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Effects of photoperiod and temperature on plasma gonadotropin and spermatogenesis in the rainbow trout Salmo gairdnerii Richardson
- Source :
- Annales de biologie animale, biochimie, biophysique, Annales de biologie animale, biochimie, biophysique, 1977, 17 (3A), pp.331-340. ⟨10.1051/rnd:19770308⟩
- Publication Year :
- 1977
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 1977.
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Abstract
- International audience; Two-year old male rainbow trout, Salmo gairdnerii, were exposed to the following photoperiods at 80 or 16 °C from February 24 to June 19 : constant short photoperiod (8 L +16 D), constant long photoperiod (16 L + 8 D), and gradually decreasing photoperiod (from 16 L to 8 L). Control fish were exposed to natural photoperiod and temperature. Plasma and pituitary gonadotropin levels were determined by radioimmunoassay and correlated with spermatogenic response in testes. Control fish did not show advancement of spermatogenesis, whereas those exposed to decreasing photoperiod at 80 or 16 °C showed complete induction of spermatogenesis. While cooler temperature favoured production of spermatogonia and spermatocytes, the warmer temperature stimulated formation of spermatids and spermatozoa. On the other hand, in trout exposed to constant short or constant long photoperiod, spermatogenic response was weak at both temperatures. Plasma GtH levels increased in groups kept under decreasing photoperiod at both 8 °C as well as 16 °C ; the magnitude of rise of GtH was greater at 16 °C than at 8 °C. GtH levels were significantly higher in trout exposed to gradually decreasing photoperiod than in animals kept under constant short or constant long photoperiod at 80 or 16 °C. The data suggest that the optimum photothermal combination for GtH release and induction of spermatogenesis in the rainbow trout is a gradually decreasing photoperiod (from 16 L to 8 L) at 16 °C.; Les effets de la température et de la photopériode sur le cycle reproducteurde la truite Arc-en-ciel mâle sont appréciés par l’analyse quantitative de la spermatogenèse et la dynamique de sécrétion d’hormone gonadotrope (GtH) mesurée par radioimmunologie. Seule une photopériode décroissante de 16 à 8 h de lumière par jour, appliquée dès le mois de février en fin de période de spermiation naturelle est susceptible d’induire un nouveau cycle spermatogénétique dans les 4 mois qui suivent. Dans ces conditions, une élévation de la température stimule la spermatogenèse qui est complète (formation de spermatozoïdes) à 16 °C. Sous photopériode constante longue ou courte, l’activité spermatogénétique est faible, une légère stimulation des divisions spermatogoniales et une augmentation du nombre de spermatocytes sont enregistrées sous photopériode constante 16 L - 8 N, spécialement à 8°C. Quel que soit le rythme photopériodique, le taux d’hormone gonadotrope circulante est plus élevé à 16
- Subjects :
- PHOTOPERIODE
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
SPERMATOGENESE
Biology
POISSON OSSEUX
03 medical and health sciences
TRUITE
Internal medicine
medicine
14. Life underwater
Salmo
TEMPERATURE
reproductive and urinary physiology
030304 developmental biology
photoperiodism
0303 health sciences
TENEUR HORMONALE
PLASMA
urogenital system
[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology
Pituitary gonadotropin
Radioimmunoassay
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
[SDV.BBM.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biomolecules [q-bio.BM]
[SDV.BBM.BP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biophysics
Trout
Endocrinology
SALMONIDAE
GTH
biological sciences
040102 fisheries
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Rainbow trout
Gonadotropin
Spermatogenesis
SALMO GAIRDNERI
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists
POISSON
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0003388X
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annales de Biologie Animale Biochimie Biophysique
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2664ed3c6c12c2e1d53f7e788d593b33
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:19770308