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Chiu ES, Gjeltema J, Woolard KD, Affolter VK. Miliary osteoma cutis in a climbing mantella frog (Mantella laevigata). Vet Dermatol 2024. [PMID: 38938127 DOI: 10.1111/vde.13273] [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: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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A climbing mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) was presented with nodular thickened skin. Histological examination revealed dermal nodules composed of differentiated bone consistent with miliary osteoma cutis, a non-neoplastic condition where bone is abnormally deposited within the skin. This is the first report of idiopathic osteoma cutis in an amphibian.
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- Elliott S Chiu
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology and Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, University of California, Davis, California, USA
- Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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Dual skin functions in amphibian osmoregulation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2021; 253:110869. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hidalgo J, Álvarez-Vergara F, Peña-Villalobos I, Contreras-Ramos C, Sanchez-Hernandez JC, Sabat P. Effect of salinity acclimation on osmoregulation, oxidative stress, and metabolic enzymes in the invasive Xenopus laevis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2020; 333:333-340. [PMID: 32306529 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Aquatic animals often display physiological adjustments to improve their biological performance and hydrosaline balance in saline environments. In addition to energetic costs associated with osmoregulation, oxidative stress, and the activation of the antioxidant system are common cellular responses to salt stress in many species, but the knowledge of osmoregulation-linked oxidative homeostasis in amphibians is scarce. Here we studied the biochemical responses and oxidative responses of Xenopus laevis females exposed for 40 days to two contrasting salinities: hypo-osmotic (150 mOsm·kg-1 ·H2 O NaCl, HYPO group) and hyper-osmotic environments (340 mOsm·kg-1 ·H2 O NaCl, HYPER group). We found an increase of plasma osmolality and plasma urea concentration in the animals incubated in the HYPER treatment. Increases in electrolyte concentration were paralleled with an increase of both citrate synthase and cytochrome c oxidase activities in liver and heart. Interestingly, HYPO group had higher catabolic activity of the skin and liver total antioxidant capacity (TAC), compared with animals from the HYPER group. Moreover, there was an inverse relationship between liver TAC and plasma osmolality; and with the metabolic enzymes from liver. These findings suggest that salinity induces changes in urea metabolism and specific activity of metabolic enzymes, which appears to be tissue-dependent in X. laevis. Contrary to our expectations, we also found a moderate change in the oxidative status as revealed by the increase in TAC activity in the animals acclimated to low salinity medium, but constancy in the lipid peroxidation of membranes.
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- Jaime Hidalgo
- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla, 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla, 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla, 653, Santiago, Chile.,Laboratorio de Células troncales y Biología del Desarrollo, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla, 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla, 653, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Ecología, Center of Applied Ecology & Sustainability (CAPES-UC), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Larsen EH, Deaton LE, Onken H, O'Donnell M, Grosell M, Dantzler WH, Weihrauch D. Osmoregulation and Excretion. Compr Physiol 2014; 4:405-573. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c130004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Larsen EH, Ramløv H. Role of cutaneous surface fluid in frog osmoregulation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2013; 165:365-70. [PMID: 23587876 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The study investigated whether evaporative water loss (EWL) in frogs stems from water diffusing through the skin or fluid secreted by mucous glands. Osmolality of cutaneous surface fluid (CSF) of Rana esculenta (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) subjected to isoproterenol or 30°C-34°C was 191±9.3 and 181±7.5 mosm/kg, respectively, as compared to lymph osmolality of, 249±10 mosm/kg. Cation concentrations of CSF were likewise independent of pre-treatment with averages of, [Na(+)]=65.5±5.1 and [K(+)]=14.9±1.6 mmol/L, and lymph concentrations of 116 mmol Na(+)/L and 5.1 mmol K(+)/L. The relatively high [K(+)] confirms that CSF is produced by submucosal glands. Since the chemical energy of water of CSF was always higher than that of body fluids, diffusion of water would be from CSF to the interstitial fluid and not in the opposite direction. It is concluded that volume and composition of CSF are regulated by subepidermal exocrine gland secretion balanced by EWL into the atmosphere and ion reuptake by the epidermal epithelium. Previously discovered regulatory mechanisms of epithelial ion absorption, hitherto not ascribed a body function, fit well with a role in regulating turnover of CSF. As a regulated external physiological compartment, CSF would be of importance for the immune defenses that amphibians employ in protecting their skin.
