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Infections of Larval Stages of Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Brachylaima sp. in Brown Garden Snail, Helix aspersa, in Turkey

  • Kose, Mustafa;Eser, Mustafa;Kartal, Kursat;Bozkurt, Mehmet Fatih
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제53권5호
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    • pp.647-651
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    • 2015
  • The aim of this study was to determine the presence and prevalence of larval stages of Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Brachylaima sp. in the first intermediate host, a species of land snail, Helix aspersa, in Turkey. A total of 211 snails were collected in April-May 2014 from pastures in Mersin District. Larval stages of D. dendriticum were identified under a light microscope. Hepatopancreas from naturally infected H. aspersa snails were examined histologically. The prevalence of larval stages of D. dendriticum and Brachylaima sp. in H. aspersa snails was found to be 2.4% and 1.9%, respectively, in Mersin, Turkey. Cercariae were not matured in sporocysts at the beginning of April; however, it was observed that cercariae matured and started to leave sporocysts by early-May. Thus, it was concluded that H. aspersa acts as an intermediate host to D. dendriticumin and Brachylaima sp. in Mersin, Turkey. A digenean trematode Brachylaima sp. was seen for the first time in Turkey.

Cytochemical Study on the Cellulase Activity in the Digestive System of a Land Snail Helix aspersa

  • Jeong, Kye-Heon;Lee, Yong-Seok
    • 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국어업기술학회 2000년도 춘계수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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    • pp.539-539
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    • 2000
  • A cytochemical study by the Benedict's reaction method was conducted to find out the cellulase activity in the digestive organs of Helix aspersa. Out of the all digestive organs, the stomach, the intestine, and the digestive gland showed cellulase activities under the transmission electron microscopy.

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Antagonists of Both D1 and D2 Mammalian Dopamine Receptors Block the Effects of Dopamine on Helix aspersa Neurons

  • Kim, Young-Kee;Woodruff, Michael L.
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제28권3호
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 1995
  • Dopamine mediates inhibitory responses in Helix aspersa neurons from the right parietal lobe ("F-lobe") of the circumoesophageal ganglia. The effects appeared as a dose-dependent hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane and a decrease in the occurrence of spontaneous action potentials. The average hyperpolarization with 5 ${\mu}m$ dopamine was -12 mV (${\pm}1.5$mV, S.D., n=12). Dopamine also modulated the currents 'responsible for shaping the action potentials in these neurons. When dopamine was added and action potentials were triggered by an injection of current, the initial depolarization was slowed, the amplitude and the duration of action potentials were decreased, and the after-hyperpolarization was more pronounced. The amplitude and the duration of action potential were reduced about 15 mV and about 13% by 5 ${\mu}m$ dopamine, respectively. The effects of dopamine on the resting membrane potentials and the action potentials of Helix neurons were dose-dependent in the concentration range 0.1 ${\mu}m$ to 50 ${\mu}m$. In order to show 1) that the effects of dopamine were mediated by dopamine receptors rather than by direct action on ionic channels and 2) which type of dopamine receptor might be responsible for the various effects, we assayed the ability of mammalian dopamine receptor antagonists, SCH-23390 (antagonist of D1 receptor) and spiperone (antagonist of D2 receptor), to block the dopamine-dependent changes. The D1 and D2 antagonists partially inhibited the dopamine-dependent hyperpolarization and the decrease in action potential amplitude. They both completely blocked the decrease in action potential duration and the increase in action potential after-hyperpolarization. The dopamine-induced slowdown of the depolarization in the initial phase of the action potentials was less effected by SCH-23390 and spiperone. From the results we suggest 1) that Helix F-lobe neurons may have a single type of dopamine receptor that binds both SCH-23390 and spiperone and 2) that the dopamine receptor of Helix F-lobe neurons may be homologous with and primitive to the family of mammalian dopamine receptors.

