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DOI	10.3390/ani11020320
	Assessment of Testicular Lhcgr mRNA Expression Correlated with Testis and Seminal Vesicle Activities in the Libyan jird (Meriones libycus, Rodentia: Muridae) during Breeding Season Compared with Nonbreeding Season
	Boufermes, Radia; Belhocine, Mansouria; Amirat, Zaina; Khammar, Farida
通讯作者	Boufermes, R (corresponding author), Badji Mokhtar Univ, Dept Biochem, Fac Sci, Annaba 23000, Algeria.
来源期刊	ANIMALS
ISSN	2076-2615
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:2
英文摘要	Simple Summary The breeding periods of desert rodents should be favorable to the survival of small young, conditioned by the availability of food that occurs in the Libyan jird biotope during the long photoperiod and the high temperatures. The Libyan jird (Meriones libycus) were caught in their natural biotope in the Saharan desert in Algeria and showed a seasonal cycle of the testis activity, characterized by the highest peak during spring (the breeding season) and the lowest activity was registered during autumn and winter (nonbreeding season). Lhcgr mRNA expression is increased in autumn and decreased in spring. This expression varied in an opposite manner to testicular and seminal vesicle structures. The Libyan jird (Meriones libycus, 1823) is a wild desert rodent that is a seasonal breeder species adapted to breed when the environmental conditions can satisfy the energy and hydrous requirements of pregnant and nursing females to ensure that births occur at the most favorable time of the year. We assessed gene expression of testicular luteinizing hormone receptor (Lhcgr) correlated to testis activity. The expression of Lhcgr was evaluated using quantitative Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR and the testis activity by a histological method in adult male Libyan jirds during the nonbreeding and breeding seasons. Our results showed that Lhcgr mRNA expression increased in autumn during the nonbreeding season and decreased in spring during the breeding season. This expression varied in contrast to testicular structure or function and plasma testosterone levels. These results help to elucidate this desert rodent's seasonal sexual activity, which is correlated with central regulation.
英文关键词	Libyan jird mRNA expression seasons reproductive cycle testis Lhcg receptor
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000622037800001
WOS类目	Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science ; Veterinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Veterinary Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349456
作者单位	[Boufermes, Radia] Badji Mokhtar Univ, Dept Biochem, Fac Sci, Annaba 23000, Algeria; [Belhocine, Mansouria] Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Univ Mostaganem, Fac Nat & Life Sci, Dept Biol, Lab Sci & Technol Anim Prod, Mostaganem 27000, Algeria; [Amirat, Zaina; Khammar, Farida] Houari Boumediene Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Populat & Organisms Biol, Fac Biol, Arid Lands Res Lab, Algiers 16111, Algeria; [Amirat, Zaina; Khammar, Farida] Benyoucef Benkhedda Univ Algiers I, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Algiers 16000, Algeria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Boufermes, Radia,Belhocine, Mansouria,Amirat, Zaina,et al. Assessment of Testicular Lhcgr mRNA Expression Correlated with Testis and Seminal Vesicle Activities in the Libyan jird (Meriones libycus, Rodentia: Muridae) during Breeding Season Compared with Nonbreeding Season[J],2021,11(2).
APA	Boufermes, Radia,Belhocine, Mansouria,Amirat, Zaina,&Khammar, Farida.(2021).Assessment of Testicular Lhcgr mRNA Expression Correlated with Testis and Seminal Vesicle Activities in the Libyan jird (Meriones libycus, Rodentia: Muridae) during Breeding Season Compared with Nonbreeding Season.ANIMALS,11(2).
MLA	Boufermes, Radia,et al."Assessment of Testicular Lhcgr mRNA Expression Correlated with Testis and Seminal Vesicle Activities in the Libyan jird (Meriones libycus, Rodentia: Muridae) during Breeding Season Compared with Nonbreeding Season".ANIMALS 11.2(2021).