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Yi M, Ji X, Chen C, Gao Z, Zhang S. Functional characterization of growth hormone releasing hormone and its receptor in amphioxus with implication for origin of hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2024; 355:114560. [PMID: 38806133 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2024.114560] [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: 02/24/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) has been widely shown to stimulate growth hormone (GH) production via binding to GHRH receptor GHRHR in various species of vertebrates, but information regarding the functional roles of GHRH and GHRHR in the protochordate amphioxus remains rather scarce. We showed here that two mature peptides, BjGHRH-1 and BjGHRH-2, encoded by BjGHRH precursor, and a single BjGHRHR protein were identified in the amphioxus Branchiostoma. japonicum. Like the distribution profiles of vertebrate GHRHs and GHRHRs, both the genes Bjghrh and Bjghrhr were widely expressed in the different tissues of amphioxus, including in the cerebral vesicle, Hatschek's pit, neural tube, gill, hepatic caecum, notochord, testis and ovary. Moreover, both BjGHRH-1 and BjGHRH-2 interacted with BjGHRHR, and triggered the cAMP/PKA signal pathway in a dose-dependent manner. Importantly, BjGHRH-1 and BjGHRH-2 were both able to activate the expression of GH-like gene in the cells of Hatschek's pit. These indicate that a functional vertebrate-like GHRH-GHRHR axis had already emerged in amphioxus, which is a seminal innovation making physiological divergence including reproduction, growth, metabolism, stress and osmoregulation possible during the early evolution of vertebrates.
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- Mengmeng Yi
- Key Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, China
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- Key Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, 266237 Qingdao, China.
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Dhandare BC, Rather MA, Bhosale BP, Pawar R, Guttula PK, Pagarkar AU. Molecular modeling, docking and dynamic simulations of growth hormone receptor (GHR) of Labeo rohita. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 40:3024-3037. [PMID: 33179589 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1844063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Growth hormones (GH) have diverse functions like growth promotion, metabolism, appetite, reproduction and social behavior in vertebrates, which is mediated through the growth hormone receptor (GHR). This work was aimed to analyze structural features, homology modeling and molecular docking of Labeo rohita GHR protein. A physicochemical characteristic, like molecular weight was 67.2 kDa and hydropathicity was 0.336. Protein modeling and structure confirmation of L. rohita GHR protein showed 92.7% residues are in the favored region. Selection of ligands and molecular docking shown Melengestrol and Riboflavin ligand showed uppermost binding energy values -7.8 and -7.3 kcal/mol. Molecular interactions describe conventional hydrogen bonding of Melengestrol was observed with VAL94, GLU97, GLU95, TRP57, PHE33, THR34, PRO35, ASP36, PRO37, ARG49, GLY292, LYS291, ILE290, ALA287, LYS289 residues. Riboflavin hydrogen bonds interaction was at PRO37, ASP36, PRO35, THR34, ARG49, SER144, VAL443, GLN442, PRO284, ASP294, ILE285, PRO286, SER408, ALA287, GLY292, LYS291, ILE290, PRO288, LYS287. Molecular dynamics simulation outcomes revealed that complex 2 (Riboflavin and GHR protein) is better than complex1 (Melengestrol and GHR protein). Overall, the results of the present work lead identification of novel molecules that may be agonistic of growth hormone receptor protein and can be used to surge growth in fish. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Bhushan C Dhandare
- Department of Fisheries Biology, College of Fisheries, Fish Biotechnology Laboratory, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
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- Division of Fish Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Fisheries, Rangil-Gandarbal, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir (SKAUST-K), India
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- Department of Fisheries Biology, College of Fisheries, Fish Biotechnology Laboratory, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Fisheries Biology, College of Fisheries, Fish Biotechnology Laboratory, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
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- Marine Biological Research Station (MBRS), Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
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Zebral YD, Anni ISA, Afonso SB, Abril SIM, Klein RD, Bianchini A. Effects of life-time exposure to waterborne copper on the somatotropic axis of the viviparous fish Poecilia vivipara. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 203:410-417. [PMID: 29631113 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Reduced fish growth following chronic exposure to dissolved copper (Cu) is well reported in the literature. Nevertheless, information on the mechanism(s) involved in this process is scarce. Therefore, we evaluated growth, gene expression and concentrations of proteins related to growth regulation in the viviparous guppy Poecilia vivipara chronically exposed to dissolved Cu. Newborn (<24 h after birth) fish were kept under control conditions or exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of Cu (5 and 9 μg/L) in salt water (24 ppt) for 345 days. After exposure, fish growth was evaluated based on body weight and length. Also, growth hormone (gh) mRNA expression was evaluated in brain, while growth hormone receptor 1 (ghr1) and 2 (ghr2) mRNA expressions were analyzed in brain, skeletal muscle and liver. In turn, insulin-like growth factor 1 (igf1) and 2 (igf2) mRNA expressions were evaluated in skeletal muscle and liver. Additionally, Gh concentration was assessed in brain, while Ghr concentration was evaluated in skeletal muscle and liver. Exposure to 9 μg/L Cu reduced fish body weigh and length. Metal exposure affected mRNA expression only in skeletal muscle. Reduced ghr2 mRNA expression was observed in guppies exposed to 5 and 9 μg/L Cu. Additionally, reduced igf1 and igf2 mRNA expressions were observed in guppies exposed to 9 μg/L Cu. However, no significant change in Ghr concentration was observed. The reduced ghr2 mRNA expression suggests that chronic Cu exposure induced an insensitivity of the skeletal muscle to Gh, thus resulting in reduced igf1 and igf2 mRNA expression which lead to reduced fish growth. These findings indicate that chronic exposure to dissolved Cu disrupts the somatotropic axis regulation, thus helping to elucidate the mechanism underlying the Cu-dependent inhibition of growth observed in the viviparous fish P. vivipara.
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- Yuri Dornelles Zebral
- Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Curso de Graduação Em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Pérez-Sánchez J, Simó-Mirabet P, Naya-Català F, Martos-Sitcha JA, Perera E, Bermejo-Nogales A, Benedito-Palos L, Calduch-Giner JA. Somatotropic Axis Regulation Unravels the Differential Effects of Nutritional and Environmental Factors in Growth Performance of Marine Farmed Fishes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:687. [PMID: 30538673 PMCID: PMC6277588 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The Gh/Prl/Sl family has evolved differentially through evolution, resulting in varying relationships between the somatotropic axis and growth rates within and across fish species. This is due to a wide range of endogenous and exogenous factors that make this association variable throughout season and life cycle, and the present minireview aims to better define the nutritional and environmental regulation of the endocrine growth cascade over precisely defined groups of fishes, focusing on Mediterranean farmed fishes. As a result, circulating Gh and Igf-i are revitalized as reliable growth markers, with a close association with growth rates of gilthead sea bream juveniles with deficiency signs in both macro- or micro-nutrients. This, together with other regulated responses, promotes the use of Gh and Igf-i as key performance indicators of growth, aerobic scope, and nutritional condition in gilthead sea bream. Moreover, the sirtuin-energy sensors might modulate the growth-promoting action of somatotropic axis. In this scenario, transcripts of igf-i and gh receptors mirror changes in plasma Gh and Igf-i levels, with the ghr-i/ghr-ii expression ratio mostly unaltered over season. However, this ratio is nutritionally regulated, and enriched plant-based diets or diets with specific nutrient deficiencies downregulate hepatic ghr-i, decreasing the ghr-i/ghr-ii ratio. The same trend, due to a ghr-ii increase, is found in skeletal muscle, whereas impaired growth during overwintering is related to increase in the ghr-i/ghr-ii and igf-ii/igf-i ratios in liver and skeletal muscle, respectively. Overall, expression of insulin receptors and igf receptors is less regulated, though the expression quotient is especially high in the liver and muscle of sea bream. Nutritional and environmental regulation of the full Igf binding protein 1-6 repertoire remains to be understood. However, tissue-specific expression profiling highlights an enhanced and nutritionally regulated expression of the igfbp-1/-2/-4 clade in liver, whereas the igfbp-3/-5/-6 clade is overexpressed and regulated in skeletal muscle. The somatotropic axis is, therefore, highly informative of a wide-range of growth-disturbing and stressful stimuli, and multivariate analysis supports its use as a reliable toolset for the assessment of growth potentiality and nutrient deficiencies and requirements, especially in combination with selected panels of other nutritionally regulated metabolic biomarkers.
