Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) androgen receptor: CDNA cloning, tissue-specific expression, and mRNA levels during early development and sex differentiation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-48

  Blázquez, Mercedes ^a   Piferrer, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Dicentrarchus labrax; Gonads; Sea bass; Sex differentiation; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELEOST; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GONADS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 19544367450     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. M.E. Baker Steroid receptor phylogeny and vertebrate origins Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 135 1997 101 107
2. M.E. Baker Evolution of adrenal and sex steroid action in vertebrates: a ligand-based mechanism for complexity Bioessays 25 2003 396 400
3. J. Barrero-Gil, P. Thomas, and F. Piferrer Estrogen binding sites in the ovary of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) Fish Physiol. Biochem. 28 2004 323 324
4. M. Beato Gene-regulation by steroid-hormones Cell 56 1989 335 344
5. M. Blázquez, M. Carrillo, S. Zanuy, and F. Piferrer Sex ratios in offspring of sex reversed sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and their relationship between growth and phenotypic sex differentiation J. Fish Biol. 55 1999 916 930
6. M. Blázquez, and F. Piferrer Cloning, sequence analysis, tissue distribution, and sex-specific expression of the neural form of P450 aromatase in juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 219 2004 83 94
7. M.T. Bocquel, V. Kumar, C. Stricker, P. Chambon, and H. Gronemeyer The contribution of the N- and C-terminal regions of steroid receptors to activation of transcription is both receptor and cell-specific Nucleic Acids Res. 17 1989 2581 2595
8. B. Borg Androgens in teleost fishes Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 109 1994 219 245
9. L. Dalla Valle, L. Lunardi, L. Colombo, and P. Belvedere European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) cytochrome P450arom: cDNA cloning, expression and genomic organization J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 80 2002 25 34
10. A. Di Cosmo, C. Di Cristo, and M. Paolucci A estradiol 17-β receptor in the reproductive system of the female of the Octopus vulgaris: characterization and immunolocalization Mol. Reprod. Dev. 61 2002 367 375
11. V. Douard, M. Robinson-Rechavi, V. Laudet, and Y. Guiguen Molecular evolution of androgen receptors in fish Fish Physiol. Biochem. 28 2004 207 208
12. H. Escrivá, F. Delaunay, and V. Laudet Ligand binding and nuclear receptor evolution Bioessays 22 2000 717 727
13. H. Escrivá, R. Safi, C. Hanni, M.C. Langlois, P. Saumitou-Laprade, D. Stehelin, A. Capron, R. Pierce, and V. Laudet Ligand binding was acquired during evolution of nuclear receptors Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94 1997 6803 6808
14. R.M. Evans The steroid and thyroid hormone receptor superfamily Science 240 1988 889 895
15. J. Felsenstein Confidence limits on phylogenies: an approach using the bootstrap Evolution 39 1985 783 791
16. L. Fischer, D. Catz, and D. Kelley An androgen receptor mRNA isoform associated with hormone-induced cell proliferation Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90 1993 8254 8258
17. L.M. Fischer, D. Catz, and D.B. Kelley Androgen-directed development of the Xenopus laevis larynx: control of androgen receptor expression and tissue differentiation Dev. Biol. 170 1995 115 126
18. M. Galay-Burgos, L. Llewellyn, C.C. Mylonas, A.V. Canario, S. Zanuy, and G.E. Sweeney Analysis of the Sox gene family in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 137 2004 279 284
19. A. González, and F. Piferrer Characterization of aromatase activity in the sea bass: effects of temperature and different catalytic properties of brain and ovarian homogenates and microsomes J. Exp. Zool. 293 2002 500 510
20. S. Halm, G. Martinez-Rodriguez, L. Rodriguez, F. Prat, C.C. Mylonas, M. Carrillo, and S. Zanuy Cloning, characterisation, and expression of three oestrogen receptors (ER alpha, ER beta 1 and ER beta 2) in the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 223 2004 63 75
21. C.L. He, J.L. Du, Y.H. Lee, Y.S. Huang, Y. Nagahama, and C.F. Chang Differential messenger RNA transcription of androgen receptor and estrogen receptor in gonad in relation to the sex change in protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli Biol. Reprod. 69 2003 455 461
22. T. Ikeuchi, T. Todo, T. Kobayashi, and Y. Nagahama cDNA cloning of a novel androgen receptor subtype J. Biol. Chem. 274 1999 25205 25209
23. T. Ikeuchi, T. Todo, T. Kobayashi, and Y. Nagahama Two subtypes of androgen and progestogen receptors in fish testes Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 129 2001 449 455
24. S.J. Kim, K. Ogasawara, J.G. Park, A. Takemura, and M. Nakamura Sequence and expression of androgen receptor and estrogen receptor gene in the sex types of protogynous wrasse, Halichoeres trimaculatus Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 127 2002 165 173
25. M. Kimura The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution 1983 Cambridge University Press Cambridge
26. A. Krust, S. Green, P. Argos, V. Kumar, P. Walter, J.M. Bornert, and P. Chambon The chicken oestrogen receptor sequence: homology with v-erbA and the human oestrogen and glucocorticoid receptors EMBO J. 5 1986 891 897
27. G.V. Lauder, and K.F. Liem The evolution and interrelationships of the actinopterygian fishes Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 150 1983 95 197
28. N.R. Liley, and N.E. Stacey Hormones, pheromones and reproductive behavior in fish W.S. Hoar D.J. Randall Fish Physiology 1983 Academic Press New York 1 63
29. D.J. Mangelsdorf, C. Thummel, M. Beato, P. Herrlich, G. Schutz, K. Umesono, B. Blumberg, P. Kastner, M. Mark, P. Chambon, and R.M. Evans The nuclear receptor superfamily: the second decade Cell 83 1995 835 839
30. S. Miguel-Queralt, G.V. Avvakumov, M. Blazquez, F. Piferrer, and G.L. Hammond Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) sex hormone binding globulin: molecular and biochemical properties and phylogenetic comparison of its orthologues in multiple fish species Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 229 2005 21 29
31. C. Miura, T. Miura, M. Yamashita, K. Yamauchi, and Y. Nagahama Hormonal induction of all stages of spermatogenesis in germ-somatic cell coculture from immature Japanese eel testis Dev. Growth Differ. 38 1996 257 262
32. T. Miura, K. Yamauchi, H. Takahashi, and Y. Nagahama Hormonal induction of all stages of spermatogenesis in vitro in the male japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88 1991 5774 5778
