Omics Studies for the Identification of Ascidian Peptides, Cognate Receptors, and Their Relevant Roles in Ovarian Follicular Development

Vasotocin stimulates maturation-inducing hormone, oocyte maturation and ovulation in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis: evidence for a preferential calcium involvement

(2021) Varsha Singh et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Vasopressin Promoter Transgenic and Vasopressin Gene-Edited Ascidian, Ciona intestinalis Type A (Ciona robusta): Innervation, Gene Expression Profiles, and Phenotypes

(2021) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Cionin, a vertebrate cholecystokinin/gastrin homolog, induces ovulation in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis type A

(2021) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   Scientific Reports

Metalloproteases in gonad formation and ovulation

(2021) Yong Zhu   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The genetic program to specify ectodermal cells in ascidian embryos

(2020) Boqi Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

The ventral peptidergic system of the adult ascidian Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A) insights from a transgenic animal model

(2020) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   Scientific Reports

Managing the Oocyte Meiotic Arrest—Lessons from Frogs and Jellyfish

(2020) Catherine Jessus et al.   Cells

Machine learning and AI-based approaches for bioactive ligand discovery and GPCR-ligand recognition

(2020) Sebastian Raschka et al.   METHODS

Repertoires of G protein-coupled receptors for Ciona-specific neuropeptides

(2019) Akira Shiraishi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Central Mechanism Controlling Pubertal Onset in Mammals: A Triggering Role of Kisspeptin

(2019) Yoshihisa Uenoyama et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Comprehensive single-cell transcriptome lineages of a proto-vertebrate

(2019) Chen Cao et al.   NATURE

The regulation of oocyte maturation and ovulation in the closest sister group of vertebrates

(2019) Shin Matsubara et al.   eLife

A Nearly Complete Genome of Ciona intestinalis Type A (C. robusta) Reveals the Contribution of Inversion to Chromosomal Evolution in the Genus Ciona

(2019) Yutaka Satou et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The G protein-coupled receptors deorphanization landscape

(2018) Céline Laschet et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Agonists of G-Protein-Coupled Odorant Receptors Are Predicted from Chemical Features

(2018) C. Bushdid et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Endocrine, Paracrine, and Autocrine Signaling Pathways That Regulate Ovulation

(2018) JoAnne S. Richards et al.   TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Regulatory cocktail for dopaminergic neurons in a protovertebrate identified by whole-embryo single-cell transcriptomics

(2018) Takeo Horie et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Shared evolutionary origin of vertebrate neural crest and cranial placodes

(2018) Ryoko Horie et al.   NATURE

Follicle rupture during ovulation with an emphasis on recent progress in fish models

(2018) Takayuki Takahashi et al.   REPRODUCTION

The nervous system of the adult ascidian Ciona intestinalis Type A (Ciona robusta): Insights from transgenic animal models

(2017) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   PLoS One

The Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Sunitinib Affects Ovulation but Not Ovarian Reserve in Mouse: A Preclinical Study

(2016) Valérie Bernard et al.   PLoS One

Vasotocin – A new player in the control of oocyte maturation and ovulation in fish

(2015) K.P. Joy et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Is Required for Ovulation and Corpus Luteum Formation in Drosophila

(2015) Lylah D. Deady et al.   PLoS Genetics

Contribution of GnIH Research to the Progress of Reproductive Neuroendocrinology

(2015) Kazuyoshi Tsutsui et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Chordate evolution and the three-phylum system

(2014) N. Satoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Molecular and functional characterization of cionin receptors in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis: the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate cholecystokinin/gastrin family

(2012) Toshio Sekiguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Cis-Acting Transcriptional Repression Establishes a Sharp Boundary in Chordate Embryos

(2012) K. S. Imai et al.   SCIENCE

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: the tunicates

(2011) P. Lemaire   DEVELOPMENT

Peptidomic Analysis of the Central Nervous System of the Protochordate,Ciona intestinalis: Homologs and Prototypes of Vertebrate Peptides and Novel Peptides

(2011) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Analysis of multiple compound-protein interactions reveals novel bioactive molecules

(2011) H. Yabuuchi et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Localization and enzymatic activity profiles of the proteases responsible for tachykinin-directed oocyte growth in the protochordate, Ciona intestinalis

(2011) Masato Aoyama et al.   PEPTIDES

Developmental Control of Oocyte Maturation and Egg Activation in Metazoan Models

(2011) J. R. Von Stetina et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The ovary: basic biology and clinical implications

(2010) JoAnne S. Richards et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Plasticity of Animal Genome Architecture Unmasked by Rapid Evolution of a Pelagic Tunicate

(2010) F. Denoeud et al.   SCIENCE

The Mammalian Ovary from Genesis to Revelation

(2009) Mark A. Edson et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

A relaxin-like peptide purified from radial nerves induces oocyte maturation and ovulation in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera

(2009) M. Mita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuronal peptides induce oocyte maturation and gamete spawning of sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus

(2008) Shinichi Kato et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Novel Biological Role of Tachykinins as an Up-Regulator of Oocyte Growth: Identification of an Evolutionary Origin of Tachykininergic Functions in the Ovary of the Ascidian,Ciona intestinalis

(2008) Masato Aoyama et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Characterization of a novel vasopressin/oxytocin superfamily peptide and its receptor from an ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

(2008) Tsuyoshi Kawada et al.   PEPTIDES

Improved genome assembly and evidence-based global gene model set for the chordate Ciona intestinalis: new insight into intron and operon populations

(2008) Yutaka Satou et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY