• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.183-193
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• 2015

Several transgenic marine medaka Oryzias dancena strains harboring a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter construct regulated by an endogenous ${\beta}$-actin promoter were established and their expression characteristics in relation to transgene copy numbers were examined in 21 transgene genotypes. Most of the transgenic strains displayed transgene insertion patterns typical of microinjection-mediated introduction of foreign DNA into fish embryos, characterized by the random integration of multiple transgene copies (ranging from 1 - 282 copies per cell), often accompanied by the formation of concatemer(s), as assessed by genomic Southern blot hybridization analysis and qPCR. Transgenic strains showed ubiquitous and continued temporal and spatial expression patterns of the transgenic GFP during most of their life cycle, from the embryonic stage to adulthood, enabling assessment of the expression pattern of the endogenous ${\beta}$-actin gene. However, a comparative evaluation of transgene copy numbers and expression levels showed that copy number-dependent expression, the stability of the ubiquitous distribution and expression efficiency per transgene copy varied among the transgenic strains. Fluorescence expression levels were positively correlated with absolute transgene copy numbers, whereas the expression efficiency per transgene copy was inversely related to the number of transgene integrant copies. Data from this study will guide the selection of potentially desirable transgenic strains with ubiquitous expression of a fluorescent transgene, not only in this marine medaka species but also in other related model fish species.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.331-347
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• 2016

Sexual dimorphism is the most conspicuous difference between the sexes. This study examines possible sexual dimorphism and the relative growth patterns of morphometric characteristics in the marine medaka, Oryzias dancena for their potential to help differentiate between males and females of this species. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated by a non-linear regression method were $L_{\infty}=30.2mm$, K=3.22/year, and ${\tau}_0=-0.05$. All 18 characteristics measured showed a difference between males and females from 70 days after hatching. Each of these characteristics were significantly different between sexes (ANCOVA, P<0.05), and the ratio of standard length between sexes showed that males were larger than females for all five morphometric measurements. Fin length measurements were taken for 21 distances of anal fin and 7 distances of dorsal fin between landmarks. There were all differences for all dorsal fin rays between the males and the females and there is significant difference in 70 days after their hatch when the sexual dimorphism is presented. The significant difference (P<0.05) in fin ray for male and female was more greatly seen as they grow. Male marine medaka showed more rapid growth than females, with longer length, dorsal fins and anal fins. Differences in these characteristics will be useful during experiments when it is necessary to differentiate between sexes of marine medaka.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2015

To examine the interrelationship between transgenic insertion patterns and transgene expression profiles in established transgenic fish lines, four stable transgenic marine medaka Oryzias dancena germlines harboring ${\beta}$-actin regulator-driven RFP reporter constructs were selected. The established transgenic strains were characterized with regard to their transgenic genotypes (insertion pattern, concatemer formation, and transgene copy number based on genomic Southern blot hybridization and qPCR assay) and expression characteristics at the mRNA (qRT-PCR), protein (western blot), and phenotypic (fluorescent appearance) levels. From comparative examinations, it was found that transgenic expression at both the transcription and translation levels could be significantly downregulated in transgenic strains, potentially through methylation-mediated transgene silencing that was particularly associated with the formation of a long tail-to-head tandem concatemer in the chromosomal integration site(s). When this occurred, an inverse relationship between the transgene copy number and fluorescence intensity was observed in the resultant transgenic fish. However, with the other transgenic genotype, transgenic individuals with an identical Southern blot hybridization pattern, containing a tandem concatemer(s), had very different expression levels (highly robust vs. low expression strengths), which was possibly related to the differential epigenetic modifications and/or degrees of methylation. The concatemer-dependent downregulation of transgene activity could be induced in transgenic fish, but the overall pattern was strain-specific. Our data suggest that neither a low (or single) transgene copy number nor tandem transgene concatemerization is indicative of strong or silenced transgene expression in transgenic fish carrying a ubiquitous transgene. Hence, a sufficient number of transgenic lineages, with different genotypes, should be considered to ensure the establishment of the best-performance transgenic line(s) for practical applications.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.333-344
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• 2019

