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Morphological description of gametes in cave and surface populations of Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853). ZYGOTE 2022; 30:719-729. [PMID: 35730544 DOI: 10.1017/s0967199422000223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Mexican tetra Astyanax mexicanus presents two contrasting morphs, a widely distributed surface morph and a cave-adapted morph. These cave-adapted morphs have evolved independently from two different lineages (i.e. 'old' and 'new' lineages); therefore, this model system gives a unique opportunity to explore parallel adaptive evolution in biological traits. The present study corresponds to the first morphological description of the Astyanax mexicanus maturation process of the spermatozoa and oocytes, using thermal and hormonal stimuli to promote spermatogenesis and oogenesis, considering surface and cave morphs from both lineages. We corroborate the relevance of thermal and hormonal stimuli to promote gamete maturation. The hormone Ovaprim (GnRHa + Domperidone) is an effective promoter of ovarian development, maturation end in oocytes and spawning in Astyanax mexicanus. The sperm morphology of Astyanax mexicanus includes the sperm head, the midpiece, and tail or flagellum. We found differences in the spermatozoan total length between environments (F = 9.929, P = 0.05) and linages (F = 49.86, P = 0.005). The oocytes showed a spherical conformation with a mean diameter of 822.4 ± 194.1 μm for the surface populations, and 604.6 ± 38.3 µm for the cave populations. The oocyte chorion presents ridges and grooves that are arranged radially towards the micropyle. A plug in the micropyle zone was observed after fertilization, confirmed by the outer membrane of the chorion, which provides some weak adhesiveness to the substrate. We observed differences in chorion thickness between the contrasting environmental conditions. This is the first morphological characterization of the Sótanos Vázquez, Escondido and Tigre, which previous to this study were only known from speleological expeditions, with no previous biological information available.
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Majtánová Z, Dedukh D, Choleva L, Adams M, Ráb P, Unmack PJ, Ezaz T. Uniparental Genome Elimination in Australian Carp Gudgeons. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:6137838. [PMID: 33591327 PMCID: PMC8245195 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Metazoans usually reproduce sexually, blending the unique identity of parental genomes for the next generation through functional crossing-over and recombination in meiosis. However, some metazoan lineages have evolved reproductive systems where offspring are either full (clonal) or partial (hemiclonal) genetic replicas. In the latter group, the process of uniparental genome elimination selectively eliminates either the maternal or paternal genome from germ cells, and only one parental genome is selected for transmission. Although fairly common in plants, hybridogenesis (i.e., clonal haploidization via chromosome elimination) remains a poorly understood process in animals. Here, we explore the proximal cytogenomic mechanisms of somatic and germ cell chromosomes in sexual and hybrid genotypes of Australian carp gudgeons (Hypseleotris) by tracing the fate of each set during mitosis (in somatic tissues) and meiosis (in gonads). Our comparative study of diploid hybrid and sexual individuals revealed visually functional gonads in male and female hybrid genotypes and generally high karyotype variability, although the number of chromosome arms remains constant. Our results delivered direct evidence for classic hybridogenesis as a reproductive mode in carp gudgeons. Two parental sets with integral structure in the hybrid soma (the F1 constitution) contrasted with uniparental chromosomal inheritance detected in gonads. The inheritance mode happens through premeiotic genome duplication of the parental genome to be transmitted, whereas the second parental genome is likely gradually eliminated already in juvenile individuals. The role of metacentric chromosomes in hybrid evolution is also discussed.
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- Zuzana Majtánová
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic.,Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Applied Water Science, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genetics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia
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An KW, Lee J, Choi CY. Expression of three gonadotropin subunits and gonadotropin receptor mRNA during male-to-female sex change in the cinnamon clownfish, Amphiprion melanopus. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2010; 156:407-15. [PMID: 20348005 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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To quantify the sex-change progression from male to female in the cinnamon clownfish, Amphiprion melanopus, we divided gonadal development into three stages (I, mature male; II, male at 90 days after removal of the female; and III, mature female), and the expression of GTH subunits and GTH receptors during each of these stages was investigated. The mRNA of the three GTH subunits and their receptors increased with progression from male to female. To understand the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on this progression, we examined expression of genes encoding the GTH subunit mRNA in the pituitary and the GTH-receptor mRNA in the gonads in addition to investigating changes in plasma E(2) levels after GnRH analogue (GnRHa) injection. GnRHa treatment increased mRNA expression levels of these genes, as well as plasma E(2) levels, indicating that GnRH plays an important regulatory role in the brain-pituitary-gonad axis of immature cinnamon clownfish.
