title: [Effect of cerebral ganglia and dorsal bodies on DNA synthesis induced by heat in the ovotestis of hibernating Helix aspersa ].
abstract: Brain extirpation of snails at the start of their natural hibernation increased the synthesis of DNA in spermatogonia when the animals were transferred from 5 to 25 degrees C for a 4-week period. This effect did not occur if animals were maintained at 5 degrees C. The reimplantation of brain (cerebral ganglia: CG + associated dorsal bodies: DB) in brain-ablated snails failed to correct the effects of brain extirpation. The implantation of either DB or CG in cerebrotomized hosts showed that, compared to shams, DB restored the level of DNA synthesis and spermatogonial proliferations whereas CG stimulated it. The CG and associated DB were therefore found to exert antagonistic effects which are responsible for the control of spermatogonial DNA synthesis in hibernating Helix aspersa.
authors.affiliation: SDI CNRS 6319, faculté des sciences, laboratoire de zoologie et embryologie, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gomot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Griffond
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colard
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gomot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005724:Ganglia / Q000502:physiology; D006066:Gonads / Q000378:metabolism; D006372:Helix, Snails / Q000378:metabolism*; D006605:Hibernation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013093:Spermatogonia / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
vernacular_title: Etude de l'action des ganglions cérébroïdes et des corps dorsaux sur la synthèse d'ADN induite par la chaleur dans l'ovotestis d'Helix aspersa en hibernation.