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Vol. 47 No. 4, 2008
Regulation of Lactate Dehydrogenase in Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) Gills during Acclimation to Salinity Challenge
Yung-Che Tseng1,2, Jay-Ron Lee3, Joshua Chia-Hsi Chang1, Chien-Hsien Kuo4, Shyh-Jye Lee2, and Pung-Pung Hwang1,3,*
1Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
2Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
3Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
4Department of Aquatic Biosciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600, Taiwan
Josef Berger and Klára Slavíčková (2008) Upon
salinity challenge, euryhaline teleosts immediately regulate the
functions of many ion transporters and enzymes in gill
mitochondrion-rich (MR) cells in order to maintain their internal
homeostasis. A large amount of energy is necessary to operate
these transporters and enzymes; however, the mechanism of energy
metabolism in fish gills is still unclear. In the present study,
tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
was used as a model animal to investigate the roles of lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) in the energy metabolism of fish gills during
acclimation to seawater (SW) challenge. Results of LDH isozyme
gel electrophoresis and Western blotting demonstrated that LDH1 is the
major form and LDH5 the minor form expressed in tilapia gill epithelial
cells. Immunocytochemical experiments indicated that both LDH1
and LDH5 were expressed in MR cells (using Na+-K+-ATPase
as a marker). Protein expression levels of LDH1 and citrate
synthase (CS) increased immediately in the 1st hour of acclimation to
SW, while that of LDH5 was significantly enhanced during the 1st-3rd
h. Taken together, an energy metabolism model in gill epithelial
cells during SW acclimation is proposed: the tricarboxylic acid cycle
in MR cells is stimulated to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which
initially triggers salt secretion; conversion of pyruvate to lactate is
subsequently stimulated to enhance anaerobic respiration to produce
additional energy.
Key words: Lactate dehydrogenase, Energy metabolism, Tilapia gills, Salinity challenge, Osmoregulation.
*Correspondence:
Yung-Che Tseng and Jay-Ron Lee contributed equally to this work. Tel:
886-2-27899521. Fax: 886-2-27899576.
E-mail:pphwang@gate.sinica.edu.tw
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