maturation and early embryo development, different concentrations (0, 1, 10, 100 ng/mL) of BDNF were added into the in vitro maturation media, respectively. It was divulged that 10 ng/mL BDNF promoted the in vitro maturation rate of buffalo oocytes and the blastocysts rate of embryos cultured in vitro (P < 0.05). Then through using NTRK2 inhibitor K-252a, we found BDNF and its receptor NTRK2 in cumulus cells played an essential role during oocyte maturation. Moreover, to further investigate the underlying mechanism by which BDNF enhances oocyte maturation, RT-qPCR was performed. 10 ng/mL BDNF treatment could decrease the expression level of apoptosis-related genes CCASP9, FAS, up-regulate the expression level of receptor gene NTRK2, cell proliferation-related genes CCNB1, PCNA, gap junction-related genes GJA4, GJA1 as well as cumulus cells expansion-related genes HAS2, PTX3 and TNFAIP6 (P < 0.05). Altogether, our results showed for the first time that BDNF was expressed throughout buffalo ovarian follicle development, oocyte maturation and early embryogenesis. Furthermore, BDNF treatment could improve the efficiency of buffalo oocyte maturation through regulating genes expression in cumulus cells and then promote early embryo development.
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- Xin Zhao
- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China; Reproductive Medicine Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China.
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- Animal Reproduction Institute, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China.
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From mRNA Expression of Drug Disposition Genes to In Vivo Assessment of CYP-Mediated Biotransformation during Zebrafish Embryonic and Larval Development. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19123976. [PMID: 30544719 PMCID: PMC6321216 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19123976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo is currently explored as an alternative for developmental toxicity testing. As maternal metabolism is lacking in this model, knowledge of the disposition of xenobiotics during zebrafish organogenesis is pivotal in order to correctly interpret the outcome of teratogenicity assays. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity in zebrafish embryos and larvae until 14 d post-fertilization (dpf) by using a non-specific CYP substrate, i.e., benzyloxy-methyl-resorufin (BOMR) and a CYP1-specific substrate, i.e., 7-ethoxyresorufin (ER). Moreover, the constitutive mRNA expression of CYP1A, CYP1B1, CYP1C1, CYP1C2, CYP2K6, CYP3A65, CYP3C1, phase II enzymes uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) and sulfotransferase 1st1 (SULT1ST1), and an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) drug transporter, i.e., abcb4, was assessed during zebrafish development until 32 dpf by means of quantitative PCR (qPCR). The present study showed that trancripts and/or the activity of these proteins involved in disposition of xenobiotics are generally low to undetectable before 72 h post-fertilization (hpf), which has to be taken into account in teratogenicity testing. Full capacity appears to be reached by the end of organogenesis (i.e., 120 hpf), although CYP1-except CYP1A-and SULT1ST1 were shown to be already mature in early embryonic development.
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Meyer-Alert H, Ladermann K, Larsson M, Schiwy S, Hollert H, Keiter SH. A temporal high-resolution investigation of the Ah-receptor pathway during early development of zebrafish (Danio rerio). AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 204:117-129. [PMID: 30245344 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In order to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the regulating mechanisms of the aryl-hydrocarbon-receptor (AHR) in zebrafish embryos, we aimed to elucidate the interaction of proteins taking part in this signaling pathway during early development of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) after chemical exposure. We managed to illustrate initial transcription processes of the implemented proteins after exposure to two environmentally relevant chemicals: polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (PCB126) and β-Naphthoflavone (BNF). Using qPCR, we quantified mRNA every 4 h until 118 h post fertilization and found the expression of biotransformation enzymes (cyp1 family) and the repressor of the AHR (ahr-r) to be dependent on the duration of chemical exposure and the biodegradability of the compounds. PCB126 induced persistently increased amounts of transcripts as it is not metabolized, whereas activation by BNF was limited to the initial period of exposure. We did not find a clear relation between the amount of transcripts and activity of the induced CYP-proteins, so posttranscriptional mechanisms are likely to regulate biotransformation of BNF. With regard to zebrafish embryos and their application in risk assessment of hazardous chemicals, our examination of the AHR pathway especially supports the relevance of the time point or period of exposure that is used for bioanalytical investigations and consideration of chemical properties determining biodegradability.
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- Henriette Meyer-Alert
- Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, ABBt - Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, ABBt - Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, ABBt - Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, ABBt - Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Man-Technology-Environment Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Fakultetsgatan 1, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden
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Félix LM, Luzio A, Themudo M, Antunes L, Matos M, Coimbra AM, Valentim AM. MS-222 short exposure induces developmental and behavioural alterations in zebrafish embryos. Reprod Toxicol 2018; 81:122-131. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2018.07.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Dzaki N, Wahab W, Azlan A, Azzam G. CTP synthase knockdown during early development distorts the nascent vertebral column and causes fluid retention in multiple tissues in zebrafish. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 505:106-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.09.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Chen F, Fu Q, Pu L, Zhang P, Huang Y, Hou Z, Xu Z, Chen D, Huang F, Deng T, Liang X, Lu Y, Zhang M. Integrated Analysis of Quantitative Proteome and Transcriptional Profiles Reveals the Dynamic Function of Maternally Expressed Proteins After Parthenogenetic Activation of Buffalo Oocyte. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:1875-1891. [PMID: 30002204 PMCID: PMC6166679 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra118.000556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Maternal-effect genes are especially critical for early embryonic development after fertilization and until massive activation of the embryonic genome occurs. By applying a tandem mass tag (TMT)-labeled quantitative proteomics combined with RNA sequencing approach, the proteome of the buffalo was quantitatively analyzed during parthenogenesis of mature oocytes and the two-cell stage embryo. Of 1908 quantified proteins, 123 differed significantly. The transcriptome was analyzed eight stages (GV, MII, 2-cell, 4-cell, 8-cell, 16-cell, morula, blastocyst) of Buffalo using the RNA sequencing approach, and a total of 3567 unique genes were identified to be differently expressed between all consecutive stages of pre-implantation development. Validation of proteomics results (TUBB3, CTNNA1, CDH3, MAP2K1), which are involved in tight junction and gap junction, revealing that the maternal expression of the proteins possibly plays a role in the formation of cellular junctions firstly after parthenogenetic activation. Correlation and hierarchical analyses of transcriptional profiles and the expression of NPM2 and NLRP5 mRNA of buffalo in vitro developed oocytes and parthenogenetic embryos indicated that the "maternal-to-zygotic transition" (MZT) process might exist in the model of parthenogenesis, which is similar to a normally fertilized embryo, and may occur between the 8-cell to 16-cell stage. These data provide a rich resource for further studies on maternal proteins and genes and are conducive to improving nuclear transfer technology.
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- Fumei Chen
- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- §Key Laboratory of Buffalo Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Buffalo Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanning, Guangxi 530001, China
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- §Key Laboratory of Buffalo Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Buffalo Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanning, Guangxi 530001, China
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China;
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- From the ‡State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresource, Animal Reproduction Institute, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China;
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Fuentes R, Mullins MC, Fernández J. Formation and dynamics of cytoplasmic domains and their genetic regulation during the zebrafish oocyte-to-embryo transition. Mech Dev 2018; 154:259-269. [PMID: 30077623 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Establishment and movement of cytoplasmic domains is of great importance for the emergence of cell polarity, germline segregation, embryonic axis specification and correct sorting of organelles and macromolecules into different embryonic cells. The zebrafish oocyte, egg and zygote are valuable material for the study of cytoplasmic domains formation and dynamics during development. In this review we examined how cytoplasmic domains form and are relocated during zebrafish early embryogenesis. Distinct cortical cytoplasmic domains (also referred to as ectoplasm domains) form first during early oogenesis by the localization of mRNAs to the vegetal or animal poles of the oocyte or radially throughout the cortex. Cytoplasmic segregation in the late oocyte relocates non-cortical cytoplasm (endoplasm) into the preblastodisc and yolk cell. The preblastodisc is a precursor to the blastodisc, which gives rise to the blastoderm and most the future embryo. After egg activation, the blastodisc enlarges by transport of cytoplasm from the yolk cell to the animal pole, along defined pathways or streamers that include a complex cytoskeletal meshwork and cytoplasmic movement at different speeds. A powerful actin ring, assembled at the margin of the blastodisc, appears to drive the massive streaming of cytoplasm. The fact that the mechanism(s) leading to the formation and relocation of cytoplasmic domains are affected in maternal-effect mutants indicates that these processes are under maternal control. Here, we also discuss why these mutants represent outstanding genetic entry points to investigate the genetic basis of cytoplasmic segregation. Functional studies, combined with the analysis of zebrafish mutants, generated by forward and reverse genetic strategies, are expected to decipher the molecular mechanism(s) by which the maternal factors regulate cytoplasmic movements during early vertebrate development.
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- Ricardo Fuentes
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Ma L, Strickler AG, Parkhurst A, Yoshizawa M, Shi J, Jeffery WR. Maternal genetic effects in Astyanax cavefish development. Dev Biol 2018; 441:209-220. [PMID: 30031754 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The role of maternal factors in the evolution of development is poorly understood. Here we describe the use of reciprocal hybridization between the surface dwelling (surface fish, SF) and cave dwelling (cavefish, CF) morphs of the teleost Astyanax mexicanus to investigate the roles of maternal genetic effects in cavefish development. Reciprocal hybridization, a procedure in which F1 hybrids are generated by fertilizing SF eggs with CF sperm (SF × CF hybrids) and CF eggs with SF sperm (CF × SF hybrids), revealed that the CF degenerative eye phenotype showed maternal genetic effects. The eyes of CF × SF hybrids resembled the degenerate eyes of CF in showing ventral reduction of the retina and corresponding displacement of the lens within the optic cup, a smaller lens and eyeball, more lens apoptosis, a smaller cartilaginous sclera, and lens-specific gene expression characteristics compared to SF × CF hybrids, which showed eye and lens gene expression phenotypes resembling SF. In contrast, reciprocal hybridization failed to support roles for maternal genetic effects in the CF regressive pigmentation phenotype or in CF constructive changes related to enhanced jaw development. Maternal transcripts encoded by the pou2f1b, runx2b, and axin1 genes, which are involved in determining ventral embryonic fates, were increased in unfertilized CF eggs. In contrast, maternal mRNAs encoded by the ß-catenin and syntabulin genes, which control dorsal embryonic fates, showed similar expression levels in unfertilized SF and CF eggs. Furthermore, maternal transcripts of a sonic hedgehog gene were detected in SF and CF eggs and early cleaving embryos. This study reveals that CF eye degeneration is controlled by changes in maternal factors produced during oogenesis and introduces A. mexicanus as a model system for studying the role of maternal changes in the evolution of development.
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- Li Ma
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Nipkow M, Wirthgen E, Luft P, Rebl A, Hoeflich A, Goldammer T. Characterization of igf1 and igf2 genes during maraena whitefish (Coregonus maraena) ontogeny and the effect of temperature on embryogenesis and igf expression. Growth Horm IGF Res 2018; 40:32-43. [PMID: 29723762 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The insulin-like growth factors IGF-1 and IGF-2 play important roles in the growth, development, and metabolism of teleost fish. We isolated cDNA sequences of igf1, and igf2 genes from maraena whitefish. We quantified the mRNA and protein expressions of IGFs in different tissues of marketable juvenile maraena whitefish. Moreover, we analyzed the gene expression profiles during maraena whitefish development from unfertilized egg to fingerling and examined the effect of incubation temperature on igf1, and igf2 gene expression during embryonic and early larval development. Transcripts encoding IGF-1 or IGF-2 were detected in all tested tissues, with the greatest abundance in the liver. We measured higher igf2 than igf1 copy numbers in all tissues and at all developmental stages examined, even at advanced juvenile stages. Using the Western blot technique, we demonstrated that several isoforms of IGF-1 are expressed in the liver and gills but not in muscle tissue, indicating tissue-specific protein expression of IGF-1. We observed an accelerated embryonic development with increasing temperature, resulting in shortened hatching periods. Out of the three tested temperatures, we observed the highest hatching rate, larval hatching size, and larval growth at 6 °C. At 9 °C, hatching rate, larval hatching size and larval growth were reduced compared to the values we observed at 4 °C and 6 °C, since incubation temperature might have exceeded the optimum. To our knowledge, our data show for the first time that both igf1 and igf2 expression were upregulated due to elevated incubation temperature within embryonic development of fish. Further, we found significantly higher igf expression for the best-developing larvae (6 °C group) at specific life stages of maraena whitefish.
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- Mareen Nipkow
- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute for Genome Biology, Fish Genetics Unit, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute for Genome Biology, Signal Transduction Unit, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Research Centre for Agriculture and Fisheries (LFA M-V), Institute for Fishery, Südstraße 8, 18375 Born/Darß, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute for Genome Biology, Fish Genetics Unit, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute for Genome Biology, Signal Transduction Unit, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute for Genome Biology, Fish Genetics Unit, Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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Youneszadeh-Fashalami M, Salati AP, Keyvanshokooh S. Comparison of proteomic profiles in the ovary of Sterlet sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) during vitellogenic stages. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2018; 27:23-29. [PMID: 29738886 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One of the challenges of sturgeon aquaculture is that sturgeon takes an extended amount of time to reach sexual maturity. The pattern of the protein expression in relation to the late maturity of sturgeon can help to better understand changes in sexual maturity. 17β-estradiol (E2), testosterone (T) and vitellogenin (Vtg) levels were examined at all stages of sexual maturation in Sterlet sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus). Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry analysis were used to show the pattern of the ovarian proteins. The T levels increased from the previtellogenic to the postvitellogenic stages (P < 0.05) and Vtg showed a decremental pattern in pre- and postvitellogenic, and atresia (not significantly). The analysis showed 900 protein spots, 19 of which were successfully identified and had significant differences between the previtellogenic and the vitellogenic groups (P < 0.05). Among the identified proteins, 40% involved in cell defense (heat shock protein, Glutathione peroxidase, natural killer enhancing factor, peroxiredoxin-2), 30% in transcription and translation (constitutive photomorphogenesis 9 and Ybx2), 20% in metabolism and energy production (triose-phosphate isomerase (TPI)) and 10% in transport (glycolipid transfer protein). In the vitellogenic stage, the proteins were related to metabolism and energy production (TPI, ES1, creatin kinase, enolase, nucleoside diphosphate kinase, 50%), cell defense (thioredoxin and dislophid isomerase, 20%) and transport (fatty acid binding protein, 10%). Our findings show changes in protein expression pattern from cell defense to metabolism during egg development.
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- Mohammad Youneszadeh-Fashalami
- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of marine Natural Resources, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Iran; South Iranian Aquaculture Research Center, Ahwaz, Iran
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- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of marine Natural Resources, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Iran.
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- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of marine Natural Resources, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Iran
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Gwon SH, Kim HK, Baek HJ, Lee YD, Kwon JY. Cathepsin B & D and the Survival of Early Embryos in Red Spotted Grouper, Ephinephelus akaara. Dev Reprod 2017; 21:457-466. [PMID: 29354791 PMCID: PMC5769140 DOI: 10.12717/dr.2017.21.4.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Survival of embryos largely depends on yolk processing during early development. Proteolytic enzymes, cathepsin B & D (ctsb & ctsd) are known to have some important roles in yolk processing of various fish species. Mature female red spotted groupers were injected with human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) to induce ovulation. The fertilized eggs and embryos were sampled at 0, 4 and 24 HPF (hours post fertilization). Survivals of each groups of embryos were checked at 24 and 48 HPH (hours post hatching). Transcripts of ctsb & ctsd showed the highest level at 0 HPF and relatively high at 4 HPF, but greatly decreased at 24 HPF. In bad egg quality group (BE, embryos survived until 24 HPH), transcript level of ctsb at 4 HPF were significantly lower than the transcript level at the same stage in good egg quality group (GE, embryos survived until 48 HPH) while no significant change of ctsb transcript level was observed at 0 or 24 HPF between BE and GE. Transcript level of ctsd was decreased at 24 HPF, but the difference was not as strong as the case of ctsb transcript. These results suggest that maternal ctsb transcript rather than ctsd transcript is likely to be involved in egg quality resulting in the difference of survival rate of embryos at early developmental period in this species.
