Quantification of prolactin (PRL) and PRL receptor messenger RNA in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) after treatment with estradiol-17beta. | - CCMAR -

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TítuloQuantification of prolactin (PRL) and PRL receptor messenger RNA in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) after treatment with estradiol-17beta.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsJ Cavaco, EB, Santos, CRA, Ingleton, PM, Canario, AVM, Power, DM
Year of Publication2003
JournalBiol Reprod
Volume68
Questão2
Date Published2003 Feb
Pagination588-94
ISSN0006-3363
Palavras-chaveAnimals, Estradiol, Gonads, Immunohistochemistry, Prolactin, Receptors, Prolactin, RNA, Messenger, Sea Bream
Abstract

Prolactin (PRL) in fish is considered to be an osmoregulatory hormone, although some studies suggest that it may influence the production of steroid hormones in the gonads. The objective of the present study was to establish if PRL is involved in reproduction of the gilthead seabream-a protandrous hermaphrodite. Adult and juvenile gilthead seabream received implants of estradiol-17beta (E(2)) for 1 wk during the breeding season, and the mRNA expressions of PRL and PRL receptor (sbPRLR) were determined. Northern blot analysis revealed a single pituitary PRL transcript, the expression of which was significantly reduced by E(2) treatment in adults but significantly increased in juvenile fish. In adult gonads, four sbPRLR transcripts of 1.1, 1.3, 1.9, and 2.8 kilobases were observed. A competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was developed and used to determine how E(2) treatment alters expression of the gonadal sbPRLR gene. Seabream PRLR was detectable in all samples analyzed by this assay. Levels of sbPRLR mRNA increased significantly (50-fold) after E(2) treatment in adults, but a 24-fold decrease was measured in juveniles. Immunohistochemistry using specific polyclonal antibodies raised against an oligopeptide from the extracellular domain of sbPRLR detected the receptor in spermatogonia and oocytes. Taken together, the preceding results suggest that in the seabream, PRL may act on both testis and ovary via its receptor and that the stage of maturity influences this process. The full characterization and relative importance of the different transcripts of sbPRLR in eliciting the action of PRL in the gonads remain to be elucidated.

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Alternate JournalBiol. Reprod.
PubMed ID12533423
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