Dorso-ventral axis perturbation in goldfish embryos caused by heat- and pressure-shock
treatments for chromosome set manipulation |
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| Authors: | ETSURO YAMAHA SATOSHI OTANI ATSUYOSHI MINAMI AND KATSUTOSHI ARAI |
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| Institution: | Nanae Fresh-Water Laboratory, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Nanae, Hokkaido 041-1105 and; Laboratory of Breeding Sciences, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8611, Japan |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: Effects of the chromosome set manipulation on early embryonic development were examined in goldfish and crucian carp. Both pressure- and heat-shock treatments of fertilized eggs induced developmental disorders such as thin blastodisc formation, delay of epiboly, and deficiency of dorso-anterior structures. The longer the treatments were applied to the eggs, the more frequently severe dorsal deficiencies were induced in the embryos. No and reduced signals of goosecoid mRNA, a dorsal mesodermal marker, were observed in embryos treated with heat-shock at 40°C for 1 min at 5 min postfertilization. These results suggested that such treatments should affect not only the retention of the second polar body, but also the suppression of dorso-ventral differentiation. |
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| Keywords: | chromosome set manipulation crucian carp dorso-ventral differentiation goldfish goosecoid heat shock polyploidization pressure shock |
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