@article{BiscottiAdolfiBaruccaetal.2018,
  author    = {Biscotti, Maria Assunta and Adolfi, Mateus Contar and Barucca, Marco and Forconi, Mariko and Pallavicini, Alberto and Gerdol, Marco and Canapa, Adriana and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {A comparative view on sex differentiation and gametogenesis genes in lungfish and coelacanths},
  series = {Genome Biology and Evolution},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Genome Biology and Evolution},
  number    = {6},
  doi       = {10.1093/gbe/evy101},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-176774},
  pages     = {1430-1444},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Gonadal sex differentiation and reproduction are the keys to the perpetuation of favorable gene combinations and positively selected traits. In vertebrates, several gonad development features that differentiate tetrapods and fishes are likely to be, at least in part, related to the water-to-land transition. The collection of information from basal sarcopterygians, coelacanths, and lungfishes, is crucial to improve our understanding of the molecular evolution of pathways involved in reproductive functions, since these organisms are generally regarded as "living fossils" and as the direct ancestors of tetrapods. Here, we report for the first time the characterization of >50 genes related to sex differentiation and gametogenesis in Latimeria menadoensis and Protopterus annectens. Although the expression profiles of most genes is consistent with the intermediate position of basal sarcopterygians between actinopterygian fish and tetrapods, their phylogenetic placement and presence/absence patterns often reveal a closer affinity to the tetrapod orthologs. On the other hand, particular genes, for example, the male gonad factor gsdf (Gonadal Soma-Derived Factor), provide examples of ancestral traits shared with actinopterygians, which disappeared in the tetrapod lineage.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AdolfiDuKneitzetal.2021,
  author    = {Adolfi, Mateus C. and Du, Kang and Kneitz, Susanne and Cabau, C{\´e}dric and Zahm, Margot and Klopp, Christophe and Feron, Romain and Paix{\~a}o, R{\^o}mulo V. and Varela, Eduardo S. and de Almeida, Fernanda L. and de Oliveira, Marcos A. and N{\´o}brega, Rafael H. and Lopez-Roques, C{\´e}line and Iampietro, Carole and Lluch, J{\´e}r{\^o}me and Kloas, Werner and Wuertz, Sven and Schaefer, Fabian and St{\"o}ck, Matthias and Guiguen, Yann and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {A duplicated copy of id2b is an unusual sex-determining candidate gene on the Y chromosome of arapaima (Arapaima gigas)},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  number    = {1},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41598-021-01066-z},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-265672},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Arapaima gigas is one of the largest freshwater fish species of high ecological and economic importance. Overfishing and habitat destruction are severe threats to the remaining wild populations. By incorporating a chromosomal Hi-C contact map, we improved the arapaima genome assembly to chromosome-level, revealing an unexpected high degree of chromosome rearrangements during evolution of the bonytongues (Osteoglossiformes). Combining this new assembly with pool-sequencing of male and female genomes, we identified id2bbY, a duplicated copy of the inhibitor of DNA binding 2b (id2b) gene on the Y chromosome as candidate male sex-determining gene. A PCR-test for id2bbY was developed, demonstrating that this gene is a reliable male-specific marker for genotyping. Expression analyses showed that this gene is expressed in juvenile male gonads. Its paralog, id2ba, exhibits a male-biased expression in immature gonads. Transcriptome analyses and protein structure predictions confirm id2bbY as a prime candidate for the master sex-determiner. Acting through the TGF beta signaling pathway, id2bbY from arapaima would provide the first evidence for a link of this family of transcriptional regulators to sex determination. Our study broadens our current understanding about the evolution of sex determination genetic networks and provide a tool for improving arapaima aquaculture for commercial and conservation purposes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TomaszkiewiczChalopinSchartletal.2014,
  author    = {Tomaszkiewicz, Marta and Chalopin, Domitille and Schartl, Manfred and Galiana, Delphine and Volff, Jean-Nicolas},
  title     = {A multicopy Y-chromosomal SGNH hydrolase gene expressed in the testis of the platyfish has been captured and mobilized by a Helitron transposon},
  series = {BMC Genetics},
  volume    = {15},
  journal   = {BMC Genetics},
  number    = {44},
  doi       = {10.1186/1471-2156-15-44},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-116746},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Background: Teleost fish present a high diversity of sex determination systems, with possible frequent evolutionary turnover of sex chromosomes and sex-determining genes. In order to identify genes involved in male sex determination and differentiation in the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus, bacterial artificial chromosome contigs from the sex-determining region differentiating the Y from the X chromosome have been assembled and analyzed. Results: A novel three-copy gene called teximY (for testis-expressed in Xiphophorus maculatus on the Y) was identified on the Y but not on the X chromosome. A highly related sequence called texim1, probably at the origin of the Y-linked genes, as well as three more divergent texim genes were detected in (pseudo) autosomal regions of the platyfish genome. Texim genes, for which no functional data are available so far in any organism, encode predicted esterases/lipases with a SGNH hydrolase domain. Texim proteins are related to proteins from very different origins, including proteins encoded by animal CR1 retrotransposons, animal platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolases (PAFah) and bacterial hydrolases. Texim gene distribution is patchy in animals. Texim sequences were detected in several fish species including killifish, medaka, pufferfish, sea bass, cod and gar, but not in zebrafish. Texim-like genes are also present in Oikopleura (urochordate), Amphioxus (cephalochordate) and sea urchin (echinoderm) but absent from mammals and other tetrapods. Interestingly, texim genes are associated with a Helitron transposon in different fish species but not in urochordates, cephalochordates and echinoderms, suggesting capture and mobilization of an ancestral texim gene in the bony fish lineage. RT-qPCR analyses showed that Y-linked teximY genes are preferentially expressed in testis, with expression at late stages of spermatogenesis (late spermatids and spermatozeugmata). Conclusions: These observations suggest either that TeximY proteins play a role in Helitron transposition in the male germ line in fish, or that texim genes are spermatogenesis genes mobilized and spread by transposable elements in fish genomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlSchroeder1987,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred and Schr{\"o}der, Johannes Horst},
  title     = {A new species of the genus Xiphophorus Heckel 1848, endemic to northern Coahuila, Mexico (Pisces: Poeciliidae)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-87117},
  year      = {1987},
  abstract  = {Xiphophorus meyeri n. sp. is described as an endemic to Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. It appears to be the northernmost species of the genus. The new species is related to X. couchianus and X. gordoni, but differs morphologically from those by dorsal fin ray number, by the expression of some gonopodial features and most markedly by the appearance of macromelanophores or tr-melanophores.},
  subject      = {Schwertkr{\"a}pfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Schartl1988,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {A sex chromosomal restriction-fragment-length marker linked to melanoma-determining Tu loci in Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61842},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LamatschAdolfssonSenioretal.2015,
  author    = {Lamatsch, Dunja K. and Adolfsson, Sofia and Senior, Alistair M. and Christiansen, Guntram and Pichler, Maria and Ozaki, Yuichi and Smeds, Linnea and Schartl, Manfred and Nakagawa, Shinichi},
  title     = {A transcriptome derived female-specific marker from the invasive Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)},
  series = {PLoS ONE},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {PLoS ONE},
  number    = {2},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0118214},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-144004},
  pages     = {e0118214},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Sex-specific markers are a prerequisite for understanding reproductive biology, genetic factors involved in sex differences, mechanisms of sex determination, and ultimately the evolution of sex chromosomes. The Western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, may be considered a model species for sex-chromosome evolution, as it displays female heterogamety (ZW/ZZ), and is also ecologically interesting as a worldwide invasive species. Here, de novo RNA-sequencing on the gonads of sexually mature G. affinis was used to identify contigs that were highly transcribed in females but not in males (i.e., transcripts with ovary-specific expression). Subsequently, 129 primer pairs spanning 79 contigs were tested by PCR to identify sex-specific transcripts. Of those primer pairs, one female-specific DNA marker was identified, Sanger sequenced and subsequently validated in 115 fish. Sequence analyses revealed a high similarity between the identified sex-specific marker and the 3' UTR of the aminomethyl transferase (amt) gene of the closely related platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus). This is the first time that RNA-seq has been used to successfully characterize a sex-specific marker in a fish species in the absence of a genome map. Additionally, the identified sex-specific marker represents one of only a handful of such markers in fishes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RiehlSchartl1984,
  author    = {Riehl, R. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {A Transmission Electron Microscopical and Freeze-Etch Study of Malignant-Melanoma in Fish},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61916},
  year      = {1984},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{DedukhDaCruzKneitzetal.2022,
  author    = {Dedukh, Dmitrij and Da Cruz, Irene and Kneitz, Susanne and Marta, Anatolie and Ormanns, Jenny and Tichop{\´a}d, Tom{\´a}š and Lu, Yuan and Alsheimer, Manfred and Janko, Karel and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Achiasmatic meiosis in the unisexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa},
  series = {Chromosome Research},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {Chromosome Research},
  number    = {4},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10577-022-09708-2},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-325128},
  pages     = {443-457},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Unisexual reproduction, which generates clonal offspring, is an alternative strategy to sexual breeding and occurs even in vertebrates. A wide range of non-sexual reproductive modes have been described, and one of the least understood questions is how such pathways emerged and how they mechanistically proceed. The Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa, needs sperm from males of related species to trigger the parthenogenetic development of diploid eggs. However, the mechanism, of how the unreduced female gametes are produced, remains unclear. Cytological analyses revealed that the chromosomes of primary oocytes initiate pachytene but do not proceed to bivalent formation and meiotic crossovers. Comparing ovary transcriptomes of P. formosa and its sexual parental species revealed expression levels of meiosis-specific genes deviating from P. mexicana but not from P. latipinna. Furthermore, several meiosis genes show biased expression towards one of the two alleles from the parental genomes. We infer from our data that in the Amazon molly diploid oocytes are generated by apomixis due to a failure in the synapsis of homologous chromosomes. The fact that this failure is not reflected in the differential expression of known meiosis genes suggests the underlying molecular mechanism may be dysregulation on the protein level or misexpression of a so far unknown meiosis gene, and/or hybrid dysgenesis because of compromised interaction of proteins from diverged genomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{CavariHongFunkensteinetal.1993,
  author    = {Cavari, Benzion and Hong, Yunhan and Funkenstein, Bruria and Moav, Boaz and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {All-fish gene constructs for growth hormone gene transfer in fish},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61612},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {In order to develop all-fish expression vectors for microinjection into fertilized fish eggs, we have prepared the following cunstructs: rainbow trout metallothionein a/b and the gilthead seabream growth hormone cDNA (ptMTa-gbsGHcDNA, ptMTb-gsbGHcDNA), carp ß-actin gilthead seabream GH cDNA (pcAßgsbGHcDNA). The inducible metallothionein promoters a and b were cloned from rainbow trout, and the constitutive promoter ß-actin was isolated from carp. The metallothionein promoters were cloned by using the PCR technique. The tMTa contains 430 bp, while the tMTb contains 260 bp (Hong et al. 1992). These two promoters were introduced to pGEM-3Z containing the GH cDNA of Sparus aurata to form ptMTa-gsbGH and ptMTb-gsbGH, respectively. The carp cytoplasmic ß-actin gene was chosen as a source for isolating strong constitutive regulatory sequences. One of these regulatory sequences in pUC118 was Iigated to GH cDNA of S. aurata to form the pcAß-gsbGHcDNA. Expression of the constructs containing the metallothionein promoters was tested in fish cell culture and was found tobe induced effectively by zinc. The ptMTa gsb-GH cDNA construct was microinjected into fertilized carp eggs, and integration in the genome of carp was detected in the DNA isolated from fins at the age of two months.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MatosMachadoSchartletal.2019,
  author    = {Matos, Isa and Machado, Miguel P. and Schartl, Manfred and Coelho, Maria Manuela},
  title     = {Allele-specific expression variation at different ploidy levels in Squalius alburnoides},
  series = {Scientific Reports},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Scientific Reports},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41598-019-40210-8},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200910},
  pages     = {3688},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Allopolyploid plants are long known to be subject to a homoeolog expression bias of varying degree. The same phenomenon was only much later suspected to occur also in animals based on studies of single selected genes in an allopolyploid vertebrate, the Iberian fish Squalius alburnoides. Consequently, this species became a good model for understanding the evolution of gene expression regulation in polyploid vertebrates. Here, we analyzed for the first time genome-wide allele-specific expression data from diploid and triploid hybrids of S. alburnoides and compared homoeolog expression profiles of adult livers and of juveniles. Co-expression of alleles from both parental genomic types was observed for the majority of genes, but with marked homoeolog expression bias, suggesting homoeolog specific reshaping of expression level patterns in hybrids. Complete silencing of one allele was also observed irrespective of ploidy level, but not transcriptome wide as previously speculated. Instead, it was found only in a restricted number of genes, particularly ones with functions related to mitochondria and ribosomes. This leads us to hypothesize that allelic silencing may be a way to overcome intergenomic gene expression interaction conflicts, and that homoeolog expression bias may be an important mechanism in the achievement of sustainable genomic interactions, mandatory to the success of allopolyploid systems, as in S. alburnoides.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{RiehlSchartlAnders1985,
  author    = {Riehl, R{\"u}diger and Schartl, Manfred and Anders, Fritz},
  title     = {An ultrastructural study of melanoma in Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70978},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {Melanotic melanoma (MM) of Xiphophorus (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) was studied by conventional preparations and freeze-etch preparations for electron microscopy. MM of Xiphophorus exhibits tightly packed pigment cells with prominent dendritic processes and interdigitations of their plasma membranes. The most impressive feature of MM cells is the occurrence of Iarge lobulated nuclei with numerous nuclear pores and some nuclear pockets. Abundant spheroidal or ellipsoidal melanosomes (diameter 200-650 nm) and vesicular structures are distributed throughout the cellular dendrites, whereas the perinucJear cytoplasm is free of melanosomes. A further characteristic feature of melanoma cells in fish is the occurrence of melanosome complexes (i.e., "compound melanosomes"). These melanosome complexes consist of a few to numerous melanosomes, which are enveloped by a separate rnembrane. Pinocytotic vesicles couJd be demonstrated with distinct differences in frequency and distribution patterns, indicating differences in the metabolic activities of the cells in the same melanoma. Intercellular junctions are lacking in the MM cells. The conventional TEM technique showed clear advantages in the demonstration of intemal architecture of organelles, whereas FE bad considerable potential in respect to the visualization of membrane surface specializations.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WinklerHongWittbrodtetal.1992,
  author    = {Winkler, Christoph and Hong, Yunhan and Wittbrodt, Joachim and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Analysis of heterologous and homologous promoters and enhancers in vitro and in vivo by gene transfer into Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) and Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86796},
  year      = {1992},
  abstract  = {Efficient expression systems are required for analysis of gene regulation and function in teleost fish. To develop such systems, a nurober of inducible or constitutive promoter and enhancer sequences of fish or higher vertebrate origin were tested for activity in a variety of fish celllines andin embryos of the Japanese medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) and Xiphophorus. The activity of the different promoterenhancer combinations were quantitated. Considerable differences were found for some constructs if tested in vitro or in vivo. From the data obtained, a set of expression vectors for basic research as weH as for aquaculture purposes were established.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LiuKinoshitaAdolfietal.2019,