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- Erik Hviid Larsen
- Department of Biology, August Krogh Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Brown MG, Dobbs EK, Snodgrass JW, Ownby DR. Ameliorative effects of sodium chloride on acute copper toxicity among Cope's gray tree frog (Hyla chrysoscelis) and green frog (Rana clamitans) embryos. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2012; 31:836-842. [PMID: 22278879 DOI: 10.1002/etc.1751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Urban stormwater runoff is composed of a mixture of components, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, deicing agents, and many others. The fate of these chemicals is often in stormwater detention ponds that are used by amphibians for breeding. Among aquatic organisms, the toxic mechanism for many metals involves interference with active Na(+) and Cl(-) uptake. Addition of cations has been shown to reduce the toxicity of metals among some aquatic organisms through competitive inhibition, but no studies have investigated the interaction between NaCl and Cu among amphibian embryos and larvae. To determine the degree to which NaCl may ameliorate the toxicity of Cu to amphibian embryos and larvae, the authors exposed Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's gray treefrogs) and Rana (Lithobates) clamitans (green frogs) to seven levels of Cu and NaCl in fully factorial experiments. When exposure was in artificial hard water, Cu was highly toxic to both species (96-h median lethal concentration [LC50] of 44.7 µg/L and 162.6 µg/L for H. chrysoscelis and R. clamitans, respectively). However, approximately 500 mg/L of NaCl eliminated Cu toxicity over the range of Cu concentrations used in the experiments (maximum 150 µg Cu/L for H. chrysoscelis and 325 µg Cu/L for R. clamitans). The current results suggest that NaCl is likely responsible for the toxic effects of NaCl and metal mixtures that might be typical of runoff from road surfaces in northern latitudes.
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- Maria G Brown
- Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA
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Grosell M. Intestinal anion exchange in marine teleosts is involved in osmoregulation and contributes to the oceanic inorganic carbon cycle. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 202:421-34. [PMID: 21362153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02241.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Marine teleost fish osmoregulation involves seawater ingestion and intestinal fluid absorption. Solute coupled fluid absorption by the marine teleost fish intestine has long been believed to be the product of Na(+) and Cl(-) absorption via the Na(+) :K(+) :2Cl(-) co-transporter (NKCC2). However, the past decade has revealed that intestinal anion exchange contributes significantly to Cl(-) absorption, in exchange for HCO(3) (-) secretion, and that this process is important for intestinal water absorption. In addition to contributing to solute coupled water absorption intestinal anion exchange results in luminal precipitation of CaCO(3) which acts to reduce luminal osmotic pressure and thus assist water absorption. Most recently, activity of apical H(+) -pumps, especially in distal segments of the intestine have been suggested to not only promote anion exchange, but also to reduce luminal osmotic pressure by preventing excess HCO(3)(-) concentrations from accumulating in intestinal fluids, thereby aiding water absorption. The present review summarizes and synthesizes the most recent advances in our view of marine teleosts osmoregulation, including our emerging understanding of epithelial transport of acid-base equivalents in the intestine, the consequences for whole organism acid-base balance and finally the impact of piscine CaCO(3) formation on the global oceanic carbon cycle.
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- M Grosell
- RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149-1098, USA.
