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Hamar J, Cnaani A, Kültz D. Effects of CRISPR/Cas9 targeting of the myo-inositol biosynthesis pathway on hyper-osmotic tolerance of tilapia cells. Genomics 2024; 116:110833. [PMID: 38518899 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2024.110833] [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: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Myo-inositol is an important compatible osmolyte in vertebrates. This osmolyte is produced by the myo-inositol biosynthesis (MIB) pathway composed of myo-inositol phosphate synthase and inositol monophosphatase. These enzymes are among the highest upregulated proteins in tissues and cell cultures from teleost fish exposed to hyperosmotic conditions indicating high importance of this pathway for tolerating this type of stress. CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing of tilapia cells produced knockout lines of MIB enzymes and control genes. Metabolic activity decreased significantly for MIB KO lines in hyperosmotic media. Trends of faster growth of the MIB knockout lines in isosmotic media and faster decline of MIB knockout lines in hyperosmotic media were also observed. These results indicate a decline in metabolic fitness but only moderate effects on cell survival when tilapia cells with disrupted MIB genes are exposed to hyperosmolality. Therefore MIB genes are required for full osmotolerance of tilapia cells.
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- Jens Hamar
- Department of Animal Sciences & Genome Center, University of California Davis, Meyer Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Poultry and Aquaculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O. Box 15159, Rishon LeZion 7528809, Israel
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- Department of Animal Sciences & Genome Center, University of California Davis, Meyer Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Gates MA, Morash AJ, Lamarre SG, MacCormack TJ. Intracellular taurine deficiency impairs cardiac contractility in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) without affecting aerobic performance. J Comp Physiol B 2021; 192:49-60. [PMID: 34581858 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-021-01407-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Taurine is a non-proteinogenic sulfonic acid found in high concentrations inside vertebrate cardiomyocytes and its movement across the sarcolemmal membrane is critical for cell volume regulation. Taurine deficiency is rare in mammals, where it impairs cardiac contractility and leads to congestive heart failure. In fish, cardiac taurine levels vary substantially between species and can decrease by up to 60% in response to environmental change but its contribution to cardiac function is understudied. We addressed this gap in knowledge by generating a taurine-deficient rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) model using a feed enriched with 3% β-alanine to inhibit cellular taurine uptake. Cardiac taurine was reduced by 17% after 4 weeks with no effect on growth or condition factor. Taurine deficiency did not affect routine or maximum rates of O2 consumption, aerobic scope, or critical swimming speed in whole animals but cardiac contractility was significantly impaired. In isometrically contracting ventricular strip preparations, the force-frequency and extracellular Ca2+-sensitivity relationships were both shifted downward and maximum pacing frequency was significantly lower in β-alanine fed trout. Cardiac taurine deficiency reduces sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+-ATPase activity in mammals and our results are consistent with such an effect in rainbow trout. Our data indicate that intracellular taurine contributes to the regulation of cardiac contractility in rainbow trout. Aerobic performance was unaffected in β-alanine-fed animals, but further study is needed to determine if more significant natural reductions in taurine may constrain performance under certain environmental conditions.
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- M A Gates
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, 63C York St., Sackville, NB, E4L1G8, Canada.,Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.,Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, 63C York St., Sackville, NB, E4L1G8, Canada.,Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.,Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, 63C York St., Sackville, NB, E4L1G8, Canada.,Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.,Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, 63C York St., Sackville, NB, E4L1G8, Canada. .,Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada. .,Department of Biology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada.
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Henry EF, MacCormack TJ. Taurine protects cardiac contractility in killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, by enhancing sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+ cycling. J Comp Physiol B 2017; 188:89-99. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-017-1107-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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MacCormack TJ, Callaghan NI, Sykes AV, Driedzic WR. Taurine depresses cardiac contractility and enhances systemic heart glucose utilization in the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. J Comp Physiol B 2015; 186:215-27. [PMID: 26644087 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0946-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Taurine is the most abundant amino acid in the blood of the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, where levels can exceed 200 mmol L(-1). In mammals, intracellular taurine modulates cardiac Ca(2+) handling and carbohydrate metabolism at much lower concentrations but it is not clear if it exerts similar actions in cephalopods. Blood Ca(2+) levels are high in cephalopods and we hypothesized that taurine would depress cardiac Ca(2+) flux and modulate contractility in systemic and branchial hearts of cuttlefish. Heart performance was assessed with an in situ perfused systemic heart preparation and contractility was evaluated using isometrically contracting systemic and branchial heart muscle rings. Stroke volume, cardiac output, and Ca(2+) sensitivity were significantly lower in systemic hearts perfused with supplemental taurine (100 mmol L(-1)) than in controls. In muscle ring preparations, taurine impaired relaxation at high contraction frequencies, an effect abolished by supra-physiological Ca(2+) levels. Taurine did not affect oxygen consumption in non-contracting systemic heart muscle, but extracellular glucose utilization was twice that of control preparations. Collectively, our results suggest that extracellular taurine depresses cardiac Ca(2+) flux and potentiates glucose utilization in cuttlefish. Variations in taurine levels may represent an important mechanism for regulating cardiovascular function and metabolism in cephalopods.
