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Cloning and promoter analysis of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone Ⅱ in the orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides)

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  • State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China

Received date: 2012-12-28

  Revised date: 2013-03-21

  Online published: 2013-07-25

Abstract

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is a key regulator of reproduction in all vertebrates. We first cloned the cDNA and genomic DNA sequences coding for GnRHⅡ gene in the orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelis coioides), an economically important marine fish, and then cloned its promoter sequence. The region responsible for the cell-specific expression of GnRHⅡ was located between -2005 bp to -956 bp from the translation start site. GnRHⅡ promoter driven EGFP expression in transgenic zebrafish showed that GnRHⅡ-positive neurons were primarily located in the midbrain and in the eyes. Our results provide an improved understanding of the regulatory mechanism and function of GnRHⅡ of E. coioides.

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CHEN Ji, LUO Yu-Shan, ZHU Zuo-Yan, HU Wei . Cloning and promoter analysis of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone Ⅱ in the orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides)[J]. Hereditas(Beijing), 2013 , 35(7) : 896 -902 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2013.00896

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