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Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) for isolation and characterization of genes related to testicular development in the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon

  • Leelatanawit, Rungnapa;Klinbunga, Sirawut;Aoki, Takashi;Hirono, Ikuo;Valyasevi, Rudd;Menasveta, Piamsak
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.41 no.11
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    • pp.796-802
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    • 2008
  • Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) cDNA libraries of the giant tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, were constructed. In total, 178 and 187 clones from the forward and reverse SSH libraries, respectively, of P. monodon were unidirectionally sequenced. From these, 37.1% and 53.5% Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) significantly matched known genes (E-value < 1e-04). Three isoforms of P. monodon progestin membrane receptor component 1: PM-PGMRC1-s (1980 bp), PM-PGMRC1- m (2848 bp), and PM-PGMRC1-l (2971 bp), with an identical ORF of 573 bp corresponding to a deduced polypeptide of 190 amino acids, were successfully identified by RACE-PCR. Interestingly, PMPGMRC1 showed a greater expression level in testes of juvenile than broodstock P. monodon (P < 0.05). Dopamine administration ($10^{-6}$ mol/shrimp) resulted in up-regulation of PM-PGMRC1 in testes of juveniles at 3 hrs post treatment (P < 0.05), but had no effect on PM-Dmc1 (P > 0.05).

Antioxidant and Antihypertension Effects of Enzyme Hydrolysate from Hippocampus abdominalis (식용 빅벨리 해마(Hippocampus abdominalis) 유래 단백질 가수분해물의 항산화와 항고혈압 효능)

  • Je, Jun-Geon;Kim, Hyun-Soo;Lee, Hyo-Geun;Oh, Jae-Young;Wang, Lei;Rho, Sum;Jeon, You-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 2019
  • Seahorses have long been used as ornamental and medicinal products. The sea horse Hippocampus abdominalis has a beautiful color and unique shape and is also used for ornamental purposes and as a traditional medicine in China. This study examined the value of H. abdominalis as a health functional food or food additive. H. abdominalis was hydrolyzed using seven proteases: flavourzyme, neutrase, alcalase, trypsin, kojizyme, pepsin and protamex. The yields of all of the enzyme hydrolysates were higher than that of the aqueous extract. Of the enzymatic hydrolysates, seahorse Protamex hydrolysate (SHP) gave the highest yield and had excellent antioxidant and angiotensin-I converting enzyme inhibitory activities. It protected Vero cells against oxidative by 2,2-azobis-(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) and antihypertension in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. This study attempted to demonstrate H. abdominalis as a health functional food or food additive in the future.

Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Three Gadus chalcogrammus Specimens (Teleostei; Gadiformes; Gadidae) from Korea and Japan

  • Lee, Chung Il;Jung, Hae Kun;Yoo, Hae-Kyun;Kim, Hyun-Woo;Park, Hyun Je;Kang, Chang-Keun;Shim, Jeong Hee;Kim, Keun-Yong;Park, Joo Myun;Yoon, Moongeun
    • Journal of Marine Life Science
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.52-54
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    • 2022
  • Mitochondrial genomes of three specimens of Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas 1,814 from Korea and Japan were completely analyzed by the primer walking method. They were 16,570~16,571 bp in length, each comprising 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. Their gene orders were identical to those of conspecific specimens, but exhibited unique haplotypes. In the phylogenetic tree, the juvenile Korean and adult Japanese specimens were separated from the dominant clade composed of specimens from Japan, Korea, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic, including the adult Korean specimen.

Anti-oxidative Properties of Lipids Extracted from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Fed with Carotenoids and Conjugated Linoleic Acid

  • Eum, Gwang-Sik;Kim, Jeong-Gyun;Ha, Yeong-Lae;Park, Chan-II;Kang, Seok-Joong;Choi, Yeung-Joon;Choi, Byeong-Dae
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.258-264
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    • 2009
  • A commercial diet supplemented with carotenoids and conjugated linoleic acid was fed to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) for 8 weeks. To investigate the anti-oxidative properties of these compounds, lipids from the muscle and viscera of the fish were subjected to different assays. At $10\;{\mu}g/mL$, L-ascorbic acid exhibited 95% 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging activity, while the tissue lipids showed little radical scavenging activity. At 50 and $100\;{\mu}g/mL$, the lipids of the muscles and viscera showed 11.7-22.6% and 11.3-24.9% DPPH radical-scavenging activity, respectively. A lipid peroxidation inhibitory assay using the ferric thiocyanate method was also performed in comparison with $\alpha$-tocopherol at a concentration of 6.0 mg/mL. Our results indicate that the anti-oxidative property of the lipids in fish muscle, which was 85.2% compared to 85.3% for the visceral lipids, was stronger than that of $\alpha$-tocopherol (74.3%) following 3 days of storage at $40^{\circ}C$.

Evaluation of visible fluorescent elastomer tags implanted in marine medaka, Oryzias dancena

  • Im, Jae Hyun;Gil, Hyun Woo;Park, In-Seok;Choi, Cheol Young;Lee, Tae Ho;Yoo, Kwang Yeol;Kim, Chi Hong;Kim, Bong Seok
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.21.1-21.10
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    • 2017
  • The aim of this study was to assess visible implant fluorescent elastomer (VIE) tagging and stress response in marine medaka, Oryzias dancena. The experimental fish were anesthetized individually and marked with red, yellow, or green elastomer at each of the following three body locations: (1) the abdomen, (2) the back, and (3) the caudal vasculature. During 12 months, the accumulated survival rates of fish in the experimental treatments were not different among red, yellow, and green elastomers. The experimental fish retained > 85% of the tags injected in the back, > 70% of the tags injected in the caudal vasculature, and > 60% of the tags injected in the abdomen (P < 0.05). An important observation was that the abdomen site was associated with poor tag retention. For all injected sites, the red and green tags were able to be detected more easily than the yellow tags when observed under both visible and UV lights. Tag readability was lower for the abdomen site than for the other sites (back and caudal vasculature). Thus, VIE tags were easy to apply to marine medaka (< 1 min per fish) and were readily visible when viewed under UV light.

Ecologically Sustainable Management of Short-necked Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, on the Coast of Yeongi at Tongyeong, Korea (통영 연기해역의 바지락자원 적정관리에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Sang-Man;Jeong, Woo-Geon;Lee, Sang-Jun
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.189-197
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    • 2008
  • In order to develop the sustainable ecological management, short-necked clams, Ruditapes philippinarum, were collected from Yoengi coast in Tongyoeng, Korea. The growth of the clam was estimated as: $L_f=68.08{\cdot}(1-e^{-0.145(t+0.324)})$ from ring radius composition of shell. Instantaneous co-efficiency of total mortality and natural mortality were calculated as: 0.991/year and 0.494/year, respectively. The age of the clams from the first capture was estimated to be 3.28. The total biomass was estimated to be 212 MT in the fisheries area (6.4 ha). Applied by these parameters, the annual recruit biomass and the current yield per recruit were calculated to be 649.5 individual/$m^2$ and $0.7\;g/m^2$, respectively. The current fishing intensity was much lower for maximum sustainable yield and acceptable biological catch. Although higher yield per recruit could be achieved by increasing fishing intensity, it is favorable to retain the current fishing intensity because of the unique fishing attitude on Yeongi coast in Tongyoeng, Korea.

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