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Hou ZS, Liu MQ, Wen HS, Gao QF, Li Z, Yang XD, Xiang KW, Yang Q, Hu X, Qian MZ, Li JF. Identification, characterization, and transcription of serotonin receptors in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in response to bacterial infection and salinity changes. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 249:125930. [PMID: 37481174 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Serotonergic system is involved in the regulation of physiological functions and behavioral traits including cognition, memory, aggression, stress coping, appetite and immunomodulation. Serotonin exerts its functions via binding distinct serotonin receptors which are classified into 7 groups. Salmonid exhibits expanded functional gene copies due to salmonid-specific whole genome duplication. However, serotonin receptor (htr) repertoire is not fully identified in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). In this study, we identified 39 htr genes, including 14 htr1, 4 htr2, 4 htr2 like, 3 htr3, 4 htr4, 2 htr5, 2 htr6, and 6 htr7 subtypes. We investigated physiological functions of serotonin receptors in response to bacterial pathogens exposure and salinity changes. We showed htr1, htr2, htr4 and htr7 subtypes were associated with immunomodulation in response to Vibrio anguillarum or Aeromonas salmonicida infection. Saltwater (salinity of 15) transfer significantly altered htr1, htr2, htr4, and htr7 subtypes, suggesting trout Htr was associated with osmoregulation. We further showed residues interacted with inverse agonist (methiothepin) and serotonin analogue (5-Carboxamidotryptamine) were conserved between trout and human, suggesting exogenous ligands targeting human HTRs might have a role in aquaculture. This study showed duplicated trout Htrs might be physiologically neofunctionalized and potentially exhibit pleiotropic effects in regulating immunomodulation and osmoregulation.
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- Zhi-Shuai Hou
- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education (KLMME), Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Morshed SM, Lee TH. The role of the microbiome on fish mucosal immunity under changing environments. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2023:108877. [PMID: 37302678 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The environment is crucial for fish as their mucosal surfaces face continuous challenges in the water. Fish mucosal surfaces harbor the microbiome and mucosal immunity. Changes in the environment could affect the microbiome, thus altering mucosal immunity. Homeostasis between the microbiome and mucosal immunity is crucial for the overall health of fish. To date, very few studies have investigated mucosal immunity and its interaction with the microbiome in response to environmental changes. Based on the existing studies, we can infer that environmental factors can modulate the microbiome and mucosal immunity. However, we need to retrospectively examine the existing literature to investigate the possible interaction between the microbiome and mucosal immunity under specific environmental conditions. In this review, we summarize the existing literature on the effects of environmental changes on the fish microbiome and mucosal immunity. This review mainly focuses on temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, and photoperiod. We also point out a gap in the literature and provide directions to go further in this research field. In-depth knowledge about mucosal immunity-microbiome interaction will also improve aquaculture practices by reducing loss during environmental stressful conditions.
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- Syed Monzur Morshed
- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Vasdravanidis C, Alvanou MV, Lattos A, Papadopoulos DK, Chatzigeorgiou I, Ravani M, Liantas G, Georgoulis I, Feidantsis K, Ntinas GK, Giantsis IA. Aquaponics as a Promising Strategy to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change on Rainbow Trout Culture. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12192523. [PMID: 36230264 PMCID: PMC9559468 DOI: 10.3390/ani12192523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Climate change and overexploitation of natural resources drive the need for innovative food production within a sustainability corridor. Aquaponics, combining the technology of recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) and hydroponics in a closed-loop network, could contribute to addressing these problems. Aquaponic systems have lower freshwater demands than agriculture, greater land use efficiency, and decreased environmental impact combined with higher fish productivity. Rainbow trout is one of the major freshwater fish cultured worldwide, which, however, has not yet been commercially developed in aquaponics. Nevertheless, research conducted so far indicates that the trout species represents a good candidate for aquaponics. Abstract The impact of climate change on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems tends to become more progressively pronounced and devastating over the years. The sector of aquaculture is severely affected by natural abiotic factors, on account of climate change, that lead to various undesirable phenomena, including aquatic species mortalities and decreased productivity owing to oxidative and thermal stress of the reared organisms. Novel innovative technologies, such as aquaponics that are based on the co-cultivation of freshwater fish with plants in a sustainable manner under the context of controlled abiotic factors, represent a promising tool for mitigating the effect of climate change on reared fish. The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) constitutes one of the major freshwater-reared fish species, contributing to the national economies of numerous countries, and more specifically, to regional development, supporting mountainous areas of low productivity. However, it is highly vulnerable to climate change effects, mainly due to the concrete raceways, in which it is reared, that are constructed on the flow-through of rivers and are, therefore, dependent on water’s physical properties. The current review study evaluates the suitability, progress, and challenges of developing innovative and sustainable aquaponic systems to rear rainbow trout in combination with the cultivation of plants. Although not commercially developed to a great extent yet, research has shown that the rainbow trout is a valuable experimental model for aquaponics that may be also commercially exploited in the future. In particular, abiotic factors required in rainbow trout farming along, with the high protein proportion required in the ratios due to the strict carnivorous feeding behavior, result in high nitrate production that can be utilized by plants as a source of nitrogen in an aquaponic system. Intensive farming of rainbow trout in aquaponic systems can be controlled using digital monitoring of the system parameters, mitigating the obstacles originating from extreme temperature fluctuations.
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- Christos Vasdravanidis
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, Greece
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, Greece
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- Oecon Group, Business & Development Consultants, Frixou 9, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Oecon Group, Business & Development Consultants, Frixou 9, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Oecon Group, Business & Development Consultants, Frixou 9, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, Greece
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Prolonged cortisol elevation alters whole body and tissue metabolism in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2021; 263:111098. [PMID: 34678496 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chronic elevation of circulating cortisol is known to have deleterious effects on fish, but information about the consequences of prolonged cortisol elevation on the metabolism of fish is scarce. To test the effects of chronic cortisol elevation on the aerobic performance of rainbow trout, we examined how two severities of chronically elevated plasma cortisol levels affected the oxygen uptake during rest and after exhaustive exercise using a high (HC) and a medium cortisol (MC) treatment. High cortisol doses significantly affected standard (SMR) and maximum metabolic rates (MMR) compared to control fish. In comparison, the medium cortisol treatment elevated maximum metabolic rates (MMR) but did not significantly influence SMR compared to a sham group (S) and control group (C). The medium cortisol treatment resulted in a significantly increased metabolic scope due to an elevation of MMR, an effect that was abolished in the HC group due to co-occuring elevations in SMR. The elevated SMR of the HC-treated fish could be explained by increased in vitro oxygen uptake rates (MO2) of specific tissues, indicating that the raised basal metabolism was caused, in part, by an increase in oxygen demand of specific tissues. Haematological results indicated an increased reliance on anaerobic metabolic pathways in cortisol-treated fish under resting conditions.
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Rousseau K, Dufour S, Sachs LM. Interdependence of Thyroid and Corticosteroid Signaling in Vertebrate Developmental Transitions. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.735487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Post-embryonic acute developmental processes mainly allow the transition from one life stage in a specific ecological niche to the next life stage in a different ecological niche. Metamorphosis, an emblematic type of these post-embryonic developmental processes, has occurred repeatedly and independently in various phylogenetic groups throughout metazoan evolution, such as in cnidarian, insects, molluscs, tunicates, or vertebrates. This review will focus on metamorphoses and developmental transitions in vertebrates, including typical larval metamorphosis in anuran amphibians, larval and secondary metamorphoses in teleost fishes, egg hatching in sauropsids and birth in mammals. Two neuroendocrine axes, the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal axes, are central players in the regulation of these life transitions. The review will address the molecular and functional evolution of these axes and their interactions. Mechanisms of integration of internal and environmental cues, and activation of these neuroendocrine axes represent key questions in an “eco-evo-devo” perspective of metamorphosis. The roles played by developmental transitions in the innovation, adaptation, and plasticity of life cycles throughout vertebrates will be discussed. In the current context of global climate change and habitat destruction, the review will also address the impact of environmental factors, such as global warming and endocrine disruptors on hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal axes, and regulation of developmental transitions.
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Barany A, Shaughnessy CA, McCormick SD. Corticosteroid control of Na +/K +-ATPase in the intestine of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2021; 307:113756. [PMID: 33741310 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Anadromous sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) larvae undergo a months-long true metamorphosis during which they develop seawater (SW) tolerance prior to downstream migration and SW entry. We have previously shown that intestinal Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) activity increases during metamorphosis and is critical to the osmoregulatory function of the intestine in SW. The present study investigated the role of 11-deoxycortisol (S) in controlling NKA in the anterior (AI) and posterior (PI) intestine during sea lamprey metamorphosis. In a tissue profile, nka mRNA and protein were most abundant in the gill, kidney, and AI. During metamorphosis, AI nka mRNA increased 10-fold, whereas PI nka mRNA did not change. Specific corticosteroid receptors were found in the AI, which had a higher binding affinity for S compared to 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC). In vivo administration of S in mid-metamorphic lamprey upregulated NKA activity 3-fold in the AI and PI, whereas administration of DOC did not affect intestinal NKA activity. During a 24 h SW challenge test, dehydration of white muscle moisture was rescued by prior treatment with S, which was associated with increased intestinal nka mRNA and NKA activity. These results indicate that intestinal osmoregulation in sea lamprey is a target for control by S during metamorphosis and the development of SW tolerance.
