Pub Date : 2013-06-27DOI: 10.5047/ABSM.2013.00601.0001
Masaru Nakamura
Over the past 40 years, gonadal sex differentiation in teleost fish has been studied from histological and physiological viewpoints, for its application in fisheries. The morphological characteristics of gonadal sex differentiation in teleost fish were discussed in Section 2, and a summary of sexual processes, such as gonadal sex differentiation and sexual maturation in triploid salmonid fishes, was given. Subsequently, the effects of sex hormones/steroidal analogues on sex differentiation in several fish were examined. It was concluded that there is a critical period during physiological sex differentiation— before morphological sex differentiation—in which the induction of artificial sex reversal by exogenous sex hormones can occur. It was also demonstrated that endocrine environmental disruptors have the potential to induce sex reversal in genetic males. In Section 3, it was clarified that ultrastructural steroid-producing cells appeared in the gonads of tilapia around the time of sex differentiation, indicating that endogenous steroid hormones play an important role during sex differentiation in fish. In Section 4, the expression of various steroidogenic enzymes including aromatase was immunohistochemically proven to occur in the gonads during the period of morphological ovarian differentiation in genetically female tilapia. In contrast, there was no expression in the gonads during differentiation, or in early testicular differentiation in genetically male tilapia. Aromatase inhibitor induced sex reversal from females to phenotypic males in tilapia and golden rabbitfish. It was also demonstrated that androgen treatment suppressed the expression of steroidogenic enzymes in the gonads of genetic females, and induced sex reversal. It was concluded that endogenous estrogen functions as an ovarian inducer, whereas lack of estrogen induces testicular differentiation.
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Pub Date : 2012-11-20DOI: 10.5047/ABSM.2012.00503.0067
Taku Sato
To signal a need for caution for present large male-selective harvesting practices, negative impacts of the large male-selective harvesting on reproductive output in large decapod crustacean resources are introduced with emphasis on my own work with spiny king crab Paralithodes brevipes, coconut crab Birgus latro, and the stone crab Hapalogaster dentata. The large male-selective harvestings for several large decapod crustaceans have changed their population demographic structure by decreasing mean male size and skewing sex ratio towards females. By several field and laboratory experiments, the change of population demographic structure was anticipated to decrease female reproductive success in the resources (i.e. reproductive output of the harvested populations) through a decrease in sperm availability for females because of male size-dependent reproductive potentials and slow sperm recovery rate. Furthermore, reproductive output and stability of the large male-selective harvested resources were also anticipated to decline by a decrease in mate availability for females, attributing to combination of female mate choice for larger males with negative effects of female delayed mating and/or maternal influences. To establish the optimal management practices, the details of the mating system and reproductive ecology of each targeted species should be investigated.
{"title":"Impacts of Large Male-Selective Harvesting on Reproduction: Illustration with Large Decapod Crustacean Resources","authors":"Taku Sato","doi":"10.5047/ABSM.2012.00503.0067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5047/ABSM.2012.00503.0067","url":null,"abstract":"To signal a need for caution for present large male-selective harvesting practices, negative impacts of the large male-selective harvesting on reproductive output in large decapod crustacean resources are introduced with emphasis on my own work with spiny king crab Paralithodes brevipes, coconut crab Birgus latro, and the stone crab Hapalogaster dentata. The large male-selective harvestings for several large decapod crustaceans have changed their population demographic structure by decreasing mean male size and skewing sex ratio towards females. By several field and laboratory experiments, the change of population demographic structure was anticipated to decrease female reproductive success in the resources (i.e. reproductive output of the harvested populations) through a decrease in sperm availability for females because of male size-dependent reproductive potentials and slow sperm recovery rate. Furthermore, reproductive output and stability of the large male-selective harvested resources were also anticipated to decline by a decrease in mate availability for females, attributing to combination of female mate choice for larger males with negative effects of female delayed mating and/or maternal influences. To establish the optimal management practices, the details of the mating system and reproductive ecology of each targeted species should be investigated.","PeriodicalId":186355,"journal":{"name":"Aqua-bioscience Monographs","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126036972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-12-26DOI: 10.5047/ABSM.2011.00404.0105
C. Miura, T. Miura
Spermatogenesis is an indispensable process for the continuity of life. The process of spermatogenesis is very complex; it begins with spermatogonial renewal, then proceeds to proliferation of spermatogonia towards meiosis, two meiotic reduction divisions and spermiogenesis, during which the haploid spermatid develops into a spermatozoa. After spermiogenesis, non-functional sperm pass the process of sperm maturation and then become mature spermatozoa, fully capable of vigorous motility and fertilization. These processes are mainly controlled by sex steroid hormones. Spermatogonial renewal is controlled by estrogen; estradiol-17β (E2) through the expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF). The proliferation of spermatogonia toward meiosis is initiated by androgen; 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) produced by FSH stimulation. 11-KT prevents the expression of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which functions to inhibit proliferation of spermatogonia and induce expression of activin B, which functions in the induction of spermatogonial proliferation. Meiosis is induced by progestin; 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (DHP) through the action of trypsin. DHP also regulates the sperm maturation through the regulation of seminal plasma pH.
