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Jaglarz MK, Kubrakiewicz J, Bilinski SM. The ovary structure and oogenesis in the basal crustaceans and hexapods. Possible phylogenetic significance. ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT 2014; 43:349-360. [PMID: 24858464 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Recent large-scale phylogenetic analyses of exclusively molecular or combined molecular and morphological characters support a close relationship between Crustacea and Hexapoda. The growing consensus on this phylogenetic link is reflected in uniting both taxa under the name Pancrustacea or Tetraconata. Several recent molecular phylogenies have also indicated that the monophyletic hexapods should be nested within paraphyletic crustaceans. However, it is still contentious exactly which crustacean taxon is the sister group to Hexapoda. Among the favored candidates are Branchiopoda, Malacostraca, Remipedia and Xenocarida (Remipedia + Cephalocarida). In this context, we review morphological and ultrastructural features of the ovary architecture and oogenesis in these crustacean groups in search of traits potentially suitable for phylogenetic considerations. We have identified a suite of morphological characters which may prove useful in further comparative studies.
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- Mariusz K Jaglarz
- Department of Developmental Biology and Invertebrate Morphology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Invertebrate Morphology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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Suzuki S, Ziegler A. Female genitalia, reproductive cycle and sperm storage inArmadillidium vulgare(Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2014.910845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The stage of ovarian development affects organ expression of vitellogenin as well as the morphometry and ultrastructure of germ cells in the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862). Theriogenology 2012; 78:981-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Auttarat J, Phiriyangkul P, Utarabhand P. Characterization of vitellin from the ovaries of the banana shrimp Litopenaeus merguiensis. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2006; 143:27-36. [PMID: 16289995 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2005] [Revised: 06/17/2005] [Accepted: 09/15/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vitellin (Vt) was purified from ovary extracts of mature females of the banana shrimp Litopenaeus merguiensis using DEAE-Sephacel and Superdex 200 columns. Native Vt had an apparent molecular mass of 398 kDa as determined by native PAGE and by gel filtration chromatography. Under reducing and denaturing conditions (SDS-PAGE), Vt is composed of two major subunits of 87 and 78 kDa, although some faint bands were also detected. The N-terminal 10 amino acids sequence of the 78 kDa subunit is identical to that of Litopenaeus vannamei Vt and very similar to that of Litopenaeus japonicus vitellogenin (Vg) as well as Litopenaeus semisulcatus Vt, with an identity of 89%. Anti-Vt polyclonal antibody raised against purified Vt shows a high specificity with only ovarian Vt and hemolymph Vg of vitellogenic shrimps in double immunodiffusion and Western blot assays. Vg and Vt concentrations in hemolymph, hepatopancreas and ovaries were measured by ELISA. Vg concentrations increased in the hemolymph in the early stages of ovarian development and declined in the maturation stages. As there were undetectable concentrations of Vg in the hepatopancreas while an elevation of Vg levels occurred in the hemolymph, during the time that Vt was accumulating in the ovaries during oogenesis, this would suggest that the contribution of Vg synthesized by the hepatopancreas only might be not sufficient for adequate development of the oocytes in the banana shrimp L. merguiensis during vitellogenesis.