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- Andre Barany
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), University of Cádiz, Spain; U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, US Geological Survey, Turners Falls, MA, USA.
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- Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, US Geological Survey, Turners Falls, MA, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, US Geological Survey, Turners Falls, MA, USA; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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Islam MJ, Slater MJ, Kunzmann A. What metabolic, osmotic and molecular stress responses tell us about extreme ambient heatwave impacts in fish at low salinities: The case of European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 749:141458. [PMID: 32829272 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Unprecedented shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns in recent decades place multiple abiotic stressors on the fish. In teleosts, metabolic, osmoregulatory, and molecular potential as tolerance responses to extreme ambient heatwave events at different salinities are poorly understood. The study was performed to evaluate the physio-biochemical stress responses and acclimation potential of European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax maintained at four different salinities followed by an extreme ambient heatwave exposure. Fish were kept at 32, 12, 6, and 2 psu for 35 days followed by a simulated extreme ambient heatwave (33 °C) exposure for 10 days. Fish growth performances, physio-biochemical and molecular responses were recorded. Fish acclimated at 32 and 2 psu exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) decreased growth performance. Serum [Na+] and [Cl-] ions were significantly lowered (p < 0.05) in 32 psu fish on day 10 of heatwave exposure. While serum glucose, triglycerides, and protein tended to decrease during the extreme ambient heatwave exposure, lactate content increased significantly (p < 0.05) in 32 psu fish on day 10. In 32 and 2 psu fish, serum metabolic enzymes, and cortisol levels increased significantly (p < 0.05) during the extreme heatwave exposure. On days 5 and 10, HSP70 mRNA was significantly (p < 0.05) upregulated in kidneys and gills of 32 and 2 psu fish, while Igf1 showed downregulation. In gills of 2 psu fish, ATPase Na+/K+-α1 and NKCC1 expression decreased significantly (p < 0.05) in 2 psu, in contrast, significant upregulation was observed at 32 psu fish during extreme ambient heatwave exposure. On days 5 and 10, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance (CFTR) upregulation was significantly lower (p < 0.05) in 32 and 2 psu fish. Results suggest that European seabass held at 12 and 6 psu water fare better physiological fitness during the tested extreme ambient heatwave event (33 °C), providing possible insights into options for future aquaculture management in a warming environment.
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- Md Jakiul Islam
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), 28359 Bremen, Germany; Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany; Faculty of Biology and Chemistry (FB 02), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Fleming MS, Maugars G, Martin P, Dufour S, Rousseau K. Differential Regulation of the Expression of the Two Thyrotropin Beta Subunit Paralogs by Salmon Pituitary Cells In Vitro. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:603538. [PMID: 33329404 PMCID: PMC7729069 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.603538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We recently characterized two paralogs of the thyrotropin (TSH) beta subunit in Atlantic salmon, tshβa and tshβb, issued from teleost-specific whole genome duplication. The transcript expression of tshβb, but not of tshβa, peaks at the time of smoltification, which revealed a specific involvement of tshβb paralog in this metamorphic event. Tshβa and tshβb are expressed by distinct pituitary cells in salmon, likely related to TSH cells from the pars distalis and pars tuberalis, respectively, in mammals and birds. The present study aimed at investigating the neuroendocrine and endocrine factors potentially involved in the differential regulation of tshβa and tshβb paralogs, using primary cultures of Atlantic salmon pituitary cells. The effects of various neurohormones and endocrine factors potentially involved in the control of development, growth, and metabolism were tested. Transcript levels of tshβa and tshβb were measured by qPCR, as well as those of growth hormone (gh), for comparison and validation. Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) stimulated tshβa transcript levels in agreement with its potential role in the thyrotropic axis in teleosts, but had no effect on tshβb paralog, while it also stimulated gh transcript levels. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) had no effect on neither tshβ paralogs nor gh. Somatostatin (SRIH) had no effects on both tshβ paralogs, while it exerted a canonical inhibitory effect on gh transcript levels. Thyroid hormones [triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4)] inhibited transcript levels of both tshβ paralogs, as well as gh, but with a much stronger effect on tshβa than on tshβb and gh. Conversely, cortisol had a stronger inhibitory effect on tshβb than tshβa, while no effect on gh. Remarkably, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) dose-dependently stimulated tshβb transcript levels, while it had no effect on tshβa, and a classical inhibitory effect on gh. This study provides the first data on the neuroendocrine factors involved in the differential regulation of the expression of the two tshβ paralogs. It suggests that IGF1 may be involved in triggering the expression peak of the tshβb paralog at smoltification, thus representing a potential internal signal in the link between body growth and smoltification metamorphosis.
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- Mitchell Stewart Fleming
- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Research Unit BOREA, Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Paris, France
- Conservatoire National du Saumon Sauvage (CNSS), Chanteuges, France
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Research Unit BOREA, Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Paris, France
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- Conservatoire National du Saumon Sauvage (CNSS), Chanteuges, France
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Research Unit BOREA, Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Paris, France
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- Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Research Unit BOREA, Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, CNRS, IRD, SU, UCN, UA, Paris, France
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Bowen L, von Biela VR, McCormick SD, Regish AM, Waters SC, Durbin-Johnson B, Britton M, Settles ML, Donnelly DS, Laske SM, Carey MP, Brown RJ, Zimmerman CE. Transcriptomic response to elevated water temperatures in adult migrating Yukon River Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 8:coaa084. [PMID: 34512988 PMCID: PMC7486460 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) declines are widespread and may be attributed, at least in part, to warming river temperatures. Water temperatures in the Yukon River and tributaries often exceed 18°C, a threshold commonly associated with heat stress and elevated mortality in Pacific salmon. Untangling the complex web of direct and indirect physiological effects of heat stress on salmon is difficult in a natural setting with innumerable system challenges but is necessary to increase our understanding of both lethal and sublethal impacts of heat stress on populations. The goal of this study was to characterize the cellular stress response in multiple Chinook salmon tissues after acute elevated temperature challenges. We conducted a controlled 4-hour temperature exposure (control, 18°C and 21°C) experiment on the bank of the Yukon River followed by gene expression (GE) profiling using a 3'-Tag-RNA-Seq protocol. The full transcriptome was analysed for 22 Chinook salmon in muscle, gill and liver tissue. Both the 21°C and 18°C treatments induced greater activity in genes associated with protein folding (e.g. HSP70, HSP90 mRNA) processes in all tissues. Global GE patterns indicate that transcriptomic responses to heat stress were highly tissue-specific, underscoring the importance of analyzing multiple tissues for determination of physiological effect. Primary superclusters (i.e. groupings of loosely related terms) of altered biological processes were identified in each tissue type, including regulation of DNA damage response (gill), regulation by host of viral transcription (liver) and regulation of the force of heart contraction (muscle) in the 21°C treatment. This study provides insight into mechanisms potentially affecting adult Chinook salmon as they encounter warm water during their spawning migration in the Yukon River and suggests that both basic and more specialized cellular functions may be disrupted.
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- Lizabeth Bowen
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, 1 Migratory Way, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 01376, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, 1 Migratory Way, Turner Falls, Massachusetts, 01376, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- University of California, Genome Center and Bioinformatics Core Facility, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- University of California, Genome Center and Bioinformatics Core Facility, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- University of California, Genome Center and Bioinformatics Core Facility, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 101 12 Avenue, Room 110, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA
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First record of experimentally induced salmon gill poxvirus disease (SGPVD) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Vet Res 2020; 51:63. [PMID: 32381047 PMCID: PMC7206680 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-020-00787-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Salmon gill poxvirus (SGPV) infection is a common denominator in many cases of complex gill disease in the Norwegian salmon farming industry and may, as a single agent infection, result in salmon poxvirus disease (SGPVD). Experiences from the field suggest that stress may be a decisive factor for the induction of SGPVD. Here we investigated the effect of stress hormone treatment on SGPV kinetics and disease development. In our experiment, Atlantic salmon were divided into four groups. Two groups of fish received an intraperitoneal injection of hydrocortisone dissolved in a fatty vehicle, whereas fish in the other two groups received a sham injection of the vehicle. After 24 h, one group with hydrocortisone injection and one with sham injection were exposed to dead SGPV-infected fish. Plasma cortisol level, virus kinetics, virus localization, and pathological gill were monitored for 4 weeks post-exposure. Hydrocortisone injected fish displayed higher plasma cortisol and SGPV loads than non-hydrocortisone treated fish. Signs of SGPVD and ensuing mortality appeared only in fish exposed to the virus and injected with hydrocortisone around 2 weeks post-exposure. No clinical signs of disease or mortality were recorded in the other groups. Further, gill histopathology in diseased fish correlated well with SGPV load, with the infection apparently confined to gill epithelial cells. The current findings suggest elevated plasma cortisol being a prerequisite for the development of SGPVD and recommend minimization of stressful farming activities, particularly if SGPV infection has been previously identified.