33. Nelson, J.S., 1994. Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.
34. Y. Ogino, H. Katoh, and G. Yamada Androgen dependent development of a modified anal fin, gonopodium, as a model to understand the mechanism of secondary sexual character expression in vertebrates FEBS Lett. 575 2004 119 126
35. M. Papadaki, F. Piferrer, S. Zanuy, E. Maingot, E. Divanach, and C.C. Mylonas Growth, sex differentiation and gonad plasma levels of sex steroids in male- and female-dominant populations of Dicentrarchus labrax obtained through repeated size grading J. Fish Biol. 66 2005 1 19
36. M. Pfahl Nuclear receptor/AP-1 interaction Endocr. Rev. 14 1993 651 658
37. E. Saillant, A. Fostier, B. Menu, P. Haffray, and B. Chatain Sexual growth dimorphism in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax Aquaculture 202 2001 371 387
38. Sokal, R.R., Rohlf, F.J., 1997. Biometry, New York, p. 887.
39. N.W. Soong, and N. Arnheim Quantitative PCR: analysis of rare mitochondrial DNA mutations in central nervous system tissues G. Sarkar Methods in Neurosciences: PCR in Neuroscience 1995 Academic Press Inc. San Diego 105 128
40. T.S. Sperry, and P. Thomas Characterization of two nuclear androgen receptors in Atlantic croaker: comparison of their biochemical properties and binding specificities Endocrinology 140 1999 1602 1611
41. T.S. Sperry, and P. Thomas Identification of two nuclear androgen receptors in kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus) and their binding affinities for xenobiotics: comparison with Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) androgen receptors Biol. Reprod. 61 1999 1152 1161
42. T.S. Sperry, and P. Thomas Androgen binding profiles of two distinct nuclear androgen receptors in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 73 2000 93 103
43. J. Takeo, and S. Yamashita Two distinct isoforms of cDNA encoding rainbow trout androgen receptors J. Biol. Chem. 274 1999 5674 5680
44. J. Takeo, and S. Yamashita Rainbow trout androgen receptor-alpha fails to distinguish between any of the natural androgens tested in transactivation assay, not just 11-ketotestosterone and testosterone Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 117 2000 200 206
45. J.D. Thompson, D.G. Higgins, and T.J. Gibson CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice Nucleic Acids Res. 22 1994 4673 4680
46. J.W. Thornton Evolution of vertebrate steroid receptors from an ancestral estrogen receptor by ligand exploitation and serial genome expansions Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 2001 5671 5676
47. J.W. Thornton, and D.B. Kelley Evolution of the androgen receptor: structure-function implications Bioessays 20 1998 860 869
48. T. Todo, T. Ikeuchi, T. Kobayashi, and Y. Nagahama Fish androgen receptor: cDNA cloning, steroid activation of transcription in transfected mammalian cells, and tissue mRNA levels Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 254 1999 378 383
49. L. Tora, J. White, C. Brou, D. Tasset, N. Webster, E. Scheer, and P. Chambon The human estrogen receptor has two independent nonacidic transcriptional activation functions Cell 59 1989 477 487
50. K. Touhata, M. Kinoshita, Y. Tokuda, H. Toyohara, M. Sakaguchi, Y. Yokoyama, and S. Yamashita Sequence and expression of a cDNA encoding the red seabream androgen receptor Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1450 1999 481 485
51. V.S. Wilson, M.C. Cardon, J. Thornton, J.J. Korte, G.T. Ankley, J. Welch, L.E. Gray, and P.C. Hartig Cloning and in vitro expression and characterization of the androgen receptor and isolation of estrogen receptor alpha from the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 2004 6314 6321