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- Seo-Hui Gwon
- Dept. of Aquatic Life Medical Science, Sunmoon University, Asan 31460, Korea
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- Dept. of Aquatic Life Medical Science, Sunmoon University, Asan 31460, Korea
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- Dept. of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Dept. of Marine Science Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63333, Korea
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- Dept. of Aquatic Life Medical Science, Sunmoon University, Asan 31460, Korea
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Waples RS, Elz A, Arnsberg BD, Faulkner JR, Hard JJ, Timmins-Schiffman E, Park LK. Human-mediated evolution in a threatened species? Juvenile life-history changes in Snake River salmon. Evol Appl 2017; 10:667-681. [PMID: 28717387 PMCID: PMC5511361 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Evaluations of human impacts on Earth's ecosystems often ignore evolutionary changes in response to altered selective regimes. Freshwater habitats for Snake River fall Chinook salmon (SRFCS), a threatened species in the US, have been dramatically changed by hydropower development and other watershed modifications. Associated biological changes include a shift in juvenile life history: Historically essentially 100% of juveniles migrated to sea as subyearlings, but a substantial fraction have migrated as yearlings in recent years. In contemplating future management actions for this species should major Snake River dams ever be removed (as many have proposed), it will be important to understand whether evolution is at least partially responsible for this life-history change. We hypothesized that if this trait is genetically based, parents who migrated to sea as subyearlings should produce faster-growing offspring that would be more likely to reach a size threshold to migrate to sea in their first year. We tested this with phenotypic data for over 2,600 juvenile SRFCS that were genetically matched to parents of hatchery and natural origin. Three lines of evidence supported our hypothesis: (i) the animal model estimated substantial heritability for juvenile growth rate for three consecutive cohorts; (ii) linear modeling showed an association between juvenile life history of parents and offspring growth rate; and (iii) faster-growing juveniles migrated at greater speeds, as expected if they were more likely to be heading to sea. Surprisingly, we also found that parents reared a full year in a hatchery produced the fastest growing offspring of all-apparently an example of cross-generational plasticity associated with artificial propagation. We suggest that SRFCS is an example of a potentially large class of species that can be considered to be "anthro-evolutionary"-signifying those whose evolutionary trajectories have been profoundly shaped by altered selective regimes in human-dominated landscapes.
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- Robin S Waples
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA USA
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- Department of Fisheries Resources Management Nez Perce Tribe Lapwai ID USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA USA.,Department of Genome Sciences University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle WA USA
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Miccoli A, Dalla Valle L, Carnevali O. The maternal control in the embryonic development of zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 245:55-68. [PMID: 27013380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The maternal control directing the very first hours of life is of pivotal importance for ensuring proper development to the growing embryo. Thanks to the finely regulated inheritance of maternal factors including mRNAs and proteins produced during oogenesis and stored into the mature oocyte, the embryo is sustained throughout the so-called maternal-to-zygotic transition, a period in development characterized by a species-specific length in time, during which critical biological changes regarding cell cycle and zygotic transcriptional activation occur. In order not to provoke any kind of persistent damage, the process must be delicately balanced. Surprisingly, our knowledge as to the possible effects of beneficial bacteria regarding the modulation of the quality and/or quantity of both maternally-supplied and zygotically-transcribed mRNAs, is very limited. To date, only one group has investigated the consequences of the parentally-supplied Lactobacillus rhamnosus on the storage of mRNAs into mature oocytes, leading to an altered maternal control process in the F1 generation. Particular attention was called on the monitoring of several biomarkers involved in autophagy, apoptosis and axis patterning, while data on miRNA generation and pluripotency maintenance are herein presented for the first time, and can assist in laying the ground for further investigations in this field. In this review, the reader is supplied with the current knowledge on the above-mentioned biological process, first by drawing the general background and then by emphasizing the most important findings that have highlighted their focal role in normal animal development.
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- Andrea Miccoli
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
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