Cerebral and gonadal aromatase expressions are differently affected during sex differentiation of Pleurodeles waltl

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 717-727

  Kuntz, Sandra ^a   Chesnel, Amand ^a   Flament, Stéphane ^a   Chardard, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULTHOOD; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXON; FEMALE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALAMANDER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GONADS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLEURODELES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 11244283953     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.1.01588     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Baroiller JF & D'Cotta H 2001 Environment and sex determination in farmed fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 130 399-409.
2. Chardard D & Dournon C 1999 Sex reversal by aromatase inhibitor treatment in the newt Pleurodeles waltl. Journal of Experimental Zoology 283 43-50.
3. Chardard D, Desvages G, Pieau C & Dournon C 1995 Aromatase activity in larval gonads of Pleurodeles waltl (Urodele Amphibia) during normal sex differentiation and during sex reversal by thermal treatment effect. General and Comparative Endocrinology 99 100-107.
4. Chardard D, Kuntz S, Chesnel A & Flament S 2003 Effects of androgens on sex differentiation of the urodele Pleurodeles waltl. Journal of Experimental Zoology 296 46-55.
5. Chardard D, Penrad-Mobayed M, Chesnel A, Pieau C & Dournon C 2004 Thermal sex reversals in amphibians. In Temperature Dependent Sex Determination. pp 59-67 Eds N Valenzuela & V Lance. Washington, DC, USA: Smithsonian Institution Press.
6. Crews D 1996 Temperature dependent sex determination: the interplay of steroid hormones and temperature. Zoological Science 13 1-13.
7. Crews D, Bergeron JM, Bull JJ, Flores D, Tousignant A, Skipper JK & Wibbels T 1994 Temperature dependent sex determination in reptiles: proximate mechanisms, ultimate outcomes and practical applications. Developmental Genetics 15 297-312.
8. D'Cotta H, Fostier A, Guiguen Y, Govoroun M & Baroiller JF 2001 Aromatase plays a key role during normal and temperature-induced sex differentiation of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. Molecular Reproduction and Development 59 265-276.
9. Dournon C & Houillon C 1985 Thermosensibilité de la différenciation sexuelle chez l'Amphibien Urodè le, Pleurodeles waltlii Michah. Conditions pour obtenir l'inversion du phénotype sexuel de toutes les femelles géné tiques sous l'action de la température d'élevage. Reproduction Nutrition Développement 25 671-688.
10. Dufaure JP 1966 Recherches descriptives et expérimentales sur les modalités et facteurs du développement de l'appareil génital chez le lézard vivipare (Lacerta vivipara, Jacquin) Archives d'Anatomie, Microscopie, Morphologie Expérimentale 55 437-537.
11. Elbrecht A & Smith RG 1992 Aromatase enzyme activity and sex determination in chickens. Science 255 467-470.
12. Gallien L 1962 Comparative activity of sexual steroids and genetic constitution in sexual differentiation of amphibian embryos. General and Comparative Endocrinology Suppl 1 346-355.
13. Gallien L & Durocher M 1957 Table chronologique du développement chez Pleurodeles waltl. Bulletin Biologique France et Belgique 91 97-114.
14. Hayes T 1998 Sex determination and primary sex differentiation in amphibians: genetic and developmental mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Zoology 281 373-399.
15. Hutchison JB, Beyer C, Hutchison RE & Wozniak A 1997 Sex differences in the regulation of embryonic brain aromatase. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 61 315-322.
16. Jeyasuria P & Place A 1998 Embryonic brain-gonadal axis in temperature-dependent sex determination of reptiles: a role for P450 aromatase (CYP19). Journal of Experimental Zoology 281 428-449.
17. Kishida M & Callard GV 2001 Distinct cytochrome P450 aromatase isoforms in zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain and ovary are differentially programmed and estrogen regulated during early development. Endocrinology 142 740-750.
18. Kuntz S, Chardard D, Chesnel A, Grillier-Vuissoz I & Flament S 2003a Steroids, aromatase and sex diffierentiation of the newt Pleurodeles waltl. Cytogenetics and Genome Research 101 283-288.
19. Kuntz S, Chesnel A, Duterque-Coquillaud M, Grillier-Vuissoz I, Callier M, Dournon C, Flament S & Chardard D 2003b Differential expression of P450 aromatase during gonadal sex differentiation and sex reversal of the newt Pleurodeles waltl. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 84 89-100.
20. Milnes MR, Roberts RN & Guillette LJ 2002 Effects of incubation temperature and estrogen exposure on aromatase activity in the brain and gonads of embryonic alligators. Environment and Health Perspectives 110 (Suppl 3) 393-396.
21. Moreno-Mendoza N, Harley VR & Merchant Larios H 2001 Temperature regulates SOX9 expression in cultured gonads of Lepidochelys olivacea, a species with temperature sex determination. Developmental Biology 229 319-326.
22. Pieau C, Dorizzi M & Richard-Mercier N 2001 Temperature-dependent sex determination and gonadal differentiation in reptiles. In EXS91 Genes and Mechanisms in Vertebrate Sex Determination, pp 117-141. Eds G Scherer & M Schmid M. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhauser.
23. Place AR, Lang J, Gavasso S & Jeyasuria P 2001 Expression of P450 arom in Malaclemys terrapin and Chelydra serpentina: a tale of two sites. Journal of Experimental Zoology 290 673-690.
24. Raynaud A 1962 Le développement de l'embryon d'orvet (Anguis fragilis L.) décapité à un stade précoce. Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Acadé mie des Sciences de Paris 255 3041-3043.
25. Salame-Mendez A, Herrera-Munoz J, Moreno-Mendoza N & Merchant-Larios H 1998 Response of diencephalon but not the gonad to female-promoting temperature with elevated estradiol levels in the sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea. Journal of Experimental Zoology 280 304-313.
26. Simpson ER, Mahendroo MS, Means GD, Kilgore MW, Hinshelwood MN, Graham-Lorence S, Amarneh B, Ito Y, Fisher CR, Michael MD, Mendelson CR & Bulun SE 1994 Aromatase cytochrome P450, the enzyme responsible for estrogen biosynthesis. Endocrine Reviews 15 342-355.
27. Smith CA & Joss JM 1994 Steroidogenic enzyme activity and ovarian differentiation in the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 93 232-245.
28. Smith CA, Elf PK, Lang JW & Joss JMP 1995 Aromatase enzyme activity during gonadal sex differentiation in alligator embryos. 58 281-290.
29. Tchoudakova A & Callard GV 1998 Identification of multiple CYP19 genes encoding different cytochrome P450 aromatase isozymes in brain and ovary. Endocrinology 139 2179-2189.
30. Thomas EO, Licht P, Wibbels T & Crews D 1992 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity associated with sexual differentiation in embryos of the turtle Trachemys scripta. Biology of Reproduction 46 140-145.
31. Tsai CL, Chang SL, Wang LH & Chao TY 2003 Temperature influences the ontogenic expression of aromatase and estrogen receptor mRNA in the developing tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 15 97-102.
32. Willingham E, Baldwin R, Skipper JK & Crews D 2000 Aromatase activity during embryogenesis in the brain and adrenal-kidney-gonad of the red-eared slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. General and Comparative Endocrinology 119 202-207.
33. Zaborski P 1986 Temperature and estrogen dependent changes of sex phenotype and HY antigen expression in gonads of a newt. In Progress in Developmental Biology, Part A, pp 163-169. Alan R Liss, Inc.