• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.186-193
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• 2021

Ciona intestinalis and Ciona savignyi have been designated as hazardous species because they have caused great damages as they appeared in ports, ships, and farms in Korea in large amount. Therefore, in terms of using them, the possibility of use as cosmetic ingredients was examined. C. intestinalis and C. savignyi were treated with 70% ethanol to make an extract and then their antioxidant activity was measured. C. intestinalis and C. savignyi showed 71.80% and 21.40% of DPPH at 20mg/mL of extract, respectively. ABTS was 95.47% and 27.53%, while nitric oxide production inhibitory ability was 97.47% and 88.90%, respectively. Total phenol content was 0.081 and 0.041 mg gallic acid/mg extract, respectively. As a result, C. intestinalis showed somewhat higher antioxidant activity than C. savignyi. It is confirmed that these extracts are animal-derived antioxidants that can be used as cosmetic materials.

• Development and Reproduction
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.81-88
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• 2003

Initiation and activation of sperm motility are prerequisite processes for the contact and fusion of male and female gametes at fertilization. The phenomena are under the regulation of CAMP and $Ca^{2+}$ in vertebrates and invertebrates. Mammalian sperm requires $Ca^{2+}$and cyclic AMP for the activation of sperm motility. Cell signaling for the initiation and activation of sperm motility has been well studied in the ascidians, Ciona intestinalis and C. savignyi and salmonid fishes. In Ciona, whose cell signaling for activation of sperm motility has been established, the sperm-activating and -attracting factor released from unfertilized egg requires extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ for activating sperm motility and eliciting chemotactic behavior of the activated sperm toward the egg. On the other hand, the cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of protein is essential for the initiation of sperm motility in salmonid fishes. A decrease in the environmental Ti concentration surrounding the spawned sperm causes a li efflux and $Ca^{2+}$ influx through the specific $K^{+}$ channel and dihydropyridine-sensitive L-/T- type $Ca^{2+}$ channel, respectively, thereby leading to the membrane hyperpolarization and $Ca^{2+}$ influx. The membrane hyperpolarization synthesizes cyclic AMP, which triggers the luther Process of cell signaling, i.e., cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation, to initiate sperm motility in salmond fishes.almond fishes.