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Su L, Li G, Chow BKC, Cardoso JCR. Neuropeptides and receptors in the cephalochordate: A crucial model for understanding the origin and evolution of vertebrate neuropeptide systems. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2024; 592:112324. [PMID: 38944371 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2024.112324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
Abstract
Genomes and transcriptomes from diverse organisms are providing a wealth of data to explore the evolution and origin of neuropeptides and their receptors in metazoans. While most neuropeptide-receptor systems have been extensively studied in vertebrates, there is still a considerable lack of understanding regarding their functions in invertebrates, an extraordinarily diverse group that account for the majority of animal species on Earth. Cephalochordates, commonly known as amphioxus or lancelets, serve as the evolutionary proxy of the chordate ancestor. Their key evolutionary position, bridging the invertebrate to vertebrate transition, has been explored to uncover the origin, evolution, and function of vertebrate neuropeptide systems. Amphioxus genomes exhibit a high degree of sequence and structural conservation with vertebrates, and sequence and functional homologues of several vertebrate neuropeptide families are present in cephalochordates. This review aims to provide a comprehensively overview of the recent findings on neuropeptides and their receptors in cephalochordates, highlighting their significance as a model for understanding the complex evolution of neuropeptide signaling in vertebrates.
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- Liuru Su
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal.
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Basto-Silva C, Couto A, Rodrigues J, Oliva-Teles A, Navarro I, Kaiya H, Capilla E, Guerreiro I. Feeding frequency and dietary protein/carbohydrate ratio affect feed intake and appetite regulation-related genes expression in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2022; 267:111168. [PMID: 35182764 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111168] [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: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To evaluate the effects of feeding frequency (FF) and dietary protein/carbohydrate (P/CH) ratios on appetite regulation of gilthead seabream, two practical diets were formulated to include high protein and low carbohydrate (P50/CH10 diet) or low protein and high carbohydrate (P40/CH20 diet) content and each diet was fed to triplicate groups of fish until visual satiation each meal at a FF of 1, 2, or 3 meals per day. Feed intake and feed conversion ratio were higher in fish fed 2 or 3 meals than 1 meal per day and in fish fed the P40/CH20 than the P50/CH10 diet. The specific growth rate was only affected by FF, being higher in fish fed 2 or 3 meals per day than 1 meal per day. Expression of the cocaine-amphetamine-related transcript, corticotropin-releasing hormone, ghrelin receptor-a (ghsr-a), leptin, and neuropeptide y in the brain, cholecystokinin (cck) in the intestine, and leptin and ghrelin in the stomach was not affected by FF or dietary P/CH ratio. This is the first time that ghrelin cells were immune-located in the stomach of gilthead seabream. Fish fed 3 meals per day presented lower cck expression in the brain than those fed twice per day and higher hepatic ghsr-b expression than those fed once per day. Fish fed P40/CH20 diet presented higher hepatic leptin expression than those fed P50/CH10 diet. In conclusion, present results indicate that feeding a P40/CH20 diet at 3 meals a day seems to decrease the satiation feeling of gilthead seabream compared to fish fed higher P/CH ratio diets or fed 1 or 2 meals a day.
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- Catarina Basto-Silva
- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, Ed. FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, Ed. FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, Ed. FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, Ed. FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 6-1 Kishibe-Sinmachi, Suita, 564-8565 Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
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Vo TTM, Nguyen TV, Amoroso G, Ventura T, Elizur A. Deploying new generation sequencing for the study of flesh color depletion in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). BMC Genomics 2021; 22:545. [PMID: 34271869 PMCID: PMC8285899 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07884-9] [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: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The flesh pigmentation of farmed Atlantic salmon is formed by accumulation of carotenoids derived from commercial diets. In the salmon gastrointestinal system, the hindgut is considered critical in the processes of carotenoids uptake and metabolism. In Tasmania, flesh color depletion can noticeably affect farmed Atlantic salmon at different levels of severity following extremely hot summers. In this study, RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) was performed to investigate the reduction in flesh pigmentation. Library preparation is a key step that significantly impacts the effectiveness of RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) experiments. Besides the commonly used whole transcript RNA-Seq method, the 3' mRNA-Seq method is being applied widely, owing to its reduced cost, enabling more repeats to be sequenced at the expense of lower resolution. Therefore, the output of the Illumina TruSeq kit (whole transcript RNA-Seq) and the Lexogen QuantSeq kit (3' mRNA-Seq) was analyzed to identify genes in the Atlantic salmon hindgut that are differentially expressed (DEGs) between two flesh color phenotypes. RESULTS In both methods, DEGs between the two color phenotypes were associated with metal ion transport, oxidation-reduction processes, and immune responses. We also found DEGs related to lipid metabolism in the QuantSeq method. In the TruSeq method, a missense mutation was detected in DEGs in different flesh color traits. The number of DEGs found in the TruSeq libraries was much higher than the QuantSeq; however, the trend of DEGs in both library methods was similar and validated by qPCR. CONCLUSIONS Flesh coloration in Atlantic salmon is related to lipid metabolism in which apolipoproteins, serum albumin and fatty acid-binding protein genes are hypothesized to be linked to the absorption, transport and deposition of carotenoids. Our findings suggest that Grp could inhibit the feeding behavior of low color-banded fish, resulting in the dietary carotenoid shortage. Several SNPs in genes involving in carotenoid-binding cholesterol and oxidative stress were detected in both flesh color phenotypes. Regarding the choice of the library preparation method, the selection criteria depend on the research design and purpose. The 3' mRNA-Seq method is ideal for targeted identification of highly expressed genes, while the whole RNA-Seq method is recommended for identification of unknown genes, enabling the identification of splice variants and trait-associated SNPs, as we have found for duox2 and duoxa1.
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- Thu Thi Minh Vo
- GeneCology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Australia.,School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.,School of Biotechnology, International University, Viet Nam National University, 700000, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Centre for AgriBiosciences, AgriBio, Agriculture Victoria, Victoria, 3083, Bundoora, Australia
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- GeneCology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Australia. .,School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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- GeneCology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Australia.