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Botta PE, Simó I, Sciara AA, Arranz SE. Growth hormone receptors in the atherinid Odontesthes bonariensis: characterization and expression profile after fasting-refeeding and growth hormone administration. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2016; 88:1870-1885. [PMID: 27097742 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In order to improve the understanding of pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis, growth hormone (Gh)-insulin-like growth factor-1(Igf1) axis, O. bonariensis growth hormone receptor type 1 (ghr1) and type 2 (ghr2) mRNA sequences were obtained. Both transcripts were ubiquitously expressed except in kidney, encephalon and anterior intestine. Alternative transcripts of both receptors were found in muscle. Interestingly, two different ghr2 transcripts with alternative polyadenylation (APA) sites located in the long 3' untranslated region (UTR-APA) were also found in liver. Hepatic ghr1, ghr2 and insulin-like growth factor type 1 (igf1) transcript levels were examined under two different metabolic conditions. In the first experimental condition, fish were fasted for 2 weeks and then re-fed for another 2 weeks. Despite igf1 mRNA relative expression did not show significant differences under the experimental period of time examined, both ghr transcripts decreased their expression levels after the fasting period and returned to their control levels after re-feeding. In the second treatment, recombinant O. bonariensis growth hormone (r-pjGh) was orally administered once a week. After 4 weeks of treatment, liver igf1, ghr1 and ghr2 mRNA relative expression increased (13, 4·5 and 2·1 fold, P < 0·05) compared to control values. These results add novel information to the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor system in teleosts.
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- P E Botta
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET - Área Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET - Área Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET - Área Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET - Área Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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Yada T, Tort L. Stress and Disease Resistance: Immune System and Immunoendocrine Interactions. FISH PHYSIOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-802728-8.00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Cheng CH, Yang FF, Liao SA, Miao YT, Ye CX, Wang AL. Effect of acute ammonia exposure on expression of GH/IGF axis genes GHR1, GHR2 and IGF-1 in pufferfish (Takifugu obscurus). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2015; 41:495-507. [PMID: 25600623 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-015-0025-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Waterborne ammonia has become a persistent pollutant of aquatic habitats. The exposure to ammonia stress can reduce growth in a wide range of aquatic organisms. To assess the effect of ammonia exposure on the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factors (GH/IGF) axis, we identified and characterized GHR1, GHR2 and IGF-1 from pufferfish. Comparative analysis showed that these genes shared high identity and similarity with corresponding genes in other fish species. The transcripts of these genes were widely expressed in all tested tissues. The highest level of GHR1 mRNA was found in the brain, whereas GHR2 and IGF-1 mRNA levels were the highest in the liver. Following acute ammonia exposure (100 mg/L total ammonia-nitrogen), GHR2 expression in the liver did not change at 6 h and then significantly decreased at 12, 24 and 48 h, whereas GHR1 and IGF-1 expressions were significantly down-regulated at 6, 12, 24 and 48 h, respectively. These results indicated that ammonia stress decreased the expression of GH/IGF axis genes, which might have negative effect on the growth and development of pufferfish.
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- Chang-Hong Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Healthy and Safe Aquaculture, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China,
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Delgadin TH, Pérez Sirkin DI, Di Yorio MP, Arranz SE, Vissio PG. GH, IGF-I and GH receptors mRNA expression in response to growth impairment following a food deprivation period in individually housed cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2015; 41:51-60. [PMID: 25351458 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-014-0005-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cichlasoma dimerus is a social cichlid fish capable of growing at high rates under laboratory conditions, but knowledge on somatic growth regulation is still unclear. Growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis is the key regulator of somatic growth in vertebrates. Two types of growth hormone receptors have been described in teleost fish, named GH receptor type 1 (GHR1) and type 2 (GHR2). In addition, isoforms of these receptors lacking part of the intracellular region have been described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the somatic growth, liver histology and changes in the GH/IGF-I axis after 4 weeks of food deprivation in C. dimerus. Four-week fasted fish showed reductions in specific growth rates in body weight (p < 0.001) and standard length (p < 0.001). Additionally, the hepatosomatic index (p < 0.001) and hepatocyte area (p < 0.001) decreased in fasted fish, while no changes in glucose levels were detected in plasma. The starvation protocol failed to induce changes in GH mRNA levels in the pituitary and IGF-I mRNA levels in liver. In contrast, IGF-I mRNA levels in muscle decreased in fasted fish (p = 0.002). On the other hand, GHR2 (detected with primer sets designed over the extracellular and intracellular region) was upregulated by starvation both in liver and muscle (p < 0.05), while GHR1 remained unchanged. These results show that a fasting period reduced somatic growth both in length and body weight concomitantly with alterations on liver and muscle GHR2 and muscle IGF-I mRNA expression.
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- Tomás Horacio Delgadin
- Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinología del Crecimiento y la Reproducción, DBBE, FCEN-UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Li M, Gao Z, Ji D, Zhang S. Functional characterization of GH-like homolog in amphioxus reveals an ancient origin of GH/GH receptor system. Endocrinology 2014; 155:4818-30. [PMID: 25333966 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Amphioxus belongs to the subphylum cephalochordata, an extant representative of the most basal chordates. Despite many studies on the endocrine system of amphioxus, no evidence showed the presence of pituitary hormones. In this study, we clearly demonstrated the existence of a functional GH-like hormone in amphioxus, which is able to bind purified GH receptors, stimulate IGF-I expression, promote growth rate of fish, and rescue embryonic defects caused by a shortage of GH. We also showed the presence of a GH/prolactin-like-binding protein containing the entire hormone binding domain of GH/prolactin receptors in amphioxus, which is widely expressed among tissues, and interacts with the GH-like hormone. It is clear from these results that the GH/GH receptor-like system is present in amphioxus and, hence, in all classes of chordates. Notably, the GH-like hormone appears to be the only member of the vertebrate pituitary hormones family in amphioxus, suggesting that the hormone is the ancestral peptide that originated first in the molecular evolution of the pituitary hormones family in chordates. These data collectively suggest that a vertebrate-like neuroendocrine axis setting has already emerged in amphioxus, which lays a foundation for subsequent formation of hypothalamic-pituitary system in vertebrates.
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- Mengyang Li
- Laboratory for Evolution and Development, Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Walock CN, Kittilson JD, Sheridan MA. Characterization of a novel growth hormone receptor-encoding cDNA in rainbow trout and regulation of its expression by nutritional state. Gene 2014; 533:286-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fuentes EN, Valdés JA, Molina A, Björnsson BT. Regulation of skeletal muscle growth in fish by the growth hormone--insulin-like growth factor system. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2013; 192:136-48. [PMID: 23791761 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2013] [Revised: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is the key promoter of growth in vertebrates; however, how this system modulates muscle mass in fish is just recently becoming elucidated. In fish, the GH induces muscle growth by modulating the expression of several genes belonging to the myostatin (MSTN), atrophy, GH, and IGF systems as well as myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs). The GH controls the expression of igf1 via Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)/signal transducers and activators of the transcription 5 (STAT5) signaling pathway, but it seems that it is not the major regulator. These mild effects of the GH on igf1 expression in fish muscle seem to be related with the presence of higher contents of truncated GH receptor1 (tGHR1) than full length GHR (flGHR1). IGFs in fish stimulate myogenic cell proliferation, differentiation, and protein synthesis through the MAPK/ERK and PI3K/AKT/TOR signaling pathways, concomitant with abolishing protein degradation and atrophy via the PI3K/AKT/FOXO signaling pathway. Besides these signaling pathways control the expression of several genes belonging to the atrophy and IGF systems. Particularly, IGFs and amino acid control the expression of igf1, thus, suggesting other of alternative signaling pathways regulating the transcription of this growth factor. The possible role of IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) and the contribution of muscle-derived versus hepatic-produced IGF1 on fish muscle growth is also addressed. Thus, a comprehensive overview on the GH-IGF system regulating fish skeletal muscle growth is presented, as well as perspectives for future research in this field.
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- Eduardo N Fuentes
- Laboratorio de Biotecnología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Av. Republica 217, Santiago, Chile; Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Víctor Lamas 1290, PO Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile.
