PMID- 26287569 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161007 LR - 20161230 IS - 1096-9861 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9967 (Linking) VI - 524 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Mar 1 TI - Morphological analysis of the early development of telencephalic and diencephalic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuronal systems in enhanced green fluorescent protein-expressing transgenic medaka lines. PG - 896-913 LID - 10.1002/cne.23883 [doi] AB - Teleosts possess two or three paralogs of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) genes: gnrh1, gnrh2, and gnrh3. Some species have lost the gnrh1 and/or gnrh3 genes, whereas gnrh2 has been completely conserved in the teleost species analyzed to date. In most teleosts that possess gnrh1, GnRH1 peptide is the authentic GnRH that stimulates gonadotropin release, whereas GnRH2 and GnRH3, if present, are neuromodulatory. Progenitors of GnRH1 and GnRH3 neurons originate from olfactory placodes and migrate to their destination during early development. However, because of the relatively low affinity/specificity of generally available antibodies that recognize GnRH1 or GnRH3, labeling of these neurons has only been possible using genetic manipulation. We used a model teleost, medaka, which possesses all three paralogous gnrh genes, to analyze development of forebrain GnRH neurons composed of GnRH1 and GnRH3 neurons. Here, we newly generated transgenic medaka lines that express enhanced green fluorescent protein under the control of promoters for gnrh1 or gnrh3, to detect GnRH neurons and facilitate immunohistochemical analysis of the neuronal morphology. We used a combination of immunohistochemistry and three-dimensional confocal microscopy image reconstructions to improve identification of neurites from GnRH1 or GnRH3 neuronal populations with greater precision. This led us to clearly identify the hypophysiotropic innervation of GnRH1 neurons residing in the ventral preoptic area (vPOA) from as early as 10 days post hatching. Furthermore, these analyses also revealed retinopetal projections of nonhypophysiotropic GnRH1 neurons in vPOA, prominent during early developmental stages, and multiple populations of GnRH3 neurons with different origins and migratory pathways. CI - (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Takahashi, Akiko AU - Takahashi A AD - Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Islam, M Sadiqul AU - Islam MS AD - Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Abe, Hideki AU - Abe H AD - Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Okubo, Kataaki AU - Okubo K AD - Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Akazome, Yasuhisa AU - Akazome Y AD - Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Kaneko, Takeshi AU - Kaneko T AD - Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Hioki, Hiroyuki AU - Hioki H AD - Department of Morphological Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Oka, Yoshitaka AU - Oka Y AD - Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. LA - eng GR - R01-GM098151-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150903 PL - United States TA - J Comp Neurol JT - The Journal of comparative neurology JID - 0406041 RN - 0 (Fish Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (enhanced green fluorescent protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 33515-09-2 (Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Genetically Modified MH - Cell Movement/physiology MH - Diencephalon/cytology/*growth & development/metabolism MH - Fish Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/genetics/*metabolism MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Microscopy, Confocal/methods MH - Neurons/*cytology/metabolism MH - Oryzias/anatomy & histology/*growth & development/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Telencephalon/cytology/*growth & development/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - GnRH OT - GnRH neuronal ontogeny OT - GnRH1 OT - GnRH3 OT - development OT - medaka OT - pituitary OT - transgenics EDAT- 2015/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/08 06:00 CRDT- 2015/08/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/08/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/08/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/08/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/cne.23883 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Comp Neurol. 2016 Mar 1;524(4):896-913. doi: 10.1002/cne.23883. Epub 2015 Sep 3.