Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation
Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is an important species in aquaculture and an excellent model fish for studying teleost color patterns. Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor a (csf1ra) is critical for xanthophores development and body color formation in zebrafish and guppy. In this study, we est...
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| description | Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is an important species in aquaculture and an excellent model fish for studying teleost color patterns. Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor a (csf1ra) is critical for xanthophores development and body color formation in zebrafish and guppy. In this study, we established csf1ra mutant lines with two different targets by CRISPR/Cas9 in Nile tilapia. Unlike the wild type fish (WT) with vertical bars, the homozygous mutants showed two different color patterns, either uniformly gray (GT) or gray with black tail (BT). Compared with WT, the mutants had fewer melanophores, a few xanthophores and no erythrophores. Increased numbers of melanophores were observed in the tail of BT mutants. However, the establishment of early embryonic pigment cell precursors and the appearance of melanophores on the body were independent of csf1ra. In contrast, the appearance of xanthophores on the body and the formation of the vertical bar pattern dependent on the late metamorphic melanophores required csf1ra. The deletion of xanthophores and erythrophores caused by csf1ra mutation changed the body color pattern of Nile tilapia. These results demonstrated that csf1ra activity is essential for the development of erythrophores, late developing xanthophores and late metamorphic melanophores. These mutants provided good models for analyzing the genetic basis of tilapia body color pattern formation. Our study may help deepen the understanding of the formation of fish body color pattern, especially for cichlids with vertical bars. In addition, the mutants might be developed as ornamental fish (BT) or new strains for aquaculture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b39a62d5a6a4ec69d4c72e5ec693f0f2022-12-21T18:13:18ZengElsevierAquaculture Reports2352-51342022-04-0123101077Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutationBaoyue Lu0Chenxu Wang1Guangyuan Liang2Mengmeng Xu3Thomas D. Kocher4Lina Sun5Deshou Wang6Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, PR ChinaKey Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, PR ChinaKey Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, PR ChinaKey Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, PR ChinaThe Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United StatesKey Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, PR China; Corresponding authors.Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, PR China; Corresponding authors.Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is an important species in aquaculture and an excellent model fish for studying teleost color patterns. Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor a (csf1ra) is critical for xanthophores development and body color formation in zebrafish and guppy. In this study, we established csf1ra mutant lines with two different targets by CRISPR/Cas9 in Nile tilapia. Unlike the wild type fish (WT) with vertical bars, the homozygous mutants showed two different color patterns, either uniformly gray (GT) or gray with black tail (BT). Compared with WT, the mutants had fewer melanophores, a few xanthophores and no erythrophores. Increased numbers of melanophores were observed in the tail of BT mutants. However, the establishment of early embryonic pigment cell precursors and the appearance of melanophores on the body were independent of csf1ra. In contrast, the appearance of xanthophores on the body and the formation of the vertical bar pattern dependent on the late metamorphic melanophores required csf1ra. The deletion of xanthophores and erythrophores caused by csf1ra mutation changed the body color pattern of Nile tilapia. These results demonstrated that csf1ra activity is essential for the development of erythrophores, late developing xanthophores and late metamorphic melanophores. These mutants provided good models for analyzing the genetic basis of tilapia body color pattern formation. Our study may help deepen the understanding of the formation of fish body color pattern, especially for cichlids with vertical bars. In addition, the mutants might be developed as ornamental fish (BT) or new strains for aquaculture.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513422000734csf1ra mutationCRISPR/Cas9Color patternNile tilapia |
| spellingShingle | Baoyue Lu Chenxu Wang Guangyuan Liang Mengmeng Xu Thomas D. Kocher Lina Sun Deshou Wang Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation Aquaculture Reports csf1ra mutation CRISPR/Cas9 Color pattern Nile tilapia |
| title | Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation |
| title_full | Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation |
| title_fullStr | Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation |
| title_short | Generation of ornamental Nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation |
| title_sort | generation of ornamental nile tilapia with distinct gray and black body color pattern by csf1ra mutation |
| topic | csf1ra mutation CRISPR/Cas9 Color pattern Nile tilapia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352513422000734 |
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