  author    = {Liu, Ruiqi and Kinoshita, Masato and Adolfi, Mateus C. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Analysis of the role of the Mc4r system in development, growth, and puberty of medaka},
  series = {Frontiers in Endocrinology},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Endocrinology},
  doi       = {10.3389/fendo.2019.00213},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-201472},
  pages     = {213},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {In mammals the melanocortin 4 receptor (Mc4r) signaling system has been mainly associated with the regulation of appetite and energy homeostasis. In fish of the genus Xiphophorus (platyfish and swordtails) puberty onset is genetically determined by a single locus, which encodes the mc4r. Wild populations of Xiphophorus are polymorphic for early and late-maturing individuals. Copy number variation of different mc4r alleles is responsible for the difference in puberty onset. To answer whether this is a special adaptation of the Mc4r signaling system in the lineage of Xiphophorus or a more widely conserved mechanism in teleosts, we studied the role of Mc4r in reproductive biology of medaka (Oryzias latipes), a close relative to Xiphophorus and a well-established model to study gonadal development. To understand the potential role of Mc4r in medaka, we characterized the major features of the Mc4r signaling system (mc4r, mrap2, pomc, agrp1). In medaka, all these genes are expressed before hatching. In adults, they are mainly expressed in the brain. The transcript of the receptor accessory protein mrap2 co-localizes with mc4r in the hypothalamus in adult brains indicating a conserved function of modulating Mc4r signaling. Comparing growth and puberty between wild-type and mc4r knockout medaka revealed that absence of Mc4r does not change puberty timing but significantly delays hatching. Embryonic development of knockout animals is retarded compared to wild-types. In conclusion, the Mc4r system in medaka is involved in regulation of growth rather than puberty.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MalitschekWittbrodtFischeretal.1994,
  author    = {Malitschek, Barbara and Wittbrodt, Joachim and Fischer, Petra and Lammers, Reiner and Ullrich, Axel and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Autocrine stimulation of the Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase in Xiphophorus melanoma cells and identification of a source for the physiological ligand},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61551},
  year      = {1994},
  abstract  = {The melanoma·inducing gene of Xiphophorus fish encodes the Xmrk receptor tyrosine kinase. U sing a highly specific antiserum p~oduced against the recombinant receptor expressed with a baculovirus, it is shown that Xmrk is the most abundant phosphotyrosine protein in fish melanoma and thus highly activated in the tumors. Studies on a melanoma cellline revealed that these cells produce an activity that considerably stimulates receptor autophosphorylation. The stimulating activity induces receptor down-regulation and can be depleted from the melanoma cellsupernatant by the immobilized recombinant receptor protein. The fish melanoma cells can thus be considered autocrine tumor cells providing a source for future purification and characterization of the Xmrk ligand.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Schartl2014,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Beyond the zebrafish: diverse fish species for modeling human disease},
  series = {Disease Models \& Mechanisms},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Disease Models \& Mechanisms},
  number    = {2},
  issn      = {1754-8411},
  doi       = {10.1242/dmm.012245},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-119919},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {In recent years, zebrafish, and to a lesser extent medaka, have become widely used small animal models for human diseases. These organisms have convincingly demonstrated the usefulness of fish for improving our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms leading to pathological conditions, and for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Despite the usefulness of zebrafish and medaka in the investigation of a wide spectrum of traits, there is evidence to suggest that other fish species could be better suited for more targeted questions. With the emergence of new, improved sequencing technologies that enable genomic resources to be generated with increasing efficiency and speed, the potential of non-mainstream fish species as disease models can now be explored. A key feature of these fish species is that the pathological condition that they model is often related to specific evolutionary adaptations. By exploring these adaptations, new disease-causing and disease-modifier genes might be identified; thus, diverse fish species could be exploited to better understand the complexity of disease processes. In addition, non-mainstream fish models could allow us to study the impact of environmental factors, as well as genetic variation, on complex disease phenotypes. This Review will discuss the opportunities that such fish models offer for current and future biomedical research.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchulSchmittRegnerietal.2013,
  author    = {Schul, Daniela and Schmitt, Alexandra and Regneri, Janine and Schartl, Manfred and Wagner, Toni Ulrich},
  title     = {Bursted BMP Triggered Receptor Kinase Activity Drives Smad1 Mediated Long-Term Target Gene Oscillation in c2c12 Cells},
  series = {PLoS ONE},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {PLoS ONE},
  number    = {4},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0059442},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130131},
  pages     = {e59442},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) are important growth factors that regulate many cellular processes. During embryogenesis they act as morphogens and play a critical role during organ development. They influence cell fates via concentration-gradients in the embryos where cells transduce this extracellular information into gene expression profiles and cell fate decisions. How receiving cells decode and quantify BMP2/4 signals is hardly understood. There is little data on the quantitative relationships between signal input, transducing molecules, their states and location, and ultimately their ability to integrate graded systemic inputs and generate qualitative responses. Understanding this signaling network on a quantitative level should be considered a prerequisite for efficient pathway modulation, as the BMP pathway is a prime target for therapeutic invention. Hence, we quantified the spatial distribution of the main signal transducer of the BMP2/4 pathway in response to different types and levels of stimuli in c2c12 cells. We found that the subcellular localization of Smad1 is independent of ligand concentration. In contrast, Smad1 phosphorylation levels relate proportionally to BMP2 ligand concentrations and they are entirely located in the nucleus. Interestingly, we found that BMP2 stimulates target gene expression in non-linear, wave-like forms. Amplitudes showed a clear concentration-dependency, for sustained and transient stimulation. We found that even burst-stimulation triggers gene-expression wave-like modulations that are detectable for at least 30 h. Finally, we show here that target gene expression oscillations depend on receptor kinase activity, as the kinase drives further expression pulses without receptor reactivation and the target gene expression breaks off after inhibitor treatment in c2c12 cells.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlBarnekow1984,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred and Barnekow, A.},
  title     = {Cellular src gene product detected in the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61904},
  year      = {1984},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ForconiCanapaBaruccaetal.2013,
  author    = {Forconi, Mariko and Canapa, Adriana and Barucca, Marco and Biscotti, Maria A. and Capriglione, Teresa and Buonocore, Francesco and Fausto, Anna M. and Makapedua, Daisy M. and Pallavicini, Alberto and Gerdol, Marco and De Moro, Gianluca and Scapigliati, Giuseppe and Olmo, Ettore and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Characterization of Sex Determination and Sex Differentiation Genes in Latimeria},
  series = {PLoS ONE},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {PLoS ONE},
  number    = {4},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0056006},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130995},
  pages     = {e56006},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Genes involved in sex determination and differentiation have been identified in mice, humans, chickens, reptiles, amphibians and teleost fishes. However, little is known of their functional conservation, and it is unclear whether there is a common set of genes shared by all vertebrates. Coelacanths, basal Sarcopterygians and unique "living fossils", could help establish an inventory of the ancestral genes involved in these important developmental processes and provide insights into their components. In this study 33 genes from the genome of Latimeria chalumnae and from the liver and testis transcriptomes of Latimeria menadoensis, implicated in sex determination and differentiation, were identified and characterized and their expression levels measured. Interesting findings were obtained for GSDF, previously identified only in teleosts and now characterized for the first time in the sarcopterygian lineage; FGF9, which is not found in teleosts; and DMRT1, whose expression in adult gonads has recently been related to maintenance of sexual identity. The gene repertoire and testis-specific gene expression documented in coelacanths demonstrate a greater similarity to modern fishes and point to unexpected changes in the gene regulatory network governing sexual development.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BiltuevaProkopovRomanenkoetal.2020,
