Use of a carbonic anhydrase Ca17a knockout to investigate mechanisms of ion uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Author:

Zimmer Alex M.1,Mandic Milica1,Yew Hong Meng1,Kunert Emma1,Pan Yihang K.1ORCID,Ha Jimmy1,Kwong Raymond W.M.1,Gilmour Kathleen M.1,Perry Steve F.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

In fishes, branchial cytosolic carbonic anhydrase (CA) plays an important role in ion and acid-base regulation. The Ca17a isoform in zebrafish ( Danio rerio) is expressed abundantly in Na+-absorbing/H+-secreting H+-ATPase-rich (HR) cells. The present study aimed to identify the role of Ca17a in ion and acid-base regulation across life stages using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. However, in preliminary experiments, we established that ca17a knockout is lethal with ca17a−/− mutants exhibiting a significant decrease in survival beginning at ∼12 days postfertilization (dpf) and with no individuals surviving past 19 dpf. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that ca17a−/− mutants would display alterations in ion and acid-base balance and that these physiological disturbances might underlie their early demise. Na+ uptake rates were significantly increased by up to 300% in homozygous mutants compared with wild-type individuals at 4 and 9 dpf; however, whole body Na+ content remained constant. While Cl uptake was significantly reduced in ca17a−/− mutants, Cl content was unaffected. Reduction of CA activity by Ca17a morpholino knockdown or ethoxzolamide treatments similarly reduced Cl uptake, implicating Ca17a in the mechanism of Cl uptake by larval zebrafish. H+ secretion, O2 consumption, CO2 excretion, and ammonia excretion were generally unaltered in ca17a−/− mutants. In conclusion, while the loss of Ca17a caused marked changes in ion uptake rates, providing strong evidence for a Ca17a-dependent Cl uptake mechanism, the underlying causes of the lethality of this mutation in zebrafish remain unclear.

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology (medical),Physiology

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