INDUCTION OF OOCYTE MATURATION BY DISULFIDE-REDUCING AGENT IN THE SEA CUCUMBER, STICHOPUS JAPONICUS
- 31 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Development, Growth & Differentiation
- Vol. 22 (2) , 163-167
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-169x.1980.00163.x
Abstract
1-Methyladenine (1-MeAde) is a natural inducer of starfish oocyte maturation. Disulfide-reducing agents such as dithiothreitol (DTT) and 2,3-dimercapto-1-propanol (BAL) mimic the action of 1-MeAde in inducing starfish oocyte maturation. Although 1-MeAde failed to induce oocyte maturation in sea cucumbers, breakdown of germinal vesicles and subsequent meiotic behavior of chromosomes were induced by the treatment with DTT in the pronase-treated oocytes of the sea cucumber, S. japonicus. Reduction of disulfide bond may play an important role in triggering oocyte maturation in some marine forms such as echinoderms.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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