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- Tyson J MacCormack
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, E4L1G8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, E4L1G8, Canada
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- C.C.Mar, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal
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- Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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Wormser C, Mason LZ, Helm EM, Light DB. Regulatory volume response following hypotonic stress in Atlantic salmon erythrocytes. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2011; 37:745-759. [PMID: 21336592 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-011-9474-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in Atlantic salmon red blood cells (RBCs). Osmotic fragility was determined optically, mean cell volume was measured electronically, and changes in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration were visualized using fluorescence microscopy and fluo-4-AM. Cells displayed an increase in osmotic fragility and an inhibition of volume recovery following hypotonic shock when they were exposed to a high taurine Ringer or when placed in a high K(+) medium. Interestingly, RVD in cells from fish collected during the summer depended more on taurine efflux, whereas fall cells relied more on the loss of K(+). In addition, RVD in fall cells was prevented with the K(+) channel inhibitor quinine, whereas the ionophore gramicidin decreased osmotic fragility and potentiated volume recovery. Further, hypotonic shock (0.5X Ringer) for both summer and fall cells caused an increase in cytosolic Ca(2+), which resulted from influx of this ion because it was not observed when extracellular Ca(2+) was chelated with EGTA (10 nM free Ca(2+)). Cells exposed to a low Ca(2+) hypotonic Ringer also had a greater osmotic fragility and failed to recover from hypotonic swelling. Finally, inhibition of phospholipase A(2) with ONO-RS-082 blocked volume recovery. In conclusion, Atlantic salmon RBCs displayed volume decrease in response to hypotonic shock, which depended on a swelling-induced influx of Ca(2+) and an increase in the efflux of K(+) and taurine.
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- Chloe Wormser
- Department of Biology, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 60045, USA
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Chara O, Espelt MV, Krumschnabel G, Schwarzbaum PJ. Regulatory volume decrease and P receptor signaling in fish cells: mechanisms, physiology, and modeling approaches. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 315:175-202. [PMID: 21290610 DOI: 10.1002/jez.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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For animal cell plasma membranes, the permeability of water is much higher than that of ions and other solutes, and exposure to hyposmotic conditions almost invariably causes rapid water influx and cell swelling. In this situation, cells deploy regulatory mechanisms to preserve membrane integrity and avoid lysis. The phenomenon of regulatory volume decrease, the partial or full restoration of cell volume following cell swelling, is well-studied in mammals, with uncountable investigations yielding details on the signaling network and the effector mechanisms involved in the process. In comparison, cells from other vertebrates and from invertebrates received little attention, despite of the fact that e.g. fish cells could present rewarding model systems given the diversity in ecology and lifestyle of this animal group that may be reflected by an equal diversity of physiological adaptive mechanisms, including those related to cell volume regulation. In this review, we therefore present an overview on the most relevant aspects known on hypotonic volume regulation presently known in fish, summarizing transporters and signaling pathways described so far, and then focus on an aspect we have particularly studied over the past years using fish cell models, i.e. the role of extracellular nucleotides in mediating cell volume recovery of swollen cells. We, furthermore, present diverse modeling approaches developed on the basis of data derived from studies with fish and other models and discuss their potential use for gaining insight into the theoretical framework of volume regulation.
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- Osvaldo Chara
- IFLYSIB (CONICET, UNLP), La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Schaffer SW, Ballard-Croft C, Azuma J, Takahashi K, Kakhniashvili DG, Jenkins TE. Shape and size changes induced by taurine depletion in neonatal cardiomyocytes. Amino Acids 1999; 15:135-42. [PMID: 9871493 DOI: 10.1007/bf01345286] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Taurine is a very important organic osmolyte in most adult cells. Because of this property it has been proposed that large changes in the intracellular content of taurine can osmotically stress the cell, causing changes in its size and shape. This hypothesis was examined by measuring cell dimensions of taurine deficient cardiomyocytes using confocal microscopy. Incubation of isolated neonatal rat myocytes with medium containing 5 mM beta-alanine led to a 55% decrease in intracellular taurine content. Associated with the loss of taurine was a reduction in cell size. Two factors contributed to the change in cell size. First, there was a shift in cell shape, favoring the smaller of the two cellular configurations commonly found in the myocyte cell culture. Second, the size of the polyhedral configuration was reduced after beta-alanine treatment. These same two events also contributed to size reduction in cardiomyocytes incubated with medium containing 30 mM mannitol. Nonetheless, some qualitative differences exist between cells osmotically stressed by increasing the osmolality of the incubation medium and decreasing intracellular osmolality. The results support a role for taurine in the regulation of osmotic balance in the neonatal cardiomyocyte.
