Plasma and urine levels of electrolytes, urea and steroid hormones involved in osmoregulation of cetaceans

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1245-1257

  Birukawa, Naoko ^a   Ando, Hironori ^a   Goto, Mutsuo ^b   Kanda, Naohisa ^b   Pastene, Luis A ^b   Nakatsuji, Hiroki ^a   Hata, Hiroshi ^a   Urano, Akihisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b T   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Electrolytes; Osmolality; Steroid hormones; Urea

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; SEX HORMONE; UREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CETACEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CETACEA; ELECTROLYTES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UREA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ARTIODACTYLA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BOS TAURUS; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 32044466938     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1245     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Arnason U, Gullberg A, Gretarsdottir S, Ursing B, Janke A (2000) The mitochondrial genome of the sperm whale and a new molecular reference for estimating eutherian divergence dates. J Mol Evol 50: 569-578
2. Asahina K, Kambegawa A, Higashi T (1995) Development of a microtiter plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for 17α, 20β-21-trihydroxy-4- pregnen-3-one, a teleost gonadal steroid. Fish Sci 61: 491-494
3. Beuchat CA (1990) Body size, medullary thickness, and urine concentrating ability in mammals. Am J Physiol 258: R298-R308
4. Beuchat CA (1996) Structure and concentrating ability of the mammalian kidney: correlations with habitat. Am J Physiol 271: R157-R179
5. Costa DP (2002) Osmoregulation. In "Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals" Ed by WF Perrin, B Wursig, JGM Thewissen, Academic Press, San Diego, pp 837-842
6. Elsner R (1999) Living in water: solutions to physiological problems. In "Biology of Marine Mammals" Ed by JE Reynolds III, SA Rommel Smithonian Institution Press, Washington, pp 73-116
7. th IWC Scientific Committee Meeting (Available from the IWC Secretariat), 202 pp
8. Gatesy J, O'Leary MA (2001) Deciphering whale origins with molecules and fossils. Trends Ecol Evol 16: 562-570
9. Gingerich PD, Haq M, Zalmout IS, Khan IH, Malkani MS (2001) Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan. Science 293: 2239-2242
10. Graur D, Higgins DG (1994) Molecular evidence for the inclusion of cetaceans within the order Artiodactyla. Mol Biol Evol 11: 357-364
11. Iga K, Fukui Y, Miyamoto A, Ishikawa H, Ohsumi S (1996) Endocrinological observations of female minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Mar Mammal Sci 12: 296-301
12. Illera JC, Gil AG, Silvan G, Illera M (2000) The effects of different anaesthetic treatments on the adreno-cortical functions and glucose levels in NZW rabbits. J Physiol Biochem 56: 329-336
13. Janech MG, Chen R, Klein J, Nowak MW, McFee W, Paul RV, Fitzgibbon WR, Ploth DW (2002) Molecular and functional characterization of a urea transporter from the kidney of a short-finned pilot whale. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 282: R1490-R1500
14. Kaneko JJ, Harvey JW, Bruss ML (1997) Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals. 5th ed, Academic Press, San Diego
15. Kato H (1986) Studies on the yearly changes in biological parameters and population dynamics in southern minke whales. Ph.D. Thesis, Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo (In Japanese)
16. Kjeld M (2001) Concentrations of electrolytes, hormones, and other constituents in fresh postmortem blood and urine of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus). Can J Zool 79: 438-446
17. Kjeld M (2003) Salt and water balance of modern baleen whales: rate of urine production and food intake. Can J Zool 81: 606-616
18. Kjeld M, Olafsson I (1987) Some biochemical parameters in blood and urine of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus). Isr J Vet Med 43: 117-121
19. Kjeld M, Theodorsdottir A (1991) Some electrolytes, hormones and other substances in the blood of fin whales of the coast of Iceland. Natturufrasingurinn 60: 147-154
20. Kjeld M, Vikingsson GA, Alfredsson A, Olafsson O, Arnason A (2003) Sex hormone concentrations in the blood of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) off Iceland. J Cetacean Res Manage 5: 233-240
21. Kjeld M, Alfredsson A, Olafsson O, Tryland M, Christensen I, Stuen S, Arnason A (2004) Changes in blood testosterone and progesterone concentrations of the North Atlantic minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) during the feeding season. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 61: 230-237
22. Koopman HN, Westgate AJ, Read AJ, Gaskin DE (1995) Blood chemistry of wild harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena (L.). Mar Mammal Sci 11: 123-135
