Premolt biomarker metabolite N-acetylglucosamino- 1,5-lactone in female urine of the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus.
Premolt biomarker metabolite N-acetylglucosamino- 1,5-lactone in female urine of the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus.
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盔甲蟹 Telmessus cheiragonus 雌性尿液中蜕皮前生物标志物代谢物 N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖- 1,5-内酯。
DOI:
10.1086/bblv230n2p143
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Hiroshi Nagai
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作者:
Hirona Yano;Michiya Kamio;Hiroshi Nagai
N-acetylglucosamino-1,5-lactone (NAGL) is a molting biomarker in the blue crabCallinectes sapidus. The concentration of this compound in urine is highest at the premolt stage. Since sexually mature premolt females release sex pheromone in their urine, NAGL is a candidate sex pheromone molecule inC. sapidus. This compound has not been reported in other species. In the present study, we quantified the concentration of NAGL in the urine of the helmet crabTelmessus cheiragonus, using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and found that the concentration increases toward the day of molting and decreases after molting. However, the total amount of NAGL collected from individual animals was greatest two to five days after molting, because the amount of urine collected was the lowest at the premolt stage, and it increased after molting. The highest median concentration of NAGL inT. cheiragonaswas 29 μmol l−1, which is 75% of the highest concentration reported inC. sapidus. This is the first report of NAGL as a molting biomarker in a species other thanC. sapidus. We assume that NAGL is part of a pheromone bouquet in these two species.