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Sun J, Zhang Q, Wang Z, Yan B. Effects of nanotoxicity on female reproductivity and fetal development in animal models. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:9319-37. [PMID: 23629667 PMCID: PMC3676785 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14059319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The extensive application of nanomaterials in industry, medicine and consumer products has raised concerns about their potential toxicity. The female population is particularly vulnerable and deserves special attention because toxicity in this group may impact both female reproductivity and fetal development. Mouse and zebrafish models each have their own unique features and studies using these models to examine the potential toxicity of various nanoparticles are compared and summarized in this review. Several nanoparticles exhibit detrimental effects on female reproductivity as well as fetal development, and these adverse effects are related to nanoparticle composition, surface modification, dose, exposure route and animal species. Limited studies on the mechanisms of nanotoxicity are also documented and reviewed herein.
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- Jianling Sun
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China; E-Mails: (J.S.); (Q.Z.)
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China; E-Mails: (J.S.); (Q.Z.)
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- School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China; E-Mail:
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China; E-Mails: (J.S.); (Q.Z.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +86-0531-8838-0019; Fax: +86-0531-8838-0029
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Wu TS, Yang JJ, Yu FY, Liu BH. Evaluation of nephrotoxic effects of mycotoxins, citrinin and patulin, on zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Food Chem Toxicol 2012; 50:4398-404. [PMID: 22847133 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 06/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Citrinin (CTN) and patulin (PAT) are fungal secondary metabolites which are found in food and feed and showed organotoxicity in mature animals. In this study zebrafish embryos were applied to investigate the developmental toxicity of CTN and PAT on embryonic kidney. In the presence of CTN and PAT, the gross morphology of kidneys from embryos with green fluorescent kidney (wt1b:GFP) was not apparently altered. Histological analysis of CTN-treated embryos indicated cystic glomerular and tubular lesions; a disorganized arrangement of renal cells was also found in the PAT-treated group. From the view point of renal function, dextran clearance abilities of embryos exposed to CTN and PAT were significantly reduced. The damaged renal function caused by CTN could be partially rescued by the administration of pentoxifylline, suggesting the reduction of glomerular blood flow contributes to CTN-induced renal dysfunction. Additionally, CTN induced the expression of proinflammation genes, including COX2a, TNF-α and IL-1β, but failed to modify the levels and distribution of wt1a transcript and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase protein. In summary, CTN and PAT caused profound nephrotoxicity in histological structure and biological function of zebrafish embryos; the inflammatory pathway and blood rheology may involve in CTN-induced renal impairment.
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- Ting-Shuan Wu
- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Lin S, Zhao Y, Xia T, Meng H, Zhaoxia J, Liu R, George S, Xiong S, Wang X, Zhang H, Pokhrel S, Mädler L, Damoiseaux R, Lin S, Nel AE. High content screening in zebrafish speeds up hazard ranking of transition metal oxide nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2011; 5:7284-95. [PMID: 21851096 PMCID: PMC4136441 DOI: 10.1021/nn202116p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Zebrafish is an aquatic organism that can be used for high content safety screening of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). We demonstrate, for the first time, the use of high content bright-field and fluorescence-based imaging to compare the toxicological effect of transition metal oxide (CuO, ZnO, NiO, and Co(3)O(4)) nanoparticles in zebrafish embryos and larvae. High content bright-field imaging demonstrated potent and dose-dependent hatching interference in the embryos, with the exception of Co(3)O(4) which was relatively inert. We propose that the hatching interference was due to the shedding of Cu and Ni ions, compromising the activity of the hatching enzyme, ZHE1, similar to what we previously proposed for Zn(2+). This hypothesis is based on the presence of metal-sensitive histidines in the catalytic center of this enzyme. Co-introduction of a metal ion chelator, diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), reversed the hatching interference of Cu, Zn, and Ni. While neither the embryos nor larvae demonstrated morphological abnormalities, high content fluorescence-based imaging demonstrated that CuO, ZnO, and NiO could induce increased expression of the heat shock protein 70:enhanced green fluorescence protein (hsp70:eGFP) in transgenic zebrafish larvae. Induction of this response by CuO required a higher nanoparticle dose than the amount leading to hatching interference. This response was also DTPA-sensitive. We demonstrate that high content imaging of embryo development, morphological abnormalities, and HSP70 expression can be used for hazard ranking and determining the dose-response relationships leading to ENM effects on the development of the zebrafish embryo.
