Abstract:
:This study investigated the pathways to many monoamines and their metabolites in the central nervous system of the frog Rana nigromaculata and the toad Bufo bufo japonicus during embryonic development and metamorphosis. Metabolites were analyzed by three-dimensional HPLC. The two species provided evidence of similar pathways, with slightly different timetables for the development of their monoamine systems. During embryonic development, the main metabolic pathways in entire embryos were tyrosine (TYR)-->[3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine in Bufo]-->3-hydroxytyramine-->norepinephrine or epinine (EPIN)-->epinephrine, TYR-->tyramine--> (octopamine in Rana) and TYR-->3-O-methyldopa for catecholamines, and tryptophan-->kynurenine and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-->[5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and N-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine (N-MET) in Bufo]. The monoamine system in the brain was similar during metamorphosis to that during embryogenesis with a few exceptions. The most striking change was the development of the bufotenine (5-hydroxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine) pathway from 5-HT via N-MET. EPIN and norepinephrine in Rana and octopamine in both species disappeared during metamorphosis. These results are discussed in relation to the roles of the various pathways in development.
journal_name
Gen Comp Endocrinoljournal_title
General and comparative endocrinologyauthors
Takeda Ndoi
10.1006/gcen.1997.6885subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-06-01 00:00:00pages
361-73issue
3eissn
0016-6480issn
1095-6840pii
S0016-6480(97)96885-4journal_volume
106pub_type
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