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Título: Rapid regulation of Na+ fluxes and ammonia excretion in response to acute environmental hypoxia in the Amazonian oscar, Astronotus ocellatus
Autor: Wood, Chris M.
Kajimura, Makiko
Sloman, Katherine A.
Scott, Graham R.
Walsh, Patrick J.
Val, Vera Maria Fonseca Almeida e
Val, Adalberto Luis
Palavras-chave: Adenosine Triphosphatase (potassium Sodium)
Ammonia Formation
Anaerobic Capacity
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Disease Severity
Enzyme Activity
Hypoxia
Michaelis Menten Kinetics
Nitrogen Balance
Nitrogen Metabolism
Nitrogen Urine Level
Nonhuman
Priority Journal
Sodium Transport
Teleost
Ammonia
Animal
Body Size
Cichlids
Environment
Hydrogen-ion Concentration
Oxygen
Sodium
Urea
Water
Water-electrolyte Balance
Data do documento: 2007
Revista: American Journal of Physiology-regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
É parte de: Volume 292, Número 5, Pags. R2048-R2058
Abstract: The Amazonian oscar is extremely resistant to hypoxia, and tolerance scales with size. Overall, ionoregulatory responses of small (∼15 g) and large oscars (∼200 g) to hypoxia were qualitatively similar, but the latter were more effective. Large oscars exhibited a rapid reduction in unidirectional Na+ uptake rate at the gills during acute hypoxia (PO2 ∼ 10 mmHg), which intensified with time (7 or 8 h); Na+ efflux rates were also reduced, so net balance was little affected. The inhibitions were virtually immediate (1st h) and preceded a later 60% reduction (at 3 h) in gill Na+-K+-ATPase activity, reflected in a 60% reduction in maximum Na+ uptake capacity without change in affinity (Km) for Na+. Upon acute restoration of normoxia, recovery of Na+ uptake was delayed for 1 h. These data suggest that dual mechanisms may be involved (e.g., immediate effects of O2 availability on transporters, channels, or permeability, slower effects of Na+-K +-ATPase regulation). Ammonia excretion appeared to be linked indirectly to Na+ uptake, exhibiting a Michaelis-Menten relationship with external [Na+], but the Km was less than for Na+ uptake. During hypoxia, ammonia excretion fell in a similar manner to Na + fluxes, with a delayed recovery upon normoxia restoration, but the relationship with [Na+] was blocked. Reductions in ammonia excretion were greater than in urea excretion. Plasma ammonia rose moderately over 3 h hypoxia, suggesting that inhibition of excretion was greater than inhibition of ammonia production. Overall, the oscar maintains excellent homeostasis of ionoregulation and N-balance during severe hypoxia. Copyright © 2007 the American Physiological Society.
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00640.2006
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