Gonadotropin-Activated AndrogenDependent and Independent Pathways Regulate Aquaporin Expression during Teleost (Sparus aurata) Spermatogenesis
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2015-11-17ISSN
1932-6203
Resumen
The mediation of fluid homeostasis by multiple classes of aquaporins has been suggested to be essential during spermatogenesis and spermiation. In the marine teleost gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), seven distinct aquaporins, Aqp0a, -1aa, -1ab, -7, -8b, -9b and -10b, are differentially expressed in the somatic and germ cell lineages of the spermiating testis, but the endocrine regulation of these channels during germ cell development is unknown. In this study, we investigated the in vivo developmental expression of aquaporins in the seabream testis together with plasma androgen concentrations. We then examined the in vitro regulatory effects of recombinant piscine gonadotropins, follicle-stimulating (rFsh) and luteinizing (rLh) hormones, and sex steroids on aquaporin mRNA levels during the spermatogenic cycle. During the resting phase, when plasma levels of androgens were low, the testis exclusively contained proliferating spermatogonia expressing Aqp1ab, whereas Aqp10b and -9b were localized in Sertoli and Leydig cells, respectively. At the onset of spermatogenesis and during spermiation, the increase of androgen plasma levels correlated with the additional appearance of Aqp0a and -7 in Sertoli cells, Aqp0a in spermatogonia and spermatocytes, Aqp1ab, -7 and -10b from spermatogonia to spermatozoa, and Aqp1aa and -8b in spermatids and spermatozoa. Short-term in vitro incubation of testis explants indicated that most aquaporins in Sertoli cells and early germ cells were upregulated by rFsh and/or rLh through androgen-dependent pathways, although Aqp1ab in proliferating spermatogonia was also activated by estrogens.
However, expression of Aqp9b in Leydig cells, and of Aqp1aa and -7 in spermatocytes and spermatids, was also directly stimulated by rLh. These results reveal a complex gonadotropic control of aquaporin expression during seabream germ cell development, apparently involving both androgen-dependent and independent pathways, which may assure the fine tuning of aquaporin-mediated fluid secretion and absorption mechanisms in the seabream testis.
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English
Materias (CDU)
639 - Caza. Pesca. Piscicultura
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24
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Public Library of Science
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PLoS ONE
Citación
Boj, Mónica, François Chauvigné, Cinta Zapater, and Joan Cerdà. 2015. "Gonadotropin-Activated Androgen-Dependent And Independent Pathways Regulate Aquaporin Expression During Teleost (Sparus Aurata) Spermatogenesis". PLOS ONE 10 (11): e0142512. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142512.
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
MICINN/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/AGL2010-15597/ES/AQUAPORINAS TESTICULARES DURANTE LA ESPERMATOGENESIS DE PECES MARINOS Y LA ACTIVACION Y PERMEABILIDAD ESPERMATICA/
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Aqüicultura
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