简介：EvolutionaryevidencesuggeststhatSox3,amemberofthehigh-mobility-group(HMG)familyoftranscriptionfactors,isanancestralprecursorofSryandisinvolvedinsexdeterminationsimilartoSry.However,thereislimitedinformationregardingtheSOX3geneoftheblackrockfish(Sebastesschlegeli).Inthisstudy,wefirstisolatedSOX3genefromthegonadsofS.schlegelibyhomologycloning.Thefull-lengthofS.schlegeliSOX3(SsSOX3)cDNAwas1386bp,comprisinga906-bpopenreadingframe,whichencodesapeptideshowing93.6%and93.9%homologywiththeSox3proteinsofEpinepheluscoioidesandOryziaslatipe,respectively.ComparisonofthecDNAsequenceoftheSsSOX3genewiththecorrespondinggenomicDNAfragmentrevealedthattheSsSOX3geneconsistsofasingleexon.PhylogeneticanalysisdemonstratedtheevolutionaryrelationshipofSsSOX3withotherknownSOXB1genesinfishandtetrapods.ThepromoterregioncontainsbindingsitesofseveraltranscriptionalfactorsthatmightparticipateintheregulationofSsSOX3expression.Quantitativereal-timePCRanalysisindicatedthatSsSOX3wasexpressedinalltheinvestigatedlarvaldevelopmentalstagesfrom1to35daysafterbirthandthelevelofexpressiongraduallydecreasedasthedevelopmentproceeded.SsSOX3exhibitedsexuallydimorphicexpressioninadultgonads,withhighexpressionintheovarybutlowexpressioninthetestis.InsituhybridizationrevealedthatSsSOX3wasstronglyexpressedinoocytesandfollicularcellsofovariesbutslightlyexpressedingermcellsoftesticulartissues.Therefore,thisstudysuggeststhatSsSOX3playsanimportantroleinoogenesisandovarydifferentiationinS.schlegeli.

简介：Inthisstudy,threecDNAsequencescorrespondingtocytochromeP450C17(CYP17I),3β-hydroxysteroiddehydrogenase(3β-HSD)andandrogenreceptor(AR)wereisolatedfromspottedseabass(Lateolabraxmaculatus).ThemRNAabundancesofCYP17Iand3β-HSDincreasedfromstageⅡtostageⅤwithasignificantincreaseatstageⅤ,andthehighestabundanceofARmRNAwasdetectedatstageⅢintesticulardevelopmentcycle.CYP17I,3β-HSDandARtranscriptswereobviouslyabundantinsteroidogenesistissuessuchastestis,brain,headkidneyamongothers.StrongandpositivesignalswereobservedmainlyininterstitialcellregionsofL.maculatustestisasweremeasuredwithinsituhybridizationmethod.SignificantincreasesofCYP17Iand3β-HSDtranscriptsweredetectedafter12–48hhCG(humanchorionicgonadotropin)andGnRHa(gonadotropin-releasinghormoneanalogue)treatments.However,anoppositerelationshipwasfoundforARintestisatthesametime.Inaddition,decreasingtrendsofCYP17Iand3β-HSDmRNAwereobservedintestisofL.maculatusinfreshwatergroup(FW)fromday2today6,andmRNAabundanceofARincreasedinbrackishwater(BW)groupfromday4today8.Thesefindingsrevealedthatthesethreesteroidsynthesisgenesareimportfortesticulardevelopment,hormoneandsalinitytreatment,andprovidedalsoaninsightintothemechanismofreproductiveendocrineofL.maculatus.