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Year-to-year differences in plasma levels of steroid hormones in pre-spawning chum salmon.

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:Changes in plasma levels of steroid hormones in pre-spawning chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) were examined for 6 years in association with sexual maturation. Fish were sampled along their homing pathway from the coastal sea to the spawning ground from 1995 to 2000. Plasma levels of testosterone (T), 11-ketotestosterone (11KT), estradiol-17beta (E2), 17alpha,20beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (DHP), and cortisol were determined by enzyme immunoassays. Sexual maturity was comprehensively estimated by gonadosomatic indices, histology of gonads, nuptial color, spermiation or ovulation ratio. Since the plasma levels of steroid hormones and sexual maturation differed from year to year, they were compared with year-to-year variation of sea surface temperature (SST) of coastal sea to study influence of oceanographic environment on these physiological data. The SST of the migratory route varied among the years, so that we classified the 6 years into cool, intermediate, and warm years. Concerning maturity, the males that returned to the natal hatchery in the warm years were sexually more advanced than those in the cool years. Furthermore, histological data suggested that final oocyte maturation occurred before arrival at the hatchery in one of the warm years, i.e., 1999, while it occurred at the hatchery in one of the intermediate years, i.e., 2000. In the males, T and 11KT levels increased significantly on midway of the homing route in the warm years, whereas they did not show any noticeable changes in the cool years. Furthermore, the levels of T and 11KT on midway of the homing route in the warm years, i.e., 1998 and 1999, were significantly higher than those in one of the cool years, i.e., 1995, in both sexes. In the females, the levels of E2 decreased during upstream migration. Conversely, those of DHP considerably elevated at spawning ground in all years examined. The levels of cortisol were different from year to year regardless of the SST. The present results showed that there were year-to-year differences in plasma levels of steroid hormones and maturity, and some of them may be influenced by the year-to-year variation of SST.

journal_name

Gen Comp Endocrinol

journal_title

General and comparative endocrinology

authors

Onuma T,Higashi Y,Ando H,Ban M,Ueda H,Urano A

doi

10.1016/s0016-6480(03)00171-0

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pub_date

2003-09-01 00:00:00

pages

199-215

issue

eissn

0016-6480

issn

1095-6840

pii

S0016648003001710

journal_volume

133

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Year-to-year differences in plasma levels of steroid hormones in pre-spawning chum salmon.