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Dar SA, Srivastava PP, Rather MA, Varghese T, Rasool SI, Gupta S. Molecular and computational analysis of Ghrelin, growth hormone Secretagogues receptor and mRNA expression of Growth-related genes after exogenous administered ghrelin peptide in Labeo rohita. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 142:756-768. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Wang P, Zhang L, Li H, Wang Y, Zhang S, Liu Z. Characterization of GRP as a functional neuropeptide in basal chordate amphioxus. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 142:384-394. [PMID: 31593737 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.09.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Amphioxus belongs to the subphylum cephalochordata, an extant representative of the most basal chordates, whose regulation of endocrine system remains ambiguous. Here we clearly demonstrated the existence of a functional GRP neuropeptide in amphioxus, which was able to interact with GRP receptor, activate both PKC and PKA pathways, increase gh, igf, and vegf expression. We also showed that the transcription level of amphioxus grp was affected by temperature and light, indicating the role of this gene in the regulation of energy balance and circadian rhythms. In addition, the expression of the amphioxus grp was detected in cerebral vesicle that has been proposed to be the homologous organ of vertebrate brain. These data collectively suggested that a functional GRP neuropeptide had already emerged in amphioxus, which provided insights into the evolutionary origin of GRP in chordate and the functional homology between the cerebral vesicle and vertebrate brain.
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- Peng Wang
- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266003, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266003, China.
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Opazo R, Plaza-Parrochia F, Cardoso dos Santos GR, Carneiro GRA, Sardela VF, Romero J, Valladares L. Fasting Upregulates npy, agrp, and ghsr Without Increasing Ghrelin Levels in Zebrafish ( Danio rerio) Larvae. Front Physiol 2019; 9:1901. [PMID: 30733682 PMCID: PMC6353792 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Food intake in fish and mammals is orchestrated by hypothalamic crosstalk between orexigenic (food intake stimulation) and anorexigenic (food intake inhibition) signals. Some of these signals are released by peripheral tissues that are associated with energy homeostasis or nutrient availability. During the fish larva stage, orexigenic stimulation plays a critical role in individual viability. The goal of this study was to assess the mRNA levels of the main neuropeptides involved in food intake regulation (npy, agrp, carppt, and pomc), in concert with the mRNA levels and peptide levels of ghrelin, under a fasting intervention at the larval stage in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Prior to the fasting intervention, the zebrafish larva cohort was reared for 20 days post fertilization (dpf) and then randomly divided into two groups of 20 individuals. One group was subjected to a fasting intervention for 5 days (fasted group), and the other group was fed normally (fed group); this experimental protocol was performed twice independently. At the end of the fasting period, individuals from each experimental group were divided into different analysis groups, for evaluations such as relative gene expression, immunohistochemistry, and liquid chromatography coupled to nano high-resolution mass spectrometry (nLC-HRMS) analyses. The relative expression levels of the following genes were assessed: neuropeptide Y (npy), agouti-related peptide (agrp), proopiomelanocortin (pomc), cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript (cartpt), ghrelin (ghrl), ghrelin O-acyltransferase (mboat4), growth hormone secretagogue receptor (ghsr), and glucokinase (gck). In the fasted group, significant upregulation of orexigenic peptides (npy - agrp) and ghsr was observed, which was associated with significant downregulation of gck. The anorexigenic peptides (pomc and cartpt) did not show any significant modulation between the groups, similar to mboat4. Contrary to what was expected, the relative mRNA upregulation of the orexigenic peptides observed in the fasted experimental group could not be associated with significant ghrelin modulation as assessed by three different approaches: qPCR (relative gene expression of ghrelin), nLC-HRMS (des-acyl-ghrelin levels), and immunohistochemistry (integrated optical density of prepropeptides in intestinal and hepatopancreas tissues). Our results demonstrate that zebrafish larvae at 25 dpf exhibit suitable modulation of the relative mRNA levels of orexigenic peptides (npy and agrp) in response to fasting intervention; nevertheless, ghrelin was not coregulated by fasting. Therefore, it can be suggested that ghrelin is not an essential peptide for an increase in appetite in the zebrafish larva stage. These results give rise to new questions about food intake regulation factors in the early stages of fish.
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- Rafael Opazo
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología INTA, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Endocrinología y Biología de la Reproducción, Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento e Inovação (LPDI-LADETEC), Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento e Inovação (LPDI-LADETEC), Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento e Inovação (LPDI-LADETEC), Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología INTA, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Hormonas y Receptores INTA, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Anderson K, Kuo CY, Lu MW, Bar I, Elizur A. A transcriptomic investigation of digestive processes in orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides, before, during, and after metamorphic development. Gene 2018; 661:95-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kim JH, Chatchaiphan S, Crown MT, White SL, Devlin RH. Effect of growth hormone overexpression on gastric evacuation rate in coho salmon. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2018; 44:119-135. [PMID: 28894993 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-017-0418-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Growth hormone (GH) transgenic (T) coho salmon consistently show remarkably enhanced growth associated with increased appetite and food consumption compared to non-transgenic wild-type (NT) coho salmon. To improve understanding of the mechanism by which GH overexpression mediates food intake and digestion in T fish, feed intake and gastric evacuation rate (over 7 days) were measured in size-matched T and NT coho salmon. T fish displayed greatly enhanced feed intake levels (~ 2.5-fold), and more than 3-fold increase in gastric evacuation rates relative to NT coho salmon. Despite the differences in feed intake, no differences were noted in the time taken from first ingestion of food to stomach evacuation between genotypes. These results indicate that enhanced feed intake is coupled with an overall increased processing rate to enhance energy intake by T fish. To further investigate the molecular basis of these responses, we examined the messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of several genes in appetite- and gastric-regulation pathways (Agrp1, Bbs, Cart, Cck, Glp, Ghrelin, Grp, Leptin, Mc4r, Npy, and Pomc) by qPCR analyses in the brain (hypothalamus, preoptic area) and pituitary, and in peripheral tissues associated with digestion (liver, stomach, intestine, and adipose tissue). Significant increases in mRNA levels were found for Agrp1 in the preoptic area (POA) of the brain, and Grp and Pomc in pituitary for T coho salmon relative to NT. Mch and Npy showed significantly lower mRNA levels than NT fish in all brain tissues examined across all time-points after feeding. Mc4r and Cart for T showed significantly lower mRNA levels than NT in the POA and hypothalamus, respectively. In the case of peripheral tissues, T fish had lower mRNA levels of Glp and Leptin than NT fish in the intestine and adipose tissue, respectively. Grp, Cck, Bbs, Glp, and Leptin in stomach, adipose tissue, and/or intestine showed significant differences across the time-points after feeding, but Ghrelin showed no significant difference between T and NT fish in all tested tissues.
