Can you feminise a crustacean?

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-321

  Ford, Alex T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Crustacea; Endocrine disruption; Endocrinology; Feminisation; Masculinisation; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN;

ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CRUSTACEAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; INTERSEX; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; SEX DETERMINATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMINIZATION; GAMETE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE ACTION; INVERTEBRATE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; TOXICOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRUSTACEA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46249121288     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Abdu U., Davis C., Khalaila I., and Sagi A. The vitellogenin cDNA of Cherax quadricarinatus encodes a lipoprotein with calcium binding ability, and its expression is induced following the removal of the androgenic gland in a sexually plastic system. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 127 (2002) 263-272
2. Aflalo E.D., Hoang T.T.T., Nguyen V.H., Lam Q., Nguyen D.M., Trinh Q.S., Raviv S., and Sagi A. A novel twp-step procedure for mass production of all-male populations of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture 256 (2006) 468-478
3. Allen, Y., Balaam, J., Bamber, S., Bates, H., Best, G., Bignell, J., Brown, E., Craft, J., Davies, I.M., Depledge, M.H., Dyer, R., Feist, S., Hurst, M., Hutchinson, T., Jones, G., Jones, M., Katsiadaki, I., Kirby, M., Leach, R.T., Matthiessen, P., Megginson, C., Moffat, C.F., Moore, A., Pirie, D., Robertson, F., Robinson, C.D., Scott, A., Simpson, M.G., Smith, A., Stagg, R.M., Struthers, S., Thain, J., Thomas, K., Tolhurst, L., Waldock, M.J., Walker, P., 2002. Endocrine disruption in the marine environment (EDMAR). Report of the EDMAR Secretariat, London, UK, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
4. Ayaki T., Kawauchino Y., Nishimura C., Ishibashi H., and Arizono K. Sexual disruption in the freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani). Integr. Comp. Biol. 45 (2005) 39-42
5. Barki A., Karplus I., Manor R., and Sagi A. Intersexuality and behavior in crayfish: the de-masculinization effects of androgenic gland ablation. Horm. Behav. 50 (2006) 322-331
6. Brian J.V. Inter-population variability in the reproductive morphology of the shore crab (Carcinus maenas): evidence of endocrine disruption in a marine crustacean?. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 50 (2005) 410-416
7. Bulnheim H.P. Microsporidiani nfections of amphipods with special reference to host-parasite relationships: a review. Mar. Fish. Rev. 37 (1975) 39-45
8. Charniaux-Cotton H. Castration chirurgicale chez un Crustacè Amphipode (Orchestia gammarella) et déterminisme des caratères sexuals secondaires. Premiers resultants. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 234 (1952) 2570-2572
9. Charniaux-Cotton H. Etude du déterminisme des caratères sexuals secondaires par castration chirurgicale et implantation d'ovarire chez un Crustacè Amphipode (Orchestia gammarella). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 236 (1953) 141-143
10. Charniaux-Cotton H. Phénomènes d'intersexualitè chez un Crustacè Amphipode (Orchestia gammarella Pallas). Proceedings of the 72nd Congress Association Fr. Avance. Sci. Luxembourg (1953) 447-449
11. Charniaux-Cotton H. Decouverte chez un Crustace Amphipode (Orchestia gammarella) d'une glande endocrine responsable de la differenciations des caracteres sexuels primaires et secondaires males. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 239 (1954) 780-782
12. Charniaux-Cotton H. Contrôle hormonal de la différenciation du sexe et de la reproduction chez les Crustacès suppérieurs. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 83 (1958) 314-336
13. Charniaux-Cotton H. Maculinisation des femelles de la Crevette à hermaphrodisme protérandrique Lysmata seticaudata, par greffe de glandes androgens. Interprètation de l'hermaphroditisme chez les Dècapodes. Note Prélimaire. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 249 (1959) 1580-1582
