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  • Article
  • Open Access
1,152 Views
11 Pages

Sesquiterpenoid hormones such as the juvenile hormone and methyl farnesoate (MF) are well known to respectively control the development and reproduction in insects and crustaceans (such as shrimp, crabs, and lobsters). In recent years, the sesquiterp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,128 Views
16 Pages

28 February 2025

Methyl farnesoate (MF), a counterpart of insect juvenile hormones in crustaceans, plays essential roles in molting, metamorphosis, and reproduction. In this paper, we isolated a gene-encoding Krüppel homolog 1 from the mud crab Scylla paramamosa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,580 Views
16 Pages

Functional Study of the Role of the Methyl Farnesoate Epoxidase Gene in the Ovarian Development of Macrobrachium nipponense

  • Mengying Zhang,
  • Sufei Jiang,
  • Wenyi Zhang,
  • Yiwei Xiong,
  • Shubo Jin,
  • Jisheng Wang,
  • Hui Qiao and
  • Hongtuo Fu

Methyl farnesoate epoxidase (MFE) is a gene encoding an enzyme related to the last step of juvenile hormone biosynthesis. Mn-MFE cDNA has a total length of 1695 bp and an open reading frame (ORF) length of 1482 bp, encoding 493 amino acids. Sequence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,114 Views
15 Pages

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Hepatopancreas Reveals Sexual Dimorphic Response to Methyl Farnesoate Injection in Litopenaeus vannamei

  • Zhihui Yang,
  • Xiaoliu Yang,
  • Jiahao Du,
  • Cun Wei,
  • Pingping Liu,
  • Jingjie Hu,
  • Zhenmin Bao and
  • Zhe Qu

Sexually dimorphic traits such as growth and body size are often found in various crustaceans. Methyl farnesoate (MF), the main active form of sesquiterpenoid hormone in crustaceans, plays vital roles in the regulation of their molting and reproducti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,221 Views
16 Pages

21 August 2022

The sesquiterpenoid hormone methyl farnesoate (MF) plays a vital role during crustacean development, which is mainly evidenced by its varied titers during different developmental stages. However, the biosynthesis pathways of MF remain obscure to some...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,736 Views
15 Pages

Methoprene-Tolerant (Met) Acts as Methyl Farnesoate Receptor to Regulate Larva Metamorphosis in Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain

  • Ming Zhao,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Xin Jin,
  • Zhiqiang Liu,
  • Minghao Luo,
  • Yin Fu,
  • Tianyong Zhan,
  • Keyi Ma,
  • Fengying Zhang and
  • Lingbo Ma

27 November 2024

The conserved role of juvenile hormone (JH) signals in preventing larvae from precocious metamorphosis has been confirmed in insects. Crustaceans have different metamorphosis types from insects; we previously proved that methyl farnesoate (MF) can pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,927 Views
13 Pages

24 December 2023

Methyl farnesoate (MF), a crucial sesquiterpenoid hormone, plays a pivotal role in the reproduction of female crustaceans, particularly in the vitellogenesis process. Despite extensive research on its functions, the molecular mechanisms that regulate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,218 Views
18 Pages

Effects of Methyl Farnesoate on the Growth and Antioxidant Capacity of Neocaridina denticulata

  • Ying Chen,
  • Xiaojuan Sun,
  • Jiahao Du,
  • Jingjie Hu,
  • Zhenmin Bao and
  • Zhe Qu

Sesquiterpenoid hormones are widely present in arthropods and play crucial roles in growth, molting and reproduction. Methyl farnesoate (MF) functions similarly to juvenile hormone (JH) in crustaceans, playing a broad regulatory role in their growth...

  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,431 Views
11 Pages

Rethinking Sesquiterpenoids: A Widespread Hormone in Animals

  • Wai Lok So,
  • Zhenpeng Kai,
  • Zhe Qu,
  • William G. Bendena and
  • Jerome H. L. Hui

The sesquiterpenoid hormone juvenile hormone (JH) controls development, reproduction, and metamorphosis in insects, and has long been thought to be confined to the Insecta. While it remains true that juvenile hormone is specifically synthesized in in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,009 Views
10 Pages

An Efficient Solid-Phase Microextraction–Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Method for the Analysis of Methyl Farnesoate Released in Growth Medium by Daphnia pulex

  • Nicolò Riboni,
  • Antonio Suppa,
  • Annamaria Buschini,
  • Federica Bianchi,
  • Valeria Rossi,
  • Gessica Gorbi and
  • Maria Careri

6 December 2022

Methyl farnesoate (MF), a juvenile hormone, can influence phenotypic traits and stimulates male production in daphnids. MF is produced endogenously in response to stressful conditions, but it is not known whether this hormone can also be released int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,536 Views
12 Pages

25 February 2022

Pravastatin, used for lowering cholesterol and further decreasing blood lipid, has been frequently detected in the contaminated freshwaters, whereas its long-term exposure effects on non-target aquatic invertebrates remains undetermined. Therefore, t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,195 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Different Levels of Antarctic Krill Oil on the Ovarian Development of Macrobrachium rosenbergii

  • Xiaochuan Zheng,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Cunxin Sun,
  • Qunlan Zhou,
  • Aimin Wang,
  • Jianming Chen and
  • Bo Liu

18 November 2024

Antarctic krill oil has been proven to be able to promote the ovarian development of crustaceans, but its optimal application dose and potential regulatory mechanism in Macrobrachium rosenbergii are still unclear. In this study, five isonitrogenous a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,072 Views
17 Pages

Transcriptomic Analysis of Neocaridina denticulata sinensis Gills Following FPPS Knockdown Reveals Its Regulatory Role in Immune Response

  • Hongrui Li,
  • Dandan Feng,
  • Chunyu Zhang,
  • Mengfei Liu,
  • Zixuan Wu,
  • Yuke Bu,
  • Jiquan Zhang and
  • Yuying Sun

Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPPS) is a key enzyme in the terpenoid biosynthesis pathway, responsible for converting isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP) into farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP). In crustaceans, FPPS p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,260 Views
13 Pages

3 February 2024

Bumblebees (B. terrestris) play a crucial role as highly efficient biological agents in commercial pollination. Understanding the molecular mechanisms governing their adaptation to diverse seasonal environments may pave the way for effective manageme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,507 Views
17 Pages

The sesquiterpenoid methyl farnesoate (MF), a juvenile hormone (JH) analog, plays important roles in many physiological processes of crustaceans, such as morphogenesis, molting and reproduction. Juvenile hormone esterase-like (JHE-like) carboxylester...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
13,990 Views
39 Pages

Impacts of Habitat Quality on the Physiology, Ecology, and Economical Value of Mud Crab Scylla sp.: A Comprehensive Review

  • Samar Gourav Pati,
  • Biswaranjan Paital,
  • Falguni Panda,
  • Srikanta Jena and
  • Dipak Kumar Sahoo

26 May 2023

The water of the mangrove ecosystem and surrounding coastal areas are gradually shrinking due to the intense destruction. Therefore, the effects of the physicochemical properties of the habitat water on the in-habitant species must be studied. Scylla...