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Harvey TN, Gillard GB, Røsæg LL, Grammes F, Monsen Ø, Vik JO, Hvidsten TR, Sandve SR. The genome regulatory landscape of Atlantic salmon liver through smoltification. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0302388. [PMID: 38648207 PMCID: PMC11034671 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
Abstract
The anadromous Atlantic salmon undergo a preparatory physiological transformation before seawater entry, referred to as smoltification. Key molecular developmental processes involved in this life stage transition, such as remodeling of gill functions, are known to be synchronized and modulated by environmental cues like photoperiod. However, little is known about the photoperiod influence and genome regulatory processes driving other canonical aspects of smoltification such as the large-scale changes in lipid metabolism and energy homeostasis in the developing smolt liver. Here we generate transcriptome, DNA methylation, and chromatin accessibility data from salmon livers across smoltification under different photoperiod regimes. We find a systematic reduction of expression levels of genes with a metabolic function, such as lipid metabolism, and increased expression of energy related genes such as oxidative phosphorylation, during smolt development in freshwater. However, in contrast to similar studies of the gill, smolt liver gene expression prior to seawater transfer was not impacted by photoperiodic history. Integrated analyses of gene expression, chromatin accessibility, and transcription factor (TF) binding signatures highlight chromatin remodeling and TF dynamics underlying smolt gene regulatory changes. Differential peak accessibility patterns largely matched differential gene expression patterns during smoltification and we infer that ZNF682, KLFs, and NFY TFs are important in driving a liver metabolic shift from synthesis to break down of organic compounds in freshwater. Overall, chromatin accessibility and TFBS occupancy were highly correlated to changes in gene expression. On the other hand, we identified numerous differential methylation patterns across the genome, but associated genes were not functionally enriched or correlated to observed gene expression changes across smolt development. Taken together, this work highlights the relative importance of chromatin remodeling during smoltification and demonstrates that metabolic remodeling occurs as a preadaptation to life at sea that is not to a large extent driven by photoperiod history.
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- Thomas N. Harvey
- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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Lubin FR, Réalis-Doyelle E, Espinat L, Guillard J, Raffard A. Heat shocks during egg incubation led to developmental, morphological, and behavioral differences in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2024; 104:1202-1212. [PMID: 38263640 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
Abstract
Temperature variation is affecting fish biodiversity worldwide, causing changes in geographic distribution, phenotypic structure, and even species extinction. Incubation is a critical stage for stenothermic species, which are vulnerable to large temperature fluctuations, and its effects on the phenotype at later developmental stages are understudied, despite the fact that the phenotype being essential for organism ecology and evolution. In this study, we tested the effects of heat shocks during the embryonic period on the phenotype of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). We repeatedly quantified multiple phenotypic traits, including morphology, development, and behavior, over a period of 4 months, from hatching to juvenile stage in individuals that had experienced heat shocks (+ 5°C on 24 h, seven times) during their embryonic stage and those that had not. We found that heat shocks led to smaller body size at hatching and a lower sociability. Interestingly, these effects weakened throughout the development of individuals and even reversed in the case of body size. We also found an accelerated growth rate and a higher body condition in the presence of heat shocks. Our study provides evidence that heat shocks experienced during incubation can have long-lasting effects on an individual's phenotype. This highlights the importance of the incubation phase for the development of ectothermic organisms and suggests that temperature fluctuations may have significant ecological and evolutionary implications for Arctic charr. Given the predicted increase in extreme events and the unpredictability of temperature fluctuations, it is critical to further investigate their effects on development by examining fluctuations that vary in frequency and intensity.
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- François-Raphaël Lubin
- Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France
- Pole ECLA (OFB, INRAE, USMB), Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France
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- Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, CARRTEL, Thonon-les-Bains, France
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Ugachi Y, Kitade H, Takahashi E, Suzuki S, Hayashi M, Yamada T, Cui W, Shimizu M. Size-driven parr-smolt transformation in masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou). Sci Rep 2023; 13:16643. [PMID: 37789097 PMCID: PMC10547828 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43632-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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Anadromous salmonids exhibit partial migration, where some individuals within a population migrate down to the ocean through complex interactions between body size and photoperiod. This study aimed to integrate the ontogenetic and seasonal patterns of smoltification, a series of changes for future marine life, in a strain of masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou). Spring smoltification, as evidenced by the activation of gill Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA), was induced during winter under an advanced photoperiod. In addition, juveniles showed an additional peak in gill NKA activity in August regardless of the photoperiod. When juvenile masu salmon were subjected to feeding manipulations during the first spring/summer, only fish exceeding a fork length of 12 cm exhibited an increased gill NKA activity. We tested whether size-driven smoltification required a long-day period by exposing juveniles to a constant short-day length (9-h light and 15-h dark) from January to November. Juveniles under short-day conditions exceeded 12 cm in June but showed no signs of smoltification. Thus, masu salmon undergo photoperiod-limited, size-driven smoltification during the first summer and size-limited, photoperiod-driven smoltification the following spring. The findings of the present study provide a framework for further elucidation of the physiological mechanisms underlying partial migration in salmonids.
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- Yuki Ugachi
- School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan
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- Nanae Fresh-Water Station, Field Science Center Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, 2-9-1 Sakura, Nanae, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido, 041-1105, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan.
- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan.
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Canosa LF, Bertucci JI. The effect of environmental stressors on growth in fish and its endocrine control. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1109461. [PMID: 37065755 PMCID: PMC10098185 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1109461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Fish body growth is a trait of major importance for individual survival and reproduction. It has implications in population, ecology, and evolution. Somatic growth is controlled by the GH/IGF endocrine axis and is influenced by nutrition, feeding, and reproductive-regulating hormones as well as abiotic factors such as temperature, oxygen levels, and salinity. Global climate change and anthropogenic pollutants will modify environmental conditions affecting directly or indirectly fish growth performance. In the present review, we offer an overview of somatic growth and its interplay with the feeding regulatory axis and summarize the effects of global warming and the main anthropogenic pollutants on these endocrine axes.
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- Luis Fabián Canosa
- Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH), CONICET-EByNT-UNSAM, Chascomús, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Luis Fabián Canosa, ; Juan Ignacio Bertucci,
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IEO-CSIC), Vigo, Spain
- *Correspondence: Luis Fabián Canosa, ; Juan Ignacio Bertucci,
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Seebacher F. Interactive effects of anthropogenic environmental drivers on endocrine responses in wildlife. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2022; 556:111737. [PMID: 35931299 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2022.111737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Anthropogenic activity has created unique environmental drivers, which may interact to produce unexpected effects. My aim was to conduct a systematic review of the interactive effects of anthropogenic drivers on endocrine responses in non-human animals. The interaction between temperature and light can disrupt reproduction and growth by impacting gonadotropins, thyroid hormones, melatonin, and growth hormone. Temperature and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) interact to modify reproduction with differential effects across generations. The combined effects of light and EDCs can be anxiogenic, so that light-at-night could increase anxiety in wildlife. Light and noise increase glucocorticoid release by themselves, and together can modify interactions between individuals and their environment. The literature detailing interactions between drivers is relatively sparse and there is a need to extend research to a broader range of taxa and interactions. I suggest that incorporating endocrine responses into Adverse Outcome Pathways would be beneficial to improve predictions of environmental effects.