14. Charniaux-Cotton H. Sex determination. In: Waterman T.H. (Ed). The Physiology of Crustacea vol. 1 (1960), Academic Press, New York 411-447
15. Charniaux-Cotton H. Androgenic gland of crustaceans. Gen. Comp. Endocr. 1 (1962) 241-247
16. Charniaux-Cotton H., and Payen G. Sexual differentiation. In: Bliss D.E., and Mantel L.H. (Eds). The Biology of Crustacea (1985), Academic Press, New York 217-299
17. Charniaux-Cotton H., and Payen G. Crustacean reproduction. In: Laufer H., and Downer R.G.H. (Eds). Endocrinology of Selected Invertebrate Type (1988), Alan R. Liss, New York 279-303
18. Colborn T., Peterson M.J., and Dumanoski D. Our Stolen Future (1996), Little Brown and Co., Boston p. 306
19. Defur P.L., Crane M., Ingersoll C., and Tattersfield L. Endocrine Disruption in Invertebrates: Endocrinology, Testing and Assessment (1999), SETAC Technical Publication, Pensacola, FL
20. Dunn A., Hogg J.C., Kelly A., and Hatcher M.J. Two cues for sex determination in Gammarus duebeni: adaptive variation in environmental sex determination?. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50 (2005) 346-353
21. Ford A.T., Rodgers-Gray T.P., Davis I.M., Dunn A.M., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., Smith J.E., and Fernandes T.F. Abnormal gonadal morphology in intersex, Echinogammarus marinus (Amphipoda): a possible cause of reduced fecundity?. Mar. Biol. 147 (2005) 913-918
22. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Rider S.A., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., and Davies I.M. Endocrine disruption in a marine amphipod? Field observations of intersexuality and de-masculinisation. Mar. Environ. Res. 58 (2004) 169-173
23. Ford A.T., Fernandes T.F., Read P.A., Robinson C.D., and Davies I.M. Can pollution cause intersexuality in the amphipod, Echinogammarus marinus?. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 53 (2006) 100-106
24. Ford A.T., and Fernandes T.F. Notes on the occurrence of intersex in amphipods. Hydrobiologia 548 (2005) 313-318
25. Ford A.T., and Fernandes T.F. Better the devil you know? A precautionary approach to using Amphipods and Daphniids in endocrine disruptor studies. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24 5 (2005) 1019-1021
26. Ford A.T., Sambles C., and Kille P. Intersexuality in crustaceans: genetic, individual and population level effects. Mar. Environ. Res. 66 (2008) 146-148
27. Fowler R.J., and Leonard B.V. The structure and function of the androgenic gland in Cherax destructor (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Aquaculture 171 (1999) 135-148
28. Ghekiere A., Fenske M., Verslycke T., Tyler C., and Janssen C.R. Development of a quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to study vitellogenesis in the mysid Neomysis integer (Crustacea: Mysidacea). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 142 (2005) 43-49
29. Ghekiere A., Verslycke T., De Smet L., Van Beeumen J., and Janssen C.R. Purification and characterization of vitellin from the estuarine mysid Neomysis integer (Crustacea; Mysidacea). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 138 (2004) 427-433
30. Gourmelon A., and Ahtiainen J. Developing test guidelines on invertebrates development and reproduction for the assessment of chemicals, including potential endocrine active substances-the OECD perspective. Ecotoxicology 16 (2006) 161-167
31. Huang D.-J., and Chen H.-C. Effects of chlordane and lindane on testosterone and vitellogenin levels in green neon shrimp (Neocaridina denticulata). Int. J. Toxicol. 232 (2004) 91-96
32. Jobling S., Williams R., Johnson A., Taylor A., Gross-Sorokin M., Nolan M., Tyler C.R., van Aerle R., Santos E., and Brighty G. Predicted exposures to steroid estrogens in U.K. rivers correlate with widespread sexual disruption in wild fish populations. Environ. Health Persp. 114 Suppl. 1 (2006) 32-39
33. Kang B.J., Nanri T., Lee J.M., Saito H., Han C.-H., Hatakeyama M., and Saigusa M. Vitellogenesis in both sexes of gonochoristic mud shrimp, Upogebia major (Crustacea): Analyses of vitellogenin gene expression and vitellogenin processing. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 149 4 (2008) 589-598
34. Katakura Y. Hormonal control of development of sexual characters in the isopod crustacean, Armadillidium vulgare. Annot. Zool. 34 (1961) 197-199