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- Jongruk Auttarat
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla 90112, Thailand
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TSENG DENGYU, CHEN YINGNAN, LIU KUANFU, KOU GUANGHSIUNG, LO CHUFANG, KUO CHINGMING. Hepatopancreas and ovary are sites of vitellogenin synthesis as determined from partial cDNA encoding of vitellogenin in the marine shrimp,Penaeus vannamei. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2002. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2002.9652770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Okuno A, Yang WJ, Jayasankar V, Saido-Sakanaka H, Huong DTT, Jasmani S, Atmomarsono M, Subramoniam T, Tsutsui N, Ohira T, Kawazoe I, Aida K, Wilder MN. Deduced primary structure of vitellogenin in the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, and yolk processing during ovarian maturation. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 2002; 292:417-29. [PMID: 11857476 DOI: 10.1002/jez.10083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A cDNA encoding vitellogenin (Vg) in the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, was cloned based on the cDNA sequence of vitellin (Vn) fragments A-N and B-42 determined previously, and its amino acid sequence deduced. The open reading frame (ORF) encoded 2,537 amino acid residues and its deduced amino acid sequence possessed three consensus cleavage sites, R-X-R-R, similar to those reported in Vgs of insects. The deduced primary structure of Vg in M. rosenbergii was seen to be similar to that of Penaeus japonicus, especially in the N-terminal region. It is therefore likely that Vgs in crustacean species including prawns and other related decapods exhibit a similar structural pattern. Based on the deduced primary structure of Vg and analysis of the various Vg and Vn subunits found in the hemolymph and ovary during ovarian maturation, we demonstrated the post-translational processing of Vg in M. rosenbergii. This is the first time that Vg processing has been clearly demonstrated in a crustacean species. Vg, after being synthesized in the hepatopancreas, is considered to be cleaved by a subtilisin-like endoprotease to form two subunits, A and proB, which are then released into the hemolymph. In the hemolymph, proB is possibly cleaved by a processing enzyme of unknown identity to give rise to subunits B and C/D. The three processed subunits A, B, and C/D are sequestered by the ovary to give rise to three yolk proteins, Macr-VnA, VnB, and VnC/D.
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- Atsuro Okuno
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan
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Tseng DY, Chen YN, Kou GH, Lo CF, Kuo CM. Hepatopancreas is the extraovarian site of vitellogenin synthesis in black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2001; 129:909-17. [PMID: 11440876 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(01)00355-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The site of yolk protein synthesis in crustaceans has long been a subject of controversy. The vitellogenin gene structure was partially reported only very recently in Macrobrachium rosenbergii, after which the hepatopancreas was confirmed as the extraovarian site of vitellogenin synthesis in that species. Ovaries are the most frequently reported as the site of yolk protein synthesis in penaeid shrimp. Using cDNA reversed-transcribed from mRNA isolated from the hepatopancreas of vitellogenic female shrimp, Penaeus monodon, we found that its deduced amino acid sequence had high identity of 48% with that from M. rosenbergii vitellogenin. A similar location of the intron in the sequenced region of genomic DNA was also found between these two species. We therefore concluded that the hepatopancreas the extraovarian site of vitellogenin synthesis in P. monodon in vivo. The partial structure of vitellogenin gene is presented in this study.
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- D Y Tseng
- Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 106, ROC
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Manzon RG, Holmes JA, Youson JH. Variable effects of goitrogens in inducing precocious metamorphosis in sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-010x(20010415/30)289:5<290::aid-jez3>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Yang WJ, Ohira T, Tsutsui N, Subramoniam T, Huong DT, Aida K, Wilder MN. Determination of amino acid sequence and site of mRNA expression of four vitellins in the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 2000; 287:413-22. [PMID: 11074453 DOI: 10.1002/1097-010x(20001101)287:6<413::aid-jez2>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Four major yolk proteins, designated as vitellins (Vns) Macr-VnA, B, C, and D, were extracted from mature ovaries of Macrobrachium rosenbergii. These were purified to homogeneity by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) employing a unique separation system based on the hydrophobic properties of the Vn molecule. Using standard techniques of protein sequencing, more than 33 N-terminal and 57 internal amino acid residues were determined for each of the four Vns. The cDNA fragments encoding the four Vns were amplified by PCR using degenerate oligonucleotide primers derived from the N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences. These cDNA fragments were cloned, sequenced, and used as probes to examine the transcription of mRNAs encoding the four Vns. Significant accumulations of these mRNAs were observed in female hepatopancreas only, while mRNA expression was not detected in male hepatopancreas or any other female tissue including ovary, subepidermal adipose tissue, gill, and muscle. This is the first occasion in Crustacea in which multiple Vns were demonstrated to be synthesized simultaneously in a single tissue.
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- W J Yang
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture 305-8686, Japan
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Okuno A, Katayama H, Nagasawa H. Partial characterization of vitellin and localization of vitellogenin production in the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2000; 126:397-407. [PMID: 11007182 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(00)00214-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vitellins were purified separately from ovaries and eggs of the isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Ovarian vitellin consisted of at least six proteins with relative molecular masses of 205, 200, 185, 180, 122 and 112 kDa. The larger four proteins disappeared in eggs within a week after oviposition and a 59-kDa protein appeared thereafter. The amino-terminal amino acid sequences of these vitellin proteins were identical except for the ovarian 112 kDa, egg 112 kDa and 59 kDa proteins, and showed considerable similarity to those of known vitellogenins from other animals. Comparison of tryptic peptide maps of the 122 and 112 kDa proteins from eggs on reversed-phase HPLC and sequence identification of two randomly selected peaks having the same retention times indicated that two peptides were mostly similar in sequence. PCR-assisted cloning of the 5' region of a cDNA (591 bp) encoding vitellogenin revealed the presence of a signal peptide consisting of 16 amino acid residues and clarified the structural relationship among the protein components except for the ovarian 112 kDa and the egg 59 kDa proteins. Northern blot analysis revealed that the fat body is the main vitellogenin producing organ.
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- A Okuno
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Lee FY, Chang CF. Hepatopancreas is the likely organ of vitellogenin synthesis in the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1999; 284:798-806. [PMID: 10589510 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991201)284:7<798::aid-jez10>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The objective of the present study was to investigate the source of vitellogenin in the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Ovarian development of M. rosenbergii was classified into five stages (stage I-V). Vitellin/vitellogenin was detected in the ovary and the hepatopancreas in different stages by native-PAGE and Western blotting. Two and three subunits of vitellin were observed in the ovary at the early- (I-II), mid- and late- (III-V) stages, respectively. The subunit of vitellogenin was not detected in the hepatopancreas at different stages of prawns. Hepatopancreas had positive immunocytological staining (against vitellin antibody) in different ovarian stages of prawn. Only vitellogenic oocyte but not previtellogenic oocytes and follicle cells had a positive immunocytological staining. Hepatopancreas could synthesize radiolabeled immunoreactive proteins after incubation with radiolabeled glycine on the basis of immunoprecipitation (against vitellin antiserum). Therefore, it is concluded that hepatopancreas is the most likely organ to synthesize vitellogenin in the freshwater prawn, M. rosenbergii.
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- F Y Lee
- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chen YN, Tseng DY, Ho PY, Kuo CM. Site of vitellogenin synthesis determined from a cDNA encoding a vitellogenin fragment in the freshwater giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Mol Reprod Dev 1999; 54:215-22. [PMID: 10497343 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199911)54:3<215::aid-mrd2>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Vitellogenesis is an important part of reproductive process in crustaceans, and the process is characterized by the synthesis and accumulation of yolk protein in the developing oocytes. The yolk proteins in crustaceans mainly consist of vitellogenin (Vg) and vitellin (Vn), which are respectively present in extra-oocyte tissues and intra-oocytes. The site and the process of yolk protein synthesis in crustaceans are still controversial. The synthesis site of Vg in a crustacean species, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is determined by immunological and immunohistochemical techniques, and molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding the primary structure of Vn in this study. The hepatopancrease is clearly shown to be the synthesis site of Vg in this species. The length of Vg mRNA was estimated as about 6 kb from Northern blotting analysis. The partial primary structure of Vg gene is presented, and the post-translational processing are further discussed. For the first time, the partial primary structure of Vg gene and the synthesis site of Vg approached by molecular cloning in crustaceans are presented.
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- Y N Chen
- Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Holmes JA, Chu H, Khanam SA, Manzon RG, Youson JH. Spontaneous and induced metamorphosis in the American brook lamprey, Lampetra appendix. CAN J ZOOL 1999. [DOI: 10.1139/z99-056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We described the seven stages of spontaneous metamorphosis in the American brook lamprey (Lampetra appendix) and assessed the importance of size as a determinant of spontaneous and induced metamorphosis. Serum concentrations of the thyroid hormones (TH) thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were measured in metamorphosing and nonmetamorphosing L. appendix. The sequence of stages in metamorphosis and changes in the relative lengths of most body regions were consistent with data reported for other lamprey species. However, premetamorphic and metamorphosing L. appendix in the early stages of metamorphosis (1-3) were much larger in size (at least 155 mm and 5.40 g) than has been observed for other lamprey species. Serum concentrations of T4 and T3 were high by the end of the larval period and declined significantly by stage 2 of metamorphosis. Larvae greater than or equal to 130 mm in length were treated with either potassium perchlorate (KClO4; 0.01 and 0.05%) or 10 mg/L propylthiouracil (PTU; 0.0001%) for 117 days from September to January to determine if metamorphosis could be induced by these goitrogens. Both concentrations of KClO4 successfully induced metamorphosis in L. appendix, but the incidence of metamorphosis (62%) was much lower than reported in sea lampreys (98%) of comparable size. Serum concentrations of T4 and T3 declined by 64-76 and 93-96% relative to control values, respectively, in metamorphosing and nonmetamorphosing L. appendix treated with KClO4. PTU elicited declines of 55% for T4 and 80% for T3, but only one animal metamorphosed. Based on these data, we conclude that a decline in serum TH levels is necessary for metamorphosis in L. appendix, but not sufficient by itself to trigger the process.
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Sparkes TC, Keogh DP, Pary RA. Energetic costs of mate guarding behavior in male stream-dwelling isopods. Oecologia 1996; 106:166-171. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00328595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/1995] [Accepted: 10/20/1995] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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VAFOPOULOU X, STEEL CG. Vitellogenesis in the terrestrial isopod,Oniscus asellus(L.): Characterization of vitellins and vitellogenins and changes in their synthesis throughout the intermoult cycle. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1995.9672469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Suzuki S, Yamasaki K. Ovarian control of oostegite formation in the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare (Malacostraca, Crustacea). Gen Comp Endocrinol 1991; 84:381-8. [PMID: 1808019 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(91)90085-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The correlation between oostegite formation and ovarian maturation was investigated in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare. Females whose ovaries had been removed and males whose androgenic glands had been removed were used in these experiments. Ovariectomy of puberal females did not stop oostegite formation. Whether oostegites develop in puberal females whose ovaries have been removed depends upon the degree of maturation of the ovaries at the time of removal. On the other hand, ovariectomized juvenile females and andrectomized juvenile males were unable to form oostegites when they attained puberty. An extract of vitellogenic ovaries induced oostegite formation in ovariectomized females and andrectomized males, but not in intact males. The ability of ovarian extracts to induce oostegite formation was dose-dependent. The nature of this ovarian factor that induces oostegite formation in A. vulgare remains to be elucidated.
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- S Suzuki
- Biological Laboratory, Kanagawa Prefectural College, Yokohama, Japan
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Suzuki S, Yamasaki K, Katakura Y. Vitellogenin synthesis in andrectomized males of the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare (malacostracan Crustacea). Gen Comp Endocrinol 1990; 77:283-91. [PMID: 2307347 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(90)90312-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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When adult females of Armadillidium vulgare were ovariectomized, the fat body continued to synthesize vitellogenin. On the other hand, females transplanted with androgenic glands decreased the synthetic activity for vitellogenin in their fat body. In order to elucidate effect of the androgenic hormone for vitellogenin synthesis, the occurrence of vitellogenin was studied with andrectomized males. Vitellogenin was estimated, using rocket immunoelectrophoresis. Vitellogenin synthesis in the fat body was analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorography. After andrectomy, males ceased elongation of the endopods (copulatory organs) and then vitellogenin was present in their hemolymph. Their vitellogenin titer continued to rise until it reached approximately three times higher than that of normal females. The accumulation level of vitellogenin was comparable with that of ovariectomized females. However, the activity of vitellogenin synthesis was at a low level in the fat body culture of andrectomized males, similar to ovariectomized females. These results indicate that andrectomized males are capable of vitellogenin synthesis, so one of the effects of the androgenic hormone is to inhibit vitellogenin synthesis. In A. vulgare, ovarian factors may not be involved in the induction of vitellogenin synthesis.
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- S Suzuki
- Biological Laboratory, Kanagawa Prefectural College, Yokohama, Japan
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