Oocyte maturation and active motility of spermatozoa are triggered by retinoic acid in pen shell <Emphasis Type="Italic">Atrina pectinata</Emphasis>     

Masahiko Awaji  Toshie Matsumoto  Daisuke Ojima  Shunsuke Inoue  Michio Suzuki  Masaei Kanematsu 《Fisheries Science》2018,84(3):535-551

For recovery of the declining population of pen shells in the wild, the production of pen shell juveniles for transplantation or aquaculture is underway in Japan. For more stable juvenile production, artificial fertilization methods for pen shells are needed, but methods to induce oocyte maturation (meiosis resumption) used in other bivalves, which make oocytes fertilizable, were ineffective for pen shells. Here, we report evidence showing that retinoic acid (RA) has strong activity in inducing oocyte maturation and activating sperm motility in pen shells. Treatment of fully developed oocytes with 1.0 μM all-trans-RA (at-RA) induced germinal vesicle breakdown, a typical morphological sign of oocyte maturation, but 1.0 μM at-retinol and at-retinal, 2 mM ammonia, and 1.0 μM serotonin were ineffective. Treatment with at-RA for 30 min was sufficient for oocyte maturation and was more potent than its isomers, 9-cis- and 13-cis-RA. Parallel results were obtained for sperm motility activation. Oocyte responsiveness to at-RA increased during the final stage of ovary development. Artificial fertilization was successful only with the oocytes treated with at-RA, and fertilized eggs developed to D-shaped (veliger) larvae without apparent morphological abnormalities. These results indicate the possible application of RA for the artificial fertilization of pen shells.  相似文献   

A hydro-environmental watershed model improved in canal-aquifer water exchange process     

Chie Imagawa  Junichiro Takeuchi  Toshihiko Kawachi  Kei Ishida  Shunsuke Chono  Natsuki Buma 《Paddy and Water Environment》2011,9(4):425-439

Long-term simulation using the distributed hydro-environmental watershed model is efficacious for assessing irrigation impacts on hydrological cycle in detail and for implementing watershed management successfully. In this article, the previously developed hydro-environmental watershed model (HEWM-1) is improved in the water exchange process caused by surface water-groundwater interaction via drainage canals and/or underdrains. The time-varying stream flow in canals is described by the complete one-dimensional shallow water equations in a newly introduced submodel, the open channel flow submodel. This submodel coordinates with the other submodels: the tank, soil moisture and groundwater flow submodels which are interlinked in a cascade manner. The improved model (HEWM-2) is applied to an agricultural watershed covering an area from an alluvial fan onto a nearly level alluvial plain, to be validated. The simulation by HEWM-2 is informative for identifying whether any drainage canal is gaining or losing water in relation to groundwater level. It could thus provide useful information for conserving a complex network of drainage canals which also functions as a passage for aquatic animals like fishes.  相似文献   

Supplementing transglucosidase with a high-fiber diet for prevention of postprandial hyperglycemia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic dogs     

Toshinori Sako  Akihiro Mori  Peter Lee  Hiroshi Goto  Hiroko Fukuta  Hitomi Oda  Kaori Saeki  Yohei Miki  Yuki Makino  Katsumi Ishioka  Hisashi Mizutani  Yuzo Kojima  Satoshi Koikeda  Toshiro Arai 《Veterinary research communications》2010,34(2):161-172

Indigestible oligosaccharides have been shown to normalize blood glucose and insulin concentration thereby promoting good health and preventing diseases, such as diabetes. Transglucosidase (TG, α-glucosidase, enzyme code (EC) 3.2.1.20) is an enzyme capable of converting starch to oligosaccharides, such as iso-malto-oligosaccharides from maltose, via the action of amylase. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether oral administration of TG with maltose or dextrin is capable of reducing post-prandial serum glucose concentration in experimentally streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic dogs fed on a high-fiber diet. Five healthy and five STZ-induced diabetic dogs were employed in this study. TG supplementation with dextrin or maltose had no detrimental effect in healthy dogs. In fact, TG and dextrin exhibited a flatlined serum glucose pattern, while reducing mean post-prandial serum insulin and glucose concentration as compared to control diet alone. When TG supplementation was tested in STZ-induced diabetic dogs under the context of a high fiber diet, a 13.8% and 23.9% reduction in mean glucose concentration for TG with maltose and dextrin, respectively was observed. Moreover, TG with dextrin resulted in a 13% lower mean post-prandial glucose concentration than TG with maltose, suggesting that dextrin may be a more efficient substrate than maltose when used at the same concentration (1 g/kg). Our results indicate that TG supplementation with diet can lead to lower postprandial glucose levels versus diet alone. However, the efficacy of TG supplementation may depend on the type of diet it is supplemented with. As such, TG administration may be useful for preventing the progression of diabetes mellitus and in its management in dogs.  相似文献   

Growth performance of juvenile kuruma shrimp,Marsupenaeus japonicus (Bate) fed diets replacing fishmeal with soybean meal          下载免费PDF全文

Mahbuba Bulbul  Shunsuke Koshio  Manabu Ishikawa  Saichiro Yokoyama  Md. Abdul Kader 《Aquaculture Research》2015,46(3):572-580

A feeding trail was conducted to evaluate the effect of lowering dietary fishmeal (FM) levels while increasing levels of dehulled soybean meal (SBM) on growth, nutrient utilization and body composition of juvenile kuruma shrimp, Marsupenaeus japonicas. Five experimental diets were formulated to be isoenergetic, isolipidic and isonitrogenous with decreasing FM levels from 40 to 16% while increasing SBM from 0 to 33% respectively. Quadruplicate groups of shrimp (initial wt = 1.5 g) were fed the test diets for 56 days under the flow‐through system. There were no significant differences in final weight (g) and specific growth rate (SGR, % day) among shrimp fed FM40, FM34, FM28 and FM22 diets respectively. Growth parameters significantly decreased in shrimp when fed FM16 diet, which was the lowest level of FM. Feed intake was positively correlated with the SGR of shrimp, and the lowest one was found in shrimp fed FM16 diet. Protein gain and retention, whole body lipid, arginine and methionine significantly decreased in FM16 fed group. Thus, it is concluded that dietary FM could be reduced down to 22% with SBM without compromising growth, nutrient utilization and retention, and whole body composition of kuruma shrimp.  相似文献   

Assessment of species specificity of moulting accelerating compounds in Lepidoptera: comparison of activity between Bombyx mori and Spodoptera littoralis by in vitro reporter and in vivo toxicity assays     

Thomas Soin  Ellen De Geyter  Hadi Mosallanejad  Masatoshi Iga  David Martín  Shunsuke Ozaki  Shigeki Kitsuda  Toshiyuki Harada  Hisashi Miyagawa  Dimitra Stefanou  Georgia Kotzia  Rodica Efrose  Vassiliki Labropoulou  Danny Geelen  Kostas Iatrou  Yoshiaki Nakagawa  Colin R Janssen  Guy Smagghe  Luc Swevers 《Pest management science》2010,66(5):526-535

BACKGROUND: Dibenzoylhydrazine analogues have been developed successfully as a new group of insect growth regulators, called ecdysone agonists or moulting accelerating compounds. A notable feature is their high activity against lepidopteran insects, raising the question as to whether species‐specific analogues can be isolated. In this study, the specificity of ecdysone agonists was addressed through a comparative analysis in two important lepidopterans, the silkworm Bombyx mori L. and the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.). RESULTS: When collections of non‐steroidal ecdysone agonists containing different mother structures (dibenzoylhydrazine, acylaminoketone, tetrahydroquinoline) were tested, in vitro reporter assays showed minor differences using cell lines derived from both species. However, when compounds with high ecdysone agonist activity were examined in toxicity assays, larvicidal activity differed considerably. Of note was the identification of three dibenzoylhydrazine analogues with > 100‐fold higher activity against Bombyx than against Spodoptera larvae. CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that species‐specific ecdysone‐agonist‐based insecticides can be developed, but their species specificity is not based on differences in the activation of the ecdysone receptor but rather on unidentified in vivo parameters such as permeability of the cuticle, uptake/excretion by the gut or metabolic detoxification. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry  相似文献   