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- Jin-Hyoung Kim
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Unit of Polar Genomics, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26, Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, 50 Phaholyothin Road, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Perelló-Amorós M, Vélez EJ, Vela-Albesa J, Sánchez-Moya A, Riera-Heredia N, Hedén I, Fernández-Borràs J, Blasco J, Calduch-Giner JA, Navarro I, Capilla E, Jönsson E, Pérez-Sánchez J, Gutiérrez J. Ghrelin and Its Receptors in Gilthead Sea Bream: Nutritional Regulation. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:399. [PMID: 30105002 PMCID: PMC6077198 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Ghrelin is involved in the regulation of growth in vertebrates through controlling different functions, such as feed intake, metabolism, intestinal activity or growth hormone (Gh) secretion. The aim of this work was to identify the sequences of preproghrelin and Ghrelin receptors (ghsrs), and to study their responses to different nutritional conditions in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) juveniles. The structure and phylogeny of S. aurata preproghrelin was analyzed, and a tissue screening was performed. The effects of 21 days of fasting and 2, 5, 24 h, and 7 days of refeeding on plasma levels of Ghrelin, Gh and Igf-1, and the gene expression of preproghrelin, ghsrs and members of the Gh/Igf-1 system were determined in key tissues. preproghrelin and the receptors are well conserved, being expressed mainly in stomach, and in the pituitary and brain, respectively. Twenty-one days of fasting resulted in a decrease in growth while Ghrelin plasma levels were elevated to decrease at 5 h post-prandial when pituitary ghsrs expression was minimum. Gh in plasma increased during fasting and slowly felt upon refeeding, while plasma Igf-1 showed an inverse profile. Pituitary gh expression augmented during fasting reaching maximum levels at 1 day post-feeding while liver igf-1 expression and that of its splice variants decreased to lowest levels. Liver Gh receptors expression was down-regulated during fasting and recovered after refeeding. This study demonstrates the important role of Ghrelin during fasting, its acute down-regulation in the post-prandial stage and its interaction with pituitary Ghsrs and Gh/Igf-1 axis.
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- Miquel Perelló-Amorós
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nutrition and Fish Growth Endocrinology, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (CSIC), Castellón, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Nutrition and Fish Growth Endocrinology, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (CSIC), Castellón, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- *Correspondence: Joaquim Gutiérrez
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Mo C, Huang L, Cui L, Lv C, Lin D, Song L, Zhu G, Li J, Wang Y. Characterization of NMB, GRP and their receptors (BRS3, NMBR and GRPR) in chickens. J Mol Endocrinol 2017; 59:61-79. [PMID: 28500250 DOI: 10.1530/jme-17-0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
The two structurally and functionally related peptides, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and neuromedin B (NMB) play critical roles in many physiological/pathological processes in mammals. However, the information regarding the expression and functionality of avian NMB, GRP and their receptors is limited. Here, we characterized cNMB, cGRP and their receptors (cNMBR, cGRPR and cBRS3) in chickens. Our results showed that: (1) cNMBR and cGRPR expressed in CHO cells could be potently activated by cNMB and cGRP, respectively, as monitored by cell-based luciferase reporter assays, indicating that cNMBR and cGRPR are cNMB- and cGRP-specific receptors; strikingly, BRS3 of chickens (/spotted gars), which is orthologous to mouse bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS3), could be potently activated by GRP and NMB, demonstrating that both peptides are the endogenous ligands for chicken (/spotted gar) BRS3; (2) quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) revealed that cGRPR is widely expressed in chicken tissues with abundant expression in the ovary, pancreas, proventriculus, spinal cord and brain, whereas cNMB, cNMBR and cBRS3 are mainly expressed in the brain and testes; (3) interestingly, qPCR, Western blot and immunostaining revealed that cGRP is predominantly expressed in the anterior pituitary and mainly localized to LH-cells, suggesting that cGRP is likely a novel pituitary hormone in chickens. In summary, our data help to uncover the roles of GRP, NMB and their receptors in birds, and provide the first persuasive evidence from an evolutionary prospective that in vertebrates, GRP and NMB are the endogenous ligands for BRS3, an orphan receptor that has puzzled endocrinologists for more than two decades.
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- Chunheng Mo
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of EducationCollege of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Song Y, Zhao C, Liang XF, He S, Tian C, Cheng X, Yuan X, Lv L, Guo W, Xue M, Tao YX. Effects of fasting, temperature, and photoperiod on preproghrelin mRNA expression in Chinese perch. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2017; 43:803-812. [PMID: 28321526 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-016-0335-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Preproghrelin, a gut/brain peptide, plays an important role in the regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis in teleost and mammals. In the present study, we obtained the full-length preproghrelin cDNA in Chinese perch. The preproghrelin messenger RNA (mRNA) tissue expression showed that level was much higher in stomach and pituitary than in other tissues. The fasting study showed, after gastric emptying (3-6 h), short-term fasting (6-12 h) increased preproghrelin expression in the stomach. While in the pituitary, fasting reduced preproghrelin expression at 1, 3, 12, and 48 h, presenting state fluctuation of self-adjustment. The temperature study showed that the mRNA expression of preproghrelin was the highest in the brain at 26 °C and highest in the stomach at 32 °C, respectively, with different optimum temperature in these two tissues, reflecting spatiotemporal differences of regulation by central nervous system and peripheral organs. The photoperiod study showed that normal light (11 h of lightness and 13 h of darkness) led to highest preproghrelin expression, both in the brain and in the stomach, than continuous light or continuous dark, proving food intake is adapted to natural photoperiod or normal light in this study. These results all indicated that tissue-specific preproghrelin expression of Chinese perch could be significantly affected by environmental factors. Short-term fasting of 6 h after gastric emptying, 26 °C, and normal light led to higher preproghrelin expression, which indicated potential appetite increase in Chinese perch.
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- Yi Song
- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China.
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation 8 Center of Hubei Province, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Aquafeed Safety Assessment Station, Feed Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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Rønnestad I, Gomes AS, Murashita K, Angotzi R, Jönsson E, Volkoff H. Appetite-Controlling Endocrine Systems in Teleosts. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2017; 8:73. [PMID: 28458653 PMCID: PMC5394176 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Mammalian studies have shaped our understanding of the endocrine control of appetite and body weight in vertebrates and provided the basic vertebrate model that involves central (brain) and peripheral signaling pathways as well as environmental cues. The hypothalamus has a crucial function in the control of food intake, but other parts of the brain are also involved. The description of a range of key neuropeptides and hormones as well as more details of their specific roles in appetite control continues to be in progress. Endocrine signals are based on hormones that can be divided into two groups: those that induce (orexigenic), and those that inhibit (anorexigenic) appetite and food consumption. Peripheral signals originate in the gastrointestinal tract, liver, adipose tissue, and other tissues and reach the hypothalamus through both endocrine and neuroendocrine actions. While many mammalian-like endocrine appetite-controlling networks and mechanisms have been described for some key model teleosts, mainly zebrafish and goldfish, very little knowledge exists on these systems in fishes as a group. Fishes represent over 30,000 species, and there is a large variability in their ecological niches and habitats as well as life history adaptations, transitions between life stages and feeding behaviors. In the context of food intake and appetite control, common adaptations to extended periods of starvation or periods of abundant food availability are of particular interest. This review summarizes the recent findings on endocrine appetite-controlling systems in fish, highlights their impact on growth and survival, and discusses the perspectives in this research field to shed light on the intriguing adaptations that exist in fish and their underlying mechanisms.
