Roles of intestinal glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamine synthetase in environmental ammonia detoxification in the euryhaline four-eyed sleeper, Bostrychus sinensis

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-98

  Peh, W Y X ^a   Chew, S F ^b   Ching, B Y ^a   Loong, A M ^a   Ip, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bostrychus sinensis; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine; Glutamine synthetase; Intestine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME; FISH; OSMOREGULATION; TOXICITY;

AMINATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BOSTRYCHUS SINENSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; INTESTINE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; UPREGULATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

BOSTRYCHUS SINENSIS;

EID: 77953718629     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Anderson P.M., Broderius M.A., Fong K.C., Tsui K.N.T., Chew S.F., Ip Y.K. Glutamine synthetase expression in liver, muscle, stomach and intestine of Bostrichyths sinensis in response to exposure to a high exogenous ammonia concentration. J. Exp. Biol. 2002, 205:2053-2065.
2. Balment R.J., Carrick S. Endogenous renin-angiotensin system and drinking behavior in flounder. Am. J. Physiol. 1985, 248:R157-R160.
3. Bergmeyer H.U., Beutler H.O. Ammonia. Methods of Enzymatic Analysis 1985, vol. VIII:454-461. Academic Press, New York.
4. Bradford M.M. A rapid and sensitive method of the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal. Biochem. 1976, 72:248-254.
5. Buddington R.K., Krogdahl A., Bakke-McKellep A.M. The intestines of carnivorous fish: structure and functions and the relations with diet. Acta Physiol. Scand. Suppl. 1997, 638:67-80.
6. Campbell J.W. Excretory nitrogen metabolic. Comparative Animal Physiology Environmental and Metabolic Animal Physiology 1991, 277-324. Wiley-Liss Inc, New York. 4th ed. C.L. Prosser (Ed.).
7. Chew, S.F., Tng, Y.Y.M., Wee, N.L.J., Tok, C.Y., Wilson, J.M., Ip, Y.K. Intestinal osmoregulatory acclimation and nitrogen metabolism in the freshwater marble goby, Oxyeleotris marmorata, exposed to seawater. J. Comp. Physiol. B, in press.
8. Chew S.F., Wilson J.M., Ip Y.K., Randall D.J. Nitrogenous excretion and defense against ammonia toxicity. Fish Physiology, vol. 21. The Physiology of Tropical Fishes 2006, 307-395. Academic Press, New York. A. Val, V. Almedia-Val, D.J. Randall (Eds.).
9. Cooper J.L., Plum F. Biochemistry and physiology of brain ammonia. Physiol. Rev. 1987, 67:440-519.
10. Evans D.H. The role of gill permeability and transport mechanisms in euryhalinity. Fish Physiology 1984, vol. X:239-283. Academic Press, Orlando.
11. Fuentes J., Eddy F.B. Effect of manipulation of the rennin-angiotensin system in control of drinking in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L) in freshwater and after transfer to sea water. J. Comp. Physiol. B 1997, 167:438-443.
12. - exchanger. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 2001, 24:81-95.
13. Herrero-Yraola A., Bakhit S.M.A., Franke P., Weise C., Schweiger M., Jorcke D., Ziegler M. Regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase by reversible ADP-ribosylation in mitochondria. EMBO J. 2001, 20:2404-2412.
14. Huang Z. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas. Vertebrata 2001, Smithsonian Institution, Florida, pp. 404-463.
15. Hwang H.C., Chen I.Y., Yueh P.C. The Freshwater Fishes of China in Colored Illustrations 1988, vol. 2. Shanghai Sciences and Technology Press, Shanghai, p. 201.
16. Ip Y.K., Chew S.F., Leong I.W.A., Jin Y., Wu R.S.S., Lim C.B. The sleeper Bostrichyths sinensis (Teleost) stores glutamine and reduces ammonia production during aerial exposure. J. Comp. Physiol. B 2001, 171:357-367.
17. Ip Y.K., Chew S.F., Randall D.J. Ammonia toxicity, tolerance and excretion. Fish Physiology. Vol. 20. Nitrogen Excretion 2001, 109-140. Academic Press, New York. P.A. Wright, P.M. Anderson (Eds.).
18. Ip Y.K., Loong A.M., Ching B., Tham G.H.Y., Wong W.P., Chew S.F. The freshwater Amazonian stingray. Potamotrygon motoro, up-regulated glutamine synthetase activity and protein abundance, and accumulates glutamine when exposed to brackish (15‰) water. J. Exp. Biol. 2009, 212:3828-3836.
19. Karlsson A., Eliason E.J., Mydland T., Farrell A.P., Kiessling A. Postprandial changes in plasma free amino acid levels obtained simultaneously form the hepatic portal vein and the dorsal aorta in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J. Exp. Biol. 2006, 209:4885-4894.
20. Kirsch R., Humbert W., Simmoneaux V. The gut as an osmoregulatory organ: comparative aspects and special references to fishes. Transport Processes, Iono- and Osmoregulation 1985, 265-277. Springer, New York. R. Gilles, M. Gilles-Bailen (Eds.).