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- Frank Seebacher
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences A08, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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Chmura HE, Williams CT. A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways. Horm Behav 2022; 144:105215. [PMID: 35687987 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The regulation of seasonality has been an area of interest for decades, yet global climate change has created extra urgency in the quest to understand how sensory circuits and neuroendocrine control systems interact to generate flexibility in biological timekeeping. The capacity of temperature to alter endogenous or photoperiod-regulated neuroendocrine mechanisms driving seasonality, either as a direct cue or through temperature-dependent effects on energy and metabolism, is at the heart of this phenological flexibility. However, until relatively recently, little research had been done on the integration of temperature information in canonical seasonal neuroendocrine pathways, particularly in vertebrates. We review recent advances from research in vertebrates that deepens our understanding of how temperature cues are perceived and integrated into seasonal hypothalamic thyroid hormone (TH) signaling, which is a critical regulator of downstream seasonal phenotypic changes such as those regulated by the BPG (brain-pituitary-gonadal) axis. Temperature perception occurs through cutaneous transient receptor potential (TRP) neurons, though sensitivity of these neurons varies markedly across taxa. Although photoperiod is the dominant cue used to trigger seasonal physiology or entrain circannual clocks, across birds, mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians, seasonality appears to be temperature sensitive and in at least some cases this appears to be related to phylogenetically conserved TH signaling in the hypothalamus. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms through which temperature modulates seasonal neuroendocrine pathways remains poorly understood.
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- Helen E Chmura
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2140 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA; Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, 800 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT 59801, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 1878 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Höglund E, Fernandes P, Rojas-Tirado P, Rundberget JT, Hess-Erga OK. Assessing Stress Resilience After Smolt Transportation by Waterborne Cortisol and Feeding Behavior in a Commercial Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Grow-Out Recirculating Aquaculture System. Front Physiol 2022; 12:771951. [PMID: 35153808 PMCID: PMC8830409 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.771951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Sampling protocols and water quality sensors have been developed to assess fish health and welfare in recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs). Still, the use of fish-based non-invasive welfare indicators, reflecting the physiological state of the fish, is limited in this type of system. Cortisol, the major stress-coping hormone in fish, diffuses through the gills. Consequently, waterborne cortisol is a potential fish-based non-invasive welfare indicator in RAS. However, its use in commercial rearing systems is sparse. In this study, we evaluated water cortisol levels and feeding behavior as welfare indicators of newly inserted smolt in a commercial RAS for harvest size Atlantic salmon. The RAS consisted of two parallel fish rearing raceways, raceways 1 and 2, sharing the same water treatment with common outlets and inlets. The smolts were inserted in raceway 1 while salmon that have been in the system for 6 months or more were kept in raceway 2. The smolt insertion period was 3 days. Samples for water cortisol levels were withdrawn the day before, 1 and 3 days after the smolt insertion period. Smolt insertion resulted in elevated water cortisol concentrations in the entire system, with the highest values in raceway 1, one day after smolt insertion. Estimated cortisol production in newly inserted smolt decreased over time, was similar to what has been reported in salmon adapting to experimental tanks. Feeding behavior indicated that the appetite was not fully resumed in the newly inserted smolts, while the appetite of fish in raceway 2 was unaffected by smolt insertion. These results, obtained in a highly intensive commercial RAS, suggest that waterborne cortisol together with feeding behavior can be used as indicators for adaptive processes associated with stress resilience in farmed fish. Thus, they are promising non-invasive indicators for assessing the impact of potential stressors on fish welfare in this type of rearing system.
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- Erik Höglund
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
- Center of Coastal Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
- *Correspondence: Erik Höglund,
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Chu PY, Li JX, Hsu TH, Gong HY, Lin CY, Wang JH, Huang CW. Identification of Genes Related to Cold Tolerance and Novel Genetic Markers for Molecular Breeding in Taiwan Tilapia ( Oreochromis spp.) via Transcriptome Analysis. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11123538. [PMID: 34944312 PMCID: PMC8697892 DOI: 10.3390/ani11123538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Taiwan tilapia is one of the primary species used in aquaculture practices in Taiwan. However, as a tropical fish, it is sensitive to cold temperatures that can lead to high mortality rates during winter months. Genetic and broodstock management strategies using marker-assisted selection and breeding are the best tools currently available to improve seed varieties for tilapia species. The purpose of this study was to develop molecular markers for cold stress-related genes using digital gene expression analysis of next-generation transcriptome sequencing in Taiwan tilapia (Oreochromis spp.). We constructed and sequenced cDNA libraries from the brain, gill, liver, and muscle tissues of cold-tolerance (CT) and cold-sensitivity (CS) strains. Approximately 35,214,833,100 nucleotides of raw sequencing reads were generated, and these were assembled into 128,147 unigenes possessing a total length of 185,382,926 bp and an average length of 1446 bp. A total of 25,844 unigenes were annotated using five protein databases and Venny analysis, and 38,377 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and 65,527 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified. Furthermore, from the 38-cold tolerance-related genes that were identified using differential gene expression analysis in the four tissues, 13 microsatellites and 37 single nucleotide polymorphism markers were identified. The results of the genotype analysis revealed that the selected markers could be used for population genetics. In addition to the diversity assessment, one of the SNP markers was determined to be significantly related to cold-tolerance traits and could be used as a molecular marker to assist in the selection and verification of cold-tolerant populations. The specific genetic markers explored in this study can be used for the identification of genetic polymorphisms and cold tolerance traits in Taiwan tilapia, and they can also be used to further explore the physiological and biochemical molecular regulation pathways of fish that are involved in their tolerance to environmental temperature stress.
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- Pei-Yun Chu
- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan; (P.-Y.C.); (J.-X.L.); (T.-H.H.); (H.-Y.G.)
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan; (P.-Y.C.); (J.-X.L.); (T.-H.H.); (H.-Y.G.)
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan; (P.-Y.C.); (J.-X.L.); (T.-H.H.); (H.-Y.G.)
- Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan; (P.-Y.C.); (J.-X.L.); (T.-H.H.); (H.-Y.G.)
- Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan
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- Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan;
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan;
- AI Research Center, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan; (P.-Y.C.); (J.-X.L.); (T.-H.H.); (H.-Y.G.)
- Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung City 20224, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-2-2462-2192 (ext. 5238)
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Khaw HL, Gjerde B, Boison SA, Hjelle E, Difford GF. Quantitative Genetics of Smoltification Status at the Time of Seawater Transfer in Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo Salar). Front Genet 2021; 12:696893. [PMID: 34790218 PMCID: PMC8591024 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.696893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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High mortality during grow out in the sea is a challenge for farmed Atlantic salmon production in Norway and globally, which is partly attributed to suboptimal smolt quality. In this study, two groups of pre-smolts were put on a standard light smoltification regime with alternating 12L:12D per day for 6 weeks (Phase I), followed by 24L:0D per day for 6 weeks (Phase II); one group was 0 + smolt (EXP1) and the other 1 + smolt (EXP2). To monitor the smoltification status of the fish, 100 (EXP1) and 60 (EXP2) fish were randomly sampled per week during Phase II. The following phenotypes for smoltification status were studied: RT-qPCR relative mRNA expression of values of two alpha catalytic subunits of the variants of the Na+K+ATPase (NKA) expressed in the sampled gill tissues of each fish. The first variant, alpha1a with increased expression in freshwater (FW) and the second variant alpha1b with increased expression in seawater variant (SW), as well as their ratio SW/FW. At the optimal time for seawater transfer based on the SW/FW trait, 1,000 (at sixth sampling of EXP1) and 1,500 (at fifth sampling of EXP2) fish were sampled for genetic parameter estimation. The individual variation in FW, SW, and SW/FW was very large at each of the seven samplings indicating a large variation among individuals in the optimum time of transfer to seawater. SW/FW showed significant genetic variation in both 0+ and 1+ smolts, which indicates the possibility for selection for improved synchronization of smoltification status of Atlantic salmon at the time where the largest proportion of the fish is considered to be smolt. However, the genetic correlation between SW/FW of 0+ and 1+ was not significantly different from zero indicating very little shared genetic variation in SW/FW in 0+ and 1+ fish. Smoltification phenotypes showed temporal progression over the smoltification period, and this progression varied between 0+ and 1+ smolt highlighting the importance of correctly timing the major sampling point, and when cohorts are transferred to seawater. This also highlighted the need for further research into noninvasive methods of objectively measuring individual smoltification through time and subsequent smolt survival and growth rate at sea.
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- Hooi Ling Khaw
- Department of Breeding and Genetics, Nofima AS, Osloveien, Norway
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- Department of Breeding and Genetics, Nofima AS, Osloveien, Norway
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- Department of Breeding and Genetics, Nofima AS, Osloveien, Norway.,Mowi ASA, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Breeding and Genetics, Nofima AS, Osloveien, Norway
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Zhao X, Sun Z, Xu H, Song N, Gao T. Transcriptome and co-expression network analyses reveal the regulatory pathways and key genes associated with temperature adaptability in the yellow drum (Nibea albiflora). J Therm Biol 2021; 100:103071. [PMID: 34503808 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The yellow drum (Nibea albiflora) is an important marine economy fish, that is widely distributed in the coastal waters of the Northwest Pacific. To understand the molecular regulatory mechanism of the yellow drum under temperature stress, transcriptome analysis was performed under five temperature conditions (10 °C, 15 °C, 20 °C, 24 °C, 28 °C) in the present study. Compared with 20 °C, 163, 401, 276, and 372 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained at 10 °C, 15 °C, 24 °C and 28 °C, respectively. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis indicated that the DEGs were mainly involved in cellular processes, metabolic processes, catalytic activity, membrane and binding. Meanwhile, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis showed that the temperature adaptive regulation of the yellow drum was mainly involved in signal transduction, metabolism, genetic information and protein processing. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) showed that HMGB1, STAT4, Noct, C1q and CRT may be the key hub genes in the response of the yellow drum to temperature stress. In addition, 20 genes that may be associated with temperature stress were identified based on comparative analysis between the KEGG enrichment and the WGCNA results. Ten DEGs were selected for further validation using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), and the results were consistent with the RNA-seq data. This study explored the transcriptional patterns of the yellow drum under temperature stress and provided fundamental information on the temperature adaptability of this species.
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- Xiang Zhao
- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, China
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- Qingdao Marine Hazard Mitigation Service, Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, China.
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- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, 316022, China.
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Shahjahan M, Zahangir MM, Islam SMM, Ashaf-Ud-Doulah M, Ando H. Higher acclimation temperature affects growth of rohu (Labeorohita) through suppression of GH and IGFs genes expression actuating stress response. J Therm Biol 2021; 100:103032. [PMID: 34503781 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Water temperature alone can affect the growth, metabolic rates and physiological responses of aquatic organisms. Our earlier study reported that higher temperature affects cellular and hemato-biochemical responses in rohu, Labeo rohita. In this backdrop, the present study assessed the effect of higher acclimation temperature on the regulatory mechanisms of growth and stress responses of juvenile L. rohita acclimatized in three temperature conditions (30 °C, 33 °C, and 36 °C) for a period of 30 days. The relative expression of genes for growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) and heat shock proteins (hsp70 and hsp90) were measured by real-time quantitative PCR. The results revealed that the highest acclimation temperature (36 °C) significantly decreased the weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR), and increased the feed conversion ratio (FCR) compared to 30 °C (control), while increased WG, SGR and lowered FCR were observed in fish reared at the intermediate temperature (33 °C) compared to 30 °C. Similarly, the GH gene expression in the pituitary was significantly decreased and increased at 36 °C and 33 °C, respectively as compared to 30 °C. A significantly lower expression of IGF-1 and IGF-2, and higher expression of hsp70 and hsp90 were observed in the liver of fish at 36 °C. The results of the present study indicate that although slightly elevated temperature promotes the growth of juvenile L. rohita, the higher acclimation temperature may induce stress response and impair growth performance by suppressing GH/IGF system.
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- Md Shahjahan
- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh.