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- Kwang Wook An
- Division of Marine Environment and BioScience, Korea Maritime University, Busan 606-791, Republic of Korea
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Wu F, Zhang X, Zhang W, Huang B, Liu Z, Hu C, Wang D. Expression of three gonadotropin subunits in Southern catfish gonad and their possible roles during early gonadal development. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 153:44-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2008] [Revised: 12/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Miranda LA, Strobl-Mazzulla PH, Strüssmann CA, Parhar I, Somoza GM. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal development during the sensitive period of temperature sex determination in the pejerrey fish, Odontesthes bonariensis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2003; 132:444-53. [PMID: 12849968 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6480(03)00117-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The development of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons was studied in relation to the sensitive period of thermolabile sex determination in the pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis, an atherinid fish from South America. Fish were raised from hatching at three different temperatures: 17 degrees C (100% females), 24 degrees C (70% females), and 29 degrees C (100% males). Three groups of immunoreactive GnRH (ir-GnRH) neurons were identified at the terminal nerve ganglion (TNG), the midbrain tegmentum (MT), and the preoptic area (POA). Immunoreactive GnRH (ir-GnRH) neurons were identified in the TNG at hatching (day 0) and in the MT at day 3 at all the experimental temperatures. In the POA ir-GnRH neurons were identified in the nucleus preopticus periventricularis simultaneously with the first appearance of ir-GnRH fibers in the pituitary on days 11, 14, and 17 for larvae kept at 29, 24, and 17 degrees C, respectively. The number of ir-GnRH neurons in the TNG did not show any statistical difference between temperatures. The number of ir-GnRH neurons in the MT increased in number during the experiment for larvae kept at 17 and 24 degrees C but decreased between days 17 and 31 in larvae kept at 29 degrees C. The number of ir-GnRH neurons in the POA increased during development with a peak at day 28 for all temperatures studied and the magnitude of this peak showed a correlation with incubation temperature. These results reinforce the notion that the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis is active during sex determination in pejerrey suggesting a possible role of the central nervous system and GnRH in this process. It is also suggested that GnRH neurons located in the preoptic area might be the physiological transducers of temperature during the temperature sensitive period in this species.
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- Leandro Andrés Miranda
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas/Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Camino de Circunvalacion Laguna, C.C. 164, (B7130IWA), Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Consten D, Keuning ED, Bogerd J, Zandbergen MA, Lambert JGD, Komen J, Goos HJT. Sex steroids and their involvement in the cortisol-induced inhibition of pubertal development in male common carp, Cyprinus carpio L. Biol Reprod 2002; 67:465-72. [PMID: 12135883 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.2.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The onset and regulation of puberty is determined by functional development of the brain-pituitary-gonad (BPG) axis. Sex steroids produced in the gonads play an important role in the onset of puberty. Stress interferes with reproduction and the functioning of the BPG axis, and cortisol has frequently been indicated as a major factor mediating the suppressive effect of stress on reproduction. Prolonged elevated cortisol levels, implicated in stress adaptation, inhibited pubertal development in male common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Cortisol treatment caused a retardation of pubertal testis development and reduced the LH pituitary content and the salmon GnRHa-stimulated LH secretion in vitro. A reduced synthesis of androgens also was observed. These findings suggest that the cortisol-induced inhibition of testicular development and the maturation of pituitary gonadotrophs are mediated by an effect on testicular androgen secretion. In this study, we combined cortisol treatment with a replacement of the testicular steroid hormones (testosterone and 11-oxygenated androgens) to investigate the role of these steroids in the cortisol-induced suppression of pubertal development. The effect of cortisol on spermatogenesis was independent of 11-ketotestosterone, whereas the effect on the pituitary was an indirect one, involving the testicular secretion of testosterone.
