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Örebro Life Science Center,3 Department of Natural Science, Örebro University, SE-70182 Örebro, Sweden
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR),4 University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005–139 Faro, Portugal
Lab IRTA-ICM (CMIMA, CSIC),5 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Center of Aquaculture-IRTA,6 43540 San Carlos de la Rapita, Tarragona, Spain
Reference Center in Aquaculture,7 Generalitat de Catalunya, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Department of Molecular Biology,8 Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
ABSTRACT
The developing oocyte is surrounded by an acellular envelope that is composed of 2–4 isoforms of zona pellucida (ZP) proteins. The ZP proteins comprise the ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, and ZPX isoforms. While ZP1 (ZPB) and ZP3 (ZPC) are present in all species, ZP2 (ZPA) is not found in teleost fish and ZPX is not found in mammals. In the present study, we identify and characterize the ZP1, ZP3 and ZPX isoforms of gilthead seabream. Furthermore, by analyzing the conserved domains, which include the external hydrophobic patch and the internal hydrophobic patch, we show that ZP2 and ZPX are closely related isoforms. ZP proteins are synthesized in either the liver or ovary of most teleosts. Only in rainbow trout has it been shown that zp3 has dual transcription sites. In gilthead seabream, all four mRNA isoforms are transcribed in both the liver and ovary, with zp1a, zp1b, and zp3 being highly expressed in the liver, and zpx being primarily expressed in the ovary. However, determination of the ZP proteins in plasma showed high levels of ZP1b, ZP3, and ZPX, with low or non-detectable levels of ZP1a. In similarity to other teleost ZPs, the hepatic transcription of all four ZP isoforms is under estrogenic control. Previously, we have shown that cortisol can potentiate estrogen-induced ZP synthesis in salmonids, and now we show that this is not the case in the gilthead seabream. The present study shows for the first time the endocrine regulation of a teleost ZPX isoform, and demonstrates the dual-organ transcriptional activities of all the ZP proteins in one species.
corticosterone, cortisol, developmental biology, estradiol, fish, gamete, gene regulation, oocyte development, ovary
2 Correspondence: FAX: 46 19 303566; per-erik.olsson{at}nat.oru.se
1 Supported by European Union (Contract number: Q5RS-2002-00784-CRYOCYTE).
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