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Larsen EH. Reconciling the Krogh and Ussing interpretations of epithelial chloride transport - presenting a novel hypothesis for the physiological significance of the passive cellular chloride uptake. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 202:435-64. [PMID: 21288306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02239.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In 1937, August Krogh discovered a powerful active Cl(-) uptake mechanism in frog skin. After WWII, Hans Ussing continued the studies on the isolated skin and discovered the passive nature of the chloride uptake. The review concludes that the two modes of transport are associated with a minority cell type denoted as the γ-type mitochondria-rich (MR) cell, which is highly specialized for epithelial Cl(-) uptake whether the frog is in the pond of low [NaCl] or the skin is isolated and studied by Ussing chamber technique. One type of apical Cl(-) channels of the γ-MR cell is activated by binding of Cl(-) to an external binding site and by membrane depolarization. This results in a tight coupling of the uptake of Na(+) by principal cells and Cl(-) by MR cells. Another type of Cl(-) channels (probably CFTR) is involved in isotonic fluid uptake. It is suggested that the Cl(-) channels serve passive uptake of Cl(-) from the thin epidermal film of fluid produced by mucosal glands. The hypothesis is evaluated by discussing the turnover of water and ions of the epidermal surface fluid under terrestrial conditions. The apical Cl(-) channels close when the electrodiffusion force is outwardly directed as it is when the animal is in the pond. With the passive fluxes eliminated, the Cl(-) flux is governed by active transport and evidence is discussed that this is brought about by an exchange of cellular HCO(3) (-) with Cl(-) of the outside bath driven by an apical H(+) V-ATPase.
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- Erik Hviid Larsen
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Quigley IK, Stubbs JL, Kintner C. Specification of ion transport cells in the Xenopus larval skin. Development 2011; 138:705-14. [PMID: 21266406 DOI: 10.1242/dev.055699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Specialized epithelial cells in the amphibian skin play important roles in ion transport, but how they arise developmentally is largely unknown. Here we show that proton-secreting cells (PSCs) differentiate in the X. laevis larval skin soon after gastrulation, based on the expression of a `kidney-specific' form of the H(+)v-ATPase that localizes to the plasma membrane, orthologs of the Cl(-)/HCO(-)(3) antiporters ae1 and pendrin, and two isoforms of carbonic anhydrase. Like PSCs in other species, we show that the expression of these genes is likely to be driven by an ortholog of foxi1, which is also sufficient to promote the formation of PSC precursors. Strikingly, the PSCs form in the skin as two distinct subtypes that resemble the alpha- and beta-intercalated cells of the kidney. The alpha-subtype expresses ae1 and localizes H(+)v-ATPases to the apical plasma membrane, whereas the beta-subtype expresses pendrin and localizes the H(+)v-ATPase cytosolically or basolaterally. These two subtypes are specified during early PSC differentiation by a binary switch that can be regulated by Notch signaling and by the expression of ubp1, a transcription factor of the grainyhead family. These results have implications for how PSCs are specified in vertebrates and become functionally heterogeneous.
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- Ian K Quigley
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Jeon J, Lim HK, Kannan K, Kim SD. Effect of perfluorooctanesulfonate on osmoregulation in marine fish, Sebastes schlegeli, under different salinities. CHEMOSPHERE 2010; 81:228-234. [PMID: 20605044 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2010] [Revised: 06/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Effect of potassium salt of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) on the osmoregulation of marine teleost (blackrock fish), Sebastes schlegeli, was investigated under varying salinities, by monitoring serum osmolality, Na(+), K(+), Cl(-), Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) concentrations in serum, serum glucose, and gill Na(+)-K(+) ATPase (NKA) activity. The fish was acclimatized to four salinity levels (10, 17.5, 25, and 34 psu) for 2 weeks before a 6-d exposure to 100 or 1000 microg L(-1) of PFOS. Six fish from each exposure group were sampled at 24, 48, and 144 h after exposures, and serum, liver and gills were collected for analysis. NKA activity decreased by 34% and 31% relative to control at salinity levels of 25 and 34 psu, respectively, following exposure to 1000 microg L(-1) PFOS. PFOS did not affect serum osmolality, Na(+), Cl(-), Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) concentrations; however, serum K(+) concentration increased during initial exposure period and then decreased after 144 h. Serum glucose levels decreased with increasing PFOS concentrations, implying high energy demand in response to exposure. Overall, PFOS exposure impaired NKA activity, altered potassium ion concentrations in serum, and reduced serum glucose levels while no other effects on serum concentrations of ionic salts were observed.
