Kisspeptins and reproduction: physiological roles and regulatory mechanisms

L Pinilla, E Aguilar, C Dieguez, RP Millar… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Procreation is essential for survival of species. Not surprisingly, complex neuronal networks
have evolved to mediate the diverse internal and external environmental inputs that regulate …

Neuroendocrinology of reproduction in teleost fish

Y Zohar, JA Muñoz-Cueto, A Elizur, O Kah - General and comparative …, 2010 - Elsevier
This review aims at synthesizing the most relevant information regarding the
neuroendocrine circuits controlling reproduction, mainly gonadotropin release, in teleost …

Kisspeptin signaling in the brain

AE Oakley, DK Clifton, RA Steiner - Endocrine reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Kisspeptin (a product of the Kiss1 gene) and its receptor (GPR54 or Kiss1r) have emerged
as key players in the regulation of reproduction. Mutations in humans or genetically targeted …

Control of puberty in farmed fish

GL Taranger, M Carrillo, RW Schulz, P Fontaine… - General and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Puberty comprises the transition from an immature juvenile to a mature adult state of the
reproductive system, ie the individual becomes capable of reproducing sexually for the first …

Perspectives on fish gonadotropins and their receptors

B Levavi-Sivan, J Bogerd, EL Mañanós… - General and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Teleosts lack a hypophyseal portal system and hence neurohormones are carried by nerve
fibers from the preoptic region to the pituitary. The various cell types in the teleost pituitary …

Current knowledge on the photoneuroendocrine regulation of reproduction in temperate fish species

H Migaud, A Davie, JF Taylor - Journal of fish biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonality is an important adaptive trait in temperate fish species as it entrains or regulates
most physiological events such as reproductive cycle, growth profile, locomotor activity and …

Cloning and Expression of kiss2 in the Zebrafish and Medaka

T Kitahashi, S Ogawa, IS Parhar - Endocrinology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Newly discovered kisspeptin (metastin), encoded by the Kiss1/KISS1 gene, is considered as
a major gatekeeper of puberty through the regulation of GnRH. In the present study, we …

The kiss/kissr Systems Are Dispensable for Zebrafish Reproduction: Evidence From Gene Knockout Studies

H Tang, Y Liu, D Luo, S Ogawa, Y Yin, S Li… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The kiss1/gpr54 signaling system is considered to be a critical regulator of reproduction in
most vertebrates. However, this presumption has not been tested vigorously in …

Organization of two independent kisspeptin systems derived from evolutionary-ancient kiss genes in the brain of zebrafish

A Servili, Y Le Page, J Leprince, A Caraty… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Kisspeptins are new actors in the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction. In vertebrates,
the number of kiss genes varies from none to three. Zebrafish have two kiss genes, kiss1 …

Evidence for two distinct KiSS genes in non-placental vertebrates that encode kisspeptins with different gonadotropin-releasing activities in fish and mammals

A Felip, S Zanuy, R Pineda, L Pinilla, M Carrillo… - Molecular and cellular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Kisspeptins, the products of KiSS-1 gene, have recently emerged as fundamental regulators
of reproductive function in different mammalian and, presumably, non-mammalian species …