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- Ivar Rønnestad
- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Research Center for Aquaculture Systems, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Tamaki, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, NL, Canada
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Babaei S, Sáez A, Caballero-Solares A, Fernández F, Baanante IV, Metón I. Effect of dietary macronutrients on the expression of cholecystokinin, leptin, ghrelin and neuropeptide Y in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 240:121-128. [PMID: 27725144 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Endocrine factors released from the central nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, adipose tissue and other peripheral organs mediate the regulation of food intake. Although many studies have evaluated the effect of fed-to-starved transition on the expression of appetite-related genes, little is known about how the expression of appetite-regulating peptides is regulated by the macronutrient composition of the diet. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of diet composition and nutritional status on the expression of four peptides involved in food intake control in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata): neuropeptide Y (NPY), ghrelin, cholecystokinin (CCK) and leptin. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR showed that high protein/low carbohydrate diets stimulated the expression of CCK and ghrelin in the intestine and leptin in the adipose tissue, while downregulation of ghrelin and NPY mRNA levels was observed in the brain. Opposite effects were found for the expression of the four genes in fish fed low protein/high carbohydrate diets or after long-term starvation. Our findings indicate that the expression pattern of appetite-regulating peptides, particularly CCK and ghrelin, is modulated by the nutritional status and diet composition in S. aurata.
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- Sedigheh Babaei
- Fisheries Departament, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Noor 46417-76488, Iran
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Fisiologia, Secció de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Fisiologia, Secció de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Fisiologia, Secció de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Joan XXIII 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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White SL, Volkoff H, Devlin RH. Regulation of feeding behavior and food intake by appetite-regulating peptides in wild-type and growth hormone-transgenic coho salmon. Horm Behav 2016; 84:18-28. [PMID: 27149948 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Survival, competition, growth and reproductive success in fishes are highly dependent on food intake, food availability and feeding behavior and are all influenced by a complex set of metabolic and neuroendocrine mechanisms. Overexpression of growth hormone (GH) in transgenic fish can result in greatly enhanced growth rates, feed conversion, feeding motivation and food intake. The objectives of this study were to compare seasonal feeding behavior of non-transgenic wild-type (NT) and GH-transgenic (T) coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), and to examine the effects of intraperitoneal injections of the appetite-regulating peptides cholecystokinin (CCK-8), bombesin (BBS), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) on feeding behavior. T salmon fed consistently across all seasons, whereas NT dramatically reduced their food intake in winter, indicating the seasonal regulation of appetite can be altered by overexpression of GH in T fish. Intraperitoneal injections of CCK-8 and BBS caused a significant and rapid decrease in food intake for both genotypes. Treatment with either GLP-1 or α-MSH resulted in a significant suppression of food intake for NT but had no effect in T coho salmon. The differential response of T and NT fish to α-MSH is consistent with the melanocortin-4 receptor system being a significant pathway by which GH acts to stimulate appetite. Taken together, these results suggest that chronically increased levels of GH alter feeding regulatory pathways to different extents for individual peptides, and that altered feeding behavior in transgenic coho salmon may arise, in part, from changes in sensitivity to peripheral appetite-regulating signals.
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- Samantha L White
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1N6, Canada.
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- Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL A1B 3X9, Canada.
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1N6, Canada.
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Ji W, Ping HC, Wei KJ, Zhang GR, Shi ZC, Yang RB, Zou GW, Wang WM. Ghrelin, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and cholecystokinin (CCK) in blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala): cDNA cloning, tissue distribution and mRNA expression changes responding to fasting and refeeding. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2015; 223:108-19. [PMID: 26316038 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala Yih, 1955) is an endemic freshwater fish in China for which the endocrine mechanism of regulation of feeding has never been examined. Ghrelin, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and cholecystokinin (CCK) play important roles in the regulation of fish feeding. In this study, full-length cDNAs of ghrelin, NPY and CCK were cloned and analyzed from blunt snout bream. Both the ghrelin and NPY genes of blunt snout bream had the same amino acid sequences as grass carp, and CCK also shared considerable similarity with that of grass carp. The three genes were expressed in a wide range of adult tissues, with the highest expression levels of ghrelin in the hindgut, NPY in the hypothalamus and CCK in the pituitary, respectively. Starvation challenge experiments showed that the expression levels of ghrelin and NPY mRNA increased in brain and intestine after starvation, and the expression levels of CCK decreased after starvation. Refeeding could bring the expression levels of the three genes back to the control levels. These results indicated that the feeding behavior of blunt snout bream was regulated by the potential correlative actions of ghrelin, NPY and CCK, which contributed to the defense against starvation. This study will further our understanding of the function of ghrelin, NPY and CCK and the molecular mechanism of feeding regulation in teleosts.
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- Wei Ji
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China
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Hatef A, Yufa R, Unniappan S. Ghrelin O-Acyl Transferase in Zebrafish Is an Evolutionarily Conserved Peptide Upregulated During Calorie Restriction. Zebrafish 2015; 12:327-38. [PMID: 26226634 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2014.1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Ghrelin is a multifunctional orexigenic hormone with a unique acyl modification enabled by ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT). Ghrelin is well-characterized in nonmammals, and GOAT sequences of several fishes are available in the GenBank. However, endogenous GOAT in non-mammals remains poorly understood. In this research, GOAT sequence comparison, tissue-specific GOAT expression, and its regulation by nutrient status and exogenous ghrelin were studied. It was found that the bioactive core of zebrafish GOAT amino acid sequence share high identity with that of mammals. GOAT mRNA was most abundant in the gut. GOAT-like immunoreactivity (i.r.) was found colocalized with ghrelin in the gastric mucosa. Food deprivation increased, and feeding decreased GOAT and preproghrelin mRNA expression in the brain and gut. GOAT and ghrelin peptides in the gut and brain showed corresponding decrease in food-deprived state. Intraperitoneal injection of acylated fish ghrelin caused a significant decrease in GOAT mRNA expression, suggesting a feedback mechanism regulating its abundance. Together, these results provide the first in-depth characterization of GOAT in a non-mammal. Our results demonstrate that endogenous GOAT expression is responsive to metabolic status and availability of acylated ghrelin, providing further evidences for GOAT in the regulation of feeding in teleosts.
