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General and Comparative Endocrinology 165 (2010) 215220

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Expression analysis of steroid hormone receptor mRNAs


during zebrash embryogenesis
S. Pikulkaew 1, A. De Nadai, P. Belvedere, L. Colombo, L. Dalla Valle *
Comparative Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, 35131 Padova, Italy

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t

Article history: We have analyzed by qRT-PCR and/or RT-PCR the abundance and degradation rate of maternal mRNAs for
Received 16 April 2009 nine steroid hormone receptors and their possible replacement by corresponding embryonic transcripts
Revised 14 May 2009 in both ovulated oocytes and embryos of zebrash collected at 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 48 h post-fertiliza-
Accepted 28 June 2009
tion (hpf). The mRNAs encoded the nuclear receptors for progesterone (pr), androgen (ar), estrogen (era,
Available online 2 July 2009
erb1 and erb2), glucocorticoids (gr), mineralocorticoids (mr) and the membrane progestin receptor-a and
b (mpra and b). gr mRNA was the most abundant maternal transcript in oocytes and early embryos fol-
Keywords:
lowed by erb2 and ar mRNAs. They declined during the rst 8 hpf, being replaced, thereafter, by the
Steroid hormone receptor mRNA
Zebrash
embryonic messengers. erb1 and mr transcript levels were low until 8 hpf, but increased steadily during
Oocyte embryonic transcription from 24 to 48 hpf. pr transcripts were detectable only in ovulated oocytes and at
Embryo 24 and 48 hpf. At these stages, there was a slight increase of era mRNA that initially was very low. mPra
qRT-PCR and b mRNAs were expressed in ovulated oocytes and faintly persisted during the rst 4 hpf. There was
Maternal programming no subsequent embryonic expression of these transcripts. The possible involvement of maternal mRNAs
for glucocorticoid and sex hormone receptors in the programming of early zebrash development is
intriguing, since they mainly occur at stages in which gene replication predominates over transcription.
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1. Introduction tive throughout the rst embryogenic steps, as suggested by


Brooks et al. (1997). Lower overall growth rates were observed in
The yolk of ovulated oocytes in teleost sh, as in other ovipa- larvae derived from embryos supplemented with cortisol, the main
rous vertebrates, contains large amounts of liposoluble hormones, stress hormone, both in the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus
such as steroid, thyroid and retinoid hormones (McCormick, 1999; coioides (Tay et al., 1997) and in the ambon damsel, Pomacentrus
Irie and Seki, 2002), taken up from the maternal circulation or the amboinensis (McCormick, 1999). Moreover, the treatment of rain-
follicular envelope. Studies on several sh species have shown that bow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, oocytes with cortisol before fertil-
maternal steroid hormones may be involved in the early develop- ization was correlated with depressed post-metamorphic body
ment of the offspring. For example, sex steroid hormones were growth of the offspring, without alteration in premetamorphic
found in the eggs of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) (Feist growth (Belvedere et al., 1999). The same effect was obtained in
et al., 1990), cortisol in the eggs of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis zebrash, Danio rerio, but in this case the hormonal treatment
mossambicus) (Shiraishi et al., 1999), and testosterone in medaka was performed just after fertilization (in preparation).
(Oryzias latipes) (Iwamatsu et al., 2006). In addition, dynamic In order to induce such long-term epigenetic effects on gene
changes in cortisol content prole were reported in tilapia (Hwang expression by maternal hormonal programming during early
et al., 1992) and zebrash (Aslop and Vijayan, 2008), showing a embryonic stages, cognate receptors must be precociously trans-
steady decline from fertilization until hatching in both species. lated from maternal mRNAs, before the activation of zygotic gene
Experimental changes of steroid concentrations were shown to transcription, which mostly occurs from the midblastula transition
cause distinct effects on offspring development, thus demonstrat- (MBT) beginning at cycle 10 (Kimmel et al., 1995). In a preliminary
ing that these hormones are not only correlated with the maternal work, we demonstrated by semi-quantitative RT-PCR that zebra-
hormonal condition during oogenesis, but are also biologically ac- sh eggs contain maternal mRNA for cortisol receptor. This de-
clines during the rst 8 h post-fertilization (hpf), being replaced,
thereafter, by the corresponding embryonic mRNA (Belvedere
* Corresponding author. Fax: +39 049 8276199.
E-mail address: luisa.dallavalle@unipd.it (L. Dalla Valle).
et al., 2005).
1
Permanent address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, In this study, we have analyzed by qRT-PCR and/or RT-PCR
Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand. the expression of nuclear receptor mRNAs for progesterone (pr),

