Transcriptional inhibition of steroidogenic factor 1 in vivo in Oreochromis niloticus increased weight and suppressed gonad development

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第一作者： Cao, Zhe-Ming

作者： Cao, Zhe-Ming;Qiang, Jun;Zhu, Jun-Hao;Li, Hong-Xia;Tao, Yi-Fan;He, Jie;Xu, Pao;Dong, Zai-Jie;Qiang, Jun;Xu, Pao

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关键词： Steroidogenic factor 1; Oreochromis niloticus; Antisense RNA; Transcription suppression; Signal pathway

期刊名称：GENE （ 影响因子：3.913； 五年影响因子：3.48 ）

ISSN： 0378-1119

年卷期： 2022 年 809 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Steroidogenic factor 1 (sf1) (officially designated as nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 [NR5A1]) is an important regulator of gonad development. Previous studies on sf1 in fish have been limited to cloning and in vitro expression experiments. In this study, we used antisense RNA to down-regulate sf1 transcription and sf1 protein expression. Down-regulation of sf1 resulted in an increase in body weight and inhibition of gonadal development in both males and females with the consequent lower gonadosomatic index compared to fish in the control group. Hematoxylin-eosin staining of the gonads of fish with down-regulated sf1 revealed fewer seminiferous tubules and sperm in the testis of males. In addition, the oocytes were mainly stage II and many of them were atretic follicle. We conducted comparative transcriptome and proteome analyses between the sf1-downregulated group and the control group. These analyses revealed multiple gene-protein pairs and pathways involved in regulating the observed changes, including 44 and 74 differently expressed genes and proteins in males and females, respectively. The results indicated that dysfunctional retinal metabolism and fatty acid metabolism could be causes of the observed weight gain and gonad abnormalities in sf1-down-regulated fish. These findings demonstrate the feasibility of using antisense RNA for gene editing in fish. This methodology allows the study gene function in species less amenable to gene editing as for example aquaculture species with long life cycles.

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