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The localization of two salmon-type gonadotropin-releasing hormone (sGnRH) precursors, pro-sGnRH-I (short type) and pro-sGnRH-II (long type), was investigated by using in situ hybridization techniques in the brain of the landlocked sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. We used 30-mer oligonucleotide probes complementary to pro-sGnRH-I and pro-sGnRH-II cDNA. No significant differences were observed in the localization of sGnRH neurons expressing pro-sGnRH-I and pro-sGnRH-II mRNAs; both were expressed in the olfactory nerve, the olfactory bulbs, the regions between the olfactory bulb and telencephalon, the ventral telencephalon, the preoptic area, and the hypothalamus. Almost all sGnRH neurons examined co-expressed both precursors. The expression of two sGnRH precursors in the same neuron and the wide distribution of such neurons in the brain suggest that there are no functional differences between the two precursors.
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Received: 18 June 1997 / Accepted: 14 November 1997
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Amano, M., Ashihara, Mo., Yoshiura, Y. et al. Two differing salmon GnRH precursor mRNAs are co-expressed in the brain of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Cell Tissue Res 292, 267–273 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004410051057
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004410051057