Abstract
Estrogen has a marked effect on the expression of vitellogenin, the egg yolk precursor protein in the liver of egg-laying vertebrates. cDNA clones specific for trout vitellogenin mRNA have been used to study the expression of the vitellogenin genes in rainbow trout ( Salmo gairdneri. The steady-state levels of vitellogenin mRNA in the liver of male rainbow trout were measured during primary and secondary stimulation with estradiol. The kinetics of induction in trout appear to be very similar to those seen in Xenopusand chicken in that a lag of approximately 2 days is observed in the accumulation of serum vitellogenin during primary induction. This lag is not observed during the secondary stimulation. The primary induction of vitellogenin mRNA in trout liver, using a single injection of estradiol (3 mg/kg body wt) results in a short-lived rise, reaching a maximum level of 260 ppm total RNA on Day 2. Using silastic implants of estradiol to induce a primary response produces a large increase in the steady-state level of vitellogenin mRNA which reaches a maximum of 2750 ppm total RNA on Day 10. During secondary stimulation, using silastic tubing the maximum level reached was 1200 ppm of the total RNA on Day 7, approximately half the level seen in the primary induction using the silastic implants. The difference in these two levels is due to an increase in the steady-state levels of rRNA, which appear to increase between Days 10 and 21 after the primary stimulation. These results demonstrate that the induction of vitellogenesis in the trout by estradiol involves changes in the steady-state levels of a number of different mRNA and rRNA sequences and resembles that seen in Xenopus and chicken.
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