21. Kong H., Edberg D.D., Korte J.J., Salo W.L., Wright P.A., Anderson P.M. Nitrogen excretion and expression of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase III activity and mRNA in extrahepatic tissues or largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1998, 350:157-168.
22. Kottelat M., Whitten A.J., Kartikasari S.N., Wirjoatmodjo S. Freshwater Fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi 1993, Periplus Editions, Hong Kong, p. 221.
23. Laemmli U.K. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head bacteriophage T4. Nature 1970, 227:680-685.
24. Loong A.M., Ang S.F., Wong W.P., Pörtner H.O., Bock C., Wittig R., Bridges C.R., Chew S.F., Ip Y.K. Effects of hypoxia on the energy status and nitrogen metabolism of African lungfish during aestivation in a mucus cocoon. J. Comp. Physiol. B 2008, 178:853-865.
25. Loretz C.A. Electrophysiology of ion transport in the teleost intestinal cells. Fish Physiology, vol. 14. Cellular and Molecular Approaches to Fish Ionic Regulation 1995, 25-56. Academic Press, New York. C.M. Wood, T.J. Shuttleworth (Eds.).
26. - fluxes in the intestine of the European flounder, Platichthys flesus. Epithelial Transp. Lower Vertebr. 1980, 151-162.
27. Marshall W.S., Grosell M. Ion transport, osmoregulation and acid-base balance. The Physiology of Fishes 2006, 177-230. Taylor and Francis, London. 3rd ed. D.H. Evans, J.B. Claiborne (Eds.).
28. Mommsen T.P., Busby E.R., von Schalburg K.R., Evans J.C., Booth H.L., Elliot M.E. Glutamine synthetase in tilapia gastrointestinal tract: zonation, cDNA and induction by cortisol. J. Comp. Physiol. 2003, 173B:419-427.
29. Nguyen N.T., Nguyen V.Q. Biodiversity and Living Resources of the Coral Reef Fishes in Vietnam Marine Waters 2006, Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi.
30. Ni I.H., Kwok K.Y. Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 1999, 38:130-152.
31. Peh W.Y.X., Chew S.F., Wilson J.M., Ip Y.K. Branchial and intestinal osmoregulatory acclimation in the four-eyed sleeper. Bostrychus sinensis (Lacepède), exposed to seawater. Mar. Biol. 2009, 156:1751-1764.
32. Peng K.W., Chew S.F., Ip Y.K. Free amino acids and cell volume regulation in the sipunculid Phascolosoma arcuatum. Physiol. Zool. 1994, 67:580-597.
33. Perrot M.N., Grierson C.E., Haxon N., Balment R.J. Drinking behavior in sea water and fresh water teleosts, the role of the renin-angiotensin system. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 1992, 10:161-168.
34. Rainboth W.J. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes 1996, FAO, Rome.
35. Saha N., Dutta S., Haussinger D. Changes in free amino acid synthesis in the perfused liver of an air-breathing walking catfish. Clarias batrachus infused with ammonium chloride: a strategy to adapt under hyperammonia stress. J. Exp. Zool. 2000, 286:13-23.
36. Skadhauge E. Coupling of transmural flows of NaCl and water in the intestine of the eel (Anguilla anguilla). J. Exp. Biol. 1974, 60:535-546.
37. Shehadeh Z.H., Gordon M.S. The role of the intestine in salinity adaptation in the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 1969, 30:397-418.
38. Tay S.L.A., Chew S.F., Ip Y.K. The swamp eel Monopterus albus reduces endogenous ammonia production and detoxifies ammonia to glutamine during aerial exposure. J. Exp. Biol. 2003, 206:2473-2486.
39. Thatcher B.J., Storey K.B. Glutamate dehydrogenase from liver of euthermic and hibernating Richardson's ground squirrels: evidence for two distinct enzyme forms. Biochem. Cell Biol. 2001, 79:11-19.
40. Tierny M.L., Luke G., Cramb G., Hazon N. The role of the renin-angiotensin system in the control of blood pressure and drinking in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 1995, 100:39-48.
41. Tng Y.Y.M., Wee N.L.J., Ip Y.K., Chew S.F. Postprandial nitrogen metabolism and excretion in juvenile marble goby. Oxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker, 1852). Aquaculture 2008, 284:260-267.
42. Tytler P., Tatner M., Findlay C. The ontogeny of drinking in the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). J. Fish Biol. 1990, 36:867-875.
43. Usher M.L., Talbot C., Eddy F.B. Intestinal water transport in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) during smolting and following transfer to seawater. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 1991, 100:813-818.
44. Wang Y.S., Gonzalez R.J., Marjorie L.P., Grosell M., Zhang C.G., Feng Q., Du J.Z., Walsh P.J., Wood C.M. Unusual physiology of scale-less carp. Gymnocypris przewalskii, in Lake Qinghai: a high altitude alkaline saline lake. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 2003, 134:409-421.