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- D Consten
- Graduate School for Developmental Biology, Research Group for Comparative Endocrinology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Consten D, Lambert JGD, Komen H, Goos HJT. Corticosteroids affect the testicular androgen production in male common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Biol Reprod 2002; 66:106-11. [PMID: 11751271 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.1.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Our previous experiments to study the effect of stress adaptation on pubertal development in carp showed that repeated temperature stress and prolonged feeding with cortisol-containing food pellets, which mimics the endocrine stress effects, retarded the first waves of spermatogenesis and decreased 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) plasma levels. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether the decrease in plasma 11KT is caused by a direct effect of cortisol on the steroid-producing capacity of the testis or by an indirect effect, such as a decrease in plasma LH. Pubertal and adolescent isogenic male common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) were fed with either cortisol-containing food pellets or control food pellets over a prolonged period. Our results indicate that cortisol has a direct inhibitory effect on the testicular androgen secretion independent of the LH secretion. Furthermore, the pubertal period is critical to the influence of cortisol regarding testicular androgen secretion, because the effect is no longer observed at adolescence.
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- Dimitri Consten
- Graduate School for Developmental Biology, Research Group for Comparative Endocrinology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Miranda LA, Strüssmann CA, Somoza GM. Immunocytochemical identification of GtH1 and GtH2 cells during the temperature-sensitive period for sex determination in pejerrey, Odontesthes bonariensis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2001; 124:45-52. [PMID: 11703070 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The ontogeny of gonadotropin 1 (GtH1) and 2 (GtH2) cells and its possible link to gonadal sex differentiation were studied in pejerrey, Odontesthes bonariensis, by immunocytochemistry using anti-chum salmon beta-GtH1 and beta-GtH2 antisera. In adults, GtH1 cells were found in the proximalis pars distalls (PPD) close to the neurohypophysis, whereas GtH2 cells were identified surrounding GtH1 cells, at the external layer of the PPD and in the pars intermedia. Essentially the same distribution was observed in larvae. In pejerrey, the phenotypic sex is governed by the temperature during the critical period of sex determination (temperature-dependent sex determination, TSD). Female proportions vary gradually from 100% at 15-19 degrees to 0% at 29 degrees, and the critical time of TSD has been estimated to be 3-5, 2-4, and 1-4 weeks after hatching at 17, 19, and 27 degrees, respectively. Thus, the expression of both GtHs was examined weekly in larvae reared from hatching to week 11, at 17, 24, and 29 degrees. The proportion of females at 17, 24, and 29 degrees was, 100%, 78%, and 0%, respectively. Histological ovarian differentiation was noticed at 7 and 4 weeks at 17 and 24 degrees, whereas testicular differentiation occurred at 7 and 4 weeks at 24 and 29 degrees. GtH1 cells were first observed at week 3 at 29 degrees and at week 4 at 17 and 24 degrees. These cells increased in number until week 4 and then decreased, disappearing after week 6 at all temperature regimes. GtH2 cells appeared at week 2 at 24 and 29 degrees and at week 3 at 17 degrees. GtH2 cell number increased until week 3 at 29 degrees and until week 4 at 17 and 24 degrees and then temporarily decreased, thereafter increasing again. These results strongly suggest that GtH1 and GtH2 are expressed by different cells. The fact that GtH1 and GtH2 cells appear just before histological gonadal differentiation at all temperatures, together with the peak of GtH1 and GtH2 cell number during the temperature-sensitive period, suggests that GtHs are related to sex differentiation or TSD in O. bonariensis.
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- L A Miranda
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas/Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, (CONICET-UNSAM), Camino de Circunvalación Laguna, Km 6. cc 164 (7130), Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Baroiller JF, Guiguen Y. Endocrine and environmental aspects of sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish. EXS 2001:177-201. [PMID: 11301598 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7781-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This paper reviews current knowledge concerning the endocrine and environmental regulation of gonadal sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish. In gonochoristic fish, although potentially active around this period, the hypothalamo-pituitary axis is probably not involved in triggering sex differentiation. Although steroids and steroidogenic enzymes are probably not the initial triggers of sex differentiation, new data, including molecular approaches, have confirmed that they are key physiological steps in the regulation of this process. Environmental factors can strongly influence sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish. The most important environmental determinant of sex would appear to be temperature. Interactions between environmental factors and genotype have been suggested for gonochoristic fish.
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- J F Baroiller
- CIRAD-EMVT (Centre International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France
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