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Physiological roles of FSH and LH in red seabream, Pagrus major |
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| Authors: | Koichiro Gen Sonoko Yamaguchi Koichi Okuzawa Naoki Kumakura Hideki Tanaka Hirohiko Kagawa |
| Institution: | 1. Inland Station, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency, Tamaki, Mie, 519-0423, Japan 2. Department of Animal and Marine Bioresource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan 3. Fisheries Research Agency, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Nansei, Mie, 516-0193, Japan 4. Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan |
| Abstract: | The duality of gonadotropins (GTHs), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), has been confirmed in most teleost species, but very little is known about their biological functions. To elucidate the physiological roles of FSH and LH in fish reproduction, the expression profiles of GTH subunit genes during gonadal development were analyzed in both male and female red seabream. Furthermore, in vitro studies were carried out to examine the effects of GTHs on steroid hormone production and cytochrome P450 aromatase (P450arom) expression in red seabream gonads. In both sexes, LHβ mRNA was maintained at high levels from the early gametogenesis until spawning season, and declined with gonadal regression. Interestingly, FSHβ mRNA levels in males increased in parallel with testicular development, whereas those in female were remained low throughout oocyte development. From in vitro studies using purified red seabream FSH and LH, both GTHs had a similar potency in stimulating 11-ketotestosterone production by testicular slices, while the biological activity of FSH was much lower than that of LH in stimulating production of estradiol-17β by vitellogenic follicles. Moreover, expression of P450arom mRNA was induced by LH, but not FSH, in ovarian follicles in vitro. FSH was also ineffective in inducing maturational competence and final oocyte maturation. These results suggest that, unlike salmonids, FSH may play an important role during gametogenesis in male, but not female, red seabream, whereas LH may be involved in regulation of both early and late gametogenesis in both sexes. |
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