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FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.617580
Keywords
Arg-vasotocin; isotocin receptor; cyclooxygenase; prostaglandin; parturition; guppy
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFD0901204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41976089, 41676126]
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The study found that AVT promotes PG biosynthesis via ITR and induces delivery behavior in ovoviviparous guppies.
Oxytocin (OT) is a crucial regulator of reproductive behaviors, including parturition in mammals. Arg-vasopressin (AVP) is a nonapeptide homologous to Arg-vasotocin (AVT) in teleosts that has comparable affinity for the OT receptor. In the present study, ovoviviparous guppies (Poecilia reticulata) were used to study the effect of AVT on delivery mediated by the activation of prostaglandin (PG) biosynthesis via isotocin (IT) receptors (ITRs). One copy each of it and avt and two copies of itrs were identified in guppies. The results of the affinity assay showed that various concentrations of AVT and IT (10(-6), 10(-7), and 10(-8) mol/L) significantly activated itr1 (P < 0.05). In vitro experiments revealed significant upregulation (P < 0.05) of cyclooxygenase 2 (cox2), which is the rate-limiting enzyme involved in PG biosynthesis, and itr1 by AVT and IT. Furthermore, dual in situ hybridization detected positive signals for itr1 and cox2 at the same site, implying that ITR1 may regulate cox2 gene expression. Measurement of prostaglandin F-2a (PGF(2a)) concentrations showed that AVT induced PGF(2a) synthesis (P < 0.05) and that the effect of IT was not significant. Finally, intraperitoneal administration of PGF(2a) significantly induced premature parturition of guppies. This study is the first to identify and characterize AVT and ITRs in guppies. The findings suggest that AVT promotes PG biosynthesis via ITR and that PGF(2a) induces delivery behavior in ovoviviparous guppies.
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