Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence

Bioluminescence is the ability of organisms to emit their own light which can be self-produced in light organs by photogenic cells (photocytes) or symbiotically by bearing cultures of luminous bacteria. Luminous animals are mainly comprised in the ocean, nocturnal coastal shallow-water species or, a...

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Main Authors: José Paitio, Yuichi Oba
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Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-05-01
Series:Aquaculture and Fisheries
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468550X23000564
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description Bioluminescence is the ability of organisms to emit their own light which can be self-produced in light organs by photogenic cells (photocytes) or symbiotically by bearing cultures of luminous bacteria. Luminous animals are mainly comprised in the ocean, nocturnal coastal shallow-water species or, as the majority of species, inhabiting deep-sea where dim light conditions are optimal for communication by luminous signals. Due to difficult access to species, fisheries of bioluminescent fishes worldwide are rare, mostly for traditional cuisine and fishing bait. Fishes are the only bioluminescent vertebrates and thus their light organs present an astonishing level of complexity for light modulation to adequate light signals for specific ecological roles. Fishes control the output of light intensity using different mechanisms which can be categorized as being under control of hormonal or neuronal pathways. Usually, neural control allows fast and direct response to the photocytes while endocrinal systems allow to control the light produced by bacteria, via manipulation of individual melanophores. In some species, mechanical movement of melanophore-filled tissues by muscular action is under neuronal or hormonal control. Sexual dimorphism of light organs, driven by hormonal regulation during ontogeny, takes a crucial role in communication and reproductive success of these species.
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spelling doaj.art-655f97ff99dd46c5b8d5db60fc12635b2024-03-31T04:37:53ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Aquaculture and Fisheries2468-550X2024-05-0193486500Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescenceJosé Paitio0Yuichi Oba1Department of Environmental Biology, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, JapanCorresponding author. Department Environmental Biology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Aichi, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan.; Department of Environmental Biology, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, JapanBioluminescence is the ability of organisms to emit their own light which can be self-produced in light organs by photogenic cells (photocytes) or symbiotically by bearing cultures of luminous bacteria. Luminous animals are mainly comprised in the ocean, nocturnal coastal shallow-water species or, as the majority of species, inhabiting deep-sea where dim light conditions are optimal for communication by luminous signals. Due to difficult access to species, fisheries of bioluminescent fishes worldwide are rare, mostly for traditional cuisine and fishing bait. Fishes are the only bioluminescent vertebrates and thus their light organs present an astonishing level of complexity for light modulation to adequate light signals for specific ecological roles. Fishes control the output of light intensity using different mechanisms which can be categorized as being under control of hormonal or neuronal pathways. Usually, neural control allows fast and direct response to the photocytes while endocrinal systems allow to control the light produced by bacteria, via manipulation of individual melanophores. In some species, mechanical movement of melanophore-filled tissues by muscular action is under neuronal or hormonal control. Sexual dimorphism of light organs, driven by hormonal regulation during ontogeny, takes a crucial role in communication and reproductive success of these species.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468550X23000564BioluminescenceFishHormonalNeuralEndocrinologicalControl
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Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Bioluminescence
Fish
Hormonal
Neural
Endocrinological
Control
title Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
title_full Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
title_fullStr Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
title_full_unstemmed Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
title_short Luminous fishes: Endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
title_sort luminous fishes endocrine and neuronal regulation of bioluminescence
topic Bioluminescence
Fish
Hormonal
Neural
Endocrinological
Control
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