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- Marine Biological Station, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University, Sado, Niigata, 952-2135, Japan; Department of Fish Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Fisheries, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram, 4225, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Marine Biological Station, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University, Sado, Niigata, 952-2135, Japan
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The Effect of Continuous Light on Growth and Muscle-Specific Gene Expression in Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar L.) Yearlings. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11040328. [PMID: 33920077 PMCID: PMC8070488 DOI: 10.3390/life11040328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Photoperiod is associated to phenotypic plasticity of somatic growth in several teleost species, however, the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are currently unknown. The effect of a continuous lighting (LD 24:0), compared with the usual hatchery lighting (HL) regime, on the growth rate and gene expression of myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs: MyoD1 paralogs, Myf5, and MyoG) myosin heavy chain (MyHC), and MSTN paralogs in the white muscles of hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon yearlings was evaluated over a 6-month period (May–October). The levels of gene expression were determined using real-time PCR. Continuous lighting was shown to have a positive effect on weight gain. MyHC, MyoD1c, MyoD1b, and MSTN1a/b mRNA expression was influenced by the light regime applied. In all the studied groups, a significant positive correlation was observed between the expression levels of MRFs and MSTN paralogs throughout the experiment. The study demonstrated seasonal patterns regarding the simultaneous expression of several MRFs. MyoD1a, MyoG, and MyHC mRNA expression levels were elevated in the mid-October, but MyoD1b/c, and Myf5 mRNA levels decreased by the end of this month. In general, the findings showed that constant lighting affected the regulatory mechanisms of muscle growth processes in salmon.
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Nisembaum LG, Martin P, Lecomte F, Falcón J. Melatonin and osmoregulation in fish: A focus on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smoltification. J Neuroendocrinol 2021; 33:e12955. [PMID: 33769643 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Part of the life cycle of several fish species includes important salinity changes, as is the case for the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) or the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Salmo salar juveniles migrate downstream from their spawning sites to reach seawater, where they grow and become sexually mature. The process of preparation enabling juveniles to migrate downstream and physiologically adapt to seawater is called smoltification. Daily and seasonal variations of photoperiod and temperature play a role in defining the timing of smoltification, which may take weeks to months, depending on the river length and latitude. Smoltification is characterised by a series of biochemical, physiological and behavioural changes within the neuroendocrine axis. This review discusses the current knowledge and gaps related to the neuroendocrine mechanisms that mediate the effects of light and temperature on smoltification. Studies performed in S. salar and other salmonids, as well as in other species undergoing important salinity changes, are reviewed, and a particular emphasis is given to the pineal hormone melatonin and its possible role in osmoregulation. The daily and annual variations of plasma melatonin levels reflect corresponding changes in external photoperiod and temperature, which suggests that the hormonal time-keeper melatonin might contribute to controlling smoltification. Here, we review studies on (i) the impact of pinealectomy and/or melatonin administration on smoltification; (ii) melatonin interactions with hormones involved in osmoregulation (e.g., prolactin, growth hormone and cortisol); (iii) the presence of melatonin receptors in tissues involved in osmoregulation; and (iv) the impacts of salinity changes on melatonin receptors and circulating melatonin levels. Altogether, these studies show evidence indicating that melatonin interacts with the neuroendocrine pathways controlling smoltification, although more information is needed to clearly decipher its mechanisms of action.
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- Laura Gabriela Nisembaum
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins, (BIOM), Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Conservatoire National du Saumon Sauvage, Chanteuges, France
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- Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction de l'expertise sur la faune aquatique, Québec, Canada
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- Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), MNHN, CNRS 7208, SU, IRD 207, UCN, UA, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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Irachi S, Hall DJ, Fleming MS, Maugars G, Björnsson BT, Dufour S, Uchida K, McCormick SD. Photoperiodic regulation of pituitary thyroid-stimulating hormone and brain deiodinase in Atlantic salmon. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 519:111056. [PMID: 33069856 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.111056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Seasonal timing is important for many critical life history events of vertebrates, and photoperiod is often used as a reliable seasonal cue. In mammals and birds, it has been established that a photoperiod-driven seasonal clock resides in the brain and pituitary, and is driven by increased levels of pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and brain type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (DIO2), which leads to local increases in triiodothyronine (T3). In order to determine if a similar mechanism occurs in fish, we conducted photoperiod manipulations in anadromous (migratory) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) that use photoperiod to time the preparatory development of salinity tolerance which accompanies downstream migration in spring. Changing daylength from short days (light:dark (LD) 10:14) to long days (LD 16:8) for 20 days increased gill Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) activity, gill NKAα1b abundance and plasma growth hormone (GH) levels that normally accompany increased salinity tolerance of salmon in spring. Long-day exposure resulted in five-fold increases in pituitary tshβb mRNA levels after 10 days and were sustained for at least 20 days. tshβb mRNA levels in the saccus vasculosus were low and not influenced by photoperiod. Increased daylength resulted in significant increases in dio2b mRNA levels in the hypothalamus and midbrain/optic tectum regions of the brain. The results are consistent with the presence of a photoperiod-driven seasonal clock in fish which involves pituitary TSH, brain DIO2 and the subsequent production of T3, supporting the hypothesis that this is a common feature of photoperiodic regulation of seasonality in vertebrates.
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- Shotaro Irachi
- U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, Turners Falls, MA, USA; Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, Turners Falls, MA, USA
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- Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (BOREA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, IRD, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, Paris, France; Department of Biological Sciences (BIO), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (BOREA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, IRD, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems (BOREA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, IRD, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory, Turners Falls, MA, USA; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
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Wong MKS, Nobata S, Hyodo S. Enhanced osmoregulatory ability marks the smoltification period in developing chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2019; 238:110565. [PMID: 31493553 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.110565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The freshwater (FW) life of chum salmon is short, as they migrate to the ocean soon after emergence from the substrate gravel of natal waters. The alevins achieve seawater (SW) acclimating ability at an early developmental stage and the details of smoltification are not clear. We examined the stage-dependent SW acclimating ability in chum salmon alevins and found a sharp increase in SW tolerance during development that resembles the physiological parr-smolt transformation seen in other salmonids. Perturbation of plasma Na+ after SW exposure was prominent from the hatched embryo stage to emerged alevins, but the plasma Na+ became highly stable and more resistant to perturbation soon after complete absorption of yolk. Marker gene expression for SW-ionocytes including Na/K-ATPase (NKA α1b), Na-K-Cl cotransporter 1a (NKCC1a), Na/H exchanger 3a (NHE3a), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulators (CFTR I and CFTR II) were all upregulated profoundly at the same stage when the alevins were challenged by SW, suggesting that the stability of plasma Na+ concentration was partly a result of elevated osmoregulatory capability. FW-ionocyte markers including NKA α1a and NHE3b were consistently downregulated independent of stage by SW exposure, suggesting that embryos at all stages respond to salinity challenge, but the increase in SW osmoregulatory capability is restricted to the developmental stage after emergence. We propose that the "smoltification period" is condensed and integrated into the early development of chum salmon, and our results can be extrapolated to the future studies on hormonal controls and developmental triggers for smoltification in salmonids.
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- Marty Kwok-Shing Wong
- Laboratory of Physiology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan.