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Singh SK, Tiwari VK, Chadha NK, Munilkumar S, Prakash C, Pawar NA. Effect of dietary synbiotic supplementation on growth, immune and physiological status of Labeo rohita juveniles exposed to low pH stress. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 91:358-368. [PMID: 31085327 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this study, we investigated the effect of dietary Bacillus circulans PB7 (BCPB7) and fructoligosaccharide (FOS), used singly or in combination for evaluation of growth, immune and physiological status of Labeo rohita (rohu) juveniles reared under low pH and normal pH for 60 days. Experimental fishes were distributed in two sets such as one set continuously exposed to low pH (5.5) and other reared under normal pH (7.0), and fed with four iso-nitrogenous diets viz. basal (control), Bacillus circulans PB7 (BCPB7, 106 cfug-1), 1% fructooligosaccharide (FOS) and their combination. The effect of such pre, pro and synbiotics dietary treatments on growth performance (weight gain, specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio), immune response (hematological indices, serum biochemistry, lysozyme, NBT activity), antioxidative status in the form of antioxidant enzyme (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione-S-transferase), acetylcholine esterase (AChE), Na+ K+ ATPase and stress bio-markers (cortisol, glucose and HSP-70) were examined. The group treated with low pH and fed with control diet (without supplementation) was found to be inhibited (p < 0.05) in growth and immuno-physiological function. However, supplementation of BCPB7 and FOS was non-significant (p < 0.05) on growth performance and physiological process but their concurrent feeding remarkably improved (p < 0.05) growth and immune-physiological function when exposed to low pH. Overall results indicate that dietary combination of BCPB7 and FOS can be considered an effective synbiotic formula against low pH stress in culture practices of L. rohita juveniles.
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- Soibam Khogen Singh
- Aquaculture Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India; Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura West-799210, India.
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- Aquaculture Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India
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- Aquaculture Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India
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- ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Kolkata Centre, Salt Lake, Kolkata, 70091, West Bengal, India
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- Aquaculture Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India
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- Aquaculture Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India
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Jain-Schlaepfer S, Midwood J, Larsen M, Aarestrup K, King G, Suski C, Cooke S. Relationship of baseline and maximum glucocorticoid concentrations to migration propensity: a field test with wild subadult brown trout (Salmo trutta). CAN J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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There is considerable variation in glucocorticoid (GC) baseline status and stress responses of individuals, yet the cause and consequence of this variation remains ambiguous. Attempts to relate GC levels to fitness and life-history trade-offs have yielded variable results. In this study, we evaluated whether baseline and poststressor GC hormone concentrations predicted migration strategy (i.e., resident or migrant) and successful seaward migration in a partially migrating population of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758). Baseline (N = 99) or poststressor (N = 102) plasma cortisol concentrations were obtained from brown trout and they were tagged with passive integrated transponder (PIT) and released in a natural Danish stream. Subsequently, fish were tracked with PIT reader systems and the stream was resampled for resident individuals. GC levels were not found to be associated with recapture of resident individuals or migration propensity to our first tracking station (S1), but increased baseline (and not poststressor) GC levels were associated with increased passage from S1 to our second tracking station, which anecdotally was an area of high predation or challenge. Our study found no evidence to suggest that cortisol regulates the migration life history in juvenile brown trout, but intermediate increases in baseline GC (and not poststressor GC) levels may favor migration performance.
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- S.M.R. Jain-Schlaepfer
- Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Science, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON L7S 1A1, Canada
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Freshwater Fisheries, Technical University of Denmark, Vejlsøvej 39, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
- Danish Centre for Wild Salmon, Brusgårdsvej 15, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Freshwater Fisheries, Technical University of Denmark, Vejlsøvej 39, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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Nørstrud KS, Vindas MA, Nilsson GE, Johansen IB. Short-term cortisol exposure alters cardiac hypertrophic and non-hypertrophic signalling in a time-dependent manner in rainbow trout. Biol Open 2018; 7:bio.037853. [PMID: 30341103 PMCID: PMC6310887 DOI: 10.1242/bio.037853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cardiac disease is a growing concern in farmed animals, and stress has been implicated as a factor for myocardial dysfunction and mortality in commercial fish rearing. We recently showed that the stress hormone cortisol induces pathological cardiac remodelling in rainbow trout. Wild and farmed salmonids are exposed to fluctuations and sometimes prolonged episodes of increased cortisol levels. Thus, studying the timeframe of cortisol-induced cardiac remodelling is necessary to understand its role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in salmonids. We here establish that 3 weeks of cortisol exposure is sufficient to increase relative ventricular mass (RVM) by 20% in rainbow trout. Moreover, increased RVMs are associated with altered expression of hypertrophic and non-hypertrophic remodelling markers. Further, we characterised the time course of cortisol-induced cardiac remodelling by feeding rainbow trout cortisol-containing feed for 2, 7 and 21 days. We show that the effect of cortisol on expression of hypertrophic and non-hypertrophic remodelling markers is time-dependent and in some cases acute. Our data indicate that short-term stressors and life cycle transitions associated with elevated cortisol levels can potentially influence hypertrophic and non-hypertrophic remodelling of the trout heart.
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo 0371, Norway.,Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo 0454, Norway
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo 0371, Norway
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo 0371, Norway .,Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo 0454, Norway
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Garcia-Reyero N. The clandestine organs of the endocrine system. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 257:264-271. [PMID: 28822775 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 08/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This review analyzes what could be regarded as the "clandestine organs" of the endocrine system: the gut microbiome, the immune system, and the stress system. The immune system is very closely related to the endocrine system, with many intertwined processes and signals. Many researchers now consider the microbiome as an 'organ' that affects the organism at many different levels. While stress is certainly not an organ, it affects so many processes, including endocrine-related processes, that the stress response system deserved a special section in this review. Understanding the connections, effects, and feedback mechanisms between the different "clandestine organs" and the endocrine system will provide us with a better understanding of how an organism functions, as well as reinforce the idea that there are no independent organs or systems, but a complex, interacting network of molecules, cells, tissues, signaling pathways, and mechanisms that constitute an individual.
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- Natàlia Garcia-Reyero
- Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS 39180, United States.
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Pikulkaew S, Khumpirapang N, Chaisri W, Okonogi S. Effects of Alpinia galanga oil on anesthesia and stress reduction in Oreochromis niloticus . Drug Discov Ther 2017; 11:186-192. [DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2017.01035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Surachai Pikulkaew
- Department of Food Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University
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- Department of Food Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University
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Vindas MA, Madaro A, Fraser TWK, Höglund E, Olsen RE, Øverli Ø, Kristiansen TS. Coping with a changing environment: the effects of early life stress. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160382. [PMID: 27853554 PMCID: PMC5098979 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Ongoing rapid domestication of Atlantic salmon implies that individuals are subjected to evolutionarily novel stressors encountered under conditions of artificial rearing, requiring new levels and directions of flexibility in physiological and behavioural coping mechanisms. Phenotypic plasticity to environmental changes is particularly evident at early life stages. We investigated the performance of salmon, previously subjected to an unpredictable chronic stress (UCS) treatment at an early age (10 month old parr), over several months and life stages. The UCS fish showed overall higher specific growth rates compared with unstressed controls after smoltification, a particularly challenging life stage, and after seawater transfer. Furthermore, subjecting fish to acute stress at the end of the experiment, we found that UCS groups had an overall lower hypothalamic catecholaminergic and brain stem serotonergic response to stress compared with control groups. In addition, serotonergic activity was negatively correlated with final growth rates, which implies that serotonin responsive individuals have growth disadvantages. Altogether, our results may imply that a subdued monoaminergic response in stressful farming environments may be beneficial, because in such situations individuals may be able to reallocate energy from stress responses into other life processes, such as growth.
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- Marco A. Vindas
- Uni Environment, Uni Research AS, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Author for correspondence: Marco A. Vindas e-mail:
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- Department of Production Animal and Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Hirtshals, Denmark
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Malandrakis EE, Dadali O, Golomazou E, Kavouras M, Dailianis S, Chadio S, Exadactylos A, Panagiotaki P. DNA damage and differential gene expression associated with physical stress in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2016; 236:98-104. [PMID: 27401265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fish stress may result in inhibition of reproduction, development and growth. Thus, appropriate indices should be developed to accurately define the physiological plasticity of fish, in terms of coping with stress. Sea bream individuals were subjected to physical stress (fasting and confinement). DNA fragmentation of liver cells was assessed, in addition to gene expression of selected genes and plasma cortisol levels determination. Stress response was characterized with significant temporal alterations. Increased DNA fragmentation was observed as an aftereffect of physical stress and consequently gene expression of tp53 was stimulated. The expression pattern of glucocorticoid receptor (nr3c1) was directly correlated with plasma cortisol. Furthermore, glucokinase (gk) gene expression was considerably upregulated under acute stress, depicting putative energetic demands. Finally, igf1 downregulation during stress, reflects the suppression of the GH/IGF axis and the substantial stress effects on growth. To conclude, most of the indices described in the present study could be synergistically used, in order to robustly quantify physical stress in marine teleosts.
