Seasonal variation in the regulation of testosterone levels in the eastern mud snail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-243

  Gooding, Meredith P ^a   LeBlanc, Gerald A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid conjugates; Invertebrate endocrinology; Reproductive cycle; Steroid; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 8344252934     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Addo SB, Diamond E, & Hollander VP 1989. Non-polar extracts from serum from males contain covert radioimmunoassayable testosterone. Steroids 54: 257-269.
2. Bettin C, Oehlmann J, & Stroben E 1996. TBT-induced imposex in marine neogastropods is mediated by an increasing androgen level. Helgo. Meeresunters 50: 299-317.
3. Bose R, Majumdar C, & Bhattacharya S 1997. Steroids in Achatina fulica (BOWDICH): steroid profile in haemolymph and in vitro release of steroids from endogenous precursors by ovotestis and albumen gland. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 116(3): 179-182.
4. Connat JL & Diehl PA 1986. Probable occurrence of ecdysteroid fatty acid esters in different classes of arthropods. Insect Biochem. 16(1): 91-97.
5. Csaba G & Bierbauer J 1979. Effect of oestrogenic, androgenic and gestogenic hormones on the gametogenesis (oogenesis and spermatogenesis) in the snail Helix pomatia. Acta. Biol. Med. Ger. 38(8): 1145-1148.
6. DeLongcamp D, Lubert P, & Drosdowsky M 1974. The in vitro biosynthesis of steroids by the gonad of the mussel (Mytilus edulis). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 22(1)116-127.
7. Gooding MP, Wilson VS, Folmar LC, Marcovich DT, & LeBlanc GA 2003. The biocide tributyltin reduces the accumulation of testosterone as fatty acid esters in the mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta. Environ. Health Perspect. 111(4): 426-430.
8. Gooding MP & LeBlanc GA 2001. Biotransformation and disposition of testosterone in the eastern mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 122(4): 172-180.
9. Hafs HD, Niswender GD, Malven PV, Kaltenbach CC, Zimbelman RG, & Condon RJ 1977. Guidelines for hormone radioimmunoassays. J. Anim. Sci. 46(4): 917-928.
10. Horst DJ van der & Voogt PA 1972. Biosynthesis and composition of sterols and sterol esters in the land snail Cepaea nemorallis (L.) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 42(1): 1-6.
11. Le Guellec D, Thiard MC, Remy-Martin JP, Deray A, Gomot L, & Adessi GL 1987. In vitro metabolism of androstenedione and identification of endogenous steroids in Helix aspersa. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 66(3): 425-433.
12. Oberdorster E & McClellan-Green P 2000. The neuropeptide APGWamide induces imposex in the mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta. Peptides. 21(9): 1323-1330.
13. Reis-Henriques MA, LeBuellec D, Remy-Martin JP, & Adessi GL 1990. Studies on endogenous steroids from the marine mollusk Mytilus edulis L. by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 95(2): 303-309.
14. Sakr AA, Osman GY, & Abo-Shafey AE 1992. Effect of testosterone on the ovotestis of the land snail Theba pisana. Func. Dev. Morph. 2(12): 99-101.
15. Smith BS 1980. The estuarine mud snail, Nassarius obsoletus: abnormalities in the reproductive system. J. Molluscan Stud. 46: 247-256.
16. Snedecor GW & Cochran WG 1967. 6th ed. Statistical Methods. Iowa State University Press Ames Iowa, 123-124.
17. Souza AM de & de Oliviera DN 1976. Esterification of cholesterol and cholesterol ester hydrolysis by the hemolymph of the mollusk Biomphalaria glabrata. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 53(3): 345-347.
18. Spooner N, Gibbs PE, Bryan GW, & Goad LJ 1991. The effect of tributyltin upon steroid titers in the female dogwhelk, Nucella lapillus, and the development of imposex. Mar. Environ. Res. 32: 37-49.
19. Takeda N 1980. Hormonal control of head-wart development in the snail Euhadra peliomphala. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 60: 57-59.
20. Whiting P & Dinan L 1988. Formation of apolar ecdysteroid conjugates by ovaries of the house cricket Acheta domesticus in vitro. Biochem. J. 252(1): 95-103.