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Shen M, Wang Y, Tang Y, Zhu F, Jiang J, Zhou J, Li Q, Meng Q, Zhang Z. Effects of different salinity reduction intervals on osmoregulation, anti-oxidation and apoptosis of Eriocheir sinensis megalopa. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2024; 291:111593. [PMID: 38307449 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111593] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
Abstract
Eriocheir sinensis megalopa has a special life history of migrating from seawater to freshwater. In order to investigate how the megalopa adapt themselves to the freshwater environment, we designed an experiment to reduce the salinity of water from 30 ppt to 0 at rates of 30 ppt, 15 ppt, 10 ppt, and 5 ppt per 24 h to evaluate the effects of different degrees of hyposaline stress on the osmotic regulation ability and antioxidant system of the megalopa. Experimental results related to osmotic pressure regulation show that the gill tissue of megalopa in the treatment group of 30 ppt/24 h rapid reduction of salinity was damaged, while in the treatment group of 5 ppt/24 h it was intact. At the same time, the experiment also found that in each treatment group with different salinity reduction rates, compared with the control salinity, the NKA activity of megalopa increased significantly after the salinity was reduced to 20 ppt (p < 0.05). In addition, two genes involved in chloride ion transmembrane absorption have different expression patterns in the treatment groups with different salinity reduction rates. Among them, Clcn2 was significantly highly expressed only in the rapid salinity reduction intervals of 30 ppt/24 h and 15 ppt/24 h (p < 0.05). Slc26a6 was significantly highly expressed only in the slow salinity reduction intervals of 10 ppt/24 h and 5 ppt/24 h (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the results of antioxidant and apoptosis related experiments showed that in all treatment groups with different rates of salinity reduction, the activities of T-AOC, GSH-PX, and CAT basically increased significantly after salinity reduction compared to the control salinity. Moreover, the activities of T-AOC and CAT were significantly higher in the 10 ppt/24 h and 5 ppt/24 h treatment groups than in the 30 ppt/24 h and 15 ppt/24 h treatment groups. Finally, the experimental results related to apoptosis showed that the expression trends of Capase3 and Bax-2 were basically the same in the treatment groups with different salinity reduction rates, and their expressions were significantly higher in the 10 ppt/24 h and 5 ppt/24 h treatment groups than in the 30 ppt/24 h and 15 ppt/24 h treatment groups. In summary, the present study found that megalopa had strong hyposaline tolerance and were able to regulate osmolality at different rates of salinity reduction, but the antioxidant capacity differed significantly between treatment groups, with rapid salinity reduction leading to oxidative damage in the anterior gills and reduced antioxidant enzyme activity and apoptosis levels.
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- Mingjun Shen
- Jiangsu Marine Fishery Research Institute, Nantong, China; National Demonstration Center for experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Jiangsu Marine Fishery Research Institute, Nantong, China; National Demonstration Center for experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- National Demonstration Center for experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China; Freshwater Fisheries Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China.
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- Jiangsu Marine Fishery Research Institute, Nantong, China
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- Tongzhou Aquatic Technology Promotion Station, Nantong, China
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- Tongzhou Aquatic Technology Promotion Station, Nantong, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Marine Fishery Research Institute, Nantong, China; National Demonstration Center for experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
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Bozza DC, Freire CA, Prodocimo V. A systematic evaluation on the relationship between hypo-osmoregulation and hyper-osmoregulation in decapods of different habitats. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART A, ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 341:5-30. [PMID: 37853933 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Decapods occupy all aquatic, and terrestrial and semi-terrestrial environments. According to their osmoregulatory capacity, they can be osmoconformers or osmoregulators (hypo or hyperegulators). The goal of this study is to gather data available in the literature for aquatic decapods and verify if the rare hyporegulatory capacity of decapods is associated with hyper-regulatory capacity. The metric used to quantify osmoregulation was the osmotic capacity (OC), the gradient between external and internal (hemolymph) osmolalities. We employ phylogenetic comparative methods using 83 species of decapods to test the correlation between hyper OC and hypo OC, beyond the ancestral state for osmolality habitat, which was used to reconstruct the colonization route. Our analysis showed a phylogenetic signal for habitat osmolality, hyper OC and hypo OC, suggesting that hyper-hyporegulators decapods occupy similar habitats and show similar hyper and hyporegulatory capacities. Our findings reveal that all hyper-hyporegulators decapods (mainly shrimps and crabs) originated in estuarine waters. Hyper OC and hypo OC are correlated in decapods, suggesting correlated evolution. The analysis showed that species which inhabit environments with intense salinity variation such as estuaries, supratidal and mangrove habitats, all undergo selective pressure to acquire efficient hyper-hyporegulatory mechanisms, aided by low permeabilities. Therefore, hyporegulation can be observed in any colonization route that passes through environments with extreme variations in salinity, such as estuaries or brackish water.
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- Deivyson Cattine Bozza
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centro Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centro Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centro Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Allen GJP, Sachs M, Nash MT, Quijada-Rodriguez AR, Klymasz-Swartz A, Weihrauch D. Identification of different physiological functions within the gills and epipodites of the American lobster: Differences in metabolism, transbranchial transport, and mRNA expression. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2023; 276:111344. [PMID: 36379379 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111344] [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: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Transbranchial transport processes are responsible for the homeostatic regulation of most essential physiological functions in aquatic crustaceans. Due to their widespread use as laboratory models, brachyuran crabs are commonly used to predict how other decapod crustaceans respond to environmental stressors including ocean acidification and warming waters. Non-brachyuran species such as the economically-valuable American lobster, Homarus americanus, possess trichobranchiate gills and epipodites that are known to be anatomically distinct from the phyllobranchiate gills of brachyurans; however, studies have yet to define their potential physiological differences. Our results indicate that the pleuro-, arthro-, and podobranch gills of the lobster are functionally homogenous and similar to the respiratory gills of brachyurans as indicated by equivalent rates of H+Eq., CO2, HCO3-, and ammonia transport and mRNA expression of related transporters and enzymes. The epipodites were found to be functionally distinct, being capable of greater individual rates of H+Eq., CO2, and ammonia transport despite mRNA transcript levels of related transporters and enzymes being only a fraction found in the gills. Collectively, mathematical estimates infer that the gills are responsible for 91% of the lobster's branchial HCO3- accumulation whereas the epipodites are responsible for 66% of branchial ammonia excretion suggesting different mechanisms exist in these tissues. Furthermore, the greater metabolic rate and amino acid catabolism in the epipodites suggest that the tissue much of the CO2 and ammonia excreted by this tissue originates intracellularly rather than systemically. These results provide evidence that non-brachyuran species must be carefully compared to brachyuran models.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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Bas CC, Ituarte RB, Kittlein MJ. Decapod eggs membranes: powerful barriers or regulatory structures? J Exp Biol 2022; 225:275823. [PMID: 35762232 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.244165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Osmoregulatory abilities and mechanisms of adults and larvae of decapod crustaceans have been extensively investigated. However, how embryos carried by their mothers can deal with changing or extreme salinities is less understood. The egg membranes are believed to isolate embryos from a challenging environment, although osmoregulatory ability has been demonstrated in early developing embryos (naupliar stage) of two crabs. To establish whether embryos are isolated by their membranes and/or are able to osmoregulate, we measured the survival and volume change over 48 h of oocytes and embryos in different stages of three carideans (Betaeus lilianae, Palaemon macrodactylus and P. argentinus) and the brachyuran Neohelice granulata, subjected to different salinities. In addition, we recorded osmolality changes in homogenates of the same stages in P. argentinus and N. granulata after 2 h of exposure and mapped the presence of putative sites of ions exchange in the membrane of all species. High mortality, when existed, was associated to low salinity and their variation with the stage of development depended on the species. All species precipitated silver salts in or under the egg envelope, with a different pattern between carideans and brachyuran. Changes in osmolality and egg volume after hypo/hyper osmotic salinity challenges indicate that eggs are not fully isolated by their membranes, and that some osmoregulatory mechanisms are in play to maintain developmental homeostasis. We suggest that egg membranes can participate in osmoregulation by selectively transporting ions to an intramembrane space, with differences between carideans and brachyurans.
