文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Mai, Jiaqi ¹ ; Sun, Yuqi ² ; Li, Xihong ² ; Zhu, Ying ⁴ ; Xu, Wenteng ² ; Chen, Zhangfan ² ; Zhang, Qi ² ; Wang, Jiacheng ² ; Wang, Na ² ;

作者机构： 1.Dalian Ocean Univ, Coll Fisheries & Life Sci, Dalian 116023, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Yellow Sea Fisheries Res Inst, State Key Lab Mariculture Biobreeding & Sustainabl, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, Peoples R China

3.Qingdao Marine Sci & Technol Ctr, Lab Marine Fisheries Sci & Food Prod Proc, Qingdao 266237, Shandong, Peoples R China

4.Qingdao Agr Univ, Sch Marine Sci & Engn, Qingdao, Peoples R China

关键词： Cynoglossus semilaevis; Sexual size dimorphism; Hippo signaling pathway; yap1; yap1b

期刊名称：AQUACULTURE （ 影响因子：3.9； 五年影响因子：4.1 ）

ISSN： 0044-8486

年卷期： 2024 年 592 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： One fundamental question in biology is how animals control their proper body size. Hippo signaling pathway has emerged as an evolutionarily conserved network to regulate organ size from Drosophila to mammals. Interestingly, our previous study has also implied the roles of hippo signaling in Chinese tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis), a flatfish exhibiting female-biased sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Specifically, two yes-associated protein 1 (yap1) homologs, key effectors within hippo signaling, exhibited the opposite expression pattern in the female and male gonads of C. semilaevis. Whether and how these two yap1 genes participate in female-biased SSD is unknown. In the present study, phylogenetic tree analysis firstly designated these two yap1 genes as yap1 and yap1b, with no taz gene available in C. semilaevis. Subsequent quantitative PCR analysis demonstrated that yap1 exhibited the highest expression levels within the male gonad at three-month-old, while the predominant expression of yap1b was detected in the female gonad at two-year-old. The co-localization of yap1 and yap1b was observed in the cytoplasm of oocyte and sperm. Cebp alpha, a negative regulator for dmrt1, exhibited positive and negative regulation on the yap1 and yap1b, respectively. Myog, a crucial transcription factor for myogenesis, specifically binded and activated yap1b promoter, not yap1. Furthermore, DAP-seq revealed the regulatory networks of yap1 and yap1b in C. semilaevis. Importantly, many growth and reproduction-related pathways, including the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, prolactin signaling pathway, axonal regeneration, and steroid hormone synthesis, were included in the common peaks of yap1 and yap1b. Moreover, the application of verteporfin reagents into testis and ovary cells resulted in a decrease in yap1 and yap1b levels. Consequently, the expression of growth hormone receptor (ghr), growth hormone actin alpha (smtla), estrogen receptor (esr2b), and 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 7 (hsd17b7), were also affected. In addition, the administration of verteporfin on C. semilaevis caused a significant reduction in growth rate. These findings provided insights into the role of the hippo signaling pathway in regulating SSD of C. semilaevis.