Spiny lobster, taurine

Fuzessery, Z. M., Carr, W. E. S., and Ache, B. W., Antennular chemosensitivity in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus studies of taurine sensitive receptors, Biol. Bull., 154, 226, 1978. 

Olson, K. S., Trapido-Rosenthal, H. G., and Derby, C. D., Biochemical characterization of independent olfactory receptor sites for 5 AMP and taurine in the spiny lobster, Brain Res., 583, 262, 1992. 

Olson, K. S. and Derby, C. D., Inhibition of taurine and 5 AMP olfactory receptor sites of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus by odorant compounds and mixtures, J. Comp. Physiol, A, 176, 527, 1995. 

The fates of the herbicides 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) 2, 4, 5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and the DDT metabolite, bis-(4-chlorophenyl) acetic acid (DDA) were studied in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus 24). All acids were injected intrapericardially at 10 mg/kg. Both 2,4-D or 2,4,5-T were extensively excreted, unchanged, in urine in the first 24 hours after the dose. About 10% of the dose of 2,4,D and 2,4,5T was taken up by hepatopancreas where the taurine conjugate was formed and subsequently excreted either in urine or feces. Part of the DDA dose was excreted in urine, as unchanged DDA and as DDA-taurine, but DDA was more extensively taken up by shell and hepatopancreas and more slowly excreted than 2,4D or 2,4,5-T. For all three carboxylic acids, muscle concentrations were lower than hemolymph concentrations at 24 hours after the dose, and were less than 5p.g/g. 

James MO (1982) Disposition and taurine conjugation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, )/5(4-chlorophenyl)acetic acid, and phenylacetic acid in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Drug Metab Disp 10 516-522 James MO (1984) Catalytic properties of cytochrome P-450 in hepatopancreas of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Mar Env Res 14 1-11... 

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