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Pierce AL, Breves JP, Moriyama S, Uchida K, Grau EG. Regulation of growth hormone (GH) receptor (GHR1 and GHR2) mRNA level by GH and metabolic hormones in primary cultured tilapia hepatocytes. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 179:22-9. [PMID: 22820350 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 07/07/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Growth hormone (GH) regulates essential physiological functions in teleost fishes, including growth, metabolism, and osmoregulation. Recent studies have identified two clades of putative receptors for GH (GHR1 clade and GHR2 clade) in fishes, both of which are highly expressed in the liver. Moreover, the liver is an important target for the anabolic effects of GH via endocrine IGFs, and liver sensitivity to GH is modulated by metabolic hormones. We investigated the effects of GH, insulin, glucagon, cortisol and triiodothyronine on GHR1 and GHR2 mRNA levels in primary cultured tilapia hepatocytes. Physiological concentrations of GH strongly stimulated GHR2 mRNA level (0.5-50×10(-9) M), but did not affect GHR1 mRNA level. Insulin suppressed stimulation of GHR2 mRNA level by GH (10(-8)-10(-6) M). Insulin increased basal GHR1 mRNA level (10(-8)-10(-6) M). Cortisol increased basal GHR2 mRNA level (10(-7)-10(-6) M), but did not consistently affect GH-stimulated GHR2 mRNA level. Cortisol increased basal GHR1 mRNA level (10(-9)-10(-6) M). Glucagon suppressed GH-stimulated GHR2 mRNA level and increased basal GHR1 mRNA level at a supraphysiological concentration (10(-6) M). A single injection of GH (5 μg/g) increased liver GHR2 mRNA level, and insulin injection (5 μg/g) decreased both basal and GH-stimulated GHR2 mRNA levels after 6 h. In contrast, insulin and GH injection had little effect on liver GHR1 mRNA level. This study shows that GHR1 and GHR2 gene expression are differentially regulated by physiological levels of GH and insulin in tilapia primary hepatocytes.
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- A L Pierce
- Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
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The co-existence of two growth hormone receptors and their differential expression profiles between female and male tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis). Gene 2012; 511:341-52. [PMID: 23026213 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Revised: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Growth hormone receptor (Ghr) is a single-transmembrane pass protein which is important in initiating the ability of growth hormone (Gh) to regulate development and somatic growth in vertebrates. In this study, molecular cloning, expression analysis of two different ghr genes (ghr1 and ghr2) in the tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) was conducted. As a result, the ghr1 and ghr2 cDNA sequences are 2364 bp and 3125 bp, each of which encodes a transmembrane protein of 633 and 561 amino acids (aa), respectively. Besides, the ghr1 gene includes nine exons and eight introns. The sex-specific tissue expression was analyzed by using 14 tissues from females, normal males and extra-large male adults. Both the ghr1 and ghr2 were predominantly expressed in the liver, and the ghr1 expression level in normal males was 1.6 and 1.4 times as much as those in females and extra-large males, while the ghr2 mRNA expression level in normal males was 1.1 and 1.2 times as much as those in females and extra-large males, respectively. Ontogenetic expression analysis at early life stages indicated that the ghr1 and ghr2 mRNAs were detected at all of the 35 sampling points (from oosphere to 410days-old). Furthermore, the sex differences in ghr mRNA expressions were also examined by using a full-sib family of C. semilaevis. Significantly higher levels of ghr1 mRNA were observed in males than in females at most stages of the sampling period (P<0.01). The ghr2 mRNA expression at most stages exhibited a significant sexual difference at each sampling point (P<0.01) without any variation trend related with the sexes during the whole sampling period.
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Zhong H, Zhou Y, Liu S, Tao M, Long Y, Liu Z, Zhang C, Duan W, Hu J, Song C, Liu Y. Elevated expressions of GH/IGF axis genes in triploid crucian carp. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 178:291-300. [PMID: 22713693 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH), growth hormone receptor (GHR) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are pivotal signaling factors of the GH/IGF axis, which plays a crucial role in regulating growth in vertebrates. In this study, GH, GHR and IGF-1 cDNAs were cloned from triploid and tetraploid crucian carp. In addition, mRNA expression levels were characterized in diploid red crucian carp, triploids and tetraploids. Reverse transcriptase PCR indicated that GH genes were only expressed in the pituitary, while GHR and IGF-1 were widely expressed in all tested tissues. Real-time PCR study of different seasonal profiles showed that triploids had significantly higher expression of the studied genes during both the prespawning and the spawning season. Although different temperatures (22, 26 and 30°C) showed no significant effects on GH, GHR and IGF-1 mRNA expression in either diploids or triploids, triploids had higher expression levels than diploids at each temperature. After 1 week of fasting, the expression of all studied genes was reduced in both diploids and triploids, while the expressions levels were higher in triploids than in diploids. These results suggest that the elevated expression of GH/IGF axis genes in triploids plays a crucial role in the faster growth rate of triploids.
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- Huan Zhong
- Key Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Fish Developmental Biology of the Education Ministry of China, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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Gao FY, Lu MX, Ye X, Huang ZH, Wang H, Zhu HP, Yang LP. Identification and expression analysis of two growth hormone receptors in zanzibar tilapia (Oreochromis hornorum). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2011; 37:553-565. [PMID: 21188634 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9457-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 12/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Growth hormone plays important roles in various physiological processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction. In this study, two cDNAs encoding growth hormone receptor (GHR) were isolated from the liver of zanzibar tilapia (Oreochromis hornornum). The two cDNAs were 2,831 and 2,044 bp in length and named GHR1 and GHR2, respectively. GHR1 and GHR2 shared 57.4% similarity in nucleotide sequences and 33.5% similarity in deduced amino acid sequences. Consequently, it was presumed that they were two different genes. Conserved regions of GHR1 and GHR2 in zanzibar tilapia were different from those of other vertebrates. For example, conserved box2 regions of GHR1 and GHR2 in zanzibar tilapia were, respectively, WVELM and WVEFT, while it was WVEFI for GHRs in other vertebrates. Similar to other fish species, GHR1 and GHR2 were expressed in brain, gill, liver, muscle, spleen, gonad, stomach, kidney, and pituitary in zanzibar tilapia. The expression levels were the highest in liver. Unlike fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and mossambique tilapia (O. mossambicus), the expression levels of GHR1 in most female fish tissues were higher than those in male fish. No significant difference in GHR2 expression was found in all the tissues in male and female of zanzibar tilapia. Under fasting condition, the expressions of GHRs and IGF-II were significantly up-regulated (P < 0.05) in liver, while the expression of IGF-I remained stable. This observation would contribute to understanding the evolution of the GHR family in further investigation of growth regulation of zanzibar tilapia.
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- Feng-Ying Gao
- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, No. 1 Xingyu Road, Liwan District, 510380 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Di Prinzio CM, Botta PE, Barriga EH, Ríos EA, Reyes AE, Arranz SE. Growth hormone receptors in zebrafish (Danio rerio): adult and embryonic expression patterns. Gene Expr Patterns 2010; 10:214-25. [PMID: 20230916 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Growth hormone receptor (GHR) is a critical regulator of growth and metabolism. Although two GHRs have been characterized in many fish species, their functional characteristics, mechanisms of regulation and roles in embryonic development remain unclear. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an excellent model organism to study both developmental and physiological processes. In the present work, we characterized the complete cDNA sequences of zebrafish GHRs, ghra and ghrb, and their gene structures. We studied the expression of both receptors in adult tissues, and during embryonic development and larval stages by means of RT-PCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization. We determined that both transcripts are maternal ones, with specific expression patterns during development. Both GHR transcripts are mainly expressed in the notochord, myotomes, anterior structures and in the yolk cell. Interestingly, their expression became undetectable at 96h post-fertilization. Unlike other reports in fish, ghrs expression could not be detected in brain when adult tissues were used, and we detected ghrb but not ghra transcripts in muscle. In addition, we determined alternative transcript sequences for ghra with specific domain deletions, and alternative transcripts for ghrb that generate a premature stop codon and codify for truncated isoforms. These isoforms lack intracellular regions necessary for the activation of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) family transcription factors 5.
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- Cecilia M Di Prinzio
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET/UNR), Area Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, UNR, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, Argentina
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Liao Z, Chen X, Wu M. Molecular cloning and functional analysis of Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) growth hormone receptor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 52:911-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s11427-009-0131-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2009] [Accepted: 05/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Saera-Vila A, Calduch-Giner JA, Prunet P, Pérez-Sánchez J. Dynamics of liver GH/IGF axis and selected stress markers in juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) exposed to acute confinement: differential stress response of growth hormone receptors. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 154:197-203. [PMID: 19524697 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2009] [Revised: 06/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The time courses of liver GH/IGF axis and selected stress markers were analyzed in juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) sampled at zero time and at fixed intervals (1.5, 3, 6, 24, 72 and 120 h) after acute confinement (120 kg/m(3)). Fish remained unfed throughout the course of the confinement study, and the fasting-induced increases in plasma growth hormone (GH) levels were partially masked by the GH-stress inhibitory tone. Hepatic mRNA levels of growth hormone receptor-I (GHR-I) were not significantly altered by confinement, but a persistent 2-fold decrease in GHR-II transcripts was found at 24 and 120 h. A consistent decrease in circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was also found through most of the experimental period, and the down-regulated expression of GHR-II was positively correlated with changes in hepatic IGF-I and IGF-II transcripts. This stress-specific response was concurrent with plasma increases in cortisol and glucose levels, reflecting the cortisol peak (60-70 ng/mL), the intensity and duration of the stressor when data found in the literature were compared. Adaptive responses against oxidative damage were also found, and a rapid enhanced expression was reported in the liver tissue for mitochondrial heat-shock proteins (glucose regulated protein 75). At the same time, the down-regulated expression of proinflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor-alpha) and detoxifying enzymes (cytochrome P450 1A1) might dictate the hepatic depletion of potential sources of reactive oxygen species. These results provide suitable evidence for a functional partitioning of hepatic GHRs under states of reduced IGF production and changing cellular environment resulting from acute confinement.