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- E E Malandrakis
- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fitokou Str., Volos, Greece.
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- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fitokou Str., Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fitokou Str., Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fitokou Str., Volos, Greece
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- Department of Biology, Section of Animal Biology, University of Patras, 26500 Patra, Greece
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals, Faculty of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 18855 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fitokou Str., Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fitokou Str., Volos, Greece
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Midwood JD, Larsen MH, Aarestrup K, Cooke SJ. Stress and food deprivation: linking physiological state to migration success in a teleost fish. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 219:3712-3718. [PMID: 27618858 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.140665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Food deprivation is a naturally occurring stressor that is thought to influence the ultimate life-history strategy of individuals. Little is known about how food deprivation interacts with other stressors to influence migration success. European populations of brown trout (Salmo trutta) exhibit partial migration, whereby a portion of the population smoltifies and migrates to the ocean, and the rest remain in their natal stream. This distinct, natural dichotomy of life-history strategies provides an excellent opportunity to explore the roles of energetic state (as affected by food deprivation) and activation of the glucocorticoid stress response in determining life-history strategy and survival of a migratory species. Using an experimental approach, the relative influences of short-term food deprivation and experimental cortisol elevation (i.e. intra-coelomic injection of cortisol suspended in cocoa butter) on migratory status, survival and growth of juvenile brown trout relative to a control were evaluated. Fewer fish migrated in both the food deprivation and cortisol treatments; however, migration of fish in cortisol and control treatments occurred at the same time while that of fish in the food deprivation treatment was delayed for approximately 1 week. A significantly greater proportion of trout in the food deprivation treatment remained in their natal stream, but unlike the cortisol treatment, there were no long-term negative effects of food deprivation on growth, relative to the control. Overall survival rates were comparable between the food deprivation and control treatments, but significantly lower for fish in the cortisol treatment. Food availability and individual energetic state appear to dictate the future life-history strategy (migrate or remain resident) of juvenile salmonids while experimental elevation of the stress hormone cortisol causes impaired growth and reduced survival of both resident and migratory individuals.
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- Jonathan D Midwood
- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Freshwater Fisheries, Technical University of Denmark, Vejlsøvej 39, Silkeborg 8600, Denmark
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Freshwater Fisheries, Technical University of Denmark, Vejlsøvej 39, Silkeborg 8600, Denmark
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
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Vindas MA, Johansen IB, Folkedal O, Höglund E, Gorissen M, Flik G, Kristiansen TS, Øverli Ø. Brain serotonergic activation in growth-stunted farmed salmon: adaption versus pathology. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160030. [PMID: 27293782 PMCID: PMC4892444 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Signalling systems activated under stress are highly conserved, suggesting adaptive effects of their function. Pathologies arising from continued activation of such systems may represent a mismatch between evolutionary programming and current environments. Here, we use Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in aquaculture as a model to explore this stance of evolutionary-based medicine, for which empirical evidence has been lacking. Growth-stunted (GS) farmed fish were characterized by elevated brain serotonergic activation, increased cortisol production and behavioural inhibition. We make the novel observation that the serotonergic system in GS fish is unresponsive to additional stressors, yet a cortisol response is maintained. The inability of the serotonergic system to respond to additional stress, while a cortisol response is present, probably leads to both imbalance in energy metabolism and attenuated neural plasticity. Hence, we propose that serotonin-mediated behavioural inhibition may have evolved in vertebrates to minimize stress exposure in vulnerable individuals.
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- Marco A. Vindas
- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1041, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
- Uni Research AS, PO Box 7810, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1041, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
- Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, 5984 Matredal, Norway
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- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Section for Aquaculture, Technical University of Denmark, North Sea Center, PO Box 101, 9850 Hirtshals, Denmark
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- Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Radboud University, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Organismal Animal Physiology, Radboud University, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
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Debusschere E, Hostens K, Adriaens D, Ampe B, Botteldooren D, De Boeck G, De Muynck A, Sinha AK, Vandendriessche S, Van Hoorebeke L, Vincx M, Degraer S. Acoustic stress responses in juvenile sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax induced by offshore pile driving. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 208:747-757. [PMID: 26561450 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2015] [Revised: 10/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Underwater sound generated by pile driving during construction of offshore wind farms is a major concern in many countries. This paper reports on the acoustic stress responses in young European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (68 and 115 days old), based on four in situ experiments as close as 45 m from a pile driving activity. As a primary stress response, whole-body cortisol seemed to be too sensitive to 'handling' bias. On the other hand, measured secondary stress responses to pile driving showed significant reductions in oxygen consumption rate and low whole-body lactate concentrations. Furthermore, repeated exposure to impulsive sound significantly affected both primary and secondary stress responses. Under laboratory conditions, no tertiary stress responses (no changes in specific growth rate or Fulton's condition factor) were noted in young sea bass 30 days after the treatment. Still, the demonstrated acute stress responses and potentially repeated exposure to impulsive sound in the field will inevitably lead to less fit fish in the wild.
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- Elisabeth Debusschere
- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences, Fisheries, Bio-environmental Research Group, Ankerstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium; Ghent University, Biology Department, Marine Biology Section, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences, Fisheries, Bio-environmental Research Group, Ankerstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium.
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- Ghent University, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences, Biostatistics and Data Modeling, Scheldeweg 68, 9090 Melle, Belgium.
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- Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, Research Group Acoustics, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- University of Antwerp, Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research (SPHERE), Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
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- Ghent University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- University of Antwerp, Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research (SPHERE), Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
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- Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Animal Sciences, Fisheries, Bio-environmental Research Group, Ankerstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Ghent University, Biology Department, Marine Biology Section, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO), Gulledelle 100, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Ghent University, Biology Department, Marine Biology Section, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Stewart HA, Noakes DLG, Cogliati KM, Peterson JT, Iversen MH, Schreck CB. Salinity effects on plasma ion levels, cortisol, and osmolality in Chinook salmon following lethal sampling. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2015; 192:38-43. [PMID: 26603557 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Studies on hydromineral balance in fishes frequently employ measurements of electrolytes following euthanasia. We tested the effects of fresh- or salt-water euthanasia baths of tricaine mesylate (MS-222) on plasma magnesium (Mg(2+)) and sodium (Na(+)) ions, cortisol and osmolality in fish exposed to saltwater challenges, and the ion and steroid hormone fluctuations over time following euthanasia in juvenile spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Salinity of the euthanasia bath affected plasma Mg(2+) and Na(+) concentrations as well as osmolality, with higher concentrations in fish euthanized in saltwater. Time spent in the bath positively affected plasma Mg(2+) and osmolality, negatively affected cortisol, and had no effect on Na(+) concentrations. The difference of temporal trends in plasma Mg(2+) and Na(+) suggests that Mg(2+) may be more sensitive to physiological changes and responds more rapidly than Na(+). When electrolytes and cortisol are measured as endpoints after euthanasia, care needs to be taken relative to time after death and the salinity of the euthanasia bath.
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- Heather A Stewart
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA.
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA; Oregon Hatchery Research Center, 2418 East Fall Creek Road, Alsea, OR 97324, USA
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA; U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, 8049 Bodø, Norway
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803, USA
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Madaro A, Olsen RE, Kristiansen TS, Ebbesson LOE, Flik G, Gorissen M. A comparative study of the response to repeated chasing stress in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr and post-smolts. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2015; 192:7-16. [PMID: 26549876 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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When Atlantic salmon parr migrate from fresh water towards the sea, they undergo extensive morphological, neural, physiological and behavioural changes. Such changes have the potential to affect their responsiveness to various environmental factors that impose stress. In this study we compared the stress responses in parr and post-smolt salmon following exposure to repeated chasing stress (RCS) for three weeks. At the end of this period, all fish were challenged with a novel stressor and sampled before (T0) and after 1h (T1). Parr had a higher growth rate than post-smolts. Plasma cortisol declined in the RCS groups within the first week suggesting a rapid habituation/desensitisation of the endocrine stress axis. As a result of the desensitised HPI axis, RCS groups showed a reduced cortisol response when exposed to the novel stressor. In preoptic area (POA) crf mRNA levels were higher in all post-smolt groups compared to parr. 11βhsd2 decreased by RCS and by the novel stressor in post-smolt controls (T1), whereas no effect of either stress was seen in parr. The grs were low in all groups except for parr controls. In pituitary, parr controls had higher levels of crf1r mRNA than the other parr and post-smolt groups, whilst pomcb was higher in post-smolt control groups. Overall, 11βhsd2 transcript abundance in parr was lower than post-smolt groups; after the novel stressor pomcs, grs and mr were up-regulated in parr control (T1). In summary, we highlight differences in the central stress response between parr and post-smolt salmon following RCS.