Evaluation of Meat and Bone Meal as Replacement for Protein Concentrate in the Practical Diet for Sutchi Catfish,Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage 1878), Reared under Pond Condition     

M. Abdul Kader  Mahbuba Bulbul  Saichiro Yokoyama  Manabu Ishikawa  Shunsuke Koshio  M. Sakhawat Hossain  Gias Uddin Ahmed  M. Arshad Hossain 《Journal of the World Aquaculture Society》2011,42(3):287-296

An 80‐d feeding trial was conducted to evaluate meat and bone meal (MBM) as replacement of protein concentrate (PC) in practical diets for sutchi catfish, Pangasius hypophthalmus. Triplicate groups of juvenile sutchi catfish (initial weight 4.80 g) were stocked at the rate of 20,000 fish/ha in 12 earthen ponds (30 m² each). Four isocaloric diets (4.12 kcal/g) were formulated by replacing 0 (Diet 1, control), 33 (Diet 2), 67 (Diet 3), and 100% (Diet 4) PC protein with MBM. The growth parameters [final weight, % weight gain, and specific growth rate (SGR)] of fish fed Diets 1, 2, and 3 were not significantly different (P > 0.05) from each other but were significantly (P < 0.05) higher than those in Diet 4. The protein content in fish fed Diet 4 was significantly (P < 0.05) lower than the others. The total production of fish in different treatments ranged between 1917 and 2648 kg/ha/80 d. A simple economic analysis determined that the highest net profit (Tk. 52,965/ha) was obtained with Diet 2 and the lowest (Tk. 27,127/ha) with Diet 4 having 100% PC protein replacement. From the results of the study it is concluded that MBM can substitute up to 67% PC protein in catfish diet without hampering the growth and feed utilization.  相似文献   

Does trade openness reduce a domestic fisheries catch?     

Keita Abe  Gakushi Ishimura  Tetsuya Tsurumi  Shunsuke Managi  Ussif Rashid Sumaila 《Fisheries Science》2017,83(6):897-906

Although trade liberalization may increase a country’s welfare, its specific effect on a country’s fishing industry has not been well studied. By decomposing the effect of international trade into four parts, i.e., scale-technique effects (ST), the indirect trade-induced composition effect (IC), the indirect effect of trade intensity through income (ITC), and the direct effect of trade intensity (DTC), this study empirically investigates the effect of trade openness on country-level fisheries production. To take into account the endogeneity of trade openness and income, we adopt the instrumental variable approach. We find that a rise in trade openness reduces fisheries catch on average. In particular, the long-run effect is large. This result implies that future production is affected by current overfishing through stock dynamics. Our decomposed elasticities indicate that the ST and ITC dominate in the trade elasticity of fisheries catch. While ST implies that overfishing would be affected by trade, ITC may either establish an “overfishing haven”, similar to a “pollution haven” in the environmental literature, or production shift of fisheries to countries with lax regulation to pass stringent regulation, which is more likely to occur in high-income countries.  相似文献   

A differential basis of antifungal activity of acylalanine fungicides and structurally related chloroacetanilide herbicides in Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. medicaginis     

Leen C. Davidse  Oda C.M. Gerritsma  Grardy C.M. Velthuis 《Pesticide biochemistry and physiology》1984,21(3):301-308

The acylalanine fungicides CGA 29212 and metalaxyl inhibit colony growth of Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. medicaginis at much lower concentrations than structurally related chloroacetanilide herbicides. Metolachlor, among the latter, shows the highest antifungal activity, followed by propachlor. Dimethachlor and alachlor are only weakly inhibitory. A metalaxyl- and CGA 29212-resistant strain of P. megasperma f. sp. medicaginis shows cross-resistance to metolachlor and propachlor, but levels of resistance are much lower than observed with CGA 29212 and metalaxyl. Cross-resistance does not occur to dimethachlor and alachlor. All compounds except metalaxyl inhibit uptake of [³H]uridine by mycelium, propachlor being most effective. Effects are similar with both a metalaxyl-sensitive and a -resistant strain. CGA 29212, metalaxyl, and metolachlor inhibit incorporation of [³H]uridine into RNA by mycelium of the sensitive strain at concentrations not inhibitory to uptake. Metalaxyl slightly affects incorporation by mycelium of the resistant strain; the other compounds have a more pronounced effect but only at concentrations inhibitory to uptake. Metalaxyl, CGA 29212, and propachlor do not induce leakage of radioactivity from mycelium of both strains when added at high concentrations to cultures previously incubated with [³H]uridine; under these conditions incorporation by mycelium of the metalaxyl-resistant strain is significantly more affected by CGA 29212 and propachlor than by metalaxyl. Endogenous RNA polymerase activity of isolated nuclei from a metalaxyl-sensitive strain is inhibited by CGA 29212, metalaxyl, and metolachlor but not by propachlor, dimethachlor, and alachlor. Neither compound has any effect on endogenous RNA polymerase activity of isolated nuclei from a metalaxyl-resistant strain. CGA 29212 and metolachlor evidently have a metalaxyl-type of action. The presence of cross-resistance of the metalaxyl-resistant strain to propachlor also indicates a metalaxyl-type of action for this compound, although this could not be confirmed by an inhibitory effect of propachlor on endogenous RNA polymerase activity. In addition to a metalaxyl-type of action, CGA 29212, metolachlor, and propachlor have a second one that is also present in dimethachlor and alachlor, which lack the metalaxyl-type of action. The second mechanism of action, involving inhibition of [³H]uridine uptake, is most prominent with propachlor and might be related to the primary mechanism of action in plants of the chloroacetanilide herbicides.  相似文献   

An experimental study of apico-aortic valved conduit (AAVC) for surgical treatment of aortic stenosis in dogs     

Hirao H  Inoue T  Hoshi K  Kobayashi M  Shimamura S  Shimizu M  Tanaka R  Takashima K  Mori Y  Noishiki Y  Yamane Y 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2005,67(4):357-362

A new valved conduit was developed using a canine aortic valve. The bioprosthetic valve was fixed with glutaraldehyde and epoxy compound (Denacol-EX313/810). A vascular graft composed of ultra-fine polyester fiber (10 mm in diameter, 200 mm in length) was used. Four dogs underwent apico-aortic valved conduit (AAVC) implantation and aortic banding (bypass group, BG), while another 4 dogs underwent aortic banding without AAVC implantation (control group, CG). Cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography were performed for assessment of hemodynamics 2 weeks and 6 months after surgery. Left ventricular systolic pressure, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and the left ventricular-aortic pressure gradient differed significantly (P<0.01) between the BG and CG dogs. Left ventricular angiocardiography showed patency of the valved conduit in all the BG dogs. Echocardiography was performed before and 2, 4 and 6 months after surgery, and showed that while pressure overload caused concentric myocardial hypertrophy in the CG dogs, the left ventricle dilated eccentrically in the BG dogs. Furthermore, relief of left ventricular pressure overload by AAVC was maintained.  相似文献   

Percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization of a ventricular septal defect in a dog   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Shimizu M  Tanaka R  Hirao H  Kobayashi M  Shimamura S  Maruo K  Yamane Y 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》2005,226(1):69-72, 52-3

A 4-month-old male French Bulldog weighing 5.0 kg (11 lb) was referred for a heart murmur. A grade 3/6 systolic murmur was detected at the left heart base and a grade 4/6 systolic murmur was detected at the right heart base. By use of color-flow Doppler ultrasonography and cardiac catheterization, a diagnosis of supracristal ventricular septal defect (VSD) with accompanying aortic regurgitation was made. Percutaneous transcatheter coil embolization was used to close the VSD. Because residual shunt was detected via echocardiography after coil implantation, the residual shunt was followed periodically via echocardiography to detect spontaneous closure of the VSD. Volume overload in the left ventricle was detected in the dog 131 days after admission. Additional coils were placed 137 days after admission. Hemolysis resulting in hemoglobinuria was detected, but this complication was mild. In the dog of this report, results of coil occlusion for correction of VSD were promising. Thus, coil occlusion should be considered as an alternative treatment for VSD in dogs.  相似文献