  author    = {Biltueva, Larisa S. and Prokopov, Dmitry Yu. and Romanenko, Svetlana A. and Interesova, Elena A. and Schartl, Manfred and Trifonov, Vladimir A.},
  title     = {Chromosome distribution of highly conserved tandemly arranged repetitive DNAs in the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)},
  series = {Genes},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Genes},
  number    = {11},
  issn      = {2073-4425},
  doi       = {10.3390/genes11111375},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-219371},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Polyploid genomes present a challenge for cytogenetic and genomic studies, due to the high number of similar size chromosomes and the simultaneous presence of hardly distinguishable paralogous elements. The karyotype of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) contains around 250 chromosomes and is remarkable for the presence of paralogs from two rounds of whole-genome duplications (WGD). In this study, we applied the sterlet-derived acipenserid satDNA-based whole chromosome-specific probes to analyze the Siberian sturgeon karyotype. We demonstrate that the last genome duplication event in the Siberian sturgeon was accompanied by the simultaneous expansion of several repetitive DNA families. Some of the repetitive probes serve as good cytogenetic markers distinguishing paralogous chromosomes and detecting ancestral syntenic regions, which underwent fusions and fissions. The tendency of minisatellite specificity for chromosome size groups previously observed in the sterlet genome is also visible in the Siberian sturgeon. We provide an initial physical chromosome map of the Siberian sturgeon genome supported by molecular markers. The application of these data will facilitate genomic studies in other recent polyploid sturgeon species.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BarnekowSchartl1987,
  author    = {Barnekow, A. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Comparative studies on the src proto-oncogene and its gene product pp60\(^{c-src}\) in normal and neoplastic tissues of lower vertebrates},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61869},
  year      = {1987},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RiehlSchartlKollinger1984,
  author    = {Riehl, R. and Schartl, Manfred and Kollinger, G.},
  title     = {Comparative studies on the ultrastructure of malignant melanoma in fish and human by freeze-etching and transmission electron microscopy},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61920},
  year      = {1984},
  abstract  = {Malignant melanomas (MM) in the fish Xiphophorus and in humans were studied both by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and freeze-etching (FE). In both fish and human melanomas the cells show interdigitations of the,plasma membranes. The nuclei are large and lobulated and have many nuclear pores. Melanosomes are abundant and melanosome complexes ("compound melanosomes") occur regularly. Pinocytotic vesicles could be demonstrated in fish and human melanomas showing iocal differences in frequency and distribution patterns in the tumor. lntercellular junctions are lacking in MM cells from fish and humans. The FE technique showed considerable advantages in demonstrating membrane-surface peculiarities such as nuclear pores or pinocytotic vesicles. The FE replicas of fish melanomas are like those of humans. These findings may support the hypothesis that melanoma in fish and humans reflect the same biological phenomenon.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KangSchartlWalteretal.2013,
  author    = {Kang, Ji Hyoun and Schartl, Manfred and Walter, Ronald B. and Meyer, Axel},
  title     = {Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies (Pisces: Genus Xiphophorus) uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish, Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the ancestral lineage of the genus, but was lost again secondarily},
  series = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},
  number    = {25},
  issn      = {1471-2148},
  doi       = {10.1186/1471-2148-13-25},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-121853},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Background: Males in some species of the genus Xiphophorus, small freshwater fishes from Meso-America, have an extended caudal fin, or sword - hence their common name "swordtails". Longer swords are preferred by females from both sworded and - surprisingly also, non-sworded (platyfish) species that belong to the same genus. Swordtails have been studied widely as models in research on sexual selection. Specifically, the pre-existing bias hypothesis was interpreted to best explain the observed bias of females in presumed ancestral lineages of swordless species that show a preference for assumed derived males with swords over their conspecific swordless males. However, many of the phylogenetic relationships within this genus still remained unresolved. Here we construct a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of all 26 known Xiphophorus species, including the four recently described species (X. kallmani, X. mayae, X. mixei and X. monticolus). We use two mitochondrial and six new nuclear markers in an effort to increase the understanding of the evolutionary relationships among the species in this genus. Based on the phylogeny, the evolutionary history and character state evolution of the sword was reconstructed and found to have originated in the common ancestral lineage of the genus Xiphophorus and that it was lost again secondarily. Results: We estimated the evolutionary relationships among all known species of the genus Xiphophorus based on the largest set of DNA markers so far. The phylogeny indicates that one of the newly described swordtail species, Xiphophorus monticolus, is likely to have arisen through hybridization since it is placed with the southern platyfish in the mitochondrial phylogeny, but with the southern swordtails in the nuclear phylogeny. Such discordance between these two types of markers is a strong indication for a hybrid origin. Additionally, by using a maximum likelihood approach the possession of the sexually selected sword trait is shown to be the most likely ancestral state for the genus Xiphophorus. Further, we provide a well supported estimation of the phylogenetic relationships between the previously unresolved northern swordtail groups. Conclusions: This comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the entire genus Xiphophorus provides evidence that a second swordtail species, X. monticolus, arose through hybridization. Previously, we demonstrated that X. clemenciae, another southern swordtail species, arose via hybridization. These findings highlight the potential key role of hybridization in the evolution of this genus and suggest the need for further investigations into how hybridization contributes to speciation more generally.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HannigOttilieSchartl1991,
  author    = {Hannig, Gerhard and Ottilie, Sabine and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Conservation of structure and expression of the c-yes and fyn genes in lower vertebrates},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86723},
  year      = {1991},
  abstract  = {The src-gene family in mammals and birds consists of 9 closely related protein tyrosine kinases. We have cloned the c-yes and fyn bomologues of the src-family from the teleost fish Xiphophorus helleri. Both genes show a high degree of sequence conservation and exhibit all structural motifs diagnostic for functional src-like protein tyrosine kinases. Sequence comparisons revealed three domains (exon 2, exons 3--6, exons 7-12) which evolve at different rates. Both genes exhibit an identical expression pattern, with preferential expression in neural tissues. No transcripts of c-yes were found in liver wbich is contrary to the situation in higher vertebrales. In malignant melanoma, elevated Ieveis of c-yes andfyn were detected indicating a possible function during secondary steps of tumor progression for src-related tyrosine kinases.},
  subject      = {Konservierung},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlKneitzWildeetal.2012,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred and Kneitz, Susanne and Wilde, Brigitta and Wagner, Toni and Henkel, Christiaan V. and Spaink, Hermann P. and Meierjohann, Svenja},
  title     = {Conserved expression signatures between medaka and human pigment cell tumors},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75848},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Aberrations in gene expression are a hallmark of cancer cells. Differential tumor-specific transcript levels of single genes or whole sets of genes may be critical for the neoplastic phenotype and important for therapeutic considerations or useful as biomarkers. As an approach to filter out such relevant expression differences from the plethora of changes noted in global expression profiling studies, we searched for changes of gene expression levels that are conserved. Transcriptomes from massive parallel sequencing of different types of melanoma from medaka were generated and compared to microarray datasets from zebrafish and human melanoma. This revealed molecular conservation at various levels between fish models and human tumors providing a useful strategy for identifying expression signatures strongly associated with disease phenotypes and uncovering new melanoma molecules.},
  subject      = {Biologie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BertChmielewskaBergmannetal.2016,
  author    = {Bert, Bettina and Chmielewska, Justyna and Bergmann, Sven and Busch, Maximilian and Driever, Wolfgang and Finger-Baier, Karin and H{\"o}ßler, Johanna and K{\"o}hler, Almut and Leich, Nora and Misgeld, Thomas and N{\"o}ldner, Torsten and Reiher, Annegret and Schartl, Manfred and Seebach-Sproedt, Anja and Thumberger, Thomas and Sch{\"o}nfelder, Gilbert and Grune, Barbara},
  title     = {Considerations for a European animal welfare standard to evaluate adverse phenotypes in teleost fish},
  series = {The EMBO Journal},
  volume    = {35},
  journal   = {The EMBO Journal},
  number    = {11},
  doi       = {10.15252/embj.201694448},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-188783},
  pages     = {1151-1154},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {No abstract available.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlBarnekowBaueretal.1982,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred and Barnekow, A. and Bauer, H. and Anders, F.},
  title     = {Correlations of inheritance and expression between a tumor gene and the cellular homolog of the Rous sarcoma virus-transforming gene in Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61937},
  year      = {1982},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WagnerFischerThomaetal.2011,
  author    = {Wagner, Toni U. and Fischer, Andreas and Thoma, Eva C. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {CrossQuery : A Web Tool for Easy Associative Querying of Transcriptome Data},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-76088},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Enormous amounts of data are being generated by modern methods such as transcriptome or exome sequencing and microarray profiling. Primary analyses such as quality control, normalization, statistics and mapping are highly complex and need to be performed by specialists. Thereafter, results are handed back to biomedical researchers, who are then confronted with complicated data lists. For rather simple tasks like data filtering, sorting and cross-association there is a need for new tools which can be used by non-specialists. Here, we describe CrossQuery, a web tool that enables straight forward, simple syntax queries to be executed on transcriptome sequencing and microarray datasets. We provide deepsequencing data sets of stem cell lines derived from the model fish Medaka and microarray data of human endothelial cells. In the example datasets provided, mRNA expression levels, gene, transcript and sample identification numbers, GO-terms and gene descriptions can be freely correlated, filtered and sorted. Queries can be saved for later reuse and results can be exported to standard formats that allow copy-and-paste to all widespread data visualization tools such as Microsoft Excel. CrossQuery enables researchers to quickly and freely work with transcriptome and microarray data sets requiring only minimal computer skills. Furthermore, CrossQuery allows growing association of multiple datasets as long as at least one common point of correlated information, such as transcript identification numbers or GO-terms, is shared between samples. For advanced users, the object-oriented plug-in and event-driven code design of both server-side and client-side scripts allow easy addition of new features, data sources and data types.},
  subject      = {CrossQuery},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{WagnerFischerThomaetal.2011,
  author    = {Wagner, Toni U. and Fischer, Andreas and Thoma, Eva C. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {CrossQuery: A Web Tool for Easy Associative Querying of Transcriptome Data},
  series = {PLoS ONE},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {PLoS ONE},
  number    = {12},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0028990},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-134787},
  pages     = {e28990},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Enormous amounts of data are being generated by modern methods such as transcriptome or exome sequencing and microarray profiling. Primary analyses such as quality control, normalization, statistics and mapping are highly complex and need to be performed by specialists. Thereafter, results are handed back to biomedical researchers, who are then confronted with complicated data lists. For rather simple tasks like data filtering, sorting and cross-association there is a need for new tools which can be used by non-specialists. Here, we describe CrossQuery, a web tool that enables straight forward, simple syntax queries to be executed on transcriptome sequencing and microarray datasets. We provide deep-sequencing data sets of stem cell lines derived from the model fish Medaka and microarray data of human endothelial cells. In the example datasets provided, mRNA expression levels, gene, transcript and sample identification numbers, GO-terms and gene descriptions can be freely correlated, filtered and sorted. Queries can be saved for later reuse and results can be exported to standard formats that allow copy-and-paste to all widespread data visualization tools such as Microsoft Excel. CrossQuery enables researchers to quickly and freely work with transcriptome and microarray data sets requiring only minimal computer skills. Furthermore, CrossQuery allows growing association of multiple datasets as long as at least one common point of correlated information, such as transcript identification numbers or GO-terms, is shared between samples. For advanced users, the object-oriented plug-in and event-driven code design of both server-side and client-side scripts allow easy addition of new features, data sources and data types.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AdolfiHerpinMartinezBengocheaetal.2021,
  author    = {Adolfi, Mateus C. and Herpin, Amaury and Martinez-Bengochea, Anabel and Kneitz, Susanne and Regensburger, Martina and Grunwald, David J. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Crosstalk Between Retinoic Acid and Sex-Related Genes Controls Germ Cell Fate and Gametogenesis in Medaka},
  series = {Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology},
  issn      = {2296-634X},
  doi       = {10.3389/fcell.2020.613497},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222669},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Sex determination (SD) is a highly diverse and complex mechanism. In vertebrates, one of the first morphological differences between the sexes is the timing of initiation of the first meiosis, where its initiation occurs first in female and later in male. Thus, SD is intimately related to the responsiveness of the germ cells to undergo meiosis in a sex-specific manner. In some vertebrates, it has been reported that the timing for meiosis entry would be under control of retinoic acid (RA), through activation of Stra8. In this study, we used a fish model species for sex determination and lacking the stra8 gene, the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), to investigate the connection between RA and the sex determination pathway. Exogenous RA treatments act as a stress factor inhibiting germ cell differentiation probably by activation of dmrt1a and amh. Disruption of the RA degrading enzyme gene cyp26a1 induced precocious meiosis and oogenesis in embryos/hatchlings of female and even some males. Transcriptome analyzes of cyp26a1-/-adult gonads revealed upregulation of genes related to germ cell differentiation and meiosis, in both ovaries and testes. Our findings show that germ cells respond to RA in a stra8 independent model species. The responsiveness to RA is conferred by sex-related genes, restricting its action to the sex differentiation period in both sexes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HongWinklerBremetal.1993,
  author    = {Hong, Yunhan and Winkler, Christoph and Brem, Gottfried and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Development of a heavy metal-inducible fish-specific expression vector for gene transfer in vitro and in vivo},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61666},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {The promoter of the rainbow trout metallothionein B gene ( tMTb) was isolated from genomic DNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR ), fused to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) genein an expression vector, and functionally analyzed in one human cellline and four fish celllines. This promoter exhibited an extremely low basal expression in all celllines and was zincand cadmium-inducible except in the fish melanoma cell line where the promoter was completely inactive. The metal-induced expression patterns were cellline-specific. In general the fish promoter was more species- and cell type-specific than its human counterpart. In a transient assay it was functional in developing embryos of the medaka ( Oryzias /atipes). These properties make this promoter suitable for inducible, tissue-specific expression of transgenes and for in vivo studies of gene function and regulation.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MaeuelerSchartlSchartl1993,
  author    = {M{\"a}ueler, Winfried and Schartl, Angelika and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Different expression patterns of oncogenes and proto-oncogenes in hereditary and carcinogen-induced tumors of Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61592},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {Hereditary melanoma in Xiphophorus hybrids canying the melanoma·induclng Tu-Sd locus is caused by transcriptional activation of the Xmrk gene that resides at the Tu·Sd locus and encodes a novel member of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK). ln this study, a total of 17 hereditary melanomas from various hybrid genotypes harbouring 7 different Tu alleles were also found to aver-express the correspondlng Xmrlc alleles. The Ievei of over-expression correlated with the degree of malignancy of the melanoma. ln addition, Xsrc expression was high ln many malignant melanomas. Expression pattems and Ieveis of the Xiphophorus EGF-receptor gene (Xerb B), the c-myc (Xmyc), and the PDGF (Xsls) gene(s) were not intriguing. Transcription of the ras gene(s) may be correlated to secondary events of melanoma progression. Expression pattems of Xfms, the Xiphophorus CSF-1 receptor homologue, can be explained by different contents of infiltrating macrophages in the tumors. ln carcinogen-induced tumors includlng one melanoma no significant expression of the Xmrk oncogene could be detected. Xsrc expression, however, was strikingly high. This indicates that activation of oncogenes other than Xmrk ls instrumental in tumorigenesls of neoplasia of non-hereditary origin.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MauelerBarnekowEigenbrodtetal.1988,
  author    = {Maueler, W. and Barnekow, A. and Eigenbrodt, E. and Raulf, F. and Falk, H. F. and Telling, A. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Different regulation of oncogene expression in tumor and embryonal cells of Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86240},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {Melanoma formation in the poeciliid fish Xiphophorus is mediated primarily by a cellular oncogene, designated Tu. Elimination of Tu-specific genes releases the transforming function of Tu and leads to melanoma formation. Southern blot analyses revealed a tight linkage of a v-erb B related gene to the Tu-locus and Northern blot analyses of RNA of solid melanomas indicated a coordinated deregulation and for mutational activation of several oncogenes. In order to get a better insight into the regulation of oncogene expression in normal and transformed cells of Xiphophorus, we studied the expression of Xsrc, Xras, Xmyc, Xerb A, Xsis, and the v-erb B related gene in a melanoma derived cell line (PSM) and an embryonic cell line (A2) under conditions of low growth factor supply. Both celllines express the Xsrc, Xmyc, and Xras genes, while PSM cells in addition express the v-erb B related gene and A2 cells the Xsis gene. In PSM cells serum deprivation leads to an accumulation of most of the oncogene mRNAs analysed. This is most apparent for a 5.0 kb transcript of the v-erb B related gene, probably due to an increase in transcript stability. The levels of these mRNAs returned to normal within 2h after stimulation with 10\% fetal calf serum. At the protein level we observed an initial decrease followed by an increase of the n-p60c-src kinase (the protein product of tbe Xsrc gene) activity in cells deprived of serum. Serum stimulation restored a normal pp60"-src kinase activity. In contrast serum deprivation of A2 cells reduced the transcript amounts of each of the oncogenes analysed. The same holds true for one beta-tubulin transcript, while the level of a second beta-tubulin transcript was unaffected. Serum stimulation led to a reactivation of Xras and Xsrc after a delay of approximately 48b. The pp60(c-src) kinase activity was found to be 6-10 times lower as compared to the PSM cells and did not differ between serum deprived and serum stimulated cells. Enzyme activities and isoenzyme patterns of several glycolytic enzymes were found to be not affected by serum deprivation and stimulation in both celllines.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlBarnekow1984,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred and Barnekow, A.},
  title     = {Differential expression of the cellular src gene during vertebrate development},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61893},
  year      = {1984},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HelmprobstKneitzKlotzetal.2021,
  author    = {Helmprobst, Frederik and Kneitz, Susanne and Klotz, Barbara and Naville, Magali and Dechaud, Corentin and Volff, Jean-Nicolas and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Differential expression of transposable elements in the medaka melanoma model},
  series = {PLoS One},
  volume    = {16},
  journal   = {PLoS One},
  number    = {10},
  doi       = {10.1371/journal.pone.0251713},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-260615},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Malignant melanoma incidence is rising worldwide. Its treatment in an advanced state is difficult, and the prognosis of this severe disease is still very poor. One major source of these difficulties is the high rate of metastasis and increased genomic instability leading to a high mutation rate and the development of resistance against therapeutic approaches. Here we investigate as one source of genomic instability the contribution of activation of transposable elements (TEs) within the tumor. We used the well-established medaka melanoma model and RNA-sequencing to investigate the differential expression of TEs in wildtype and transgenic fish carrying melanoma. We constructed a medaka-specific TE sequence library and identified TE sequences that were specifically upregulated in tumors. Validation by qRT- PCR confirmed a specific upregulation of a LINE and an LTR element in malignant melanomas of transgenic fish.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LiuFriedrichHemmenetal.2023,
  author    = {Liu, Ruiqi and Friedrich, Mike and Hemmen, Katherina and Jansen, Kerstin and Adolfi, Mateus C. and Schartl, Manfred and Heinze, Katrin G.},
  title     = {Dimerization of melanocortin 4 receptor controls puberty onset and body size polymorphism},
  series = {Frontiers in Endocrinology},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Endocrinology},
  issn      = {1664-2392},
  doi       = {10.3389/fendo.2023.1267590},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-354261},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Xiphophorus fish exhibit a clear phenotypic polymorphism in puberty onset and reproductive strategies of males. In X. nigrensis and X. multilineatus, puberty onset is genetically determined and linked to a melanocortin 4 receptor (Mc4r) polymorphism of wild-type and mutant alleles on the sex chromosomes. We hypothesized that Mc4r mutant alleles act on wild-type alleles by a dominant negative effect through receptor dimerization, leading to differential intracellular signaling and effector gene activation. Depending on signaling strength, the onset of puberty either occurs early or is delayed. Here, we show by F{\"o}rster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) that wild-type Xiphophorus Mc4r monomers can form homodimers, but also heterodimers with mutant receptors resulting in compromised signaling which explains the reduced Mc4r signaling in large males. Thus, hetero- vs. homo- dimerization seems to be the key molecular mechanism for the polymorphism in puberty onset and body size in male fish.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HerpinAdolfiNicoletal.2013,
  author    = {Herpin, Amaury and Adolfi, Mateus C. and Nicol, Barbara and Hinzmann, Maria and Schmidt, Cornelia and Klughammer, Johanna and Engel, Mareen and Tanaka, Minoru and Guiguen, Yann and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Divergent Expression Regulation of Gonad Development Genes in Medaka Shows Incomplete Conservation of the Downstream Regulatory Network of Vertebrate Sex Determination},
  series = {Molecular Biology and Evolution},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {Molecular Biology and Evolution},
  number    = {10},
  doi       = {10.1093/molbev/mst130},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-132262},
  pages     = {2328-2346},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Genetic control of male or female gonad development displays between different groups of organisms a remarkable diversity of "master sex-determining genes" at the top of the genetic hierarchies, whereas downstream components surprisingly appear to be evolutionarily more conserved. Without much further studies, conservation of sequence has been equalized to conservation of function. We have used the medaka fish to investigate the generality of this paradigm. In medaka, the master male sex-determining gene is dmrt1bY, a highly conserved downstream regulator of sex determination in vertebrates. To understand its function in orchestrating the complex gene regulatory network, we have identified targets genes and regulated pathways of Dmrt1bY. Monitoring gene expression and interactions by transgenic fluorescent reporter fish lines, in vivo tissue-chromatin immunoprecipitation and in vitro gene regulation assays revealed concordance but also major discrepancies between mammals and medaka, notably amongst spatial, temporal expression patterns and regulations of the canonical Hedgehog and R-spondin/Wnt/Follistatin signaling pathways. Examination of Foxl2 protein distribution in the medaka ovary defined a new subpopulation of theca cells, where ovarian-type aromatase transcriptional regulation appears to be independent of Foxl2. In summary, these data show that the regulation of the downstream regulatory network of sex determination is less conserved than previously thought.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MateosKangKloppetal.2019,