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- Institute of Marine Research, NO-5984 Atredal, Norway; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Uni Research AS, Department of Integrative Fish Biology, N-5006 Bergen, Norway
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- Radboud University, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Animal Physiology, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Animal Physiology, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kusakabe M, Ishikawa A, Kitano J. Relaxin-related gene expression differs between anadromous and stream-resident stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) following seawater transfer. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014; 205:197-206. [PMID: 24973563 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Relaxin (RLN) is a hormone that was originally identified as a regulator of pregnancy and reproduction. However, recent mammalian studies have demonstrated that relaxins also have potent osmoregulatory actions. In mammals, six relaxin family peptides have been identified: RLN1/2, RLN3, insulin-like peptide (INSL) 3, INSL4, INSL5, and INSL6. Previous genome database searches have revealed that teleosts also possess multiple relaxin family genes. However, the functions of these relaxin family peptides in teleosts remain unclear. In order to gain insight into the osmoregulatory functions of teleost relaxins, we studied the relaxin family peptides in euryhaline three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), which have diversified into a variety of ecotypes. Rln3a, rln3b, and rln transcripts were abundant in the stickleback brain, whereas insl5b transcript levels were highest in the intestine among tissues. Seawater challenge experiments showed that transcript levels of rln3a, rln3b, and rln in the brain changed significantly after seawater transfer. Particularly, rln3b showed different patterns of temporal changes between anadromous and stream-resident morphs. The transcript levels of relaxin family peptide receptors, rxfp1, rxfp2b, rxfp3-2a, and rxfp3-2b, did not exhibit substantial changes in the brain, although these were constantly higher in the anadromous morph than the stream-resident morph. These results suggest that stickleback relaxin systems are differentially regulated by salinity signals, at least at the transcriptional level, and anadromous and stream-resident morphs differ in relaxin signaling pathways. The differences in the expression of relaxin-related genes between these two morphs provide a foundation for further exploration of the osmoregulatory function of relaxins in teleosts.
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- Makoto Kusakabe
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8564, Japan.
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Miller KM, Teffer A, Tucker S, Li S, Schulze AD, Trudel M, Juanes F, Tabata A, Kaukinen KH, Ginther NG, Ming TJ, Cooke SJ, Hipfner JM, Patterson DA, Hinch SG. Infectious disease, shifting climates, and opportunistic predators: cumulative factors potentially impacting wild salmon declines. Evol Appl 2014; 7:812-55. [PMID: 25469162 PMCID: PMC4227861 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Emerging diseases are impacting animals under high-density culture, yet few studies assess their importance to wild populations. Microparasites selected for enhanced virulence in culture settings should be less successful maintaining infectivity in wild populations, as once the host dies, there are limited opportunities to infect new individuals. Instead, moderately virulent microparasites persisting for long periods across multiple environments are of greatest concern. Evolved resistance to endemic microparasites may reduce susceptibilities, but as barriers to microparasite distributions are weakened, and environments become more stressful, unexposed populations may be impacted and pathogenicity enhanced. We provide an overview of the evolutionary and ecological impacts of infectious diseases in wild salmon and suggest ways in which modern technologies can elucidate the microparasites of greatest potential import. We present four case studies that resolve microparasite impacts on adult salmon migration success, impact of river warming on microparasite replication, and infection status on susceptibility to predation. Future health of wild salmon must be considered in a holistic context that includes the cumulative or synergistic impacts of multiple stressors. These approaches will identify populations at greatest risk, critically needed to manage and potentially ameliorate the shifts in current or future trajectories of wild populations.
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- Kristina M Miller
- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
- Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada
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- Biology Department, University of VictoriaVictoria, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
- Biology Department, University of VictoriaVictoria, BC, Canada
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- Biology Department, University of VictoriaVictoria, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaNanaimo, BC, Canada
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton UniverisyOttawa, ON, Canada
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- Environment Canada, Wildlife Research DivisionDelta, BC, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Science BranchBurnaby, BC, Canada
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- Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada
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Cook KV, Crossin GT, Patterson DA, Hinch SG, Gilmour KM, Cooke SJ. The stress response predicts migration failure but not migration rate in a semelparous fish. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014; 202:44-9. [PMID: 24769043 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Recent findings from iteroparous species suggest that glucocorticoid secretion following acute stress can mediate behavior and survival strategies, ultimately influencing fitness. However, these correlates of the stress response may not exist in semelparous animals given the inability to maximize fitness by delaying reproduction. We measured baseline and stress-induced cortisol concentrations in semelparous sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) following exposure to an acute stressor at the mouth of the Fraser River in British Columbia. The homing fish were then radio-tagged and tracked throughout their in-river migration. Findings reveal that the stress response (i.e. change from baseline to stress-induced cortisol) was predictive of mortality; fish failing to leave the release site had a significantly greater stress response (mean±SE=1004.0±75.3ng/mL) compared to fish capable of successfully migrating beyond one of the most difficult areas of passage over 100 river kilometers upstream (mean±SE=780.7±66.7ng/mL). However, there were no associations between swimming behaviors, both immediately following release and to last point of detection, and the stress response. This study also introduced an unique method of tagging migrating salmon that allows for rapid capture and sampling and thus provides the first assessment of true baseline cortisol concentrations at river-entry for migrating Pacific salmon in the wild. Results show the stress response to be linked to survival in a semelparous species and therefore set the stage for further exploration into how the evolutionary theories underlying relationships between stress responsiveness and fitness may differ between semelparous and iteroparous species.
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- Katrina V Cook
- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Biology Department, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
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- Centre for Applied Conservation Research, Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Pacific Region, Cooperative Resources Management Institute, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Centre for Applied Conservation Research, Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Biology Department, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada; Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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McQuillan HJ, Kusakabe M, Young G. Effects of chronic manipulation of adrenocorticotropic hormone levels in Chinook salmon on expression of interrenal steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and steroidogenic enzymes. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2011; 174:156-65. [PMID: 21906597 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Revised: 07/31/2011] [Accepted: 08/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The effects of chronic exposure to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) on the expression of genes involved in cortisol synthesis were examined using quantitative RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Juvenile Chinook salmon were treated with either ACTH via micro-osmotic pumps or with DEX via a lipid-based sustained release vehicle. Plasma cortisol levels were significantly elevated in ACTH-treated fish after 1 day, with a significant reduction in this effect with increasing treatment duration. ACTH also appeared to cause progressive hyperplasia of interrenal cells. Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) transcripts but not 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-isomerase (3β-HSD) or cytochrome P450 11β-hydroxylase (P45011β) transcripts in head kidneys significantly increased after 5 days of ACTH treatment. Significant linear relationships between plasma cortisol levels and transcript levels were identified at day 1 and day 5 for StAR, and day 5 for P450scc. Increased immunoreactivity for P450scc was observed in interrenal cells of ACTH-treated fish after 5 and 10 days. No effect of ACTH on 3β-HSD immunoreactivity was apparent at any time point. P45011β immunoreactivity was more intense after 5 days treatment with ACTH. DEX significantly reduced resting plasma cortisol levels and induced interrenal cell atrophy. Although no significant effect of treatment with DEX was found for any transcript, immunoreactivity for P450scc and P45011β appeared to be reduced. These results indicate that StAR and P450scc are subject to transcriptional regulation by chronic changes in ACTH levels.
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Balfry S, Welch DW, Atkinson J, Lill A, Vincent S. The effect of hatchery release strategy on marine migratory behaviour and apparent survival of Seymour River steelhead smolts (Oncorhynchus mykiss). PLoS One 2011; 6:e14779. [PMID: 21468320 PMCID: PMC3066170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Early marine migratory behaviour and apparent survival of hatchery-reared Seymour River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) smolts was examined over a four year period (2006–2009) to assess the impact of various management strategies on improving early marine survival. Acoustically tagged smolts were released to measure their survival using estuary and coastal marine receivers forming components of the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) array. Early marine survival was statistically indistinguishable between releases of summer run and winter run steelhead races, night and day releases, and groups released 10 days apart. In 2009, the survival of summer run steelhead released into the river was again trialed against groups released directly into the ocean at a distance from the river mouth. Apparent survival was improved significantly for the ocean released groups. The health and physiological status of the various release groups were monitored in years 2007–2009, and results indicate that the fish were in good health, with no clinical signs of disease at the time of release. The possibility of a disease event contributing to early marine mortality was further examined in 2009 by vaccinating half of the released fish against common fish diseases (vibriosis, furunculosis). The results suggest that marine survival may be enhanced using this approach, although not to the extent observed when the smolts were transported away from the river mouth before release. In summary, direct experimental testing of different release strategies using the POST array to measure ocean survival accelerated the scientific process by allowing rapid collection of data which enabled the rejection of several existing theories and allowed tentative identification of several new alternative approaches that might improve early marine survival of Seymour River steelhead.
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- Shannon Balfry
- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Pankhurst NW. The endocrinology of stress in fish: an environmental perspective. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2011; 170:265-75. [PMID: 20688064 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Much of the understanding of the endocrine basis of stress in fish comes from studies of cultured stocks of teleosts; there is comparatively little information on stress responses in wild stock, and less still on chondrosteans and elasmobranchs. This understanding is being refined through increasing understanding of molecular processes underlying endocrine events, with molecular tools offering ready examination of parts of the endocrine pathway that have been resistant to easy measurement of hormone products. An assessment of the timecourse of activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis shows generally strong independence of temperature, with most teleosts showing measurable increase in plasma cortisol within 10 min of stress. Chondrostean and elasmobranch responses are less well described, but in chondrosteans at least, the response pattern appears to be similar to teleosts. The short latency for increases in corticosteroids following exposure to a stressor means that sampling of wild fish needs to occur rapidly after encounter. Several techniques including underwater sampling and rapid line capture are suitable for this, as is measurement of steroid release to the water by undisturbed fish, albeit possibly with a reduced range of applications. Basal cortisol values in wild teleosts are typically <10 ng mL(-1), but a number of species show values orders of magnitude higher in unstressed fish. Variability in corticosteroid levels arises from a range of factors in addition to stress including, sex and maturity, time of day or since feeding, and season. These factors need to be understood for the sensible assessment of stress responses in wild fish. Studies on free-living birds suggest that environmental stress resides mainly around unpredictable change, and the limited data available for fish support this view. The effect of unpredictable event such as floods or storms are difficult to assess in wild fish due to the difficulty in sampling at these times, and would be predicted to impose environmental stress as in terrestrial systems; however, this has yet to be demonstrated. There is scope for use of stress responses to be used as a measure of environmental quality but only if the basic response to environmental stress is well understood first. Development of this understanding remains a priority for this field of research.
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- N W Pankhurst
- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia.
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Hoseini SM, Hosseini SA. Effect of dietary L-tryptophan on osmotic stress tolerance in common carp, Cyprinus carpio, juveniles. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2010; 36:1061-1067. [PMID: 20148306 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9383-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Common carp juveniles were fed two types of diet (control: 0.1% tryptophan and TRP: 0.6% tryptophan) over 15 days. Thereafter, both groups were directly subjected to osmotic challenge (from 0 to 10 ppt) for 168 h. Blood samples were collected at -240, 0, 6, 24, 72 and 168 h after challenge. Survival and serum cortisol, glucose, sodium and chloride levels were measured to determine stress response and osmoregulation condition. While TRP group showed no mortality until 168 h, cumulative mortality was near 100% at 72 h after challenge in control group. Feeding tryptophan-supplemented diet led to increase in prechallenge cortisol, but not glucose, sodium and chloride values at -240 h that stayed elevated until 0 h after challenge. After challenge, cortisol and glucose values did not significantly affected by time of sampling but type of diet and diet×time interaction. Sodium values significantly affected by diet type and time of sampling but not their interaction. Chloride values significantly affected by time of sampling but not diet type and their interaction. Control group had higher cortisol, glucose and sodium than TRP at each time of sampling. Control and TRP group showed increasing and decreasing pattern in cortisol and glucose values when experiment progressed after osmotic challenge. Both group showed increasing pattern in sodium and chloride values when experiment progressed after osmotic challenge. Results indicated that tryptophan supplementation enhanced salt water tolerance of carp that is due to increase in basal cortisol and anti-stress effect of tryptophan and possibly increase in serotonergic activity.
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- Seyyed Morteza Hoseini
- Fisheries Faculty, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
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Efficacy of clove powder solution on stress mitigation in juvenile common carps, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Welker TL, Congleton JL. Preliminary examination of oxidative stress in juvenile spring Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha of wild origin sampled from transport barges. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2009; 75:1895-1905. [PMID: 20738658 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Migrating juvenile wild Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, collected and loaded onto transport barges at Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River, were sampled from barges at John Day Dam, 348 km downstream, at 5 day intervals beginning in late April and ending in late May. An increase in lipid peroxidation and decrease in vitamin E in liver were observed from early to late in the barge transportation season. These changes seemed unrelated to changes in plasma cortisol or corresponding glucose levels, which declined from early to late in the season, or the concentration of n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) concentrations in tissue but may be related to water temperature, which increased during the transport season, or other changes associated with the parr-smolt transformation.
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- T L Welker
- Aquatic Animal Health Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Auburn, AL 36832-0952, USA.
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Monette MY, McCormick SD. Impacts of short-term acid and aluminum exposure on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) physiology: a direct comparison of parr and smolts. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2008; 86:216-226. [PMID: 18082903 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 11/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Episodic acidification resulting in increased acidity and inorganic aluminum (Al(i)) is known to impact anadromous salmonids and has been identified as a possible cause of Atlantic salmon population decline. Sensitive life-stages such as smolts may be particularly vulnerable to impacts of short-term (days-week) acid/Al exposure, however the extent and mechanism(s) of this remain unknown. To determine if Atlantic salmon smolts are more sensitive than parr to short-term acid/Al, parr and smolts held in the same experimental tanks were exposed to control (pH 6.3-6.6, 11-37 microgl(-1) Al(i)) and acid/Al (pH 5.0-5.4, 43-68 microgl(-1) Al(i)) conditions in the lab, and impacts on ion regulation, stress response and gill Al accumulation were examined after 2 and 6 days. Parr and smolts were also held in cages for 2 and 6 days in a reference (Rock River, RR) and an acid/Al-impacted tributary (Ball Mountain Brook, BMB) of the West River in Southern Vermont. In the lab, losses in plasma Cl(-) levels occurred in both control parr and smolts as compared to fish sampled prior to the start of the study, however smolts exposed to acid/Al experienced additional losses in plasma Cl(-) levels (9-14 mM) after 2 and 6 days, and increases in plasma cortisol (4.3-fold) and glucose (2.9-fold) levels after 6 days, whereas these parameters were not significantly affected by acid/Al in parr. Gill Na(+),K(+)-ATPase (NKA) activity was not affected by acid/Al in either life-stage. Both parr and smolts held at BMB (but not RR) exhibited declines in plasma Cl(-), and increases in plasma cortisol and glucose levels; these differences were significantly greater in smolts after 2 days but similar in parr and smolts after 6 days. Gill NKA activity was reduced 45-54% in both life-stages held at BMB for 6 days compared to reference fish at RR. In both studies, exposure to acid/Al resulted in gill Al accumulation in parr and smolts, with parr exhibiting two-fold greater gill Al than smolts after 6 days. Our results indicate that smolts are more sensitive than parr to short-term acid/Al. Increased sensitivity of smolts appears to be independent of a reduction in gill NKA activity and greater gill Al accumulation. Instead, increased sensitivity of smolts is likely a result of both the acquisition of seawater tolerance while still in freshwater and heightened stress responsiveness in preparation for seawater entry and residence.
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- Michelle Y Monette
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Westring CG, Ando H, Kitahashi T, Bhandari RK, Ueda H, Urano A, Dores RM, Sher AA, Danielson PB. Seasonal changes in CRF-I and urotensin I transcript levels in masu salmon: correlation with cortisol secretion during spawning. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2008; 155:126-40. [PMID: 17499738 PMCID: PMC2180164 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Pacific salmon employ a semelparous reproductive strategy where sexual maturation is followed by rapid senescence and death. Cortisol overproduction has been implicated as the central physiologic event responsible for the post-spawning demise of these fish. Cortisol homeostasis is regulated through the action of hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) axis. These include corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin-I (UI). In the present study, masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) were assayed for changes in the levels CRF-I and UI mRNA transcripts by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). These results were compared to plasma cortisol levels in juvenile, adult, and spawning masu salmon to identify specific regulatory factors that appear to be functionally associated with changes in cortisol levels. Intramuscular implantation of GnRH analog (GnRHa) capsules was also used to determine whether GnRH influences stress hormone levels. In both male and female masu salmon, spawning fish experienced a 5- to 7-fold increase in plasma cortisol levels relative to juvenile non-spawning salmon. Changes in CRF-I mRNA levels were characterized by 1-2 distinctive short-term surges in adult masu salmon. Conversely, seasonal changes in UI mRNA levels displayed broad and sustained increases during the pre-spawning and spawning periods. The increases in UI mRNA levels were positively correlated (R(2)=0.21 male and 0.26 female, p<0.0001) with levels of plasma cortisol in the pre-spawning and spawning periods. Despite the importance of GnRH in sexual maturation and reproduction, the administration of GnRHa to test animals failed to produce broad changes in CRF-I, UI or plasma cortisol levels. These findings suggest a more direct role for UI than for CRF-I in the regulation of cortisol levels in spawning Pacific salmon.
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Gustafson L, Ellis S, Robinson T, Marenghi F, Merrill P, Hawkins L, Giray C, Wagner B. Spatial and non-spatial risk factors associated with cage-level distribution of infectious salmon anaemia at three Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., farms in Maine, USA. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2007; 30:101-9. [PMID: 17298565 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00792.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The distribution of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) was examined among 80 cages from three Atlantic salmon grow-out farms in Maine, USA that were stocked with smolts from a single hatchery. Cage-level disease was broadly defined as one or more moribund fish testing positive for infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) by RT-PCR and a second confirmatory test (IFAT, culture or genotype sequence). Spatio-temporal and cage-level risks were explored using logistic regression and survival analysis. Non-spatial risk factors associated with ISA, or shortened survival time to disease, included increased predation, trucking company choice for smolt transfers, a finely-sedimented benthic substrate, and smaller average size of smolts at stocking. Univariable analysis identified the time-dependent spatial factor 'adjacency to newly infected cages' to be predictive of new infection in neighbouring cages 11-12 weeks later. However, none of the spatial factors, or their lags retained relevance in multiple-variable models. The results suggest a diffuse distribution of virus exposure throughout infected sites, with host-susceptibility factors probably influencing disease manifestation in individual cages. The narrow focus of the current study may limit application of the findings to other sites and year-classes. However, these data support the relevance of husbandry efforts to optimize fish health in regions affected by ISAV.
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- L Gustafson
- USDA APHIS VS, ISA Program, Eastport, ME, USA.
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Rønneseth A, Pettersen EF, Wergeland HI. Leucocytes of anadromous and landlocked strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the smolting period. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 19:229-239. [PMID: 15820124 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2004] [Revised: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 12/20/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using flow cytometry and leucocyte specific monoclonal antibodies, neutrophils and B-cells were studied in blood and head kidney from wild strains of Atlantic salmon. The strains were Vosso and Blege, being an anadromous and landlocked strain, respectively. Smoltification was induced using a simulated natural photoperiod and sampling was performed monthly for 6 months and ended for the Blege strain at the time of seawater transfer while samples were collected from the Vosso strain after 4 weeks in seawater. Throughout the observation period, the mean proportions of neutrophils in both head kidney leucocytes (HKL) and peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL), were highest for the Vosso strain. The opposite was observed for B-cells where the Blege strain had higher or similar mean proportions compared to the Vosso strain. There were some differences between HKL and PBL. The mean proportion of neutrophils was always higher in HKL than in PBL and the mean proportion of B-cells was higher in PBL than in HKL. The fluctuations during the observation period, in the proportions of B-cells and neutrophils of the analysed cell population, showed mainly the same pattern in both strains. Differences between the strains were observed at various times in the mean of total number of leucocytes per gram head kidney and per millilitre of blood. The fluctuations throughout the experimental period in total numbers of leucocytes in head kidney and blood followed mainly the same pattern in both strains. The results of the leucocyte analyses suggest that there are differences between the anadromous and landlocked strains with respect to what cell type is present in highest proportion in the leucocyte samples from head kidney and blood. The striking similarity between the strains is the profiles of proportions of B-cells and neutrophils in HKL and PBL during the smoltification period.
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- Anita Rønneseth
- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen High-Technology Center, Norway
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Barreto RE, Volpato GL. Caution for using ventilatory frequency as an indicator of stress in fish. Behav Processes 2004; 66:43-51. [PMID: 15062970 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2003] [Revised: 12/18/2003] [Accepted: 01/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study tested the use of ventilatory frequency (VF) as an indicator of stress in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.). Firstly, we tested the relationship between VF and plasma cortisol after confinement. Confined fish showed higher VF and plasma cortisol levels, but the latter continued to increase significantly for longer time than VF. Secondly, we conducted another experiment to test the use of VF as indicator of fish stress. In four out of six treatment, we confined the fish for different intervals (30 s, 5, 15 or 30 min). The others were used as control. In one, no handling was imposed. The other control consisted of introducing the partition (the same used to perform the confinement) into the aquarium for less than 4 s, without confinement and immediately removing the partition (partition control). Ventilatory frequency was increased for the partition control as much as for the longer duration of confinement. This clearly indicates that VF is a very sensitivity response to disturbance, but of limited use because this parameter does not reflect the severity of the stimulus. Thus, although VF is a non-invasive technique that does not require sophisticated recording equipment, its usefulness is limited.
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- Rodrigo Egydio Barreto
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Behavior, Research Center on Animal Welfare-RECAW, Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, 18618-000, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Pettersen EF, Ulvenes M, Melingen GO, Wergeland HI. Peripheral blood and head kidney leucocyte populations during out-of-season (0+) parr-smolt transformation and seawater transfer of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 15:373-385. [PMID: 14550664 DOI: 10.1016/s1050-4648(02)00185-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using monoclonal antibodies (MAb) and flow cytometry, Atlantic salmon neutrophils and Ig+ cells in blood and head kidney were studied in under-yearling out-of-season (0+) smolts, and 2 and 4 weeks after transfer to seawater. The parr-smolt transformation was induced using a phase advanced simulated natural photoperiod regime, and sampling of four fish was performed at regular intervals, starting on the date of the photoperiod initiation. During the freshwater period the proportion of neutrophils in the head kidney leucocytes (HKL) remained quite stable and only gradual changes in Ig+ cells were observed. In the peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL), the proportion of neutrophils markedly increased during the last month prior to seawater transfer. The most notable changes in the proportions of MAb+ leucocytes were observed in PBL after seawater transfer, with a significant increase in Ig+ cells and a significant decrease in neutrophils after two weeks in seawater. In the freshwater samples, although there were fluctuations, a decrease in the numbers of total leucocytes per millilitre blood and per gram head kidney during parr-smolt transformation was observed. The number of MAb+ cells in blood appeared to be relatively stable, while the number in head kidney tended to decrease. Following seawater transfer, the numbers of total and MAb+ leucocytes in both blood and head kidney increased markedly. The results suggest that changes in both distribution and numbers of leucocytes in peripheral blood and head kidney take place during parr-smolt transformation, and that marked changes are associated with seawater transfer. Some mechanisms possibly involved are indicated.
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- E Fausa Pettersen
- Department of Fisheries and Marine Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen High-Technology Center, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
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Yada T, Nakanishi T. Interaction between endocrine and immune systems in fish. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2003; 220:35-92. [PMID: 12224552 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)20003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Diseases in fish are serious problems for the development of aquaculture. The outbreak of fish disease is largely dependent on environmental and endogenous factors resulting in opportunistic infection. Recent studies, particularly on stress response, have revealed that bidirectional communication between the endocrine and immune systems via hormones and cytokines exists at the level of teleost fish. Recently information on such messengers and receptors has accumulated in fish research particularly at the molecular level. Furthermore, it has become apparent in fish that cells of the immune system produce or express hormones and their receptors and vice versa to exchange information between the two systems. This review summarizes and updates the knowledge on endocrine-immune interactions in fish with special emphasis on the roles of such mediators or receptors for their interactions.
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- Takashi Yada
- Nikko Branch, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Tochigi, Japan
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The adrenal homolog of teleosts is not a compact organ as the adrenal glands of most vertebrates but is composed by aminergic chromaffin and interrenal steroidogenic cells located mostly inside the head kidney that, in this taxon, generally has a hematopoietic function. The two tissues can be mixed, adjacent, or completely separated and line the endothelium of the venous vessels or are located in close proximity. The chromaffin cells in some species are also present in the posterior kidney. Histological and ultrastructural work revealed cytological peculiarities of both types of cells as compared to those of other vertebrate species. In particular, the interrenal ones can show some variations in ultrastructure depending on sex, time of the year, and relation to stress events. A periodic renewal of the whole gland tissue is also sustained by some studies. Research regarding development is scanty as compared to mammals and most studies go back to the early years of the past century. The adrenal homolog of teleosts is under hormonal and neuronal control. Moreover, local paracrine interactions may play an important role in modulating a system involved in stress response and osmoregulation. Most previous studies involved a few species with the object of intensive rearing for commercial purposes; in fact cortisol, the main hormone secreted by the interrenal cells, can also influence reproduction and growth. This review summarizes data from morphocytological work and refers to other excellent reviews regarding physiology. Some of the results are compared to data available from other fishes and vertebrate classes with the aim of including them in an evolutionary and environmental framework.
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Kusakabe M, Todo T, McQuillan HJ, Goetz FW, Young G. Characterization and expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and MLN64 cDNAs in trout. Endocrinology 2002; 143:2062-70. [PMID: 12021170 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.6.8672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Complementary DNA-encoding proteins with high homology to steroidogenic acute regulatory proteins (StAR) of mammals were cloned from rainbow trout head kidney and a mixture of several brook trout tissues. A cDNA encoding an MLN64 homolog was also cloned from brook trout. The C-terminal domains of rainbow trout StAR and brook trout StAR were very highly conserved compared with StAR of mammals. In rainbow trout, Northern and RT-PCR analyses showed abundant StAR transcripts in head kidney, ovary, and testis, and weaker signals were found in intestine, pyloric caeca, spleen, and kidney. Brief acute stress resulted in elevated plasma cortisol levels and a 2-fold increase in rainbow trout StAR transcripts in head kidneys sampled 3 h after exposure to the stressor. In brook trout, StAR transcripts were detected only in known steroidogenic tissues. Ovarian brook trout StAR mRNA was not seen until the onset of final maturation. Its abundance increased during germinal vesicle breakdown, peaked during and just following ovulation, and decreased by 2 wk post ovulation. Brook trout MLN64 transcripts were found in all tissues tested, and transcript abundance in ovarian samples did not vary during final oocyte maturation and ovulation. Both StAR structure and function appear to be highly conserved throughout the vertebrates.
