87
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Profiling of methyl farnesoate in relation to female reproductive cycle in the freshwater crab, Travancoriana schirnerae Bott, 1969 (Crustacea: Gecarcinucidae)

ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 281-290 | Received 18 Apr 2020, Accepted 06 Aug 2020, Published online: 13 Aug 2020

References

  • Abdu U, Barki A, Karplus I, Barel S, Takac P, Yehezkel G, Laufer H, Sagi A. 2001. Physiological effects of methyl farnesoate and pyriproxyfen on wintering female crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Aquaculture. 202(1–2):163–175. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(01)00596-8.
  • Abdu U, Takac P, Laufer H, Sagi A. 1998. Effect of methyl farnesoate on late larval development and metamorphosis in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Decapoda, Palaemonidae): a juvenoid-like effect? Biol Bull. 195(2):112–119. doi:10.2307/1542818.
  • Balasubramanian CP, Fierro IJ, Tsukimura B. 2010. Stimulation of ovarian growth by methyl farnesoate and eyestalk ablation in penaeoidean model shrimp, Sicyonia ingentis Burkenroad, 1938. Aquac Res. 41(12):1887–1897. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02612.x.
  • Borst DW, Laufer H, Landau M, Chang ES, Hertz WA, Baker FC, Schooley DA. 1987. Methyl farnesoate and its role in crustacean reproduction and development. Insect Biochem. 17(7):1123–1127. doi:10.1016/0020-1790(87)90133-8.
  • Borst DW, Tsukimura B. 1991. Method for measuring haemolymph levels of methyl farnesoate by HPLC. J Chromatogr A. 545(1):71–78. doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(01)88696-9.
  • Borst DW, Tsukimura B, Frinsko M 1995. Methyl farnesoate levels in the crayfish Orconectes virilis. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Astrology. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA, p. 462–474.
  • Chan SM, Mak AS, Choi CI, Ma TH, Hui JH, Tiu SH. 2005. Vitellogenesis in the Red crab, Charybdis feriatus: contributions from small vitellogenin transcripts (CfVg) and farnesoic acid stimulation of CfVg Expression. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1040(1):74–79. doi:10.1196/annals.1327.008.
  • Engelmann F. 1983. Vitellogenesis controlled by juvenile hormone. In: Downer R, Laufer H, editors. Endocrinology of insects. New York: AR Liss; p. 259–270.
  • Engelmann F, Mala J. 2000. The interactions between juvenile hormone (JH), lipophorin, vitellogenin, and JH esterases in two cockroach species. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 30(8–9):793–803. doi:10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00051-5.
  • Hemalatha M, Parameswari K, Kishori B, Reddy BS, Reddy PR. 2016. Methyl farnesoate induced ovarian maturation in freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. J Oceanogr Mar Res. 4:142.
  • Hinsch GW. 1980. Effect of mandibular organ implants upon spider crab ovary. Trans Am Microsc Soc. 99(3):317–322. doi:10.2307/3226007.
  • Homola E, Chang ES. 1997. Methyl farnesoate: crustacean juvenile hormone in search of functions. Comp Biochem Physiol. 117(3):347–356. doi:10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00337-9.
  • Jo QT, Laufer H, Biggers WJ, Kang HS. 1999. Methyl farnesoate induced ovarian maturation in the spider crab, Libinia emarginata. Invertebr Reprod Dev. 36(1–3):79–85. doi:10.1080/07924259.1999.9652681.
  • Kalavathy Y, Mamatha P, Reddy PS. 1999. Methyl farnesoate stimulates testicular growth in the freshwater crab Oziotelphusa senex senex Fabricius. Naturwissenschaften. 86(8):394–395. doi:10.1007/s001140050639.
  • Landau M, Laufer H, Homala E. 1989. Control of methyl farnesoate synthesis in the mandibular organ of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii: evidence for peptide neurohormones with dual functions. Invertebr Reprod Dev. 16(1–3):165–168. doi:10.1080/07924259.1989.9672073.