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- International Coastal Research Center, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Otsuchi, Iwate, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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Mes D, von Krogh K, Gorissen M, Mayer I, Vindas MA. Neurobiology of Wild and Hatchery-Reared Atlantic Salmon: How Nurture Drives Neuroplasticity. Front Behav Neurosci 2018; 12:210. [PMID: 30254575 PMCID: PMC6141658 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Life experiences in the rearing environment shape the neural and behavioral plasticity of animals. In fish stocking practices, the hatchery environment is relatively stimulus-deprived and does not optimally prepare fish for release into the wild. While the behavioral differences between wild and hatchery-reared fish have been examined to some extent, few studies have compared neurobiological characteristics between wild and hatchery-reared individuals. Here, we compare the expression of immediate early gene cfos and neuroplasticity marker brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) in telencephalic subregions associated with processing of stimuli in wild and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon at basal and 30 min post (acute) stress conditions. Using in situ hybridization, we found that the expression level of these markers is highly specific per neuronal region and affected by both the origin of the fish, and exposure to acute stress. Expression of cfos was increased by stress in all brain regions and cfos was more highly expressed in the Dlv (functional equivalent to the mammalian hippocampus) of hatchery-reared compared to wild fish. Expression of bdnf was higher overall in hatchery fish, while acute stress upregulated bdnf in the Dm (functional equivalent to the mammalian amygdala) of wild, but not hatchery individuals. Our findings demonstrate that the hatchery environment affects neuroplasticity and neural activation in brain regions that are important for learning processes and stress reactivity, providing a neuronal foundation for the behavioral differences observed between wild and hatchery-reared fish.
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- Daan Mes
- Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology, Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- Uni Environment, Uni Research AS, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Pavlov DS, Pavlov ED, Ganzha EV, Kostin VV. Content of Na+, K+, Cl–, and Ca2+ in the Blood of Juveniles of the Black Sea Trout Salmo trutta labrax under Intrapopulational Differentiation. BIOL BULL+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359017060085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wirthgen E, Goumon S, Kunze M, Walz C, Spitschak M, Tuchscherer A, Brown J, Höflich C, Faucitano L, Hoeflich A. Effects of Transport Duration and Environmental Conditions in Winter or Summer on the Concentrations of Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Proteins in the Plasma of Market-Weight Pigs. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:36. [PMID: 29487569 PMCID: PMC5816936 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In previous work using market-weight pigs, we had demonstrated that insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) are regulated during shipment characterized by changing conditions of stress due to loading or unloading, transportation, lairage, and slaughter. In addition, we found in a previous study that IGFBP-2 concentrations were lower in pigs transported for longer periods of time. Therefore, we performed a more detailed study on the effects of transport duration and season on the plasma concentrations of IGFs and IGFBPs in adult pigs. For the study, exsanguination blood was collected from 240 market-weight barrows that were transported for 6, 12, or 18 h in January or July. IGF-I and -II were detected using commercial ELISAs whereas IGFBPs were quantified by quantitative Western ligand blotting. In addition, established markers of stress and metabolism were studied in the animals. The results show that plasma concentrations of IGFBP-3 were significantly reduced after 18 h of transport compared to shorter transport durations (6 and 12 h; p < 0.05). The concentrations of IGF-I in plasma were higher (p < 0.001) in pigs transported 12 h compared to shorter or longer durations. Season influenced plasma concentrations of IGFBP-3 and IGF-II (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively). Neither transport duration nor differential environmental conditions of winter or summer had an effect on glucocorticoids, albumin, triglycerides, or glucose concentrations (p > 0.05). However, low-density lipoprotein concentrations decreased after 18 h compared to 6 h of transport (p < 0.05), whereas high-density lipoprotein concentrations were higher (p < 0.05) in pigs transported for 12 or 18 h compared to those transported for only 6 h. Our findings indicate differential regulation of IGF-compounds in response to longer transport duration or seasonal changes and support current evidence of IGFs and IGFBPs as innovative animal-based indicators of psycho-social or metabolic stress in pigs.
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- Elisa Wirthgen
- Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Department of Ethology, Institute of Animal Science, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Institute of Genetics and Biometry, Dummerstorf, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Luigi Faucitano, ; Andreas Hoeflich,
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- Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
- *Correspondence: Luigi Faucitano, ; Andreas Hoeflich,
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Hu YC, Kang CK, Tang CH, Lee TH. Transcriptomic Analysis of Metabolic Pathways in Milkfish That Respond to Salinity and Temperature Changes. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134959. [PMID: 26263550 PMCID: PMC4532362 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Milkfish (Chanos chanos), an important marine aquaculture species in southern Taiwan, show considerable euryhalinity but have low tolerance to sudden drops in water temperatures in winter. Here, we used high throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify molecular and biological processes involved in the responses to environmental changes. Preliminary tests revealed that seawater (SW)-acclimated milkfish tolerated lower temperatures than the fresh water (FW)-acclimated group. Although FW- and SW-acclimated milkfish have different levels of tolerance for hypothermal stress, to date, the molecular physiological basis of this difference has not been elucidated. Here, we performed a next-generation sequence analysis of mRNAs from four groups of milkfish. We obtained 29669 unigenes with an average length of approximately 1936 base pairs. Gene ontology (GO) analysis was performed after gene annotation. A large number of genes for molecular regulation were identified through a transcriptomic comparison in a KEGG analysis. Basal metabolic pathways involved in hypothermal tolerance, such as glycolysis, fatty acid metabolism, amino acid catabolism and oxidative phosphorylation, were analyzed using PathVisio and Cytoscape software. Our results indicate that in response to hypothermal stress, genes for oxidative phosphorylation, e.g., succinate dehydrogenase, were more highly up-regulated in SW than FW fish. Moreover, SW and FW milkfish used different strategies when exposed to hypothermal stress: SW milkfish up-regulated oxidative phosphorylation and catabolism genes to produce more energy budget, whereas FW milkfish down-regulated genes related to basal metabolism to reduce energy loss.
