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Simões LAR, Normann RS, Chung JS, Vinagre AS. A brief and updated introduction to the neuroendocrine system of crustaceans. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2024; 590:112265. [PMID: 38697385 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2024.112265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
The neuroendocrine system of crustaceans is complex and regulates many processes, such as development, growth, reproduction, osmoregulation, behavior, and metabolism. Once stimulated, crustaceans' neuroendocrine tissues modulate the release of monoamines, ecdysteroids, and neuropeptides that can act as hormones or neurotransmitters. Over a few decades, research has unraveled some mechanisms governing these processes, substantially contributing to understanding crustacean physiology. More aspects of crustacean neuroendocrinology are being comprehended with molecular biology, transcriptome, and genomics analyses. Hence, these studies will also significantly enhance the ability to cultivate decapods, such as crabs and shrimps, used as human food sources. In this review, current knowledge on crustacean endocrinology is updated with new findings about crustacean hormones, focusing mainly on the main neuroendocrine organs and their hormones and the effects of these molecules regulating metabolism, growth, reproduction, and color adaptation. New evidence about vertebrate-type hormones found in crustaceans is included and discussed. Finally, this review may assist in understanding how the emerging chemicals of environmental concern can potentially impair and disrupt crustacean's endocrine functions and their physiology.
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- Leonardo Airton Ressel Simões
- Comparative Metabolism and Endocrinology Laboratory (LAMEC), Post Graduation Program in Biological Sciences, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Department of Physiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Comparative Metabolism and Endocrinology Laboratory (LAMEC), Post Graduation Program in Biological Sciences, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Department of Physiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES), Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Comparative Metabolism and Endocrinology Laboratory (LAMEC), Post Graduation Program in Biological Sciences, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Department of Physiology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Wan R, Zhang C, Tang Y, Zhu J, Yang N, Su S. Effects of Different Sources of Culture Substrate on the Growth and Immune Performance of the Red Swamp Crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14098. [PMID: 37762400 PMCID: PMC10531625 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The substrate in the aquatic environment plays a crucial role in nutrient deposition and recovery for the growth of aquatic organisms. In order to optimize the culture medium of Procambarus Clarkii, culture media from different sources were selected in this study to explore their effects on the growth and immune performance of red swamp crayfish. The results showed that the weight gain rate (WGR), body length growth rate (BLGR) and specific growth rate (SGR) in group I2 were the highest, followed by group I1 and group I3. The WGR and SGR of crayfish in the I1 and I2 groups were significantly higher than those in the I3 group (p < 0.05). The activities of acid phosphatase (ACP), alkaline phosphatase (AKP) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were the highest in group I2, followed by group I3, and the lowest in group I1. The expression trends in growth-related genes, nuclear hormone receptor (E75), molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) and chitinase genes were similar, and the expression levels in the I2 group were higher than those in the I1 and I3 groups. It was noted that the expression levels of E75 and MIH genes in the I2 group were significantly higher than those in the I3 group (p < 0.05). α diversity analysis of 16S rRNA data showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the abundance of intestinal flora among the three culture substrate groups. The β diversity in the Xitangni group, crayfish Tangni group and Shuitangni group was significantly different. These changes in microbiota suggest that using different substrates to culture crayfish leads to differences in gut microbiota diversity. To sum up, the growth in crayfish and immune performance influenced by the culture substrate condition and aquatic breeding sediment substrates, rather than crab pool and paddy field pond sediment substrates, showed a better effect.
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- Rong Wan
- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214128, China; (R.W.); (C.Z.); (Y.T.); (J.Z.); (N.Y.)
- Lab of Natural Food and Fish Culture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214128, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214128, China; (R.W.); (C.Z.); (Y.T.); (J.Z.); (N.Y.)
- Lab of Natural Food and Fish Culture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214128, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214128, China; (R.W.); (C.Z.); (Y.T.); (J.Z.); (N.Y.)
- Lab of Natural Food and Fish Culture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214128, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214128, China; (R.W.); (C.Z.); (Y.T.); (J.Z.); (N.Y.)
- Lab of Natural Food and Fish Culture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214128, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214128, China; (R.W.); (C.Z.); (Y.T.); (J.Z.); (N.Y.)
- Lab of Natural Food and Fish Culture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214128, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214128, China; (R.W.); (C.Z.); (Y.T.); (J.Z.); (N.Y.)
- Lab of Natural Food and Fish Culture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214128, China
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Yao C, Yu L, Huang L, Chen Y, Guo X, Cao N, Liu Z, Shen J, Li X, Pang S, Li C. Sex-specific effects of propiconazole on the molting of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2023; 268:109612. [PMID: 36914039 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2023]
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Given the inevitable exposure of Eriocheir sinensis (E. sinensis) to fungicides in rice-crab co-culture systems, understanding the potential effect of fungisides is important for practical application. Molting is a crucial development process of E. sinensis, which is regulated by endocrine system and genetic factors, and is susceptible to exogenous chemicals. However, the impact of fungicides application on the molting of E. sinensis have been rarely reported. In the present study, propiconazole, a widely used fungicide for rice disease management, was found to exert potential effects on the molting of E. sinensis at residual-related level in the rice-crab co-culture fields. After 14 days of short-term exposure to propiconazole, female crabs exhibited remarkably higher levels of hemolymph ecdysone than males. When the exposure was extended to 28 days, propiconazole markedly accelerated molt-inhibiting hormone expression by 3.3-fold, ecdysone receptor expression by 7.8-fold, and crustacean retinoid X receptor expression by 9.6-fold in male crabs, while it showed the opposite effect in females with suppressed gene expression. Propiconazole also induced the activity of N-acetylglucosaminidase in male crabs rather than females during the experiments. Our study suggests that propiconazole exerts sex-specific effects on the molting of E. sinensis. The impact of propiconazole application in the rice-crab co-culture systems remains more assessment to avoid affecting the growth of cultured E. sinensis.
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- Chunlian Yao
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing, China
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- Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China.
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Power C, Lamarre SG, Dion-Côté AM. Transcriptional and metabolomic investigation of the stress response in snow crab during simulated transport condition (Chionoecetes opilio). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART D, GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2023; 46:101079. [PMID: 37146452 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2023.101079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms underlying the stress response are poorly described in crustaceans. This includes the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio), a commercially important stenotherm species distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. A better understanding of the stress response in C. opilio is desperately needed for commercial and conservation purposes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the transcriptional and metabolomic response of C. opilio exposed to stressors. Crabs were randomly assigned to 24 or 72 h treatment groups where they were exposed to conditions simulating live transport (handling and air exposure). A control group was kept in cold (2 °C) and well‑oxygenated saltwater. The hepatopancreas of the crabs was sampled to perform RNA-sequencing and high-performance chemical isotope labeling metabolomics. Differential gene expression analyses showed that classic crustaceans' stress markers, such as crustacean hyperglycemic hormones and heat shock proteins, were overexpressed in response to stressors. Tyrosine decarboxylase was also up-regulated in stressed crabs, suggesting an implication of the catecholamines tyramine and octopamine in the stress response. Deregulated metabolites revealed that low oxygen was an important trigger in the stress response as intermediate metabolites of the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) accumulated. Lactate, which accumulated unevenly between crabs could potentially be used to predict mortality. This study provides new information on how stressors affect crustaceans and provides a basis for the development of stress markers in C. opilio.
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- Claude Power
- Département de biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New-Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada. https://twitter.com/@ClaudePower14
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- Département de biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New-Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada.
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- Département de biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New-Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada.
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David DD, de Assis LVM, Moraes MN, Zanotto FP, Castrucci AMDL. CasEcR and CasMIH Genes in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus: A Temporal Evaluation and Melatonin Effects. Front Physiol 2022; 13:903060. [PMID: 35800348 PMCID: PMC9253825 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.903060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Environmental cues synchronize endogenous rhythms of many physiological processes such as hormone synthesis and secretion. Little is known about the diurnal pattern of hormones and gene expression of the Callinectes sapidus molt cycle. We aimed to investigate in the eyestalk and hepatopancreas of premolt and intermolt C. sapidus the following parameters: 1) the diurnal expression of the ecdysteroid receptor CasEcR isoforms, and the molt inhibiting hormone CasMIH; 2) the diurnal hemolymph ecdysteroid and melatonin levels; and 3) melatonin effects on the transcripts of the above-mentioned genes in intermolt C. sapidus. Ecdysteroid levels were higher in the premolt than the intermolt animals at all time points evaluated (ZTs). Premolt crabs displayed a variation of ecdysteroid concentration between time points, with a reduction at ZT17. No difference in the melatonin level was seen in either molt stage or between stages. In the eyestalk of intermolt animals, CasEcR expression oscillated, with a peak at ZT9, and premolt crabs have a reduction at ZT9; CasMIH transcripts did not vary along 24 h in either molt stage. Moreover, the evaluated eyestalk genes were more expressed at ZT9 in the intermolt than the premolt crabs. In the hepatopancreas, CasEcR expression showed a peak at ZT9 in premolt crabs. Exogenous melatonin (10−7 mol/animal) reduced the expression of both genes in the eyestalk at ZT17. In the hepatopancreas, melatonin markedly increased the expression of the CasEcR gene at ZT9. Taken altogether, our results are pioneer in demonstrating the daily oscillation of gene expression associated to molt cycle stages, as well as the daily ecdysteroid and melatonin levels and the remarkable influence of melatonin on the molt cycle of C. sapidus.
