Table 5. Testicular mRNA levels of selected genes relative to GSI in sexually maturing Atlantic salmon (n = 14).
| Genes | mRNA corrected for testis mass1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Min | Max | R-values2 | |
| star | 4.8 | 0.7 | 9.3 | 0.40* |
| hsd3b | 5.2 | 0.4 | 13.5 | 0.04_ |
| hsd11b | 6.0 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 0.06_ |
| cyp11a (p450scc) | 6.6 | 0.8 | 11.8 | 0.28_ |
| cyp11b (p450c11) | 3.8 | 0.7 | 9.5 | 0.17_ |
| cyp17a (p450c17) | 7.3 | 0.2 | 19.2 | 0.56* |
| amh | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.11_ |
| acsl4 | 137.1 | 18.2 | 328.0 | 0.09_ |
| acot2 | 45.9 | 3.9 | 109.5 | 0.58* |
| lpl | 779.1 | 57.2 | 1542.9 | 0.48* |
| lipe (hsl) | 21.0 | 3.2 | 37.5 | 0.41_ |
| cd36 | 21.2 | 4.5 | 43.2 | 0.43* |
| fatp | 6.7 | 0.4 | 14.4 | 0.01_ |
| fabp11 | 9.4 | 2.2 | 19.8 | 0.28_ |
| fads1 (Δ5 desaturase) | 11.4 | 2.5 | 19.4 | 0.24_ |
| fads2 (Δ6 desaturase) | 13.9 | 3.3 | 27.4 | 0.24_ |
| elovl2 | 122.3 | 2.4 | 424.8 | 0.43* |
| elovl5a | 18.6 | 4.5 | 36.3 | 0.14_ |
| elovl5b | 9.5 | 0.0 | 34.4 | 0.00_ |
| fasn (fas) | 48.3 | 8.6 | 111.9 | 0.15_ |
| chpt1 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 16.3 | 0.21_ |
| cept1 | 22.5 | 3.5 | 44.8 | 0.19_ |
| apoa1 | 65.7 | 1.1 | 400.8 | 0.06 |
| apob | 45.2 | 0.9 | 265.5 | 0.04_ |
1 Values relative to mean values for immature males set to 1.0, after normalization to 18s and correction to testis mass/body weight
2 R-values relative to GSI
*Indicate significant correlation between mRNA levels and GSI