Claes Julien M, Mallefet Jérôme
Laboratoire de Biologie Marine; Earth and Life Institute; Université catholique de Louvain; Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Commun Integr Biol. 2011 May;4(3):251-3. doi: 10.4161/cib.4.3.14888.
The velvet belly lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) is a common deep-sea shark that has been used, in the recent years, as a model for experimental studies on physiological control of shark luminescence. These studies demonstrated that, unlike any other luminous organism, the luminescence of this shark was under a dual control of hormones and neurotransmitters (or neuromodulators). This paper, by making a short review of histological and pharmacological results from these studies, aims to propose a first model of luminescence control in E. spinax.
绒毛鲨(Etmopterus spinax)是一种常见的深海鲨鱼,近年来被用作鲨鱼发光生理控制实验研究的模型。这些研究表明,与任何其他发光生物不同,这种鲨鱼的发光受激素和神经递质(或神经调质)的双重控制。本文通过简要回顾这些研究的组织学和药理学结果,旨在提出绒毛鲨发光控制的首个模型。