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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 179, Issue -, Pages 17-24Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.08.020
Keywords
Cinnamon clownfish; Kisspeptin; Growth hormone; Insulin-like growth factor I; Somatolactin; Melatonin
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant - Korean government (MSIP) [2014R1A2A2A01002747]
- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology [PE99234]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2014R1A2A2A01002747] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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This study aimed to test the effects of kisspeptin (Kiss) on somatic growth in the cinnamon clownfish Amphiprion melanopus. We investigated the effects of Kiss treatment on the growth by measuring the mRNA expressions of the growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth hormone factor (IGF-I), somatolactin (SL), and melatonin receptor (MT). The expression levels of GH and SL of the pituitary gland and IGF-I of the liver increased after Kiss treatment (in vivo and in vitro). In addition, the MT mRNA expression increased in the pituitary gland and brain after Kiss treatment (in vivo and in vitro). These results support the hypothesis that Kiss directly regulates the somatic growth-related factors, such as GH, SL, and MT, and IGF-I in the cinnamon clownfish. Further, injection of Kiss resulted in significantly higher levels of plasma melatonin than that in the control. We, therefore, conclude that Kiss plays a role in modulating growth and artificially induced rapid growth in cinnamon clownfish. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inn All rights reserved.
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