Effects of epinephrine on branchial and renal calcium handling in the rainbow trout
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Vol. 246 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402460102
Abstract
Acute exposure of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) to low external calcium (25 μM) caused an immediate but transient increase in plasma epinephrine concentration that may have been related to a concomitant depression of blood pH. Intra-arterial infusion of epinephrine at normal ambient calcium levels (0.35 mM) for 4 h caused circulating levels of epinephrine to rise from 2.9 × 10−9 to 8.0 × 10−8 M but did not affect norepinephrine levels, or branchial unidirectional calcium fluxes. Active (ATP-dependent) calcium transport across basolateral plasma membranes prepared from gill epithelial cells was not affected by pretreatment of fish with epinephrine or by direct application of epinephrine or cAMP, in vitro. Epinephrine infusion elevated urine flow rate, decreased urine pH, and increased urine phosphate levels significantly. Net renal calcium efflux increased significantly as a result of the increased urine flow rate. It is concluded that epinephrine does not stimulate branchial calcium uptake or renal conservation of calcium in rainbow trout at normal external calcium levels and therefore we cautiously suggest that epinephrine is unlikely to be involved in calcium balance during periods of exposure to low external calcium. Instead, epinephrine may play a role in compensating the acid-base disturbances and the increased branchial water influx that are associated with exposure to low ambient calcium.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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