Publications by authors named "Shu-Ling Ye"
Does the bone morphogenetic protein 7 inhibit oocyte maturation by autocrine/paracrine in mud crab?
Gen Comp Endocrinol
September 2018
A bone morphogenetic protein ligand (BMP7) and its two receptors (BMPRIB and BMPRII) were recently cloned and characterized in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. However specific functions of BMP7 and the mechanistic pathways regulating its function are largely unidentified. In the present study, we separated oocytes and follicle cells from the ovarian explants of S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn vertebrates, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play an important role in various biological processes. However, the function of BMPs in crustaceans is still unknown. In our study, a ligand (BMP7) and two receptors (Sp-BMPRIB and Sp-BMPRII) are cloned firstly in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain.
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- - In arthropods, the retinoid X receptor (RXR) is crucial for various physiological functions but its role in crustacean reproduction, particularly in mud crabs, is not well understood.
- - In the mud crab Scylla paramamosain, RXR mRNA is found in ovarian follicular cells and its expression significantly increases during ovarian maturation, especially upon stimulation with 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E).
- - The study indicates that both methyl farnesoate (MF) and RXR are important for regulating vitellogenin (SpVg) expression and ovarian development in female crabs, but they operate through distinct signaling pathways that do not involve ecdysone or insect