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- Alfonso Saera-Vila
- Nutrition and Fish Growth Endocrinology, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (CSIC), 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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Rodríguez-Mallon A, Cárdenas Y, Lugo JM, Oliva A, Morales A, Estrada MP. Competitive RT-PCR Strategy for Quantitative Evaluation of the Expression of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Growth Hormone Receptor Type I. Biol Proced Online 2009; 11:79-98. [PMID: 19495916 PMCID: PMC3055623 DOI: 10.1007/s12575-009-9002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Quantization of gene expression requires that an accurate measurement of a specific transcript is made. In this paper, a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) by competition for tilapia growth hormone receptor type I is designed and validated. This experimental procedure was used to determine the abundance of growth hormone receptor type I transcript in different tilapia tissues. The results obtained with this developed competitive RT-PCR were similar to real-time PCR results reported recently. This protocol provides a reliable alternative, but less expensive than real-time PCR to quantify specific genes.
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- Alina Rodríguez-Mallon
- Aquatic Biotechnology Department, Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10 600, Cuba
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- Aquatic Biotechnology Department, Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10 600, Cuba
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- Aquatic Biotechnology Department, Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10 600, Cuba
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- Aquatic Biotechnology Department, Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10 600, Cuba
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- Aquatic Biotechnology Department, Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10 600, Cuba
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- Aquatic Biotechnology Department, Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana, 10 600, Cuba
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Power DM, Einarsdóttir IE, Pittman K, Sweeney GE, Hildahl J, Campinho MA, Silva N, Sæle Ø, Galay-Burgos M, Smáradóttir H, Björnsson BT. The Molecular and Endocrine Basis of Flatfish Metamorphosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/10641260802325377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Takahashi H, Suzuki N, Takagi C, Ikegame M, Yamamoto T, Takahashi A, Moriyama S, Hattori A, Sakamoto T. Prolactin Inhibits Osteoclastic Activity in the Goldfish Scale: A Novel Direct Action of Prolactin in Teleosts. Zoolog Sci 2008; 25:739-45. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 04/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Acosta J, Carpio Y, Besada V, Morales R, Sánchez A, Curbelo Y, Ayala J, Estrada MP. Recombinant truncated tilapia growth hormone enhances growth and innate immunity in tilapia fry (Oreochromis sp.). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2008; 157:49-57. [PMID: 18471813 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2007] [Revised: 02/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pichia pastoris cells transformed with a plasmid engineered for the expression of tilapia growth hormone as a secreted product produced a proteolytically cleaved form of the recombinant protein. The sequence of this truncated variant was obtained by mass spectrometry analysis. The cleavage site was determined to be between residues Tyr 158 and Tyr 159. The resulting truncated tilapia growth hormone was a single chain protein lacking 46 amino acids of the C-terminal portion. In this study, we showed that the truncated growth hormone produced in the P. pastoris culture supernatant has growth promoting effects and stimulates innate immune parameters (lysozyme and lectins) in tilapia larvae. These results suggest that the C-terminal portion of growth hormone is not required for its growth promoting activity and the innate immune functions studied herein in fish. In addition, we found that the culture supernatant containing truncated tilapia growth hormone has a stronger effect over growth and immune system than cells lysate containing intact tilapia growth hormone expressed in P. pastoris.
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- Jannel Acosta
- Animal Biotechnology Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba
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Dynamic expression pattern of the growth hormone receptor during early development of the Chilean flounder. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 150:93-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Revised: 01/30/2008] [Accepted: 01/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fukamachi S, Meyer A. Evolution of receptors for growth hormone and somatolactin in fish and land vertebrates: lessons from the lungfish and sturgeon orthologues. J Mol Evol 2007; 65:359-72. [PMID: 17917757 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9035-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2007] [Revised: 07/22/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Two cognate hormones, growth hormone (GH) and somatolactin (SL), control several important physiological processes in vertebrates. Knowledge about GH and its receptor (GHR) has accumulated over the last decades. However, much less is known about SL and its receptor (SLR). SL is found only in fish (including lungfish), suggesting that it was present in the common ancestor of vertebrates, but was lost secondarily in the lineage leading to land vertebrates after the lungfish branched off. SLR was suggested to be a duplicated copy of GHR acquired only in teleosts via the fish-specific genome duplication (FSGD). This scenario (i.e., the existence of SL but not SLR in the vertebrate ancestors) is intriguing but contested. In this study, we first evaluated the plausibility of this scenario through synteny analyses and found that the loci for GHR and SLR are located in syntenic genomic positions, whereas the loci for GH and SL are not. Next, we cloned GHRs of lungfish and sturgeon, which possess SL but did not undergo the FSGD (i.e., they should not possess SLR). Their phylogenetic positions in the GHR/SLR gene tree further support the fish-specific scenario for the GHR-SLR duplication. Interestingly, their sequences share greater similarity with teleost SLRs and reptilian/amphibian GHRs than with the GHRs of mammals, birds, and teleosts. On the basis of these results, we discuss the validity of the nomenclature of the teleost-specific copy of GHR as SLR and an ancestral receptor(s) for SL before the evolution of SLR during the FSGD.
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- Shoji Fukamachi
- Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
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Pierce AL, Fox BK, Davis LK, Visitacion N, Kitahashi T, Hirano T, Grau EG. Prolactin receptor, growth hormone receptor, and putative somatolactin receptor in Mozambique tilapia: tissue specific expression and differential regulation by salinity and fasting. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 154:31-40. [PMID: 17714712 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Revised: 06/26/2007] [Accepted: 06/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In fish, pituitary growth hormone family peptide hormones (growth hormone, GH; prolactin, PRL; somatolactin, SL) regulate essential physiological functions including osmoregulation, growth, and metabolism. Teleost GH family hormones have both differential and overlapping effects, which are mediated by plasma membrane receptors. A PRL receptor (PRLR) and two putative GH receptors (GHR1 and GHR2) have been identified in several teleost species. Recent phylogenetic analyses and binding studies suggest that GHR1 is a receptor for SL. However, no studies have compared the tissue distribution and physiological regulation of all three receptors. We sequenced GHR2 from the liver of the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), developed quantitative real-time PCR assays for the three receptors, and assessed their tissue distribution and regulation by salinity and fasting. PRLR was highly expressed in the gill, kidney, and intestine, consistent with the osmoregulatory functions of PRL. PRLR expression was very low in the liver. GHR2 was most highly expressed in the muscle, followed by heart, testis, and liver, consistent with this being a GH receptor with functions in growth and metabolism. GHR1 was most highly expressed in fat, liver, and muscle, suggesting a metabolic function. GHR1 expression was also high in skin, consistent with a function of SL in chromatophore regulation. These findings support the hypothesis that GHR1 is a receptor for SL. In a comparison of freshwater (FW)- and seawater (SW)-adapted tilapia, plasma PRL was strongly elevated in FW, whereas plasma GH was slightly elevated in SW. PRLR expression was reduced in the gill in SW, consistent with PRL's function in freshwater adaptation. GHR2 was elevated in the kidney in FW, and correlated negatively with plasma GH, whereas GHR1 was elevated in the gill in SW. Plasma IGF-I, but not GH, was reduced by 4 weeks of fasting. Transcript levels of GHR1 and GHR2 were elevated by fasting in the muscle. However, liver levels of GHR1 and GHR2 transcripts, and liver and muscle levels of IGF-I transcripts were unaffected by fasting. These results clearly indicate tissue specific expression and differential physiological regulation of GH family receptors in the tilapia.