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- Junho Jeon
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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Grosell M, Genz J, Taylor JR, Perry SF, Gilmour KM. The involvement of H+-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase in intestinal HCO3- secretion in seawater-acclimated rainbow trout. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 212:1940-8. [PMID: 19483012 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pyloric caeca and anterior intestine epithelia from seawater-acclimated rainbow trout exhibit different electrophysiological parameters with lower transepithelial potential and higher epithelial conductance in the pyloric caeca than the anterior intestine. Both pyloric caeca and the anterior intestine secrete HCO(3)(-) at high rates in the absence of serosal HCO(3)(-)/CO(2), demonstrating that endogenous CO(2) is the principal source of HCO(3)(-) under resting control conditions. Apical, bafilomycin-sensitive, H(+) extrusion occurs in the anterior intestine and probably acts to control luminal osmotic pressure while enhancing apical anion exchange; both processes with implications for water absorption. Cytosolic carbonic anhydrase (CAc) activity facilitates CO(2) hydration to fuel apical anion exchange while membrane-associated, luminal CA activity probably facilitates the conversion of HCO(3)(-) to CO(2). The significance of membrane-bound, luminal CA may be in part to reduce HCO(3)(-) gradients across the apical membrane to further enhance anion exchange and thus Cl(-) absorption and to facilitate the substantial CaCO(3) precipitation occurring in the lumen of marine teleosts. In this way, membrane-bound, luminal CA thus promotes the absorption of osmolytes and reduction on luminal osmotic pressure, both of which will serve to enhance osmotic gradients to promote intestinal water absorption.
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- M Grosell
- RSMAS, Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA.
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Grosell M, Mager EM, Williams C, Taylor JR. High rates of HCO3- secretion and Cl- absorption against adverse gradients in the marine teleost intestine: the involvement of an electrogenic anion exchanger and H+-pump metabolon? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 212:1684-96. [PMID: 19448078 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Anion exchange contributes significantly to intestinal Cl(-) absorption in marine teleost fish and is thus vital for successful osmoregulation. This anion exchange process leads to high luminal HCO(3)(-) concentrations (up to approximately 100 mmol l(-1)) and high pH and results in the formation of CaCO(3) precipitates in the intestinal lumen. Recent advances in our understanding of the transport processes involved in intestinal anion exchange in marine teleost fish include the demonstration of a role for the H(+)-pump (V-ATPase) in apical H(+) extrusion and the presence of an electrogenic (nHCO(3)(-)/Cl(-)) exchange protein (SLC26a6). The H(+)-V-ATPase defends against cellular acidification, which might otherwise occur as a consequence of the high rates of base secretion. In addition, apical H(+) extrusion probably maintains lower HCO(3)(-) concentrations in the unstirred layer at the apical surface than in the bulk luminal fluids and thus facilitates continued anion exchange. Furthermore, H(+)-V-ATPase activity hyperpolarizes the apical membrane potential that provides the driving force for apical electrogenic nHCO(3)(-)/Cl(-) exchange, which appears to occur against both Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) electrochemical gradients. We propose that a similar coupling between apical H(+) extrusion and nHCO(3)(-)/Cl(-) exchange accounts for Cl(-) uptake in freshwater fish and amphibians against very steep Cl(-) gradients.
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- M Grosell
- RSMAS, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA.
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Suzuki M, Tanaka S. Molecular and cellular regulation of water homeostasis in anuran amphibians by aquaporins. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 153:231-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2008] [Revised: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Parks SK, Tresguerres M, Goss GG. Theoretical considerations underlying Na(+) uptake mechanisms in freshwater fishes. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2008; 148:411-8. [PMID: 18420463 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ion and acid-base regulating mechanisms have been studied at the fish gill for almost a century. Original models proposed for Na(+) and Cl(-) uptake, and their linkage with H(+) and HCO(3)(-) secretion have changed substantially with the development of more sophisticated physiological techniques. At the freshwater fish gill, two dominant mechanisms for Na(+) uptake from dilute environments have persisted in the literature. The use of an apical Na(+)/H(+) exchanger driven by a basolateral Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase versus an apical Na(+) channel electrogenically coupled to an apical H(+)-ATPase have been the source of debate for a number of years. Advances in molecular biology have greatly enhanced our understanding of the basic ion transport mechanisms at the fish gill. However, it is imperative to ensure that thermodynamic principles are followed in the development of new models for gill ion transport. This review will focus on the recent molecular advances for Na(+) uptake in freshwater fish. Emphasis will be placed on thermodynamic constraints that prevent electroneutral apical NHE function in most freshwater environments. By combining recent advances in molecular and functional physiology of fish gills with thermodynamic considerations of ion transport, our knowledge in the field should continue to grow in a logical manner.
