Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel
Background: European eel is a panmictic species, whose decline has been recorded since the last 20 years. Among human-induced environmental factors of decline, the impact of water dams during species migration is questioned. The main issue of this study was to pinpoint phenotypic traits that predisp...
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ftunivpadovairis:oai:www.research.unipd.it:11577/3153939 2024-04-14T08:11:14+00:00 Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel Tomasz Podgorniak Jose Marti Pujolar Gregory E. Maes Eric De Oliveira Fabien Pierron Francoise Daverat MILAN, MASSIMO BARGELLONI, LUCA Tomasz, Podgorniak Milan, Massimo Jose Marti, Pujolar Gregory E., Mae Bargelloni, Luca Eric De, Oliveira Fabien, Pierron Francoise, Daverat 2015 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3153939 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1589-y eng eng BMC info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/25962588 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000354176700001 volume:16 numberofpages:10 journal:BMC GENOMICS http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3153939 doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1589-y info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84929154293 Transcripomic European eel Water dam Microarray Synaptic plasticity Fish brain info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftunivpadovairis https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1589-y 2024-03-21T19:46:05Z Background: European eel is a panmictic species, whose decline has been recorded since the last 20 years. Among human-induced environmental factors of decline, the impact of water dams during species migration is questioned. The main issue of this study was to pinpoint phenotypic traits that predisposed glass eels to successful passage by water barriers. The approach of the study was individual-centred and without any a priori hypothesis on traits involved in the putative obstacles selective pressure. We analyzed the transcription level of 14,913 genes. Results: Transcriptome analysis of three tissues (brain, liver and muscle) from individuals sampled on three successive forebays separated by water obstacles indicated different gene transcription profiles in brain between the two upstream forebays. No differences in gene transcription levels were observed in liver and muscle samples among segments. A total of 26 genes were differentially transcribed in brain. These genes encode for, among others, keratins, cytokeratins, calcium binding proteins (S100 family), cofilin, calmodulin, claudin and thy-1 membrane glycoprotein. The functional analysis of these genes highlighted a putative role of cytoskeletal dynamics and synaptic plasticity in fish upstream migration. Conclusion: Synaptic connections in brain are solicited while eels are climbing the obstacles with poorly designed fishways. Successful passage by such barriers can be related to spatial learning and spatial orientation abilities when fish is out of the water. Keywords: Transcripomics, European eel, Water dams, Microarray, Synaptic plasticity, Fish brain Article in Journal/Newspaper European eel Padua Research Archive (IRIS - Università degli Studi di Padova) BMC Genomics 16 1 |
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Background: European eel is a panmictic species, whose decline has been recorded since the last 20 years. Among human-induced environmental factors of decline, the impact of water dams during species migration is questioned. The main issue of this study was to pinpoint phenotypic traits that predisposed glass eels to successful passage by water barriers. The approach of the study was individual-centred and without any a priori hypothesis on traits involved in the putative obstacles selective pressure. We analyzed the transcription level of 14,913 genes. Results: Transcriptome analysis of three tissues (brain, liver and muscle) from individuals sampled on three successive forebays separated by water obstacles indicated different gene transcription profiles in brain between the two upstream forebays. No differences in gene transcription levels were observed in liver and muscle samples among segments. A total of 26 genes were differentially transcribed in brain. These genes encode for, among others, keratins, cytokeratins, calcium binding proteins (S100 family), cofilin, calmodulin, claudin and thy-1 membrane glycoprotein. The functional analysis of these genes highlighted a putative role of cytoskeletal dynamics and synaptic plasticity in fish upstream migration. Conclusion: Synaptic connections in brain are solicited while eels are climbing the obstacles with poorly designed fishways. Successful passage by such barriers can be related to spatial learning and spatial orientation abilities when fish is out of the water. Keywords: Transcripomics, European eel, Water dams, Microarray, Synaptic plasticity, Fish brain |
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Tomasz, Podgorniak Milan, Massimo Jose Marti, Pujolar Gregory E., Mae Bargelloni, Luca Eric De, Oliveira Fabien, Pierron Francoise, Daverat |
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Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel |
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Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel |
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Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel |
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Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel |
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Differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in European eel |
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differences in brain gene transcription profiles advocate for an important role of cognitive function in upstream migration and water obstacles crossing in european eel |
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