Expression and Functional Characterization of Four Aquaporin Water Channels From the European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Authors

Bryce MacIver, Harvard Medical SchoolFollow
Myles G. Hill, University of WaikatoFollow
Soloman Greenberg, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Mark L. Zeidel, Harvard Medical School
Christopher P. Cutler, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Warren G. Hill, Harvard Medical SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Publication Title

The Bulletin: Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

DOI

10.1242/jeb.025882

ISSN

0097-0883

Abstract

The eel is a euryhaline teleost. In order to maintain osmotic equilibrium the animal must resist loss of body water and solutes to the sea, and to resist volume expansion from influx of free water in fresh water (FW) environments. The epithelial contact surfaces of the eel are prime sites for water and solute exchange and the gill with its high surface area for gas exchange represents a vulnerable site for osmotically driven uptake or loss of body water¹. Likewise, the gastrointestinal tract must employ ion exchange and water transport mechanisms which permit volume homeostasis⁶.

Recommended Citation

MacIver, Bryce, Myles G. Hill, Soloman Greenberg, Mark L. Zeidel, Christopher P. Cutler, Warren G. Hill. 2007. "Expression and Functional Characterization of Four Aquaporin Water Channels From the European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)." The Bulletin: Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, 46: 147-150. doi: 10.1242/jeb.025882 source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19684221
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