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- Yau-Chung Hu
- Ph.D. Program in Microbial Genomics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (C-HT); (T-HL)
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (C-HT); (T-HL)
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Kim JH, White SL, Devlin RH. Interaction of growth hormone overexpression and nutritional status on pituitary gland clock gene expression in coho salmon,Oncorhynchus kisutch. Chronobiol Int 2014; 32:113-27. [DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.958160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Gauld NR, Campbell RNB, Lucas MC. Reduced flow impacts salmonid smolt emigration in a river with low-head weirs. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2013; 458-460:435-443. [PMID: 23685369 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The impacts of large dams on the hydrology and ecology of river systems are well understood, yet the impacts of low-head structures are poorly known. While impacts of small weirs on upstream-migrating fish have long been mitigated by fish ladders, it is assumed that downstream migration of surface-oriented fishes is unaffected under natural flow regimes. To test this, the effects of low-head weirs and the influence of river flow on the migration of brown trout (Salmo trutta) smolts in the River Tweed, UK, were examined. Movements of acoustic tagged smolts were quantified in 2010 and 2011 using automatic listening stations and manual tracking throughout the migration route. In both years, smolts exhibited major losses, most likely due to predators, with escapement rates of 19% in 2010 and 45% in 2011. Loss rates were greater in 2010 when flows were frequently below Q95 (20% of study period) compared to 2011 when more typical flows predominated (0% of study period below Q95). Smolts experienced significantly longer delays at weirs during 2010 than 2011, associated with the different hydrographs during emigration as well as weir design. Flow comparisons within the study periods and historical records show that low flows experienced in 2010 were not unusual. The swimming behaviour of smolts in relation to flow conditions differed between years, with smolts in 2010 increasing their rate of movement in relation to increasing flow at a faster rate than smolts in 2011. This is the first study to demonstrate river flow impacts on the migration success of wild salmonid smolts at small weirs. Because small weirs are common in rivers and because spring-summer low-flow periods may become more frequent with climate change (based on UKCIP09 models) and altered river hydrology, further research and improved management is needed to reduce the impacts of low river flows in combination with low-head weirs on salmonid smolt migration.
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- N R Gauld
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
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Lerner DT, Sheridan MA, McCormick SD. Estrogenic compounds decrease growth hormone receptor abundance and alter osmoregulation in Atlantic salmon. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 179:196-204. [PMID: 22906423 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 07/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Exposure of Atlantic salmon smolts to estrogenic compounds is shown to compromise several aspects of smolt development. We sought to determine the underlying endocrine mechanisms of estrogen impacts on the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis. Smolts in freshwater (FW) were either injected 3 times over 10 days with 2 μgg(-1) 17β-estradiol (E2) or 150μgg(-1) 4-nonylphenol (NP). Seawater (SW)-acclimated fish received intraperitoneal implants of 30 μgg(-1) E2 over two weeks. Treatment with these estrogenic compounds increased hepatosomatic index and total plasma calcium. E2 and NP reduced maximum growth hormone binding by 30-60% in hepatic and branchial membranes in FW and SW, but did not alter the dissociation constant. E2 and NP treatment decreased plasma levels of IGF-I levels in both FW and SW. In FW E2 and NP decreased plasma GH whereas in SW plasma GH increased after E2 treatment. Compared to controls, plasma chloride concentrations of E2-treated fish were decreased 5.5mM in FW and increased 10.5mM in SW. There was no effect of NP or E2 on gill sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase) activity in FW smolts, whereas E2 treatment in SW reduced gill Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity and altered the number and size of ionocytes. Our data indicate that E2 downregulates the GH/IGF-I-axis and SW tolerance which may be part of its normal function for reproduction and movement into FW. We conclude that the mechanism of endocrine disruption of smolt development by NP is in part through alteration of the GH/IGF-I axis via reduced GH receptor abundance.
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- Darren T Lerner
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Effect of feeding Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) a diet enriched with stearidonic acid from parr to smolt on growth and n-3 long-chain PUFA biosynthesis. Br J Nutr 2011; 105:1772-82. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114510005714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Vegetable oils (VO) have become the predominant substitute for fish oil (FO) in aquafeeds; however, the resultant lower content of n-3 long-chain ( ≥ C20) PUFA (n-3 LC-PUFA) in fish has put their use under scrutiny. The need to investigate new oil sources exists. The present study tested the hypothesis that in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), a high intake of stearidonic acid (SDA) from Echium oil (EO) would result in increased n-3 LC-PUFA biosynthesis due to a lower requirement for Δ6 desaturase. Comparisons were made with fish fed on diets containing rapeseed oil (RO) and FO in freshwater for 112 d followed by 96 d in seawater. EO fish had higher whole-carcass SDA and eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA) in freshwater and prolonged feeding on the EO diet in seawater resulted in higher SDA, ETA, EPA and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) compared with RO fish. Fatty acid mass balance of freshwater fish indicated higher biosynthesis of ETA and EPA in EO fish compared with fish fed on the other diets and a twofold increase in n-3 LC-PUFA synthesis compared with RO fish. In seawater, n-3 biosynthetic activity was low, with higher biosynthesis of ETA in EO fish and appearance of all desaturated and elongated products along the n-3 pathway. SDA-enriched VO are more suitable substitutes than conventional VO from a human consumer perspective due to the resulting higher SDA content, higher total n-3 and improved n-3:n-6 ratio obtained in fish, although both VO were not as effective as FO in maintaining EPA and DHA content in Atlantic salmon.
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Lõhmus M, Sundström LF, Björklund M, Devlin RH. Genotype-temperature interaction in the regulation of development, growth, and morphometrics in wild-type, and growth-hormone transgenic coho salmon. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9980. [PMID: 20376315 PMCID: PMC2848618 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The neuroendocrine system is an important modulator of phenotype, directing cellular genetic responses to external cues such as temperature. Behavioural and physiological processes in poikilothermic organisms (e.g. most fishes), are particularly influenced by surrounding temperatures. Methodology/Principal Findings By comparing the development and growth of two genotypes of coho salmon (wild-type and transgenic with greatly enhanced growth hormone production) at six different temperatures, ranging between 8° and 18°C, we observed a genotype-temperature interaction and possible trend in directed neuroendocrine selection. Differences in growth patterns of the two genotypes were compared by using mathematical models, and morphometric analyses of juvenile salmon were performed to detect differences in body shape. The maximum hatching and alevin survival rates of both genotypes occurred at 12°C. At lower temperatures, eggs containing embryos with enhanced GH production hatched after a shorter incubation period than wild-type eggs, but this difference was not apparent at and above 16°C. GH transgenesis led to lower body weights at the time when the yolk sack was completely absorbed compared to the wild genotype. The growth of juvenile GH-enhanced salmon was to a greater extent stimulated by higher temperatures than the growth of the wild-type. Increased GH production significantly influenced the shape of the salmon growth curves. Conclusions Growth hormone overexpression by transgenesis is able to stimulate the growth of coho salmon over a wide range of temperatures. Temperature was found to affect growth rate, survival, and body morphology between GH transgenic and wild genotype coho salmon, and differential responses to temperature observed between the genotypes suggests they would experience different selective forces should they ever enter natural ecosystems. Thus, GH transgenic fish would be expected to differentially respond and adapt to shifts in environmental conditions compared with wild type, influencing their ability to survive and interact in ecosystems. Understanding these relationships would assist environmental risk assessments evaluating potential ecological effects.
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- Mare Lõhmus
- Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Bowden TJ. Modulation of the immune system of fish by their environment. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 25:373-383. [PMID: 18562213 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 03/18/2008] [Accepted: 03/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The environment impacts on the physiology and psychology of animals in a wide variety of ways. If we can develop an understanding of how different environmental factors affect different processes we may be able to predict these changes and avoid or moderate deleterious events and the resultant changes in fish health and disease resistance. In this review, advances in the understanding of environmental impacts were identified in relation to specific areas of immune function. The trends, where they can be identified, showed that increases in light, temperature, salinity, oxygen, pH or particulates results in a general increase in immune function.
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- Timothy J Bowden
- Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, UK.
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Nilsen TO, Ebbesson LOE, Kiilerich P, Björnsson BT, Madsen SS, McCormick SD, Stefansson SO. Endocrine systems in juvenile anadromous and landlocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): seasonal development and seawater acclimation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2008; 155:762-72. [PMID: 17904138 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2007] [Revised: 08/06/2007] [Accepted: 08/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The present study compares developmental changes in plasma levels of growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and cortisol, and mRNA levels of their receptors and the prolactin receptor (PRLR) in the gill of anadromous and landlocked Atlantic salmon during the spring parr-smolt transformation (smoltification) period and following four days and one month seawater (SW) acclimation. Plasma GH and gill GH receptor (GHR) mRNA levels increased continuously during the spring smoltification period in the anadromous, but not in landlocked salmon. There were no differences in plasma IGF-I levels between strains, or any increase during smoltification. Gill IGF-I and IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR) mRNA levels increased in anadromous salmon during smoltification, with no changes observed in landlocked fish. Gill PRLR mRNA levels remained stable in both strains during spring. Plasma cortisol levels in anadromous salmon increased 5-fold in May and June, but not in landlocked salmon. Gill glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mRNA levels were elevated in both strains at the time of peak smoltification in anadromous salmon, while mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) mRNA levels remained stable. Only anadromous salmon showed an increase of gill 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-2 (11beta-HSD2) mRNA levels in May. GH and gill GHR mRNA levels increased in both strains following four days of SW exposure in mid-May, whereas only the anadromous salmon displayed elevated plasma GH and GHR mRNA after one month in SW. Plasma IGF-I increased after four days in SW in both strains, decreasing in both strains after one month in SW. Gill IGF-I mRNA levels were only increased in landlocked salmon after 4days in SW. Gill IGF-IR mRNA levels in SW did not differ from FW levels in either strain. Gill PRLR mRNA did not change after four days of SW exposure, and decreased in both strains after one month in SW. Plasma cortisol levels did not change following SW exposure in either strain. Gill GR, 11beta-HSD2 and MR mRNA levels increased after four days in SW in both strains, whereas only the anadromous strain maintained elevated gill GR and 11beta-HSD2 mRNA levels after one month in SW. The results indicate that hormones and receptors of the GH and cortisol axes are present at significantly lower levels during spring development and SW acclimation in landlocked relative to anadromous salmon. These findings suggest that attenuation of GH and cortisol axes may, at least partially, result in reduced preparatory upregulation of key gill ion-secretory proteins, possibly a result of reduced selection pressure for marine adaptations in landlocked salmon.
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- Tom O Nilsen
- Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen High Technology Centre, N-5020, Norway.
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Taylor JF, Porter MJR, Bromage NR, Migaud H. Relationships between environmental changes, maturity, growth rate and plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in female rainbow trout. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2008; 155:257-70. [PMID: 17592733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 05/07/2007] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Size reflecting growth rate, energy balance or nutritional status is regarded as an important determinant of the ability of trout to undergo puberty. The relationship of a change in photoperiod, either natural (SNP) or advancing (ADV), with growth, IGF-I and reproduction was investigated in virgin female rainbow trout. Under SNP 63% of the population attained maturity while only 29% spawned 6 months in advance in the ADV regime. Under SNP both size and growth rate in late spring-early summer appeared to determine whether an individual may initiate reproduction while condition factor appeared to be a better predictor in the ADV regime. A complete seasonal relationship between plasma IGF-I, daylength and temperature was demonstrated under natural conditions, and provides direct evidence for the relationship between reproduction and IGF-I. Conversely, trout maintained under ADV exhibited a significantly different plasma IGF-I profile relative to those under a natural photoperiod. Furthermore, IGF-I levels accurately reflected growth rate prior to elevations in sex steroids, suggesting that IGF-I may provide an endocrine signal between the somatotropic and reproductive axes that growth rate and/or size is sufficient to initiate gonad development. In addition, maturing individuals under SNP typically expressed higher circulating IGF-I levels than those that remained immature and may reflect a greater opportunity for IGF-I to act on the pituitary to stimulate gonadotropin production. We observed elevated levels in maturing fish for 3 months under SNP compared to only 1 month under ADV were observed. This may reflect a reduction in the window of opportunity to initiate reproduction under advancing photoperiods and hence explain the reduction in fish successfully recruited.
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- J F Taylor
- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA, UK.
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Tierney KB, Taylor AL, Ross PS, Kennedy CJ. The alarm reaction of coho salmon parr is impaired by the carbamate fungicide IPBC. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2006; 79:149-57. [PMID: 16854476 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 06/01/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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To determine whether the carbamate fungicide IPBC alters the olfactory-mediated behavioral and physiologic alarm responses of coho salmon parr (Oncorhynchus kisutch), groups of coho were exposed to skin extract (an alarm pheromone source) under a variety of conditions. In the 3min following skin extract exposure, freezing behavior was significantly increased (In the 3 min following skin extract exposure, freezing behavior was significantly increased under darkness (IR lighting) but not ambient lighting (25.3+/-2.6% and 7.5+/-5.7%, respectively; Delta calculated as: [(time (s) after/time (s) before)-1]x100%), and so IR was used for further experiments. Physiologically, following skin extract exposure, plasma cortisol concentration was increased at 0.5h (58.1+/-14.6ng/ml versus 4.32+/-1.31ng/ml, exposed versus control), hematocrit (Hct) was increased at 2h (50.4+/-1.0% versus 41.7+/-1.6%), and leucocrit (Lct) was decreased at 0.5 and 2h (0.534+/-0.114 and 0.13+/-0.01% versus 1.23+/-0.20%). After 0.5h exposures to 0, 1, 10 and 100microg/l IPBC and skin extract, the time spent dashing (>5cm/s) increased significantly (323+/-118%) in the first minute after skin extract exposure, but was absent in IPBC-exposed coho. Freezing behavior increased after skin extract exposure with control and 1microg/l IPBC exposures (11.0+/-3.0% and 17.7+/-11.0%, respectively), but was absent after 10microg/l and decreased after 100microg/l IPBC. Physiologically, Hct and plasma lactate concentration were significantly increased above controls after 1microg/l IPBC exposure (Hct: 45.7+/-1.6% versus 34.0+/-1.6%, lactate: 12.8+/-1.2mM versus 3.30+/-1.2mM). After 10microg/l exposure, IPBC alone elicited a stress response similar to skin extract. However in the 100microg/l treatment group the stress parameters were not different from controls. These findings suggest that the behavioral and physiologic alarm responses of juvenile salmonids may be impaired by acute exposure to > or =1microg/l IPBC.