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- Scott K Parks
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5G 2E9
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Larsen EH, Møbjerg N, Nielsen R. Application of the Na+ recirculation theory to ion coupled water transport in low- and high resistance osmoregulatory epithelia. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007; 148:101-16. [PMID: 17303459 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2006] [Revised: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The theory of Na+ recirculation for isosmotic fluid absorption follows logically from Hertz's convection-diffusion equation applied to the exit of water and solutes from the lateral intercellular space. Experimental evidence is discussed indicating Na+ recirculation based upon the following approaches: (i) An isotope tracer method in small intestine. Simultaneous measurement of water flow and ion transport in toad skin epithelium demonstrating, (ii) occasional hyposmotic absorbates, and (iii) reduced fluid absorption in the presence of serosal bumetanide. (iv) Studies of the metabolic cost of net Na+ absorption demonstrating an efficiency that is lower than the 18 Na+ per O2 consumed given by the stoichiometry of the Na+/K+-pump. Mathematical modeling predicts a significant range of observations such as isosmotic transport, hyposmotic transport, solvent drag, anomalous solvent drag, the residual hydraulic permeability in proximal tubule of AQP1(-/-) mice, the adverse relationship between hydraulic permeability and the concentration difference needed to reverse transepithelial water flow, and in a non-contradictory way the wide range of metabolic efficiencies from above to below 18 Na+/O2. Certain types of observations are poorly or not at all reproduced by the model. It is discussed that such lack of agreement between model and experiment is due to cellular regulations of ion permeabilities that are not incorporated in the modeling. Clarification of these problems requires further experimental studies.
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- Erik Hviid Larsen
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Physiology, University of Copenhagen, August Krogh Building, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Suzuki M, Hasegawa T, Ogushi Y, Tanaka S. Amphibian aquaporins and adaptation to terrestrial environments: A review. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2007; 148:72-81. [PMID: 17270476 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 12/03/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In many anurans, the pelvic patch of the ventral skin and the urinary bladder are important osmoregulatory organs. Since the discovery of water channel protein, aquaporin (AQP), in mammalian erythrocytes, 17 distinct full sequences of AQP mRNAs have been identified in anurans. Phylogenetic tree of AQP proteins from amphibians and mammals suggested that anuran AQPs can be divided into six types: i.e. types 1, 2, 3, and 5, and anuran-specific types a1 and a2. Among them, two types of anuran AQPs (types 1 and a2) are localized in the skin and urinary bladder by immunohistochemistry. Tree frog type-a2 AQPs, AQP-h2 and AQP-h3, are vasotocin-regulated water channels predominant in the osmoregulatory organs. Both the AQP-h2 and AQP-h3 are expressed at the granular cells underneath the keratinized layer in the pelvic patch, whereas only AQP-h2 is detected at the granular cells in the urinary bladder. In response to vasotocin, both the molecules seem to be translocated from the cytoplasmic pool to the apical plasma membrane of the granular cells. On the other hand, type-1 AQPs, Rana FA-CHIP and Hyla AQP-h1, are detected at the endothelial cells of blood capillaries in frog osmoregulatory organs. These findings suggest that AQP-h2 and AQP-h3 are key players for transepithelial water movement, and that FA-CHIP and AQP-h1 might be important for the transport of absorbed water into the blood flow. Comparative investigation of type-a2 AQPs in anurans further revealed that AQP-h2 and -h3-like molecules might exist at the urinary bladder and the pelvic skin, respectively, in various anurans from aquatic species to arboreal dwellers. AQP-h2-like protein is also detected in the pelvic skin of terrestrial and arboreal species. It is possible that this molecule might have occurred in the pelvic skin as anurans penetrated into drier environments.