35. Katakura Y., and Hasegawa Y. Masculinization of females of the isopod crustacean, Armadillidium vulgare, following injections of an active extract of the androgenic gland. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 48 (1983) 57-62
36. Khalaila I., Weil S., and Sagi A. Endocrine balance between male and female components of the reproductive system in intersex Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae). J. Exp. Zool. 283 (1999) 286-294
37. Khalaila I., Katz T., Abdu U., Yehezkel G., and Sagi A. Effects of implantation of hypertrophied androgenic glands on sexual characters and physiology of the reproductive system in the female red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 121 (2001) 242-249
38. LeBlanc G.A. Crustacean endocrine toxicology: a review. Ecotoxicology 16 (2007) 61-81
39. Lee R.F., and Noone T. Effect of reproductive toxicants on lipovitellin in female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Mar. Environ. Res. 39 (1994) 151-154
40. Li M.-H. Fluctuating asymmetry and intersexuality in the shore crab Grapsus albolineatus near coastal landfill site in northern Taiwan. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70 1 (2002) 75-88
41. Martin G., Sorokine O., Moniatte M., Bulet P., Hetru C., and Van Dorsselaer A. The structure of a glycosylated protein hormone responsible for sex determination in the isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Eur. J. Biochem. 262 (1999) 727-736
42. Martin G., and Juchault P. Androgenic hormone specificity in terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea): systematic involvements. J. Crust. Biol. 19 (1999) 684-689
43. Moore C.G., and Stevenson J.M. The occurrence of intersexuality in harpacticoid copepods and its relationship with pollution. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 22 (1991) 72-74
44. Moore C.G., and Stevenson J.M. Intersexuality in benthic harpacticoid copepods in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. J. Nat. Hist. 28 (1994) 1213-1230
45. Nagamine C., and Knight A.W. Masculinization of female crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard). Int. J. Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 11 (1987) 77-85
46. Nagamine C., Knight A.W., Maggenti A., and Paxman G. Effects of androgenic gland ablation on male primary and secondary sexual characteristics in the Malaysian prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) with first evidence of induced feminization in a non-hermaphroditic decapod. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 41 (1980) 423-441
47. Nagamine C., Knight A.W., Maggenti A., and Paxman G. Masculinization of female Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) by androgenic gland implantation. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 41 (1980) 442-457
48. Nagaraju G.P.C., Suraj N.J., and Reddy P.S. Methyl farnesoate stimulates gonadal development in Macrobranchium malcolmsonii Milne Edwards. Crustaceana 76 (2003) 1171-1178
49. Nagaraju G.P.C. Is methyl farnesoate a crustacean hormone?. Aquaculture 272 (2007) 39-54
50. Norris D.O., and Carr J.A. Endocrine Disruption: Biological Basis for Health Effects in Wildlife and Humans (2006), Oxford University Press 477 pp
51. Oberdörster E., Brouwer M., Hoexum-Brouwer T., Manning S., and McLachlan J.A. Long-term pyrene exposure of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, affects molting and reproduction of exposed males and offspring of exposed females. Environ. Health Perspect. 108 7 (2000) 641-646
52. Oetken M., Bachmann J., Schulte-Oehlmann U., and Oehlmann J. Evidence for endocrine disruption in invertebrates. Int. Rev. Cytol. 236 (2004) 1-44
53. Okuno A., Hasegawa Y., Ohira T., Katakura Y., and Nagasawa H. Characterization and cDNA cloning of androgenic gland hormone of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 264 (1999) 419-423
54. Olmstead A.W., and LeBlanc G.A. The juvenoid hormone methyl farnesoate is a sex determinant in the crustacean Daphnia magna. J. Exp. Zool. 293 (2002) 736-739
55. Olmstead A.W., and LeBlanc G.A. The environmental-endocrine basis of gynandromorphism (Intersex) in a crustacean. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 3 (2007) 77-84