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- A L Pierce
- Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, 46-007 Lilipuna Road, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
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Deane EE, Zhou L, Woo NYS. Effects of mitogenic hormones on HSP70 expression in a silver sea bream fibroblast cell line and a primary macrophage preparation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 152:183-8. [PMID: 17289042 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2006] [Revised: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This study was performed in order to elucidate the role and importance of three mitogenic hormones [growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1) and prolactin (PRL)] on heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) expression in a silver sea bream fibroblast cell line and a primary macrophage preparation. Fibroblasts and macrophages that were exposed to GH at concentrations of 1-1000ng/ml did not exhibit modulated HSP70 expression, whereas GH at an exposure concentration of 10ng/ml lowered HSP70 levels in macrophages. Upon exposure to IGF-1 it was found that HSP70 expression remained unchanged in fibroblasts but was significantly decreased in macrophages at exposure concentrations of 1-10ng/ml. Finally, and using a preparation of ovine PRL it was found that HSP70 expression decreased in fibroblasts at exposure concentrations of 1-1000ng/ml and also decreased in macrophages at exposure concentrations of 1-100ng/ml.
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- Eddie E Deane
- Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Li Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Zhu P, Lin H. Molecular cloning, characterization and distribution of two types of growth hormone receptor in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 152:111-22. [PMID: 17382945 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Revised: 01/21/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The cDNAs encoding two distinct growth hormone receptors (GHRs) were firstly cloned and sequenced from the liver of orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides). The cDNA of grouper GHR1 consisted of 2673-bp and encoded 658 amino acids, while the cDNA of grouper GHR2 consisted of 2989-bp and encoded 577 amino acids. The two cDNAs shared 78.6% identity in nucleotide sequence and 37.8% identity in deduced amino acid sequence. Northern blot analysis demonstrated a single GHR1 transcript of approximately 4.3 kb in liver and a single GHR2 transcript of approximately 3.9 kb in the liver and muscle. In the Real-time PCR assay, grouper GHR1 and GHR2 were expressed in all tissues tested. The expression of GHR2 was significantly higher than that of GHR1 in telencephalon, cerebellum, pituitary, heart and white muscle, whereas the expression of GHR1 was significantly higher in liver. These results indicated that there were two types of GHRs existing in orange-spotted grouper, and they had different structural features and tissues expression patterns. However, the functional differences between GHR1 and GHR2 in orange-spotted grouper remained further research.
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- Yun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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Hildahl J, Sweeney G, Galay-Burgos M, Einarsdóttir IE, Björnsson BT. Cloning of Atlantic halibut growth hormone receptor genes and quantitative gene expression during metamorphosis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 151:143-52. [PMID: 17141236 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Revised: 10/06/2006] [Accepted: 10/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To gain insight into the possible regulatory role of the growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) system in flatfish metamorphosis, body GHR gene expression as well as IGF-I protein content was quantified in larval Atlantic halibut throughout metamorphosis (developmental stages 5-10). The cDNA of the full-length GH receptor (hhGHR) was cloned from adult liver and characterized. The hhGHR shows common features of a GHR, including a (Y/F)GEFS motif in the extracellular domain, a single transmembrane region, and an intracellular domain containing a Box 1 and Box 2. Additionally, a truncated GHR (hhGHRtr), similar to turbot and Japanese flounder GHRtr, was cloned and sequenced. These sequences are highly similar to the full-length and truncated GHRs in turbot (89%/86%) and Japanese flounder (93%/91%) with lower identity with other fish type I GHR (81%) and type II GHRs (58%). A quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay was used to measure hhGHR and hhGHRtr mRNA content in normally and abnormally metamorphosed individuals at six developmental stages, from early pre-metamorphosis to post-metamorphosis, when the fish is considered a juvenile. The level of hhGHR gene expression was highest at pre-metamorphic stage 6 and at stage 8 at the onset of metamorphosis, and then decreased during metamorphic climax and post-metamorphosis. Expression of hhGHRtr reached highest levels at stage 6 and then decreased to post-metamorphosis. The ratio of expression between the full-length and the truncated GHR (hhGHR:hhGHRtr) varied among stages and was highest at the onset of metamorphosis and at metamorphic climax. A radioimmunoassay was used to measure halibut IGF-I body content throughout metamorphosis. IGF-I increases from early metamorphosis to the onset of metamorphosis and then decreases towards post-metamorphosis. In comparison between normally and abnormally metamorphosing larvae, IGF-I content, hhGHR and hhGHRtr mRNA levels were reduced in the abnormal fish. These data indicate that the GH-IGF-I system either has a regulatory role in metamorphosis, or is being affected as a consequence of the abnormal metamorphosis.
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- Jon Hildahl
- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology/Zoophysiology, Göteborg University, Box 436, S-40530 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Canosa LF, Chang JP, Peter RE. Neuroendocrine control of growth hormone in fish. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 151:1-26. [PMID: 17286975 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 12/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The biological actions of growth hormone (GH) are pleiotropic, including growth promotion, energy mobilization, gonadal development, appetite, and social behavior. Accordingly, the regulatory network for GH is complex and includes many endocrine and environmental factors. In fish, the neuroendocrine control of GH is multifactorial with multiple inhibitors and stimulators of pituitary GH secretion. In fish, GH release is under a tonic negative control exerted mainly by somatostatin. Sex steroid hormones and nutritional status influence the level of brain expression and effectiveness of some of these GH neuroendocrine regulatory factors, suggesting that their relative importance differs under different physiological conditions. At the pituitary level, some, if not all, somatotropes can respond to multiple regulators. Therefore, ligand- and function-specificity, as well as the integrative responses to multiple signals must be achieved at the level of signal transduction mechanisms. Results from investigations on a limited number of stimulatory and inhibitory GH-release regulators indicate that activation of different but convergent intracellular pathways and the utilization of specific intracellular Ca(2+) stores are some of the strategies utilized. However, more work remains to be done in order to better understand the integrative mechanisms of signal transduction at the somatotrope level and the relevance of various GH regulators in different physiological circumstances.
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- Luis Fabián Canosa
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2E9
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Chan YH, Cheng CHK, Chan KM. Study of goldfish (Carassius auratus) growth hormone structure–function relationship by domain swapping. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 146:384-94. [PMID: 17215157 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Revised: 10/20/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Using goldfish as a model, the structure-function relationship of goldfish growth hormone was studied using the strategy of homologous domain swapping. Chimeric mutants were constructed by exchanging homologous regions between goldfish growth hormone (gfGH II) and goldfish prolactin (gfPRL) with their cloned complementary DNAs. Six mutants, with their domain-swapped, were generated to have different combinations of three target regions, including the helix a, helix d and the large section in between these helices (possess the helices b, c and other random coiled regions). After expression in E. coli and refolding, these mutants were characterized by using competitive receptor binding assay (RRA) and growth hormone responding promoter activation assay. The different activity profiles of mutants in Spi 2.1 gene promoter assays from that in RRA shows that, for gfGH, receptor binding dose not confer receptor signal activations. When either helices a or d of gfGH was maintained with other helices replaced by their gfPRL counterparts, both receptor binding and hence gene activation activities are reduced. In mutants with helices b and c in gfGH maintained, containing the gfGH middle section, and helices a and d swapped with gfPRL, the had reduced RRA activities but the promoter activation activities retained. In conclusion, as in the case of human GH, the gfGH molecule possesses two functional sites: one of them is composed of discontinuous epitopes located on the target regions of this study and is for receptor binding; another site is located on the middle section of the molecule that helices a and d are not involved, and it is for activation of GH receptor and intracellular signals.
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- Y H Chan
- Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ma X, Liu X, Zhang Y, Zhu P, Ye W, Lin H. Two growth hormone receptors in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): molecular characterization, tissue distribution and expression profiles in the gonad during the reproductive cycle. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 147:325-39. [PMID: 17341448 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Revised: 01/25/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) has many important physiological roles in the control of growth, metabolism and reproduction, which is mediated by growth hormone receptor (GHR). In this study, two cDNAs encoding GHR were isolated from the liver of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The two cDNAs, one consisting of 1908 bp and the other of 1728 bp, encoding for putative 635- and 575-amino acid GHR (designated ntGHR1 and ntGHR2, respectively), shared 34.4% identity in nucleotide sequence and 29.6% in deduced amino acid sequence. Northern blot analysis indicated a single 6.0-kb transcript of ntGHR1 and a single 4.0-kb transcript of ntGHR2 in the liver. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that both ntGHR1 and ntGHR2 mRNAs were presented in all tissues tested and expressed extremely highly in the liver. In most tissues, ntGHR2 expressed significantly higher than ntGHR1. Analysis of the ntGHRs expression profiles in the gonad during reproductive cycle indicated that the mRNA levels of ntGHRs in ovary were significantly higher at sexual matured stage while those in testis were significantly higher at sexual recrudescent stage, suggesting that GH/IGF-I axis might be involved in reproduction under a regulatory mechanism of GHR gene expression.