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androgen (ar), estrogen (era, erb1 and erb2), glucocorticoids (gr), a negative control was prepared by replacing the cDNA solution
mineralocorticoids (mr) and membrane progestin receptor-a and with sterile water to check for cross-contamination. PCR products
b (mpra and b) in zebrash ovulated oocytes and embryos sampled for each gene of interest were sequenced to conrm amplicon
at 8 time points from fertilization up to hatching (48 hpf). identity.

2.4. Quantitative reverse-transcription and PCR (qRT-PCR)


2. Materials and methods

Optimizations of reagent concentrations and amplication con-


2.1. Zebrash embryos and RNA isolation
ditions were performed by conventional PCR. Reverse transcriptase
reactions were carried out with 2 lg of total RNA combined with
Zebrash of wild-type strain were used and maintained as de-
specic reverse primers for erb1 and 2, ar, gr, mr and ef1a (elonga-
scribed in Westereld (1995) and Lawrence (2007). Oocytes were
tion factor 1a) mRNAs and SuperScript VILOTM RT-PCR Synthesis
obtained by stripping and embryos by natural mating with subse-
Kit (Invitrogen). Reactions were performed at 25 C for 10 min,
quent culture in an incubator at 28.5 C with a photoperiod of 12 h
45 C for 60 min and 85 C for 5 min. The nal cDNAs were kept
light/12 h dark. Three replicate samples were taken at each of nine
at 20 C before use.
time points comprising unfertilized eggs and embryos collected at
To create the standard curves for qRT-PCR, sequenced PCR prod-
0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 and 48 hpf. Such time points correspond to the
ucts were cloned into the pGEM-T Easy vector (Promega, Milan,
following seven developmental stages, according to Kimmel et al.
Italy). The copy numbers of the plasmid DNA templates were cal-
(1995): maternal stage (unfertilized eggs), zygote stage (0 hpf),
culated according to the plasmid molecular weight and then con-
cleavage stage (1 and 2 hpf), blastula stage (4 hpf), gastrula stage
verted into copy numbers on the basis of Avogadros number.
(8 hpf), segmentation stage (12 hpf), and pharyngula stage (24
Serial dilutions of 108102 plasmids/L were used to generate the
and 48 hpf), when embryonic development terminates and hatch-
calibration curves.
ing occurs (Mathavan et al., 2005).
qRT-PCR analysis was performed on the same RNA samples
Total RNA was extracted with Trizol reagent (Invitrogen, Milan,
used for RT-PCR. All samples were analyzed in triplicate in 20-lL
Italy), according to manufacturers instructions. Total RNA pellets
volumes using DyNAmoTM HS SYBR Green qPCR Kit (Finnzymes,
were resuspended in 2030 lL of ultrapure water and stored at
Celbio, Milan, Italy). PCRs were performed with the Applied Biosys-
