Expression of insulin-like growth factor I gene in osmoregulatory organs during seawater adaptation of the salmonid fish: Possible mode of osmoregulatory action of growth hormone

Tatsuya Sakamoto, Tetsuya Hirano

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Abstract

Growth hormone has been shown to contribute to seawater adaptation of salmonid fishes. The growth influence of growth hormone is mediated largely by hepatic production of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). To study the growth hormone-IGF-I axis in osmoregulation, we measured IGF-I mRNA in the liver, gill, and body kidney from rainbow trout by Northern analysis. The levels of IGF-I mRNA in all tissues increased significantly after injection of growth hormone. Transfer of trout from fresh water to 80% seawater evoked an increase in plasma growth hormone after 1 day. IGF-I mRNA was not altered significantly in the liver, but it was increased in the gill and body kidney after 1 and 8 days, respectively. These observations indicate that the IGF-I gene is expressed differently among these organs during seawater adaptation. Growth hormone may stimulate hypoosmoregulatory ability by inducing local expression of IGF-I in osmoregulatory organs, although the possibility that IGF-I expression might occur in part independently of growth hormone during seawater adaptation cannot be excluded.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1912-1916
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume90
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1 1993
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gene regulation
  • Gill
  • Kidney
  • RNA hybridization
  • Rainbow trout

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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