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- Sijie Lin
- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Center for NanoBiology and Predictive Toxicology, University of Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Division of NanoMedicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Center for NanoBiology and Predictive Toxicology, University of Bremen, Germany
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Division of NanoMedicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Division of NanoMedicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- IWT Foundation Institute of Materials Science, Department of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany
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- IWT Foundation Institute of Materials Science, Department of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Molecular Shared Screening Resource, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Division of NanoMedicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Center for NanoBiology and Predictive Toxicology, University of Bremen, Germany
- Corresponding Author: Andre Nel, M.D., Department of Medicine, Division of NanoMedicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 52-175 CHS, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1680. Tel: (310) 825-6620, Fax: (310) 206-8107,
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Bar-Ilan O, Louis KM, Yang SP, Pedersen JA, Hamers RJ, Peterson RE, Heideman W. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles produce phototoxicity in the developing zebrafish. Nanotoxicology 2011; 6:670-9. [DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2011.604438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wang B, Liu P, Tang Y, Pan H, Xu X, Tang R. Guarding embryo development of zebrafish by shell engineering: a strategy to shield life from ozone depletion. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9963. [PMID: 20376356 PMCID: PMC2848599 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The reduced concentration of stratospheric ozone results in an increased flux of biologically damaging mid-ultraviolet radiation (UVB, 280 to 320 nm) reaching earth surfaces. Environmentally relevant levels of UVB negatively impact various natural populations of marine organisms, which is ascribed to suppressed embryonic development by increased radiation. Methodology/Principal Findings Inspired by strategies in the living systems generated by evolution, we induce an extra UVB-adsorbed coat on the chorion (eggshell surrounding embryo) of zebrafish, during the blastula period. Short and long UV exposure experiments show that the artificial mineral-shell reduces the UV radiation effectively and the enclosed embryos become more robust. In contrast, the uncoated embryos cannot survive under the enhanced UVB condition. Conclusions We suggest that an engineered shell of functional materials onto biological units can be developed as a strategy to shield lives to counteract negative changes of global environment, or to provide extra protection for the living units in biological research.
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- Ben Wang
- Center for Biomaterials and Biopathways, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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Prisco M, Del Giudice G, Agnese M, Ricchiari L, Campanella C, Andreuccetti P. Organization of the vitelline envelope in ovarian follicles ofTorpedo marmorataRisso, 1810 (Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2009; 312:714-21. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Physiological and biochemical investigations on egg stickiness in common carp. Anim Reprod Sci 2009; 114:256-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kawaguchi M, Fujita H, Yoshizaki N, Hiroi J, Okouchi H, Nagakura Y, Noda T, Watanabe S, Katayama S, Iwamuro S, Nishida M, Iuchi I, Yasumasu S. Different hatching strategies in embryos of two species, pacific herring Clupea pallasii and Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus, that belong to the same order Clupeiformes, and their environmental adaptation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2009; 312:95-107. [PMID: 19025965 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pacific herring Clupea pallasii and Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus, which belong to the same order Clupeiformes, spawn different types of eggs: demersal adherent eggs and pelagic eggs, respectively. We cloned three cDNAs for Pacific herring hatching enzyme and five for Japanese anchovy. Each of them was divided into two groups (group A and B) by phylogenetic analysis. They were expressed specifically in hatching gland cells (HGCs), which differentiated from the pillow and migrated to the edge of the head in both species. HGCs of Japanese anchovy stopped migration at that place, whereas those of Pacific herring continued to migrate dorsally and distributed widely all over the head region. During evolution, the program for the HGC migration would be varied to adapt to different hatching timing. Analysis of the gene expression revealed that Pacific herring embryos synthesized a large amount of hatching enzyme when compared with Japanese anchovy. Chorion of Pacific herring embryo was about 7.5 times thicker than that of Japanese anchovy embryo. Thus, the difference in their gene expression levels between two species is correlated with the difference in the thickness of chorion. These results suggest that the hatching system of each fish adapted to its respective hatching environment. Finally, hatching enzyme genes were cloned from each genomic DNA. The exon-intron structure of group B genes basically conserved that of the ancestral gene, whereas group A genes lost one intron. Several gene-specific changes of the exon-intron structure owing to nucleotide insertion and/or duplication were found in Japanese anchovy genes.
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- Mari Kawaguchi
- Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Dae Seok Na, Lee H, Sun Uk Kim, Chang Nam Hwang, Sang Ho Lee, Ji Yoon Kang, Jai Kyeong Kim, James Jungho Pak. Comparative Study of P19 EC Stem Cell Differentiation in between Conventional Hanging Drop and the Zebrafish Chorion as a Bio-derived Material. J Biomater Appl 2008; 23:73-84. [DOI: 10.1177/0885328207084746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Various materials including glass and polymers have been widely used for stem cell culture due to their biocompatibility. However, the roles of these materials are fundamentally limited because they cannot realize or imitate the complex biological functions of living tissues, except in very simple cases. Here, the development of a bio-derived material suitable for stem cell culture and improvement of differentiation efficiency to specific cell lineages with no stimulating agents by using a chorion obtained from a fertilized zebrafish egg through the removal of the yolk and embryonic cell mass from the egg is reported. Mouse P19 EC stem cells introduced into the empty chorion form a uniform embryoid body (EB) without addition of any inducing agent. It is demonstrated that the zebrafish chorion with nanopores improves efficiencies greatly in the EB formation, cell proliferation, and lineage-specific differentiations compared to those of the conventional hanging drop culture method.