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- Daniela Dantas David
- Laboratory of Comparative Physiology of Pigmentation, Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative Physiology of Pigmentation, Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, Institute of Neurobiology, Lübeck University, Lübeck, Germany
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- Laboratory of Comparative Physiology of Pigmentation, Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative Physiology of Pigmentation, Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
- *Correspondence: Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci,
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Guo XF, Zhou YL, Liu M, Li Z, Zhou L, Wang ZW, Gui JF. A High-Density Genetic Map and QTL Fine Mapping for Growth- and Sex-Related Traits in Red Swamp Crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii). Front Genet 2022; 13:852280. [PMID: 35242171 PMCID: PMC8886229 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.852280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is a commercially important species in global aquaculture and most successfully invasive freshwater shrimp in China. In order to determine the genetic basis of growth- and sex-related traits, a high-density genetic linkage map was constructed using 2b-RAD sequencing technology in a full-sib family. The consensus map contains 4,878 SNP markers assigned to 94 linkage groups (LGs) and spanned 6,157.737 cM with an average marker interval of 1.26 cM and 96.93% genome coverage. The quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping for growth and sex traits was performed for the first time. QTL mapping uncovers 28 QTLs for growth-related traits in nine LGs, explaining 7.9-14.4% of the phenotypic variation, and identifies some potential candidate growth-related genes such as mih, lamr, golgb1, nurf301, and tbcd1 within the QTL intervals. A single major locus for sex determination was revealed in LG20 that explains 59.3-63.7% of the phenotypic variations. Some candidate sex-related genes, such as vps4bl, ssrf, and acot1, were identified in the QTL intervals and found to be differentially expressed in the muscle tissues between the females and the males. Furthermore, the identified SNPs were revealed to be female heterozygotes, suggesting that red swamp crayfish might have the female heterogametic ZZ/ZW sex determination system. The present study provides a valuable resource for marker-assisted selection and genetic improvement and for further genetic and genomic research in red swamp crayfish.
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- Xin-Fen Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China,Key Laboratory of Ministry of Water Resources for Ecological Impacts of Hydraulic-Projects and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystem, Institute of Hydroecology, Ministry of Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China,*Correspondence: Zhong-Wei Wang,
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China,College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Weiner AC, Chen HY, Roegner ME, Watson RD. Calcium signaling and regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis in crustacean Y-organs. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2021; 314:113901. [PMID: 34530000 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Crustacean Y-organs secrete ecdysteroid molting hormones. Ecdysteroids are released in increased amount during premolt, circulate in hemolymph, and stimulate the events in target cells that lead to molting. During much of the molting cycle, ecdysteroid production is suppressed by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), a peptide neurohormone produced in the eyestalks. The suppressive effect of MIH is mediated by a cyclic nucleotide second messenger. A decrease in circulating MIH is associated with an increase in the hemolymphatic ecdysteroid titer during pre-molt. Nevertheless, it has long been hypothesized that a positive regulatory signal or stimulus is also involved in promoting ecdysteroidogenensis during premolt. Data reviewed here are consistent with the hypothesis that an intracellular Ca2+ signal provides that stimulus. Pharmacological agents that increase intracellular Ca2+ in Y-organs promote ecdysteroidogenesis, while agents that lower intracellular Ca2+ or disrupt Ca2+ signaling suppress ecdysteroidogenesis. Further, an increase in the hemolymphatic ecdysteroid titer after eyestalk ablation or during natural premolt is associated with an increase in intracellular free Ca2+ in Y-organ cells. Several lines of evidence suggest elevated intracellular calcium is linked to enhanced ecdysteroidogenesis through activation of Ca2+/calmodulin dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, thereby lowering intracellular cyclic nucleotide second messenger levels and promoting ecdysteroidogenesis. Results of transcriptomic studies show genes involved in Ca2+ signaling are well represented in Y-organs. Several recent studies have focused on Ca2+ transport proteins in Y-organs. Complementary DNAs encoding a plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) and a sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) have been cloned from crab Y-organs. The relative abundance of PMCA and SERCA transcripts in Y-organs is elevated during premolt, a time when Ca2+ levels in Y-organs are likewise elevated. The results are consistent with the notion that these transport proteins act to maintain the Ca2+ gradient across the cell membrane and re-set the cell for future Ca2+ signals.
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- Amanda C Weiner
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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Legrand E, Bachvaroff T, Schock TB, Chung JS. Understanding molt control switches: Transcriptomic and expression analysis of the genes involved in ecdysteroidogenesis and cholesterol uptake pathways in the Y-organ of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256735. [PMID: 34478479 PMCID: PMC8415587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The crustacean molting process is regulated by an interplay of hormones produced by the eyestalk ganglia and Y-organs (YO). Molt-inhibiting hormone and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone released by the sinus gland of the eyestalk ganglia (EG) inhibit the synthesis and secretion of ecdysteroid by the YO, hence regulating hemolymph levels during the molt cycle. The purpose of this study is to investigate the ecdysteroidogenesis pathway, specifically genes linked to changes in ecdysteroid levels occurring at early premolt (ePM). To this end, a reference transcriptome based on YO, EG, and hepatopancreas was de novo assembled. Two genes (cholesterol 7-desaturase Neverland and cytochrome p450 307a1-like Spook) involved in ecdysteroidogenesis were identified from the YO transcriptome using sequence comparisons and transcript abundance. Two other candidates, Hormone receptor 4 and probable cytochrome p450 49a1 potentially involved in ecdysteroidogenesis were also identified. Since cholesterol is the ecdysteroid precursor, a putative cholesterol carrier (Apolipoprotein D-like) was also examined to understand if cholesterol uptake coincided with the increase in the ecdysteroid levels at the ePM stage. The expression level changes of the five candidate genes in the YO were compared between intermolt (IM) and induced ePM (iePM) stages using transcriptomic analysis. Expression analysis using qPCR were carried out at IM, iePM, and normal ePM. The increase in Spook and Neverland expression in the YO at the ePM was accompanied by a concomitant rise in ecdysteroid levels. The data obtained from iePM stage were congruent with those obtained from the normal ePM stage of intact control animals. The present findings support the role of Halloween genes in the ecdysteroidogenesis and molt cycle in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
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- Elena Legrand
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Hollings Marine Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Feleke M, Bennett S, Chen J, Chandler D, Hu X, Xu J. Biological insights into the rapid tissue regeneration of freshwater crayfish and crustaceans. Cell Biochem Funct 2021; 39:740-753. [PMID: 34165197 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.3653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The freshwater crayfish is capable of regenerating limbs, following autotomy, injury and predation. In arthropod species, regeneration and moulting are two processes linked and strongly regulated by ecdysone. The regeneration of crayfish limbs is divided into wound healing, blastema formation, cellular reprogramming and tissue patterning. Limb blastema cells undergo proliferation, dedifferentiation and redifferentiation. A limb bud, containing folded segments of the regenerating limb, is encased within a cuticular sheath. The functional limb regenerates, in proecdysis, in two to three consecutive moults. Rapid tissue growth is regulated by hormones, limb nerves and local cells. The TGF-β/activin signalling pathway has been determined in the crayfish, P. fallax f. virginalis, and is suggested as a potential regulator of tissue regeneration. In this review article, we discuss current understanding of tissue regeneration in the crayfish and various crustaceans. A thorough understanding of the cellular, genetic and molecular pathways of these biological processes is promising for the development of therapeutic applications for a wide array of diseases in regenerative medicine.
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- Mesalie Feleke
- Division of Regenerative Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Regenerative Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Regenerative Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Australian Genome Research Facility, Medical Research Foundation, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Regenerative Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Liu Y, Li G, Li L. Targeted Top-Down Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization and Tissue-Specific Functional Discovery of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormones (CHH) and CHH Precursor-Related Peptides in Response to Low pH Stress. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1352-1360. [PMID: 33605729 PMCID: PMC8172425 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Crustacean hyperglycemic hormones (CHHs) are a family of neuropeptides that were discovered in multiple tissues in crustaceans, but the function of most isoforms remains unclear. Functional discovery often requires comprehensive qualitative profiling and quantitative analysis. The conventional enzymatic digestion method has several limitations, such as missing post-translational modification (PTM) information, homology interference, and incomplete sequence coverage. Herein, by using a targeted top-down method, facilitated by higher sensitivity instruments and hybrid fragmentation modes, we achieved the characterization of two CHH isoforms from the sinus glands (SG-CHH) and the pericardial organs (PO-CHH) from the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, with improved sequence coverage compared to earlier studies. In this study, both label-free and isotopic labeling approaches were adopted to monitor the response of CHHs and CHH precursor-related peptide (CPRP) under low pH stress. The identical trends of CPRP and CHH expression indicated that CPRP could serve as an ideal probe in tracking the CHH expression level changes, which would greatly simplify the quantitative analysis of large peptides. Furthermore, the distinct patterns of changes in the expression of CHHs in the SG and the PO suggested their tissue-specific functions in the regulation of low pH stress. Ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) was also employed in this study to provide conformation analysis of both CHHs and CPRPs from different tissues.