  author    = {Mateos, Mariana and Kang, Du and Klopp, Christophe and Parrinello, Hugues and Garc{\´i}a-Olaz{\´a}bal, Mateo and Schumer, Molly and Jue, Nathaniel K. and Guiguen, Yann and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Draft genome assembly and annotation of the Gila Topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis},
  series = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution},
  number    = {404},
  issn      = {2296-701X},
  doi       = {10.3389/fevo.2019.00404},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-190339},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {No abstract available.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NandaSchartlFeichtingeretal.1992,
  author    = {Nanda, Indrajit and Schartl, Manfred and Feichtinger, Wolfgang and Epplen, J{\"o}rg T. and Schmid, Michael},
  title     = {Early stages of sex chromosome differentiation in fish as analysed by simple repetitive DNA sequences},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61715},
  year      = {1992},
  abstract  = {Animal sex chromosome evolution has started on different occasions with a homologous pair of autosomes leading to morphologically differentiated gonosomes. In contrast to other vertebrate classes, among fishes cytologically dernonstrahle sex chromosomes are rare. In reptiles, certain motifs of simple tandemly repeated DNA sequences like (gata)\(_n\)/(gaca)\(_m\) are associated with the constitutive heterochromatin of sex chromosomes. In this study a panel of simple repetitive sequence probes was hybridized to restriction enzyme digested genomic DNA of poeciliid fishes. Apparent male heterogamety previously established by genetic experiments in Poecilia reticulata (guppy) was correlated with male-specific hybridization using the (GACA)\(_4\) probe. The (GATA)\(_4\) oligonucleotide identifies certain male guppies by a Y chromosomal polymorphism in the outbred population. In cantrast none of the genetically defined heterogametic situations in Xiphophorus could be verified consistently using the collection of simple repetitive sequence probes. Only individuals from particular populations produced sex-specific patterns of hybridization with (GATA)\(_4\). Additional poeciliid species (P. sphenops, P. velifera) harbour different sex-specifically organized simple repeat motifs. The observed sex-specific hybridization patterns were substantiated by banding analyses of the karyotypes and by in situ hybridization using the (GACA)\(_4\) probe.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{CavariFunkensteinChenetal.1993,
  author    = {Cavari, Benzion and Funkenstein, Bruria and Chen, Thomas T. and Gonzalez-Villasenor, Lucia Irene and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Effect of growth hormone on the growth rate of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), and use of different constructs for the production of transgenic fish},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-69765},
  year      = {1993},
  abstract  = {When bovine or human growth hormones (GH) were injected into 6 months old (about 10 g) gilthead seabream, the growth rate of the fish, as measured by changes in their weight, increased by only about 15\% compared with the saline-injected control. No effect or even slight inhibition of the growth rate was obtained when chicken or porcine GHs were injected. In a preliminary experiment, it was found that injection ofthe native GH increased the growth rate ofthe fish by about 20\% after treatment for only 2 weeks. An expression vector, using the pRE1 plasmid and transformation into MZl cells, produced the gilthead seabream GH, providing a supply for further experiments on the effect of the homologaus GH on growth. Two reporter genes, ß-galactosidase (lacZ) and melanoma oncogene of Xiphophorus (mrk YY), were microinjected into fertilized eggs of S. aurata. Expression of these two genes could be demonstrated in 2-day-old embryos, the lacZ gene by staining of its enzymatic product, and the mrk YY gene by its phenotypic expression.},
  subject      = {Goldbrasse},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MeyerSchartl1979,
  author    = {Meyer, Manfred K. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko : (Pisces: Poeciliidae)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-87124},
  year      = {1979},
  abstract  = {Xiphophorus andersi n. sp. from the Rio Atoyac, Vera Cruz, Mexico is described: lang head, moderately slender body, large dark black spar at the basis of the anal fin; adult male with short sword-like caudal appendage; rip of ray 5a of gonopodium without a developed claw. Xiphophorus andersi n. sp. differs by the combination of distinct characters from all the other species of the genus known so far. The new species shows features of both the so-called platyfish species group and the so-called swordtail species group.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlSchmidtAndersetal.1985,
  author    = {Schartl, Manfred and Schmidt, C. R. and Anders, A. and Barnekow, A.},
  title     = {Elevated expression of the cellular src gene in tumors of differing etiologies in Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61889},
  year      = {1985},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{AndersSchollSchartl1981,
  author    = {Anders, F. and Scholl, E. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Environmental and hereditary factors in the causation of neoplasia, based on studies of the Xiphophorus fish melanoma system},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86402},
  year      = {1981},
  abstract  = {Neoplasia in Xiphophorus can be classified into: a) a Jarge group triggered by carcinogens; b) a large group triggered by promoters; and c) a small group that develops "spontaneously" according to Mendelian Jaw. The process leading to susceptibility for neoplasia is represented by the disintegration of gene systems that normally protect the fish from neoplasia. Interpopulational arid interracial hybridization is the most effective process that Ieads to disintegration of the protective gene systems. Environmental factors may complete disintegration in somatic cells and thus may trigger neoplasia. The applications of the findings on Xiphophorus to humans are discussed.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{AndersSchartlScholl1981,
  author    = {Anders, F. and Schartl, Manfred and Scholl, E.},
  title     = {Evaluation of environmental and hereditary factors in carcinogenesis, based on studies in Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-72741},
  year      = {1981},
  abstract  = {Neoplasia in Xiphophorus can be classified into a) a large group that is triggered by carcinogens; b) a large group triggered by promoters; c) a small group that develops "spontaneously" following interpopulational and interracial hybridizations; and d) a small group that develops "spontaneously" following germ line mutation. The process leading to susceptibility for neoplasia is represented by the disintegration of gene systems that normally protect the fish from neoplasia. Hybridization is the most effective process that leads to disintegration of the protection gene systems. Environmental factors may complete disintegration and thus may trigger neoplasia. It is discussed whether the findings on Xiphophorus may also apply to humans.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FofanovProkopovKuhletal.2020,
  author    = {Fofanov, Mikhail V. and Prokopov, Dmitry Yu. and Kuhl, Heiner and Schartl, Manfred and Trifonov, Vladimir A.},
  title     = {Evolution of microRNA biogenesis genes in the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) and other polyploid vertebrates},
  series = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences},
  volume    = {21},
  journal   = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences},
  number    = {24},
  issn      = {1422-0067},
  doi       = {10.3390/ijms21249562},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-285230},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {MicroRNAs play a crucial role in eukaryotic gene regulation. For a long time, only little was known about microRNA-based gene regulatory mechanisms in polyploid animal genomes due to difficulties of polyploid genome assembly. However, in recent years, several polyploid genomes of fish, amphibian, and even invertebrate species have been sequenced and assembled. Here we investigated several key microRNA-associated genes in the recently sequenced sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) genome, whose lineage has undergone a whole genome duplication around 180 MYA. We show that two paralogs of drosha, dgcr8, xpo1, and xpo5 as well as most ago genes have been retained after the acipenserid-specific whole genome duplication, while ago1 and ago3 genes have lost one paralog. While most diploid vertebrates possess only a single copy of dicer1, we strikingly found four paralogs of this gene in the sterlet genome, derived from a tandem segmental duplication that occurred prior to the last whole genome duplication. ago1,3,4 and exportins1,5 look to be prone to additional segment duplications producing up to four-five paralog copies in ray-finned fishes. We demonstrate for the first time exon microsatellite amplification in the acipenserid drosha2 gene, resulting in a highly variable protein product, which may indicate sub- or neofunctionalization. Paralogous copies of most microRNA metabolism genes exhibit different expression profiles in various tissues and remain functional despite the rediploidization process. Subfunctionalization of microRNA processing gene paralogs may be beneficial for different pathways of microRNA metabolism. Genetic variability of microRNA processing genes may represent a substrate for natural selection, and, by increasing genetic plasticity, could facilitate adaptations to changing environments.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NandaSchoriesSimeonovetal.2022,
