TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herpin, Amaury
A1  - Schmidt, Cornelia
A1  - Kneitz, Susanne
A1  - Gobé, Clara
A1  - Regensburger, Martina
A1  - Le Cam, Aurélie
A1  - Montfort, Jérome
A1  - Adolfi, Mateus C.
A1  - Lillesaar, Christina
A1  - Wilhelm, Dagmar
A1  - Kraeussling, Michael
A1  - Mourot, Brigitte
A1  - Porcon, Béatrice
A1  - Pannetier, Maëlle
A1  - Pailhoux, Eric
A1  - Ettwiller, Laurence
A1  - Dolle, Dirk
A1  - Guiguen, Yann
A1  - Schartl, Manfred
T1  - A novel evolutionary conserved mechanism of RNA stability regulates synexpression of primordial germ cell-specific genes prior to the sex-determination stage in medaka
JF  - PLoS Biology
N2  - Dmrt1 is a highly conserved transcription factor, which is critically involved in regulation of gonad development of vertebrates. In medaka, a duplicate of dmrt1—acting as master sex-determining gene—has a tightly timely and spatially controlled gonadal expression pattern. In addition to transcriptional regulation, a sequence motif in the 3′ UTR (D3U-box) mediates transcript stability of dmrt1 mRNAs from medaka and other vertebrates. We show here that in medaka, two RNA-binding proteins with antagonizing properties target this D3U-box, promoting either RNA stabilization in germ cells or degradation in the soma. The D3U-box is also conserved in other germ-cell transcripts, making them responsive to the same RNA binding proteins. The evolutionary conservation of the D3U-box motif within dmrt1 genes of metazoans—together with preserved expression patterns of the targeting RNA binding proteins in subsets of germ cells—suggest that this new mechanism for controlling RNA stability is not restricted to fishes but might also apply to other vertebrates.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-320011
VL  - 17
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liu, Ruiqi
A1  - Kinoshita, Masato
A1  - Adolfi, Mateus C.
A1  - Schartl, Manfred
T1  - Analysis of the role of the Mc4r system in development, growth, and puberty of medaka
JF  - Frontiers in Endocrinology
N2  - 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.
KW  - medaka
KW  - Mc4r
KW  - knockout
KW  - puberty
KW  - growth
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-201472
VL  - 10
ER  -