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- Masakazu Suzuki
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Ohya 836, Suruga ward, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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Møbjerg N, Werner A, Hansen SM, Novak I. Physiological and molecular mechanisms of inorganic phosphate handling in the toad Bufo bufo. Pflugers Arch 2006; 454:101-13. [PMID: 17165072 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0176-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to elucidate mechanisms of P(i) handling in toads (Bufo bufo). We introduced toads to experimental solutions of various [P(i)] and high P(i) diets and measured urine and lymph [P(i)]. Both lymph and urine [P(i)] increased with increasing P(i) loads, indicating P(i) absorption across skin and intestine. An initial fragment of a NaPi-II type transporter was amplified from kidney, and the full-length sequence was obtained. The protein showed the molecular hallmarks of NaPi-IIb transporters. When expressed in Xenopus oocytes the clone showed unusual pH dependence, but apparent affinity constants for P(i) and Na(+) were in the range of other NaPi-II transporters. Expression profiling showed that the transporter was present in skin, intestine and kidney. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays on dissected renal tubules indicated expression in the collecting duct system. Collecting tubules and ducts were isolated, perfused and microelectrode recordings showed electrogenic P(i) transport in apical and basolateral membranes. Taken together, our results show that P(i) is handled by intestine, kidney and skin. The presently cloned NaPi-IIb is a likely candidate involved in P(i) absorption across these epithelia. In addition, electrophysiological experiments suggest that the collecting duct system plays an important role in P(i) homeostasis.
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- Nadja Møbjerg
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, August Krogh Building, Universitetsparken 13, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Tresguerres M, Katoh F, Orr E, Parks SK, Goss GG. Chloride Uptake and Base Secretion in Freshwater Fish: A Transepithelial Ion‐Transport Metabolon? Physiol Biochem Zool 2006; 79:981-96. [PMID: 17041864 DOI: 10.1086/507658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Despite all the efforts and technological advances during the last few decades, the cellular mechanisms for branchial chloride uptake in freshwater (FW) fish are still unclear. Although a tight 1 : 1 link with HCO-3 secretion has been established, not much is known about the identity of the ion-transporting proteins involved or the energizing steps that allow for the inward transport of Cl- against the concentration gradient. We propose a new model for Cl- uptake in FW fish whereby the combined action of an apical anion exchanger, cytoplasmic carbonic anhydrase, and basolateral V-type H+ -ATPase creates a local [HCO-3] high enough to energize Cl- uptake. Our model is based on analyses of structure-function relationships, reinterpretation of previous results, and novel observations about gill cell subtypes and immunolocalization of the V-H+ -ATPase.
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- Martin Tresguerres
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2E9, Canada.
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Zaccone G, Mauceri A, Maisano M, Fasulo S. Immunolocalisation of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the epidermis of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. Acta Histochem 2006; 108:407-10. [PMID: 16824585 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2005] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A. tigrinum: Immunoreactivity for isoforms of nitric oxidase synthase is found in the flash cells and outer-deep epidermal cell layers of the tiger salamander A. tigrinum. Despite the absence of physiological data we assume NO may be lumped together as cytocrine regulators in the amphibian epidermis.
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- Giacomo Zaccone
- Department of Animal Biology and Marine Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Messina, Italy.
