... important for the synthesis of urea (ammonia and glutamine), osmoregulation (urea) and general somatic processes (bulk amino acids and protein). We focused on the main site of dietary nitrogen acquisition (intestinal spiral valve), the route of circulation of dietary nitrogen and post-prandial synthesized...

... seawater tolerance. Osmoregulation Stress Smolt Transcriptomics WGCNA Atlantic Salmon Federation Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012307 Connecticut State University-AAUP As part of their anadromous life cycle...

... levels. Aquaporins Ion transporters Osmoregulation Salinization Septate junction Contamination of freshwater with salt is occurring throughout the world. The sources of contamination are many, but most result from human activities ( Rahman et al., 2019 ; Schuler et al., 2019...

...-sensitive Na + channels and Na + /K + -ATPases and is modulated by the neuropeptide RhoprCCHamide2. CCHamide2 Crop Ion transport Osmoregulation Rhodnius prolixus Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that serotonin stimulation triggers active Na + transport and passive Cl...

... levels of dehydration elicit drinking of fresh water in three species of North American watersnakes, including a semi-marine species in which moderate, progressive dehydration is also shown to inhibit feeding. Dehydration Snakes Thirst sensitivity Water Water balance Osmoregulation...

... Summary: Dryland mammals facing climate change are encountering increasing heat as well as reduced water and food availability. We discuss these compound effects on performance in mammals of varying body size. Dehydration Homeostasis Osmoregulation Starvation Thermoregulation Drylands...

... that cortisol has an important role in regulating mechanisms for ion secretion and uptake in sturgeon and provide support for the hypothesis that control of osmoregulation and glucose by corticosteroids is a basal trait of jawed vertebrates. While increases in cortisol have been widely examined after SW...

...; this response serves to conserve water and enables them to thrive in hyperosmotic environments. Osmoregulation Salt and water balance Crocodylians NKA ENaC NHE2 NHE3 Phenotypic plasticity Salt glands Cloaca Spatial ecology Telemetry The estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus...

... . 10.1152/ajpregu.90461.2008 Edwards , S. L. and Marshall , W. S. ( 2013 ). Principles and patterns of osmoregulation and euryhalinity in fishes . In Euryhaline Fishes (ed. S. D.   McCormick , A. P.   Farrell and C. J.   Brauner ), pp. 2 - 32 . New York : Academic press...

... factors that contributes to euryhalinity of the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas . Kidney Ion transporters Euryhalinity Osmoregulation Freshwater adaptation Cartilaginous fish Most cartilaginous fishes are principally marine species, and only a limited number of species, including...

... tissues; mr knockdown in a cultured trout gill epithelium shows that MRs play a role in cortisol-mediated tightening of this tissue. Tight junction Paracellular permeability Cortisol Claudin Osmoregulation Knockdown FW fishes are aquatic vertebrates that exist in an environment...

... strategies. Osmoregulation Energetics Oxygen consumption Salt gland Water balance Reptile While many species of terrestrial, freshwater or marine vertebrates take advantage of temporally available resources in estuaries, the diversity of species that live entirely within the estuarine...

... Osmoregulation Excretion Water absorption Scanning ion-selective electrode technique Springtails (Collembola) are a basal lineage of Hexapoda, which is a group of terrestrial arthropods that also includes the insects ( Hopkin, 1997 ; Misof et al., 2014 ). Compared to the insects, springtails lack...

... salinity. Furthermore, the increased alanine concentration at high salinity was likely associated with the decrease in the expression levels of the the gene encoding alanine-glyoxylate transaminase. Thus, there is a possibility that changes in the concentration of free amino acids for osmoregulation...

...Ciaran A. Shaughnessy; Stephen D. McCormick ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to assess whether thermal tolerance of brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) is affected during seawater (SW) acclimation and to investigate the role of cortisol in osmoregulation and thermal tolerance during SW...

.../ Summary: Gill ionocytes in Japanese seabass originate from undifferentiated cells in the filaments and expand their distribution to the lamellae during freshwater acclimation. Ionocyte Gill Osmoregulation Japanese seabass Filament Lamella Osmoregulation is essential for maintaining...

... shock proteins. Climate change Temperature tolerance Osmoregulation Cortisol Glucose Heat shock protein There is increasing interest in utilizing mediators of the stress response, such as increased plasma cortisol, glucose, lactate and HSP expression as indicators of both individual...

...Dennis Kolosov; Phuong Bui; Andrew Donini; Mike P. Wilkie; Scott P. Kelly ABSTRACT This study reports on tight junction-associated MARVEL proteins of larval sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ) and their potential role in ammocoete osmoregulation. Two occludin isoforms (designated Ocln and Ocln...

.../ Summary:   Aedes aegypti aquaporin 5 participates in transcellular water transport across principal cells of larval mosquito Malpighian tubules. Mosquito Water transport Transcellular Osmoregulation Ion-selective microelectrode Hemolymph A edes aegypti (Linnaeus in Hasselquist 1762...

...: High potency inhibitors of acid-sensing ion channels . Neuropharmacology   58 , 1 - 22 . 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.01.011 Clauss , W. G. ( 2001 ). Epithelial transport and osmoregulation in annelids . Can. J. Zool.   79 , 192 - 203 . 10.1139/z00-200 Davies , R. W. ( 1973...