Cloning of brain aromatase gene and expression of brain and ovarian aromatase genes during sexual differentiation in genetic male and female Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Molecular Reproduction and Development - Tập 59 Số 4 - Trang 359-370 - 2001
Joon Yeong Kwon1, Brendan McAndrew, David J. Penman
1Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, United Kingdom

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AbstractA brain aromatase gene was identified from the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. The cDNA sequence of this gene differed from that of the ovarian aromatase gene previously reported from this species. Tissue specific expression for both brain and ovarian aromatase genes was examined in the tissues of adult tilapia. Brain aromatase mRNA was expressed in the brain, kidney, eye, ovary, and testis, but not in the liver and spleen. Ovarian aromatase mRNA was expressed in the brain, spleen, ovary, and testis but not in the eye, kidney, and liver. Differential aromatase gene expression between the sexes was investigated in all‐male (XY) and all‐female (XX) groups of tilapia fry from fertilisation throughout the sexual differentiation period. Semi‐quantitative RT‐PCR analysis revealed that the initiation of expression of both aromatase genes lay between 3 and 4 dpf (days post fertilisation) in both sexes. The level of brain aromatase mRNA gradually increased throughout the period studied with little difference between the sexes. This contrasted with marked sexual dimorphism of ovarian aromatase mRNA expression. In females, the expression level was maintained or increased gradually throughout ontogeny, while the level in males was dramatically down‐regulated between 15 and 27 dpf. Subsequently, the level of ovarian aromatase mRNA expression fluctuated slightly in both sexes, with the expression in females always being higher than in males. These findings clearly suggest that ovarian aromatase plays a decisive role in sexual differentiation in this species and that this is achieved by down‐regulation of the expression of this gene in males. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 59: 359–370, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Molecular Reproduction and Development

Tập 59 Số 4

359-370

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