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동양달팽이(Nesiohelix samarangae)의 metallothionein 유전자를 기초로 한 분자계통 분류학적 연구 (Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Nesiohelix samarangae Based on Metallothionein Gene)

  • 이준서;민병준;강세원;이재봉;백문기;황승영;김소희;고원규;최상행;채성화;박홍석;한연수;이준상;정계헌;이용석
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2008
  • 동양달팽이의 metallothionein 유전자는 염기서열 195개로 이루어져 있으며 65개의 아미노산으로 이루어져 있었다. 연체동물의 metallothionein 서열의 공식인 C-x-C-x (3) -C-T-G-x (3) -C-x-C-x (3) -C-x-C-K에 맞춰본 결과 알려진 공식과 일치하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며 아미노산의 조성도 시스테인 (Cys) 이 30% 이상 함유하는 사실을 확인 할 수 있었다. BLAST 결과를 토대로 선정된 72개의 참고 서열 중 아미노산 레벨에서 가장 높은 스코어로 align 되는 서열은 Helix pomatia의 CD-MT 서열이었다. Clustalx를 통해 multiple align 한 후 Neighbor-Joining method 방법에 따라 phylodendrogram을 그려본 결과 Helix pomatia, Helix aspersa, Arianta arbustorum, Megathura crenulata 등과 같은 복족류 육산패들과 같은 그룹으로 묶여지는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. Psipred 소프트웨어를 통해 2D 구조를 비교 분석 한 결과도 multiplealignment 및 phylodendrogram와 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 통해 EST를 통해 밝혀진 동양달팽이의 MT서열은 근연종들과 매우 일치함을 알 수 있었으며 MT 서열이 분류에 사용 될 수 있음을 확인시켜 주었다.

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동양달팽이 (Nesiohelix samarangae)의 CO-I 유전자를 이용한 분자계통학적 연구 (Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Nesiohelix samarangae Based on CO-I Gene)

  • 방인석;이용석
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.391-397
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    • 2014
  • 동양달팽이의 EST 서열 4개의 클론을 어셈블리하여 추출되어진 NsCO-I (partial)서열의 코딩 영역은 852 bp, 284개의 아미노산으로 구성되어 있었다. BLAST 결과를 토대로 하여 유사도가 높은 68개의 서열을 추출 하였으며 MEGA6 프로그램을 통해 clustalW 엔진을 통해 다중서열정열을 수행하고 molecular phylogenetic analysis를 수행한 결과 Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia, Cephalaspidea, Sacoglossa, Pulmonata 등의 카테고리별로 잘 분류 되었으며 Mastigeulota kiangsinensis, Helix aspersa, Cepaea nemoralis, Elona quimperiana, Camaena cicatricosa, Cylindrus obtusus 등 육산패류들과 잘 묶인다는 사실을 확인 할 수 있었다.

Metallothionein 유전자를 기초로 한 멸종위기 육상 달팽이 Satsuma myomphala (거제외줄달팽이) 의 분자계통학적 연구 (Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Endangered Land Snail Satsuma myomphala Based on Metallothionein Gene.)

  • 상민규;강세원;황희주;정종민;송대권;민혜린;박지은;하희철;이현준;홍찬의;안영모;박소영;박영수;박홍석;한연수;이준상;이용석
    • 한국패류학회지
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.263-268
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    • 2016
  • Metallothionein (MT) family of metal-binding proteins are involved in maintaining homeostasis and heavy metal poisoning. Recently, MT has been considered as a biomarker that can identify a particular species, very similar to the use of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. Satsuma myomphala species of land snails have been reported from North-East Asia, including South Korea and Japan. In particular, the land snail species have been known from only a limited area of Geoje Island, Gyeongsangnam-do province of South Korea. Genetic studies of S. myomphala has been limited with only 6 nucleotide, 2 protein registered on the NCBI server. For elucidating the genetic information of S. myomphala, we conducted RNA sequencing analysis using Illumina HiSeq 2500 next-generation platform. We screened the MT gene from the RNA-Seq database to confirm the molecular phylogenetic relationship. After sequencing, the de novo analysis and clustering generated 103,774 unigenes. After annotation against PANM database using BLAST program, we obtained MT sequence of 74 amino acid residues containing the coding region of 222 bp. Based on this sequence, we found about 53 sequences using the BLAST program in NCBI nr database. Using ClustalX alignment, Maximum-Likehood Tree of MEGA program, we confirmed the molecular phylogenetic relationships that showed similarity with mollusks such as Helix pomatia and H. aspersa, Megathura crenulata.