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Detection of prostaglandin E2 in polychaete Perinereis sp. and its effect on Penaeus monodon oocyte development in vitro

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Prostaglandins are involved in the reproductive processes in a variety of animals, including crustaceans. It was found that polychaetes, the best maturation diet for shrimp broodstock, possessed the greatest variation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) when compared with other live feeds. The level of PGE2 varied according to sizes, feed intake, sources and type of polychaete. The matured and also larger sand polychaete Perinereis sp. contained higher PGE2 levels than younger and smaller sand polychaetes (18.16 ± 5.82 ng PGE2 mg−1 protein for polychaetes at an average length of 10 cm up to 160.8 ± 37.09 ng PGE2 mg−1 protein for polychaetes at an average length of 17 cm). The PGE2 levels in ovaries and haemolymph of female shrimp fluctuated with the developmental stage of the ovaries. The highest concentration of PGE2 in haemolymph was at stage 3 of ovarian development, whereas the highest concentration of PGE2 in shrimp ovaries was at stage 4. In vitro incubation of Penaeus monodon pre-vitellogenic oocytes with polychaete extract and synthetic PGE2 demonstrated that both PGE2s enhanced oocyte development, especially during late development and ovulation. The putative role of PGE2 from polychaetes or the presence of PGE2 in polychaetes may be a factor in their role as a dietary constituent required for shrimp oocyte development.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the National Research Council of Thailand to O. Meunpol. Many thanks to First Farm and Sam Dao Farm for providing P. monodon broodstock, the CP Group of Companies for some polychaete samples, CENTEX and Mahidol University, Bangkok, for histology facilities.

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  1. Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    O. Meunpol & R. Yoonpun

  2. Department of Animal Science and Fisheries, Faculty of Science and Agricultural Technology, Rajmangala University of Technology Lanna, Nan Campus, Phupiang, Nan, 55000, Thailand

    E. Duangjai

  3. Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    S. Piyatiratitivorakul

  4. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    S. Piyatiratitivorakul

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Meunpol, O., Duangjai, E., Yoonpun, R. et al. Detection of prostaglandin E2 in polychaete Perinereis sp. and its effect on Penaeus monodon oocyte development in vitro. Fish Sci 76, 281–286 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-009-0208-8

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