80 C until use. An aliquot of RNA was quantied by absorbance
tems 7300/7500 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems, Mon-
at 260 nm, and RNA quality was assessed according to the integrity
za, Italy). Real-time PCR conditions were optimized after trying
of 28S and 18S RNA bands after electrophoresis on 1% agarose gel.
various times and temperatures for each cycling step as well as
by establishing the concentrations of MgCl2 (2.5 mM for receptor
2.2. Primers transcripts and 4 mM for ef1a mRNA), and forward and reverse
primers (0.4 lM). The reaction conditions were as follows: enzyme
For both RT-PCR and qRT-PCR, gene-specic primers were de- activation at 95 C for 10 min followed by 40 cycles at 95 C for 30 s
signed on cDNA sequences encoding zebrash steroid receptors (denaturation) and 58 C for 60 s (annealing and elongation).
deposited in GenBank (Table 1). The primers were designed to span Threshold values for threshold cycle (Ct) determination were gen-
an intron in order to reveal any contaminating genomic DNA as a erated automatically by the Applied Biosystems software. Specic-
larger-sized PCR fragment. ity of the reaction was checked by analysis of the melting curve of
the nal amplied product. The results were reported as expres-
2.3. Reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) sion, after normalization, of the transcript amount with respect
to the reference gene (ef1a). To correct for the increase of eF1a
This protocol was used for a preliminary analysis of all steroid expression from early to late stages, the level of expression of
receptor transcripts. Reverse transcriptase reactions were per- ef1a within each group of samples was normalized to a randomly
formed with 2 lg of total RNA combined with random hexamers selected control group (UF), according to Billiau et al. (2001), Es-
and ThermoScriptTM RT-PCR System Kit (Invitrogen), according to sex-Fraser et al. (2005) and Ings and Van der Kraak (2006), as fol-
manufacturers instructions. Total cDNA (200 ng) was amplied lows: individual value within a stage/(mean value within a stage/
by PCR containing 10 mM TrisHCl (pH 8.3), 50 mM KCl, 1.5 mean value of control group).
2 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM of each dNTP, 0.2 lM of the respective prim-
ers, 1.25 U of Biotherm Taq DNA polymerase (Societ Italiana 2.5. Statistical analysis
Chimici, Rome, Italy) and ultrapure water to a nal volume of
25 lL. Touch-down amplication was performed with annealing Data were checked for normal distribution (ShapiroWilks test)
temperatures decreasing from 60 to 54 C over six cycles, while and homogeneity of variances (Bartletts test). As data were not
the subsequent 34 cycles were maintained at 54 C. For each PCR, homogeneously distributed, a KruskalWallis ANOVA was per-

