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SUBMITTER: Li M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5376476 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of endocrinology 20170317
GH is known to play an important role in both growth promotion and osmoregulation in vertebrates. We have shown that amphioxus possesses a single GH-like hormone (GHl) gene encoding a functional protein capable of promoting growth. However, if GHl can mediate osmoregulation remains open. Here, we demonstrated clearly that GHl increased not only the survival rate of amphioxus but also the muscle moisture under high salinity. Moreover, GHl induced the expression of both the ion transporter Na<sup> ...[more]