PMID- 8575661
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960314
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0016-6480 (Print)
IS  - 0016-6480 (Linking)
VI  - 100
IP  - 1
DP  - 1995 Oct
TI  - D-aspartate in the male and female reproductive system of Octopus vulgaris lam.
PG  - 69-72
AB  - Free D-aspartate (D-Asp) has been previously found in the nervous system of 
      Octopus vulgaris (Mollusca: Cepalopoda) and has recently also been found in many 
      endocrine tissues of the rat. The present study examined whether this enantiomer 
      also occurs in the reproductive system and the brain of the octopus. In this 
      mollusk, D-aspartate was present in both the male and the female reproductive 
      systems. In males, it was found at high concentrations in the prostate, vas 
      deferens, Needham's sac, and testis. In females, a high concentration was found 
      in the oviduct, accessory nidamental gland, and ovary. The concentration varied 
      between 0.4 and 2.9 mumol/g wet tissue, which corresponds to a percentage of 
      D-Asp/total D+L-Asp between 7 and 33%. No appreciable quantities of D-Asp were 
      found in the digestive, excretory, circulatory, and muscular systems, indicating 
      that in the octopus this enantiomer may play a role in both the nervous and the 
      reproductive systems.
FAU - D'Aniello, A
AU  - D'Aniello A
AD  - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stazione Zoologica A Dohrn, 
      Napoli, Italy.
FAU - Di Cosmo, A
AU  - Di Cosmo A
FAU - Di Cristo, C
AU  - Di Cristo C
FAU - Fisher, G
AU  - Fisher G
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Gen Comp Endocrinol
JT  - General and comparative endocrinology
JID - 0370735
RN  - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Aspartic Acid/*analysis/physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Male
MH  - Nervous System/chemistry
MH  - *Octopodiformes
MH  - Ovary/*chemistry
MH  - Oviducts/*chemistry
MH  - Prostate/*chemistry
MH  - Testis/*chemistry
MH  - Vas Deferens/*chemistry
EDAT- 1995/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0016-6480(85)71134-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1006/gcen.1995.1134 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1995 Oct;100(1):69-72. doi: 10.1006/gcen.1995.1134.