Pleiotropic effect of thyroid hormones on gene expression in fish as exemplified from the blue bream Ballerus ballerus (Cyprinidae): Results of transcriptomic analysis

Dokl Biochem Biophys. 2016 Mar;467(1):124-7. doi: 10.1134/S1607672916020137. Epub 2016 May 20.

Abstract

A pronounced pleiotropic effect of thyroid hormones on the regulation of gene expression in fish in postembryogenesis was demonstrated for the first time using larvae and juveniles of the blue bream Ballerus ballerus as an example. Genome-wide transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) identified 1212 differentially expressed genes in the brain and liver of fish kept in triiodothyronine solution (0.25 ng/mL). Our data show that the regulation of gene expression by thyroid hormones is widespread in nature: it involves not only the structural genes but also the regulatory genes. A significant number of genes under the control of thyroid hormones are involved in the determination of morphological traits.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / growth & development
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Cyprinidae / growth & development*
  • Cyprinidae / metabolism*
  • Fish Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Expression / physiology*
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Ontology
  • Larva
  • Liver / growth & development
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Thyroid Hormones / administration & dosage
  • Thyroid Hormones / metabolism*
  • Transcriptome / physiology
  • Triiodothyronine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Fish Proteins
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Triiodothyronine