Table 1
Primers used for RT-PCR and qRT-PCR analysis.

Gene Accession number Product size (bp) Forward primer Reverse primer
pr DQ017620 359 50 -GCAGATGATCAGCATCCTG-30 50 -GGACAAACTGCATAGCCA-30
ar EF440290 323 50 -GCTGCTCTTCTCACCAG-30 50 -CGAGAGATGCTTCATCTG-30
era, AF349412 323 50 -CTGTCTGCTCACGACAG-30 50 -AGCCACAGTTGCTAAGAG-30
erb1 AJ414566 275 50 -GTGCCATGACTACGCTTCTG-30 50 -CGCCAGAGCTGTCTCTG-30
erb2 AF516874 224 50 -CAGACCTCTGTCTCAGCAG-30 50 -CAGCAGACACAGCAGCTTG-30
gr EF567112 300 50 -GACAGCACTATACCAGACAC-30 50 -CTTCAACATCTGTTCACAC-30
mr NM_001100403 341 50 -AGAAGTGGTGTTCGCTG-30 50 -GAACAAACTCCTGGCTCA-30
mpra AY149121 205 50 -CATGGCTTCCGGTTAATTGTC -30 50 -GCCCAATCTGCTCCATCAC-30
mprb AY149120 240 50 -CTGGCATGCTCAGCGCTG-30 50 -GACCCAGCTGCTGCAGAC-30
ef1a NM_131263 271 50 -GACAAGAGAACCATCGAG-30 50 -CCTCAAACTCACCGACAC-30
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formed, and the non-parametric MannWhitney U-test was used 0 hpf), being replaced, thereafter, by the corresponding embryonic
for pairwise comparisons. The STATISTICA 5.5 software package mRNAs to a maximum at 48 hpf (p < 0.001 from 8 hpf). These were
(StatSoft, Tulsa, OK, USA) was used for statistical analyses. the most abundant mRNAs analyzed. The expressions in ovulated
oocytes and at 0 hpf were not signicantly different from that at
48 hpf (Fig. 2D; Table 2).
3. Results
mr Transcripts were very low in ovulated oocytes and during
the rst 8 hpf, showing a steep increase from 12 hpf until hatching
3.1. RT-PCR
(48 hpf) (p < 0.001 from 8 hpf) (Fig. 2E; Table 2).
This protocol was used for a preliminary analysis of all steroid
receptor transcripts. Then, ve transcripts (erb1 and 2, ar, gr and
4. Discussion
mr), showing high expression levels or specic expression patterns,
were selected for qRT-PCR. The following steroid receptor tran-
In zebrash, mRNAs for steroid hormone receptors synthesized
scripts were analysed only by RT-PCR: era, pr, mpra and b.
during oogenesis appear to be differentially available for transla-
era Transcripts were initially very low and increased slightly at
tion during early embryogenesis, thus hinting at a possible role
24 and 48 hpf with the progression of embryonic gene transcrip-
during subsequent development. Here, we provide a simultaneous
tion. pr Transcripts were evident only in ovulated oocytes and at
survey on the occurrence and dynamics of the maternal mRNAs for
24 and 48 hpf. mpr-a and b mRNAs were expressed in ovulated oo-
nine steroid receptors from ovulation to 48 hpf, in order to inte-
cytes and mainly in the rst 4 hpf. There was no subsequent
grate and extend experimental evidence from previous reports.
embryonic expression of these transcripts (Fig. 1).
In zebrash, two er subtypes have been identied, era and erb,
which are phylogenetically related to the corresponding tetrapod
3.2. qRT-PCR subtypes. In addition, two eRb variants have been isolated from dif-
ferent sh species, including zebrash, namely erb1 (also known as
3.2.1. Optimization and validation of qRT-PCR esr2b) and erb2 (also known as esr2a or erba) (Lassiter et al., 2002;
The specicity of the primer pairs for erb1 and 2, ar, gr and mr Bardet et al., 2002; Menuet et al., 2002; Tingaud-Sequeira et al.,
transcripts as well as for ef1a mRNA, used as an internal control, 2004). Our results show that, during zebrash early development,
was established by RT-PCR and sequencing of the cDNA fragments. the content of era mRNA is initially very low and is only slightly in-
Melt graphs were checked for the presence of primer dimers or creased by embryonic transcription during the pharyngula stage. A
spurious products, which were always absent when the specic similar prole was also reported by Bardet et al. (2002), although
transcript was detected. Specicity of real-time amplicons was their data start from 12 hpf.
determined by routine analysis of amplication proles and melt- erb1 and erb2 were found to display completely dissimilar pro-
