Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of Zona Pellucida (ZP) Gene Family in Cynoglossus semilaevis

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第一作者： Zhang, Kaili

作者： Zhang, Kaili;Sha, Zhenxia;Chen, Songlin;Zhang, Kaili;Chen, Zhangfan;Gao, Chengbin;Li, Xihong;Wang, Na;Zhang, Min;Yan, Haipeng;Chen, Songlin;Chen, Zhangfan;Gao, Chengbin;Li, Xihong;Wang, Na;Chen, Songlin

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关键词： zona pellucida; Cynoglossus semilaevis; expression profiles; fertilization; oogenesis

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：4.9； 五年影响因子：5.7 ）

ISSN： 1661-6596

年卷期： 2025 年 26 卷 11 期

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摘要： The Chinese tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) is a commercially important mariculture species; however, its fertilization and hatching rates under artificial conditions remain relatively low. Zona pellucida proteins (ZPs), which mediate sperm-egg binding, were previously identified as differentially expressed genes between newly differentiated ovaries and testes in C. semilaevis. In this study, we identified 25 ZPs of C. semilaevis through genomic analysis and classified them into five subfamilies. All genes possessed a conserved ZP domain, characteristic of the gene family from mammals to teleosts. Among them, nine genes were highly expressed in ovary cells, with the expression levels increasing during ovarian development, while another three genes were predominantly expressed in liver cells. Protein-protein interaction analysis predicted that 12 ZPs interacted with key reproductive regulators such as Gdf9, Arid4a, Arid4b, and Rbl, which were involved in steroidogenesis, sperm-egg recognition, and folliculogenesis. Functional analyses using RNA interference revealed that Cszpc7-1 knockdown in ovarian cells led to the downregulation of cyp19a, esr2, bmp15, and adamts-1, while the expression of rbl, gnas, adgrl1, and adgrl2 was upregulated. In contrast, Cszpax1 knockdown resulted in decreased expression of cyp19a, foxl2, arid4a, and zeb1, along with upregulation of arid4b, ogg1, and gdf9. These results suggested that ZP genes might contribute to ovarian homeostasis by regulating steroid hormone synthesis, follicular development, and ovulation. This study contributed to a deeper understanding of the reproductive mechanisms of C. semilaevis and provided evolutionary insights into the functional divergence of the ZP gene family across teleosts.

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