Publication: Retinoid X receptor modulates vitellogenin gene expression in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon
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2021-04-01
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15314332
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10956433
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Mahidol University
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Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Vol.254, (2021)
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Jakkapong Kluebsoongnoen, Sakol Panyim, Tomasz J. Sarnowski, Apinunt Udomkit Retinoid X receptor modulates vitellogenin gene expression in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Vol.254, (2021). doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110877 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/75700
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Retinoid X receptor modulates vitellogenin gene expression in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon
Abstract
Effective inducing of ovarian maturation in female shrimp broodstock is important for successful breeding programs. Vitellogenesis is a biochemical process during which a yolk protein precursor vitellogenin (Vg) is synthesized and thus, can be used to indicate ovarian maturation stage. In this study, transcriptional regulation of Vg synthesis in the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon was investigated. Genome walking on 5′ upstream sequence of Vg gene revealed several putative binding sites of lipophilic retinoic acid response elements (RARE), and nuclear hormone responsive elements. Deletion of RARE significantly reduced the promoter activity to drive the expression of luciferase reporter gene in Sf-9 cells. To validate the trans-factor that potentially controls Vg expression through RARE, a cDNA encoding retinoid X receptor (PmRXR), one of the RARE-bound transcription factors was cloned from P. monodon's ovary. PmRXR expression was detected in various shrimp tissues, and was up-regulated during ovary development in a similar way to Vg expression. The DNA-binding domain of PmRXR protein showed specific binding to RARE-containing region on Vg 5′ upstream sequence as determined by Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA). Furthermore, dsRNA-mediated PmRXR silencing in previtellogenic and vitellogenic shrimp revealed that suppression of PmRXR could reduce Vg transcript in both stages. Taken together, the results presented in this study indicate that RXR is possibly an activator protein that modulates Vg expression in shrimp ovary through the binding to RARE.