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ArticleNature communications2024

Bluefin tuna sperm production is hastened by surrogacy in small Euthynnus.

Wataru Kawamura, Ryosuke Yazawa, Yutaka Takeuchi, Shigeharu Kamio, Kensuke Ichida, Ricardo Shohei Hattori, Tetsuro Morita, Makoto Hayashi, Goro Yoshizaki

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Wataru Kawamura *Institute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8747-0280
Ryosuke Yazawa *Institute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.
Yutaka Takeuchi *Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan.
Shigeharu KamioDepartment of Marine Biosciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.
Kensuke IchidaInstitute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.
Ricardo Shohei HattoriSalmonid Experimental Station at Campos do Jordão, Unidade de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento-Campos do Jordão, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Secretaria de Agricultura, São Paulo, 12460-000, Brazil.
Tetsuro MoritaInstitute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.
Makoto HayashiInstitute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3170-6255
Goro YoshizakiInstitute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan. goro@kaiyodai.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-1207-1095

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 18H05545Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) JPMXD0511102331
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) remains heavily depleted due to overexploitation. Aquaculture and stock enhancement based on artificial seedlings could be effective solutions to this problem. However, widespread adoption of seedling production is limited because spawning in captivity of bluefin tuna, a large pelagic top predator, requires much space, time, cost, and labour. To downsize and shorten their generation time, here, we show that xenogeneic germ cell transplantation enables a surrogate production of functional bluefin tuna sperm in hybrid little tuna (genus: Euthynnus), which attain sexual maturity at a smaller body size and shorter time. Intraperitonially transplanted bluefin tuna germ cells migrate towards and are incorporated into the gonads of little tuna larvae. These recipients produce functional donor-derived bluefin tuna sperm at a mere 8 months of age and 1 kg of body size. This result represents an advance toward compact, low-cost, and time-efficient seedling production that will improve the efficiency of bluefin tuna aquaculture.

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