In vertebrate reproductive system, estrogen receptor (ER) plays a pivotal role in mediation of estrogenic signaling pathways. In the present study, we report the cDNA cloning, expression analysis, and transcriptional activity of ERβ1 subtype from medaka Oryzias dancena. The deduced O. dancena ERβ1 (odERβ1; 519 amino acids) contained six characteristic A/B to E/F domains with very short activation function 2 region (called AF2). A phylogenetic analysis indicated that odERβ1 was highly conserved among teleost ERβ1 subgroup. A conventional RT-PCR revealed that the odERβ1 transcripts were widely distributed in the multiple tissues, the ovary, brain, gill, intestine, kidney, and muscle. Further, the relatively higher odERβ1 expressions in the ovary and brain were clearly reproduced in RT-qPCR assay. When HA-fused odERβ1 expression vector was transfected into HEK293 cells, an immunoreactivity for odERβ1 was mainly detected in the nucleus part. Finally, an estrogen responsive element driven luciferase reporter assays demonstrated that the transcriptional activity of odERβ1 significantly increased by estradiol-17β (E2) in a dose dependent manner (p<0.05). However, fold-activation of odERβ1 in the presence of E2 was markedly weak, when it compared with those of O. latipes ERβ1. Taken together, these data suggest that odERβ1 represents a functional variant of teleost ERβ subtype and provides a basic tool allowing future studies examining the function of F domain of ERβ1 subtype and expanding our knowledge of ERβ evolution.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.221-231
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• 2012

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.

• 환경생물
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.293-303
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• 2005

송사리(Oryzias latipes)는 한국, 일본 및 중국 등을 포함하는 동북아시아에 분포하는 어종으로. 주로 담수계 독성 실험용 표준시험생물로 이용되고 있다. 본 연구는 담수에 주로 분포하는 송사리가 marine receiving water, 공극수 또는 해양투기물질과 같은 해수의 생태독성평가를 위한 표준시험생물로서 가능성을 구명하기 위하여 염분 내성 및 표준독성물질을 이용한 민감도 실험을 수행하였다. 송사리의 염분 내성을 구명하기 위하여 다양한 염분에서 사망률, 성장률 및 부화율 실험을 실시하였다. 담수에서 산란 및 수정이 이루어진 개체를 이용하여 $0\~35$psu 구간에서 부화율 실험을 실시한 결과, 전 염분구간에서 대조구(Opsu)와 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(p=0.24). 반면 담수에서 부화된 자어는 염분이 25psu를 초과할 경우 사망률이 급증하였으나, 담수에서 산란, 수정되어 기수에서(13.8및 14.2psu)부화된 자어는 전염분 구간에서 약 $90\%$ 이상 생존하였다. 또한 기수에서 부화된 자어의 성장률(체장) 역시 염분에 따른 차이가 없었다(p=0.64, p=0.32). 염분 별로 노출된 송사리 자어의 아가미 조직의 염세포 출현율을 검경한 결과,고염분에서 염세포 출현이 급증하여 송사리의 염분 적응력은 매우 높은 것으로 사료된다. Zinc chloride를 이용한 표준물질독성실험 결과 송사리 자어의 96시간 $LC_{50}=8.84\;mg\;L^{-1}$로 북미에서 널리 이용되는 Cyprinodon variegatus(Sheepshead minnow)보다 민감한 반응을 보였으며, 타 표준시험생물과도 유사한 민감도를 보였다 따라서 송사리는 생태독성실험에 주로 이용되는 부화율과 자어 사망률을 이용한 해수 생태독성 실험에 매우 유용한 실험생물이며, 담수, 기수 및 해수의 독성실험에 포괄적으로 이용될 수 있는 생태 독성 평가용 실험생물로 판단된다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2013

The development of species-specific fish cell lines has become a valuable tool for biological research. In recent years, marine medaka Oryzias dancena has been recognized as a good experimental model fish but there are no reports of establishment of cell lines from this fish. In this study, two cell lines from O. dancena blastula embryos were established from 41 total trials (4.9%). The two cell lines displayed typical in vitro morphology and have been cultured for >121 passages, which corresponds to 293 days. The doubling times of the cell lines were 29.84 and 28.59 h, respectively, and both possessed the potential to expand in a clonal manner, albeit with significant differences between the two cell lines. The absence of any of the four main medium supplements; i.e., fish serum, fetal bovine serum, basic fibroblast growth factor, and medaka embryo extract, significantly inhibited growth. The proportion of cells possessing normal chromosome number was 45% and 46.7% of the cell lines, respectively. Taken together, two cell lines that proliferate continuously were established from marine medaka and these cell lines may provide a basic tool for characterizing the unique features of this fish species.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.220-226
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• 2012

