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Constant darkness negatively affects the outcome of hormonally induced reproduction in cultured Perca fluviatilis females

Animal, 15(9) 100340 (pp. 1-10).

Zarski, D., Krol, J., Ledore, Y., Sarosiek, B., Dryl, K., Gomulka, P., Palinska-Zarska, L., Toomey, L., Fontaine, P., Milla, S.

2021

This study aimed to assess the effect of constant darkness applied to fish during controlled breeding on reproductive traits in domesticated females of Eurasian perch. Based on the assumption that keeping fish in constant darkness during the reproduction operation may reduce stress, suspected to be responsible for variable spawning effectiveness in this species. Two conditions were assessed (16 h light per day [group 16L] and constant darkness [group 0L], 2 tank replicates per condition). The reproductive protocol involved a 7-day-long adaptation period for group 0L where photoperiod was reduced by 2.3 h a day down to constant darkness. After the adaptation period, two hormone injections (salmon gonadoliberin analogue) were applied to both groups: priming (10 µg kg-1) and resolving (25 µg kg-1) with a 7-day interval between them. During the study, morphometric indices were recorded and blood, brain, and pituitary samples were collected to assess stress markers and determine hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis functioning via measuring blood plasma hormones, as well as gonadoliberin (GnRH) and gonadotropins (LH and FSH) transcript abundance (n=7 for each group at each sampling point). In addition, kinetics of the final oocyte maturation (FOM) process, ovulation rate, and egg quality of each group was monitored (n=12 for each group). The results indicated that there were no differences in terms of morphometry, FOM kinetics, and most stress indices between groups throughout the experiment, except hematocrit, which increased immediately following the acclimation period in fish kept in darkness. Constant darkness negatively affected plasma levels of 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (DHP) and luteinizing-hormone (LH) transcript expression at the time of the second hormone injection. This indicated that exposure to constant darkness negatively affected priming of the hormonal dose applied, resulted in the disruption of ovulation, and reduced ovulation rates (50%) for group 0L, as compared to 16L (91%). The findings of this study clearly indicate that constant darkness may have significant deleterious effects on reproductive traits throughout out-of-season induced, hormonally supported, controlled reproduction. Therefore, we advise against the use of constant darkness when managing broodstock reproduction in domesticated Eurasian perch.

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