TY - JOUR
T1 - A new model for fish ion regulation
T2 - Identification of ionocytes in freshwater- and seawater-acclimated medaka (Oryzias latipes)
AU - Hsu, Hao Hsuan
AU - Lin, Li Yih
AU - Tseng, Yung-Che
AU - Horng, Jiun Lin
AU - Hwang, Pung Pung
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This study was financially supported by grants to P.P.H. from Academia Sinica and the National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C. We extend our thanks to Ms. Y.C. Tung for her assistance during the experiments.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - The ion regulation mechanisms of fishes have been recently studied in zebrafish (Danio rerio), a stenohaline species. However, recent advances using this organism are not necessarily applicable to euryhaline fishes. The euryhaline species medaka (Oryzias latipes), which, like zebrafish, is genetically well categorized and amenable to molecular manipulation, was proposed as an alternative model for studying osmoregulation during acclimation to different salinities. To establish its suitability as an alternative, the present study was conducted to (1) identify different types of ionocytes in the embryonic skin and (2) analyze gene expressions of the transporters during seawater acclimation. Double/triple in situ hybridization and/or immunocytochemistry revealed that freshwater (FW) medaka contain three types of ionocyte: (1) Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3) cells with apical NHE3 and basolateral Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC), Na+-K+-ATPase (NKA) and anion exchanger (AE); (2) Na+-Cl- cotransporter (NCC) cells with apical NCC and basolateral H+-ATPase; and (3) epithelial Ca2+ channel (ECaC) cells [presumed accessory (AC) cells] with apical ECaC. On the other hand, seawater (SW) medaka has a single predominant ionocyte type, which possesses apical cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and NHE3 and basolateral NKCC and NKA and is accompanied by smaller AC cells that express lower levels of basolateral NKA. Reciprocal gene expressions of decreased NHE3, AE, NCC and ECaC and increased CFTR and NKCC in medaka gills during SW were revealed by quantative PCR analysis.
AB - The ion regulation mechanisms of fishes have been recently studied in zebrafish (Danio rerio), a stenohaline species. However, recent advances using this organism are not necessarily applicable to euryhaline fishes. The euryhaline species medaka (Oryzias latipes), which, like zebrafish, is genetically well categorized and amenable to molecular manipulation, was proposed as an alternative model for studying osmoregulation during acclimation to different salinities. To establish its suitability as an alternative, the present study was conducted to (1) identify different types of ionocytes in the embryonic skin and (2) analyze gene expressions of the transporters during seawater acclimation. Double/triple in situ hybridization and/or immunocytochemistry revealed that freshwater (FW) medaka contain three types of ionocyte: (1) Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3) cells with apical NHE3 and basolateral Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC), Na+-K+-ATPase (NKA) and anion exchanger (AE); (2) Na+-Cl- cotransporter (NCC) cells with apical NCC and basolateral H+-ATPase; and (3) epithelial Ca2+ channel (ECaC) cells [presumed accessory (AC) cells] with apical ECaC. On the other hand, seawater (SW) medaka has a single predominant ionocyte type, which possesses apical cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and NHE3 and basolateral NKCC and NKA and is accompanied by smaller AC cells that express lower levels of basolateral NKA. Reciprocal gene expressions of decreased NHE3, AE, NCC and ECaC and increased CFTR and NKCC in medaka gills during SW were revealed by quantative PCR analysis.
KW - CFTR
KW - ECaC
KW - Ion regulation
KW - Ionocytes
KW - Medaka
KW - NHE3
KW - NKCC
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U2 - 10.1007/s00441-014-1883-z
DO - 10.1007/s00441-014-1883-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 24842048
AN - SCOPUS:84904747130
VL - 357
SP - 225
EP - 243
JO - Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948)
JF - Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948)
SN - 0302-766X
IS - 1
ER -