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, 1101 University Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706
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- School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705
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- Department of Chemistry, 1101 University Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706
- School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705
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Mykles DL. Signaling Pathways That Regulate the Crustacean Molting Gland. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:674711. [PMID: 34234741 PMCID: PMC8256442 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.674711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A pair of Y-organs (YOs) are the molting glands of decapod crustaceans. They synthesize and secrete steroid molting hormones (ecdysteroids) and their activity is controlled by external and internal signals. The YO transitions through four physiological states over the molt cycle, which are mediated by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH; basal state), mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1; activated state), Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ)/Activin (committed state), and ecdysteroid (repressed state) signaling pathways. MIH, produced in the eyestalk X-organ/sinus gland complex, inhibits the synthesis of ecdysteroids. A model for MIH signaling is organized into a cAMP/Ca2+-dependent triggering phase and a nitric oxide/cGMP-dependent summation phase, which maintains the YO in the basal state during intermolt. A reduction in MIH release triggers YO activation, which requires mTORC1-dependent protein synthesis, followed by mTORC1-dependent gene expression. TGFβ/Activin signaling is required for YO commitment in mid-premolt. The YO transcriptome has 878 unique contigs assigned to 23 KEGG signaling pathways, 478 of which are differentially expressed over the molt cycle. Ninety-nine contigs encode G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), 65 of which bind a variety of neuropeptides and biogenic amines. Among these are putative receptors for MIH/crustacean hyperglycemic hormone neuropeptides, corazonin, relaxin, serotonin, octopamine, dopamine, allatostatins, Bursicon, ecdysis-triggering hormone (ETH), CCHamide, FMRFamide, and proctolin. Contigs encoding receptor tyrosine kinase insulin-like receptor, epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor and ligands EGF and FGF suggest that the YO is positively regulated by insulin-like peptides and growth factors. Future research should focus on the interactions of signaling pathways that integrate physiological status with environmental cues for molt control.
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- Donald L. Mykles
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
- University of California-Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Donald L. Mykles,
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Roegner ME, Watson RD. De novo transcriptome assembly and functional annotation for Y-organs of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), and analysis of differentially expressed genes during pre-molt. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 298:113567. [PMID: 32710897 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) undergo incremental growth involving the shedding (molting) of the old exoskeleton, and subsequent expansion and re-calcification of the newly synthesized one. The cellular events that lead to molting are triggered by steroid hormones termed ecdysteroids released from Y-organs, paired endocrine glands located in the anterior cephalothorax. The regulatory pathways leading to increased synthesis and release of ecdysteroids are not fully understood, and no transcriptome has yet been published for blue crab Y-organs. Here we report de novo transcriptome assembly and annotation for adult blue crab Y-organs, and differential gene expression (DGE) analysis between Y-organs of intermolt and premolt crabs. After trimming and quality assessment, a total of 91,819,458 reads from four cDNA libraries were assembled using Trinity to form the reference transcriptome. Trinity produced a total of 171,530 contigs coding for 150,388 predicted genes with an average contig length of 613 and an N50 of 940. Of these, TransDecoder predicted 31,661 open reading frames (ORFs), and 10,210 produced non-redundant blastx results through Trinotate annotation. Genes involved in multiple cell signaling pathways, including Ca2+ signaling, cGMP signaling, cAMP signaling, and mTOR signaling were present in the annotated reference transcriptome. DGE analysis showed in premolt Y-organs up-regulated genes involved in energy production, cholesterol metabolism, and exocytosis. The results provide insights into the transcriptome of blue crab Y-organs during a natural (rather than experimentally induced) molting cycle, and constitute a step forward in understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie stage-specific changes in the synthesis and secretion of ecdysteroids by Y-organs.
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- Megan E Roegner
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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Chen HY, Toullec JY, Lee CY. The Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone Superfamily: Progress Made in the Past Decade. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:578958. [PMID: 33117290 PMCID: PMC7560641 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.578958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Early studies recognizing the importance of the decapod eyestalk in the endocrine regulation of crustacean physiology-molting, metabolism, reproduction, osmotic balance, etc.-helped found the field of crustacean endocrinology. Characterization of putative factors in the eyestalk using distinct functional bioassays ultimately led to the discovery of a group of structurally related and functionally diverse neuropeptides, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), gonad-inhibiting hormone (GIH) or vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone (VIH), and mandibular organ-inhibiting hormone (MOIH). These peptides, along with the first insect member (ion transport peptide, ITP), constitute the original arthropod members of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) superfamily. The presence of genes encoding the CHH-superfamily peptides across representative ecdysozoan taxa has been established. The objective of this review is to, aside from providing a general framework, highlight the progress made during the past decade or so. The progress includes the widespread identification of the CHH-superfamily peptides, in particular in non-crustaceans, which has reshaped the phylogenetic profile of the superfamily. Novel functions have been attributed to some of the newly identified members, providing exceptional opportunities for understanding the structure-function relationships of these peptides. Functional studies are challenging, especially for the peptides of crustacean and insect species, where they are widely expressed in various tissues and usually pleiotropic. Progress has been made in deciphering the roles of CHH, ITP, and their alternatively spliced counterparts (CHH-L, ITP-L) in the regulation of metabolism and ionic/osmotic hemostasis under (eco)physiological, developmental, or pathological contexts, and of MIH in the stimulation of ovarian maturation, which implicates it as a regulator for coordinating growth (molt) and reproduction. In addition, experimental elucidation of the steric structure and structure-function relationships have given better understanding of the structural basis of the functional diversification and overlapping among these peptides. Finally, an important finding was the first-ever identification of the receptors for this superfamily of peptides, specifically the receptors for ITPs of the silkworm, which will surely give great impetus to the functional study of these peptides for years to come. Studies regarding recent progress are presented and synthesized, and prospective developments remarked upon.
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- Hsiang-Yin Chen
- Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong, Taiwan
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Sciences, CNRS, UMR 7144, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Graduate Program of Biotechnology and Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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Mykles DL, Chang ES. Hormonal control of the crustacean molting gland: Insights from transcriptomics and proteomics. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 294:113493. [PMID: 32339519 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Endocrine control of molting in decapod crustaceans involves the eyestalk neurosecretory center (X-organ/sinus gland complex), regenerating limbs, and a pair of Y-organs (YOs), as molting is induced by eyestalk ablation or multiple leg autotomy and suspended in early premolt by limb bud autotomy. Molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), produced in the X-organ/sinus gland complex, inhibit the YO. The YO transitions through four physiological states over the molt cycle: basal in intermolt; activated in early premolt; committed in mid- and late premolt; and repressed in postmolt. We assembled the first comprehensive YO transcriptome over the molt cycle in the land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis, showing that as many as 23 signaling pathways may interact in controlling ecdysteroidogenesis. A proposed model of the MIH/cyclic nucleotide pathway, which maintains the basal YO, consists of cAMP/Ca2+ triggering and nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP summation phases. Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling is required for YO activation in early premolt and affects the mRNA levels of thousands of genes. Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ)/Activin signaling is required for YO commitment in mid-premolt and high ecdysteroid titers at the end of premolt may trigger YO repression. The G. lateralis YO expresses 99 G protein-coupled receptors, three of which are putative receptors for MIH/CHH. Proteomic analysis shows the importance of radical oxygen species scavenging, cytoskeleton, vesicular secretion, immune response, and protein homeostasis and turnover proteins associated with YO function over the molt cycle. In addition to eyestalk ganglia, MIH mRNA and protein are present in brain, optic nerve, ventral nerve cord, and thoracic ganglion, suggesting that they are secondary sources of MIH. Down-regulation of mTOR signaling genes, in particular Ras homolog enriched in brain or Rheb, compensates for the effects of elevated temperature in the YO, heart, and eyestalk ganglia in juvenile Metacarcinus magister. Rheb expression increases in the activated and committed YO. These data suggest that mTOR plays a central role in mediating molt regulation by physiological and environmental factors.
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- Donald L Mykles
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; University of California-Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA
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- University of California-Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA
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Toyota K, Yamane F, Ohira T. Impacts of Methyl Farnesoate and 20-Hydroxyecdysone on Larval Mortality and Metamorphosis in the Kuruma Prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:475. [PMID: 32849271 PMCID: PMC7399040 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Physiological functions of juvenile hormone (JH) and molting hormone have been demonstrated in insects. JH, molting hormone and their mimics (insect growth regulators, IGRs) show endocrine-disrupting effects not only on target pest insects but also on other arthropod species such as crustaceans. However, little is known about the endocrine-disrupting effects of IGRs on benthic crustaceans. In this study, laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate effects of representative innate JH in crustaceans (methyl farnesoate, MF) and molting hormone (20-hydroxyecdysone, 20E, active form of ecdysteroid) on larval stages of the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus, which is a decapod crustacean living in warm seawater. Larval development of kuruma prawn progresses in the order of nauplius, zoea, mysis, and then post-larvae with molting and metamorphosis, but it is unknown whether both MF and 20E have crucial roles in metamorphosis and molting of this species. Treatments of either MF or 20E on shrimp larvae were attempted at each developmental stage and those effects were validated. In terms of EC50 values between mortality and metamorphosis, there were apparent differences in the transition from nauplius to zoea (MF: 7.67 and 0.12 μM; 20E: 3.84 and 0.06 μM in survival and metamorphic rates, respectively). In contrast, EC50 values in MF and 20E treatments showed high consistency in the transitions between zoea to mysis (EC50 values for survival; MF: 1.25 and 20E: 0.22 μM), and mysis to post-larvae (EC50 values for survival; MF: 0.65 and 20E: 0.46 μM). These data suggest that nauplius has strong resistance against exposure to MF and 20E. Moreover, both chemicals induced high mortality triggered by the disruption of molting associated with metamorphosis. To our knowledge, this is the first experimental evidence that investigates in vivo physiological functions of MF and 20E in the larval stages of kuruma prawn, shedding light on not only ecotoxicological impacts of IGRs released into nature, but also endocrine mechanisms underlying larval development with metamorphosis in benthic decapod crustaceans.
