| 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. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | Henry, J, Boucaud-Camou, E |
| Journal | Comp Biochem Physiol Comp Physiol |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 739-42 |
| Date Published | 1993 Dec |
| Keywords | Animals, Brain Chemistry, Endocrine Glands, Evoked Potentials, Female, Freeze Drying, Glycoproteins, Mollusca, Ovary, Polysaccharides, Tissue Extracts, Vitellogenesis |
| 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. |
| Alternate Journal | Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Comp. Physiol. |
| PubMed ID | 7906632 |