• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.833-840
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• 2003

Sperm motility of salmonid fishes is suppressed by external $K^{+}$ and initiated by decrease of $K^{+}$ concentration surrounding the sperm. It was shown that the decrease in external $K^{+}$ concentration induced not only the initiation of sperm motility, but also hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane and synthesis of cAMP in the sperm of rainbow trout, steelhead trout, and masu salmon. Inhibitors of $K^{+}$ channels, especially voltage-dependent $K^{+}$ channels, inhibited these three reactions, and the inhibitions were abolished by subsequent addition of a $K^{+}$ ionophore, valinomycin, suggesting that $K^{+}$ efflux through the $K^{+}$ channel contributes to rapid changes in the membrane potential of sperm and cAMP synthesis, thereby resulting in the initiation of sperm motility of salmonid fishes.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.267-271
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• 2008

We experimentally determined the physico-chemical properties of seminal plasma as well as the sperm cryopreservation techniques of masou salmon, Oncorhynchus masou masou. Seminal plasma contained $18{\pm}1mmol/L$ potassium, $144{\pm}4mmol/L$ sodium, $116{\pm}3mmol/L$ chloride, $83.2{\pm}3.1mg/L$ calcium, $14.8{\pm}0.7mg/L$ magnesium, $45{\pm}9mg/L$ glucose, and $1.0{\pm}0.0g/L$ total protein. The osmolality and pH of seminal plasma were $287{\pm}7\;and\;7.7{\pm}0.1mmol/kg$, respectively, and the spermatocrit was $28{\pm}2$. The rate of embryonic survival at the eyed-stage and the hatching rate were highest in 10% methanol with 300 mM glucose. Compared to DMSO or glycerol, methanol served as a better cryoprotectant of masou salmon sperm.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.311-319
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• 1997

This study was carried out to investigate the ultrastructural changes of spermatozoa obtained from 20 of 3-year-old male chum salmon(Oncorhynchus keta) collected and analysed in middle October in 1995. The ultrastructural changes of gonad of fingerlings were examined to describe the sex differentiation of this species. The results obtained in this study were as follows : In spermatozoa, the nucleus is dense and homogeneous. Two spheroidal mitochondria(about 350nm long) are situated in parallel between the nucleus and the axoneme. Spermatozoa mitochondria are assembled into an organized sheath surrounding the outer dense fibres and axoneme of the flagellar midpiece. The sheath flagellum is situated beneath the base of the sperm head. The primordial germ cells of 6.8~7.2${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in size, which were buried under fibrous mesenchymal tissue between gut duct and notochord of larva with a total length of 2.4cm at 50 days after hatching. In juvenile of 10.5cm in total length at 70 days after hatching, the gonad was occupied by bundles of oogonia. The dense drumstick bodies(large arrows) are observed in the nuclei of the primordial gonad and surrounding tissue cells of fingerling at 70 days after hatching. The oval Barr bodies(asterisk) are observed in the nuclei of the primordial germ cells under the mitosis(2n). Note the large mitochondria, ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum in the cytoplasm. Accordingly, the fingerlings at 70 days after hatching are identified as the female(xx). In result, the gonadal sex differentiation begins from the 70 days after hatching in chum salmon.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.437-445
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• 2021

Roughscale sole (Clidoderma asperrimum) is only wild caught because basic reproductive research on this species is lacking and gamete production in an artificial setting has not been successful. Exogenous hormone treatment has been used to induce gonadal maturation and final spermiation in wild-caught individuals. In this study, the effects of an exogenous hormone on spermiation in roughscale sole was investigated by implanting different concentrations of a salmon gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analog (sGnRH; 0, 25, 50, and 100 ㎍/kg body weight) into male fishes. The control group did not produce sperm after 21 days post-implantation, and the duration of spermiation was shorter compared to the other groups. The spermiation period and milt amount differed among the hormone-treated groups according to the hormone concentration used. Milt volumes in the groups treated with 25 and 100 ㎍/kg sGnRH increased compared to the control group, whereas exogenous hormone treatment had no effect on the movable sperm ratio. The spermatocrit was high at the beginning of spermiation in all groups and then tended to decrease gradually over time except in the experimental group treated with 100 ㎍/kg sGnRH. Plasma levels of testosterone, 11-ketotestosterone, 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one were not significantly affected by the sGnRH treatments. Our results demonstrate that it is possible to prolong the spermiation period and increase milt volume by treating male roughscale soles with an exogenous hormone. In addition, the artificial hormone treatment did not affect sperm motility.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.902-907
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• 2000

폐기되는 연어 정자로부터 프로타민을 제조하여 프로타민이 가지는 항균성 및 항산화성을 시험하였다. 그 결과 제조시 전처리 방법에 따라 추출 수율이 차이가 있었는데, 초음파와 균질기 전처리에 의한 추출 방법은 수율에 큰 차이를 보이지 않았지만, $80^{\circ}C$로 가열되는 마이크로파 전처리는 다른 전처리 시료에 비해 5%이상 수율이 낮았다. 각 조건별로 제조된 프로타민 시료들의 아미노산 분석 결과, 시판 프로타민의 경우 arginine 함량이 전체 61.1% 정도를 차지하였고, proline 함량은 11% 정도였다. $H_{2}SO_{4}$ 용액으로 균질화하여 추출한 M의 경우 arginine 함량이 19.3% 정도였고, 반면 methionine과 proline이 각각 34.3%, 28.1% 정도를 차지하였으며, 균질화시킨 다음 $H_{2}SO_{4}$ 용액으로 추출한 MC도 시판 프로타민과 유사한 조성을 나타내었다. 마이크로파 전처리 P60 및 초음파 전처리 UU6는 arginine이 각각 60.8%, 52.4%를 차지하였고, P60은 proline 함량이, UU6는 tryptophan 함량이 다소 많은 것이 차이였다. 제조된 프로타민은 곰팡이 이외에 그람양성 및 음성 세균에 대해 항균활성이 있었고, UU6나 P60이 다른 시료에 비해 활성이 높았고, 일부 세균에 대해서는 농도 의존성이 있으며, 시판 제품보다 높은 항균활성을 나타내었다. 프로타민의 항산화성은 전처리 방법에 관계없이 모든 시료에서 확인되었으며, 전처리 방법에 따라 어느정도 차이를 보였다. $EDA_{50}$을 측정한 결과, P60이 $101\;{\mu}g/mL$, UU6가 $410\;{\mu}g/mL$, M이 $520\;{\mu}g/mL$, MC가 $490\;{\mu}g/mL$였으며, 시판 프로타민은 $470\;{\mu}g/mL$였다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.245-249
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• 2009

A fluorescing, copolymer(Q)-bearing, quaternary ammonium pendant was mixed with excess natural salmon sperm DNA with a molecular weight of $1.3{\times}10^6$(2,000 base pairs) to afford highly fluorescing, complex mixtures. The fluorescence life-time of the polymer Q was greatly increased when mixed with DNA: for the mixture of Q:DNA=1:750 the fast and slow decay lifetimes increased from ca. 10 to 100 ps and from 20 ps to ca. 1 ns, respectively. The enhanced fluorescence of the mixtures was ascribed to efficient compartmentalization and reduced conformational relaxation of the polymer Q by complexation with excess DNA.