Tide-related Changes in mRNA Abundance of Aromatases and Estrogen Receptors in the Ovary and Brain of the Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus SCIE SCOPUS KCI

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Title
Tide-related Changes in mRNA Abundance of Aromatases and Estrogen Receptors in the Ovary and Brain of the Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus
Author(s)
Oh, Dae-Ju; Hur, Sung Pyo; Bouchekioua, Selma; Takeuchi, Yuki; Udagawa, Shingo; Aluru, Neelakanteswar; Park, Yong-Ju; Park, Ji-Gweon; Kim, Se-Jae; Moon, Thomas W.; Vijayan, Mathilakath M.; Takemura, Akihiro
Alternative Author(s)
허성표
Publication Year
2018-06
Abstract
The threespot wrasse (Halichoeres trimaculatus; Family Labridae) is a common coral reef species of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Given that this species spawns daily at high tide (HT), we hypothesized that endocrine changes in relation to gonadal development are synchronized with the tidal cycle. To test this, we examined the transcript abundance of two cytochrome P450 aromatases (cyp19a and cyp19b) and two estrogen receptors (erα and erβ) in the ovary and brain of this species in response to tidal change. When fish were collected around four tidal points [low tide (LT), flood tide (FT), high tide (HT), and ebb tide (ET)], gonadosomatic index and oocyte diameter increased around HT and FT, respectively. Ovulatory follicles were observed in ovaries around HT. Real-time quantitative polymerase-chain reaction revealed that mRNA abundance of cyp19a and erα, but not erβ, in the ovary increased around ET and HT, respectively. On the other hand, mRNA levels of cyp19b in the forebrain were significantly higher around FT. Increases of erα and erβ mRNA abundance around FT were observed in all areas of the brain and the midbrain, respectively. The changes in mRNA abundance of key genes involved in reproduction at specific tidal cycles, along with the development of the vitellogenic oocytes in the ovary, support our hypothesis that synchronization of endocrine changes to the tidal periodicity plays a role in the gonadal development of this species. We hypothesize that conversion of testosterone to E2 in the brain may be associated with the spawning behavior given that the wrasse exhibits group spawning with a territory-holding male around HT.
ISSN
1738-5261
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/38952
DOI
10.1007/s12601-018-0016-0
Bibliographic Citation
Ocean Science Journal, v.53, no.2, pp.239 - 249, 2018
Publisher
한국해양과학기술원
Keywords
aromatase; brain; estrogen receptor; ovary; tide; wrasse
Type
Article
Language
English
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