Gonadal mRNA Expression Levels of TGFβ Superfamily Signaling Factors Correspond with Post-Hatching Morphological Development in American Alligators
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2010
- 権利情報
-
- https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses
- https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses
- DOI
-
- 10.1159/000277934
- 公開者
- S. Karger AG
この論文をさがす
説明
<jats:p>Paracrine factor signaling regulates many aspects of vertebrate gonadal development. We investigated key ovarian and testicular morphological markers of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) during the first 5 months post-hatching and correlated gonadal development with mRNA expression levels of a suite of regulatory factors. In both sexes, we observed significant morphology changes, including ovarian follicle assembly and meiotic progression of testicular germ cells. Concomitant with these changes were sexually dimorphic and ontogenetically variable mRNA expressions. In ovaries, FOXL2, aromatase, and follistatin mRNA expression was greater than in testes at all ages. At one week after hatching, we observed ovarian medullary remodeling in association with elevated activin/inhibin βA subunit, follistatin, and aromatase mRNA expressions. Three and 5 months following hatching and concomitant with follicle assembly, ovaries showed increased mRNA expression levels of GDF9 and the mitotic factor PCNA. In testes, the activin/inhibin α and βB subunit transcript levels were greater than in ovaries at all ages. Elevated testicular expression of GDF9 mRNA levels at 5 months after hatching aligned with increased spermatogenic activity. We propose that the mRNA expression levels and concomitant morphological changes observed here affect the establishment of alligator reproductive health and later fertility.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
-
- Sexual Development
-
Sexual Development 4 (1-2), 62-72, 2010
S. Karger AG