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- S W Schaffer
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA
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Teleosts (bony fish) are thought to primarily or exclusively possess a single structural form of immunoglobulin (Ig), a tetrameric IgM. However, in species wherein intact Ig has been electrophoretically analyzed under denaturing, non-reducing conditions, a significant degree of structural diversity has been revealed. This IgM molecule appears to be assembled with great latitude in the degree of disulfide crosslinking between monomeric or halfmer subunits composing the complete IgM molecule. This heterogeneity in the basic structure (herein referred to as redox forms) is not due to isotypic differences as each B cell produces this heterogeneity within its immunoglobulin product. Additionally, in the case of the catfish, a single fish/mouse chimeric Ig H gene is capable of producing IgM with a comparable amount of structural heterogeneity within the mouse cell. Thus, the piscine B lymphocyte routinely assembles a variety of redox forms from one IgM chain. This has both profound biosynthetic implications for macromolecular assembly processes as well as intriguing possibilities for the generation of teleost Ig functional diversity.
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- S Kaattari
- Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, USA.
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Song D, O'Regan MH, Phillis JW. Protein kinase inhibitors attenuate cardiac swelling-induced amino acid release in the rat. J Pharm Pharmacol 1998; 50:1280-6. [PMID: 9877315 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1998.tb03346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rat Langendorff heart preparations have been used to study the efflux of cardiac amino acids into coronary artery perfusates during brief (5-min) periods of exposure to hyposmotic stress (70 mM NaCl). Coronary flow rates, heart rates and intra-aortic pressures were recorded. Amino acid levels were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. Hyposmotic stress caused marked percentage increases in taurine, glutamate and aspartate levels in the coronary perfusate, with smaller increases in phosphoethanolamine, glycine and alanine and non-significant increases in serine and glutamine. Amino acid levels declined during reperfusion with isosmotic Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer. Inhibition of protein kinase C with chelerythrine chloride (5 microM) depressed the osmotically-induced release of aspartate, glutamate, taurine and glycine. The protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein, reduced the anisosmotic efflux of aspartate, glutamate, taurine and phosphoethanolamine. Lavendustin A, another inhibitor of tyrosine kinase, depressed the osmotically evoked release of aspartate, glutamate and taurine. These studies demonstrate the involvement of protein kinase C and tyrosine kinases in the efflux of amino acids from the osmotically challenged rat heart and imply that these enzymes are involved in the mechanisms responsible for volume regulation by cardiac cells.
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- D Song
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201-1928, USA
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Fánge R. 1 Fish Blood Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s1546-5098(08)60008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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TSAI CHUNGHONG, PAN BONNIESUN, KONG MINGSHENG. BROWNING BEHAVIOR OF TAURINE AND PROLINE IN MODEL AND DRIED SQUID SYSTEMS. J Food Biochem 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1991.tb00144.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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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Greeley MS, Hols H, Wallace RA. Changes in size, hydration and low molecular weight osmotic effectors during meiotic maturation of Fundulus oocytes in vivo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90383-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Storey KB, Storey JM, Brooks SP, Churchill TA, Brooks RJ. Hatchling turtles survive freezing during winter hibernation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:8350-4. [PMID: 3186730 PMCID: PMC282428 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.21.8350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Hatchlings of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) are unique as the only reptile and highest vertebrate life form known to tolerate the natural freezing of extracellular body fluids during winter hibernation. Turtles survived frequent exposures to temperatures as low as -6 degrees C to -8 degrees C in their shallow terrestrial nests over the 1987-1988 winter. Hatchlings collected in April 1988 had a mean supercooling point of -3.28 +/- 0.24 degrees C and survived 24 hr of freezing at -4 degrees C with 53.4% +/- 1.98% of total body water as ice. Recovery appeared complete after 20 hr of thawing at 3 degrees C. However, freezing at -10.9 degrees C, resulting in 67% ice, was lethal. A survey of possible cryoprotectants revealed a 2- to 3-fold increase in glucose content of liver and blood and a 3-fold increase in blood glycerol in response to freezing. Although quantitatively low, these responses by spring turtles strongly indicate that these may be the winter-active cryoprotectants. The total amino acid pool of blood also increased 2.25-fold in freezing-exposed turtles, and taurine accounted for 52% of the increase. Most organs accumulated high concentrations of lactate during freezing, a response to the ischemic state imposed by extracellular freezing. Changes in glycogen phosphorylase activity and levels of glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate were also consistent with a dependence on anaerobic glycolysis during freezing. Studies of the molecular mechanisms of natural freeze tolerance in these turtles may identify protective strategies that can be used in mammalian organ cryopreservation technology.
