Bile Acid Secreted by Male Sea Lamprey That Acts as a Sex Pheromone

Science ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 296 (5565) ◽  
pp. 138-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Li
Keyword(s):  
Bile Acid ◽  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sea Lamprey

scholarly journals Spermine in semen of male sea lamprey acts as a sex pheromone

PLoS Biology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. e3000332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Scott ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Liang Jia ◽  
Ke Li ◽  
Qinghua Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sea Lamprey

Factors Influencing Capture of Invasive Sea Lamprey in Traps Baited With a Synthesized Sex Pheromone Component

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 913-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas S. Johnson ◽  
Michael J. Siefkes ◽  
C. Michael Wagner ◽  
Gale Bravener ◽  
Todd Steeves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Pheromone Component ◽  
Factors Influencing

Direct behavioral evidence that unique bile acids released by larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) function as a migratory pheromone

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rickard Bjerselius ◽  
Weiming Li ◽  
John H Teeter ◽  
James G Seelye ◽  
Peter B Johnsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bile Acid ◽  
Bile Acids ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Acid Mixture ◽  
Behavioral Experiments ◽  
Mature Adults ◽  
Larval Pheromone ◽  
Adult Lamprey

Four behavioral experiments conducted in both the laboratory and the field provide evidence that adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) select spawning rivers based on the odor of larvae that they contain and that bile acids released by the larvae are part of this pheromonal odor. First, when tested in a recirculating maze, migratory adult lamprey spent more time in water scented with larvae. However, when fully mature, adults lost their responsiveness to larvae and preferred instead the odor of mature individuals. Second, when tested in a flowing stream, migratory adults swam upstream more actively when the water was scented with larvae. Third, when migratory adults were tested in a laboratory maze containing still water, they exhibited enhanced swimming activity in the presence of a 0.1 nM concentration of the two unique bile acids released by larvae and detected by adult lamprey. Fourth, when adults were exposed to this bile acid mixture within flowing waters, they actively swam into it. Taken together, these data suggest that adult lamprey use a bile acid based larval pheromone to help them locate spawning rivers and that responsiveness to this cue is influenced by current flow, maturity, and time of day. Although the precise identity and function of the larval pheromone remain to be fully elucidated, we believe that this cue will ultimately prove useful as an attractant in sea lamprey control.

Development and application of an ELISA for a sex pheromone released by the male sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.)

2002 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Seon Yun ◽  
Alexander P Scott ◽  
Michael J Siefkes ◽  
Weiming Li
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey

scholarly journals Synthesis and olfactory activity of unnatural, sulfated 5β-bile acid derivatives in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

Steroids ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron C. Burns ◽  
Peter W. Sorensen ◽  
Thomas R. Hoye
Keyword(s):  
Bile Acid ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Bile Acid Derivatives

A Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Sex Pheromone Mixture Increases Trap Catch Relative to a Single Synthesized Component in Specific Environments

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas S. Johnson ◽  
John A. Tix ◽  
Benjamin L. Hlina ◽  
C. Michael Wagner ◽  
Michael J. Siefkes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Trap Catch

scholarly journals Differential Effects of Sex Pheromone Compounds on Adult Female Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Locomotor Patterns

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin J. Walaszczyk ◽  
Benjamin B. Goheen ◽  
Juan Pedro Steibel ◽  
Weiming Li
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Differential Effects ◽  
Locomotor Patterns

scholarly journals Pheromonal bile acid 3-ketopetromyzonol sulfate primes the neuroendocrine system in sea lamprey

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson ◽  
Huiyong Wang ◽  
Michael J Siefkes ◽  
Mara B Bryan ◽  
Hong Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bile Acid ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Neuroendocrine System

Application of a putative alarm cue hastens the arrival of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) at a trapping location

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 1799-1806 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Hume ◽  
Trevor D. Meckley ◽  
Nicholas S. Johnson ◽  
Thomas M. Luhring ◽  
Michael J. Siefkes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Capture Rate ◽  
Fish Passage ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Great Lakes Basin ◽  
Alarm Cue ◽  
Trap Entrance

The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus is an invasive pest in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin, threatening the persistence of important commercial and recreational fisheries. There is substantial interest in developing effective trapping practices via the application of behavior-modifying semiochemicals (odors). Here we report on the effectiveness of utilizing repellent and attractant odors in a push–pull configuration, commonly employed to tackle invertebrate pests, to improve trapping efficacy at permanent barriers to sea lamprey migration. When a half-stream channel was activated by a naturally derived repellent odor (a putative alarm cue), we found that sea lamprey located a trap entrance significantly faster than when no odor was present as a result of their redistribution within the stream. The presence of a partial sex pheromone, acting as an attractant within the trap, was not found to further decrease the time to when sea lamprey located a trap entrance relative to when the alarm cue alone was applied. Neither the application of alarm cue singly nor alarm cue and partial sex pheromone in combination was found to improve the numbers of sea lamprey captured in the trap versus when no odor was present — likely because nominal capture rate during control trials was unusually high during the study period. Behavioural guidance using these odors has the potential to both improve control of invasive non-native sea lamprey in the Great Lakes as well as improving the efficiency of fish passage devices used in the restoration of threatened lamprey species elsewhere.

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