..., Argentina 31 3 2009 2009 prolactin prolactin receptor tilapia osmotic stress salinity adaptation osmosensory signal transduction Prolactin (PRL) regulates several important physiological processes in fish, including salinity adaptation( Manzon, 2002 ; Sakamoto and McCormick...

... to salinity adaptation. Functional genomics and proteomics approaches represent powerful tools for gaining insight into the molecular basis of salinity adaptation and euryhalinity in animals. In this review, we discuss our experience in applying such tools to so-called`non-model' species, including euryhaline...

... signaling salinity adaptation gill epithelial cell tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus Euryhaline teleosts are osmoregulators that maintain plasma osmotic homeostasis even in the face of fluctuating environmental salinity. During the acclimation of euryhaline fish from freshwater (FW) to seawater...

... and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK 27 10 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 renin–angiotensin system river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis plasma angiotensin salinity adaptation volume regulation The renin...

... be physiologically very important. They provide a good starting point for further dissection of the regulatory mechanisms underlying salinity adaptation in euryhaline teleosts. In fixed gill tissue CC can be identified based on their strong expression of Na + /K + -ATPase (e.g. Van der Heijden et al., 1999...

... gene regulation protein phosphorylation euryhaline fish gill epithelium salinity adaptation chloride cell killifish Fundulus heteroclitus . Euryhaline teleosts maintain their plasma osmotic homeostasis by extrarenal transport of salt. In a plasma-hyperosmotic environment (e.g. sea water...

... , at least during the acclimation time course used in the present study. * e-mail: [email protected] 25 05 1999 09 08 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 Na + /K + -ATPase gill salinity adaptation plasma membrane eel Anguilla rostrata Na + pump...

... cortisol immunoassay salinity adaptation Ussing chamber citrate synthase Na + /K + -ATPase cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Estuarine euryhaline teleosts, such as the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus , normally experience rapid salinity changes and are therefore good...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 chloride-secreting cell Fundulus heteroclitus α 2 -adrenergic receptor salinity adaptation Ussing chamber yohimbine inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate killifish Euryhaline teleost fish in sea water excrete NaCl from chloride cells in the skin and gill...