Steroids in teleost fishes: A functional point of view

J Tokarz, G Möller, MH de Angelis, J Adamski - Steroids, 2015 - Elsevier
Steroid hormones are involved in the regulation of a variety of processes like embryonic
development, sex differentiation, metabolism, immune responses, circadian rhythms, stress …

Steroid transport, local synthesis, and signaling within the brain: roles in neurogenesis, neuroprotection, and sexual behaviors

N Diotel, TD Charlier… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Sex steroid hormones are synthesized from cholesterol and exert pleiotropic effects notably
in the central nervous system. Pioneering studies from Baulieu and colleagues have …

Direct and indirect effects of sex steroids on gonadotrope cell plasticity in the teleost fish pituitary

R Fontaine, MR Royan, K Von Krogh… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pituitary gland controls many important physiological processes in vertebrates,
including growth, homeostasis, and reproduction. As in mammals, the teleost pituitary …

Aromatase, estrogen receptors and brain development in fish and amphibians

P Coumailleau, E Pellegrini, F Adrio, N Diotel… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Estrogens affect brain development of vertebrates, not only by impacting activity and
morphology of existing circuits, but also by modulating embryonic and adult neurogenesis …

Role of sex steroids in fish sex determination and differentiation as revealed by gene editing

L Zhou, M Li, D Wang - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
The involvement of sex steroids in sex determination and differentiation is relatively
conserved among non-mammalian vertebrates, especially in fish. Thanks to the advances in …

The role of StAR2 gene in testicular differentiation and spermatogenesis in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

L Li, Y Wu, C Zhao, Y Miao, J Cai, L Song, J Wei… - The Journal of Steroid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sex steroids play critical roles in sex differentiation and gonadal development in teleosts.
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), transporting cholesterol (the substrate for …

Neural control of sexual behavior in fish

Y Oka - Zoological science, 2023 - BioOne
Many vertebrate species show breeding periods and exhibit series of characteristic species-
specific sexual behaviors only during the breeding period. Here, secretion of gonadal sex …

Characterization of two paralogous StAR genes in a teleost, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

X Yu, L Wu, L Xie, S Yang, T Charkraborty, H Shi… - Molecular and cellular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) transports cholesterol, the substrate for steroid
synthesis, to the inner membranes of mitochondria. It is well known that estrogen is essential …

The Opsin 3/Teleost multiple tissue opsin system: mRNA localization in the retina and brain of medaka (Oryzias latipes)

K Sato, H Ohuchi - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The photoreceptor protein, opsin, is one of the major components for vision and
photoreceptive function in animals. Although many opsins have been discovered from …

Plasticity of Lh cells caused by cell proliferation and recruitment of existing cells

R Fontaine, E Ager-Wick, K Hodne… - Journal of …, 2019 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Luteinizing hormone (Lh) and follicle-stimulating hormone (Fsh) control reproduction in
vertebrates. Using a transgenic line of medaka, in which green fluorescent protein …