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1 INRA-SCRIBE, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
2 INSERM E0021 & V361, Génomique fonctionnelle du Développement, Hôpital Cochin, 123 Bd de Port Royal, Paris, France
3 Department of Biology and the Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
(Requests for offprints should be addressed to R A Veitia; Email: veitia{at}cochin.inserm.fr)
FOXL2 is a forkhead transcription factor involved in ovarian development and function. Here, we have studied the evolution and pattern of expression of the FOXL2 gene and its paralogs in fish. We found well conserved FoxL2 sequences (FoxL2a) and divergent genes, whose forkhead domains belonged to the class L2 and were shown to be paralogs of the FoxL2a sequences (named FoxL2b). In the rainbow trout, FoxL2a and FoxL2b were specifically expressed in the ovary, but displayed different temporal patterns of expression. FoxL2a expression correlated with the level of aromatase, the key enzyme in estrogen production, and an estrogen treatment used to feminize genetically male individuals elicited the up-regulation of both paralogs. Conversely, androgens or an aromatase inhibitor down-regulated FoxL2a and FoxL2b in females. We speculate that there is a direct link between estrogens and FoxL2 expression in fish, at least during the period where the identity of the gonad is sensitive to hormonal treatments.
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