Characterization and expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and MLN64 cDNAs in trout.

Abstract:

:Complementary DNA-encoding proteins with high homology to steroidogenic acute regulatory proteins (StAR) of mammals were cloned from rainbow trout head kidney and a mixture of several brook trout tissues. A cDNA encoding an MLN64 homolog was also cloned from brook trout. The C-terminal domains of rainbow trout StAR and brook trout StAR were very highly conserved compared with StAR of mammals. In rainbow trout, Northern and RT-PCR analyses showed abundant StAR transcripts in head kidney, ovary, and testis, and weaker signals were found in intestine, pyloric caeca, spleen, and kidney. Brief acute stress resulted in elevated plasma cortisol levels and a 2-fold increase in rainbow trout StAR transcripts in head kidneys sampled 3 h after exposure to the stressor. In brook trout, StAR transcripts were detected only in known steroidogenic tissues. Ovarian brook trout StAR mRNA was not seen until the onset of final maturation. Its abundance increased during germinal vesicle breakdown, peaked during and just following ovulation, and decreased by 2 wk post ovulation. Brook trout MLN64 transcripts were found in all tissues tested, and transcript abundance in ovarian samples did not vary during final oocyte maturation and ovulation. Both StAR structure and function appear to be highly conserved throughout the vertebrates.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Kusakabe M,Todo T,McQuillan HJ,Goetz FW,Young G

doi

10.1210/endo.143.6.8672

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-06-01 00:00:00

pages

2062-70

issue

6

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

143

pub_type

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