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鱼类脑中血管加压素/缩宫素、促性腺激素释放激素、酪氨酸和色氨酸羟化酶家族基因表达的性别差异。

Sex differences in the expression of vasotocin/isotocin, gonadotropin-releasing hormone, and tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylase family genes in the medaka brain.

机构信息

Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.

出版信息

Neuroscience. 2012 Aug 30;218:65-77. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.021. Epub 2012 May 17.

Abstract

In teleost fish, sex differences in several behavioral and physiological traits have been assumed to reflect underlying sex differences in the central expression of neurotransmitter/neuromodulator-related molecules, including vasotocin (VT)/isotocin (IT), gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), and tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases (TH and TPH). However, the sex-dependent expression patterns of these molecules have not been fully characterized in the teleost brain. In the present study, we therefore systematically evaluated sex differences in their expression in the medaka (Oryzias latipes) brain. The most prominent sex difference was observed in vt expression in the nucleus posterior tuberis (NPT) and the posterior part of the nucleus ventral tuberis (NVT) in the hypothalamus, where the expression was completely male-specific. Male-biased expression of gnrh1, tph1, and tph2 was also evident in the supracommissural and posterior nuclei of the ventral telencephalic area (Vs/Vp), medial nucleus of the dorsal telencephalic area (Dm), and thalamic dorsal posterior nucleus (DP), respectively. In contrast, the overall expression levels of it and gnrh3 were higher in the female brain than in the male brain. Equally importantly, no conspicuous sex differences were observed in the expression of gnrh2, th1, and th2, despite several previous reports of their sex-biased expression in the brains of other teleost species. Taken together, these data have uncovered previously unidentified sex differences in the expression of VT/IT, GnRH, and TPH in the teleost brain, which may possibly be relevant to sexual dimorphism in some behavioral and/or physiological traits, and have simultaneously highlighted potential species differences in the roles of these molecules.

摘要

在硬骨鱼中,几种行为和生理特征的性别差异被认为反映了神经递质/神经调质相关分子在中枢表达中的潜在性别差异,包括加压素(VT)/催产素(IT)、促性腺激素释放激素(GnRH)以及酪氨酸和色氨酸羟化酶(TH 和 TPH)。然而,这些分子在硬骨鱼脑中的性别依赖性表达模式尚未得到充分描述。在本研究中,我们因此系统地评估了它们在日本青鳉脑中的表达存在性别差异。在视前核腹后核(NPT)和下丘脑腹侧结节核后部(NVT)中观察到最显著的性别差异,VT 在这些区域的表达完全是雄性特异性的。GnRH1、Tph1 和 Tph2 在脑室上核和腹侧前脑区(Vs/Vp)的上矢状核、背侧前脑区(Dm)的内侧核和丘脑背侧后核(DP)的表达也呈现雄性偏倚。相比之下,在雌性大脑中 IT 和 GnRH3 的整体表达水平高于雄性大脑。同样重要的是,尽管先前有报道称在其他硬骨鱼类的大脑中存在这些基因的性别偏倚表达,但在 GnRH2、Th1 和 Th2 的表达中没有观察到明显的性别差异。总的来说,这些数据揭示了 VT/IT、GnRH 和 TPH 在硬骨鱼脑中表达的先前未被识别的性别差异,这可能与某些行为和/或生理特征的性别二态性有关,同时突出了这些分子在不同物种中的潜在作用差异。

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