Shupeng Zhang, Yongpei Lu, Yanling Liu, Mei Wang, Shaoqi Xu, Ya Li, Hongwei Wu, Qaolin Pei, Lei Yang, Lu Lu, Yixiao Xiong, Youlian Liu, Shuhuang Chen, Qin Yao, Qin Kang, Yingzi Li, Defang Chen, Xin Zhang, Ni Tang, Zhiqiong Li
Gastrin is an important intragastrointestinal hormone, but reports on its regulation of feeding behavior in fish are still scarce. This study aimed to determine the feeding regulatory function of gastrin in sturgeon. In this study, a gastrin/cholecystokinin-like peptide was identified in the genomes of sturgeon and proved to be gastrin by evolutionary tree analysis. Tissue distribution of gastrin and its receptor, cholecystokinin receptor B (CCKRB), showed that both had high mRNA abundance in the hypothalamus and gastrointestinal tract...
February 21, 2024: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry