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Alternative splicing and differential expression of P450c17 (CYP17) in gonads during sex transformation in the rice field eel
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 307(2003)165-171,-0001,():
Several mechanisms were used in determination of the development of the male or female of vertebrates. The genes for determination of sequential hermaphrodite sex are unknown. Here, we reported cloning, alternative splicing, and expression patterns of the CYP17 gene of the rice field eel, a teleost fish with a characteristic of nature sex reversal. The CYP17 gene of the rice field eel was clustered into the CYP17 gene group of all the other vertebrates, especially into the fish subgroup. Four isoforms of the CYP17 were generated in gonads by alternative splicing and polyadenylation. Alternative splicing events of all these isoforms occurred in 30 regions, which encoded three different sizes (517, 512, and 159 aa) of proteins. RT-PCR results indicate specific expression in gonads of these isoforms. Northern blot analysis shows that expression patterns of the CYP17 (dominantly expressed in testis, less in ovary, and the least in ovotestis) are consistent with the sex reversal process of the rice field eel. In situ hybridization further shows its specific expression in germinal lamellae, the gonadal epithelium of the gonads. These findings indicate that CYP17 is differentially regulated in a sex-and developmentally specific manner, suggesting that the CYP17 potentially has important roles in gonad differentiation during sex reversal of the rice field eel.
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