Compatible and counteracting solutes and the evolution of ion and osmoregulation in fishes
Compatible and counteracting solutes and the evolution of ion and osmoregulation in fishes
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鱼类的相容性和抵消性溶质以及离子和渗透调节的演变
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1987
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T. W. Moon
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J. Ballantyne;C. Moyes;T. W. Moon
The evolution of ion and osmoregulation in fishes can be divided into three physiological stages. The first stage is a strategy employed by extant hagfish and involved a reduction of inorganic ion levels intracellularly through the use of compatible organic solutes. During osmotic stress, the concentration of organic solutes changes to aid in cell volume regulation, but both intracellular and plasma inorganic ion levels may fluctuate. The next step involved substitution of a permeable and rapidly diffusing, nonmetabolizable organic solute (urea) for some of the other compatible organic solutes. This strategy is utilized by extant chondrichthians and the coelacanth. Specific levels of methylamines are maintained in the cells and extracellular fluids of these organisms to counteract adverse physicochemical effects of urea. Species using this strategy possess greater control of intracellular ion levels during osmotic stress. Reduced and relatively constant intracellular concentrations of inorganic ions minim...