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Molecular characterization and expression of arginine vasotocin V1a2 receptor in Atlantic croaker brain: Potential mechanisms of its downregulation by PCB77
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2020
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Source: Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 34(7)
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Journal Title:Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology
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Description:The arginine vasotocin (AVT)‐V1a receptor mediates critical reproductive behaviors of the nonapeptide vasotocin in the teleost brain. In this study, we report the molecular characterization of the AVT‐V1a2 receptor and its messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expressions in the Atlantic croaker brain after exposure to the planar polychlorinated biphenyl congener 3,3′,4,4′‐tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB77). The full‐length sequence of croaker AVT‐V1a2 receptor complementary DNA (cDNA) is highly homologous to other teleost AVT‐V1a2 receptor cDNAs. Double‐labeled immunohistochemistry showed coexpression of AVT‐V1a2 receptor and gonadotropin‐releasing hormone‐I (GnRH‐I, a neuropeptide that regulates gonadotropin secretion) in hypothalamic neurons, thereby providing the anatomical basis for possible AVT modulation of croaker reproduction through alterations in GnRH‐I secretion. AVT‐V1a2 receptor mRNA and protein levels as well as GnRH‐I mRNA levels were markedly decreased in hypothalamic tissues of croaker exposed to PCB77 (dose: 2 and 8 µg/g body weight for 4 weeks) compared with levels in untreated (control) fish. In contrast, hypothalamic cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A, a monooxygenase enzyme) and interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β, a cytokine indicator of inflammation and response to neuronal damage) mRNA levels, and plasma protein carbonyl (PC, an indicator of reactive oxygen species) contents, important biomarkers of neural stress, were increased in PCB77‐exposed fish compared with controls. Collectively, these results suggest that the downregulation of hypothalamic AVT‐V1a2 receptor and GnRH‐I transcripts due to PCB77 exposure is associated with induction of CYP1A, cellular inflammation and oxidative stress in Atlantic croaker, a marine teleost that inhabits estuaries along the US Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico that are often contaminated with persistent organic pollutants such as PCBs.
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Source:Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 34(7)
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ISSN:1095-6670;1099-0461;
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