INDUCTION OF SPAWNING AND OOCYTE MATURATION IN STARFISH BY 1‐METHYL‐ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE

l‐Methyladenosine monophosphate (l‐McAMP) induces ovulation and oocyte maturation when applied to isolated ovarian fragments of Asterina pectinifera. However, isolated oocytes fail to mature even in the presence of this substance. When ovarian or testis fragments are incubated with l‐McAMP, the supernatant of the incubation mixture acquires the maturation‐inducing activity. Also, superantants of gonadal homogenates incubated with l‐McAMP have the capacity to convert it to a maturation‐inducing substance, suggesting that l‐McAMP is decomposed to l‐methyladenine, which is believed to be a general inducer of oocyte maturation and ovulation in starfishes. Thus l‐MeAMP seems to be an intermediate in l‐methyladenine formation when the latter is produced under the influence of the gonad‐stimulating hormonal peptide.

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