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Knigge T. Antidepressants - The new endocrine disruptors? The case of crustaceans. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2024; 583:112155. [PMID: 38185462 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2024.112155] [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: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Antidepressants are high-volume pharmaceuticals that accumulate to concentrations in the μg·L-1 range in surface waters. The release of peptide hormones via neurosecretory cells appears as a natural target for antidepressants. Here I review research that suggests that antidepressants indeed disrupt endocrine signalling in crustaceans, by acting on the synthesis and release of neurohormones, such as crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone, moult inhibiting hormone and pigment dispersing hormone in decapods, as well as methyl farnesoate in Daphnids. Hence, antidepressants can affect hormonal regulation of physiological functions: increase in energy metabolism and activity, lowered ecdysteroid levels, potentially disrupting moult and somatic growth, reducing colour change capacity and compromising camouflage, as well as induction of male sex determination. Several studies further suggest effects of antidepressants on crustacean reproduction, but the hormonal regulation of these effects remains elusive. All things considered, a body of evidence strongly suggests that antidepressants are endocrine disrupting compounds in crustaceans.
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- Thomas Knigge
- Normandie Univ, Unilehavre, FR CNRS 3730 Sciences Appliquées à L'Environnement, UMR-I02, Environmental Stress and Biomonitoring of Aquatic Environments, University of Le Havre Normandy, France.
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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: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [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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Zuo H, Yuan J, Niu S, Yang L, Weng S, He J, Xu X. A molting-inhibiting hormone-like protein from Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is involved in immune responses. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 72:544-551. [PMID: 29158205 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2017.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The molting-inhibiting hormones (MIHs) from the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) family are a group of neuropeptides that are implicated in regulation of molting and reproduction in crustaceans. In this study, a novel protein containing a typical crustacean neuropeptide domain was identified from Litopenaeus vannamei. The protein showed high homology with other shrimp MIHs and was then designated as a MIH-like protein (MIHL). Among the detected tissues, the heart expressed the highest level of MIHL. The expression of MIHL could be significantly up-regulated after infection with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), gram-negative bacterium Vibro parahaemolyticus and gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, indicating that MIHL could be involved in immune responses. The promoter of MIHL was predicted to contain two NF-κB binding sites and could be regulated by the NF-κB family protein Relish but not Dorsal, suggesting that MIHL could be an effector gene of the IMD/Relish pathway. Silencing of MIHL in vivo by RNAi strategy significantly down-regulated the expression of many immune effector genes and increased the mortalities of shrimp infected by V. parahaemolyticus and WSSV and their copy numbers in tissues. These confirmed that MIHL could play a role in antiviral and antibacterial immune responses in shrimp.
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- Hongliang Zuo
- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; South China Sea Bio-Resource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Guangzhou, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; South China Sea Bio-Resource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Guangzhou, PR China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Safety/State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provice Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; South China Sea Bio-Resource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Guangzhou, PR China.
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Foguesatto K, Boyle RT, Rovani MT, Freire CA, Souza MM. Aquaporin in different moult stages of a freshwater decapod crustacean: Expression and participation in muscle hydration control. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2017; 208:61-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Jia C, Lietz CB, Yu Q, Li L. Site-specific Localization of D-Amino Acids in Bioactive Peptides by Ion Mobility Spectrometry. ANALYSIS OF POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS AND PROTEOLYSIS IN NEUROSCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/7657_2015_82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Camacho-Jiménez L, Sánchez-Castrejón E, Ponce-Rivas E, Muñoz-Márquez ME, Aguilar MB, Re AD, Díaz F. Hyperglycemic activity of the recombinant crustacean hyperglycemic hormone B1 isoform (CHH-B1) of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Peptides 2015; 71:32-9. [PMID: 26079393 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) is the most abundant neuropeptide produced by the X-organ/sinus gland (XO/SG) complex in the crustacean eyestalk. CHH plays a principal role in the control of glucose metabolism. The CHH-B1 isoform is produced in the eyestalk of Litopenaeus vannamei by alternative splicing of the chhB gene and its cDNA sequence has revealed that this isoform has a non-amidated C-terminal residue (CHH-like peptide). In this work, a recombinant CHH-B1 (rCHH-B1) with a sequence identical to the native hormone was expressed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris X-33 and purified from the culture medium by RP-HPLC. The identity of the purified rCHH-B1 was confirmed by N-terminal sequencing and by using an anti-CHH-B1 polyclonal antibody. An in vivo assay showed that the hyperglycemic effect was dependant of the dosage of rCHH-B1, and the maximal hyperglycemic response was obtained with 250pmol treatment. These results suggest that the amino acid sequence of the C-terminus and its correct structure are both important for the hyperglycemic activity of naturally occurring non-amidated CHH peptides, such as CHH-B1. CHH-B1 appears to be the first reported CHH-like peptide with significant hyperglycemic activity produced in the sinus gland of a penaeid shrimp.
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- Laura Camacho-Jiménez
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana #3918, Ensenada, Baja California C.P. 22860, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana #3918, Ensenada, Baja California C.P. 22860, México
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana #3918, Ensenada, Baja California C.P. 22860, México.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Av. Tecnológico s/n, Mesa de Otay, Tijuana, Baja California C.P. 22390, México
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- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología Marina, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Querétaro C.P. 76230, México
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- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología de Organismos Acuáticos, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana #3918, Ensenada, Baja California C.P. 22860, México
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- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología de Organismos Acuáticos, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana #3918, Ensenada, Baja California C.P. 22860, México
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Jia C, Lietz CB, Yu Q, Li L. Site-specific characterization of (D)-amino acid containing peptide epimers by ion mobility spectrometry. Anal Chem 2014; 86:2972-81. [PMID: 24328107 PMCID: PMC4000271 DOI: 10.1021/ac4033824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Traditionally, the d-amino
acid containing peptide (DAACP) candidate can be discovered by observing
the differences of biological activity and chromatographic retention
time between the synthetic peptides and naturally occurring peptides.
However, it is difficult to determine the exact position of d-amino acid in the DAACP candidates. Herein, we developed a novel
site-specific strategy to rapidly and precisely localize d-amino acids in peptides by ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) analysis
of mass spectrometry (MS)-generated epimeric fragment ions. Briefly,
the d/l-peptide epimers were separated by online
reversed-phase liquid chromatography and fragmented by collision-induced
dissociation (CID), followed by IMS analysis. The epimeric fragment
ions resulting from d/l-peptide epimers exhibit
conformational differences, thus showing different mobilities in IMS.
The arrival time shift between the epimeric fragment ions was used
as criteria to localize the d-amino acid substitution. The
utility of this strategy was demonstrated by analysis of peptide epimers
with different molecular sizes, [d-Trp]-melanocyte-stimulating
hormone, [d-Ala]-deltorphin, [d-Phe]-achatin-I,
and their counterparts that contain all-l amino acids. Furthermore,
the crustacean hyperglycemia hormones (CHHs, 8.5 kDa) were isolated
from the American lobster Homarus americanus and identified by integration of MS-based bottom-up and top-down
sequencing approaches. The
IMS data acquired using our novel site-specific strategy localized
the site of isomerization of l- to d-Phe at the
third residue of the CHHs from the N-terminus. Collectively, this
study demonstrates a new method for discovery of DAACPs using IMS
technique with the ability to localize d-amino acid residues.
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- Chenxi Jia
- School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222, United States
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Nelson-Mora J, Prieto-Sagredo J, Loredo-Ranjel R, Fanjul-Moles ML. Putative pacemakers in the eyestalk and brain of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii show circadian oscillations in levels of mRNA for crustacean hyperglycemic hormone. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83937. [PMID: 24391849 PMCID: PMC3877119 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) synthesizing cells in the optic lobe, one of the pacemakers of the circadian system, have been shown to be present in crayfish. However, the presence of CHH in the central brain, another putative pacemaker of the multi-oscillatory circadian system, of this decapod and its circadian transcription in the optic lobe and brain have yet to be explored. Therefore, using qualitative and quantitative PCR, we isolated and cloned a CHH mRNA fragment from two putative pacemakers of the multi-oscillatory circadian system of Procambarus clarkii, the optic lobe and the central brain. This CHH transcript synchronized to daily light-dark cycles and oscillated under dark, constant conditions demonstrating statistically significant daily and circadian rhythms in both structures. Furthermore, to investigate the presence of the peptide in the central brain of this decapod, we used immunohistochemical methods. Confocal microscopy revealed the presence of CHH-IR in fibers and cells of the protocerebral and tritocerebal clusters and neuropiles, particularly in some neurons located in clusters 6, 14, 15 and 17. The presence of CHH positive neurons in structures of P. clarkii where clock proteins have been reported suggests a relationship between the circadian clockwork and CHH. This work provides new insights into the circadian regulation of CHH, a pleiotropic hormone that regulates many physiological processes such as glucose metabolism and osmoregulatory responses to stress.
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- Janikua Nelson-Mora
- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Comparada, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Comparada, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Comparada, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México
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- Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Comparada, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, México
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Application of D-Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone Induces Peptidases Transcription and Suppresses Glycolysis-Related Transcripts in the Hepatopancreas of the Crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus - Results of a Transcriptomic Study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e65176. [PMID: 23840318 PMCID: PMC3686806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone (cHH) is a neuropeptide present in many decapods. Two different chiral isomers are simultaneously present in Astacid crayfish and their specific biological functions are still poorly understood. The present study is aimed at better understanding the potentially different effect of each of the isomers on the hepatopancreatic gene expression profile in the crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus, in the context of short term hyperglycemia. Hence, two different chemically synthesized cHH enantiomers, containing either L- or D-Phe(3), were injected to the circulation of intermolt females following removal of their X organ-Sinus gland complex. The effects triggered by the injection of the two alternate isomers were detected after one hour through measurement of circulating glucose levels. Triggered changes of the transcriptome expression profile in the hepatopancreas were analyzed by RNA-seq. A whole transcriptome shotgun sequence assembly provided the assumedly complete transcriptome of P. leptodactylus hepatopancreas, followed by RNA-seq analysis of changes in the expression level of many genes caused by the application of each of the hormone isomers. Circulating glucose levels were much higher in response to the D-isoform than to the L-isoform injection, one hour from injection. Similarly, the RNA-seq analysis confirmed a stronger effect on gene expression following the administration of D-cHH, while just limited alterations were caused by the L-isomer. These findings demonstrated a more prominent short term effect of the D-cHH on the transcription profile and shed light on the effect of the D-isomer on specific functional gene groups. Another contribution of the study is the construction of a de novo assembly of the hepatopancreas transcriptome, consisting of 39,935 contigs, that dramatically increases the molecular information available for this species and for crustaceans in general, providing an efficient tool for studying gene expression patterns in this organ.
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Lee KJ, Doran RM, Mykles DL. Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone from the tropical land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis: cloning, isoforms, and tissue expression. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 154:174-83. [PMID: 17586505 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) regulates carbohydrate metabolism, molting, and ion and water transport. cDNAs encoding four CHH isoforms (designated EG-CHH-A, -B, -C, and -D) were cloned from eyestalk ganglia (EG) from land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis. The isoforms differed in the 3' region of the open reading frame and/or the length of the 3' untranslated region. All encoded essentially identical preprohormones containing a 28-amino acid (aa) signal peptide, a 42-aa precursor related peptide and a 72-aa mature CHH. All deduced aa sequences had the six cysteines, two arginines, one aspartate, one phenylalanine, and one arginine originally identified as characteristic of this neuropeptide family. There was a single aa difference between the EG-CHH-D mature hormone and the other three isoforms. The EG-CHH isoforms were expressed in EG, hindgut, and thoracic ganglion. A fifth CHH isoform, designated pericardial organ (PO)-CHH, was similar to the PO-CHH isoform described in green crab, Carcinus maenas. It was expressed in hindgut and testis, but not in eyestalk ganglia; its expression in PO was not determined. The deduced aa sequence of the PO-CHH was identical to that of the EG-CHH isoforms through aa #40 of the mature peptide. The divergent aa sequence between positions #41 and #73 was encoded by an insertion of a 111-bp sequence absent in EG-CHH cDNAs. The data suggest that EG-CHH and PO-CHH isoforms are generated by alternative splicing of at least two CHH genes.
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- Kara J Lee
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Serrano L, Towle DW, Charmantier G, Spanings-Pierrot C. Expression of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit mRNA during embryonic development of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2007; 2:126-34. [PMID: 20483286 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2006] [Revised: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Astacus leptodactylus is a decapod crustacean fully adapted to freshwater where it spends its entire life cycle after hatching under huge osmoconcentration differences between the hemolymph and surrounding freshwater. We investigated the expression of mRNA encoding one ion transport-related protein, Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit, and one putative housekeeping gene, beta-actin, during crayfish ontogenesis using quantitative real-time PCR. A 216-amino acid part of the open reading frame region of the cDNA coding for the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit was sequenced from total embryo, juvenile and adult gill tissues. The predicted amino acid sequence showed a high percentage similarity to those of other invertebrates (up to 95%) and vertebrates (up to 69%). beta-actin expression exhibited modest changes through embryonic development and early post-embryonic stage. The Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit gene was expressed in all studied stages from metanauplius to juvenile. Two peaks of expression were observed: one in young embryos at 25% of embryonic development (EI=100 mum), and one in embryos just before hatching (at EI=420 mum), continuing in the freshly hatched juveniles. The Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase expression profile during embryonic development is time-correlated with the occurrence of other features, including ontogenesis of excretory antennal glands and differentiation of gill ionocytes linked to hyperosmoregulation processes and therefore involved in freshwater adaptation.
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- L Serrano
- Laboratoire Génome, Populations, Interactions, Adaptation, UMR 5171, Equipe Adaptation Ecophysiologique et Ontogenèse, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, CP 092, 34095 Montpellier Cédex 05, France; Department of Biological Sciences, 101 Life Sciences Building, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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Fanjul-Moles ML. Biochemical and functional aspects of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone in decapod crustaceans: review and update. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2006; 142:390-400. [PMID: 16403679 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
In crustaceans, neuroendocrine centers are located in different structures of the nervous system. One of these structures, the X-organ-sinus gland complex of the eyestalk, produces several neuropeptides that belong to the two main functionally different families: firstly, the chromatophorotropins, and secondly, a large family comprising various closely related peptides, commonly named CHH/MIH/GIH family. This review updates some aspects of the structural, biochemical and functional properties of the main hyperglycemic neuropeptide of this family, the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH). The first part of this work is a survey of the neuroendocrine system that produces the neurohormones of the CHH/MIH/GIH family, focusing on recent reports that propose new possible neuroendocrine loci of CHH production, secondly we revise general aspects of the CHH biochemical, and structural characteristics and thirdly, we present a review of the role of CHH in the regulation of several physiological processes of crustaceans as well as new reports on the ontogenetic aspects of CHH. The review is centered only on one group of malacostracan crustaceans, the Decapoda.
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- María Luisa Fanjul-Moles
- Lab. Neurofisiología Comparada, Departamento de Ecología Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico.
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