Smolt physiology and endocrinology
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Abstract
Hormones play a critical role in maintaining body fluid balance in euryhaline fishes during changes in environmental salinity. The neuroendocrine axis senses osmotic and ionic changes, then signals and coordinates tissue-specific responses to regulate water and ion fluxes. Rapid-acting hormones, e.g. angiotensins, cope with immediate challenges by controlling drinking rate and the activity of ion transporters in the gill, gut, and kidney. Slow-acting hormones, e.g. prolactin and growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1, reorganize the body for long-term acclimation by altering the abundance of ion transporters and through cell proliferation and differentiation of ionocytes and other osmoregulatory cells. Euryhaline species exist in all groups of fish, including cyclostomes, and cartilaginous and teleost fishes. The diverse strategies for responding to changes in salinity have led to differential regulation and tissue-specific effects of hormones. Combining traditional physiological approaches with genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses will elucidate the patterns and diversity of the endocrine control of euryhalinity.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Smolt physiology and endocrinology |
| DOI | 10.1016/B978-0-12-396951-4.00005-0 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Academic Press |
| Publisher location | Oxford; Waltham, MA |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 53 p |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Title | Euryhaline fishes |
| First page | 199 |
| Last page | 251 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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