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- Keith B Tierney
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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A time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay system (TR-FIA) for measuring flounder insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was developed using biotinylated flounder IGF-I, anti-fish IGF-I antiserum and europium-avidin conjugate. The detection limit per well was <5 pg/well corresponding to <0.5 ng/ml in a basic procedure for sample of 10 microl/well and to <0.08 ng/ml in a procedure modified for high volume samples (up to 70 microl/well). Specificity of the assay was validated using various IGF-Is and insulins. All IGFs except seabream IGF-I showed very low or no crossreactivity. Binding inhibition curves for flounder and seabream IGF-Is were completely identical to each other. Intra- and interassay variations ranged from coefficients of variations of 3.9% to 7.2%. Recovery tests using barfin flounder plasma varied from 82.7 to 101.6% in the added range from 20 to 160 ng/ml. This assay system was applied for measuring total plasma IGF-I in barfin flounder injected porcine growth hormone (GH). A group injected with GH at the dose of 0.05 IU/gBW showed a significant increase of total plasma IGF-I compared with those of albumin-injected (control) and initial groups. In addition, I was able to substitute time-resolved fluorometric detection in this assay system with enzymatic fluorometric detection (FIA). Binding inhibition curve for flounder IGF-I in this substituted assay system showed equal performance with that of the TR-FIA system. Correlation of IGF-I levels between TR-FIA and FIA was high (r(2)=0.957) in plasma samples from barfin flounders in various physiological conditions. Thus, the present study shows precision and efficiency of two non-radioisotopic immunoassay systems for measuring flounder IGF-I.
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- Tadashi Andoh
- Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Kushiro, Japan.
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Reinecke M, Björnsson BT, Dickhoff WW, McCormick SD, Navarro I, Power DM, Gutiérrez J. Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors in fish: where we are and where to go. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2005; 142:20-4. [PMID: 15862544 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 01/24/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This communication summarizes viewpoints, discussion, perspectives, and questions, put forward at a workshop on "Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors in fish" held on September 7th, 2004, at the 5th International Symposium on Fish Endocrinology in Castellon, Spain.
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- Manfred Reinecke
- Division of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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McCormick SD, Shrimpton JM, Moriyama S, Björnsson BT. Effects of an advanced temperature cycle on smolt development and endocrinology indicate that temperature is not a zeitgeber for smolting in Atlantic salmon. J Exp Biol 2002; 205:3553-60. [PMID: 12364408 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.205.22.3553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) juveniles were reared under simulated conditions of normal photoperiod (LDN) or short days (LD 9:15) and ambient temperature (AMB: normal temperature increases in April) or an advanced temperature cycle (ADV: temperature increases in February). Under both photoperiod conditions, the timing of increased and peak levels of gill Na+,K+-ATPase activity were not altered by temperature,although the rate of increase was initially greater under ADV. ADV/LD 9:15 resulted in peak gill Na+,K+-ATPase activity that was half of that seen under normal photoperiod and temperature conditions. Plasma growth hormone (GH) levels increased threefold in late March under ADV/LDN,but not under ADV/LD 9:15, indicating that there is a photoperiod-dependent effect of temperature on levels of this hormone. Plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) increased in spring in all groups, with increases occurring significantly earlier in the ADV/LDN group. In each photoperiod condition, the advanced temperature cycle resulted in large decreases in plasma thyroxine(T4) levels in March, which subsequently recovered, whereas plasma 3,5,3′-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) levels were not substantially affected by either photoperiod or temperature. There was no consistent pattern of change in plasma cortisol levels. The results do not provide support for the role of temperature as a zeitgeber, but do indicate that temperature has a role in the timing of smolting by affecting the rate of development and interacting with the photoperiod.
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- Stephen D McCormick
- USGS, Leetown Science Center, Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, Turners Falls, MA 01376, USA.
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Larsen DA, Beckman BR, Dickhoff WW. The effect of low temperature and fasting during the winter on metabolic stores and endocrine physiology (insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I, and thyroxine) of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2001; 123:308-23. [PMID: 11589631 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The objective of this study was to examine the effect of winter feeding and fasting at both high (10 degrees ) and low (2.5 degrees ) temperatures on growth, metabolic stores, and endocrinology of coho salmon. Treatments were as follows: warm-fed, warm-not fed, cold-fed, and cold-not fed during the winter (January-February). The following parameters were measured: length, weight, whole body lipid, liver glycogen, hepatosomatic index, and plasma levels of insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), and thyroxine (T4). Warm-fed fish grew continuously throughout the experiment from 21.5 +/- 0.3 to 43.4 +/- 1.4 g and were larger than fish in the other treatments. Fish in all other treatments grew from 21.5 +/- 0.3 to approximately 32 g and showed depressed growth during January and February. During the winter, liver glycogen, hepatosomatic index, plasma insulin, and IGF-I were highly influenced by manipulations in rearing conditions, whereas whole body lipid and plasma T4 were less affected. Plasma insulin levels fluctuated dramatically (from 2 to 7 ng/ml) in the two cold-acclimated groups shortly after the change in temperature. In general, the plasma insulin levels of the warm-fed fish were the highest (8-9 ng/ml), those of the warm-not fed fish were the lowest (2-5 ng/ml), and those of the two cold-acclimated groups were more variable but intermediate. In contrast, plasma IGF-I levels showed a decline with temperature decrease (from 9 to 5 ng/ml) and more gradual changes than insulin with the change in feeding. The highest plasma IGF-I levels were found in the warm-fed fish (10-15 ng/ml), the lowest levels were in the cold-not fed fish (4-5 ng/ml), and those of the warm-not fed and cold-fed fish were intermediate. During the treatment period the T4 levels were relatively unaffected by manipulations in feeding and temperature compared with either insulin or IGF-I. These data suggest that the insulin, IGF-I, and thyroid axes are differentially regulated under changing seasonal and/or environmental conditions in yearling salmon.
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- D A Larsen
- Integrative Fish Biology Program, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Boulevard, East Seattle, Washington 98112, USA
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