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- Xilan Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Small BC, Murdock CA, Waldbieser GC, Peterson BC. Reduction in channel catfish hepatic growth hormone receptor expression in response to food deprivation and exogenous cortisol. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2006; 31:340-56. [PMID: 16423501 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2005] [Revised: 12/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The objective of this study was to assess the effects of food deprivation and exogenous cortisol administration on somatic growth of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, and examine the resultant changes in circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations and growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene expression. Integral to this objective, we report the isolation, sequence, and characterization of channel catfish GHR. Sequence analysis and characterization results indicate sequence identity and tissue distribution similar to GHRs in other teleost fish and several functional characteristics conserved in known vertebrate GHRs. The effects of food deprivation and dietary exogenous cortisol administration were assessed as part of a 4-week study. Growth was significantly reduced after 4 weeks in cortisol-fed fish compared to fed-control fish, and fasting resulted in weight loss. At the end of the 4-week study, both IGF-I plasma concentrations and hepatic GHR mRNA abundance were significantly reduced in fasted and cortisol-fed catfish. Levels of hepatic GHR mRNA were positively correlated to circulating IGF-I levels. These results suggest that a reduction in hepatic GHR gene expression might serve as a mechanism for the reduction of circulating IGF-I and growth in channel catfish during periods of food deprivation and stress.
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- Brian C Small
- USDA/ARS, Catfish Genetics Research Unit, Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, P.O. Box 38, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA.
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Esteban MA, Cuesta A, Rodríguez A, Meseguer J. Effect of photoperiod on the fish innate immune system: a link between fish pineal gland and the immune system. J Pineal Res 2006; 41:261-6. [PMID: 16948787 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2006.00362.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The pineal gland via its secretory product, melatonin, influences the light-dark rhythm in most vertebrates including fish. Apart from the information concerning this circadian rhythm, the interrelation of the melatonin with other physiological processes has not been considered in fish. Thus, we evaluated the changes in the humoral innate immune system of seabream (Sparus aurata L.) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) specimens exposed to a constant light-dark photoperiod (12 hr L:12 hr D). Serum was obtained from blood samples collected at 02:00, 08:00 hr (light-on), 14:00, 20:00 hr (light-off) and at 08:00 hr again. Among the humoral innate immune responses, complement, lysozyme and peroxidase activities were determined. Complement activity was higher during the day than during the night in both fish species. Seabream lysozyme activity reached its maximum at 20:00 and 02:00 hr but was hardly affected in sea bass. Finally, the peroxidase activity of seabream was significantly higher at 08:00 hr than during the rest of the cycle while, in sea bass, it showed little variation. The present results demonstrate that the humoral innate immune system has a circadian rhythm based on the light-dark cycle and that this cycle might be affected by the pineal gland.
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- M Angeles Esteban
- Fish Innate Immune System Group, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
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Ozaki Y, Fukada H, Tanaka H, Kagawa H, Ohta H, Adachi S, Hara A, Yamauchi K. Expression of growth hormone family and growth hormone receptor during early development in the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 145:27-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Revised: 05/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sakamoto T, McCormick SD. Prolactin and growth hormone in fish osmoregulation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2006; 147:24-30. [PMID: 16406056 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2005] [Accepted: 10/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Prolactin is an important regulator of multiple biological functions in vertebrates, and has been viewed as essential to ion uptake as well as reduction in ion and water permeability of osmoregulatory surfaces in freshwater and euryhaline fish. Prolactin-releasing peptide seems to stimulate prolactin expression in the pituitary and peripheral organs during freshwater adaptation. Growth hormone, a member of the same family of hormones as prolactin, promotes acclimation to seawater in several teleost fish, at least in part through the action of insulin-like growth factor I. In branchial epithelia, development and differentiation of the seawater-type chloride cell (and their underlying biochemistry) is regulated by GH, IGF-I, and cortisol, whereas the freshwater-type chloride cell is regulated by prolactin and cortisol. In the epithelia of gastrointestinal tract, prolactin induces cell proliferation during freshwater adaptation, whereas cortisol stimulates both cell proliferation and apoptosis. We propose that control of salinity acclimation in teleosts by prolactin and growth hormone primarily involves regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation (the latter including upregulation of specific ion transporters), and that there is an important interaction of these hormones with corticosteroids.
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- Tatsuya Sakamoto
- Ushimado Marine Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Ushimado, Okayama, Japan.
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Ozaki Y, Fukada H, Kazeto Y, Adachi S, Hara A, Yamauchi K. Molecular cloning and characterization of growth hormone receptor and its homologue in the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 143:422-31. [PMID: 16458558 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2005] [Revised: 12/18/2005] [Accepted: 12/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Two cDNAs encoding growth hormone receptor (GHR)-like genes, eGHR1 and eGHR2, were isolated from Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) liver tissue. The putative eel GHR proteins showed conserved structural features of vertebrate GHRs, including six cysteine residues and a YGEFS motif in the extracellular domain, a single transmembrane region, and proline-rich box 1 and box 2 domains. Northern blot analysis showed a single eGHR1 transcript in liver, while two sizes of eGHR2 transcripts, thought to be produced by alternative splicing, were present. RT-PCR revealed that eGHR1 and eGHR2 transcripts were widely distributed throughout the whole body of the Japanese eel. Moreover, the results of binding assays showed the specific binding of growth hormone to recombinant eGHR1. Since these putative eGHR proteins show all characteristics of the GHR family, we conclude that eGHR1 and eGHR2 cDNA encode two different GHRs in Japanese eel. We confirmed the ligand specificity of eGHR1 by binding assay, and further research is needed to allow characterization of the binding capability of eGHR2.
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- Yuichi Ozaki
- Division of Marine Biosciences, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan.
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Gómez-Requeni P, Calduch-Giner J, Vega-Rubín de Celis S, Médale F, Kaushik SJ, Pérez-Sánchez J. Regulation of the somatotropic axis by dietary factors in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Br J Nutr 2005; 94:353-61. [PMID: 16176605 DOI: 10.1079/bjn20051521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The activity of the somatotropic axis was analysed in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed either a fishmeal-based diet (FM) or graded levels of plant proteins to replace 50% (PP50 diet), 75% (PP75 diet) or 100% (PP100 diet) of the fishmeal protein. For this purpose, partial cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding rainbow trout growth hormone receptor (GHR) was first accomplished by RT-PCR, using degenerate primers based on the sequences of non-salmonid fish GHR. Growth rates and energy retention were lowered by the PP75 and PP100 diets and a concurrent and progressive increase in plasma levels of growth hormone (GH) was found. However, no changes in hepatic GH binding and total plasma insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I levels were observed among the four experimental groups. This fact agrees with the lack of changes in hepatic measurements of GHR and IGF-I transcripts. No consistent changes in IGF transcripts were found in peri-visceral adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, but GHR mRNA was up-regulated in the peri-visceral adipose tissue of fish fed the PP75 and PP100 diets, which would favour the lipolytic action of GH. Two specific bands (47 and 33 kDa) of IGF-binding proteins were found in the plasma of all analysed fish, but the sum of the two integrated areas increased progressively with plant protein supply, which might reflect a reduced free IGF availability. Therefore, in our experimental model, the growth impairment could be due, at least in part, to a lowered availability of biologically active IGF (free IGF fraction) rather than to liver GH desensitization or defect in IGF synthesis and release at the systemic and/or paracrine-autocrine level.
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- Pedro Gómez-Requeni
- Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (CSIC), 12 595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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Fukamachi S, Yada T, Mitani H. Medaka receptors for somatolactin and growth hormone: phylogenetic paradox among fish growth hormone receptors. Genetics 2005; 171:1875-83. [PMID: 16143602 PMCID: PMC1456111 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.048819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Somatolactin (SL) in fish belongs to the growth hormone/prolactin family. Its ortholog in tetrapods has not been identified and its function(s) remains largely unknown. The SL-deficient mutant of medaka (color interfere, ci) and an SL receptor (SLR) recently identified in salmon provide a fascinating field for investigating SL's function(s) in vivo. Here we isolated a medaka ortholog of the salmon SLR. The mRNA is transcribed in variable organs. Triglycerides and cholesterol contents in the ci are significantly higher than those in the wild type, providing the first evidence of SL's function in suppressing lipid accumulation to organs. Interestingly, phylogenetic comparisons between the medaka SLR and growth hormone receptor (GHR), which is also isolated in this study, in relation to GHRs of other fish, suggested that all GHRs reported from nonsalmonid species are, at least phylogenetically, SLRs. An extra intron inserted in medaka and pufferfish SLRs and flounder and sea bream GHRs also supports their orthologous relationship, but not with tetrapod GHRs. These results may indicate lineage-specific diversification of SLR and GHR functions among fish or just an inappropriate naming of these receptors. Further functional and comparative reassessments are necessary to address this question.