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- Makoto Kusakabe
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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Alcorn SW, Murra AL, Pascho RJ. Effects of rearing temperature on immune functions in sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 12:303-334. [PMID: 12049168 DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2001.0373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To determine if the defences of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) raised in captivity are affected by the rearing temperature or their life-cycle stage, various indices of the humoral and cellular immune functions were measured in fish reared at either 8 or 12 degrees C for their entire life-cycle. Measures of humoral immunity included the commonly used haematological parameters, as well as measurements of complement, and lysozyme activity. Cellular assays quantified the ability of macrophages from the anterior kidney to phagocytise Staphylococcus aureus cells, or the activities of certain bactericidal systems of those cells. The T-dependent antibody response to a recombinant 57 kDa protein of Renibacterium salmoninarum was used to quantify the specific immune response. Fish were sampled during the spring and fall of their second, third and fourth years, corresponding to a period that began just before smolting and ended at sexual maturation. Fish reared at 8 degrees C tended to have a greater percentage of phagocytic kidney macrophages during the first 2 years of sampling than the fish reared at 12 degrees C. During the last half of the study the complement activity of the fish reared at 8 degrees C was greater than that of the 12 degrees C fish. Conversely, a greater proportion of the blood leucocytes were lymphocytes in fish reared at 12 degrees C compared to the fish reared at 8 degrees C. Fish reared at 12 degrees C also produced a greater antibody response than those reared at 8 degrees C. Results suggested that the immune apparatus of sockeye salmon reared at 8 degrees C relied more heavily on the non-specific immune response, while the specific immune response was used to a greater extent when the fish were reared at 12 degrees C. Although a seasonal effect was not detected in any of the indices measured, varying effects were observed in some measurements during sexual maturation of fish in both temperature groups. At that time there were dramatic decreases in complement activity and lymphocyte numbers. This study was unique in its scope because it was the first quantitative assessment of salmon immune functions for an entire life-cycle.
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- Stewart W Alcorn
- School of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Wojtaszek J, Dziewulska-Szwajkowska D, Lozińska-Gabska M, Adamowicz A, Dzugaj A. Hematological effects of high dose of cortisol on the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): cortisol effect on the carp blood. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2002; 125:176-83. [PMID: 11884063 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The level of circulating cortisol and peripheral blood parameters were determined in carp age 2 years (K(2)) 24, 72, and 216 h after a single intraperitoneal injection of a high dose (200 mg x kg(-1) body wt) of hydrocortisone. The most striking effect of cortisol was manifest as a significant change in the percentage composition of leukocytes, whose number per unit volume of blood remained relatively constant. A profound lymphopenia and eosinopenia were compensated for in the general balance by an increased number of circulating promyelocytes and myelocytes as well as metamyelocytes and mature polymorphonuclear neutrophilic granulocytes. The results and their possible reasons are discussed on the background of literature data.
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- J Wojtaszek
- Department of Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute, Wrocław University, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205, Wrocław, Poland.
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Mizuno S, Ura K, Onodera Y, Fukada H, Misaka N, Hara A, Adachi S, Yamauchi K. Changes in Transcript Levels of Gill Cortisol Receptor during Smoltification in Wild Masu Salmon, Oncorhynchus masou. Zoolog Sci 2001. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Barton BA, Bollig H, Hauskins BL, Jansen CR. Juvenile pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus) and hybrid pallidxshovelnose (S. albusxplatorynchus) sturgeons exhibit low physiological responses to acute handling and severe confinement. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2000; 126:125-34. [PMID: 10908860 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00192-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Following a 7.5-h transport haul, juvenile pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) showed a small but significant increase in plasma cortisol to 4.7 ng ml(-1) but similar increases did not occur after fish were handled in a net held in the air for 30 s. Subsequent experiments on yearling pallid sturgeon and hybrid pallidxshovelnose (S. albusxplatorynchus) sturgeon using the same 30-s handling stressor failed to evoke increases in plasma cortisol, lactate or glucose. Plasma cortisol increased significantly from about 2 to 13-14 ng ml(-1) in both pallid and hybrid sturgeon during a 6-h severe confinement stressor with handling. Plasma cortisol in 2-year-old pallid sturgeon subjected to the same stressor demonstrated a linear pattern of increase during the initial 1 h. Plasma lactate increased from 1.11 to about 2.11 mmol l(-1) in hybrid sturgeon during the first hour of severe confinement but did not change throughout the entire confinement period in pallid sturgeon. A significant increase in plasma cortisol to 5.4 ng ml(-1) in 2-year-old pallid sturgeon 1 h after being subjected to 30 s handling at 19:00 h but not at 07:00 or 13:00 h suggests that a small diurnal variation in their stress response may exist. Although both pallid and hybrid sturgeons were responsive to stress, they exhibited very low physiological responses compared with those following equivalent stressors in most teleostean fishes or another chondrostean, the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). Reasons for the apparent low responses to handling and confinement in scaphirhynchid sturgeons are not known but may relate to their evolutionary history, neuroendocrine mechanisms involved in their corticosteroid responses, or anatomy of their interrenal tissue structure.
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- B A Barton
- Department of Biology and Missouri River Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069, USA.
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Hoffnagle TL, Fivizzani AJ. Effect of Three Hatchery Lighting Schemes on Indices of Smoltification in Chinook Salmon. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1577/1548-8640(1998)060<0179:eothls>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Physiological stress responses of the freshwater chondrostean paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) to acute physical disturbances. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(98)10036-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Uchida K, Kaneko T, Tagawa M, Hirano T. Localization of cortisol receptor in branchial chloride cells in chum salmon fry. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1998; 109:175-85. [PMID: 9473362 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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To clarify the involvement of cortisol in functional differentiation of branchial chloride cells, cellular gene expression and localization of cortisol receptor were examined in chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) fry in freshwater (FW) and those adapted to seawater (SW) by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical staining. Sodium-potassium adenosinetriphosphatase (Na+,K(+)-ATPase) activity in the whole gill homogenate was significantly higher in SW fish than in FW fish. There were no significant differences in plasma cortisol levels nor in the expression of cortisol receptor mRNA, examined by Northern blot analysis, between SW and FW fish. The receptor gene expression, examined by in situ hybridization with biotin-labeled synthetic oligonucleotide probe, and specific immunostaining with anticortisol receptor serum were found in two types of chloride cells distributed in the gill filaments and lamellae, which were also labeled with anti-Na+,K(+)-ATPase serum, indicating that cortisol may be one of the important factors regulating chloride cell functions. Gene expression of cortisol receptor in filament chloride cells, which were highly activated in SW-adapted fry, was significantly greater in the fry adapted to SW than in FW-adapted fry, reflecting their specific role in salt secretion in SW. Cortisol receptors were also present in undifferentiated cells in the interlamellar regions adjacent to the central venous sinus, also suggesting the involvement of cortisol in the functional differentiation of chloride cells.
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- K Uchida
- Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Takagi Y, Björnsson BT. Cortisol inhibits glycosaminoglycan synthesis in cultured rainbow trout cartilage. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1997; 108:80-6. [PMID: 9378276 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In vitro actions of corticosteroids (cortisol, 11-deoxycortisol, cortisone, and corticosterone) as well as interaction between cortisol and triiodothyronine (T3) or recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I (rhIGF-I) on cartilage glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were examined. Uptake of [35S]sulfate by isolated branchial cartilage was measured as a marker for GAG synthesis. In vitro exposure of cartilage to cortisol at concentrations of 10, 100, and 1000 nM for 6 days dose-dependently inhibited sulfate uptake, while exposure to 0.1 and 1 nM cortisol had no effect. Corticosterone and 11-deoxycortisol at concentrations of 10 and 100 nM inhibited sulfate uptake slightly but not dose-dependently. Cortisone (1, 10, and 100 nM) had no effect. When cortisol (1, 10, and 100 nM) and T3 (0.075 and 0.75 nM) were simultaneously added to the culture, the T3-induced sulfate uptake was dose-dependently reduced by the presence of 10 and 100 nM cortisol. When cortisol (1, 10, and 100 nM) and rhIGF-I (0.1 and 1 nM) were added together, the sulfate uptake induced by 0.1 nM rhIGF-I was only slightly inhibited by 100 nM cortisol, but 1 nM rhIGF-I completely masked the inhibitory effect of cortisol. These data suggest that GAG synthesis in the rainbow trout cartilage is controlled by multiple interactions among stimulative hormones, such as T3 and IGF-I, and inhibitory hormones, such as cortisol.
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- Y Takagi
- Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Akahama, Iwate, 028-11, Japan
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Smolt Production. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-9309(96)80011-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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