文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： He, Mei ¹ ; Zhou, Di ² ; Ding, Nai-Zheng ³ ; Teng, Chun-Bo ² ; Yan, Xue-Chun ¹ ; Liang, Yang ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Heilongjiang River Fisheries Res Inst, Natl & Local Joint Engn Lab Freshwater Fish Breed, Harbin 150070, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China

2.Northeast Forestry Univ, Coll Life Sci, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China

3.Shandong Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Jinan 250014, Shandong, Peoples R China

关键词： MEF2; Cyprinus carpio; evolution; expression; ohnologs

期刊名称：GENES （ 影响因子：4.096； 五年影响因子：4.339 ）

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年卷期： 2019 年 10 卷 8 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The MEF2 (myocyte enhancer factor 2) family belongs to the MADS-box superfamily of eukaryotic transcription factors. The vertebrate genes compose four distinct subfamilies designated MEF2A, -B, -C, and -D. There are multiple mef2 genes in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). So far, the embryonic expression patterns of these genes and the evolution of fish mef2 genes have been barely investigated. In this study, we completed the coding information of C. carpio mef2ca2 and mef2d1 genes via gene cloning and presented two mosaic mef2 sequences as evidence for recombination. We also analyzed the phylogenetic relationship and conserved synteny of mef2 genes and proposed a new evolutionary scenario. In our version, MEF2B and the other three vertebrate subfamilies were generated in parallel from the single last ancestor via two rounds of whole genome duplication events that occurred at the dawn of vertebrates. Moreover, we examined the expression patterns of C. carpio mef2 genes during embryogenesis, by using whole-mount in situ hybridization, and found the notochord to be a new expression site for these genes except for mef2ca1&2. Our results thus provide new insights into the evolution and expression of mef2 genes.