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- Azadeh Hatef
- 1 Laboratory of Integrative Neuroendocrinology, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- 2 Department of Biology, York University , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 1 Laboratory of Integrative Neuroendocrinology, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Volkoff H. Cloning, tissue distribution and effects of fasting on mRNA expression levels of leptin and ghrelin in red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2015; 217-218:20-7. [PMID: 25980684 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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cDNAs encoding the appetite regulating peptides leptin and ghrelin were isolated in red-bellied piranha (Characiforme, Serrasalmidae) and their mRNA tissue and brain distributions examined. When compared to other fish, the sequences obtained for all peptides were most similar to that of other Characiforme fish and Siluriformes. All peptides were widely expressed within the brain and in several peripheral tissues, including gastrointestinal tract. In order to better understand the role of these peptides in the regulation of feeding of red-bellied piranha, the mRNA expression levels of leptin and ghrelin were examined in both brain and intestine, in fed and 7-day fasted fish. No significant differences in expression were seen in whole brain for either peptide. Within the intestine, there was a decrease in leptin mRNA expression and an increase in ghrelin mRNA expression in fasted fish, compared to fed fish. The results suggest that leptin and ghrelin might play a major role in the regulation of feeding and energy homeostasis of red-bellied piranha and this role might be more prominent in the intestine than in the brain.
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- Hélène Volkoff
- Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3X9, Canada.
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Tian J, He G, Mai K, Liu C. Effects of postprandial starvation on mRNA expression of endocrine-, amino acid and peptide transporter-, and metabolic enzyme-related genes in zebrafish (Danio rerio). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2015; 41:773-787. [PMID: 25805459 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-015-0045-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The goal of this study was to systematically evaluate the molecular activities of endocrine-, amino acid and peptide transporters-, and metabolic enzyme-related genes in 35-day-old mixed-sex zebrafish (Danio rerio) after feeding . Zebrafish with initial body weights ranging from 9 to 11 mg were fasted for 384 h in a controlled indoor environment. Fish were sampled at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, and 384 h after fed. Overall, the present study results show that the regulatory mechanism that insulin-like growth factor I negative feedback regulated growth hormone is conserved in zebrafish, as it is in mammals, but that regulation of growth hormone receptors is highly intricate. Leptin and cholecystokinin are time-dependent negative feedback signals, and neuropeptide Y may be an important positive neuropeptide for food intake in zebrafish. The amino acid/carnitine transporters B(0,+) (ATB(0,+)) and broad neutral (0) amino acid transporter 1(B(0)AT1) mRNA levels measured in our study suggest that protein may be utilized during 24-96 h of fasting in zebrafish. Glutamine synthetase mRNA levels were downregulated, and glutamate dehydrogenase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate transaminase, and trypsin mRNA levels were upregulated after longtime fasting in this study. The mRNA expression levels of fatty acid synthetase decreased significantly (P < 0.05), whereas those of lipoprotein lipase rapidly increased after 96 h of fasting. Fasting activated the expression of glucose synthesis genes when fasting for short periods of time; when fasting is prolonged, the mRNA levels of glucose breakdown enzymes and pentose phosphate shunt genes decreased.
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- Juan Tian
- Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Nutrition (Ministry of Agriculture), Ocean University of China, No. 5 Yushan Rd., Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China,
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Neuroendocrine control of appetite in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus): Changes during metamorphosis and effects of feeding. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2015; 183:116-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Molecular cloning, regulation, and functional analysis of two GHS-R genes in zebrafish. Exp Cell Res 2014; 326:10-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gomes AS, Kamisaka Y, Harboe T, Power DM, Rønnestad I. Functional modifications associated with gastrointestinal tract organogenesis during metamorphosis in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2014; 14:11. [PMID: 24552353 PMCID: PMC3940299 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-14-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Flatfish metamorphosis is a hormone regulated post-embryonic developmental event that transforms a symmetric larva into an asymmetric juvenile. In altricial-gastric teleost fish, differentiation of the stomach takes place after the onset of first feeding, and during metamorphosis dramatic molecular and morphological modifications of the gastrointestinal (GI-) tract occur. Here we present the functional ontogeny of the developing GI-tract from an integrative perspective in the pleuronectiforme Atlantic halibut, and test the hypothesis that the multiple functions of the teleost stomach develop synchronously during metamorphosis. RESULTS Onset of gastric function was determined with several approaches (anatomical, biochemical, molecular and in vivo observations). In vivo pH analysis in the GI-tract lumen combined with quantitative PCR (qPCR) of α and β subunits of the gastric proton pump (H+/K+-ATPase) and pepsinogen A2 indicated that gastric proteolytic capacity is established during the climax of metamorphosis. Transcript abundance of ghrelin, a putative orexigenic signalling molecule produced in the developing stomach, correlated (p < 0.05) with the emergence of gastric proteolytic activity, suggesting that the stomach's role in appetite regulation occurs simultaneously with the establishment of proteolytic function. A 3D models series of the GI-tract development indicated a functional pyloric sphincter prior to first feeding. Observations of fed larvae in vivo confirmed that stomach reservoir function was established before metamorphosis, and was thus independent of this event. Mechanical breakdown of food and transportation of chyme through the GI-tract was observed in vivo and resulted from phasic and propagating contractions established well before metamorphosis. The number of contractions in the midgut decreased at metamorphic climax synchronously with establishment of the stomach's proteolytic capacity and its increased peristaltic activity. Putative osmoregulatory competence of the GI-tract, inferred by abundance of Na+/K+-ATPase α transcripts, was already established at the onset of exogenous feeding and was unmodified by metamorphosis. CONCLUSIONS The functional specialization of the GI-tract was not exclusive to metamorphosis, and its osmoregulatory capacity and reservoir function were established before first feeding. Nonetheless, acid production and the proteolytic capacity of the stomach coincided with metamorphic climax, and also marked the onset of the stomach's involvement in appetite regulation via ghrelin.
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- Ana S Gomes
- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Po. Box 7803, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Po. Box 7803, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, Austevoll Aquaculture Research Station, NO-5392 Storebø, Norway
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- Comparative and Molecular Endocrinology Group, Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Po. Box 7803, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway
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Le Mével JC, Lancien F, Mimassi N, Kermorgant M, Conlon JM. Central ventilatory and cardiovascular actions of trout gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) in the unanesthetized trout. Biol Open 2013; 2:960-7. [PMID: 24143283 PMCID: PMC3773343 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), a neuropeptide initially isolated from porcine stomach, shares sequence similarity with bombesin. GRP and its receptors are present in the brains and peripheral tissues of several species of teleost fish, but little is known about the ventilatory and cardiovascular effects of this peptide in these vertebrates. The goal of this study was to compare the central and peripheral actions of picomolar doses of trout GRP on ventilatory and cardiovascular variables in the unanesthetized rainbow trout. Compared to vehicle, intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of GRP (1–50 pmol) significantly elevated the ventilation rate (ƒV) and the ventilation amplitude (VAMP), and consequently the total ventilation (VTOT). The maximum hyperventilatory effect of GRP (VTOT: +225%), observed at a dose of 50 pmol, was mostly due to its stimulatory action on VAMP (+170%) rather than ƒV (+20%). In addition, ICV GRP (50 pmol) produced a significant increase in mean dorsal aortic blood pressure (PDA) (+35%) and in heart rate (ƒH) (+25%). Intra-arterial injections of GRP (5–100 pmol) were without sustained effect on the ventilatory variables but produced sporadic and transient increases in ventilatory movement at doses of 50 and 100 pmol. At these doses, GRP elevated PDA by +20% but only the 50 pmol dose significantly increased HR (+15%). In conclusion, our study suggests that endogenous GRP within the brain of the trout may act as a potent neurotransmitter and/or neuromodulator in the regulation of cardio-ventilatory functions. In the periphery, endogenous GRP may act as locally-acting and/or circulating neurohormone with an involvement in vasoregulatory mechanisms.
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- Jean-Claude Le Mével
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, INSERM UMR1101, Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, SFR ScInBioS, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé , 22 Avenue Camille Desmoulins, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, CHU de Brest , France
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Wei R, Liu T, Zhou C, Zhang X, Yuan D, Wang T, Lin F, Chen H, Wu H, Li Z. Identification, tissue distribution and regulation of preproghrelin in the brain and gut of Schizothorax prenanti. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 186:18-25. [PMID: 23850798 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2013.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ghrelin is an important gastrointestinal hormone involved in the regulation of feeding in both mammals and fish. In this study, the preproghrelin cDNA sequence was cloning in the gut of Schizothorax prenanti (S. prenanti). The preproghrelin gene, encoding 103-amino acids, was strongly expressed in the gut and brain using real-time quantitative RT-PCR (qPCR). The S. prenanti preproghrelin was detected in embryonic developmental stages. Further, it was detectable in unfertilized eggs, suggesting that ghrelin could be classified as maternal mRNA. An experiment was conducted to determine the expression profile of ghrelin during post-feeding and fasting status of the brain and gut. The results revealed a significant postprandial decrease in ghrelin mRNA expression in the gut 6h post-feeding (hpf) and brain (1.5 and 9hpf) compared to an unfed control group, indicating that food intake and processing affect the regulation of expression of ghrelin in S. prenanti. The constructed recombinant plasmid pMD-19T-ghrelin was transformed to Escherichia coli BL21 and induced with IPTG, and the expressed product was identified by SDS-PAGE. The prokaryotic expression vector for ghrelin was constructed successfully, and fusion protein was expressed in E. coli BL21, which laid the foundation for the further study on the function of this protein and its mechanism. Overall, our results provide evidence for a highly conserved structure and biological actions of ghrelin in S. prenanti. Further studies are required to identify the tissue specific functions of ghrelin in S. prenanti.
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- RongBin Wei
- Department of Aquaculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, PR China
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Jönsson E. The role of ghrelin in energy balance regulation in fish. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2013; 187:79-85. [PMID: 23557643 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Knowledge about the endocrine regulation of energy balance in fish is of interest for basic as well as aquaculture research. Ghrelin is a peptide hormone that was first identified in fish 10 years ago and has important roles in the control of food intake and metabolism. Both ghrelin and its receptor, the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), have been found in numerous fish species. Their tissue distributions support the idea that ghrelin has an integrative role in the regulation of energy balance at both the central nervous system level and systemic level. In tilapia and goldfish, ghrelin treatment appears to increase food intake and to stimulate lipogenesis and tissue fat deposition to promote a more positive energy status. In rainbow trout, on the other hand, ghrelin decreases food intake. Goldfish and rainbow trout are the fish species in which the mode of action of ghrelin on food intake has been most thoroughly investigated. The results from these studies indicate that ghrelin alters food intake by acting on well-known appetite signals, such as CRH, NPY and orexin, in the hypothalamus in a species-specific manner. In goldfish, sensory fibres of the vagus nerve convey the signal from gut-derived ghrelin to modulate appetite. The data also indicate that ghrelin may modulate foraging/swimming activity and the perception of food in fish. Results related to the effects of energy status, temperature, and stressors on plasma ghrelin/tissue ghrelin mRNA levels are occasionally inconsistent between short- and long-term studies, between the protein and mRNA, and between species. Recent data also imply a role of ghrelin in carbohydrate metabolism. More functional studies are required to understand the role of ghrelin and its mechanisms of action in the regulation of energy balance among fish.
