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ArticleJournal of molecular evolution2007

Characterization of the cDNAs encoding three GnRH forms in the pejerrey fish Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes) and the evolution of GnRH precursors.

Leonardo G Guilgur, Guillermo Ortí, Pablo H Strobl-Mazzulla, Juan I Fernandino, Leandro A Miranda, Gustavo M Somoza

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Leonardo G GuilgurLaboratorio de Ictiofisiología y Acuicultura, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús CONICET-UNSAM, C.C. 164 B7130IWA, Chascomús, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guillermo Ortí
Pablo H Strobl-Mazzulla
Juan I Fernandino
Leandro A Miranda
Gustavo M Somoza
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARInstituto Tecnológico de Chascomús · ARNational University of General San Martín · ARUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

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Abstract

Most vertebrates express two gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) variants in brain tissue but there is an increasing number of fish species for which a third GnRH form has been detected. We characterized the precursors (cDNAs) of all three forms expressed in the brain of the pejerrey (silverside) fish, Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes): type I (GnRH-I; 440 bp), type II (GnRH-II; 529 bp), and type III (GnRH-III; 515 bp). The expression of these GnRHs precursors was also observed in peripheral tissues related to reproduction (gonads), visual and chemical senses (eye and olfactory epithelium), and osmoregulation (gill), suggesting that in teleost fish and possibly other vertebrates GnRH mediates directly or indirectly many other functions besides reproduction. We also present a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis including representatives of all chordate GnRH precursors characterized to date that supports the idea of two main paralogous GnRH lineages with different function. A "forebrain lineage" separates evolutionarily from the "midbrain lineage" as a result of an ancient duplication (ca. 600 million years ago). A third, fish-only clade of GnRH genes seems to have originated before the divergence of fish and tetrapods but retained only in fish. Phylogenetic analyses of GnRH precursors (DNA and protein sequences) under different optimality criteria converge on this result. Although alternative scenarios could not be statistically rejected in this study due to the relatively short size of the analyzed molecules, this hypothesis also receives support from chromosomal studies of synteny around the GnRH genes in vertebrates.

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Evolution, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBrainCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryFishesGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneLikelihood FunctionsModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataOrgan SpecificityPhylogenyDNA, ComplementaryGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneProtein IsoformsProtein Precursors

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