Molecular cloning, tissue distribution, and ontogeny of gonadotropin-releasing hormone III gene (GnRH-III) in half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xiaosu ZhouQuanqi Zhang

Abstract

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is a neuropeptide that plays a vital role in hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad (HPG) axis. In the present study, the GnRH-III gene was isolated from half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis). In the 1160 bp genomic sequence, four exons, three introns, and 5'-/3'-flanking sequences were identified. The putative peptide was 92 residues long, including a putative signal peptide containing 23 amino acids, the GnRH decapeptide, a proteolytic cleavage site of three amino acids and a GnRH associated peptide of 56 amino acids. The overall amino acid sequence of C. semilaevis GnRH-III (csGnRH-III) was highly conserved with other teleost GnRH-III genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed the evolutionary relationships of csGnRH-III with other known GnRH genes. A 320 bp promoter sequence of the csGnRH-III was also analyzed, and several potential regulatory motifs were identified which were conserved in the GnRH promoters of other teleosts. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated csGnRH-III was expressed only in brain and gonads. In C. semilaevis, the csGnRH-III transcript was maternally deposited and appeared to be developmentally regulated during embryogenesis and early larval development. Comparin...Continue Reading

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