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- Dae Seok Na
- Optoelectronic Materials Research Laboratory Korea Institute of Science Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea, Department of Electrical Engineering Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Microsystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Science Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea
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- Optoelectronic Materials Research Laboratory Korea Institute of Science Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea
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- Department of Electrical Engineering Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea,
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Many eukaryotic proteins share a sequence designated as the zona pellucida (ZP) domain. This structural element, present in extracellular proteins from a wide variety of organisms, from nematodes to mammals, consists of approximately 260 amino acids with eight conserved cysteine (Cys) residues and is located close to the C terminus of the polypeptide. ZP domain proteins are often glycosylated, modular structures consisting of multiple types of domains. Predictions can be made about some of the structural features of the ZP domain and ZP domain proteins. The functions of ZP domain proteins vary tremendously, from serving as structural components of egg coats, appendicularian mucous houses, and nematode dauer larvae, to serving as mechanotransducers in flies and receptors in mammals and nonmammals. Generally, ZP domain proteins are present in filaments and/or matrices, which is consistent with the role of the domain in protein polymerization. A general mechanism for assembly of ZP domain proteins has been presented. It is likely that the ZP domain plays a common role despite its presence in proteins of widely diverse functions.
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- Luca Jovine
- Brookdale Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA.
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Lee JW, Na DS, Chae SK, Kim C, Kang JY, Ju BK, Lee H, Kim SU, Hwang CN, Lee SH. Using the chorions of fertilized zebrafish eggs as a biomaterial for the attachment and differentiation of mouse stem cells. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:7615-20. [PMID: 16089359 DOI: 10.1021/la0504255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The development of proper biomaterials is critical for the success of cell therapy and modern tissue engineering. Here, we extruded the yolk and remaining inner mass from fertilized zebrafish eggs and used the resulting chorions as a biomaterial for the differentiation and attachment of mouse P19 embryonic carcinoma (EC) cells. Cells inserted into the chorion showed the spontaneous formation of embryoid body due to the repulsive cell adhesion of the chorion and differentiated specifically into neural cells and cardiomyocytes. In contrast, dissolved chorion extracellular matrix (ECM) conferred enhanced cell attachment on it, suggesting that a unique property of the zebrafish chorion with nanoporous structure appears to be responsible for the simple and controllable embryoid formation for stem cell differentiation. These results indicate that chorions from fertilized zebrafish eggs may be used as an extracellular matrix alternative and applied for stem cell differentiation to specific cell lineages.
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- Jin Woo Lee
- Microsystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Science Technology, Seoul 136-791, Korea.
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The process of fertilization begins when sperm contact the outermost egg investment and ends with fusion of the two haploid pronuclei in the egg cytoplasm. Many steps in fertilization involve carbohydrate-based molecular recognition between sperm and egg. Although there is conservation of gamete recognition molecules within vertebrates, their homologues have not yet been discovered in echinoderms and ascidians (the invertebrate deuterostomes). In echinoderms, long sulfated polysaccharides act as ligands for sperm receptors. Ascidians employ egg coat glycosides that are recognized by sperm surface glycosidases. Vertebrate egg coats contain zona pellucida (ZP) family glycoproteins, whose carbohydrates bind to sperm receptors. Several candidate sperm receptors for vertebrate ZP proteins have been identified and are discussed here. This brief review focuses on new information concerning fertilization in deuterostomes (the phylogenetic group including echinoderms, ascidians, and vertebrates) and highlights protein-carbohydrate interactions involved in this process.
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- K J Mengerink
- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093-0202, USA
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Giulianini PG, Ferrero EA. Ultrastructural aspects of the ovarian follicle and egg envelope of the sea‐grass gobyZosterisessor ophiocephalus(Osteichthyes, Gobiidae). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1080/11250000109356380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Del Giacco L, Vanoni C, Bonsignorio D, Duga S, Mosconi G, Santucci A, Cotelli F. Identification and spatial distribution of the mRNA encoding the gp49 component of the gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata, egg envelope. Mol Reprod Dev 1998; 49:58-69. [PMID: 9406196 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199801)49:1<58::aid-mrd7>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A cDNA encoding the precursor of one of the major components of gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata, egg envelope has been cloned by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques. The clone was isolated starting from total RNA extracted from the liver of spawning female fish and estradiol-17 beta-treated male fish. Sequence analysis revealed that the cDNA encoded a protein of 405 aa corresponding to 49-kDa component (termed gp49), a glycoprotein belonging to the N-linked type. The gp49 protein is homologous to the Zl-3 of medaka Oryzias latipes, the mammalian ZPC and ZPC homologues of Xenopus laevis (xlZPC) and carp Cyprinus carpio (ccZPC). In addition, the open reading frame also encodes an additional aa sequence, the signal peptide, located in the N-terminal region of the protein. RT-PCR and in situ expression analyses evidenced an organ-restricted pattern: the mRNA was detected only in liver of spawning female and estradiol-17 beta-treated male fish but not in other tissues.
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- L Del Giacco
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Milano, Italy
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