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Perfused Gills Reveal Fundamental Principles of pH Regulation and Ammonia Homeostasis in the Cephalopod Octopus vulgaris.


ABSTRACT: In contrast to terrestrial animals most aquatic species can be characterized by relatively higher blood [Formula: see text] concentrations despite its potential toxicity to the central nervous system. Although many aquatic species excrete [Formula: see text] via specialized epithelia little information is available regarding the mechanistic basis for NH3/[Formula: see text] homeostasis in molluscs. Using perfused gills of Octopus vulgaris we studied acid-base regulation and ammonia excretion pathways in this cephalopod species. The octopus gill is capable of regulating ammonia (NH3/[Formula: see text]) homeostasis by the accumulation of ammonia at low blood levels (<260 ?M) and secretion at blood ammonia concentrations exceeding in vivo levels of 300 ?M. [Formula: see text] transport is sensitive to the adenylyl cyclase inhibitor KH7 indicating that this process is mediated through cAMP-dependent pathways. The perfused octopus gill has substantial pH regulatory abilities during an acidosis, accompanied by an increased secretion of [Formula: see text]. Immunohistochemical and qPCR analyses revealed tissue specific expression and localization of Na+/K+-ATPase, V-type H+-ATPase, Na+/H+-exchanger 3, and Rhesus protein in the gill. Using the octopus gill as a molluscan model, our results highlight the coupling of acid-base regulation and nitrogen excretion, which may represent a conserved pH regulatory mechanism across many marine taxa.

SUBMITTER: Hu MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5357659 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perfused Gills Reveal Fundamental Principles of pH Regulation and Ammonia Homeostasis in the Cephalopod <i>Octopus vulgaris</i>.

Hu Marian Y MY   Sung Po-Hsuan PH   Guh Ying-Jey YJ   Lee Jay-Ron JR   Hwang Pung-Pung PP   Weihrauch Dirk D   Tseng Yung-Che YC  

Frontiers in physiology 20170320


In contrast to terrestrial animals most aquatic species can be characterized by relatively higher blood [Formula: see text] concentrations despite its potential toxicity to the central nervous system. Although many aquatic species excrete [Formula: see text] via specialized epithelia little information is available regarding the mechanistic basis for NH<sub>3</sub>/[Formula: see text] homeostasis in molluscs. Using perfused gills of <i>Octopus vulgaris</i> we studied acid-base regulation and amm  ...[more]

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