Project description:Sexual steroids play an important role in gonad maturation in all vertebrates. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating of spermatogenesis in seasonal breeding species are yet poorly understood. In this study we investigated the effects of testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) - a teleost fish specific androgen - on testicular gene expression at the onset of puberty in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.
Project description:The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is one of the most important aquaculture species worlwide. In this study, transcriptional profiling of skin by oligonucleotide microarray was applied to rainbow trout individuals infected with A. salmonicida, to identified enriched genes involved in pathogen response.
Project description:High-throughput proteomics was used to determine the role of the fish liver in defense responses to bacterial infection, done using a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) model following infection with Aeromonas salmonicida, the causative agent of furunculosis. The vertebrate liver has multifaceted roles in innate immunity, metabolism, and growth; we hypothesize this tissue serves a dual function in supporting host defense in parallel to metabolic adjustments that promote effective immune function. While past studies have reported mRNA responses to A. salmonicida in salmonids, the impact of bacterial infectionon the liver proteome remains uncharacterized in fish.
Project description:We constructed a targeted cDNA microarray consisting of 147 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) genes with known function to examine the transcriptional response to a standardized handling stress.
Project description:Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is an important aquaculture fish species that is farmed worldwide, and it is also the most widely cultivated cold water fish in China. This species, a member of the salmonidae family, is an ideal model organism for studying the immune system in fish. Two phenotypes of rainbow trout are widely cultured; wild-type rainbow trout with black skin (WR_S) and yellow mutant rainbow trout with yellow skin (YR_S). Fish skin is an important immune organ, however, little is known about the differences in skin immunity between WR_S and YR_S in a natural flowing water pond aquaculture environment, and very few studies were conducted to investigate the ceRNA mechanism for fish skin.
Project description:Sexual steroids play an important role in gonad maturation in all vertebrates. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating of spermatogenesis in seasonal breeding species are yet poorly understood. In this study we investigated the effects of testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone (11KT) - a teleost fish specific androgen - on testicular gene expression at the onset of puberty in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Rainbow trout 13 months old were used. Immature males (spermatogonia only, stage I-II) were submitted to androgen supplementation by hormone implants for 7 or 14 days. This included : - untreated animal controls (N=14) - animals subjected to testosterone supplementation (0.1mg) for 7 days (N=5) - animals subjected to testosterone supplementation (0.2mg) for 7 days (N=4) - animals subjected to testosterone supplementation (0.2mg) for 14 days (N=5) - animals subjected to 11-ketotestosterone supplementation (0.25mg) for 7 days (N=7). Individual testes were recovered for microarray experiments and histological analyses. Circulating levels of corresponding androgens were also determined.
Project description:The aim of present study is to identify and quantify proteins involved in the events of fertilization and early embryo development using a label-free protein quantification method in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) as an economically important fish species in aquaculture.
Project description:A rapid decline in temperature poses a major challenge for poikilothermic fish. The gene expression of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss having undergone such a cold shock (0 °C) and a control (5 °C) were compared in a microarray-based study.
Project description:In the present work, we evaluated the effects of membrane-initiated cortisol actions in vivo in the proteome of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) skeletal muscle. Quantitative iTRAQ analyses were performed to examine proteomic changes in rainbow trout stimulated with physiological concentrations of cortisol and cortisol-BSA. A total of 873 proteins were identified, among which 38 proteins were commonly and differentially expressed under both conditions. Functional clustering analysis revealed an upregulation of proteins associated with mitochondria, metal-binding and secreted proteins.
Project description:As an important cold-water economic fish species, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exhibits several intra-specific variation in skin pigmentation that can give rise to distinctive phenotypes, and wild-type rainbow trout with black skin (WR) and yellow mutant rainbow trout with yellow skin (YR) are the major two types in the farms, whose distinct skin colors make them suitable model for elucidating the skin pigmentation process. Skin color as a key indicator for selection in rainbow trout farming as well as has a strong visual impact on the consumer when rainbow trout are marketed. Previously, extensive studies have been conducted on skin color in rainbow trout, including the observation of skin spots and the expression analysis of some important pigment genes. However, up to date, no studies have systematically examined the molecular regulation mechanism of skin color difference between WR and YR through a high throughput method. Therefore, the aim of this study was to reveal the molecular regulation mechanism of skin color difference between these two strains at the mRNA and miRNA transcriptome level, and candidate genes, miRNAs and miRNA-mRNA pairs that may be responsible for rainbow trout albinism were obtained.
