Functional Study of Four Histone Genes Involved in the Spermatogenesis of Cynoglossus semilaevis

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第一作者： Sun, Xuexue

作者： Sun, Xuexue;Wang, Lijun;Yan, Haipeng;Dong, Zhongdian;Xu, Wenteng;Sun, Xuexue;Li, Zhijie;Wang, Lijun;Yan, Haipeng;Li, Xihong;Wang, Na;Xu, Wenteng

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关键词： Chinese tongue sole; histone; spermatogenesis; histone modification; siRNA knockdown; mass spectral analysis

期刊名称：ANIMALS （ 影响因子：2.7； 五年影响因子：3.2 ）

ISSN： 2076-2615

年卷期： 2025 年 15 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Chinese tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) is an important mariculture fish in China, and female individuals present a growth advantage. However, genetic females (ZW) can sex reverse to phenotypic males, designated pseudomales. The pseudomale shows abnormal spermatogenesis and produces only Z sperm. Histone is pivotal in spermatogenesis, and post-translational modification could regulate its function. A comparison of testis phosphorylated and ubiquitinated proteins revealed 8 and 12 differentially phosphorylated and ubiquitinated histones in the testes of male and pseudomale Chinese tongue soles, respectively, but there was no difference in the translation level of these proteins. We selected four histone genes, h1.1-like, h1.2-like, h3, and h3.3-like, for further analysis. The expression levels of the h1.1-like, h3, and h3.3-like genes reached their highest levels at 2 years post-hatching (yph), and the expression level of h1.2-like reached its highest level at 1.5 years post-hatching (1.5 yph), indicating that its role began during the late stage of gonadal development. Promoter activity verification revealed that the promoters of the h1.1-like, h1.2-like, h3, and h3.3-like genes were located approximately upstream 2000 bp and six histone-related transcription factor sites were predicted. YY1A, YY1B, C-JUN, and JUNB may have negative regulatory effects on h1.1-like, h1.2-like, h3, and h3.3-like; AR and ETS-2 may have positive regulatory effects on h3 and h3.3-like. The ISH results revealed that h1.1-like, h1.2-like, h3, and h3.3-like mRNAs were located mainly in the sperm cells in the testes and the oocytes at various stages in the ovaries. After siRNA knockdown, the expression of dmrt1 in testis cell lines and the expression of tesk1 and neurl3 in males was downregulated, suggesting that the h1.1-like, h1.2-like, h3, and h3.3-like genes may have a negative regulatory role in spermatogenesis. The regulatory role in female fish remains to be explored. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed that histones have an important role in chromosome remodeling. These results provide a genetic basis for the molecular mechanism of gonadal development and spermatogenesis in Chinese tongue sole.

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