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- Kenji Toyota
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Zou E. Invisible endocrine disruption and its mechanisms: A current review. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 293:113470. [PMID: 32234298 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The research on impacts of environmental chemicals on crustacean molting dates back to the 1970s when ground-breaking studies investigated the disruption of molting in Crustacea by organochlorines. With the emergence of a new scientific inquiry, termed environmental endocrine disruption, in the early 1990s, increasing attention has been attracted to the possibility that environmental chemicals capable of wreaking havoc on sex steroid-regulated processes in vertebrates can also adversely affect ecdysteroid-mediated processes, e.g. molting, in crustaceans. Given the fact that many molting-disrupting chemicals accumulate in crustacean tissues and that the effect on molting is not readily visible in the field, the disruption of molting by environmental chemicals has been dubbed the invisible endocrine disruption. In recent years, much advancement has been made in both the documentation of the phenomenon of molting disruption and the search for mechanisms, by which molting disruption occurs. This review provides an overview of the current status of the field of invisible endocrine disruption, and perspectives on future directions are also presented.
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- Enmin Zou
- Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA.
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Breitholtz M, Ivanov P, Ek K, Gorokhova E. Calmodulin inhibition as a mode of action of antifungal imidazole pharmaceuticals in non-target organisms. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2020; 9:425-430. [PMID: 32905197 PMCID: PMC7467228 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfaa039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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To improve assessment of risks associated with pharmaceutical contamination of the environment, it is crucial to understand effects and mode of action of drugs in non-target species. The evidence is accumulating that species with well-conserved drug targets are prone to be at risk when exposed to pharmaceuticals. An interesting group of pharmaceuticals released into the environment is imidazoles, antifungal agents with inhibition of ergosterol synthesis as a primary mode of action in fungi. However, imidazoles have also been identified as competitive antagonists of calmodulin (CaM), a calcium-binding protein with phylogenetically conserved structure and function. Therefore, imidazoles would act as CaM inhibitors in various organisms, including those with limited capacity to synthesize sterols, such as arthropods. We hypothesized that effects observed in crustaceans exposed to imidazoles are related to the CaM inhibition and CaM-dependent nitric oxide (NO) synthesis. To test this hypothesis, we measured (i) CaM levels and its gene expression, (ii) NO accumulation and (iii) gene expression of NO synthase (NOS1 and NOS2), in the cladoceran Daphnia magna exposed to miconazole, a model imidazole drug. Whereas significantly increased CaM gene expression and its cellular allocation were observed, supporting the hypothesized mode of action, no changes occurred in either NO synthase expression or NO levels in the exposed animals. These findings suggest that CaM inhibition by miconazole leads to protein overexpression that compensates for the loss in the protein activity, with no measurable downstream effects on NO pathways. The inhibition of CaM in D. magna may have implications for effect assessment of exposure to mixtures of imidazoles in aquatic non-target species.
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- Magnus Breitholtz
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Sweden
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Li J, Sun J, Dong X, Geng X, Qiu G. Transcriptomic analysis of gills provides insights into the molecular basis of molting in Chinese mitten crab ( Eriocheir sinensis). PeerJ 2019; 7:e7182. [PMID: 31293829 PMCID: PMC6601604 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is an economically important freshwater aquaculture species and is a model species for research on the mechanism of molting. This study aimed to identify important candidate genes associated with the molting process and to determine the role of gills in the regulation of molting with the help of transcriptomic analysis. The transcriptomes of crabs at different molting stages—postmolt (PoM), intermolt (InM), premolt (PrM) and ecdysis (E)—were de novo assembled to generate 246,232 unigenes with a mean length of 851 bp. A total of 86,634 unigenes (35.18% of the total unigenes) were annotated against reference databases. Significantly upregulated genes were identified in postmolt compared to intermolt (1,475), intermolt compared to premolt (65), premolt compared to ecdysis (1,352), and ecdysis compared to postmolt (153), and the corresponding numbers of downregulated genes were 1,276, 32, 1,573 and 171, respectively. Chitin synthase, endochitinase, chitinase A, chitinase 3, chitinase 6 and chitin deacetylase 1 were upregulated during the postmolt and ecdysis stages, while phosphoglucomutase 3 (PGM3), glucosamine 6-phosphate deaminase (GNPDA) and glucosamine glycoside hydrolase (nagZ) were upregulated during the intermolt and premolt stages compared to the other stages. The upregulated genes were enriched in several lipid-related metabolic pathways, such as “fatty acid elongation”, “glycerophospholipid metabolism” and “sulfur metabolism”. Meanwhile, three signaling pathways, including the “phosphatidylinositol signaling system”, the “calcium signaling pathway” and the “GnRH signaling pathway” were also enriched. Tetraspanin-18, an important effector gene in the lysosomal pathway involved in cell apoptosis, up-regulate with the beginning of molting (in premolt stage) and reach the top in the ecdysis stage, and barely expressed in the intermolt stage. The expression variations in the tetraspanin-18 gene indicated that it may play an important role in the beginning of molting cycle, which might be regulated by the stress of salinity. This study revealed that the gills could participate in chitin degradation, in reestablishment of the exoskeleton and the signaling process. Based on transcriptomic analysis of the gills, we not only explored novel molecular mechanisms of molting in E. sinensis but also acquired foundational genetic data for E. sinensis.
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- Jingjing Li
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Tianjin Diseases Prevention and Control Center of Aquatic Animals, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Diseases Prevention and Control Center of Aquatic Animals, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Diseases Prevention and Control Center of Aquatic Animals, Tianjin, China
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- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Liu Y, Buchberger AR, DeLaney K, Li Z, Li L. Multifaceted Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Neuropeptide Changes in Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, in Response to Low pH Stress. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:2759-2770. [PMID: 31132273 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The decrease of pH level in the water affects animals living in aquatic habitat, such as crustaceans. The molecular mechanisms enabling these animals to survive this environmental stress remain unknown. To understand the modulatory function of neuropeptides in crustaceans when encountering drops in pH level, we developed and implemented a multifaceted mass spectrometric platform to investigate the global neuropeptide changes in response to water acidification in the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Neural tissues were collected at different incubation periods to monitor dynamic changes of neuropeptides under different stress conditions occurring in the animal. Neuropeptide families were found to exhibit distinct expression patterns in different tissues and even each isoform had its specific response to the stress. Circulating fluid in the crabs (hemolymph) was also analyzed after 2-h exposure to acidification, and together with results from tissue analysis, enabled the discovery of neuropeptides participating in the stress accommodation process as putative hormones. Two novel peptide sequences were detected in the hemolymph that appeared to be involved in the stress-related regulation in the crabs.
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin , 1101 University Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin , 1101 University Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin , 1101 University Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin , 1101 University Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Wisconsin , 1101 University Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States.,School of Pharmacy , University of Wisconsin , 777 Highland Avenue , Madison , Wisconsin 53705 , United States
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Mani T, Subramaniya BR, Chidambaram Iyer S, Sivasithamparam ND, Devaraj H. Modulation of complex coordinated molecular signaling by 5HT and a cocktail of inhibitors leads to ovarian maturation of Penaeus monodon in captivity. Mol Reprod Dev 2019; 86:576-591. [PMID: 30825396 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In aquaculture practices, prawn cultivation holds the major share and Penaeus monodon is the main species cultured. The decline in production of P. monodon is mainly due to the limited availability of domesticated broodstock, which is attributed to its reproductive cycle, controlled by complex coordinated signaling mechanisms. Unilateral eyestalk ablation of domesticated females held in captivity is done to induce ovary development, which has certain disadvantages, including a high rate of mortality. Thus, developing alternative techniques for eyestalk ablation in captive broodstock is necessary to induce maturation of ovary. This study exemplifies the role of 5HT along with a cocktail of inhibitors (U0126, Rp-cAMP, and LY294002) in inducing ovarian maturation. In this study, inhibition of pERK by U0126 inhibited vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone (VIH), which in turn led to the overexpression of vitellogenin. 5HT induces steroidogenesis (estradiol-17β) through induction of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone by activating calcium-calmodulin signaling. Steroidogenesis is also aided by synthesis of StAR protein. Estradiol-17β stimulates the formation of the maturation-promoting factor (MPF) complex by cdc25 activation and Myt1 inactivation. LY294002 aids in keeping cdc25 activated by inhibiting calcium-calmodulin induced phosphorylation of Akt which is a negative regulator of mitogen-activated protein kinases. VIH induced activation of Myt1, through protein kinase A (PKA), was inhibited by Rp-cAMP which inhibits adenylate cyclase, thus stabilizing the activated MPF complex. To conclude, the coordinated effect of inhibitors and 5HT accelerates the development of ovary from previtellogenic to matured oocytes, yielding high quality and quantity larvae compared with eyestalk-ablated P. monodon.
