Affiliation:
1. School of Biology, Bute Medical Buildings, University of St Andrews,St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TS, Scotland
Abstract
SUMMARYA cDNA encoding the homologue of mammalian aquaporin 3 (AQP-3) was isolated by reverse transcription—polymerase chain reaction from the gill of the European eel. The derived amino acid sequence shares 67-70% homology with other vertebrate AQP-3 homologues. Northern blot analysis revealed two AQP-3-specific mRNA species of 2.4 kb and 7 kb. AQP-3 mRNA is expressed predominantly in the eye, oesophagus, intestine (as found in mammals) and the gill; no expression could be demonstrated in the stomach and only low and sporadic levels in the kidney. Quantitative studies demonstrated that,following the 3-week acclimation of freshwater (FW)-adapted yellow and silver eels to seawater (SW), transcript abundance in the gill was reduced by 76% and 97%, respectively. The half time of branchial AQP-3 mRNA downregulation in yellow eels was approximately 10 h, with a maximal 94% decrease in expression after 2 days in SW (compared to time-matched FW controls). However, in fish acclimated to SW for more than 4 days, the fall in AQP-3 mRNA abundance recovered slightly, such that after 3 weeks, expression was 16% of that in time-matched FW controls. The potential roles for this aquaporin isoform in water or solute transport in the eel gill are discussed.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Subject
Insect Science,Molecular Biology,Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science,Physiology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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