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- Shoji Fukamachi
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
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Reinecke M, Björnsson BT, Dickhoff WW, McCormick SD, Navarro I, Power DM, Gutiérrez J. Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors in fish: where we are and where to go. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2005; 142:20-4. [PMID: 15862544 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 01/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This communication summarizes viewpoints, discussion, perspectives, and questions, put forward at a workshop on "Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors in fish" held on September 7th, 2004, at the 5th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology in Castellon, Spain.
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- Manfred Reinecke
- Division of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Wargelius A, Fjelldal PG, Benedet S, Hansen T, Björnsson BT, Nordgarden U. A peak in gh-receptor expression is associated with growth activation in Atlantic salmon vertebrae, while upregulation of igf-I receptor expression is related to increased bone density. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2005; 142:163-8. [PMID: 15862560 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2004] [Accepted: 12/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) play major roles in the endocrine regulation of fish growth, but their interdependency and mode of action has not been well elucidated. The GH-IGF-I system is essential for normal vertebral growth in mouse, but this has not been studied in fish. To study the interplay between GH, IGF-I, and their receptors, postsmolt Atlantic salmon were studied during spring growth (January-June 2003). From January to June, fish were sampled regularly for plasma and vertebral bone. The vertebra was collected from the same anterior-posterior position. The growth hormone receptor (ghr) (There is no determined nomenclature of salmon genes but we stick to the nomenclature which is consequent for zebrafish, where all gene names are named with small letters and in italic.) expression in the vertebrae peaked in the end of February coinciding with high levels of plasma GH and IGF-I, and an increase of vertebral growth rate. From April to June, plasma IGF-I levels decreased together with ghr expression in the vertebrae, while plasma GH did not decrease. In May and June, expression of the igf-I receptor (igf-Ir) increased 4- to 5-fold, which coincided with an increase in bone density. The changes seen in gene expression of the IGF-I and GH receptors suggest that these hormones are involved in vertebral growth and bone density.
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- Anna Wargelius
- Institute of Marine Research, Matre, N-5984 Matredal, Norway.
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Saera-Vila A, Calduch-Giner JA, Pérez-Sánchez J. Duplication of growth hormone receptor (GHR) in fish genome: gene organization and transcriptional regulation of GHR type I and II in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2005; 142:193-203. [PMID: 15862563 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2004] [Revised: 09/17/2004] [Accepted: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nucleotide sequences encoding for functional growth hormone receptors (GHR) are now available in salmonids (coho and masu salmon) and other fish orders. Several authors have hypothesized a divergent evolution of salmonid GHRs, but the recent finding that a trout cDNA is related to non-salmonid (GHR type I) rather than to salmonid GHRs (GHR type II) points out a possible duplication of actively transcribed GHR genes. To address this issue, we search by RT-PCR for GHR type II in trout, gilthead sea bream, European sea bass, and turbot. Both in trout and gilthead sea bream, a cDNA sequence with all the characteristic features of masu and coho salmon GHRs (GHR type II) was found. Similarly, in European sea bass, a cDNA encoding for the intracellular domain of GHR type II was reported. No positive results were found in turbot, but searches in genome databases of fugu and zebrafish identified DNA sequences with a significant similarity to fish GHR type I and II, which are more related each other than to GHRs of tetrapods. Gene organization is, however, highly conserved through the evolution of vertebrates, and eight exons homologous to exons 2 and 4-10 of mammals were found in fish GHRs. Transcriptional regulation of GHR type I and II was also addressed by means of real-time PCR assays in gilthead sea bream. In liver and adipose tissue, GHR type I was the most abundant transcript, but the expression of GHR type I and II was practically equal in skeletal muscle. Both in liver and adipose tissue, the two GHRs were down-regulated by fasting. In skeletal muscle, the expression of GHR type I remained unaltered in fasted fish, whereas a 2- to 3-fold increase was found for GHR type II. All this provides suitable evidence for a tissue-specific regulation of fish GHRs, but further research is needed to determine whether these duplicated genes are evolved in a new or redundant fashion.
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- Alfonso Saera-Vila
- Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, CSIC, 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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Very NM, Kittilson JD, Norbeck LA, Sheridan MA. Isolation, characterization, and distribution of two cDNAs encoding for growth hormone receptor in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2005; 140:615-28. [PMID: 15763517 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2004] [Revised: 12/14/2004] [Accepted: 12/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) plays important roles in a vast array of physiological processes, including growth, metabolism, and reproduction. In this study, cDNAs for two unique growth hormone receptor variants were cloned and sequenced from rainbow trout. The two cDNAs, one consisting of 2920 bp and the other of 2820 bp, share 87.2% identity in nucleotide sequence and 85.5% identity in deduced amino acid sequence and presumably arose through gene duplication. The cDNAs encode for putative 593- and 594-amino acid growth hormone receptors (designated GHR1 and GHR2, respectively), each containing a single transmembrane domain and other motifs characteristic of the receptor family. Both GHR1 and GHR2 mRNAs were present in all tissues examined. Trout GHR mRNAs are differentially expressed, both in terms of abundance among tissues and in terms of abundance within selected tissues. GHR1 was more abundant than GHR2 in the brain, whereas GHR2 was more abundant than GHR1 in pancreas and spleen. These findings expand our understanding of the evolution of the GH receptor family and suggest that independent mechanisms serve to regulate the tissue-specific expression of GHR mRNAs.
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- Nicole M Very
- Department of Biological Sciences and Regulatory Biosciences Center, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA
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Johansson V, Winberg S, Björnsson BT. Growth hormone-induced stimulation of swimming and feeding behaviour of rainbow trout is abolished by the D1 dopamine antagonist SCH23390. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2005; 141:58-65. [PMID: 15707603 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2004] [Revised: 11/17/2004] [Accepted: 11/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effects of GH on various types of behaviour in fish are well documented although the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In rainbow trout, an involvement of the brain dopaminergic system in mediating the behavioural effects of GH has been indicated, as GH can alter the brain dopaminergic activity. To further examine the role of the dopaminergic system in the mediation of GH effects on locomotion and foraging, GH- and sham-implanted juvenile rainbow trout were injected with the selective D1 dopamine antagonist SCH23390 or vehicle. Swimming and feeding activity was then studied by direct observation. Brains were thereafter sampled and analysed for the content of serotonin, dopamine and their metabolites in the hypothalamus, optic tectum, cerebellum, telencephalon, and brain stem. GH increased swimming activity as well as feed intake, effects which were abolished by SCH23390. By itself, the antagonist did not affect behaviour, nor did it affect the brain monoamines. In contrast, treatment with GH, with or without SCH23390, decreased the content of the dopamine metabolite homovanillic acid (HVA) in the optic tectum and the cerebellum, as well as the serotonin content (5-HT) in the optic tectum. It is concluded that the D1 dopamine receptor of the dopaminergic system appears to be of importance in the mediation of the effects of GH on behaviour.
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- Viktoria Johansson
- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology/Zoophysiology, Göteborg University, Box 463, S-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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de Celis SVR, Gómez-Requeni P, Pérez-Sánchez J. Production and characterization of recombinantly derived peptides and antibodies for accurate determinations of somatolactin, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2004; 139:266-77. [PMID: 15560873 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2004] [Revised: 09/23/2004] [Accepted: 09/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A specific radioimmunoassay (RIA) for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) growth hormone (GH) was developed and validated. For this purpose, a stable source of GH was produced by means of recombinant DNA technology in a bacteria system. The identity of the purified protein (ion exchange chromatography) was demonstrated by Western blot and a specific GH antiserum was raised in rabbit. In Western blot and RIA system, this antiserum recognized specifically native and recombinant GH, and it did not cross-react with fish prolactin (PRL) and somatolactin (SL). In a similar way, a specific polyclonal antiserum against the now available recombinant European sea bass SL was raised and used in the RIA system to a sensitivity of 0.3 ng/ml (90% of binding of tracer). Further, European sea bass insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was cloned and sequenced, and its high degree of identity with IGF-I peptides of barramundi, tuna, and sparid fish allowed the use of a commercial IGF-I RIA based on barramundi IGF-I antiserum. These assay tools assisted for the first time accurate determinations of SL and GH-IGF-I axis activity in a fish species of the Moronidae family. Data values were compared to those found with gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), which is currently used as a Mediterranean fish model for growth endocrinology studies. As a characteristic feature, the average concentration year round of circulating GH in growing mature males of European sea bass was higher than in gilthead sea bream. By contrast, the average concentration of circulating SL was lower. Concerning to circulating concentration of IGF-I, the measured plasma values for a given growth rate were also lower in European sea bass. These findings are discussed on the basis of a different energy status that might allowed a reduced but more continuous growth in European sea bass.