ing curves. Random samples were also analyzed on agarose gel. les, as also observed by Bardet et al. (2002), Lassiter et al. (2002)
and Tingaud-Sequeira et al. (2004). As determined by qRT-PCR,
3.2.2. Quantication there was a rather high concentration of maternal erb2 mRNA just
erb1 Transcript levels were stably low from 0 to 8 hpf, but stea- after fertilization, which began to decline during blastulation to
dily increased during embryonic transcription from 24 hpf to a reach a minimum at the gastrula stage with a small recovery later
maximum at 48 hpf, which were signicantly different on by embryonic transcription.
(p < 0.001) compared to the expression at 8 hpf (Fig. 2A; Table 2). Conversely, maternal erb1 mRNA does not appear to be rele-
Conversely, erb2 Transcripts were initially present at high levels vant, since the messenger for this receptor was found to be strictly
as maternal mRNAs, but declined sharply from 4 to 8 hpf dependent upon embryonic expression starting at 12 hpf.
(p < 0.001, with respect to 2 hpf), remaining similarly low thereaf- Interestingly, Lassiter and Linney (2007) have demonstrated
ter (Fig. 2B; Table 2). that the brain aromatase gene, cyp19a1b, is strongly expressed in
ar Transcripts of maternal origin were initially moderately high, zebrash between 24 and 48 hpf, and our data support the
and decreased sharply from 4 to 8 hpf (p < 0.01, compared to assumption that the estrogen synthesized at hatching may interact
4 hpf), being subsequently replaced at a low level by the corre- with the ascending erb1 of embryonic origin. There is substantial
sponding embryonic mRNAs (p < 0.01 from 8 hpf) (Fig. 2C; Table 2). evidence on the role of estrogen during zebrash organogenesis,
gr Transcripts were highly expressed as maternally transmitted as it is required for the development of the central nervous system
mRNAs and declined throughout the rst 8 hpf (p < 0.01, from and retinal epithelium as well as for normal cardiovascular func-
tioning and body growth (Hamad et al., 2007; Nelson et al.,
2008). At present, it seems that mainly erb2 can initially interact
with maternal estrogen taken up into the yolk from the granulosa
cells of the follicular envelope, but the regulatory signicance of
this interaction remains to be dened.
The gene encoding ar is present as a single copy gene in the zeb-
rash genome (Gorelick et al., 2008; Hossain et al., 2008). Maternal
ar mRNA was detectable from fertilization to the blastula stage
reaching a minimum at gastrulation with limited increment there-
after. A comparable expression prole has been recently reported
by Hossain et al. (2008). Such a dynamics points to a possible bind-
ing interaction with maternal androgens of thecal origin perme-
ated through the oolemma, though the actual rate of mRNA
translation is presently undetermined.
It is established that ar mediates the masculinizing effects of
Fig. 1. Expression of era, pr, mpra and mprb transcripts during zebrash develop-
ment, shown by RT-PCR performed on RNA extracted at different developmental
androgens on different parts of the sh reproductive system (Ikeuchi
stages, using ef1a as a loading control. MW = DNA ladder; C = negative control et al., 2001; De Waal et al., 2008), but little is known about its role
(water); U = ovulated oocytes; 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 48 = h post-fertilization (hpf). in embryos before sexual differentiation. Notably, Gorelick et al.
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Fig. 2. Copy numbers of steroid receptor transcripts after normalization with ef1a mRNA as an internal control. In the abscissa: U = ovulated oocytes; 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 48 = h
post-fertilization (hpf). Values represent the means SEM (n = 9) of expressions, as determined by qPCR. (A) erb1; (B) erb2; (C) ar; (D) gr; and (E) mr mRNAs.