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- Claudia C Bas
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), FCEyN. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Osorio-Palacios M, Montiel-Trejo L, Oliver-Domínguez I, Hernández-Falcón J, Mendoza-Ángeles K. Sleep Phases in Crayfish: Relationship Between Brain Electrical Activity and Autonomic Variables. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:694924. [PMID: 34720849 PMCID: PMC8551808 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.694924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In vertebrates like mammals and birds, two types of sleep have been identified: rapid eye movement and non-rapid eye movement sleep. Each one is associated with specific electroencephalogram patterns and is accompanied by variations in cardiac and respiratory frequencies. Sleep has been demonstrated only in a handful of invertebrates, and evidence for different sleep stages remains elusive. Previous results show that crayfish sleeps while lying on one side on the surface of the water, but it is not known if this animal has sleep phases. Heart rate and respiratory frequency are modified by diverse changes in the crayfish environment during wakefulness, and previously, we showed that variations in these variables are present during sleep despite that there are no autonomic anatomical structures described in this animal. Here, we conducted experiments to search for sleep phases in crayfish and the relationships between sleep and cardiorespiratory activity. We used the wavelet transform, grouping analysis with k-means clustering, and principal component analysis, to analyze brain and cardiorespiratory electrical activity. Our results show that (a) crayfish can sleep lying on one side or when it is motionless and (b) the depth of sleep (measured as the power of electroencephalographic activity) changes over time and is accompanied by oscillations in cardiorespiratory signal amplitude and power. Finally, we propose that in crayfish there are at least three phases of sleep.
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- Mireya Osorio-Palacios
- Laboratorio de Redes Neuronales, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Redes Neuronales, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Redes Neuronales, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México City, Mexico
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Syafaat MN, Azra MN, Mohamad F, Che-Ismail CZ, Amin-Safwan A, Asmat-Ullah M, Syahnon M, Ghazali A, Abol-Munafi AB, Ma H, Ikhwanuddin M. Thermal Tolerance and Physiological Changes in Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain Crablet at Different Water Temperatures. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11041146. [PMID: 33923853 PMCID: PMC8073560 DOI: 10.3390/ani11041146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The nursery phase of mud crab (Scylla spp.)—from megalopa to several, further crablet stagesneeds to be carried out in optimal environmental conditions, until they reach a larger size suitable to being stocked to a pond. This study observed the behavioral thermoregulation of crablet instar phases, and determined the effects of several levels of water temperature on growth, survival, molting cycle, gill condition, and sex ratio in the nursery phase of S. paramamosain. In this study, optimal temperature for the long-term nursery phase of S. paramamosain, beginning with megalopa stage, was found to be 28 to 30 °C, with the possibility that water temperature could affect the sex ratio of mud crabs. Findings of this study could result in increased crablet production from hatcheries, and assist in realizing potential of monosex seed production of S. paramamosain, through temperature treatment. Abstract This study was carried out to determine the physiological changes (survival, growth, molting cycle, sex differentiation, and gill condition) of mud crab, Scylla paramamosain crablet at different water temperatures of 24, 28 and 32 °C, and ambient temperature of 27 to 30 °C. Thermoregulatory behavior, represented by preferred temperature (29.83 ± SD 2.47 °C), critical thermal minimum (17.33 ± SD 0.58 °C), critical thermal maximum (40 ± SD 0.00 °C), and thermal tolerance interval (22.67 ± SD 0.58 °C), were checked for Crablet 1 stage only (with ambient temperature as acclimation temperature).Both low (24 °C) and high (32 °C) temperatures were associated with lower growth performance, and survival rate (p < 0.05), in comparison with both 28 °C and ambient temperature treatments.Male ratio at low temperaturetreatment (24 °C) was higher (80.09 ± SD 18.86%) than for other treatments (p < 0.05), observed as 44.81 ± D 10.50%, 41.94 ± SD 19.44%, and 76.30 ± SD 5.13% for 28 °C, 32 °C and ambient temperature treatments, respectively. However, there was no significant difference observed between 24 °C, 28 °C, and ambient temperature treatments. Anatomical alterations of gill lamellae of S. paramamosain crablet for both 32 °C, and 24 °C treatments, appeared thinner and paler than at both 28 °C, and ambient temperature treatments. Based on this study, temperature of 28 to 30 °C was recommended as the optimal temperature for the long-term nursery phase of S. paramamosain.
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- Muhammad Nur Syafaat
- Research Institute for Brackishwater Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension, Maros 90512, Indonesia;
- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia;
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- Crustacean Aquaculture Research Division, Fisheries Research Institute, Pulau Sayak, Kota Kuala Muda 08500, Kedah, Malaysia;
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
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- STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China;
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
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- Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Malaysia; (M.N.A.); (A.A.-S.); (M.A.-U.); (M.S.); (A.G.); (A.B.A.-M.)
- STU-UMT Joint Shellfish Research Laboratory, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China;
- Correspondence:
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Allen GJP, Weihrauch D. Exploring the versatility of the perfused crustacean gill as a model for transbranchial transport processes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 254:110572. [PMID: 33556621 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The study of transbranchial ion and gas transport of water-breathing animals has long been a useful means of modeling transport processes of higher vertebrate organs through comparative physiology. The molecular era of biological research has brought forward valuable information detailing shifts in gene expression related to environmental stress and the sub-cellular localization of transporters; however, purely molecular studies can cause hypothetical transport mechanisms and hypotheses to be accepted without any direct physiological proof. Isolated perfused gill experiments are useful for testing most of these hypotheses and can sometimes be used outright to develop a well-supported working model for transport processes relating to an animal's osmoregulation, acid-base balance, nitrogen excretion, and respiratory gas exchange as well as their sensitivity to pollutants and environmental stress. The technique allows full control of internal hemolymph-like saline as well as the ambient environmental fluid compositions and can measure the electrophysiological properties of the gill as well as the transport rates of ions and gases as they traverse the gill epithelium. Additives such as pharmaceuticals or peptides as well as the exclusion of ions from the media are commonly used to identify the importance of specific transporters to transport mechanisms. The technique can also be used to identify the penetrance, retention, and localization of pollutants within the gill epithelium or to explore the uptake and metabolism of nutrients directly from the ambient environment. While this technique can be applied to virtually any isolatable organ, the anatomy and rigidity of the decapod crustacean gill make it an ideal candidate for most experimental designs.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Lucu Č. Hypoxia attenuate ionic transport in the isolated gill epithelium of Carcinus maenas. J Comp Physiol B 2020; 190:391-401. [PMID: 32333115 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-020-01277-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The gills are osmorespiratory organs of aquatic organisms and the prime target of environmentally induced hypoxia. We have studied the impact of severe hypoxia (0.5 mg O2/L) on the ionic transport across posterior gills of Carcinus maenas acclimated to 12 ppt seawater (DSW). The short-circuit current (Isc) across hemilamellae from gills i.e. active ion transport was studied in micro Ussing chambers. Hypoxia induced by deoxygenation of the basolateral side, and not the apical side, resulted in time-dependent inhibition of Isc and full recovery of Isc after reoxygenation. Exposure of the crabs to severe 7 h hypoxia decreased the specific activity of Na+,K+-ATPase in the gills by 36%. Full recovery of enzyme activity occurred in fasted crabs after 3 days of reoxygenation. The intensity of Western blotting bands was not different in the gills of oxygenated, hypoxic and reoxygenated crabs. The reversible, nonspecific blocker of K+ channels Cs and hypoxia inhibited over 90% of Isc which is after reoxygenation fully recovered. The specific blocker of Cl- channels NPPB [5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid] blocked Isc by 68.5%. Only the rest of not inhibited Isc in aerated saline was blocked by hypoxia and recovered after reoxygenation. The activity of the antioxidant enzyme catalase was not changed during hypoxia and reoxygenation kept the high enzyme activity in the gills at the level of crabs acclimated to DSW. As a response to hypoxia the presence of 2 mM H2O2 induce an initial slight transient decrease of Isc followed by a rise and after reoxygenation fully recovered Isc. Incubation of hemilamellae with the antioxidant derivative Trolox did not affect the inhibition of Isc by hypoxia.
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- Čedomil Lucu
- Center for Marine Research, Institute Ruđer Bošković, Rovinj, Zagreb, Croatia.
- Alfred Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Wadden Sea Station List, Sylt, Germany.
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Yang Z, Zhou J, Wei B, Cheng Y, Zhang L, Zhen X. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals osmotic-regulated genes in the gill of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0210469. [PMID: 30629688 PMCID: PMC6328174 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Salinity is one of the most important abiotic factors directly affecting the reproduction, molting, growth, immune, physiological and metabolic activities of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). This species has strong osmoregulatory capacity and can maintain stringent internal homeostasis. However, the mechanisms conferring tolerance to salinity fluctuations are not well understood. To reveal the genes and pathways involved in osmoregulation, adult male crabs (body weight = 110 ± 5 g) were acclimated for 144 h in freshwater (FW, 0 ppt) or seawater (SW, 25 ppt). Changes in the transcriptome of crab gills were then analysed by RNA-Seq, and 174,903 unigenes were obtained. Comparison of genes between FW- SW-acclimated groups identified 932 genes that were significantly differentially expressed in the gill, comprising 433 and 499 up- and downregulated transcripts. Gene Ontology functional enrichment analysis revealed that important biological processes related to salt stress were significantly enriched, including energy metabolism, ion transport, signal transduction and antioxidant activity. Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analysis mapped the differentially expressed genes to 241 specific metabolic pathways, and pathways related to energy metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA)/citrate cycle were significantly enriched. Salinity stress altered the expression of many enzymes involved in energy metabolism, ion transport, signal transduction and antioxidant pathways, including citrate synthase (CS), Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA), Na+-K+-2Cl cotransporter-1 (NKCC1), dopamine receptor D1 (DRD1), synaptic binding protein 1 (STXBP1), Cu2+/Zn2+ superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and glutathione S-transferase (GST). Additionally, the obtained transcriptomic sequencing data provided a useful resource for identification of novel genes, and further physiological analysis of Chinese mitten crab.
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- Zhigang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (ZGY); (YXC)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (ZGY); (YXC)
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Faleiros RO, Garçon DP, Lucena MN, McNamara JC, Leone FA. Short- and long-term salinity challenge, osmoregulatory ability, and (Na +, K +)-ATPase kinetics and α-subunit mRNA expression in the gills of the thinstripe hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Anomura, Diogenidae). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2018; 225:16-25. [PMID: 29932975 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The evolutionary history of the Crustacea reveals ample adaptive radiation and the subsequent occupation of many osmotic niches resulting from physiological plasticity in their osmoregulatory mechanisms. We evaluate osmoregulatory ability in the intertidal, thinstripe hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus after short-term exposure (6 h) or long-term acclimation (10 days) to a wide salinity range, also analyzing kinetic behavior and α-subunit mRNA expression of the gill (Na+, K+)-ATPase. The crab strongly hyper-regulates its hemolymph at 5 and 15‰S (Salinity, g L-1) but weakly hyper-regulates up to ≈27‰S. After 6 h exposure to 35‰S and 45‰S, C. symmetricus slightly hypo-regulates its hemolymph, becoming isosmotic after 10 days acclimation to these salinities. (Na+, K+)-ATPase specific activity decreases with increasing salinity for both exposure periods, reflecting physiological adjustment to isosmoticity. At low salinities, the gill enzyme exhibits a single, low affinity ATP binding site. However, at elevated salinities, a second, high affinity, ATP binding site appears, independently of exposure time. (Na+, K+)-ATPase α-subunit mRNA expression increases only after 10 days acclimation to 5‰S. Our findings suggest that hemolymph hyper-regulation is effected by alterations in enzyme activity during short-term exposure, but is sustained by increased mRNA expression during long-term acclimation. The decrease in gill (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity seen as a consequence of increasing salinity appears to underlie biochemical adjustments to hemolymph isosmoticity as hypo-regulatory ability diminishes.
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- Rogério O Faleiros
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, SP, Brazil; Unidade Acadêmica Especial de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Jataí, Jataí 75801-615, GO, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, SP, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Iturama 38280-000, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, SP, Brazil; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande 79070-900, MS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, SP, Brazil; Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião 11000-600, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, SP, Brazil.
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Wang H, Tang L, Wei H, Lu J, Mu C, Wang C. Transcriptomic analysis of adaptive mechanisms in response to sudden salinity drop in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:421. [PMID: 29855258 PMCID: PMC5984308 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4803-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Scylla paramamosain (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae: Syclla De Hann) is a commercially important mud crab distributed along the coast of southern China and other Indo-Pacific countries (Lin Z, Hao M, Zhu D, et al, Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 208-209:29–37, 2017; Walton ME, Vay LL, Lebata JH, et al, Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 66(3–4):493–500, 2006; Wang Z, Sun B, Zhu F, Fish Shellfish Immunol 67:612–9, 2017). While S. paramamosain is a euryhaline species, a sudden drop in salinity induces a negative impact on growth, molting, and reproduction, and may even cause death. The mechanism of osmotic regulation of marine crustaceans has been recently under investigation. However, the mechanism of adapting to a sudden drop in salinity has not been reported. Methods In this study, transcriptomics analysis was conducted on the gills of S. paramamosain to test its adaptive capabilities over 120 h with a sudden drop in salinity from 23 ‰ to 3 ‰. Results At the level of transcription, 135 DEGs (108 up-regulated and 27 down-regulated) annotated by NCBI non-redundant (nr) protein database were screened. GO analysis showed that the catalytic activity category showed the most participating genes in the 24 s-tier GO terms, indicating that intracellular metabolic activities in S. paramamosain were enhanced. Of the 164 mapped KEGG pathways, seven of the top 20 pathways were closely related to regulation of the Na+ / K+ -ATPase. Seven additional amino acid metabolism-related pathways were also found, along with other important signaling pathways. Conclusion Ion transport and amino acid metabolism were key factors in regulating the salinity adaptation of S. paramamosain in addition to several important signaling pathways. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-4803-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Huan Wang
- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China. .,Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, China.
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The invertebrates have adopted a myriad of breathing strategies to facilitate the extraction of adequate quantities of oxygen from their surrounding environments. Their respiratory structures can take a wide variety of forms, including integumentary surfaces, lungs, gills, tracheal systems, and even parallel combinations of these same gas exchange structures. Like their vertebrate counterparts, the invertebrates have evolved elaborate control strategies to regulate their breathing activity. Our goal in this article is to present the reader with a description of what is known regarding the control of breathing in some of the specific invertebrate species that have been used as model systems to study different mechanistic aspects of the control of breathing. We will examine how several species have been used to study fundamental principles of respiratory rhythm generation, central and peripheral chemosensory modulation of breathing, and plasticity in the control of breathing. We will also present the reader with an overview of some of the behavioral and neuronal adaptability that has been extensively documented in these animals. By presenting explicit invertebrate species as model organisms, we will illustrate mechanistic principles that form the neuronal foundation of respiratory control, and moreover appear likely to be conserved across not only invertebrates, but vertebrate species as well.
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- Harold J Bell
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Henry RP, Lucu Č, Onken H, Weihrauch D. Multiple functions of the crustacean gill: osmotic/ionic regulation, acid-base balance, ammonia excretion, and bioaccumulation of toxic metals. Front Physiol 2012; 3:431. [PMID: 23162474 PMCID: PMC3498741 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The crustacean gill is a multi-functional organ, and it is the site of a number of physiological processes, including ion transport, which is the basis for hemolymph osmoregulation; acid-base balance; and ammonia excretion. The gill is also the site by which many toxic metals are taken up by aquatic crustaceans, and thus it plays an important role in the toxicology of these species. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the ecology, physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of the mechanisms of osmotic and ionic regulation performed by the gill. The current concepts of the mechanisms of ion transport, the structural, biochemical, and molecular bases of systemic physiology, and the history of their development are discussed. The relationship between branchial ion transport and hemolymph acid-base regulation is also treated. In addition, the mechanisms of ammonia transport and excretion across the gill are discussed. And finally, the toxicology of heavy metal accumulation via the gill is reviewed in detail.
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- Raymond P. Henry
- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL, USA
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- Center for Marine Research Rovinj, Institute Ruđder Bošković ZagrebRovinj, Croatia
- Department of Aquaculture, University of DubrovnikDubrovnik, Croatia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, MB, Canada
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Prevorčnik S, Jugovic J, Sket B. Geography of morphological differentiation inAsellus aquaticus(Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00493.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lucu C, Pavicić J, Ivanković D, Pavicić-Hamer D, Najdek M. Changes in Na+/K+-ATPase activity, unsaturated fatty acids and metallothioneins in gills of the shore crab Carcinus aestuarii after dilute seawater acclimation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2008; 149:362-72. [PMID: 18325806 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Revised: 01/17/2008] [Accepted: 01/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have assessed the activity of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, cAMP, free fatty acids (FFA) and metallothionein (MT) in the posterior gills of the brackish water shore crab Carcinus aestuarii during acclimation to 10 ppt dilute seawater (DSW). Following 3-18 days acclimation in DSW specific activity of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in native gill homogenates and partially purified membrane vesicles was progressively increased, from 1.7- to 3.9-fold. After short-term acclimation of crabs in DSW with added sucrose to make media isosmotic with the haemolymph the specific Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity in homogenates was not increased, relative to SW enzyme activity. Moreover, hyposmotic conditions led to depletion of cAMP in gills. In partially purified membrane vesicles isolated from posterior gills, fatty acids with compositions 16:0, 18:0, 18:1, 20:4 and 20:5 dominated in both SW- and DSW-acclimated Carcinus. During a year in which the metabolic activity of crabs was increased, the arachidonic/linoleic acids ratio (ARA/LA) for DSW-acclimated crabs was markedly increased relative to that in SW. Increased Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase activity under hyposmotic stress may be modulated at least partially by the changed proportion of fatty acids in the purified membranes of posterior gills. Long-term acclimation of shore crabs to DSW resulted in a 2.6-fold increase in cytosolic metallothionein (MT) content in posterior gills over those in SW crabs. Assuming an antioxidant role of MT associated with intracellular zinc partitioning, the observed MT induction in posterior gills may be considered an adaptive response of C. aestuarii to hyposmotic stress.
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- C Lucu
- Center for Marine Research, Ruder Bosković Institute, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia.
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Silvestre F, Trausch G, Devos P. Is HSP70 involved in acclimation to cadmium in the Chinese crab, Eriocheir sinensis ? BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2007; 78:432-5. [PMID: 17619794 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9218-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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- F Silvestre
- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Organismes, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Freire CA, Onken H, McNamara JC. A structure-function analysis of ion transport in crustacean gills and excretory organs. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007; 151:272-304. [PMID: 17604200 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 05/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Osmotic and ionic regulation in the Crustacea is mostly accomplished by the multifunctional gills, together with the excretory organs. In addition to their role in gas exchange, the gills constitute organs of active, transepithelial, ion transport, an activity of major importance that underlies many essential physiological functions like osmoregulation, calcium homeostasis, ammonium excretion and extracellular pH regulation. This review focuses on structure-function relationships in crustacean gills and excretory effectors, from the organ to molecular levels of organization. We address the diversity of structural architectures encountered in different crustacean gill types, and in constituent cell types, before examining the physiological mechanisms of Na(+), Cl(-), Ca(2+) and NH(4)(+) transport, and of acid-base equivalents, based on findings obtained over the last two decades employing advanced techniques. The antennal and maxillary glands constitute the principal crustacean excretory organs, which have received less attention in functional studies. We examine the diversity present in antennal and maxillary gland architecture, highlighting the structural similarities between both organ types, and we analyze the functions ascribed to each glandular segment. Emphasis is given to volume and osmoregulatory functions, capacity to produce dilute urine in freshwater crustaceans, and the effect of acclimation salinity on urine volume and composition. The microanatomy and diversity of function ascribed to gills and excretory organs are appraised from an evolutionary perspective, and suggestions made as to future avenues of investigation that may elucidate evolutionary and adaptive trends underpinning the invasion and exploitation of novel habitats.
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- Carolina A Freire
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA
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- Departamento de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, 14040-901, Brazil
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Tsai JR, Lin HC. V-type H+-ATPase and Na+,K+-ATPase in the gills of 13 euryhaline crabs during salinity acclimation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 210:620-7. [PMID: 17267648 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Because of their diverse habitats, crabs are excellent experimental species to study owing to the morphological changes and physiological adaptation that occur during their terrestrial invasion. Their hemolymphic osmoregulation in brackish water is crucial for a successful terrestrial invasion. Crabs can actively uptake or excrete ions upon salinity change, and the gills play a major role among the osmoregulatory organs. Several enzymes are involved in the osmoregulatory process, including Na+, K+-ATPase and V-type H+-ATPase (V-H+-ATPase). Na+, K+-ATPase is the driving force in establishing an ion gradient across the epithelial cell membrane in marine crabs. It has been reported that the osmoregulatory mechanisms in freshwater crabs are different from those in marine ones, suggesting that the driving force may come from V-H+-ATPase by generating the H+ ion gradient to facilitate the ion flow. Thirteen crab species from two families were used in this study. These crabs lived in five different habitats, including marine, intertidal, bimodal, freshwater and terrestrial habitats. The distribution of V-H+-ATPase in the 13 euryhaline crabs was revealed by histochemistry. V-H+-ATPase was localized in the apical region in crabs that could survive in the freshwater environment. We found that the freshwater and terrestrial crabs with stable Na+, K+-ATPase activity during salinity changes tended to have an apical V-H+-ATPase, whereas the intertidal ones with varying Na+, K+-ATPase activity showed a cytoplasmic V-H+-ATPase distribution. Finally, in Uca formosensis, a crab that had stable Na+, K+-ATPase activity, a significant difference in V-H+-ATPase activity between salinities was found. In conclusion, the hypothesis that V-H+-ATPase plays a crucial role in the freshwater adaptation of crabs is supported by our systemic investigation on 13 euryhaline crabs.
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- Jyuan-Ru Tsai
- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan
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Seneviratna D, Taylor HH. Ontogeny of osmoregulation in embryos of intertidal crabs (Hemigrapsus sexdentatus and H. crenulatus, Grapsidae, Brachyura): putative involvement of the embryonic dorsal organ. J Exp Biol 2006; 209:1487-501. [PMID: 16574807 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study examined whether the existence of hyperosmotic internal fluids in embryos of euryhaline crabs (Hemigrapsus sexdentatus and H. crenulatus) in dilute seawater reflects osmotic isolation due to impermeability of the egg envelope, as proposed for other decapods, or active osmoregulation. When ovigerous crabs with eggs at gastrula stage were transferred from 100% seawater (osmolality 1000 mmol kg(-1)) to 50% seawater, embryogenesis and hatching of zoea were completed normally, but were delayed. Hatching failed if the transfer to 50% seawater occurred before gastrulation, and embryogenesis was abnormal in 25% seawater. In 100% seawater, embryos at all stages were internally hyperosmotic by 150-250 mmol kg(-1). On transfer to 50% seawater, osmolality initially decreased but remained 200-350 mmol kg(-1) hyperosmotic to the medium for several weeks until hatching. High efflux rates of tritium-labelled water (t((1/2)) 16-75 min) and (22)Na (t(1/2) 109-374 min) from H. crenulatus embryos were inconsistent with the osmotic isolation hypothesis. It is concluded that post-gastrula embryos were actively hyper-osmoregulating. The diffusional water permeability of the embryos decreased during development while the sodium efflux rate increased 10-fold. Very rapidly exchanging pools of water and sodium (t(1/2) a few seconds to minutes) probably corresponded to peri-embryonic fluid and implied that the egg envelope was a negligible barrier to diffusion of water and salts. Higher Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activities in late embryos of H. crenulatus incubated in 50% seawater than in embryos incubated in full strength seawater were consistent with an acclimation response. An area of the embryonic surface located over the yolk in the region of the embryonic dorsal organ stained with AgNO(3). Staining appeared at gastrulation, persisted throughout development and was lost at hatching. Deposits of AgCl between the outer and inner membranes, identified by X-ray microanalysis, suggest that the dorsal organ was a site of chloride extrusion. A model for osmoregulation in post-gastrula embryos is proposed: osmotic uptake of water is balanced by excretion of water and salts via the dorsal organ and salt loss is balanced by active uptake over the general embryonic ectoderm.
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- Deepani Seneviratna
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Martinez AS, Charmantier G, Compère P, Charmantier-Daures M. Branchial chamber tissues in two caridean shrimps: the epibenthic Palaemon adspersus and the deep-sea hydrothermal Rimicaris exoculata. Tissue Cell 2005; 37:153-65. [PMID: 15748742 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2004] [Revised: 12/13/2004] [Accepted: 12/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The structure of the epithelia of the branchial chamber organs (gills, branchiostegites, epipodites) and the localization of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase were investigated in two caridean shrimps, the epibenthic Palaemon adspersus and the deep-sea hydrothermal Rimicaris exoculata. The general organization of the phyllobranchiate gills, branchiostegites and epipodites is similar in P. adspersus and in R. exoculata. The gill filaments are formed by a single axial epithelium made of H-shaped cells with thin lateral expansions and a basal lamina limiting hemolymph lacunae. In P. adspersus, numerous ionocytes are present in the epipodites and in the inner-side of the branchiostegites; immunofluorescence reveals their high content in Na(+),K(+)-ATPase. In R. exoculata, typical ionocytes displaying a strong Na(+),K(+)-ATPase specific fluorescence are observed in the epipodites only. While the epipodites and the branchiostegites appear as the main site of osmoregulation in P. adspersus, only the epipodites might be involved in ion exchanges in R. exoculata. In both species, the gill filaments are mainly devoted to respiration.
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Silvestre F, Trausch G, Devos P. Hyper-osmoregulatory capacity of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) exposed to cadmium; acclimation during chronic exposure. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2005; 140:29-37. [PMID: 15792620 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2004] [Revised: 12/03/2004] [Accepted: 12/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of waterborne cadmium on hyper-osmoregulatory capacity of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis acclimated to freshwater. For this purpose, crabs were submitted to acute (0.5 mg Cd L(-1) for 1, 2 or 3 days), chronic (10 or 50 microg Cd L(-1) for 30 days) or chronic, immediately followed by acute, exposure. While no effect was observed after 1 or 2 days, hemolymph osmolality, Na(+) and Cl(-) concentrations were significantly reduced after 3 days of acute exposure. Under this latter condition, the respiratory anterior gill ultrastructure, Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase and cytochrome c oxidase activities were significantly impaired. In contrast, the osmoregulatory posterior gill was unaffected for all treatments. As a consequence, we suggest that the observed hyper-osmoregulatory capacity impairment is the result of increased dissipative flow of ions and/or water through anterior gills. In contrast to acute exposure, chronic exposure did not induce any observable effect. However, crabs submitted to a known deleterious acute condition (0.5 mg Cd L(-1) for 3 days) directly after chronic exposure to 50 microg Cd L(-1) for 30 days showed normal hyper-osmoregulatory capacity with no change in gill Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, and only little disturbance of anterior gill ultrastructure. These results demonstrate that a chronic cadmium exposure can induce acclimation mechanisms related to osmoregulation in this euryhaline decapod crustacean.
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- F Silvestre
- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Organismes, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.
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Silvestre F, Duchêne C, Trausch G, Devos P. Tissue-specific cadmium accumulation and metallothionein-like protein levels during acclimation process in the Chinese crab Eriocheir sinensis. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2005; 140:39-45. [PMID: 15792621 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2004] [Revised: 12/22/2004] [Accepted: 01/02/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Aquatic organisms chronically exposed to cadmium can increase their resistance to a subsequent elevated exposure. In order to investigate mechanisms involved in acclimation process in the Chinese crab Eriocheir sinensis, we compared Cd level as well as metallothionein-like protein (MTLP) content in different tissues after direct acute exposure (i.e. 500 microg Cd L(-1) for 3 days), and after acute following chronic (i.e. 10 or 50 microg Cd L(-1) for 30 days) exposure. Cadmium accumulation occurred in the following order: anterior gill>hepatopancreas>posterior gill>carapace>hemolymph>muscle. As high concentrations as 188 microg Cd g(-1) w.w. were reported in anterior gills and seem to reach a saturation level. In these gills, the highest MTLP induction was observed after a direct acute exposure, for which a correlation with Cd content occurred. However, the Cd-binding potential by MTLPs was exceeded for any exposure condition. In hepatopancreas, the highest Cd level was reported for crabs acclimated during 30 days to 50 microg Cd L(-1) before challenging with an acute exposure. Moreover, we showed that MTLPs were induced during the acclimation process. In this organ, MTLPs are theoretically sufficient to bind all Cd. These results suggest that during a chronic exposure to 50 microg Cd L(-1), Chinese crabs acquire the capacity to hold more cadmium in hepatopancreas where it can be sequestrated by MTLPs. On the contrary, MTLP induction seems to be a rapid response to acute exposure in anterior gill, but is not sufficient to sequester all Cd. Other sequestration and/or detoxification mechanisms must take place in anterior gill to cope with high Cd levels.
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- F Silvestre
- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Organismes, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.
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SUMMARYThe emphasis in this review will be on Na+ absorption across the skin and gills of vertebrates and the gills of crustaceans. However, some recent studies of Cl– uptake, especially in crustaceans, will also be described.
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- Leonard B Kirschner
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA.
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Silvestre F, Trausch G, Péqueux A, Devos P. Uptake of cadmium through isolated perfused gills of the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2004; 137:189-96. [PMID: 14720604 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(03)00290-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Using the perfusion method, we compared cadmium accumulation and influx across the gills of the euryhaline Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, exposed to 4.8 microM cadmium in the incubation medium (OUT). Cadmium influx was not observed across posterior gills while it ranged from 0.15 to 6.82 nmol Cd g(-1) gill w.w. h(-1) across anterior ones. For these respiratory gills, a strong increase (40 times) was observed when calcium was removed in both incubation and perfusion media while the lack of sodium in the perfusion medium resulted in a 46 times decrease. For crabs acclimated 15 days to artificial seawater, cadmium influx across anterior gills showed a 21 times decrease when compared with freshwater acclimated ones. On the other hand, after 3 h of perfusion, we detected cadmium accumulation in both types of gills, ranging from 3.8 to 68 nmol Cd g(-1) gill w.w. in anterior gills and from 2.1 to 39 nmol Cd g(-1) gill w.w. in posterior ones. Such accumulations represent between 61.3 and 100% of the total uptake of cadmium through the gills. From these results, we suggest that cadmium can penetrate more easily into the hemolymph space through the 'respiratory' type epithelium present in the anterior gills but absent in the posterior ones. This metal uptake is likely to occur at least in part through the same pathways as calcium. On the contrary, cadmium seems to be sequestered inside the posterior gills, perhaps in the cuticle of the salt-transporting type epithelium.
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- F Silvestre
- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Organismes, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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The sodium pump, or Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase, provides at least part of the driving force for transepithelial movement of monovalent ions across the gills and other transporting tissues in many aquatic animals including the Crustacea. The crustacean Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase, like that in all animal cells, is composed of a catalytic alpha-subunit and an accompanying beta-subunit. The amino acid sequence of the crustacean alpha-subunit is 71-74% identical to vertebrate alpha-subunit sequences. In brachyuran Crustacea, the Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase is more highly expressed in posterior gills compared with anterior and is found predominantly in mitochondria-rich cells that are morphologically and biochemically specialized to mediate NaCl uptake from the medium. When the external salinity is lowered from that of normal seawater, producing conditions in which many euryhaline Crustacea hyperosmo regulate their hemolymph, both the enzymatic activity of the Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase and the gene expression of the alpha-subunit are increased in these tissues. Although the precise regulatory mechanism is not known, evidence suggests that crustacean hyperglycemic hormone may be responsible for the induction of Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase activity. Whether it also plays a role in activation of gene transcription is not known. A comparison of a range of aquatic Crustacea suggests that the level of Na(+)+K(+)-ATPase function in transporting tissues may be correlated with their ability to invade estuarine habitats.
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- Cedomil Lucu
- Center for Marine Research, Institute Ruder Boscović, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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Silvestre F, Trausch G, Spanò L, Devos P. Effects of atrazine on osmoregulation in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2002; 132:385-90. [PMID: 12161172 DOI: 10.1016/s1532-0456(02)00090-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study integrates results from acute contamination with atrazine of isolated perfused gills, and from in vivo chronic contamination of euryhaline Chinese mitten crabs, Eriocheir sinensis, acclimated to freshwater. Atrazine 1 mg/l in contact with the basolateral membrane (IN) increases the transepithelial potential difference (TEP) from -20.8 +/- 4.9 to -29.7 +/- 3.8 mV in isolated perfused posterior gills (P < 0.01). This effect is only partially explained by a modification of Na(+) and Cl(-) active influxes. No TEP modification is detected when atrazine is added (OUT) indicating that molecular mechanisms located on the basolateral membrane are likely to be the only ones affected. Another explanation would be that cuticular barrier prevents atrazine penetration into the gill. Haemolymph osmolarity, Na(+) and Cl(-) concentrations of crabs living in freshwater contaminated with atrazine 1 mg/l during 14 days are not significantly modified. We conclude that although atrazine can disturb osmoregulatory mechanisms of isolated gills, this pollutant would be of minor importance in affecting osmoregulatory capacities of the Chinese mitten crab in natural conditions.
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- F Silvestre
- Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Organismes, rue de Bruxelles, 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
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Compère P, Martinez AS, Charmantier-Daures M, Toullec JY, Goffinet G, Gaill F. Does sulphide detoxication occur in the gills of the hydrothermal vent shrimp, Rimicaris exoculata? C R Biol 2002; 325:591-6. [PMID: 12187645 DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01466-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ultrastructural observations of the gills of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata reveal that the epithelial cells contain numerous mitochondria clustered around unusual organelles (diameter of 0.7 to 2.5 microns) containing membrane stacks. These organelles were termed sulphide-oxidising bodies (SOBs) by structural analogy with organelles observed in the tissues of species adapted to sulphide-rich environments. Moreover, in the gills of R. exoculata, mitochondria display numerous electron-dense granules in their stroma. Such ultrastructural features suggest that sulphide detoxication may probably occur in the gills of R. exoculata. Comparable structures were also described in the gills of other hydrothermal vent species, as the alvinellid Pompeii worms that, as R. exoculata, are housing ectosymbiotic bacteria.
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- Philippe Compère
- Laboratoire de biologie générale et de morphologie ultrastructurale, institut de zoologie, université de Liège, 22, quai Edouard Van Beneden, B-4020 Liège, Belgique.
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Onken H, McNamara JC. Hyperosmoregulation in the red freshwater crab Dilocarcinus pagei (Brachyura, Trichodactylidae): structural and functional asymmetries of the posterior gills. J Exp Biol 2002; 205:167-75. [PMID: 11821483 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.205.2.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The osmotic and ionic status of the haemolymph and the structural and ion-transport characteristics of the posterior gills of Dilocarcinus pagei, a hololimnetic crab, were investigated. Haemolymph osmolality was 386±18 mosmol kg–1, while [Na+] and [Cl–] were 190±13 and 206±12 mmol l–1, respectively; [K+], [Ca2+] and [Mg2+] were 9.7±0.7, 10.2±0.5 and 2.8±0.4 mmol l–1, respectively (means ± s.e.m., N=12–17). The gill lamellae possess a central, osmiophilic area, which exhibits a marked structural asymmetry. The thick (18–20 μm) proximal epithelium is characterised by basal invaginations and a few apical vesicles, while the thin (3–10 μm) distal epithelium consists of apical pillar cell flanges populated by vesicles and membrane invaginations. Isolated gills, bathed and perfused with NaCl saline, spontaneously generate a negative transbranchial potential difference (Vte), which stabilises at positive or negative values. Ouabain shifts Vte to more positive values. When mounted in an Ussing chamber, distal split lamellae generate a negative, Cl–-dependent short-circuit current (Isc). Na+ substitution leads to more negative values of Isc. Internal ouabain is without effect, while diphenylamine-2-carboxylate and acetazolamide abolish Isc. Proximal split lamellae show a positive, Na+-dependent Isc, which decreases after internal application of ouabain. These data suggest that the thin epithelium actively absorbs Cl–, while the thick epithelium actively absorbs Na+.
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- Horst Onken
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, São Paulo, Brasil.
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Towle DW, Paulsen RS, Weihrauch D, Kordylewski M, Salvador C, Lignot JH, Spanings-Pierrot C. Na++K+-ATPase in gills of the blue crabCallinectes sapidus: cDNA sequencing and salinity-related expression of α-subunit mRNA and protein. J Exp Biol 2001; 204:4005-12. [PMID: 11807118 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.204.22.4005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYMany studies have shown that hyperosmoregulation in euryhaline crabs is accompanied by enhanced Na++K+-ATPase activity in the posterior gills, but it remains unclear whether the response is due to regulation of pre-existing enzyme or to increased gene transcription and mRNA translation. To address this question, the complete open reading frame and 3′ and 5′ untranslated regions of the mRNA coding for the α-subunit of Na++K+-ATPase from the blue crab Callinectes sapidus were amplified by reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and sequenced. The resulting 3828-nucleotide cDNA encodes a putative 1039-amino-acid protein with a predicted molecular mass of 115.6 kDa. Hydrophobicity analysis of the amino acid sequence indicated eight membrane-spanning regions, in agreement with previously suggested topologies. The α-subunit amino acid sequence is highly conserved among species, with the blue crab sequence showing 81–83 % identity to those of other arthropods and 74–77 % identity to those of vertebrate species. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed high levels of α-subunit mRNA in posterior gills 6–8 compared with anterior gills 3–5. Western blots of gill plasma membranes revealed a single Na++K+-ATPase α-subunit protein band of the expected size. The posterior gills contained a much higher level of α-subunit protein than the anterior gills, in agreement with previous measurements of enzyme activity. Immunocytochemical analysis showed that the Na++K+-ATPase α-subunit protein detected by α5 antibody is localized to the basolateral membrane region of gill epithelial cells. Transfer of blue crabs from 35 to 5 ‰ salinity was not accompanied by notable differences in the relative proportions of α-subunit mRNA and protein in the posterior gills, suggesting that the enhanced Na++K+-ATPase enzyme activity that accompanies the hyperosmoregulatory response may result from post-translational regulatory processes.
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- D W Towle
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, ME 04672, USA.
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Matsumasa M, Kikuchi S, Takeda S, Poovachiranon S, Yong HS, Murai M. Blood Osmoregulation and Ultrastructure of the Gas Windows(‘Tympana’)of Intertidal Ocypodid Crabs: Dotilla vs. Scopimera. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.5179/benthos1996.56.2_47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Masatoshi Matsumasa
- Department of Biology, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Biology, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iwate Medical University
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- Marine Biological Station, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus
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Genovese G, Luquet CM, Paz DA, Rosa GA, Pellerano GN. The morphometric changes in the gills of the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulatus under hyper- and hyporegulation conditions are not caused by proliferation of specialised cells. J Anat 2000; 197 ( Pt 2):239-46. [PMID: 11005716 PMCID: PMC1468123 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2000.19720239.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chasmagnathus granulatus is a hyper-hyporegulating crab that inhabits changing habitats of salinity in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Since the gills are the main sites for active ion transport in crabs, the adaptive changes in the gill epithelium occurring under different conditions of salinity were studied by means of morphological and morphometric analysis, and immunohistochemical identification of cell proliferation (BrdU technique). In anterior (1-3) gills the epithelium thickness from crabs acclimatised to 12, 34 and 44 g/l ranged from 1.27 to 2.46 microm, with no significant change during acclimatisation, thus denoting a respiratory function. Medial (4-5) gill epithelium was slightly thicker in extreme salinities, but these differences were not statistically significant. In contrast, epithelial thickness of the posterior (6-8) gills increased significantly up to 8.10 microm (dorsal zone of gill 8) both in hyper- and hyposaline media compared with seawater. The dark areas measured in gill 8 treated with AgNO3 revealed putative ion transporting tissue, especially at 12 and 44 g/l, corresponding to the zones of higher epithelial thickness. Hence these areas seem to participate both in hyper- and hyporegulation. Proliferating cells labelled with BrdU almost never occurred in the gills/salinity combinations studied during the initial 48 h of transfer from seawater to hyperconcentrated or diluted media, thus suggesting an increase in cell size rather than cell proliferation.
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- G Genovese
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Postel U, Becker W, Brandt A, Luck-Kopp S, Riestenpatt S, Weihrauch D, Siebers D. Active osmoregulatory ion uptake across the pleopods of the isopod Idotea baltica (Pallas): electrophysiological measurements on isolated split endo- and exopodites mounted in a micro-ussing chamber. J Exp Biol 2000; 203:1141-52. [PMID: 10708635 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.203.7.1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mechanism of active, osmoregulatory ion uptake was investigated in the pleopods of the marine isopod Idotea baltica (Pallas). Using isolated split half-podites of isopods acclimated to brackish water (20 salinity) mounted in a micro-Ussing chamber and symmetrically superfused with identical haemolymph-like salines, a mean short-circuit current I(sc) of −445 microA cm(−)(2) was measured in endopodites 3–5, corresponding to an inwardly directed transcellular movement of negative charge. Application of ouabain (5 mmol l(−)(1)) to the basolateral superfusate resulted in the almost total abolition of the I(sc) (reduced from −531 to −47 microA cm(−)(2)), suggesting that the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase is the driving force for active, electrogenic uptake of NaCl. In contrast, mean I(sc) values close to zero were found in preparations of all exopodites and in endopodites 1 and 2. The specific activities of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase corresponded with these results. Specific activities were highest in posterior endopodites 3–5 and depended on ambient salinity. In all other rami, the activities were much lower and independent of ambient salinity. Activities in posterior endopodites 3–5 were lowest in isopods acclimated to 30 salinity (2–4 micromol P(i)mg(−)(1)protein h(−)(1)), increased in individuals kept in 20 salinity (8.4 micromol P(i)mg(−)(1)protein h(−)(1)) and were highest in isopods acclimated to 15 salinity (18.2 micromol P(i)mg(−)(1)protein h(−)(1)). When specimens were transferred from 30 to 40 salinity, Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity increased in the posterior endopodites. The electrophysiological and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity measurements show that active electrogenic ion transport in this species occurs almost exclusively in posterior endopodites 3–5. The endopodite of the fifth pleopod of I. baltica exhibited a microscopic structure remarkably similar to that described for the lamellae of the phyllobranchiae of brachyurans. It is composed of two opposed epithelial monolayers of ionocytes, each covered by cuticle. Bundles of pillar cells are located within the ionocyte layers, which are separated by a fenestrated lamellar septum of connective tissue. The results obtained in this study indicate that endopodites 3–5 play the main role in osmoregulatory ion uptake of the isopod I. baltica. Moreover, the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase is the only driving force behind active electrogenic ion uptake across the epithelial cells.