  • Laufer H, Landau M, Borst DW, Homala E. 1986. The synthesis and regulation of methyl farnesoate, a new juvenile hormone for crustacean reproduction. In: Porchet M, Andries JC, Dhainaut A, editors. Advances in invertebrate reproduction. Amsterdam: Elesvier. p. 135–143.
  • Laufer H, Borst DW. 1988. Invertebrate endocrinology. In: Laufer H, Downer RGH, editors. Endocrinology of selected invertebrate types. New York: AR. Liss. Inc; p. 305.
  • Laufer H, Ahl JSB, Sagi A. 1993. The role of juvenile hormones in crustacean reproduction. Am Zool. 33(3):365–374. doi:10.1093/icb/33.3.365.
  • Laufer H, Ahl JSB, Takac P, Scott G, Stevens B, Munk JE, Payen P. 1996. Hormone and reproduction strategies in spider crabs with emphasis on commercially important species. High latitude crabs; Biology, management and economics. Alaska sea grant college program report. Fairbanks: University of Alaska; p. 383–387.
  • Laufer H, Biggers WJ, Ahl JSB. 1998. Stimulation of ovarian maturation in the crayfishprocambarus clarkiiby methyl farnesoate. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 111(2):113–118. doi:10.1006/gcen.1998.7109.
  • Laufer H, Borst DW, Baker FC, Carrasco C, Sinkus M, Reuter CC, Tsai LW, Schooley DA. 1987a. Identification of a juvenile hormone-like compound in a crustacean. Science. 235(4785):202–205. doi:10.1126/science.235.4785.202.
  • Laufer H, Demir N, Pan X, Stuart JD, Ahl JSB. 2005. Methyl farnesoate controls adult male morphogenesis in the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. J Insect Physiol. 51(4):379–384. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.02.007.
  • Laufer H, Homola E, Landau M. 1987b. Control of methyl farnesoate synthesis in crustacean mandibular organs. Am Zool. 27(4):A69–A69.
  • Laufer H, Sagi A, Ahl JSB, Homola E. 1992. Methyl farnesoate appears to be a crustacean reproductive hormone. Invertebr Reprod Dev. 22(1–3):17–20. doi:10.1080/07924259.1992.9672252.
  • Laufer H, Takac P, Ahl JSB, Laufer MR. 1997. Methyl farnesoate and the effect of eyestalk ablation on the morphogenesis of the juvenile female spider crab Libinia emarginata. Invertebr Reprod Dev. 31(1–3):63–68. doi:10.1080/07924259.1997.9672564.
  • Le Roux A. 1968. Description d’organes mandibulaires nouveaux chez les Crustace´s Decapodes. C R Hebd Acad Sci Ser D Nat. 266:1414–1417.
  • Lovett DL, Tanner CA, Glomski K, Ricart TM, Borst DW. 2006. The effect of seawater composition and osmolality on hemolymph levels of methyl farnesoate in the green crab Carcinus maenas. Comp Biochem Physiol. 143(1):67–77. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.025.
  • Lovett DL, Verzi MP, Clifford PD, Borst DW. 2001. Hemolymph levels of methyl farnesoate increase in response to osmotic stress in the green crab, Carcinus maenas. Comp Biochem Physiol. 128(2):299–306. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00308-1.
  • Mak AS, Choi CI, Tiu SH, Hui JH, He JG, Tobe SS, Chan SM. 2005. Vitellogenesis in the red crabCharybdis feriatus: hepatopancreas-specific expression and farnesoic acid stimulation of vitellogenin gene expression. Mol Reprod Dev. 70(3):288–300. doi:10.1002/mrd.20213.
  • Medesani DA, Ferré LE, Grodzielski M, Rodríguez EM. 2012. In vitro effect of methyl farnesoate on the vitellogenin content of ovary and hepatopancreas, in the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Invertebr Reprod Dev. 56(2):138–143. doi:10.1080/07924259.2011.582691.
  • Montes R, Rodil R, Neuparth T, Santos MM, Cela R, Quintana JB. 2017. A simple and sensitive approach to quantify methyl farnesoate in whole arthropods by matrix-solid phase dispersion and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A. 1508:158–162. doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2017.06.001.
