The pituitary gland of the European eel reveals massive expression of genes involved in the melanocortin system.

ABSTRACT: Hormones secreted from the pituitary gland regulate important processes such as development, growth and metabolism, reproduction, water balance, and body pigmentation. Synthesis and secretion of pituitary hormones are regulated by different factors from the hypothalamus, but also through feedback mechanisms from peripheral organs, and from the pituitary itself. In the European eel extensive attention has been directed towards understanding the different components of the brain-pituitary-gonad axis, but little is known about the regulation of upstream processes in the pituitary gland. In order to gain a broader mechanistic understanding of the eel pituitary gland, we have performed RNA-seq transcriptome profiling of the pituitary of prepubertal female silver eels. RNA-seq reads generated on

SUBMITTER: Ager-Wick E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3795071 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature