Vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase and Na+, K(+)-ATPase expression in gills of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during isolated and combined exposure to hyperoxia and hypercapnia in fresh water.
Changes in branchial vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase B-subunit mRNA and Na+, K(+)-ATPase alpha- and beta-subunit mRNA and ATP hydrolytic activity were examined in smolting Atlantic salmon exposed to hyperoxic and/or hypercapnic fresh water. Pre-smolts, smolts, and post-smolts were exposed for 1 to 4 days to hyperoxia (100% O2) and/or hypercapnia (2% CO2). Exposure to hypercapnic water for 4 days consistently decreased gill vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase B-subunit mRNA levels. Salmon exposed to hyperoxia had either decreased or unchanged levels of gill B-subunit mRNA. Combined hyperoxia + hypercapnia decreased B-subunit mRNA levels, although not to the same degree as hypercapnic treatment alone. Hyperoxia generally increased Na+, K(+)-ATPase alpha- and beta-subunit mRNA levels, whereas hypercapnia reduced mRNA levels in presmolts (beta) and smolts (alpha and beta). Despite these changes in mRNA levels, whole tissue Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity was generally unaffected by the experimental treatments. We suggest that the reduced expression of branchial vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase B-subunit mRNA observed during internal hypercapnic acidosis may lead to reduction of functional V-type H(+)-ATPase abundance as a compensatory response in order to minimise intracellular HCO3- formation in epithelial cells.[1]References
- Vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase and Na+, K(+)-ATPase expression in gills of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) during isolated and combined exposure to hyperoxia and hypercapnia in fresh water. Seidelin, M., Brauner, C.J., Jensen, F.B., Madsen, S.S. Zool. Sci. (2001) [Pubmed]
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