  • Muhd-Farouk H, Nurul HA, Abol-Munafi AB, Mardhiyyah MP, Hasyima-Ismail N, Manan H, Fatihah SN, Amin-Safwan A, Ikhwanuddin M. 2019. Development of ovarian maturation in orange mud crab, Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1976) through induction of eyestalk ablation and methyl farnesoate. Arab J Basic Appl Sci. 26(1):171–181. doi:10.1080/25765299.2019.1588197.
  • Nagaraju GPC, Ramamurthi R, Reddy PS. 2002. Methyl farnesoate stimulates ovarian growth in Penaeus indicus. In: Harikumar VS, editor. Recent trends in biotechnology. India: Agrobios; p. 85–89.
  • Nagaraju GPC. 2003. Mandibular organ; its role in the regulation of reproduction and moulting in the crab Oziotelphusa senex senex [dissertation]. Tirupati (India): Sri Venkateswara University.
  • Nagaraju GPC. 2007. Is methyl farnesoate a crustacean hormone? Aquaculture. 272(1–4):39–54. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.05.014.
  • Nagaraju GPC. 2011. Reproductive regulators in decapod crustaceans: an overview. J Exp Biol. 214(1):3–16. doi:10.1242/jeb.047183.
  • Nagaraju GPC, Reddy PR, Reddy PS. 2004. Mandibular organ: it’s relation to body weight, sex, molt and reproduction in the crab, Oziotelphusa senex senex Fabricius (1791). Aquaculture. 232(1–4):603–612. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00519-2.
  • Nagaraju GPC, Reddy PR, Reddy PS. 2006. In vitro methyl farnesoate secretion by mandibular organs isolated from different molt and reproductive stages of the crab Oziotelphusa senex senex. Fish Sci. 72(2):410–414. doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01164.x.
  • Nagaraju GPC, Suraj NJ, Reddy PS. 2003. Methyl farnesoate stimulates gonad development in Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne Edwards) (Decapoda, Palaemonidae). Crustaceana. 76(10):1171–1178. doi:10.1163/156854003773123401.
  • Paulson CR, Skinner DM. 1988. Molecular action of 20-hydroxyecdysone, methyl farnesoate and juvenile hormone on crab tissues [Abstract]. Am Zool. 28:83A.
  • Reddy BS, Sridevi V, Neelima H, Reddy PR, Reddy PS. 2016. Regulation of vitellogenesis by selected endocrine modulators in crab Oziothelphusa senex senex, with special reference to methyl farnesoate. Aquac Rep. 3:24–30. doi:10.1016/j.aqrep.2015.11.006.
  • Reddy PR, Nagaraju GPC, Reddy PS. 2004. Involvement of methyl farnesoate in the regulation of moulting and reproduction in the freshwater crab Oziotelphusa senex senex. J Crust Biol. 24(3):511–515. doi:10.1651/C-2478.
  • Riley LG, Tsukimura B. 1998. Yolk protein synthesis in the riceland tadpole shrimp, Triops longicaudatus, measured by in vitro incorporation of 3H-leucine. J Exp Zool. 281(3):238–247. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980615)281:3<238::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-7.
  • Rodriguez EM, Lopez Greco L, Medesani D, Laufer H, Fingerman M. 2002. Effect of methyl farnesoate, alone and in combination with other hormones, on ovarian growth of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, during vitellogenesis. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 125(1):34–40. doi:10.1006/gcen.2001.7724.
  • Rotllant G, Pascual N, Sarda F, Takac P, Laufer H. 2001. Identification of methyl farnesoate in the Hemolymph of the mediterranean deep-sea species norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. J Crust Biol. 21(2):328–333. doi:10.1163/20021975-99990132.
  • Rotllant G, Takac P, Liu L, Scott GL, Laufer H. 2000. Role of ecdysteroids and methyl farnesoate in morphogenesis and terminal moult in polymorphic males of the spider crab Libinia emarginata. Aquaculture. 190(1–2):103–118. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(00)00388-4.
  • Sagi A, Homola E, Laufer H. 1991. Methyl farnesoate in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii, synthesis by the mandibular organ in vitro and titers in the haemolymph. Comp Biochem Physiol. 99:879–882.
  • Sarika SN. 2015. Profiles of haemolymph methyl farnesoate in relation to stages of ovarian maturation [dissertation].Vellore (Tamil Nadu): VIT University; p. 57–71.
  • Smija MK, Sudha Devi AR. 2015. Oocyte development and female reproductive cycle in the freshwater crab Travancoriana schirnerae. Turk J Fish Aquat Sc. 15(3):691–703.
  • Sudha Devi AR, Aswani A. 2018. Effect of methyl farnesoate administration on ovarian growth and maturation in the freshwater crab Travancoriana schirnerae. Egypt J Aquat Biol Fish. 22(5):257–271.
  • Suneetha Y, Jyothi P, Reddy M. 2010. Impact of methyl farnesoate in the regulation of moulting and reproduction in the tropical penaeid prawn Penaeus monodon. Glob J Biotech Biochem. 5:75–79.
  • Takac P, Laufer H, Prestwich GD. 1993. Characterization of methyl farnesoate (MF) binding proteins and the metabolism of MF by some tissues of the spider crab Libinia emarginata [Abstract]. Am Zool. 33:10A.
  • Tamone SL, Chang ES. 1993. Methyl farnesoate stimulates ecdysteroid secretion from crab Y-organs in vitro. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 89(3):425–432. doi:10.1006/gcen.1993.1050.
  • Tobe SS, Pratt GE. 1975. Corpus allatum activity in vitro during ovarian maturation in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. J Exp Biol. 62(3):611–627.
  • Tobe SS, Young DA, Khoo HW. 1989. Production of methyl farnesoate by the mandibular organs of the mud crab, Scylla serrata: validation of a radiochemical assay. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 73(3):342–353. doi:10.1016/0016-6480(89)90190-1.
  • Treiblmayr K, Pascual N, Piulachs MD, Keller T, Belles X. 2006. Juvenile hormone titer versus juvenile hormone synthesis in female nymphs and adults of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. J Insect Sci. 6(43):1–7. doi:10.1673/031.006.4301.
  • Tsukimura B, Borst DW. 1992. Regulation of methyl farnesoate in the hemolymph and mandibular organ of the lobster, Homarus americanus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 86(2):297–303. doi:10.1016/0016-6480(92)90114-Y.
  • Tsukimura B, Kamemoto FI. 1991. In vitro stimulation of oocytes by presumptive mandibular organ secretions in the shrimp, Penaeus vannamei. Aquaculture. 92:59–66. doi:10.1016/0044-8486(91)90008-U.
  • Tsukimura B, Waddy S, Burow CW, Borst DW. 1993. Characterization and regulation of lobster vitellogenin [Abstract]. Am Zool. 33:122A.
  • Vogel JM, Borst DW. 1989. Spider crab yolk protein, Molecular characterization and the effects of methyl farnesoate (MF) on its haemolymph levels. Am Zool. 29:49A.
  • Wainwright G, Prescott MC, Rees HH. 1996. Mass spectroscopic determination of methyl farnesoate profiles in correlation with ovarian development in the edible crab Cancer paugurus. J Mass Spectrom. 31(12):1338–1344. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9888(199612)31:12<1338::AID-JMS428>3.0.CO;2-A.
  • Weaver RJ, Pratt GE. 1977. The effect of enforced virginity and subsequent mating on the activity of the corpus allatum of Periplaneta americana measured in vitro, as related to changes in the rate of ovarian maturation. Physiol Ent. 2(1):59–76. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1977.tb00079.x.
  • Wilder MN, Okada S, Fusetani N, Aida K. 1995. Hemolymph profiles of juvenoid substances in the giant freshwater prawn macrobrachium rosenbergii in relation to reproduction and molting. Fish Sci. 61(1):175–176. doi:10.2331/fishsci.61.175.
  • Xie X, Zhu D, Li Y, Qiu X, Cui X, Tang J. 2015. Haemolymph levels of methyl farnesoate during ovarian development of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus, and its relation to transcript levels of HMG-CoA reductase and farnesoic acid O- methyltransferase. Biol Bull. 228(2):118–124. doi:10.1086/BBLv228n2p118.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.