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Effects of Steroid Hormones for Sexual Reproduction of Rotifer, Brachionus rotundiformis

Rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis의 유성생식에 관한 스테로이드 호르몬의 영향

  • Lee, Kyun-Woo (Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology)
  • Received : 2019.09.05
  • Accepted : 2019.10.04
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

We studied the effect of several sex-related steroid hormones (serotonin, progesterone and ${\beta}$-estradiol) for 6 days on the induction of sexual reproduction for the mass production of resting eggs in the marine rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis. The highest mix rate of 20.6% appeared with the ${\beta}$-estradiol ($E_2$) treatment on the third day. The number of resting eggs was highest with $E_2$ treatment, followed by that of the serotonin treatment group. In addition, we investigated the effect of the hormones on the expression pattern of the genes related to sexual reproduction in the rotifer. NrbP, SRY, Cyclin and MrpmB genes were up-regulated with all the hormone treatments. As a result, ${\beta}$-estradiol was more effective than the other hormone treatments to produce resting eggs in B. rotundiformis. We suggest that the sexual reproduction-related genes in the rotifer are the NrbP, SRY, Cyclin and MrpmB genes. Further study is required to determine the optimum concentration of $E_2$ for the effective production of resting eggs in the rotifer.

본 연구는 rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis의 유성생식을 유도하기 위해 효과적인 매개물질로 몇 가지 성 steroid hormone (serotonin, progesterone 및 ${\beta}$-estradiol)을 선정하여 농도별(Low, 30 mg/L 및 High, 300 mg/L)로 내구란 생산효과를 6일 동안 배양하면서 조사하였다. 배양 3일째 ${\beta}$-estradiol ($E_2$) 처리구가 다른 실험구에 비해 유성생식률이 20.6%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 배양 6일째 내구란 생산수(106 개)도 동일한 결과를 보였으며 다음으로는 serotonin이 높게 나타났다. 더하여, 위 스테로이드 호르몬이 몇 가지 유성생식관련 유전자의 발현에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사한 결과, NrbP, SRY, Cyclin 및 MrpmB 유전자가 처리한 모든 hormone에 대해 up-regulation되는 경향을 보였다. 결과를 종합해보면, B. rotundiformis의 내구란 생산에 가장 효과적인 steroid hormone은 ${\beta}$-estradiol인 것으로 판단되며 유성생식 관련 유전자로 NrbP, SRY, MrpmrB 및 Cyclin을 제안할 수 있다. 차후 효과적인 내구란 생산을 위한 $E_2$의 최적 처리농도규명에 관한 추가 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

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