PUBLICATION
LH signaling induced ptgs2a expression is required for ovulation in zebrafish
- Authors
- Tang, H., Liu, Y., Li, J., Li, G., Chen, Y., Yin, Y., Guo, Y., Cheng, C.H., Liu, X., Lin, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170304-8
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 447: 125-133 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Chen, Yu, Liu, Xiaochun
- Keywords
- LH, Ovulation, PG, Ptgs, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Chorionic Gonadotropin/pharmacology
- Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics
- Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism*
- Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Humans
- Luteinizing Hormone/pharmacology*
- Oocytes/cytology
- Oocytes/drug effects
- Oocytes/metabolism
- Ovarian Follicle/drug effects
- Ovarian Follicle/metabolism
- Ovulation/drug effects*
- Signal Transduction*/drug effects
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 28254490 Full text @ Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.
Citation
Tang, H., Liu, Y., Li, J., Li, G., Chen, Y., Yin, Y., Guo, Y., Cheng, C.H., Liu, X., Lin, H. (2017) LH signaling induced ptgs2a expression is required for ovulation in zebrafish. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 447:125-133.
Abstract
It is well known that ovulation is induced by luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. However, the down-stream factors that mediating LH surge induced ovulation are less clear. The cyclooxygenases (also known as PTGS) as key enzymes for prostaglandins synthesis appear to be important for ovulation in mammals, but their functional roles and molecular mechanism in regulation of fish ovulation are largely unexplored. In this study, we have systematically investigated the expression, regulation and functional roles of cox genes during zebrafish ovulation. Three types of cox genes including ptgs1, ptgs2a and ptgs2b have been identified in zebrafish. The ptgs2a was dominantly expressed in the ovary with a maximal level at the maturation stage of the follicles. In addition, the ptgs2a expression is up-regulated by LH signaling in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, co-injection of a selective Ptgs2 inhibitor and non-selective Ptgs inhibitor with hCG could significantly block the stimulatory effect of hCG induced ovulation in vivo. Collectively, our findings indicate that LH signaling induced ptgs2a expression is required for ovulation in zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping