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Holothuria

 
 
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High impact information on Holothuria

  • Extracellular matrix remodeling and metalloproteinase involvement during intestine regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima [1].
  • Nuclei of spermatozoa of the sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa contain the five somatic-type histones plus a sperm-specific histone H1 and a unique basic protein phi 0, which is related to H1 in amino acid composition [2].
  • 1. Both the monomer arginine kinase from lobster muscle and the dimer arginine kinase from Holothuria forskali catalyse the ATP-ADP partial exchange reaction at rates equal to 3 and 0.6% of the normal rate of transphosphorylation respectively [3].
  • 5. With the Holothuria enzyme low concentrations of NO3- activate in a manner that is competitive with arginine [4].
  • 1. Some effects of anions on the rates of phosphoarginine synthesis by monomeric (lobster) and by dimeric (Holothuria forskali) arginine kinases are reported [4].
 

Biological context of Holothuria

  • Gene organization and sequence features indicate that the two Holothuria genes are the equivalents of a known pair of late H2B and H4 genes which have been described in the genome of sea urchins [5].
 

Anatomical context of Holothuria

  • In relatively 'thick' muscles, such as dorsal leech muscle, frog rectus abdominis or protractor pharynx of holothuria (0.3-0.8 mm thick), the concentrations of a full agonist (carbachol) producing a given percentage of tension, (e.g. 50%) are about 5 times greater than the concentrations, producing the same percentage of shortening [6].
  • Effects of acetylcholine (ACh), ACh-agonists and antagonists were studied on the viscosity of the dermis of the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota [7].
 

Associations of Holothuria with chemical compounds

  • 1. A purification procedure for the dimeric arginine kinase of the sea cucumber Holothuria forskali is described [8].
  • Using sodium metrizoate discontinuous gradients, two hemolysin-producer amebocyte populations have been separated from total circulating Holothuria polii coelomocytes [9].
  • An ante-iso type regio-isomer on the long chain base moiety of a glucocerebroside, HLC-2-A, has been isolated from its parent glucocerebroside molecular species HLC-2 composed of iso and ante-iso isomers, from the less polar lipid fraction of a chloroform/methanol extract of the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota [10].
  • The absolute configuration of the branched methyl group in ante-iso type side chain moiety on the long chain base of glucocerebroside, HLC-2-A, which was isolated from the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota was determined [11].
  • The dichloromethane extract of Coscinasterias tenuispina and the methanol extract of Holothuria tubulosa administered p.o. at 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg, inhibited oedema in a dose-dependent manner 3 h after administration of carrageenan [12].
 

Gene context of Holothuria

  • Structure of histone H2B and H4 genes of the sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa [5].
  • Lipopolysaccharides induce intestinal serum amyloid A expression in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima [13].
  • Here we report the characterization of the first SAA homologue in a nonvertebrate deuterostome, the echinoderm Holothuria glaberrima [14].
  • Ten glucocerebrosides, HPC-3-A-HPC-3-J, have been isolated from their obtained parent glucocerebroside molecular species HPC-3, together with other glucocerebroside molecular species HPC-1 and HPC-2, from the less polar lipid fraction of a chloroform/methanol extract of the sea cucumber Holothuria pervicax [15].
  • We have used immunohistochemical techniques to demonstrate the presence of cells expressing CCK-like immunoreactivity in the intestine of three species of sea cucumber: Holothuria mexicana, H. glaberrima, and Stichopus badionotus [16].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Holothuria

References

  1. Extracellular matrix remodeling and metalloproteinase involvement during intestine regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. Quiñones, J.L., Rosa, R., Ruiz, D.L., García-Arrarás, J.E. Dev. Biol. (2002) [Pubmed]
  2. Heterogeneity of the histone-containing chromatin in sea cucumber spermatozoa. Distribution of the basic protein phi 0 and absence of non-histone proteins. Azorín, F., Olivares, C., Jordán, A., Pérez-Grau, L., Cornudella, L., Subirana, J.A. Exp. Cell Res. (1983) [Pubmed]
  3. Effects of arginine and some analogues of the partial adenosine triphosphate-adenosine diphosphate exchange reaction catalysed by arginine kinase. Evolutionary divergence in the mechanism of action of a monomer and a dimer arginine kinase. Anosike, E.O., Watts, D.C. Biochem. J. (1976) [Pubmed]
  4. Effects of anions on a monomeric and a dimeric arginine kinase. Anosike, E.O., Watts, D.C. Biochem. J. (1975) [Pubmed]
  5. Structure of histone H2B and H4 genes of the sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa. Drabent, B., Louroutziatis, A., Prats, E., Cornudella, L., Doenecke, D. DNA Seq. (1995) [Pubmed]
  6. Isotonic and isometric responses of different tonic muscles to agonists and antagonists. Michelson, M.J., Shelkovnikov, S.A. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1976) [Pubmed]
  7. Cholinergic control of the mechanical properties of the catch connective tissue in the holothurian body wall. Motokawa, T. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C, Comp. Pharmacol. Toxicol. (1987) [Pubmed]
  8. Evolutionary variation between a monomer and a dimer arginine kinase. Purification of the enzyme from Holothuria forskali and a comparison of some properties with that from Homarus vulgaris. Anosike, E.O., Moreland, B.H., Watts, D.C. Biochem. J. (1975) [Pubmed]
  9. The hemolysin-producer coelomocytes in Holothuria polii. Canicatti, C., Ciulla, D., Farina-Lipari, E. Dev. Comp. Immunol. (1988) [Pubmed]
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  11. Constituents of holothuroidea, 16. Determination of Absolute configuration of the branched methyl group in ante-iso type side chain moiety on long chain base of glucocerebroside from the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota. Yamada, K., Onaka, H., Tanaka, M., Inagaki, M., Higuchi, R. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (2005) [Pubmed]
  12. Anti-inflammatory activity in mice of extracts from Mediterranean marine invertebrates. Herencia, F., Ubeda, A., Ferrándiz, M.L., Terencio, M.C., Alcaraz, M.J., García-Carrascosa, M., Capaccioni, R., Payá, M. Life Sci. (1998) [Pubmed]
  13. Lipopolysaccharides induce intestinal serum amyloid A expression in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. Santiago-Cardona, P.G., Berríos, C.A., Ramírez, F., García-Arrarás, J.E. Dev. Comp. Immunol. (2003) [Pubmed]
  14. Serum amyloid A protein in an echinoderm: its primary structure and expression during intestinal regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. Santiago, P., Roig-López, J.L., Santiago, C., García-Arrarás, J.E. J. Exp. Zool. (2000) [Pubmed]
  15. Constituents of holothuroidea, 12. Isolation and structure of glucocerebrosides from the sea cucumber Holothuria pervicax. Yamada, K., Sasaki, K., Harada, Y., Isobe, R., Higuchi, R. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (2002) [Pubmed]
  16. Cells in the intestinal system of holothurians (Echinodermata) express cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity. García-Arrarás, J.E., Torres-Avillán, I., Ortíz-Miranda, S. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (1991) [Pubmed]
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