@article {3467, title = {Experimental evidence of a dual endocrine control of biosynthesis in the main nidamental glands of Sepia officinalis L. by factors from the central nervous system and the ovary.}, journal = {Comp Biochem Physiol Comp Physiol}, volume = {106}, year = {1993}, month = {1993 Dec}, pages = {739-42}, abstract = {

1. A rapid, reliable and quantitative in vitro bioassay was developed to study the endocrine control of the biosynthesis of the egg capsule: incorporation of 14C-labelled D-glucose in polysaccharides and glycoproteins increased in dispersed-cell suspensions of main nidamental glands from maturing females. 2. Brain, optic lobes (OL) and ovary extracts from mature and maturing females stimulated the incorporation of 14C-labelled D-glucose in polysaccharidic and glycoproteic fractions of a nidamental cell suspension, whereas optic gland (OG) had no effect. 3. These results bring the first experimental evidence that one of the spawning events (egg-capsule edification) is controlled by the central nervous system and the ovary in a cephalopod.

}, keywords = {Animals, Brain Chemistry, Endocrine Glands, Evoked Potentials, Female, Freeze Drying, Glycoproteins, Mollusca, Ovary, Polysaccharides, Tissue Extracts, Vitellogenesis}, author = {Jo{\"e}l Henry and Boucaud-Camou, E} }