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- Elisabeth Jönsson
- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Ping HC, Feng K, Zhang GR, Wei KJ, Zou GW, Wang WM. Ontogeny expression of ghrelin, neuropeptide Y and cholecystokinin in blunt snout bream, Megalobrama amblycephala. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2013; 98:338-46. [DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- H.-C. Ping
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture; College of Fisheries; Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture; College of Fisheries; Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture; College of Fisheries; Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture; College of Fisheries; Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation; Ministry of Agriculture; Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences; Wuhan China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture; College of Fisheries; Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan China
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FENG KE, ZHANG GUIRONG, WEI KAIJIAN, XIONG BANGXI. Molecular Cloning, Tissue Distribution, and Ontogenetic Expression of Ghrelin and Regulation of Expression by Fasting and Refeeding in the Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 319:202-12. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.1784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- KE FENG
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan, P.R.; China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan, P.R.; China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan, P.R.; China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding; Ministry of Agriculture of China, College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University; Wuhan, P.R.; China
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Koven W, Schulte P. The effect of fasting and refeeding on mRNA expression of PepT1 and gastrointestinal hormones regulating digestion and food intake in zebrafish (Danio rerio). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2012; 38:1565-1575. [PMID: 22565667 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9649-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 04/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In vertebrates, a significant part of ingested protein is absorbed as di- and tripeptides through a brush border membrane proton/oligopeptide transporter protein called PepT1. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of short-term food deprivation and refeeding in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) on gastrointestinal mRNA expression of PepT1 as well as on the satiety hormones cholecystokinin (CCK), gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and ghrelin (GHR) in order to elucidate a potential mechanism driving compensatory growth. Sixty adult zebrafish were stocked in a 40-L aquarium and fed daily a commercial flake diet to satiation for 10 days where the digestive tracts (DT) of sampled fish (n = 5) were dissected out. Samplings were repeated following 1, 2 and 5 days of food deprivation and after 1, 2 and 5 days of refeeding. The RNA was extracted from all sampled DTs and analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR for the mRNA expression of PepT1, rRNA 18S, CCK, GRP and GHR. PepT1 mRNA expression increased with successive refeedings reaching a level approximately 8 times higher than pre-fast levels. CCK, GRP and GHR mRNA levels also decreased during fasting, but increased only to pre-fasting levels with refeeding. Overall, the results suggest that PepT1 may be a contributing mechanism to compensatory growth that could influence CCK secretion and GRP and GHR activity.
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- William Koven
- Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, The National Center for Mariculture, P.O.B. 1212, 88112, Eilat, Israel.
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- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Suda A, Kaiya H, Nikaido H, Shiozawa S, Mishiro K, Ando H. Identification and gene expression analyses of ghrelin in the stomach of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 178:89-97. [PMID: 22569173 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2012] [Revised: 04/07/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Full length cDNA and gene encoding ghrelin precursor and mature ghrelin peptide were identified from the stomach of Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis, which has unique metabolic physiology and high commercial value at fishery markets. Quantitative expression analysis was conducted for the gastric ghrelin and pepsinogen 2 genes during the early stage of somatic growth from the underyearling to yearling fish. The full length cDNA of bluefin tuna ghrelin precursor has a length of 470bp and the deduced precursor is composed of 107 amino acids. The ghrelin gene is 1.9kbp in length and has a 4 exon-3 intron structure. The major form of mature ghrelin in the stomach was an octanoylated 20-amino acid peptide with C-terminal amidation, while overall 12 different forms of ghrelin peptides, including short form of 18-amino acid peptide and seven kinds of acyl modifications were identified. The expression profiles of the gastric ghrelin and pepsinogen 2 genes showed no significant changes related to the early growth stages. The present results suggest that digestive physiology has already been functional in this growth stage of the juvenile bluefin tuna and ghrelin may have a role in the sustained digestive and metabolic activities.
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- Atsushi Suda
- Laboratory of Advanced Animal and Marine Bioresources, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Hoskins LJ, Volkoff H. The comparative endocrinology of feeding in fish: insights and challenges. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 176:327-35. [PMID: 22226758 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Revised: 12/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Studying the endocrine regulation of food intake in fish can be challenging due to the diversity in appetite-regulating hormones and the diversity within the fish group itself. Studies show that although the structure of the hormones is relatively conserved among vertebrates, their functions might vary between fish and mammals as well as among fish species. In addition, feeding behavior and the action of appetite regulators can be largely modulated by the feeding and reproductive status of the fish as well as the environment in which they evolve. This review gives a brief perspective of the endocrine regulation of feeding in fish, some of the methods used, and challenges encountered when using a comparative approach.
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- Leah J Hoskins
- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3X9
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Kaiya H, Miyazato M, Kangawa K. Recent advances in the phylogenetic study of ghrelin. Peptides 2011; 32:2155-74. [PMID: 21600258 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To understand fully the biology of ghrelin, it is important to know the evolutionary history of ghrelin and its receptor. Phylogenetic and comparative genomic studies of mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrates are a useful approach to that end. Ghrelin is a hormone that has apparently evaded natural selection during a long evolutionary history. Surely ghrelin plays crucial physiological roles in living animals. Phylogenetic studies reveal the nature and evolutionary history of this important signaling system.
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- Hiroyuki Kaiya
- Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
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Bucking C, Wood CM. Digestion of a single meal affects gene expression of ion and ammonia transporters and glutamine synthetase activity in the gastrointestinal tract of freshwater rainbow trout. J Comp Physiol B 2011; 182:341-50. [PMID: 21994022 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0622-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Experiments on freshwater rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, demonstrated how digestion affected the transcriptional expression of gastrointestinal transporters following a single satiating meal (~3% body mass ration) after a 1-week fast. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was employed to measure the relative mRNA expression of three previously cloned and sequenced transporters [H(+)-K(+)-ATPase (HKA), Na(+)/HCO(3)(-) cotransporter (NBC), and the Rhesus glycoprotein (Rhbg1; an ammonia transporter)] over a 24-h time course following feeding. Plasma total ammonia increased about threefold from pre-feeding levels to 288 μmol l(-1), whereas total ammonia levels in chyme supernatant reached a sixfold higher value (1.8 mmol l(-1)) than plasma levels. Feeding did not appear to have a statistically significant effect on the relative mRNA expression of the gastric HKA or Rhbg1. However, the relative mRNA expression of gastric NBC was increased 24 h following the ingestion of a meal. Along the intestinal tract, feeding increased the relative mRNA expression of Rhbg1, but had no effect on the expression of NBC. Expression of the gastric HKA was undetectable in the intestinal tract of freshwater rainbow trout. Digestion increased the activity of glutamine synthetase in the posterior intestine at 12 and 24 h following feeding. This study is among the first to show that there are digestion-associated changes in gene expression and enzyme activity in the gastrointestinal tract of teleost fish illustrating the dynamic plasticity of this organ. These post-prandial changes occur over the relative short-term duration of digesting a single meal.
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- Carol Bucking
- McMaster University, 1280 Main Street, West Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada.
