PHORBOL ESTER-INDUCED METAMORPHOSIS IN THE PARASITIC BARNACLE, LOXOTHYLACUS-PANOPAEI

Authors
GLENNER H BRODIN B
Citation
H. Glenner et B. Brodin, PHORBOL ESTER-INDUCED METAMORPHOSIS IN THE PARASITIC BARNACLE, LOXOTHYLACUS-PANOPAEI, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 77(1), 1997, pp. 261-264
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
261 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1997)77:1<261:PEMITP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In order to induce metamorphosis in cyprids of the parasitic barnacle Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler) (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Kentrogonid a), we tested a number of compounds (ZR-512 20-hydroxyecdysone, 3-isob utyl-1-methylxanthine and phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate) all known to cause metamorphosis in thoracican barnacles. Only one agent, phorbol-12,13- dibutyrate, had an effect and induced cypris larvae to complete metamo rphosis without previous attachment. This suggests that diacylglycerol -activated protein kinase C plays a role in the metamorphosis of kentr ogonid rhizocephalans.