23. Lockyer C (1984) Review of baleen whales (Mysticeti) reproduction and implications for management. In "Reproduction of Whales, Dolphin and Porpoise" Ed by WF Perrin, RL Brownell Jr, DP DeMaster, Rep Int Whaling Comm Spec 6: 27-50
24. Malvin RL, Rayner M (1968) Renal function and blood chemistry in cetacea. Am J Physiol 214: 187-191
25. Masaki Y (1976) Biological studies on the north pacific sei whale. Bull Far Seas Fish Res Lab 14: 1-103
26. Medway W, Geraci JR (1965) Blood chemistry of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Am J Physiol 209: 169-172
27. Muranishi Y, Sasaki M, Hayashi K, Abe N, Fujihira T, Ishikawa H, Ohsumi S, Miyamoto A, Fukui Y (2004) Relationship between the appearance of preantral follicles in the fetal ovary of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) and hormone concentrations in the fetal heart, umbilical cord and maternal blood. Zygote 12: 125-132
28. Nikaido M, Rooney AP, Okada N (1999) Phylogenetic relationships among cetartiodactyls based on insertions of short and long interpersed elements: hippopotamuses are the closest extant relatives of whales. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 10261-10266
29. Nikaido M, Matsuno F, Abe H, Shimamura M, Hamilton H, Matsubayashi H, Okada N (2001 a) Evolution of CHR-2 SINEs in cetartiodactyl genomes: possible evidence for the monophyletic origin of toothed whales. Mamm Genome 12: 909-915
30. Nikaido M, Matsuno F, Hamilton H, Brownell RL Jr, Cao Y, Ding W, Zuoyan Z, Shedlock AM, Fordyce RE, Hasegawa M, Okada N (2001 b) Retroposon analysis of major cetacean lineages: the monophyly of toothed whales and the paraphyly of river dolphins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98: 7384-7389
31. Nishiwaki M, Hibiya T, Kimura S (1954) On the sexual maturity of the sei whale of the Bonin waters. Sci Rep Whales Res Inst 9: 165-178
32. Onuma T, Higashi Y, Ando H, Ban M, Ueda H, Urano A (2003) Year-to-year differences in plasma levels of steroid hormones in pre-spawning chum salmon. Gen Comp Endocrinol 133: 199-215
33. Ortiz RM (2001) Osmoregulation in marine mammals. J Exp Biol 204: 1831-1844
34. Ortiz RM, Worthy GA (2000) Effects of capture on adrenal steroid and vasopressin concentrations in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Comp Biochem Physiol A 125: 317-324
35. Phippard AF, Horvath JS, Glynn EM, Garner MG, Fletcher PJ, Duggin GG, Tiller DJ (1986) Circulatory adaptation to pregnancy-serial studies of haemodynamics, blood volume, renin and aldosterone in the baboon (Papio hamadryas). J Hypertens 4: 773-779
36. Reidarson TH, McBain JF, Yochem PK (2001) Medical and nutritional aspects of a rehabilitating California gray whale calf. Aquatic Mammals 27: 215-221
37. Sands JM (2002) Molecular approaches to urea transporters. J Am Soc Nephrol 13: 2795-2806
38. Schoning P, Strafuss AC (1980) Determining time of death of a dog by analyzing blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and vitreous humor collected at postmortem. Am J Vet Res 41: 955-957
39. Schrier RW, Briner VA (1991) Peripheral arterial vasodilation hypothesis of sodium and water retention in pregnancy: implications for pathogenesis of preeclampsia-eclampsia. Obstet Gynecol 77: 632-639
40. Shimamura M, Yasue H, Ohshima K, Abe H, Kato H, Kishiro T, Goto M, Munechika I, Okada N (1997) Molecular evidence from retroposons that whales form a clade within even-toed ungulates. Nature 388: 666-670
41. Sladek CD, Swenson KL, Kapoor R, Sidorowicz HE (2000) The role of steroid hormones in the regulation of vasopressin and oxytocin release and mRNA expression in hypothalamo-neurohypophysial expLants from the rat. Exp Physiol 85: 171S-177S
42. St. Aubin DJ (2001) Endocrinology. In "CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine" Ed by LA Dierauf, FMD Gulland, CRC press, Boca Raton, pp 165-192
43. St. Aubin DJ, Deguise S, Richard PR, Smith TG, Geraci JR (2001) Hematology and plasma chemistry as indicators of health and status in beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas. Arctic 54: 317-331
44. Suzuki M, Uchida S, Ueda K, Tobayama T, Katsumata E, Yoshioka M, Aida K (2003) Diurnal and annual changes in serum cortisol concentrations in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus and killer whales Orcinus orca. Gen Comp Endocrinol 132: 427-433
45. Suzuki T, Mogoe T, Asada M, Miyamoto A, Tetsuka M, Ishikawa H, Ohsumi S, Fukui Y (2001) Plasma and pituitary concentrations of gonadotropins (FSH and LH) in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) during the feeding season. Theriogenology 55: 1127-1141
46. th IWC Scientific Committee, 4 pp
47. nd IWC Scientific Committee, 10pp
48. Watanabe H, Mogoe T, Asada M, Hayashi K, Fujise Y, Ishikawa H, Ohsumi S, Miyamoto A, Fukui Y (2004) Relationship between serum sex hormone concentrations and histology of seminiferous tubules of captured baleen whales in the Western North Pacific during the feeding season. J Reprod Dev 50: 419-427