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Effects of the Thyroid Endocrine System on Gonadal Sex Ratios and Sex-Related Gene Expression in the Pufferfish

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Specialty Endocrinology
Date 2021 May 24
PMID 34025585
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To examine the effect and mechanism of thyroid hormone on gonadal sex differentiation, larvae were treated with goitrogen (methimazole, MET, 1000 g/g), and thyroxine (T4, 2nM) from 25 to 80 days after hatching (dah). Gonadal histology and sex ratios of fish were then determined at 80 dah. MET treatment induced masculinization, but T4 treatment did not induce feminization in larvae. Transcriptomic analysis of gonads at 80 dah was then conducted. Among the large number of differentially expressed genes between the groups, the expression of , , and was altered. The expression of , , and at 25, 40, 55 days after treatment (dat) was further analyzed by qPCR. MET treatment suppressed the expression of and , and induced the expression of in genetic females ( < 0.05). Additionally, T4 treatment induced an increase in the expression of in genetic XY gonads only at 25 dat. However, the increase in expression did not continue to 40 and 55 dat. This may explain why feminization of larvae was not found in the T4-treated group. Thus, the present study provides the first evidence that MET treatment causes masculinization in teleost fish. The effects of MET-induced masculinization in may act primarily suppression of the expression of and , and stimulation of the expression of . Moreover, the effects of higher concentrations of T4 or different concentrations of T3, on sex differentiation require further testing.

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