본 연구는 해산송사리, Oryzias dancena의 산란행위를 분석하여 인공산란 기술 개발에 그 목적이 있다. 실험 사육수조에서 관찰한 결과, 실험 시작 후 모든 수컷이 각자 목표로 한 암컷을 쫓아감과 동시에, 상대적으로 큰 수컷이 작은 수컷의 생식공을 공격하여 축출하는 행동(biting, expelling)을 보였다. 이후, 수컷은 암컷과 나란히 유영하며 구애행동을 보였으며, 뒷지느러미와 등지느러미를 이용해 암컷의 어체를 감싸고 방란 및 방정한 결과, 수정난은 암컷의 생식공 부근에 부착되어 있었다. 수컷이 covering 하는 동안 암컷이 재빨리 앞으로 유영하는 행동을 많은 빈도로 관찰하였는 바, 이는 암컷이 수컷의 구애행동을 거절하는 경우라고 사료된다. 총 빈도 81%의 산란행동 요인 2가지를 분석한 결과(P<0.05), 요인 1 (biting, expelling)은 암컷을 차지하기 위한 수컷의 방어 행동으로 총 빈도의 23.1%였으며(P<0.05), 요인 2 (chasing, parallel swimming, covering, reject)는 산란을 위한 행동으로 총 빈도의 59.7%를 차지하였다(P<0.05). 본 결과는 해산송사리 종 보존의 기본적 생물학적 자료 제공과 아울러 인공산란 기법에 유용한 자료로 쓰일 것이다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2013

Some fish live in aquatic environments with low or temporally changing $O_2$ availability. Variation in dissolved oxygen (DO) levels requires behavioral, physiological, and biochemical adaptations to ensure the uptake of sufficient $O_2$. Several species are relatively well adapted to tolerate low $O_2$ partial pressures (hypoxia). The medaka (Oryzias dancena ) is an important model organism for biomedical research that shows remarkable tolerance to hypoxia. We investigated the regulation and role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-$1{\alpha}$) as a general hypoxia-response gene and stanniocalcin-2 (STC2), which is one of the genes regulated by HIF-$1{\alpha}$ in mammals under hypoxia. We subjected adult male medaka to the following three acute hypoxia regimes: 1, 24, and 72 h at DO = $1.8{\pm}0.5$ ppm. The changes in STC2 and HIF-$1{\alpha}$ mRNA were monitored using quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR. We found strong upregulation of HIF-$1{\alpha}$ mRNA in the livers of fish exposed to hypoxia. Hypoxia rapidly upregulated STC-2 mRNA expression in muscle, but not in the brain, gills, liver, or intestine. Therefore, unlike in mammals, hypoxia might regulate O. dancena STC-2 expression in an HIF-$1{\alpha}$-independent manner.

• 환경생물
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.735-740
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• 2019

해산송사리, Oryzias dancena 2배체와 유도 3배체 각 조직에서의 세포주기를 비교, 분석하였다. G₁, S, G₂+M기의 분포 빈도에서 꼬리지느러미인 경우 2배체에서는 85.8%, 7.6% 및 6.9%이었으며 유도 3배체에서는 91.2%, 3.6% 및 5.2%이었다. 간 조직인 경우 2배체에서는 78.4%, 10.6%, 및 11.0%이었으며 유도 3배체는 86.2%, 5.9% 및 7.9%이었다. 아가미 조직인 경우 2배체에서는 79.3%, 9.4% 및 11.3%이었으며 유도 3배체는 85.7%, 5.4% 및 8.9%이었다. 2배체와 유도 3배체에서 조직 간 세포 주기 빈도에서 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). Mitosis (체세포분열)은 유도 3배체에 비해 2배체가 더욱 활성이 있었으며, 이러한 체세포분열은 2배체와 유도 3배체 모두에서 꼬리지느러미 조직 보다는 간 조직과 아가미 조직에서 더욱 왕성하였다.