{"title":"Analysis of Spermatogenesis Using an Eel Model","authors":"C. Miura, T. Miura","doi":"10.5047/ABSM.2011.00404.0105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5047/ABSM.2011.00404.0105","url":null,"abstract":"Spermatogenesis is an indispensable process for the continuity of life. The process of spermatogenesis is very complex; it begins with spermatogonial renewal, then proceeds to proliferation of spermatogonia towards meiosis, two meiotic reduction divisions and spermiogenesis, during which the haploid spermatid develops into a spermatozoa. After spermiogenesis, non-functional sperm pass the process of sperm maturation and then become mature spermatozoa, fully capable of vigorous motility and fertilization. These processes are mainly controlled by sex steroid hormones. Spermatogonial renewal is controlled by estrogen; estradiol-17β (E2) through the expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF). The proliferation of spermatogonia toward meiosis is initiated by androgen; 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) produced by FSH stimulation. 11-KT prevents the expression of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which functions to inhibit proliferation of spermatogonia and induce expression of activin B, which functions in the induction of spermatogonial proliferation. Meiosis is induced by progestin; 17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (DHP) through the action of trypsin. DHP also regulates the sperm maturation through the regulation of seminal plasma pH.","PeriodicalId":186355,"journal":{"name":"Aqua-bioscience Monographs","volume":"182 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125941773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-10-15DOI: 10.5047/ABSM.2011.00402.0041
S. Takeda
Iron availability has been shown to have potential controls on phytoplankton growth, nutrient utilization, algal community composition, and the ecosystem structure in the subarctic North Pacific. Recent findings on the lateral iron transport from the surrounding marginal regions to the pelagic waters highlighted the importance of particulate iron in the subarctic North Pacific, but the transformation between dissolved and particulate phases and its interaction with organic ligands are still uncertain. In spite of active researches in the subarctic high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) waters, significant impacts of Asian dust on the phytoplankton productivity have not been detected, suggesting spatial and temporal mismatch between the dust inputs and biological activities. Satisfaction of algal demands for both light and iron is a key for phytoplankton blooming in the HNLC waters. Surprisingly, the community half-saturation constant for growth with respect to iron was found to be similar between the western and eastern gyres; however, differences in the iron supply process and its availability in these two gyres seem to have developed unique phytoplankton populations. It is essential to evaluate iron transport processes that work on a time-scale needed for phytoplankton blooms, and further studies are needed at the central regions of the subarctic North Pacific.
{"title":"Iron and Phytoplankton Growth in the Subarctic North Pacific","authors":"S. Takeda","doi":"10.5047/ABSM.2011.00402.0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5047/ABSM.2011.00402.0041","url":null,"abstract":"Iron availability has been shown to have potential controls on phytoplankton growth, nutrient utilization, algal community composition, and the ecosystem structure in the subarctic North Pacific. Recent findings on the lateral iron transport from the surrounding marginal regions to the pelagic waters highlighted the importance of particulate iron in the subarctic North Pacific, but the transformation between dissolved and particulate phases and its interaction with organic ligands are still uncertain. In spite of active researches in the subarctic high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) waters, significant impacts of Asian dust on the phytoplankton productivity have not been detected, suggesting spatial and temporal mismatch between the dust inputs and biological activities. Satisfaction of algal demands for both light and iron is a key for phytoplankton blooming in the HNLC waters. Surprisingly, the community half-saturation constant for growth with respect to iron was found to be similar between the western and eastern gyres; however, differences in the iron supply process and its availability in these two gyres seem to have developed unique phytoplankton populations. It is essential to evaluate iron transport processes that work on a time-scale needed for phytoplankton blooms, and further studies are needed at the central regions of the subarctic North Pacific.","PeriodicalId":186355,"journal":{"name":"Aqua-bioscience Monographs","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129918248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-10-15DOI: 10.5047/ABSM.2011.00403.0095
T. Akamine, M. Suda
Population projection matrix models in random environments are random walk models. The growth rate of the mean population size, which is equal to the maximum eigenvalue of the mean matrix, is better than the average of the intrinsic rates of natural increase calculated by computer simulations, because the population size is more important than the growth rate. The arithmetic mean of the maximum eigenvalues of matrices for all permutations converges to the maximum eigenvalue of the mean matrix. The periodicity of environments is more important than the correlation between environments. Simple matrices and three numerical models are used as examples.
{"title":"The Growth Rates of Population Projection Matrix Models in Random Environments","authors":"T. Akamine, M. Suda","doi":"10.5047/ABSM.2011.00403.0095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5047/ABSM.2011.00403.0095","url":null,"abstract":"Population projection matrix models in random environments are random walk models. The growth rate of the mean population size, which is equal to the maximum eigenvalue of the mean matrix, is better than the average of the intrinsic rates of natural increase calculated by computer simulations, because the population size is more important than the growth rate. The arithmetic mean of the maximum eigenvalues of matrices for all permutations converges to the maximum eigenvalue of the mean matrix. The periodicity of environments is more important than the correlation between environments. Simple matrices and three numerical models are used as examples.","PeriodicalId":186355,"journal":{"name":"Aqua-bioscience Monographs","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125314433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2011-09-16DOI: 10.5047/ABSM.2011.00401.0001
M. Awaji, A. Machii
Outer epithelial cells, which constitute a monolayer epithelium covering the outer surface of pearl oyster mantle, play principal roles in shell and pearl formation. In pearl culture, a fragment of the mantle prepared from a donor is implanted into the recipient’s gonad together with a small inorganic bead. Histological studies using pearl oyster Pinctada fucata have revealed that the outer epithelial cells emigrate from the allograft, proliferate, and form a pearl sac surrounding the bead. Following the pearl-sac formation, the pearl-sac epithelia start to form calcium carbonate crystals, such as nacre, on the bead showing morphological characteristics closely related with the crystal structures. To investigate cellular mechanisms of the pearl formation, organ and cell culture methods for the outer epithelial cells of pearl oyster mantle were developed. In the organ culture, crystal formation, deposition of shell matrix-like structure, and DNA synthesis of the outer epithelial cells were observed. The outer epithelial cells separated from the mantle started DNA synthesis in co-culture with hemocytes that revealed a part of cellto-cell interactions during the pearl-sac formation processes. Substitution of the cultured outer epithelial cells for a mantle allograft in pearl culture was tested by injection of the cultured cells; the results of which implied future possibilities for the application of the cultured outer epithelial cells for pearl production.
{"title":"Fundamental Studies oninvivoandinvitroPearl Formation—Contribution of Outer Epithelial Cells of Pearl Oyster Mantle and Pearl Sacs","authors":"M. Awaji, A. Machii","doi":"10.5047/ABSM.2011.00401.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5047/ABSM.2011.00401.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Outer epithelial cells, which constitute a monolayer epithelium covering the outer surface of pearl oyster mantle, play principal roles in shell and pearl formation. In pearl culture, a fragment of the mantle prepared from a donor is implanted into the recipient’s gonad together with a small inorganic bead. Histological studies using pearl oyster Pinctada fucata have revealed that the outer epithelial cells emigrate from the allograft, proliferate, and form a pearl sac surrounding the bead. Following the pearl-sac formation, the pearl-sac epithelia start to form calcium carbonate crystals, such as nacre, on the bead showing morphological characteristics closely related with the crystal structures. To investigate cellular mechanisms of the pearl formation, organ and cell culture methods for the outer epithelial cells of pearl oyster mantle were developed. In the organ culture, crystal formation, deposition of shell matrix-like structure, and DNA synthesis of the outer epithelial cells were observed. The outer epithelial cells separated from the mantle started DNA synthesis in co-culture with hemocytes that revealed a part of cellto-cell interactions during the pearl-sac formation processes. Substitution of the cultured outer epithelial cells for a mantle allograft in pearl culture was tested by injection of the cultured cells; the results of which implied future possibilities for the application of the cultured outer epithelial cells for pearl production.","PeriodicalId":186355,"journal":{"name":"Aqua-bioscience Monographs","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131947231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}