[Annelida] Control of oogenesis & vitellogenesis in annelids

[Geoff Read]

>>> On 18/02/2009 at 1:51 p.m., Terebella <terebella2 from yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone
> 
> A potential graduate student approached me with an interest
> in environmental estrogens which is a bit out of my
> expertise. I have a departmental colleague with substantial
> experience looking at vitellogenesis in fish, but I'm
> hoping to find an invertebrate model that might be a good starting point for 
> a master's theses project. I'm writing to the list because I need to get up 
> to speed on endocrine control of oogenesis and induction of vitellogenin 
> expression in annelids as quickly as I can. I would appreciate any 
> information the group can provide or references that may be helpful.
> 
> How is oogenesis & vitellogenesis controlled in annelids?
> Do annelids respond to exogenous estrogens?

Tracy,

It is likely that nereidids are the best candidates for invertebrate model annelids, perhaps Platynereis dumerilii being the most researched? I should also like to recommend the papers of  the 1999 volume of Hydrobiologia 402, republished in hardback by Kluwer as Developments in Hydrobiology 142, edited by Adriaan Dorresteijn and Wilfried Westheide. Its title is ' Reproductive Strategies and Developmental Patterns in Annelids.

Two additional references with polychaete connections just noticed:

Baker, M.E. (2008). Trichoplax, the simplest known animal, contains an estrogen-related receptor but no estrogen receptor: Implications for estrogen receptor evolution. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 375(4): 623-627. 

Tsai, P.S.; Zhang, L.H. (2008). The Emergence and Loss of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Protostomes: Orthology, Phylogeny, Structure, and Function. Biology of Reproduction 79(5): 798-805. 

Please can I request that when listers post references they should do it after the conventional citation style as above? Undisguised raw output pasted straight from commercial databases may just get us into trouble over copyright. If I notice it I will kill the posting and ask the poster to reformat, making it less obvious. Thank you.

Geoff  (Annelida moderator)
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