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Grosell M, Genz J. Ouabain-sensitive bicarbonate secretion and acid absorption by the marine teleost fish intestine play a role in osmoregulation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R1145-56. [PMID: 16709644 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00818.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) intestine secretes base mainly in the form of HCO3- via apical anion exchange to serve Cl- and water absorption for osmoregulatory purposes. Luminal HCO3- secretion rates measured by pH-stat techniques in Ussing chambers rely on oxidative energy metabolism and are highly temperature sensitive. At 25 degrees C under in vivo-like conditions, secretion rates averaged 0.45 micromol x cm(-2) x h(-1), of which 0.25 micromol x cm(-2) x h(-1) can be accounted for by hydration of endogenous CO2 partly catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase. Complete polarity of secretion of HCO3- and H+ arising from the CO2 hydration reaction is evident from equal rates of luminal HCO3- secretion via anion exchange and basolateral H+ extrusion. When basolateral H+ extrusion is partly inhibited by reduction of serosal pH, luminal HCO3- secretion is reduced. Basolateral H+ secretion occurs in exchange for Na+ via an ethylisopropylamiloride-insensitive mechanism and is ultimately fueled by the activity of the basolateral Na+-K+-ATPase. Fluid absorption by the toadfish intestine to oppose diffusive water loss to the concentrated marine environment is accompanied by a substantial basolateral H+ extrusion, intimately linking osmoregulation and acid-base balance.
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- M Grosell
- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098, USA.
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Boisen AMZ, Amstrup J, Novak I, Grosell M. Sodium and chloride transport in soft water and hard water acclimated zebrafish (Danio rerio). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1618:207-18. [PMID: 14729157 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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While the zebrafish is commonly used for studies of developmental biology and toxicology, very little is known about their osmoregulatory physiology. The present investigation of Na(+) and Cl(-) transport revealed that the zebrafish is able to tolerate extremely low ambient ion concentrations and that this is achieved at least in part by a greatly enhanced apparent uptake capacity and affinity for both ions. Zebrafish maintain plasma and whole body electrolyte concentrations similar to most other freshwater teleosts even in deionized water containing only 35 microM NaCl, i.e soft water. We recorded an extremely low transport affinity constant (K(m)) of 8+/-1 microM for the active uptake of Cl(-) in soft water acclimated fish, while other transport kinetic parameters were in agreement with reports for other freshwater organisms. While both Na(+) and Cl(-) uptake in soft water clearly depends on apical proton pump activity, changes in abundance and possibly localization of this protein did not appear to contribute to soft water acclimation. Active Cl(-) uptake was strongly dependent on branchial carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity regardless of water type, while the response of Na(+) transport to a CA inhibitor was more variable. Differential response of Na(+) uptake to amiloride depending on acclimation medium suggests that different Na(+) transport mechanisms are employed by zebrafish acclimated to soft and hard water.
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- A M Z Boisen
- Zoophysiological Laboratory, The August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Møbjerg N, Larsen EH, Novak I. Ion transport mechanisms in the mesonephric collecting duct system of the toad Bufo bufo: microelectrode recordings from isolated and perfused tubules. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2004; 137:585-95. [PMID: 15123195 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2003] [Revised: 11/20/2003] [Accepted: 11/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It is not clear how and whether terrestrial amphibians handle NaCl transport in the distal nephron. Therefore, we studied ion transport in isolated perfused collecting tubules and ducts from toad, Bufo bufo, by means of microelectrodes. No qualitative difference in basolateral cell membrane potential (Vbl) was observed between tubules and ducts in response to ion substitutions, inhibitor and agonist applications. Cl- substitution experiments indicated a small Cl- conductance in the basolateral membrane. The apical membrane did not have a significant Cl- conductance. Luminal [Na+] steps and amiloride application showed a small apical Na+ conductance. Arginine vasotocin depolarized Vbl. The small apical Na+ conductance indicates that the collecting duct system contributes little to NaCl reabsorption when compared to aquatic amphibians. In contrast, Vbl rapidly depolarized upon lowering of [Na+] in the bath, demonstrating the presence of a Na+-coupled anion transporter. [HCO3-] steps revealed that this transporter is not a Na+-HCO3- cotransporter. Together, our results indicate that a major task of the collecting duct system in B. bufo is not conductive NaCl transport but rather K+ secretion, as shown by our previous studies. Moreover, our results indicate the presence of a novel basolateral Na+-coupled anion transporter, the identity of which remains to be elucidated.
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- Nadja Møbjerg
- Zoophysiological Laboratory, August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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