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- U Postel
- Biologische Anstalt Helgoland in der Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Notkestrasse 31, Germany.
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McNamara JC, Torres AH. Ultracytochemical location of Na(+)/K(+)-atpase activity and effect of high salinity acclimation in gill and renal epithelia of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii (Crustacea, Decapoda). THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1999; 284:617-28. [PMID: 10531548 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19991101)284:6<617::aid-jez3>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Accumulation sites of lead phosphate reaction product consequent to Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity in gill and renal epithelia of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii were located ultracytochemically by para-nitrophenyl-phosphate hydrolysis and lead precipitation, and quantified per unit membrane area and cytoplasmic volume. In shrimps in freshwater (<0.5 per thousand S, 20 mOsm/kg H(2)O, 0.7 mEq Na(+)/liter), numerous sites of electron-dense, Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase reaction product accumulation were demonstrated in the membrane invaginations of the mitochondria-rich, intralamellar septal cells (12.5 +/- 1.7 sites/microm(2) membrane, 179 +/- 22 sites/microm(3) cytoplasm, mean+/- SEM, N </= 7) and in the basal region of the medial renal tubules (19.8 +/- 1.8 sites/microm(2) membrane, 437 +/- 53 sites/microm(3) cytoplasm), but not in the pillar cells whose apical flanges form the primary interface with the external medium. A putative, ouabain-insensitive Na(+)- or H(+)-ATPase was found in the apical microvilli of the medial renal tubules (17.4 +/- 1.7 sites/microm(2) membrane, 629 +/- 101 sites/microm(3) cytoplasm). This restricted location of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity within the gill epithelium suggests that during uptake, Na(+) moves across the apical pillar cell membrane, passes through specialized, basolateral coupling junctions into the septal cell cytoplasm and is pumped into the hemolymph via the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in the invagination membranes. In shrimps acclimated to a high-salinity medium (21 per thousand S, 630 mOsm/kg H(2)O, 280 mEq Na(+)/liter) for 2 and 5 days, the mean number of sites of para-nitrophenylphosphatase activity/microm(2) membrane and /microm(3) cytoplasm for both epithelia increases markedly by 83 and 163%, respectively. However, after 10 days acclimation, the number of sites declines dramatically, attaining values far below those for shrimps in freshwater. These acclimation-induced alterations in numerical density/microm(3) cytoplasm cannot be accounted for by corresponding changes in membrane surface density (microm(2) membrane/microm(3) cytoplasm) and reflect a real alteration in the number of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase reaction product sites/unit membrane area. These data suggest that neither the gill nor the renal Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase systems function at maximal activity in shrimps in freshwater, possibly due to the low Na(+) concentration, and are initially stimulated by the increase in external ionic concentration. However, these powerful Na(+) transport systems respond to salt loading by a notable reduction in the number of hydrolysis sites, possibly through the incorporation of the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase into isolated membrane vesicles in the basal invaginations of the medial renal tubules, together with ultrastructural alterations like the spatial isolation of the mitochondria by multiple membrane stacks in the intralamellar septal cells. J. Exp. Zool. 284:617-628, 1999.
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- J C McNamara
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
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A morphological study on posterior gills of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus. Tissue Cell 1999; 31:380-9. [DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/1999] [Accepted: 04/06/1999] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Onken H, Riestenpatt S. NaCl absorption across split gill lamellae of hyperregulating crabs: Transport mechanisms and their regulation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(98)00020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Luquet C, Pellerano G, Rosa G. Salinity-induced changes in the fine structure of the gills of the semiterrestrial estuarian crab, Uca uruguayensis (Nobili, 1901) (Decapoda, Ocypodidae). Tissue Cell 1997; 29:495-501. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-8166(97)80035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/1996] [Accepted: 04/29/1997] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dunel-Erb S, Barradas C, Lignon J. Morphological Evidence for the Existence of Two Distinct Types of Mitochondria Rich Cells in the Gill of the CrayfishAstacus leptodactylusEschscholtz. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1997.tb01006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Astall CA, Anderson SJ, Taylor AC, Atkinson RJA. Comparative studies of the branchial morphology, gill area and gill ultrastructure of some thalassinidean mud-shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). J Zool (1987) 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05740.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Branchial Na, K-ATPase and osmoregulation in the purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus (Dana). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02076-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pereopodal disk: a new type of extrabranchial ion-transporting organ in an estuarine amphipod, Melita setiflagella (crustacea). Tissue Cell 1995; 27:635-43. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-8166(05)80019-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/1995] [Accepted: 06/29/1995] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pierrot C, Pequeux A, Thuet P. Perfusion of gills isolated from the hyper-hyporegulating crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Crustacea, Decapoda): adaptation of a method. Arch Physiol Biochem 1995; 103:401-9. [PMID: 8548473 DOI: 10.3109/13813459509047129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This paper reports the adaptation of a branchial perfusion technique to the gills of the small hyper-hyporegulating crab, Pachygrapsus marmoratus. The physiological quality of the preparation has been established and preliminary measurements of the transepithelial potential difference (PD) and sodium fluxes were reported. A clear-cut distinction has to be made between anterior and posterior gills. With symmetrical bathing conditions (same saline on both sides of the epithelium), a significant transepithelial PD was measured only in posterior gills isolated from crabs acclimated to dilute sea water. This hemolymph-side negative PD is shown to require biological energy and to be sensitive to ouabain. Na+ influx was larger than efflux, indicating the occurrence of a net inward of Na+. The active nature of the Na+ influx was established.
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- C Pierrot
- Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie des Invertébrés, Université Montpellier II, France
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The ultrastructure of the sternal gills forming a striking contrast with the coxal gills in a fresh-water amphipod (crustacea). Tissue Cell 1993; 25:915-28. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(93)90040-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/1993] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The osmoregulatory tissue around the afferent blood vessels of the coxal gills in the estuarine amphipods, Grandidierella japonica and Melita setiflagella. Tissue Cell 1993; 25:627-38. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(93)90014-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/1993] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Morphology and ultrastructure of the gills of terrestrial crabs (Crustacea, Gecarcinidae and Grapsidae): Adaptations for air-breathing. ZOOMORPHOLOGY 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01632993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Siebers D, Petrausch G, B�ttcher K. Is there a chloride ATPase in the gills of the shore crab Carcinus maenas? J Comp Physiol B 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00300958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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