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- Thiyagu Mani
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.,Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guindy Campus, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Roegner ME, Roer RD, Watson RD. Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) transcript abundance in Y-organs and ecdysteroid titer in hemolymph during a molting cycle of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2019; 229:76-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Robert A, Monsinjon T, Péden R, Rasoamampianina V, Le Mével JC, Knigge T. In vivo effects of serotonin and fluoxetine on cardio-ventilatory functions in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L. 1758). AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 207:132-141. [PMID: 30557758 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Serotonin (5-HT) takes a key position in regulating vital functions, such as cardio-ventilatory activity, locomotion and behaviour. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) modulate the serotonergic system and thus affect these functions. Rhythmic behaviours, such as cardio-ventilatory activity, are controlled by central pattern generators, which in turn are regulated by 5-HT. In crustaceans, 5-HT also regulates the synthesis and secretion of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone, a pleiotropic hormone involved in the mobilisation and release of glucose into the haemolymph, thus stimulating the animal's activity. As a matter of consequence, SSRIs may affect cardio-ventilatory activity. In order to examine how the SSRIs affect fundamental physiological parameters based on rhythmic behaviours in decapods, cardio-respiratory activity in the shore crab Carcinus maenas was assessed after pericardial injection of a single dose of either 0.5 μM, 0.75 μM or 1 μM fluoxetine, respectively. Simultaneous recordings of heart and scaphognathite movements in both brachial chambers were conducted by measuring impedance changes in the respective body compartments. Injection of 5-HT had an immediate effect on cardio-ventilatory activities and strongly upregulated both cardiac and ventilatory activities. Fluoxetine showed similar effects, entailing moderate tachycardia and increased ventilation rates. Compared to 5-HT, these effects were delayed in time and much less pronounced. Metabolism of fluoxetine into the active compound nor-fluoxetine might account for the delayed action, whereas compensatory regulation of cardio-ventilatory frequencies and amplitudes are likely to explain the attenuation of the responses compared to the strong and immediate increase by 5-HT. Overall, the results suggest increased 5-HT levels in invertebrates following fluoxetine exposure, which are able to disturb physiological functions regulated by 5-HT, such as cardiac and respiratory activity.
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- Alexandrine Robert
- Normandie Université, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, UMR-I 02 Unité Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO), Université Le Havre Normandie, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, F-76600, Le Havre, France
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- Normandie Université, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, UMR-I 02 Unité Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO), Université Le Havre Normandie, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, F-76600, Le Havre, France
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- Normandie Université, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, UMR-I 02 Unité Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO), Université Le Havre Normandie, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, F-76600, Le Havre, France; Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000, Metz, France
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- Normandie Université, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, UMR-I 02 Unité Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO), Université Le Havre Normandie, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, F-76600, Le Havre, France
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, INSERM U1101, Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, SFR ScInBioS, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, CHU de Brest, 22 Avenue Camille Desmoulins, CS 93837, F-29238, Brest Cedex 3, France
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- Normandie Université, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, UMR-I 02 Unité Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques (SEBIO), Université Le Havre Normandie, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, F-76600, Le Havre, France.
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Zhang X, Yuan J, Sun Y, Li S, Gao Y, Yu Y, Liu C, Wang Q, Lv X, Zhang X, Ma KY, Wang X, Lin W, Wang L, Zhu X, Zhang C, Zhang J, Jin S, Yu K, Kong J, Xu P, Chen J, Zhang H, Sorgeloos P, Sagi A, Alcivar-Warren A, Liu Z, Wang L, Ruan J, Chu KH, Liu B, Li F, Xiang J. Penaeid shrimp genome provides insights into benthic adaptation and frequent molting. Nat Commun 2019; 10:356. [PMID: 30664654 PMCID: PMC6341167 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08197-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Crustacea, the subphylum of Arthropoda which dominates the aquatic environment, is of major importance in ecology and fisheries. Here we report the genome sequence of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, covering ~1.66 Gb (scaffold N50 605.56 Kb) with 25,596 protein-coding genes and a high proportion of simple sequence repeats (>23.93%). The expansion of genes related to vision and locomotion is probably central to its benthic adaptation. Frequent molting of the shrimp may be explained by an intensified ecdysone signal pathway through gene expansion and positive selection. As an important aquaculture organism, L. vannamei has been subjected to high selection pressure during the past 30 years of breeding, and this has had a considerable impact on its genome. Decoding the L. vannamei genome not only provides an insight into the genetic underpinnings of specific biological processes, but also provides valuable information for enhancing crustacean aquaculture. The Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is an important aquaculture species and a promising model for crustacean biology. Here, the authors provide a reference genome assembly, and show that gene expansion is involved in the regulation of frequent molting as well as benthic adaptation of the shrimp.
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- Xiaojun Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Tianjin Biochip Corporation, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., 999077, Hong Kong SAR
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources of Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology, Negev Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., 999077, Hong Kong SAR.
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China. .,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China. .,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Hyde CJ, Elizur A, Ventura T. The crustacean ecdysone cassette: A gatekeeper for molt and metamorphosis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 185:172-183. [PMID: 30157455 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Arthropods have long been utilized as models to explore molecular function, and the findings derived from them can be applied throughout metazoa, including as a basis for medical research. This has led to the adoption of many representative insect models beyond Drosophila, as each lends its own unique perspective to questions in endocrinology and genetics. However, non-insect arthropods are yet to be realised for the potential insight they may provide in such studies. The Crustacea are among the most ancient arthropods from which insects descended, comprising a huge variety of life histories and ecological roles. Of the events in a typical crustacean development, metamorphosis is perhaps the most ubiquitous, challenging and highly studied. Despite this, our knowledge of the endocrinology which underpins metamorphosis is rudimentary at best; although several key molecules have been identified and studied in depth, the link between them is quite nebulous and leans heavily on well-explored insect models, which diverged from the Pancrustacea over 450 million years ago. As omics technologies become increasingly accessible, they bring the prospect of explorative molecular research which will allow us to uncover components and pathways unique to crustaceans. This review reconciles known components of crustacean metamorphosis and reflects on our findings in insects to outline a future search space, with focus given to the ecdysone cascade. To expand our knowledge of this ubiquitous endocrine system not only aids in our understanding of crustacean metamorphosis, but also provides a deeper insight into the adaptive capacity of arthropods throughout evolution.
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- Cameron J Hyde
- Genecology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, 4 Locked Bag, Maroochydore, Queensland, 4558, Australia
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- Genecology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, 4 Locked Bag, Maroochydore, Queensland, 4558, Australia
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- Genecology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, 4 Locked Bag, Maroochydore, Queensland, 4558, Australia.
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Shinji J, Gotoh H, Miyanishi H, Lavine MD, Lavine LC. The activin signaling transcription factor Smox is an essential regulator of appendage size during regeneration after autotomy in the crayfish. Evol Dev 2018; 21:44-55. [DOI: 10.1111/ede.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Junpei Shinji
- Department of Entomology; Washington State University; Pullman Washington
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences; Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku; Nagoya Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture; University of Miyazaki, Gakuen-kibanadai-nishi; Miyazaki Japan
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- Department of Entomology; Washington State University; Pullman Washington
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Das S, Vraspir L, Zhou W, Durica DS, Mykles DL. Transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes in the molting gland (Y-organ) of the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis, during molt-cycle stage transitions. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2018; 28:37-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Koziol U. Precursors of neuropeptides and peptide hormones in the genomes of tardigrades. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 267:116-127. [PMID: 29935140 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Tardigrades are a key group for understanding the evolution of the Ecdysozoa, a large clade of molting animals that also includes arthropods and nematodes. However, little is known about most aspects of their basic biology. Neuropeptide and peptide hormone signaling has been extensively studied in arthropods and nematodes (particularly regarding their roles in molting in arthropods), but very little is known about neuropeptide signaling in other ecdysozoans. In this work, different strategies were used to search for neuropeptide and peptide hormone precursors in the genomes of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus. In general, there is a remarkable similarity in the complement of neuropeptides and their sequences between tardigrades and arthropods. The precursors found in tardigrades included homologs of achatin, allatostatins A, B and C, allatotropin, calcitonin, CCHamide, CCRFa, corazonin, crustacean cardioactive peptide, diuretic hormone 31, diuretic hormone 44, ecdysis triggering hormone, eclosion hormone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), GSEFLamide, insulin-like peptides, ion transport peptide, kinin, neuropeptide F, orcokinin, pigment dispersing hormone, proctolin, pyrokinin, RYamide, short neuropeptide F, sulfakinin, tachykinin, trissin and vasopressin. In most cases, homologs of known cognate receptors for each neuropeptide family could only be identified when the precursors were also present in the genome, further supporting their identification. Some neuropeptide precursor genes have undergone several duplications in tardigrades, including allatostatin A and C, corazonin, GnRH, eclosion hormone, sulfakinin and trissin. Furthermore, four novel families of candidate neuropeptide precursors were identified (two of which could also be found in several arthropods). To the best of my knowledge, this work represents the first genome-wide search for neuropeptide precursors in any ecdysozoan species outside arthropods and nematodes, and is a necessary first step towards understanding neuropeptide function in tardigrades.