  author    = {Nanda, Indrajit and Schories, Susanne and Simeonov, Ivan and Adolfi, Mateus Contar and Du, Kang and Steinlein, Claus and Alsheimer, Manfred and Haaf, Thomas and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Evolution of the degenerated Y-chromosome of the swamp guppy, Micropoecilia picta},
  series = {Cells},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Cells},
  number    = {7},
  issn      = {2073-4409},
  doi       = {10.3390/cells11071118},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-267242},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {The conspicuous colour sexual dimorphism of guppies has made them paradigmatic study objects for sex-linked traits and sex chromosome evolution. Both the X- and Y-chromosomes of the common guppy (Poecilia reticulata) are genetically active and homomorphic, with a large homologous part and a small sex specific region. This feature is considered to emulate the initial stage of sex chromosome evolution. A similar situation has been documented in the related Endler's and Oropuche guppies (P. wingei, P. obscura) indicating a common origin of the Y in this group. A recent molecular study in the swamp guppy (Micropoecilia. picta) reported a low SNP density on the Y, indicating Y-chromosome deterioration. We performed a series of cytological studies on M. picta to show that the Y-chromosome is quite small compared to the X and has accumulated a high content of heterochromatin. Furthermore, the Y-chromosome stands out in displaying CpG clusters around the centromeric region. These cytological findings evidently illustrate that the Y-chromosome in M. picta is indeed highly degenerated. Immunostaining for SYCP3 and MLH1 in pachytene meiocytes revealed that a substantial part of the Y remains associated with the X. A specific MLH1 hotspot site was persistently marked at the distal end of the associated XY structure. These results unveil a landmark of a recombining pseudoautosomal region on the otherwise strongly degenerated Y chromosome of M. picta. Hormone treatments of females revealed that, unexpectedly, no sexually antagonistic color gene is Y-linked in M. picta. All these differences to the Poecilia group of guppies indicate that the trajectories associated with the evolution of sex chromosomes are not in parallel.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JonesFrucianoKelleretal.2016,
  author    = {Jones, Julia C. and Fruciano, Carmelo and Keller, Anja and Schartl, Manfred and Meyer, Axel},
  title     = {Evolution of the elaborate male intromittent organ of Xiphophorus fishes},
  series = {Ecology and Evolution},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Ecology and Evolution},
  number    = {20},
  doi       = {10.1002/ece3.2396},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-164956},
  pages     = {7207-7220},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Internally fertilizing animals show a remarkable diversity in male genital morphology that is associated with sexual selection, and these traits are thought to be evolving particularly rapidly. Male fish in some internally fertilizing species have "gonopodia," highly modified anal fins that are putatively important for sexual selection. However, our understanding of the evolution of genital diversity remains incomplete. Contrary to the prediction that male genital traits evolve more rapidly than other traits, here we show that gonopodial traits and other nongonopodial traits exhibit similar evolutionary rates of trait change and also follow similar evolutionary models in an iconic genus of poeciliid fish (Xiphophorus spp.). Furthermore, we find that both mating and nonmating natural selection mechanisms are unlikely to be driving the diverse Xiphophorus gonopodial morphology. Putative holdfast features of the male genital organ do not appear to be influenced by water flow, a candidate selective force in aquatic habitats. Additionally, interspecific divergence in gonopodial morphology is not significantly higher between sympatric species, than between allopatric species, suggesting that male genitals have not undergone reproductive character displacement. Slower rates of evolution in gonopodial traits compared with a subset of putatively sexually selected nongenital traits suggest that different selection mechanisms may be acting on the different trait types. Further investigations of this elaborate trait are imperative to determine whether it is ultimately an important driver of speciation.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RaulfRobertsonSchartl1989,
  author    = {Raulf, F. and Robertson, S. M. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Evolution of the neuron-specific alternative splicing product of the c-src proto-oncogene},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61796},
  year      = {1989},
  abstract  = {The observation of a slower migrating form of pp6oc-src in neural tissue of chicken and mouse has recently been shown to be due to an alternative transcript form of tbe c-src gene (Martinez et al.: Science 237:411-415, 1987; Levy et al.: Mol Cell Bio17:4142- 4145, 1987). An insertion of 18 basepairs between exons 3 and 4, presumed to be due to alternative splicing of a mini-exon, gives rise to six amino acid residues not found in the non-neuronal (termed flbroblastic) form of pp60\(^{c-src}\). Wehave addressed the question of the evolutionary origin of the c-src neuronal insert · and its functional signiflcance regarding neural-speciflc expression of the c-src gene. To this end we have investigated whether the c-src gene of a lower verlebrate (the teleost fish Xiphophorus) gives rise to a neural-specific transcript in an analogous manner. We could show that the fish c-src gene does encode for a "fibroblastic" and a "neuronal" form of transcript and that the neuronal transcript does indeed arise by way of alternative splicing of a mini-exon. The miniexon is also 18 basepairs long and we could demoostrate directly that this exon lies within the intron separating exons 3 and 4. For comparative purposes we have examined whether the fish c-yes gene, the member of the src gene family most closely related to c-src, also encodes a neural tissue-specific transcript. No evidence for a second transcript form in brain was obtained. This result suggests that the mini-exon arose within the c-src gene lineage sometime between the srclyes gene duplication event and the divergence of the evolutionary lineage giving rise to the teleost fish. Published genomic sequence of src-related genes in Drosophila and our own results with Hydra demoostrate no intron in these species at the analogous location, consistent with first appearance of this mini-exon sometime between 550 and 400 million years ago.},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchartlDimitrijevicSchartl1994,
  author    = {Schartl, A. and Dimitrijevic, N. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Evolutionary origin and molecular biology of the melanoma-inducing oncogene of Xiphophorus},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61954},
  year      = {1994},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MaeuelerRaulfSchartl1988,
  author    = {M{\"a}ueler, Winfried and Raulf, Friedrich and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Expression of proto-oncogenes in embryonic, adult, and transformed tissue of Xiphophorus (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86233},
  year      = {1988},
  abstract  = {In Xiphophorus the causative, primary cellular oncogene for melanoma formation has been assigned by classical genetics to a sex-chromosomal locus, designated Tu. Activation of Tu was proposed to be the result of the elimination of Tu-specific regulatory genes which normally suppress the transforming function in the nontumorous state. In order to understand the role which known proto-oncogenes migbt play in this process, we have analysed the expression of src, erb A, erb B, ras, abl, sis and mil related genes from Xiphophorus during embryogenesis, in non-tumorous organs and in melanoma cells. For src, ras, erb B and sis a differential expression during embryogenesis and/or in normal organs was detected, with preferential expression of src in neural tissues, a high abundance of sis transcripts in an embryonal epitheloid cellline and of erbB transcripts in the head nephros. In melanoma cells ras, src and a v-erb B related gene were found to be expressed. The src gene most likely is more involved in secondary processes during tumor progression, while the expression of the v-erb B related gene might be transformation-specific because recently such a sequence was found to map to the close vicinity of the Tu-locus.},
  subject      = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BarnekowPaulSchartl1987,
  author    = {Barnekow, A. and Paul, E. and Schartl, Manfred},
  title     = {Expression of the c-src protooncogene in human skin tumors},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61870},
  year      = {1987},
  abstract  = {No abstract available},
  subject      = {Physiologische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}