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Gene Structure and Estrogen-Responsive mRNA Expression of a Novel Choriogenin H Isoform from a Marine Medaka Oryzias dancena

  • Lee, Sang Yoon (Department of Marine Bio-Materials and Aquaculture, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Dong Soo (Department of Marine Bio-Materials and Aquaculture, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Nam, Yoon Kwon (Department of Marine Bio-Materials and Aquaculture, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2012.05.14
  • Accepted : 2012.08.30
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

The marine medaka Oryzias dancena choriogenin H gene (odChgH) and its mRNA expression during estradiol-$17{\beta}$ (E2) exposure were characterized. At the amino acid level, the choriogenin H protein is predicted to possess the conserved repetitive N-terminal region, as well as zona pellucida (ZP) and Trefoil factor family (TFF) domains. At the genomic level, odChgH has an eight-exon organization with a distribution pattern of transcription factor binding sites in the 5'-upstream region, which is commonly found in other estrogen-responsive genes. The tissue distribution pattern of odChgH mRNA was found to be gender-specific, whereby females showed a higher expression level and wider tissue distribution than did males. During embryonic development, odChgH mRNA was robustly detected from the stage of visceral blood vessel formation. Experimental E2 exposure of males resulted in odChgH mRNA being induced not only in the liver, but also in other several tissues. The E2-mediated induction was fairly dose-dependent. The basal expression levels of hepatic odChgH mRNA were lower in males that were acclimated to 30 ppt salinity than in those acclimated to 0 or 15 ppt salinity. In contrast, the inducibility of odChgH mRNA during E2 exposure was greater in seawater-acclimated fish than in brackish water- or freshwater-acclimated fish.

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