In order to evaluate the involvement of the thyroid gland in reproduction, thyroid functioning was described in female cultivated Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) in progressive stages of sexual maturation induced by ...In order to evaluate the involvement of the thyroid gland in reproduction, thyroid functioning was described in female cultivated Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) in progressive stages of sexual maturation induced by chum salmon pituitary homogenate (SPH) treatment. Serum thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were also measured in each stage. Thyroid gland activity (epithelial cell height) was high before SPH injection (previtellogenic stage), further increasing at the early vitellogenic stage, thereafter decreasing to late vitellogenic and migratory nucleus stages. The profiles of both T3 and T4 changed during vitellogenesis, being high during previtellogenic and early vitellogenic stages, and subsequently declining, thus mimicking thyroid gland activity. These results suggest that the thyroid has relation with eel ovarian development during artificial maturation.展开更多
The effect of estradiol-17β (E2)treatment on the pituitary-thyroidal axis has been investi- gated in female Japanese eels in seawater. The eels were injected with 1 mg/kg body weight (BW) weekly for two to eight week...The effect of estradiol-17β (E2)treatment on the pituitary-thyroidal axis has been investi- gated in female Japanese eels in seawater. The eels were injected with 1 mg/kg body weight (BW) weekly for two to eight weeks; another group was treated with 5 mg/kg BW weekly for eight weeks and sacrificed three days after the last injection. In the pituitary, using RT-PCR systern, the thyroid stim- ulating hormone 3 subunit mRNA (TSHβ MRNA) level is slowly increased in the low-dose E2 treatment group. A significant increase in values occurred after eight weeks E2 injections. The histological structure of the thyroid follicles suggests a hypo-activity as shown by a reduced epithelial cell height in eels injected with E2 after six and eight times, and eventually reached a minimum level after eight weeks. Using ra- dioimmunoassay of thyroxine (T4),triiodothyronine (T3) in the serum, a slowly decrease of both hor- mones is demonstrated. On the other hand, the TSHβ mRNA level is significantly increased from initial in the high-dose E2 treatment group. The histological structure of the thyroid follicles suggests a hypo- activity, and a sharp decrease of the both hormones is also indicated. These data suggest that the expres- sion of TSHβ mRNA level is increased and thyroid hormone release is depressed by E2, the effects de- pend upon E2 inection period and dose. Furthermore, E2 could not directly influence the TSHβ mRNA expression and, TSH transcription might be controlled by a negative feedback of thyroid hormone.展开更多
文摘In order to evaluate the involvement of the thyroid gland in reproduction, thyroid functioning was described in female cultivated Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) in progressive stages of sexual maturation induced by chum salmon pituitary homogenate (SPH) treatment. Serum thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were also measured in each stage. Thyroid gland activity (epithelial cell height) was high before SPH injection (previtellogenic stage), further increasing at the early vitellogenic stage, thereafter decreasing to late vitellogenic and migratory nucleus stages. The profiles of both T3 and T4 changed during vitellogenesis, being high during previtellogenic and early vitellogenic stages, and subsequently declining, thus mimicking thyroid gland activity. These results suggest that the thyroid has relation with eel ovarian development during artificial maturation.
文摘The effect of estradiol-17β (E2)treatment on the pituitary-thyroidal axis has been investi- gated in female Japanese eels in seawater. The eels were injected with 1 mg/kg body weight (BW) weekly for two to eight weeks; another group was treated with 5 mg/kg BW weekly for eight weeks and sacrificed three days after the last injection. In the pituitary, using RT-PCR systern, the thyroid stim- ulating hormone 3 subunit mRNA (TSHβ MRNA) level is slowly increased in the low-dose E2 treatment group. A significant increase in values occurred after eight weeks E2 injections. The histological structure of the thyroid follicles suggests a hypo-activity as shown by a reduced epithelial cell height in eels injected with E2 after six and eight times, and eventually reached a minimum level after eight weeks. Using ra- dioimmunoassay of thyroxine (T4),triiodothyronine (T3) in the serum, a slowly decrease of both hor- mones is demonstrated. On the other hand, the TSHβ mRNA level is significantly increased from initial in the high-dose E2 treatment group. The histological structure of the thyroid follicles suggests a hypo- activity, and a sharp decrease of the both hormones is also indicated. These data suggest that the expres- sion of TSHβ mRNA level is increased and thyroid hormone release is depressed by E2, the effects de- pend upon E2 inection period and dose. Furthermore, E2 could not directly influence the TSHβ mRNA expression and, TSH transcription might be controlled by a negative feedback of thyroid hormone.