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- K B Storey
- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Pasantes Morales H, Schousboe A. Volume regulation in astrocytes: a role for taurine as an osmoeffector. J Neurosci Res 1988; 20:503-9. [PMID: 3184212 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490200415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Astrocytes in culture regulate their volume under anisosmotic conditions by as yet unclear mechanisms. In a number of other cells this process involves a loss of intracellular osmotically active solutes, including taurine. The possibility that taurine participates as an osmoeffector in astrocytes was examined in cultured astrocytes exposed to hyposmolar conditions. Astrocytes responded to decreases in osmolarity by rapid swelling followed by a volume regulatory phase. Hyposmotic conditions induced a dramatic increase of 3H-taurine efflux, with a time course corresponding to the cell volume regulatory phase. Decreasing osmolarity from 310 to 254, 198 or 150 m osmoles resulted in the release of 8.2%, 17%, and 54%, respectively, of 3H-taurine previously accumulated by astrocytes. Endogenous taurine concentration decreased 64%. The efflux of 3-H GABA, 3H-glycine, or 3H-D-aspartate was much less affected under similar conditions. These results suggest a role for taurine as an osmoeffector in astrocytes.
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- H Pasantes Morales
- Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F
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Sakaguchi M, Murata M, Daikoku T, Arai S. Effects of dietary taurine on tissue taurine and free amino acid levels of the chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, reared in freshwater and seawater environments. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 89:437-42. [PMID: 2896573 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(88)91053-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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1. Young chum salmon were fed on the basal and taurine-supplemented diets for 30 days in freshwater (FW) and for 25 days in seawater (SW). Levels of taurine, major free amino acids (FAA) and non-protein nitrogen (NPN) in various tissues were determined. 2. Tissue taurine levels were higher when fish were fed on the taurine-supplemented diets. All tissues of the SW fish did not contain higher taurine levels than those of the FW. 3. Levels of major FAA in the tissues differed little between fish fed on the basal and taurine-supplemented diets and also between the FW and SW fish. 4. No difference was observed in tissue NPN levels between fish ingesting the basal and taurine-supplemented diets; the levels were slightly higher in the SW fish.
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- M Sakaguchi
- Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Japan
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Pfeiler E. Free amino acids in metamorphosing bonefish (Albula sp.) leptocephali. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 4:27-36. [PMID: 24226035 DOI: 10.1007/bf02073863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Metamorphosing leptocephalous larvae of the bonefish (Albula sp.) were analyzed for total ninhydrinpositive substances (NPS) and free amino acids. Total NPS content showed little change during metamorphosis. The average NPS value (±S.E.) for 16 larvae was 1.8 (±0.1) mg×larva(-1), which represents approximately 4% and 8% of the total dry weight of early and advanced larvae, respectively. Taurine was the most abundant free amino acid in whole-larva extracts, accounting for 36% and 59% of the total by weight in early and advanced larvae, respectively. The essential amino acids, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, histidine, valine, methionine, lysine and arginine, accounted for about half (47%) of the total in early larvae but were reduced to about 23% of the total in advanced larvae. All of the component essential amino acids decreased during metamorphosis, but the greatest effect was seen with the first five. The remaining non-essential amino acids comprised less than 20% of the total in early larvae and, although the overall value changed little during metamorphosis, certain components such as glycine and glutamic acid showed large increases whereas others such as tyrosine and serine were reduced. Increases in amino acid content after acid hydrolysis of whole-larva extracts indicated that trichloroacetic acid-soluble, low molecular weight peptides were present in both early and advanced leptocephali.
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- E Pfeiler
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Escuela de Ciencias Marítimas y Alimentarias, Guaymas, Apartado Postal 484, 85400, Sonora, Mexico
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Collawn JF, Lau PY, Morgan SL, Fox A, Fish WW. A chemical and physical comparison of ferritin subunit species fractionated by high-performance liquid chromatography. Arch Biochem Biophys 1984; 233:260-6. [PMID: 6465899 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(84)90624-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Selected chemical and physical properties were measured for different forms of ferritin subunits which had been separated by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Ferritin subunits from porcine spleen behaved, on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, as though they were approximately Mr 2000 larger than equine spleen ferritin, whereas no difference in size was observed by gel chromatography in 6 M guanidinium chloride. All subunit species exhibited similar isoelectric focusing properties. In contrast to previous reports, no carbohydrate could be found associated with any of the isolated subunit species. Thus, the aberrant behavior of the porcine ferritin subunits between the two empirical molecular weight estimation methods appears to be the result of factor(s) other than protein intrinsic charge or covalently attached carbohydrate.
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Vislie T, Fugelli K. In vivo responses in plasma osmolality, and intracellular water and solute concentrations in flounder (Platichthys flesus) heart ventricles under acclimation to fresh and sea water. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(84)90426-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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