Role of prostaglandin in the control of ovulation in the Japaneseeel Anguilla japonica     

HIROHIKO  KAGAWA  HIDEKI  TANAKA  TATSUYA  UNUMA  HIROMI  OHTA  KOICHIRO  GEN  KOICHI  OKUZAWA 《Fisheries Science》2003,69(2):234-241

ABSTRACT:   The in vitro effects of 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one(DHP) and prostaglandins (PGE₁, PGE₂, PGF_1α,PGF_2α) on ovulation in the Japanese eel Anguillajaponica were examined. Oocytes with follicle layers at themigratory nucleus stage (approximately 850–900 µmdiameter) were removed using a polyethylene cannula from artificiallymatured fish. At concentrations of 10 and 100 ng/mL,DHP was found to induce both germinal vesicle breakdown and ovulation.The prostaglandins, except for PGE₁, effectively inducedovulation of previously matured oocytes by DHP treatment in vitro .Prostaglandin F_2α was the most effective. Asignificant increase in ovulation rate was observed even at a concentrationof 0.01 µg/mL PGF_2α.Indomethacin blocked the in vitro ovulation induced by DHPand addition of PGF_2α reversed indomethacin-blockedovulation. Actinomycin D and cycloheximide blocked DHP-induced ovulationand PGF_2α reversed the effects of both inhibitors. Theseresults indicate that DHP induces ovulation through endogenous prostaglandinsynthesis in the follicle layers of the Japanese eel.  相似文献   

西藏长松萝浸提物抑菌作用研究   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

苏印泉  王海宏  马养民  李荣钦  玉泉幸一郎  牟田信次 《西北林学院学报》2006,21(5):154-155,159

用苯、乙酸乙酯、乙醇、水等4种溶剂对长松萝进行浸提。浸提物抑菌试验表明,苯、乙酸乙酯、乙醇的浸提物对霉菌、细菌、酵母菌、植物病原菌有抑制作用,而水提物对所示菌种无抑制作用。  相似文献   

Plant growth inhibitors: Patchoulane-type sesquiterpenes from Cyperus rotundus L.     

MASANORI MORIMOTO  KOICHIRO KOMAI 《Weed Biology and Management》2005,5(4):203-209

Two sesquiterpene ketones, cyperotundone and α-cyperone, were isolated from dried tubers of purple nutsedge ( Cyperus rotundus L.) as major constituents: ≈0.26% and 0.1% of dried tuber, respectively. These allelochemicals affect plant growth, but we consider that these terpenoids undergo modification when they are released into the rhizosphere from the donor plant. For the structure–activity relationship study, cyperotundone was oxidized with selenium dioxide in acetic acid to 4-patchoulene-2,3-dione and 4-patchoulene-2,3,6-trione. Subsequent hydrogenation of 4-patchoulene-2,3-dione and 4-patchoulene-2,3,6-trione gave hydroxylated derivatives, cyperotundon-2-ol and 3-hydroxy-4-patchoulene-2,6-dione, respectively. 4-Patchoulene-2,3-dione inhibited the hypocotyl growth of lettuce seedlings but promoted radicle elongation at 0.1−2 mg L⁻¹ concentration without chlorosis. Moreover, this radicle elongation recovered with the addition of galactose and was not antagonized by gibberellin A₃. The effect of 4-patchoulene-2,3,6-trione showed a similar chlorosis, caused by 3,6,9-sugetriol triketone, against lettuce seedlings. These ketones did not show the radicle elongation.  相似文献