PUBLICATION
The role of eicosanoids in 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one-induced ovulation and spawning in Danio rerio
- Authors
- Knight, O.M., Van Der Kraak, G.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-150113-16
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- General and comparative endocrinology 213: 50-8 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Van Der Kraak, Glen
- Keywords
- Arachidonic acid, Leukotriene, Maturation-inducing steroid, Prostaglandin, Reproduction, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics
- Female
- Glutathione Transferase/genetics
- Hydroxyprogesterones/pharmacology*
- Male
- Ovary/cytology
- Ovary/drug effects
- Ovary/metabolism
- Ovulation/drug effects*
- Ovulation/physiology
- Phospholipases A2/genetics
- Progestins/pharmacology*
- Prostaglandins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reproduction/drug effects*
- Reproduction/physiology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 25573385 Full text @ Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.
Citation
Knight, O.M., Van Der Kraak, G. (2015) The role of eicosanoids in 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one-induced ovulation and spawning in Danio rerio. General and comparative endocrinology. 213:50-8.
Abstract
This study employed a hormone bioassay to characterize the eicosanoids involved in zebrafish ovulation and spawning, in particular the prostaglandin (PG) products of cyclooxygenase (COX) metabolism and the leukotriene (LT) products of lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolism. Exposure to the teleost progestogen 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20βP) induced ovulation, but not spawning, in solitary females and both ovulation and spawning in male-female pairs. Transcription of the eicosanoid-synthesizing enzymes cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) and COX-2 increased and LTC4 synthase decreased in peri-ovulatory ovaries of 17,20βP-exposed fish. Ovarian PGF2α levels increased post-spawning in 17,20βP-exposed fish, but there was no difference in LTB4 or LTC4. Pre-exposure to cPLA2 or LOX inhibitors reduced 17,20βP-induced ovulation rates, while a COX inhibitor had no effect on ovulation or spawning. Collectively, these findings suggest that eicosanoids, in particular LOX metabolites, mediate 17,20βP-induced ovulation in zebrafish. COX metabolites also appear to be involved in ovulation and spawning but their role remains undefined.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping