Spatio-temporal expression pattern and fasting response of follistatin gene in teleost Larimichthys crocea

Elevated Expression of follistatin Gene in the Pituitaries of Allotriploid Crucian Carp

“…Fst also plays an important role during embryonic development, which has the function of inducing the differentiation and formation of mesoderm, nerve tissue, and organs (Asashima et al ; Hashimoto et al ; Phillips and de Kretser ; Gamer et al ). To date, follistatin complementary DNA (cDNA) has been cloned from more than 10 fish species, including goldfish, Carassius auratus ; zebrafish, Danio rerio ; grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella ; white catfish, Ameiurus catus ; largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides ; large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea ; tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis ; and Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus (Bauer et al ; Gregory et al ; Li et al ; Liu et al , ; Wen et al ). In addition, with regard to pituitary, pituitary‐derived follistatin exert locally to regulate activin effects on gonadotropes (Bilezikjian et al ).…”