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Expression of the somatolactin beta gene during zebrafish embryonic development
Lopez, Mauricio; Nica, G.; Motte, Patrick et al.
2006In Gene Expression Patterns, 6 (2), p. 156-161
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Keywords :
somatolactin; pituitary; zebrafish; differentiation; pit-1; aal
Abstract :
[en] Somatolactin (Sl) is a pituitary hormone closely related to prolactin (Prl) and growth hormone that was until now only found in various fish species. We isolated the cDNA coding for zebrafish Sl beta and we identified the gene encoding this hormone. We also obtained a 1 kb genomic fragment corresponding to the sl beta upstream promoter region. Furthermore, the sl beta expression pattern was examined during zebrafish embryogenesis using whole-mount in situ hybridization. Sl beta mRNA is first detected in a single cell at the anterior border of the neural plate starting at 23 h post fertilization (hpf). Sl beta-expressing cells also express the transcription factor pit1 and are located close to prl-expressing cells. Using combined fluorescent in situ hybridization, we show that sl beta- and prl-expressing cells are clearly distinct at 29 hpf. Starting at 30 hpf, the number of sl beta positive cells increases and their location becomes more clearly distinct from lactotrope cells, in a more posterior position. At later stages (48 hpf), sl beta expression was observed posterior to growth hormone expression, again in a distinct cell type. We show that zebrafish mutants aal, as well as mutants in the pit1 gene, are deficient in sl beta expression. In conclusion, sl beta expression defines a new, additional cell type in zebrafish pituitary that depends on pit1 and aal for its differentiation. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Research center :
AFFISH-RC - Applied and Fundamental FISH Research Center - ULiège
Giga-Development and Stem Cells - ULiège
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Genetics & genetic processes
Anatomy (cytology, histology, embryology...) & physiology
Author, co-author :
Lopez, Mauricio
Nica, G.
Motte, Patrick ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Génomique fonctionnelle et imagerie moléculaire végétale
Martial, Joseph ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Hammerschmidt, Matthias
Muller, Marc  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Language :
English
Title :
Expression of the somatolactin beta gene during zebrafish embryonic development
Publication date :
January 2006
Journal title :
Gene Expression Patterns
ISSN :
1567-133X
Publisher :
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
6
Issue :
2
Pages :
156-161
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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