The Ichthyotoxic Alga Chattonella Marina Induces Na+, K+ -atpase, and Cftr Proteins Expression in Fish Gill Chloride Cells in Vivo.
From: Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications
- Publish Date: Feb 2007
- ISSN: 0006-291X
- Volume: 353
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 98-103
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Tang Janet Y M, Wong Chris K C, Au Doris W T, et al. The Ichthyotoxic Alga Chattonella Marina Induces Na+, K+ -atpase, and Cftr Proteins Expression in Fish Gill Chloride Cells in Vivo.. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. Feb 2007;353:98-103
Abstract
Our previous studies demonstrated that the ichthyotoxic Chattonella marina stimulated proliferation of branchial chloride cell (CC) and induced osmotic distress akin to hyperactive elimination of ions in fish (Rhabdosargus sarba). To ascertain the in vivo effects of C. marina on key CC ion transporters, the localization and expression of Na(+), K(+)-ATPase (NKA) and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) proteins in response to C. marina exposure were investigated, using a quantitative immunocytochemical approach. The polarized distributions of NKA (alpha subunit) and CFTR proteins in branchial CCs of R. sarba remained unchanged under C. marina exposure. However, significant inductions of these two ion-transporters were detected in CCs of fish after 6h exposure. By real-time PCR, no significant changes in gill NKA and CFTR mRNA expressions were detected, suggesting a post-transcriptional pathway is likely involved in regulating the ion transporters abundance. This study is the first to demonstrate the in vivo effects of harmful algal toxin on NKA and CFTR protein expressions in gill transepithelial cells. Taken together, an augmentation of branchial CCs together with hyper-stimulation of NKA and CFTR in CCs attribute to the rapid development of osmotic distress in C. marina susceptible fish.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Algae, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Chloride Channels, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, Gene Expression, Gills, Perciformes, Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase, Water-Electrolyte Balance
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