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Gene expression in liver, gill, hypothalamus, pituitary, and olfactory rosettes from Atlantic salmon parr and smolt

ABSTRACT: To identify genes involved in the developmental process of Atlantic salmon smoltification, gene expression was compared between smolt and parr in tissues involved in osmoregulation (gill), metabolism (liver), imprinting (olfactory rosettes) and neuroendocrine control (hypothalamus and pituitary). Tissue samples were harvested from laboratory-reared parr and smolts on the same date. Smolts were distinguished from parr by size and appearance; developmental status was confirmed by physiological assays. Eight biological replicates (16 fish) balanced for sex and for dye were used in the liver, gill, olfactory rosette, and hypothalamus comparisons. Four male parr were compared to four male smolts and four female parr were compared to four female smolts; smolts were labeled with Alexa Fluor 555 on four arrays and with Alexa Fluor 647 on four arrays. Six biological replicates (12 fish) were used for the pituitary comparison (two female and four male).

ORGANISM(S): Salmo salar

SUBMITTER: Laura Robertson

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-33711 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Transcriptional profiling of the parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon.

Robertson Laura S LS McCormick Stephen D SD

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part D, Genomics & proteomics 20120807 4

The parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a complex developmental process that culminates in the ability to migrate to and live in seawater. We used GRASP 16K cDNA microarrays to identify genes that are differentially expressed in the liver, gill, hypothalamus, pituitary, and olfactory rosettes of smolts compared to parr. Smolts had higher levels of gill Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, plasma cortisol and plasma thyroid hormones relative to parr. Across all five tissues, stri ...[more]

PMID: 22951584

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Project description:The aim of this experiment was to explore transcriptomic changes in the gills of Altantic salmon (Salmo salar) following a model lab based parr smolt transformation from fresh water (FW) to salt water (SW). The process of smoltification (migration from FW to SW) is stimulated by long day photoperiod, which acts on the tissue-specific levels of active thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine, T3) through the expression of thyroid hormone type 2 deiodinase (dio2), responsible for conversion of inactive thyroxine (T4) to T3. To gain insight into the functional significance of dio2 induction, we performed a SW-challenge experiment in which we inhibited dio2 activity by addition of iopanoic acid (IOP) to the SW. We also assessed the ability of co-treatment with T3 to override IOP effects. Juvenile fish maintained in FW were subjected to a standard smolt photoperiod regime known to stimulate smoltification, after which they were randomly allocated to one of the four treatments: SW, SW+IOP, SW+IOP+T3 and FW as a control. Fish (n = 8-10 per treatment) were exposed to these conditions for 6 h and then sacrificed to obtain gill tissue for microarray analysis, carried out using a custom-designed Agilent oligonucleotide microarray platform Salar_2 (one glass slide with 4 x 44K arrays, Agilent design ID: 025520, array design A-MEXP-2065), developed and validated for Atlantic salmon (for details, see specific protocols) . In total, 36 hybridisations were performed on gills from individual fish, with 8-10 replicate fish per treatment. We identified 1939 genes whose expression was significantly increased or decreased by transfer from FW to SW. For a subset of 259 genes, this SW response was abolished if IOP was added to the SW, but maintained if T3 was also present during IOP treatment. This group of genes constitutes a candidate list, for which SW-inducibility appears to be dependent on locally mediated changes in gill T3 availability. The results of this experiment have been submitted for publication in Current Biology and are currently under review.

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Gene expression in liver, gill, hypothalamus, pituitary, and olfactory rosettes from Atlantic salmon parr and smolt

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Transcriptional profiling of the parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon.

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