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- S Vega-Rubín de Celis
- Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (CSIC), 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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Johansson V, Winberg S, Jönsson E, Hall D, Björnsson BT. Peripherally administered growth hormone increases brain dopaminergic activity and swimming in rainbow trout. Horm Behav 2004; 46:436-43. [PMID: 15465529 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Revised: 03/30/2004] [Accepted: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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There is increasing evidence that growth hormone (GH) has important behavioral effects in fish, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. To investigate if peripherally administered GH influences the monoaminergic activity of the brain, and how this is correlated to behavior, juvenile rainbow trout were implanted intraperitoneally with ovine GH. Fish were either kept isolated or in groups of five. The physical activity and food intake of the isolated fish were observed after 1 and 7 days, when brains were also sampled. The content of serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline and their metabolites in hypothalamus, telencephalon, optic tectum, and brain stem was then analyzed. For fish kept isolated for 7 days following implant, GH increased swimming activity and the levels of the dopamine metabolite 3, 4-hydroxy-phenylacetic acid (DOPAC) were higher in all brain parts examined. In the optic tectum, the levels of the dopamine metabolite homovanillic acid (HVA) were lowered by the GH treatment. One-day GH implant did not affect behavior or monoamine levels of isolated fish. In the fish kept in groups, a 7-day GH implant increased the hypothalamic levels of DOPAC, but not in the other brain parts examined, which may indicate an effect on the brain dopaminergic system from social interactions. It can be concluded that peripherally administered GH may function as a neuromodulator, affecting the dopaminergic activity of the rainbow trout brain, and this is associated with increased swimming activity.
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- Viktoria Johansson
- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology/Zoophysiology, Göteborg University, S-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Fukada H, Ozaki Y, Pierce AL, Adachi S, Yamauchi K, Hara A, Swanson P, Dickhoff WW. Salmon growth hormone receptor: molecular cloning, ligand specificity, and response to fasting. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2004; 139:61-71. [PMID: 15474537 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2003] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 07/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To better understand the role of growth hormone in regulating fish growth, the cDNA of growth hormone receptor (GHR) was cloned from the liver of masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) and characterized. The masu salmon GHR (msGHR) sequence revealed common features of a GHR, including a (Y/F)GEFS motif in the extracellular domain, a single transmembrane region, and Box 1 and Box 2 in the intracellular domain. However, the amino acid sequence identity was low (49%) compared to GHRs of other vertebrates including seven teleosts, and the putative msGHR protein lacked one pair of cysteine residues in the extracellular domain. To verify the identity of the msGHR, the recombinant protein of the extracellular domain was expressed with a histidine tag protein (His-msGHR-ECD), refolded and purified for analysis of its ligand specificity. In competition experiments, the specific binding between His-msGHR-ECD and radioiodine-labeled salmon GH was displaced completely by only salmon GH, and not by salmon prolactin or somatolactin. A real-time RT-PCR assay was used to measure salmon GHR mRNA in the liver of fed and fasted coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). The levels of hepatic GHR mRNA were lower in fasted fish compared to fed fish after 3 weeks, suggesting that GHR gene expression is reduced following a long-term fast. These results confirm the identity of the salmon GHR based on ligand specificity and response to fasting.
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- Haruhisa Fukada
- Division of Marine Bioscience, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, 041-8611, Japan
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Calduch-Giner JA, Mingarro M, Vega-Rubín de Celis S, Boujard D, Pérez-Sánchez J. Molecular cloning and characterization of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) growth hormone receptor (GHR). Assessment of alternative splicing. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2003; 136:1-13. [PMID: 12941635 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(03)00150-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The full-length growth hormone receptor (GHR) of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) was cloned and sequenced by RT-PCR and rapid amplification of 5'and 3'ends. The open reading frame codes for a mature 609 amino acid protein with a hydrophobic transmembrane region and all the characteristic motifs of GHRs. Sequence analysis revealed a 96 and 76% of amino acid identity with black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) and turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) GHRs, respectively, but this amino acid identity decreases up to 52% for goldfish (Carassius auratus) GHR. By means of real-time PCR assays, concurrent changes in the hepatic expression of GHRs and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was evidenced. Moreover, their regulation occurred in conjunction with the summer spurt of growth rates and circulating levels of GH and IGF-I. Search of alternative splicing was carried out exhaustively for gilthead sea bream GHR, but Northern blot and 3' RACE failed to demonstrate the occurrence of short alternative messengers. Besides, RT-PCR screening did not reveal deletions or insertions that could lead to alternative reading frames. In agreement with this, cross-linking assays only evidenced two protein bands that match well with the size of glycosylated and non-glycosylated forms of the full-length GHR. If so, it appears that alternative splicing at the 3'end does not occur in gilthead sea bream, although different messengers for truncated or longer GHR variants already exist in turbot and black sea bream, respectively. The physiological relevance of this finding remains unclear, but perhaps it points out large inter-species differences in the heterogeneity of the GHR population.
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- Josep A Calduch-Giner
- Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (CSIC), 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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Chan YH, Cheng CHK, Chan KM. Recombinant goldfish growth hormones (gfGH-I and -II) expressed in Escherichia coli have similar biological activities. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2003; 135:613-24. [PMID: 12890551 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(03)00143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Complementary DNA regions coding for two different mature goldfish growth hormones (gfGH-I and gfGH-II) with four and five cysteine residues were cloned into the bacterial expression vector, pRSETA. The recombinant gfGH-I (five cysteines) and -II (four cysteines) were produced in Escherichia coli as the fusion proteins carrying N-terminal 6XHis tag, which facilitates purification by using metal chelating affinity chromatography under denaturing condition with urea. The recombinant hormones were further refolded by gradually removing the urea. Native gfGH was also purified from goldfish pituitary glands and served as a positive control in the present study. The native and recombinant hormones were tested in goldfish hepatic radioreceptor assay and in vitro Spi 2.1 promoter activation assay. Our results showed that the two recombinant gfGHs are biologically active, and they have similar biological activities despite their having different cysteine contents.
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- Yuk Hang Chan
- Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PR China
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Yada T, Nakanishi T. Interaction between endocrine and immune systems in fish. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2003; 220:35-92. [PMID: 12224552 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)20003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Diseases in fish are serious problems for the development of aquaculture. The outbreak of fish disease is largely dependent on environmental and endogenous factors resulting in opportunistic infection. Recent studies, particularly on stress response, have revealed that bidirectional communication between the endocrine and immune systems via hormones and cytokines exists at the level of teleost fish. Recently information on such messengers and receptors has accumulated in fish research particularly at the molecular level. Furthermore, it has become apparent in fish that cells of the immune system produce or express hormones and their receptors and vice versa to exchange information between the two systems. This review summarizes and updates the knowledge on endocrine-immune interactions in fish with special emphasis on the roles of such mediators or receptors for their interactions.
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- Takashi Yada
- Nikko Branch, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Tochigi, Japan
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Jönsson E, Johansson V, Björnsson BT, Winberg S. Central nervous system actions of growth hormone on brain monoamine levels and behavior of juvenile rainbow trout. Horm Behav 2003; 43:367-74. [PMID: 12695109 DOI: 10.1016/s0018-506x(03)00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) has been demonstrated to alter the behavior of juvenile salmonids. However, the mechanisms behind this action are not yet understood. In mammals and birds, peripheral GH treatment has been shown to affect monoaminergic activity in the central nervous system, which may be a mechanism whereby GH alters behavior. To investigate if GH may influence behavior directly at the central nervous system, juvenile rainbow trout were injected with GH into the third ventricle of the brain, whereupon physical activity and food intake were observed during 2 h. Thereafter, brains were sampled and the content of serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline and their metabolites were measured in hypothalamus, telencephalon, optic tectum, and brainstem. The GH-treated fish increased their swimming activity relative to sham-injected controls, while appetite remained unchanged, compared with sham-injected controls. Analysis of brain content of monoamines revealed that the GH treatment caused a decrease in the dopamine metabolite homovanillic acid in the hypothalamus, indicating a lowered dopaminergic activity. It is concluded that GH may alter behavior by acting directly on the central nervous system in juvenile rainbow trout. Furthermore, GH seems to alter the dopaminergic activity in the hypothalamus. Whether this is a mechanism whereby GH affects swimming activity remains to be clarified.
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- Elisabeth Jönsson
- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology/Zoophysiology, Göteborg University, Box 463, Sweden.
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