Expression and localization of vitellogenin genes (VTG) and receptor (VGR) in the gonad development of silver pomfret <italic style="font-style: italic">Pampus</italic> <italic style="font-style: italic">argenteus</italic>

Zitao XIONG; Jiazhe YANG; Shun ZHANG; Yajun WANG; Shanliang XU; Chunyang GUO; Danli WANG

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Expression and localization of vitellogenin genes (VTG) and receptor (VGR) in the gonad development of silver pomfret Pampus argenteus

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- Expression and localization of vitellogenin genes (VTG) and receptor (VGR) in the gonad development of silver pomfret Pampus argenteus
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 41, Issue 4, Pages: 1575-1592(2023)
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  1.School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ningbo University, Chinese Ministry of Education, Ningbo 315211, China
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  guochunyang@nbu.edu.cn
  wangdanli@nbu.edu.cn
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- Received：12 January 2022，
  
  Published：01 July 2023
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XIONG Zitao,YANG Jiazhe,ZHANG Shun,et al.Expression and localization of vitellogenin genes (VTG) and receptor (VGR) in the gonad development of silver pomfret Pampusargenteus[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(04):1575-1592.
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XIONG Zitao,YANG Jiazhe,ZHANG Shun,et al.Expression and localization of vitellogenin genes (VTG) and receptor (VGR) in the gonad development of silver pomfret Pampusargenteus[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(04):1575-1592. DOI：

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Vitellogenesis is the main event of oocyte growth in oviparous animals

which is mainly manifested by the accumulation of vitellogenin (VTG). The accumulation of vitellogenin depends mainly on the absorption of exogenous vitellogenin

which enters oocyte through endocytosis mediated by its receptor (VGR). We investigated the expression and localization of VTG and VGR during gonad development of

Pampus

argenteus

. The qPCR results show that

vtgs

were not expressed in male fish

but in the ovary and liver of female fish; the expression levels went up at first and then down. The expression levels of

vgr

in the testis were low and only 1%–3% of that in ovary. ELISA results show that during the ovarian development of

argenteus

VTG in liver

serum

and ovary all showed a trend from increasing to decreasing. However

VTG in liver peaked in Stage Ⅳ

and in serum and ovary peaked in Stage V

reflecting changes in the characteristics of VTG in the liver (synthesis)

blood (transport)

and ovaries (accumulation). During gonad development

VGR in the ovaries first increased and then decreased

reaching a peak in Stage V

in contrast to

vgr

mRNA expression. The VGR content in the testis was extremely low and stable

consistent with

vgr

mRNA. Immunohistochemistry results show that the location and intensity of VTG and VGR positive signals were synchronized with the changes of their protein content

which rev

ealed that VTG was mainly synthesized in the liver cytoplasm

secreted into the blood

and transported to ovary in Stage Ⅲ. VGR is highly expressed in oocytes in Stage Ⅱ. In Stage Ⅲ

a large amount of VTG reaches the ovary

when VGR begins to translate and is subsequently transported to the plasma membrane of the oocyte. Therefore

the positive signal of VGR was stronger near the plasma membrane of oocytes in Stages Ⅰ and Ⅱ. By using qPCR

ELISA

and immunohistochemistry

the synthesis

transport

and accumulation of vitellogenin were elucidated and the mechanism of its endocytosis on egg membrane mediated by VTG during the development of

argenteus

was revealed preliminarily.

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Expression and localization of vitellogenin genes (VTG) and receptor (VGR) in the gonad development of silver pomfret Pampus argenteus

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