パース・チューベラリスのチロトロフィンが,光周期反応を誘発する
Nobuhiro Nakao1, Hiroko Ono, Takashi Yamamura
1Division of Biomodelling, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
Nature
|March 21, 2008
まとめ
甲状腺ホルモン活性化酵素 (DIO2) と hipothalamus のチロトロフィン (TSH) 遺伝子発現は,日本のクワトルの季節的な繁殖を開始します. TSHは,性腺の成長とDIO2発現を刺激し,長日の誘発性生殖を誘発する.
科学分野:
- 内分泌学 エンドックリノロジー
- 神経内分泌学の神経内分泌学
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
背景:
- 光周期の変化に反応する動物の季節性繁殖の分子基礎は,依然としてほとんど不明である.
- フォト周期信号伝導における最も初期の観測されたイベントは,日本のクワイルヒポタラマスの2型デオディナーゼ (DIO2) 遺伝子発現の急速な誘導である.
研究 の 目的:
- ゲン発現のカスケードを解明するために,の中盤下垂体 (MBH) で,光誘発型ルテイン化ホルモンの分泌を開始します.
- 季節性繁殖を誘発するチロトロフィン (TSH) の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 長日曝露後のクワトルのMBHにおける遺伝子発現波の分析.
- 短日のクワイルドにTSHを脳内静脈管内 (ICV) 投与する.
- TSH受容体-サイクルAMP (cAMP) 信号伝達経路の調査.
主要な成果:
- MBHで2つの異なる遺伝子発現の波が特定されました.
- 最初の波は,パース・チューベラリスのTSHベータサブユニット発現の増加を伴い,続いてDIO2発現の増加がありました.
- TSHのICV投与は,TSH受容体-cAMP経路によって媒介され,ショートデイクワトルの性腺成長とDIO2発現を刺激しました.
結論:
- パース・チューベラリスのTSHの増加は,長日の光誘発性季節性繁殖の引き金になっているようです.
- この研究は,TSHとDIO2が再生の光周期的調節に関与する新しいシグナル伝達経路を明らかにした.
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