Effect of Cortisol on Aquaporin Expression in the Oesophagus of the European Eel, Anguilla anguilla
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2005
Publication Title
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
DOI
10.1196/annals.1327.072
ISSN
1749-6632
Abstract
Long‐term cortisol infusion into freshwater (FW)‐adapted eels induced a significant increase in aquaporin‐1 (AQP1) mRNA expression within the esophageal epithelium of migratory “silver” eels, but not in nonmigratory, immature “yellow” eels. Cortisol treatment had no significant effect on the mRNA abundance of a second aquaporin‐1 isoform, termed AQP1dup, which exhibited a highly variable expression profile among individual members of all fish groups. These results suggest that cortisol, at plasma concentrations similar to that found during FW/seawater (SW) acclimation, induces upregulation in AQP1 expression and thus increases esophageal water permeability during the migration of eels to the SW environment.
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Anne-Sophie, Gillian Wilson, Clair Phillips, Christopher P. Cutler, Neil Hazon, Gordon Cramb.
2005.
"Effect of Cortisol on Aquaporin Expression in the Oesophagus of the European Eel, Anguilla anguilla."
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1040 (1): 395-398: Wiley.
doi: 10.1196/annals.1327.072 source: https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1196/annals.1327.072
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