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Einarsdóttir IE, Power DM, Jönsson E, Björnsson BT. Occurrence of ghrelin-producing cells, the ghrelin receptor and Na+,K+-ATPase in tissues of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) during early development. Cell Tissue Res 2011; 344:481-98. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1158-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Volkoff H, Hoskins LJ, Tuziak SM. Influence of intrinsic signals and environmental cues on the endocrine control of feeding in fish: potential application in aquaculture. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 167:352-9. [PMID: 19735660 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2009] [Revised: 08/30/2009] [Accepted: 09/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Optimization of food consumption and ultimately growth are major concerns for aquaculture. In fish, food intake is regulated by several hormones produced by both brain and peripheral tissues. Changes in feeding behavior and appetite usually occur through the modulation of the gene expression and/or action of these appetite-regulating hormones and can be due not only to variations in intrinsic factors such as nutritional/metabolic or reproductive status, but also to changes in environmental factors, such as temperature and photoperiod. In addition, the gene expression and/or plasma levels of appetite-regulating hormones might also display daily as well as circannual (seasonal) rhythms. Despite recent advances, our current understanding of the regulation of feeding in fish is still limited. We give here a brief overview of our current knowledge of the endocrine regulation of feeding in fish and describe how a better understanding of appetite-related hormones in fish might lead to the development of sustainable aquaculture.
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- Hélène Volkoff
- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
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Cardoso JCR, Vieira FA, Gomes AS, Power DM. The serendipitous origin of chordate secretin peptide family members. BMC Evol Biol 2010; 10:135. [PMID: 20459630 PMCID: PMC2880984 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background The secretin family is a pleotropic group of brain-gut peptides with affinity for class 2 G-protein coupled receptors (secretin family GPCRs) proposed to have emerged early in the metazoan radiation via gene or genome duplications. In human, 10 members exist and sequence and functional homologues and ligand-receptor pairs have been characterised in representatives of most vertebrate classes. Secretin-like family GPCR homologues have also been isolated in non-vertebrate genomes however their corresponding ligands have not been convincingly identified and their evolution remains enigmatic. Results In silico sequence comparisons failed to retrieve a non-vertebrate (porifera, cnidaria, protostome and early deuterostome) secretin family homologue. In contrast, secretin family members were identified in lamprey, several teleosts and tetrapods and comparative studies revealed that sequence and structure is in general maintained. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analysis revealed that PACAP, VIP and GCG are the most highly conserved members and two major peptide subfamilies exist; i) PACAP-like which includes PACAP, PRP, VIP, PH, GHRH, SCT and ii) GCG-like which includes GCG, GLP1, GLP2 and GIP. Conserved regions flanking secretin family members were established by comparative analysis of the Takifugu, Xenopus, chicken and human genomes and gene homologues were identified in nematode, Drosophila and Ciona genomes but no gene linkage occurred. However, in Drosophila and nematode genes which flank vertebrate secretin family members were identified in the same chromosome. Conclusions Receptors of the secretin-like family GPCRs are present in protostomes but no sequence homologues of the vertebrate cognate ligands have been identified. It has not been possible to determine when the ligands evolved but it seems likely that it was after the protostome-deuterostome divergence from an exon that was part of an existing gene or gene fragment by rounds of gene/genome duplication. The duplicate exon under different evolutionary pressures originated the chordate PACAP-like and GCG-like subfamily groups. This event occurred after the emergence of the metazoan secretin GPCRs and led to the establishment of novel peptide-receptor interactions that contributed to the generation of novel physiological functions in the chordate lineage.
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- João C R Cardoso
- Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
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Jönsson E, Kaiya H, Björnsson BT. Ghrelin decreases food intake in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) through the central anorexigenic corticotropin-releasing factor system. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 166:39-46. [PMID: 19896947 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ghrelin stimulates pituitary growth hormone (GH) release, and has a key role in the regulation of food intake and adiposity in vertebrates. To investigate the central effect of native rainbow trout ghrelin (rtghrelin) on food intake in rainbow trout, as well as its possible mode of action, four groups of fish received a single injection into the third brain ventricle (i.c.v. injection): (1) control group (physiological saline) (2) ghrelin-treated group (2.0 ng rtghrelin g bwt(-1)), (3) group given the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist alpha-helical CRF 9-41 (ahCRF) (4.0 ng g bwt(-1)) and (4) group receiving the same dose of both ghrelin and ahCRF. Food intake was assessed 1h after treatment. In addition, the presence of the GHS-R (the ghrelin receptor) in the rainbow trout CNS was examined with Western blot. To investigate peripheral effects of ghrelin, rainbow trout received an intraperitoneal cholesterol-based implant with or without rtghrelin, and daily food intake was measured during 14 days. Weight and length were measured at the start and termination of the experiment and specific growth rates were calculated. Mesenteric fat stores, muscle and liver lipid content were analysed after the treatment period. Central ghrelin injections decreased food intake compared with controls, and treatment with ahCRF abolished the ghrelin-effect. Western blot analysis of the GHS-R revealed a single band at around 60 kDa in pituitary, hypothalamus, brain and stomach. Long-term peripheral ghrelin treatment decreased daily food intake compared with controls. This was reflected in a ghrelin-induced decrease in weight growth rate (p<0.06). There was no effect of ghrelin on plasma GH levels or tissue fat stores. The conclusion from this study is that the GHS-R is indicated in the CNS in rainbow trout and that ghrelin may act there as an anorexigenic hormone, through a CRF-mediated pathway. Elevated peripheral ghrelin levels also seem to lead to decreased feed intake in the longer term.
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- Elisabeth Jönsson
- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology/Zoophysiology, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, S-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Frøiland E, Murashita K, Jørgensen EH, Kurokawa T. Leptin and ghrelin in anadromous Arctic charr: cloning and change in expressions during a seasonal feeding cycle. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 165:136-43. [PMID: 19539626 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Anadromous (sea-migrating) Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) display pronounced seasonal variations in food intake and growth and is an interesting model for studying mechanisms of appetite regulation. In this study cDNAs encoding for ghrelin (GHRL) and leptin (LEP) in Arctic charr were cloned, after which stomach GHRL and liver LEP mRNA expressions were examined by qPCR during a seasonal feeding cycle of semi-wild anadromous Arctic charr. The fish were captured as they returned from summer feeding in seawater and transferred to an indoor tank where they were fed in excess until October the year after. Growth rate was low in late winter, increased in late spring and reached a peak during summer, and then declined during autumn, when the fish became sexually mature. The changes in growth rate were associated with corresponding changes in the proportion of fish that had been eating at each sampling date, and whole body lipid status. Stomach GHRL mRNA expression was high in late winter, decreased to a nadir in mid-summer and increased again to a high level in early autumn. Liver LEP mRNA remained low during winter, spring and early summer, after which there was a gradual, 7-fold increase until October. The seasonal changes in ghrelin and leptin support a role of these hormones in the long-term regulation of energy homeostasis in the anadromous Arctic charr. It cannot be excluded, however, that the increase in liver leptin expression during autumn is related to sexual maturation.
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- Eirik Frøiland
- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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