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KMID : 0381120100320060583
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Genes and Genomics
2010 Volume.32 No. 6 p.583 ~ p.591
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Molecular cloning of GnRH1 gene and GTH cDNAs of the protogynous longtooth grouper, Epinephelus bruneus
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Hyeon Kyeong-Man
Jeong Hyung-Bok
Lim Bong-Soo
Hur Sung-Pyo
Lee Young-Don
Park Ji-Gweon
Kim Se-Jae
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Abstract
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In teleosts, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin hormone (GTH) play important roles in regulating gonadal development and maturation. In Southeast Asia, the longtooth grouper, Epinephelus bruneus, is a commercially important aquaculture fish. In this study, we cloned and characterized the longtooth grouper GnRH1 gene and cDNAs of three gonadotropin subunits (GTHα, FSHβ, LHβ). The GnRH1 gene of longtooth grouper was 4, 032 bp long, and contained four exons, 61, 151, 99, and 423 bp long. GTHα, FSHβ, and LHβ cDNAs were 509, 576, and 579 bp, respectively. Phylogenetic and Southern hybridization analyses revealed that the longtooth grouper GTH subunits were evolutionarily close to those of groupers and are one-copy genes. RT-PCR analyses showed that GTH subunit mRNAs were expressed at a higher level in the pituitary glands of immature fish than in those of mature fish, suggesting a role in gonadal maturation.
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KEYWORD
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Epinephelus bruneus, Gonadotropin hormone (GTH), Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), Longtooth grouper
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