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- Uriel Koziol
- Sección Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, CP11400 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Nagai-Okatani C, Nagata S, Nagasawa H. Tissue distribution and biochemical characteristics of receptors for sinus gland peptide VII as a crustacean hyperglycemic hormone and vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone of the kuruma prawn, Marsupenaeus japonicus. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 266:157-165. [PMID: 29750969 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) and vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone (VIH) belong to the CHH family, a neuropeptide superfamily conserved in ecdysozoans. To date, no receptor for the CHH family peptides has been identified in crustaceans. Here, we used a CHH family isoform, Mj-sinus gland peptide (SGP)-VII, as a representative of CHH and VIH in order to determine its target tissues and obtain biochemical information regarding its receptor in the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus (Crustacea, Decapoda). An in vitro binding assay using a radiolabeled recombinant Mj-SGP-VII and tissue membranes showed that ligand-receptor binding was specific and dissociable. Six tissues, including the hepatopancreas, gill, heart, skeletal muscle, hindgut, and ovary, were identified as the main targets for Mj-SGP-VII. Scatchard analysis of these six tissues determined the dissociation constant and maximum binding capacity values as Kd = 0.86-3.6 nM and Bmax = 102-915 fmol/mg protein, respectively. Of these six tissues, the hepatopancreas, heart, and ovary showed changes in the levels of ligand-binding after the elimination of endogenous ligands by eyestalk ablation. In the hepatopancreas, an increase in the amount of ligand-binding was observed after eyestalk ablation, independent of gender, which appears to be associated with hypoglycemia caused by the treatment. The change observed in the hepatopancreas was due to the increase in the ligand-binding capacity, but not in the ligand-binding affinity, of the receptors. Furthermore, chemical cross-linking analysis demonstrated the presence of target tissue-specific receptors for Mj-SGP-VII with molecular masses of 34-62 kDa. Collectively, the present data provided important information on tissue distribution, temporal changes in expression level, and molecular mass, for the identification and characterization of receptors for CHH family peptides in crustaceans.
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- Chiaki Nagai-Okatani
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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Qiao H, Jiang F, Xiong Y, Jiang S, Fu H, Li F, Zhang W, Sun S, Jin S, Gong Y, Wu Y. Characterization, expression patterns of molt-inhibiting hormone gene of Macrobrachium nipponense and its roles in molting and growth. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198861. [PMID: 29889902 PMCID: PMC5995357 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense, is an important commercial aquaculture resource in China. In order to overwinter, M. nipponense displays decreased physiological activity and less consumption of energy. Sudden warming would trigger molting and cause an extensive death, resulting in huge economic losses. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to study the molting mechanism of oriental river prawns. Molt-inhibiting hormone gene (MIH) plays a major role in regulating molting in crustaceans. In this study, a full length MIH cDNA of M. nipponense (Mn-MIH) was cloned from the eyestalk. The total length of the Mn-MIH was 925 bp, encoding a protein of 119 amino acids. Tissue distribution analysis showed that Mn-MIH was highly expressed in the eyestalk, and that it had relatively low expression in gill, ovary, and abdominal ganglion. Mn-MIH was detected in all developmental stages, and changed regularly in line with the molting cycle of the embryo and larva. Mn-MIH varied in response to the molting cycle, suggesting that Mn-MIH negatively regulates ecdysteroidogenesis. Mn-MIH inhibition by RNAi resulted in a significant acceleration of molting cycles in both males and females, confirming the inhibitory role of MIH in molting. After long-term RNAi males, but not females had significant weight gain, confirming that Mn-MIH plays an important role in growth of M. nipponense. Our work contributes to a better understanding of the role of Mn-MIH in crustacean molting and growth.
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- Hui Qiao
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fisheries and Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
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Roegner ME, Chen HY, Watson RD. Molecular cloning and characterization of a sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPase (SERCA) from Y-organs of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Gene 2018; 673:12-21. [PMID: 29886036 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Existing data indicate that a Ca2+ signal stimulates ecdysteroid hormone production by crustacean molting glands (Y-organs). Ca2+ signaling is dependent on a tightly regulated Ca2+ gradient, with intracellular free Ca2+ maintained at a low basal level (typically sub-micromolar). This is achieved through the action of proteins intrinsic to the plasma membrane and the membranes of organelles. One such protein, the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA), pumps Ca2+ from cytosol to the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. As a step toward understanding Ca2+-mediated regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis, we have begun investigating Ca2+ transport proteins in Y-organs. In studies reported here, we used a PCR-based strategy to clone from Y-organs of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) a cDNA encoding a putative SERCA protein. The cloned Cas-SERCA cDNA (3806 bp) includes a 3057-bp open reading frame that encodes a 1019-residue protein (Cas-SERCA). The conceptually translated protein has a predicted molecular mass of 111.42 × 103 and contains all signature domains of an authentic SERCA, including ten transmembrane domains and a phosphorylation site at aspartate 351. A homology model of Cas-SERCA closely resembles models of related SERCA proteins. Phylogenetic analysis shows Cas-SERCA clusters with SERCA proteins from other arthropods. An assessment of tissue distribution indicates the Cas-SERCA transcript is widely distributed across tissues. Studies using quantitative PCR showed Cas-SERCA transcript abundance increased significantly in Y-organs activated by eyestalk ablation, a pattern consistent with the hypothesis that Cas-SERCA functions to maintain Ca2+ homeostasis in Y-organs.
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- Megan E Roegner
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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Zhang J, Song F, Sun Y, Yu K, Xiang J. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deletion of EcMIH shortens metamorphosis time from mysis larva to postlarva of Exopalaemon carinicauda. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 77:244-251. [PMID: 29621632 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2018.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The recently emerged CRISPR/Cas9 technology is the most flexible means to produce targeted mutations at the genomic loci in a variety of organisms. In Crustaceans, molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) is an important negative-regulatory factor and plays a key role in suppressing the molting process. However, whether precise disruption of MIH in crustacean can be achieved and successfully used to improve the development and growth has not been proved. In this research, the complementary DNA (cDNA) and genomic DNA, including flanking regions of the MIH gene (EcMIH) of ridgetail white prawn Exopalaemon carinicauda, were cloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis revealed that EcMIH was composed of three exons and two introns. Analysis by RT-PCR showed that EcMIH mainly expressed in eyestalks. During different development periods, EcMIH was highest in juvenile stage and extremely low in others but adult prawns eyestalks. In addition, we applied CRISPR/Cas9 technology to generate EcMIH knock-out (KO) prawns and then analyzed the changes in their phenotypes. We efficiently generated 12 EcMIH-KO prawns out of 250 injected one-cell stage embryos and the mutant rate reached 4.8% after embryo injection with one sgRNA targeting the second exon of EcMIH. The EcMIH-KO prawns exhibited increased the body length and shortened the metamorphosis time of larvae from mysis larva to postlarva. Meanwhile, EcMIH-KO did not cause the health problems such as early stage death or deformity. In conclusion, we successfully obtained EcMIH gene and generated EcMIH-KO prawns using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. This study will certainly lead to a wide application prospect of MIH gene in prawns breeding.
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- Jiquan Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
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Shyamal S, Das S, Guruacharya A, Mykles DL, Durica DS. Transcriptomic analysis of crustacean molting gland (Y-organ) regulation via the mTOR signaling pathway. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7307. [PMID: 29743490 PMCID: PMC5943448 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The intermolt crustacean Y-organ (YO) maintains a basal state mediated by pulsatile release of molt inhibiting hormone (MIH), a neuropeptide produced in the eyestalk ganglia, inhibiting YO ecdysteroidogenesis. Reduction of MIH results in YO activation and the animal enters premolt. In the crab, Gecarcinus lateralis, molting was induced by eyestalk ablation (ESA). ESA animals were injected with either rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, or DMSO vehicle at Day 0. YOs were harvested at 1, 3, and 7 days post-ESA and processed for high throughput RNA sequencing. ESA-induced increases in mRNA levels of mTOR signaling genes (e.g., mTOR, Rheb, TSC1/2, Raptor, Akt, and S6 kinase) declined following rapamycin treatment. In concert with mTOR inhibition, mRNA levels of ecdysteroid biosynthesis genes (e.g., Nvd, Spo, Sad, Dib, and Phm) were decreased and accompanied by a decrease in hemolymph ecdysteroid titer. By contrast, rapamycin increased the mRNA level of FKBP12, the rapamycin-binding protein, as well as the mRNA levels of genes associated with Wnt and insulin-like growth factor signaling pathways. Many MIH and transforming growth factor-β signaling genes were down regulated in ESA animals. These results indicate that mTOR activity either directly or indirectly controls transcription of genes that drive activation of the YO.
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- S Shyamal
- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA.
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Sathapondecha P, Panyim S, Udomkit A. An essential role of Rieske domain oxygenase Neverland in the molting cycle of black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2017; 213:11-19. [PMID: 28842223 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lee JH, Suryaningtyas IT, Yoon TH, Shim JM, Park H, Kim HW. Transcriptomic analysis of the hepatopancreas induced by eyestalk ablation in shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2017; 24:99-110. [PMID: 28915415 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although eyestalk ablation (ESA) is currently considered the most effective method to facilitate molting and maturation, its physiological responses are still not clearly explained in decapod crustaceans. In this study, we analyzed the hepatopancreatic transcriptomes of Litopenaeus vannamei after ESA using the Illumina Miseq platform. After screening 53,029 contigs with high cutoff values (fold change>|10|; P-value<0.05; RPKM>1), we were able to identify 105 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), of which 100 were up-regulated and five were down-regulated. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis showed that many DEGs were involved in the synthetic pathways for glycerol and trehalose, which are known to function as the major protectants under conditions of low temperature and osmotic stress in arthropods. Additional analysis of the other DEGs enabled us to classify them in four categories: immunity; cellular trafficking; transcriptional regulation; molting and maturation. Many DEGs were involved in immunity and stress responses, in particular the proPO activation system, which is the major immune and wound-healing system in arthropods. In addition to immunity and stress responses, we were also able to identify DEGs involved in molting and maturation processes (e.g., group I chitinase), as well as those involved in hormone metabolism and trafficking. Collectively, based on the transcriptomic analysis, ESA causes not only stress and immune responses, but also molting and maturation in L. vannamei. The DEGs identified in this study could be useful markers to understand the physiological responses that ESA induces in shrimp, such as molting, maturation, and immunity.
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- Ji-Hyun Lee
- Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea
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- East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Research, Gangneung 46083, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Polar Research Institute, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea.
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Diwan A, Ninawe A, Harke S. Gene editing (CRISPR-Cas) technology and fisheries sector. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.24870/cjb.2017-000108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Ventura-López C, Galindo-Torres PE, Arcos FG, Galindo-Sánchez C, Racotta IS, Escobedo-Fregoso C, Llera-Herrera R, Ibarra AM. Transcriptomic information from Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) ovary and eyestalk, and expression patterns for genes putatively involved in the reproductive process. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 246:164-182. [PMID: 27964922 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The increased use of massive sequencing technologies has enabled the identification of several genes known to be involved in different mechanisms associated with reproduction that so far have only been studied in vertebrates and other model invertebrate species. In order to further investigate the genes involved in Litopenaeus vannamei reproduction, cDNA and SSH libraries derived from female eyestalk and gonad were produced, allowing the identification of expressed sequences tags (ESTs) that potentially have a role in the regulation of gonadal maturation. In the present study, different transcripts involved in reproduction were identified and a number of them were characterized as full-length. These transcripts were evaluated in males and females in order to establish their tissue expression profiles during developmental stages (juvenile, subadult and adult), and in the case of females, their possible association with gonad maturation was assessed through expression analysis of vitellogenin. The results indicated that the expression of vitellogenin receptor (vtgr) and minichromosome maintenance (mcm) family members in the female gonad suggest an important role during previtellogenesis. Additionally, the expression profiles of genes such as famet, igfbp and gpcr in brain tissues suggest an interaction between the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway (IIS) and methyl farnesoate (MF) biosynthesis for control of reproduction. Furthermore, the specific expression pattern of farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase suggests that final synthesis of MF is carried out in different target tissues, where it is regulated by esterase enzymes under a tissue-specific hormonal control. Finally, the presence of a vertebrate type steroid receptor in hepatopancreas and intestine besides being highly expressed in female gonads, suggest a role of that receptor during sexual maturation.
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- Claudia Ventura-López
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional No.195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23096, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional No.195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23096, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional No.195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23096, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California CP 22860, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional No.195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23096, Mexico.
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) - Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur C.P. 23096, Mexico.
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) - Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C. (CIAD) Unidad Mazatlán, Av. Sábalo-Cerritos s/n. Estero del Yugo, Mazatlán, Sinaloa 82000, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional No.195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23096, Mexico.
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Zhu BJ, Tang L, Yu YY, Wang DJ, Liu CL. Identification and expression patterns of 20-hydroxyecdysone-responsive genes from Procambarus clarkii. Genes Genomics 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-017-0527-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Saetan U, Sangket U, Deachamag P, Chotigeat W. Ovarian Transcriptome Analysis of Vitellogenic and Non-Vitellogenic Female Banana Shrimp (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164724. [PMID: 27741294 PMCID: PMC5065192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The banana shrimp (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) is one of the most commercially important penaeid species in the world. Its numbers are declining in the wild, leading to a loss of broodstock for farmers of the shrimp and a need for more successful breeding programs. However, the molecular mechanism of the genes involved in this shrimp’s ovarian maturation is still unclear. Consequently, we compared transcriptomic profiles of ovarian tissue from females in both the vitellogenic stage and the non-vitellogenic stage. Using RNA-Seq technology to prepare the transcriptome libraries, a total of 12,187,412 and 11,694,326 sequencing reads were acquired from the non-vitellogenic and vitellogenic stages respectively. The analysis of the differentially expressed genes identified 1,025 which were significantly differentially expressed between the two stages, of which 694 were up-regulated and 331 down-regulated. Four genes putatively involved in the ovarian maturation pathway were chosen for validation by quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR). The data from this study provided information about gene expression in ovarian tissue of the banana shrimp which could be useful for a better understanding of the regulation of this species’ reproductive cycle.
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- Uraipan Saetan
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
- Center of Excellent for Genomic and Bioinformatics Research, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
- Center of Excellent for Genomic and Bioinformatics Research, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
- Center of Excellent for Genomic and Bioinformatics Research, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-yai, Songkhla, Thailand
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Das S, Mykles DL. A Comparison of Resources for the Annotation of a De Novo Assembled Transcriptome in the Molting Gland (Y-Organ) of the Blackback Land Crab, Gecarcinus lateralis. Integr Comp Biol 2016; 56:1103-1112. [PMID: 27549198 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icw107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Next-generation sequencing technologies are revolutionizing crustacean biology. De novo assembly of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data allows researchers to catalog and quantify genes expressed in tissues of a species that lacks a complete genome sequence. RNA-seq has become an important tool for understanding phenotypic plasticity and the responses of organisms to environmental cues. However, there are challenges with identification of assembled contiguous sequences (contigs) without a reference genome. Thus, the selection of resources for annotating contigs is critical for the downstream analysis of gene functions. A de novo-assembled transcriptome of the Gecarcinus lateralis molting gland, or Y-organ (YO), was used to compare two functional annotation packages, Trinotate and Blast2GO. The assembled transcriptome contained 229,278 contigs derived from YOs from animals in intermolt, premolt (early, mid, and late), and postmolt stages. Gene identification using BLAST against four databases and functional annotation using Gene Ontologies were conducted. The analysis revealed two major limitations of de novo assembly: (1) assembly using Trinity generates redundant contigs and (2) transcripts that encode protein isoforms are not distinguished with current computational tools. It is recommended that the NCBI Non-Redundant, SwissProt, TrEMBL, and Uniref90 databases be used to maximize gene identification. Trinotate is preferred for assigning functions to identified genes, as the package uses multiple databases for annotation. The differences between packages to generate Gene Ontology (GO) terms are attributed to the databases used for inputs: Trinotate uses both Pfam and BLAST databases, while Blast2GO uses only the BLAST database. InterProScan was used to verify the GO terms assigned via BLAST. A comprehensive annotation of de novo assembled transcriptome is necessary for the downstream analysis of differentially expressed transcripts in the YO over the molt cycle.
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- Sunetra Das
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Roles of mechanistic target of rapamycin and transforming growth factor-β signaling in the molting gland (Y-organ) of the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 198:15-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Weiss LC, Leese F, Laforsch C, Tollrian R. Dopamine is a key regulator in the signalling pathway underlying predator-induced defences in Daphnia. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 282:20151440. [PMID: 26423840 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The waterflea Daphnia is a model to investigate the genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity resulting from one differentially expressed genome. Daphnia develops adaptive phenotypes (e.g. morphological defences) thwarting predators, based on chemical predator cue perception. To understand the genomic basis of phenotypic plasticity, the description of the precedent cellular and neuronal mechanisms is fundamental. However, key regulators remain unknown. All neuronal and endocrine stimulants were able to modulate but not induce defences, indicating a pathway of interlinked steps. A candidate able to link neuronal with endocrine responses is the multi-functional amine dopamine. We here tested its involvement in trait formation in Daphnia pulex and Daphnia longicephala using an induction assay composed of predator cues combined with dopaminergic and cholinergic stimulants. The mere application of both stimulants was sufficient to induce morphological defences. We determined dopamine localization in cells found in close association with the defensive trait. These cells serve as centres controlling divergent morphologies. As a mitogen and sclerotization agent, we anticipate that dopamine is involved in proliferation and structural formation of morphological defences. Furthermore, dopamine pathways appear to be interconnected with endocrine pathways, and control juvenile hormone and ecdysone levels. In conclusion, dopamine is suggested as a key regulator of phenotypic plasticity.
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- Linda C Weiss
- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany Environmental Genomics Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B18 2TT, UK
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany Aquatic Ecosystem Research Group, University of Duisburg and Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, Essen 45141, Germany
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- Aquatic Ecosystem Research Group, University of Duisburg and Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, Essen 45141, Germany Department of Animal Ecology I, University Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany
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Xie X, Liu Z, Liu M, Tao T, Shen X, Zhu D. Role of Halloween genes in ecdysteroids biosynthesis of the swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus): Implications from RNA interference and eyestalk ablation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 199:105-110. [PMID: 27267122 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Molting, including metamorphosis molting in arthropods are controlled by the ecdysteroids that are synthesized and secreted by the crustacean Y-organ (YO) or the insect prothoracic gland (PG). The Halloween genes encoding the enzymes mainly involved in the biosynthesis of ecdysteroids are well studied in insects but not in crustaceans. Given the importance of Halloween genes in ecdysteroids biosynthesis, we have previously reported the cDNA cloning of disembodied (Dib) in P. trituberculatus. Here, cDNA sequences of another two Halloween genes, Spook (Spo) and Shadow (Sad), were further identified and characterized. The predicted amino acid sequences for these two Halloween genes of Portunus trituberculatus were compared to those of several other arthropods, and several typical domains of the cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenase (CYP) were identified. Similar to the tissue distribution of Dib, the Spo and Sad also showed high specificity to the YO. RNA interference (RNAi) of these 3 genes indicated they all play essential role in ecdysteroids biosynthesis. To investigate the relationships of the Halloween genes to the eyestalk neuropeptides such as molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), effects of eyestalk ablation (ESA) on the expression of Dib, Spo and Sad were detected. Expression of Dib and Sad, but not Spo, was significantly induced by ESA. The result indicated that the inhibition of MIH in ecdysteroids biosynthesis may be partly through the transcriptional regulation of certain Halloween genes, such as Dib and Sad, while the Spo might not be the target for MIH signal.
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- Xi Xie
- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, 315211 Ningbo, China.
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Campbell EM, Budge GE, Watkins M, Bowman AS. Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor and RNAi knockdown of neural peptide targets. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 70:116-126. [PMID: 26721201 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Varroa mites (Varroa destructor) and the viruses that they transmit are one of the major contributing factors to the global honey bee crisis. Gene products within the nervous system are the targets of all the insecticides currently used to control Varroa but there is a paucity of transcriptomic data available for Varroa neural tissues. A cDNA library from the synganglia ("brains") of adult female Varroa was constructed and 600 ESTs sequenced and analysed revealing several current and potential druggable targets. Contigs coding for the deformed wing virus (DWV) variants V. destructor virus-1 (VDV-1) and the recombinant (VDV-1DVD) were present in the synganglion library. Negative-sense RNA-specific PCR indicated that VDV-1 replicates in the Varroa synganglion and all other tissues tested, but we could not detect DWV replicating in any Varroa tissue. Two neuropeptides were identified in the synganlion EST library: a B-type allatostatin and a member of the crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH) superfamily. Knockdown of the allatostatin or the CHH-like gene by double-stranded RNA-interference (dsRNAi) resulted in 85% and 55% mortality, respectively, of Varroa. Here, we present the first transcriptomic survey in Varroa and demonstrate that neural genes can be targeted by dsRNAi either for genetic validation of putative targets during drug discovery programmes or as a potential control measure in itself.
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- Ewan M Campbell
- School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK
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- National Bee Unit, Fera, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK
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- Vita (Europe) Limited, Vita House, London Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7PG, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK.
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Das S, Pitts NL, Mudron MR, Durica DS, Mykles DL. Transcriptome analysis of the molting gland (Y-organ) from the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2015; 17:26-40. [PMID: 26689334 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2015.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In decapod crustaceans, arthropod steroid hormones or ecdysteroids regulate molting. These hormones are synthesized and released from a pair of molting glands called the Y-organs (YO). Cyclic nucleotide, mTOR, and TGFβ/Smad signaling pathways mediate molt cycle-dependent phase transitions in the YO. To further identify the genes involved in the regulation of molting, a YO transcriptome was generated from three biological replicates of intermolt blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis. Illumina sequencing of cDNA libraries generated 227,811,829 100-base pair (bp) paired-end reads; following trimming, 90% of the reads were used for further analyses. The trimmed reads were assembled de novo using Trinity software to generate 288,673 contigs with a mean length of 872 bp and a median length of 1842 bp. Redundancy among contig sequences was reduced by CD-HIT-EST, and the output constituted the baseline transcriptome database. Using Bowtie2, 92% to 93% of the reads were mapped back to the transcriptome. Individual contigs were annotated using BLAST, HMMER, TMHMM, SignalP, and Trinotate, resulting in assignments of 20% of the contigs. Functional and pathway annotations were carried out via gene ontology (GO) and KEGG orthology (KO) analyses; 58% and 44% of the contigs with BLASTx hits were assigned to GO and KO terms, respectively. The gene expression profile was similar to a crayfish YO transcriptome database, and the relative abundance of each contig was highly correlated among the three G. lateralis replicates. Signal transduction pathway orthologs were well represented, including those in the mTOR, TGFβ, cyclic nucleotide, MAP kinase, calcium, VEGF, phosphatidylinositol, ErbB, Wnt, Hedgehog, Jak-STAT, and Notch pathways.
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- Sunetra Das
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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In crustaceans, various physiological events, such as molting, vitellogenesis, and sex differentiation, are regulated by peptide hormones. To understanding the functional sites of these hormones, many structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies have been published. In this review, the author focuses the SAR of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone-family peptides and androgenic gland hormone and describes the detailed results of our and other research groups. The future perspectives will be also discussed.
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- Hidekazu Katayama
- a Department of Applied Biochemistry, School of Engineering , Tokai University , Hiratsuka , Japan
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Luo X, Chen T, Zhong M, Jiang X, Zhang L, Ren C, Hu C. Differential regulation of hepatopancreatic vitellogenin (VTG) gene expression by two putative molt-inhibiting hormones (MIH1/2) in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Peptides 2015; 68:58-63. [PMID: 25447412 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), a peptide member of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) family, is commonly considered as a negative regulator during the molt cycle in crustaceans. Phylogenetic analysis of CHH family peptides in penaeidae shrimps suggested that there is no significant differentiation between MIH and vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone (VIH, another peptide member of CHH family), by far the most potent negative regulator of crustacean vitellogenesis known. Thus, MIH may also play a role in regulating vitellogenesis. In this study, two previously reported putative MIHs (LivMIH1 and LivMIH2) in the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) were expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) and further confirmed by western blot. Regulation of vitellogenin (VTG) mRNA expression by recombinant LivMIH1 and LivMIH2 challenge was performed by both in vitro hepatopancreatic primary cells culture and in vivo injection approaches. In in vitro primary culture of shrimp hepatopancreatic cells, only LivMIH2 but not LivMIH1 administration could improve the mRNA expression of VTG. In in vivo injection experiments, similarly, only LivMIH2 but not LivMIH1 could stimulate hepatopancreatic VTG gene expression and induce ovary maturation. Our study may provide evidence for one isoform of MIH (MIH2 in L. vannamei) may serve as one of the mediators of the physiological progress of molting and vitellogenesis. Our study may also give new insight in CHH family peptides regulating reproduction in crustaceans, in particular penaeidae shrimps.
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- Xing Luo
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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Cloning of genomic sequences of three crustacean hyperglycemic hormone superfamily genes and elucidation of their roles of regulating insulin-like androgenic gland hormone gene. Gene 2015; 561:68-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Luo J, Pei S, Jing W, Zou E, Wang L. Cadmium inhibits molting of the freshwater crab Sinopotamon henanense by reducing the hemolymph ecdysteroid content and the activities of chitinase and N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase in the epidermis. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2015; 169:1-6. [PMID: 25463647 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Molting is an essential process during the growth of crustaceans, which is coordinated by ecdysteroids secreted by the Y-organ, molting inhibiting hormone secreted by the X-organ sinus-gland complex, as well as chitinase and N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase synthesized by the epidermis. Cadmium is one of the toxic metals in the aquatic environment. However, the endocrine effects of cadmium on the molting of freshwater crabs and the underlying mechanisms are unknown. To investigate these, freshwater crabs (Sinopotamon henanense) were acutely exposed to 0, 7.25, 14.5 and 29 mg/l Cd for 3, 4, 5 days or in some experiments for 4 days after eyestalk-ablation. The concentration of hemolymph ecdysone and the activities of the molting enzymes chitinase and NAG were measured. Histological changes in the epidermal tissues were documented. Our results showed that eyestalk ablation increased the ecdysteroid content as well as the activities of chitinase and NAG, which were inhibited by cadmium in a concentration-dependent manner; histological examinations demonstrated that eyestalk ablation produced storage particles in the epidermal tissues, which was also reduced by cadmium in a concentration-dependent manner. Our data suggest that cadmium disrupts endocrine function through inhibiting the secretion of ecdysteroids by the Y-organ and altering with the regulation of chitinase and NAG activity in the epidermis. This work provides new insights into the mechanisms underlying the molting inhibition effect of cadmium on the crabs.
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- Jixian Luo
- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People's Republic of China.
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Nagai C, Mabashi-Asazuma H, Nagasawa H, Nagata S. Identification and characterization of receptors for ion transport peptide (ITP) and ITP-like (ITPL) in the silkworm Bombyx mori. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:32166-32177. [PMID: 25278025 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.590646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ion transport peptide (ITP) and its alternatively spliced variant, ITP-like (ITPL), are insect peptides that belong to the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone family. These peptides modulate the homeostatic mechanisms for regulating energy metabolism, molting, and reproduction and are specifically conserved in ecdysozoans. Many of the details of the molecular mechanisms by which crustacean hyperglycemic hormone family peptides exert pleiotropy remain to be elucidated, including characterization of their receptors. Here we identified three Bombyx mori orphan neuropeptide G protein-coupled receptors (BNGRs), BNGR-A2, -A24, and -A34, as receptors for ITP and ITPL (collectively referred to as ITPs). BNGR-A2 and -A34 and BNGR-A24 respond to recombinant ITPs, respectively, with EC50 values of 1.1-2.6 × 10(-8) M, when expressed in a heterologous expression system. These three candidate BNGRs are expressed at larval B. mori tissues targeted by ITPs, with cGMP elevation observed after exposure to recombinant ITPs. ITPs also increased the cGMP level in B. mori ovary-derived BmN cells via membrane-bound and soluble guanylyl cyclases. The simultaneous knockdown of bngr-A2 and -A34 significantly decreased the response of BmN cells to ITP, whereas knockdown of bngr-A24 led to decreased responses to ITPL. Conversely, transient expression of bngr-A24 potentiated the response of BmN cells to ITPL. An in vitro binding assay showed direct interaction between ITPs and heterologously expressed BNGRs in a ligand-receptor-specific manner. Taken together, these data demonstrate that BNGR-A2 and -A34 are ITP receptors and that BNGR-A24 is an ITPL receptor in B. mori.
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- Chiaki Nagai
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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Dan S, Kaneko T, Takeshima S, Ashidate M, Hamasaki K. Eyestalk ablation affects larval morphogenesis in the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus during metamorphosis into megalopae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.3354/sedao00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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