56. Parnes S., Khalaila I., Hulata G., and Sagi A. Sex determination in crayfish: are intersex Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae) genetically females?. Genet. Res. Camb. 82 (2003) 107-116
57. Payen G. Expériences de graffes de glandes androgènes sur la femelle pubére du Crabe Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould) (Crustacé, Décapode). C.R. Acad. Sci. Sér. D 268 (1969) 393-396
58. Payen G. Effects maculinisants des glandes androgènes implantées chez la femelle pubère pédonculectomisée de Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould) (Crustacé, Décapode, Brachyoure). C.R. Acad. Sci. Sér. D 280 (1975) 1111-1114
59. Rodgers-Gray T.P., Smith J.E., Ashcroft A.E., Isaac R.E., and Dunn A.M. Mechanisms of parasite-induced sex reversal in Gammarus duebeni. Int. J. Parasitol. 34 (2004) 747-753
60. Rodríguez E.M., Medesani D.A., and Fingerman M. Endocrine disruption in crustaceans due to pollutants: a review. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 146C (2007) 661-671
61. Sagi A., Khalaila I., Abdu U., Shoukrun R., and Weil S. A newly established ELISA showing the effect of the androgenic gland on secondary-vitellogenic-specific protein in the hemolymph of the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 115 (1999) 37-45
62. Sagi A., Snir E., and Khalaila I. Sexual differentiation in decapod crustaceans: role of the androgenic gland. Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 31 (1997) 55-61
63. Sanders M.B., Billinghurst Z., Depledge M.H., and Clare A.S. Larval development and vitellin-like protein expression in Palaemon elegans larvae following xeno-oestrogen exposure. Integr. Comp. Biol. 45 (2005) 51-60
64. Sumpter J.P., and Jobling S. Vitellogenesis as a biomarker of estrogenic contaminants of the aquatic environment. Environ. Health Perspect. 103 (1995) 173-178
65. Sumpter J.P. Endocrine disrupters in the aquatic environment: an overview. Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 33 1 (2005) 9-16
66. Suzuki S., and Yamasaki K. Sex reversal by implantation of ethanol-treated androgenic glands of female isopods, Armadillidium vulgare (Malacostraca, Crustacea). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 111 (1988) 367-375
67. Suzuki S. Androgenic gland hormone is a sex-reversing factor but cannot be a sex-determining factor in the female crustacean isopods Armadillidiam vugare. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 115 (1999) 370-378
68. Takahashi T., Araki A., Nomura Y., Koga M., and Arizono K. The occurrence of dual-gender imposex in Japanese freshwater crab. J. Health Sci. 46 (2000) 376-379
69. Taketomi Y., and Nishikawa S. Implantation of androgenic glands into immature female crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, with masculinization of sexual characteristics. J. Crust. Biol. 16 (1996) 232-239
70. Teranishi K.S., and Stillman J.H. A cDNA microarray analysis of the response to heat stress in hepatopancreas tissue of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D 2 (2007) 53-62
71. Volz D.C., and Chandler G.T. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for lipovitellin quantification in copepods: a screening tool for endocrine toxicity. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23 (2004) 298-305
72. Yang G., Kille P., and Ford A.T. Infertility in a marine crustacean: Have we been ignoring pollution impacts on male invertebrates?. Aquat. Toxicol. 88 (2008) 81-87
73. Zapata-Perez O., Del-Rio M., Dominguez J., Chan R., Ceja V., and Gold-Bouchot G. Preliminary studies of biochemical changes (ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase activities and vitellogenin induction) in two species of shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum and Litopenaeus setiferus) from the Gulf of Mexico. Ecotox. Environ. Saf. 61 (2005) 98-104
74. Zou E. Current status of environmental endocrine disruption in selected aquatic invertebrates. Acta Zool. Sinica 49 (2003) 551-565
75. Zou E., and Fingerman M. Endocrine disruption of sexual development, reproduction and growth in crustaceans by environmental organic contaminants: current perspectives. Curr. Top. Pharmacol. 7 (2003) 69-80
76. Zupo V., and Messina P. How do dietary diatoms cause the sex reversal of the shrimp Hippolyte inermis Leach (Crustacea, Decapoda). Mar. Biol. 151 (2007) 907-917