(2008) have observed the presence of ar mRNA in the zebrash As determined by RT-PCR, pr mRNA was revealed in ovulated oo-
pronephros by whole-mount in situ hybridization between the cytes, but disappeared completely afterwards to rise again with
14- and 18-somite stages (1618 hpf), hence after the drop of the embryonic transcription at 24 and 48 hpf. Hence, maternal pr
corresponding maternal mRNA. Recent studies have revealed a dif- mRNA does not seem to be involved in the rst life stages of zebra-
ferential expression of ar mRNA between two groups of zebrash sh. Probably, meioprogestogens, which in sh include 20b-dihy-
embryos, thus suggesting a precocious sex-related divergence dro and 21-hydroxy derivatives of progesterone and 17a-
(Jrgensen et al., 2008; De Waal et al., 2008). hydroxyprogesterone (Thomas et al., 2002), limit their action to
Until now, three distinct mpr subtypes, named a, b, and c, have the terminal differentiation of the oocytes through genomic and
been described in teleost sh (Thomas et al., 2004). They mediate non-genomic mechanisms. On the other hand, Bertrand et al.
meioprogestogen induction of the oocyte resumption of the second (2007), using whole-mount in situ hybridization, have detected a
meiotic division before ovulation in zebrash, as in other teleosts sharp rise of embryonic pr mRNA since epiboly (8 hpf) and during
(Hanna et al., 2006; Thomas, 2008). There are no previous reports somitogenesis with subsequent prevalent rostral expression. Their
on mpr expression during zebrash embryogenesis, but our data gures show a pr mRNA dynamic pattern very similar to that of gr
indicate merely a low persistence of the maternal mRNAs of mprb mRNA, which is highly expressed as both maternal and embryonic
and, to an even lower level, of mpra from ovulation until the blas- species. Since their antisense mRNA probe was designed on the
tula stage with further fading concentrations thereafter. Whether coding region of the pr gene, which bears strong homology (>60%)
these mRNAs are simply a carry over of their occurrence during oo- to the gr gene, a cross-reactivity might explain the discrepancy
cyte maturation or are actually translated in the early blastomeres about the onset and intensity of embryonic pr mRNA expression
remains to be established. with respect to our data that were obtained with specic primers.
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Table 2 negative inhibitor. The grb mRNA shows a more marked drop at
Results of the pairwise comparisons done by non-parametric MannWhitney U-test the tail bud stage (10 hpf), when the gra/grb mRNA ratio is
at specied p-values.
maximal.
0 1 2 4 8 12 24 48 As to mr mRNA, our results agree with those by Aslop and Vija-
Estrogen receptor b1 (erb1) yan (2008), indicating a low maternal abundance and a rise from
U NS NS NS NS NS NS   12 to 48 hpf, which, in their study, continues afterwards reaching
0 NS NS NS  NS   52-fold the 1.5 hpf value by 97 hpf. Given the net prevalence of
1 NS NS NS   
2 NS NS NS  
maternal gr transcripts over those for mr, that cortisol is a high-
4 NS NS   afnity ligand for both receptors, and that cortisol deposited in
8    the yolk from maternal circulation was shown to decrease 70%
12   by 25 hpf (Aslop and Vijayan, 2008), it is evident that gr rather than
24 
proposed mr is more likely to mediate maternal cortisol action.
Estrogen receptor b2 (erb2)
U NS NS NS NS     While embryonic mRNAs for steroid receptors are expected to
0 NS NS NS     be translated into proteins acting as transcription factors on ste-
1 NS      roid gene targets, the functional signicance of the corresponding
2      maternal mRNAs is more intriguing. The facts that they are depos-
4 **   
ited in the developing zygote with distinctive abundances and are
8   
12   differentially degraded hint at a possible implication in early devel-
24 NS opment. There are, however, three aspects that must be claried by
Androgen receptor (ar) future research. First, how maternal mRNAs, presumably displaced
U NS   NS  NS NS NS
with the germinal vesicle to the animal pole are partitioned among
0 NS NS NS  NS NS NS
1 NS NS     the blastomeres arising by synchronous division until MBT. Sec-
2 NS     ond, how steroid hormones, particularly corticosteroids, estrogens
4  NS  NS and androgens trapped inside the lipophilic milieu of the yolk, are
8    brought into contact with their cognate receptors, when translated
12 NS NS
from their maternal mRNAs. Third, whether maternal steroid
24 NS
Glucocorticoids receptor (gr) receptors exert a transcriptional control in the maternal program-
U NS       NS ming of the zygotic genome activation before and after MBT
0       NS (Mathavan et al., 2005), given the rather fast degradation of their
1 NS NS   NS 
most abundant mRNAs and the predominance of gene replication
2 NS   NS 
4   NS 
over transcription at those stages.
8 NS  
12 NS 
24  Acknowledgments
Mineralocorticoids receptor (mr)
U NS       
Grant support: Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo (CPDA078853),
0       
1 NS NS NS    University of Padova, Padova, Italy. We thank Dr. Valerio Matozzo
2 NS NS    and Dr. Pawin Padungtod for assistance in statistical analyses.
4 NS   
8   
12  
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