Sex Pheromones in Nereids: Volatile Compounds of the Coelomic Fluid of Nereis virens

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 924-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Zeeck ◽  
J. D. Hardege
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Volatile Compounds ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Coelomic Fluid ◽  
Nereis Virens ◽  
Platynereis Dumerilii ◽  
Minor Compounds

Abstract Volatile compounds of the pheromone bouquet of Nereis virens have been isolated and identified from the coelomic fluid of ripe sub-heteronereids. One of the minor compounds is the sex pheromone of Platynereis dumerilii, 5-methyl-3-heptanone.

ʟ-Ovothiol A: The Egg Release Pheromone of the Marine Polychaete Platynereis Dumerilii: Annelida: Polychaeta

1999 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1145-1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Röhl ◽  
Bernd Schneider ◽  
Bettina Schmidt ◽  
Erich Zeeck
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Coelomic Fluid ◽  
Platynereis Dumerilii ◽  
Marine Polychaete ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sexually Mature

Sex pheromones, released with the coelomic fluid by male Platynereis dumerilii initiate egg release in swarming females. The egg release pheromone, isolated from the coelomic fluid of sexually mature males, was identified as ʟ-Ovothiol A, which was found in male marine invertebrates for the first time. Isolation was obtained by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography in the biologically inactive disulfide form.

scholarly journals Staphylococcus Pasteuri (BCVME2) Resident In Buffalo Cervical Vaginal Mucus (CVM) - A Potential Source of Estrus-Specific Sex Pheromone(s)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahalingam Sriniva ◽  
R. L. Rengarajan ◽  
D. Dhanasekaran ◽  
M. A. Akbarsha ◽  
Govindaraju Archunan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Volatile Compounds ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Bacterial Flora ◽  
Oestrous Cycle ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Staphylococcus Pasteuri

Abstract There are microbes resident in the reproductive tract, some of which could be pathogenic while a few others would, perhaps, play important roles in protecting the reproductive tract from infections. Volatile compounds are known to play role as sex pheromones that attract the males for coitus during estrus or heat. It is likely that these compounds themselves are secondary metabolites of the bacterial flora resident in the vagina. In order to substantiate this hypothesis, bacteria were isolated from cervico-vaginal mucus (CVM) of buffalo during various phases of the oestrous cycle and identified, based on morphological, biochemical and molecular characteristics, as Bacillus during preestrus as well as diestrus, and Staphylococcus during all phases of the oestrous cycle. But, the populations of Staphylococcus differed between different phases of the oestrous cycle, the predominant forms being S. warneri (BCVMPE1_1) during preestrus, S. pastueri (BCVME2) during oestrus and S. epidermis (BCVMDE3) during diestrus. Mice, when used as sensors, efficiently differentiated the oestrus-specific S. pastueri (BCVME2) from the others. HS-GC-MS analysis showed that S. pastueri (BCVME2) produces key volatile compounds viz., acetic, propanoic, isobutyric, butyric, isovaleric and valeric acids. In addition, it is evidenced that S. pasteuri (BCVME2) volatiles influence the sexual behaviours such as flehmen and mounting of the bull. Thus, the paper reports that S. pasteuri (BCVME2) is the potential source of vaginal pheromone(s) during oestrus in buffalo.

Environmental control of reproduction in Perinereis nuntia var. brevicirrus

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 903-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Hardege ◽  
H.D. Bartels-Hardege ◽  
Y. Yang ◽  
B.L. Wu ◽  
M.Y. Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Rocky Shore ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Coelomic Fluid ◽  
Spawning Behaviour ◽  
Perinereis Nuntia

Perinereis nuntia brevicirrus (Grube 1857), collected from a rocky shore at Qingdao (China) were cultured under different temperature, daylength and moonlight regimes. Ripe individuals were found in the field after an increase of water temperature in early summer, with a semilunar spawning peak from the beginning of June to the end of September. In laboratory experiments, daylength has no influence on maturation and reproduction. Temperature-controlled culture produces gravid, reproducing specimens at any time of the year after an increase in water temperature. For reproduction both sexual partners leave their burrows and swarm at the water surface in the early morning, performing a nuptial dance. The spawning behaviour, the nuptial dance and the release of gametes, are controlled by sex pheromones which are present in the coelomic fluid of mature worms. A sex pheromone from Platynereis dumerilü, 5-methyl-3-heptanone, is found in Perinereis nuntia brevicirrus and causes an increase in swimming activity during reproduction and the release of a small amount of sperm from males. This signal induces the release of eggs by the females followed by the release of masses of sperm by the male due to a second female pheromone.

Sex pheromones of Callosobruchus subinnotatus and C. maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): congeneric responses and role of air movement

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.N. Mbata ◽  
S. Shu ◽  
S.B. Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Latency Period ◽  
Air Movement ◽  
Sex Pheromone Components ◽  
Pheromone Components ◽  
Callosobruchus Subinnotatus

Females of Callosobruchus spp. are known to produce sex pheromones that attract males. These sex pheromones cannot be adopted for use in pest management without first investigating the responses of the males in the windless conditions of storage environments. Consequently, behavioural bioassays of Callosobruchus subinnotatus Pic males were conducted in an olfactometer in the absence of air-flow. Under these conditions males were found to be able to follow odour trails to the source. However, the latency period was longer in diffusional bioassays than for insects in a Y-tube olfactometer that provided directional wind cues. The highest percentage of males reached the pheromone source when components of the pheromones, (E)-3-methyl-2-heptenoic acid (E32A) and (Z)-3-methyl-2-heptenoic acid (Z32A), were formulated in a 50:50 or 25:75 ratio. Males of C. maculatus (Fabricius) responded to sex pheromone of C. subinnotatus, but males of C. subinnotatus did not respond to that of C. maculatus. The two sex pheromone components of C. subinnotatus are also constituents of C. maculatus sex pheromone. These two components may be potentially useful in monitoring the populations of both species in stored beans. It is postulated that (Z)-3-methyl-3-heptenoic acid (Z33A), the major component of the sex pheromone of C. maculatus, must have acted as an antagonist inhibiting response of C. subinnotatus to the sex pheromone of C. maculatus.

Enhancement of Attraction to Sex Pheromones of Spodoptera exigua by Volatile Compounds Produced by Host Plants

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 2037-2045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Yu Deng ◽  
Hong-Yi Wei ◽  
Yong-Ping Huang ◽  
Jia-Wei Du
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Compounds ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Spodoptera Exigua

ATTRACTION OF MALE GREEN APPLE BUGS, LYGOCORIS COMMUNIS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE), TO CAGED FEMALES

1982 ◽  
Vol 114 (8) ◽  
pp. 765-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Boivin ◽  
R. K. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Lygus Lineolaris ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Apple Orchards ◽  
Lygus Hesperus ◽  
Annual Cycles ◽  
Pheromone Emission

In Quebec apple orchards, pheromones are used to monitor a number of pest species (Rivard et al. 1978; Paradis et al. 1979). However, few studies have looked for the presence of sex pheromones in mirids. Scales (1968) detected the presence of sex pheromone in a mirid, Lygus lineolaris (P. de B.), as did Strong et al. (1970) for Lygus hesperus Knight. Subsequently, the daily and annual cycles of pheromone emission in Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) (King 1973) and Helopeltis clavifer (Walker) (Smith 1977) were established.

Potential sex pheromone in platynereis dumerilii - identification and synthesis

1990 ◽  
Vol 31 (39) ◽  
pp. 5613-5614 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Zeeck ◽  
J.D. Hardege ◽  
H. Bartels-Hardege ◽  
G. Wesselmann
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Platynereis Dumerilii

scholarly journals Beyond species recognition: somatic state affects long-distance sex pheromone communication

2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (1812) ◽  
pp. 20150832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Chemnitz ◽  
Petra C. Jentschke ◽  
Manfred Ayasse ◽  
Sandra Steiger
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Species Recognition ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Central Processing ◽  
Pheromone Emission ◽  
Somatic State

Long-range sex pheromones have been subjected to substantial research with a particular focus on their biosynthesis, peripheral perception, central processing and the resulting orientation behaviour of perceivers. Fundamental to the research on sex attractants was the assumption that they primarily coordinate species recognition. However, especially when they are produced by the less limiting sex (usually males), the evolution of heightened condition dependence might be expected and long-range sex pheromones might, therefore, also inform about a signaller's quality. Here we provide, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive study of the role of a male's long-range pheromone in mate choice that combines chemical analyses, video observations and field experiments with a multifactorial manipulation of males' condition. We show that the emission of the long-distance sex pheromone of the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides is highly condition-dependent and reliably reflects nutritional state, age, body size and parasite load—key components of an individual's somatic state. Both, the quantity and ratio of the pheromone components were affected but the time invested in pheromone emission was largely unaffected by a male's condition. Moreover, the variation in pheromone emission caused by the variation in condition had a strong effect on the attractiveness of males in the field, with males in better nutritional condition, of older age, larger body size and bearing less parasites being more attractive. That a single pheromone is influenced by so many aspects of the somatic state and causes such variation in a male's attractiveness under field conditions was hitherto unknown and highlights the need to integrate indicator models of sexual selection into pheromone research.

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