Bioactive roles of carotenoids and retinoids in crustaceans
By M. Liñán-Cabello, J. Paniagua-Michel, P. Hopkins. 2002
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Among the proposed functions of carotenoids in aquaculture have been those of pigmentation, antioxidant functions, as a source of pro-vitamin A, cellular protection from photodynamic damage, enhancement of growth and reproductive potential. However results reported by various authors are often contradictory. Some evidence suggests that these pigments may perform vital roles in growth and reproductive success in Crustaceans. Additional efforts need to be devoted to the understanding of the active forms of the carotenoid derived metabolites, retinoids in crustaceans. Dietary carotenoids are the sole biological precursors of retinoids in crustaceans. The importance of carotenoids as bioactive molecules reside to a large degree on their conversion to retinoids that are involved in the activation of hormonal nuclear receptors. Retinoids play a prominent role in many developmental processes, including embryonic development and differentiation of various cell types. The presence of receptors of retinoic acid in crustaceans and our findings of retinoids in the neuroendocrine complex and in reproductive tissue, as well as the enhancement of the ovarian development in shrimp suggests an important role of these metabolites in shrimp physiology for their successful aquaculture.
Subfields: Aquatic Science, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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- Feeds development for post‑larval spiny lobster: A review (2007, background): “It also appears to have an important role as an antioxidant and to be involved in immunocompetence and stress tolerance （Meyers and Latscha 1997; Linan-Cabello et al., 2002; Chien et al., 2003）.”
- Effect of background colour on the distribution of astaxanthin in black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon): Effective method for improvement of cooked colour (2009, background): “…for a role in a number of important functions in crustaceans such as a source of provitamin A activity (Miki et al, 1982), increased stress tolerance (Torrissen, 1984; Chien et al., 2003) and in various development and differentiation processes, as summarised by Linan-Cabello et al. (2002).”
- Carotenoid-based signals in behavioural ecology : a review (2011, background): “Carotenoids are important as precursors to vitamin A in many animals (Moore, 1930; Morton & Creed, 1939; Liñán-Cabello et al., 2002).”