Genome-Wide Identification of Vitellogenin Gene Family and Comparative Analysis of Their Involvement in Ovarian Maturation in Exopalaemon carinicauda

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第一作者： Wang, Jiajia

作者： Wang, Jiajia;Tang, Shuai;Wang, Qiong;He, Yuying;Ren, Xianyun;Li, Jian;Li, Jitao;Wang, Jiajia;Ge, Qianqian;Wang, Qiong;He, Yuying;Ren, Xianyun;Li, Jian;Li, Jitao

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关键词： vitellogenin; ovarian development; vitellogenesis; hepatopancreas

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：5.6； 五年影响因子：6.2 ）

ISSN： 1661-6596

年卷期： 2024 年 25 卷 2 期

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摘要： Vitellogenin (Vtg) is a precursor of yolk proteins in egg-laying vertebrates and invertebrates and plays an important role in vitellogenesis and embryonic development. However, the Vtg family remains poorly characterized in Exopalaemon carinicauda, a major commercial mariculture species found along the coasts of the Yellow and Bohai Seas. In this study, 10 Vtg genes from the genomes of E. carinicauda were identified and characterized. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the Vtg genes in crustaceans could be classified into four groups: Astacidea, Brachyra, Penaeidae, and Palaemonidae. EcVtg genes were unevenly distributed on the chromosomes of E. carinicauda, and a molecular evolutionary analysis showed that the EcVtg genes were primarily constrained by purifying selection during evolution. All putative EcVtg proteins were characterized by the presence of three conserved functional domains: a lipoprotein N-terminal domain (LPD_N), a domain of unknown function (DUF1943), and a von Willebrand factor type D domain (vWD). All EcVtg genes exhibited higher expression in the female hepatopancreas than in other tissues, and EcVtg gene expression during ovarian development suggested that the hepatopancreas is the main synthesis site in E. carinicauda. EcVtg1a, EcVtg2, and EcVtg3 play major roles in exogenous vitellogenesis, and EcVtg3 also plays a major role in endogenous vitellogenesis. Bilateral ablation of the eyestalk significantly upregulates EcVtg mRNA expression in the female hepatopancreas, indicating that the X-organ/sinus gland complex plays an important role in ovarian development, mostly by inducing Vtg synthesis. These results could improve our understanding of the function of multiple Vtg genes in crustaceans and aid future studies on the function of EcVtg genes during ovarian development in E. carinicauda.

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