Exposure to fluctuating salinity enhances free amino acid accumulation in Tigriopus californicus (Copepoda)
dc.contributor.author | Goolish, Edward M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Burton, Ronald S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T18:37:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T18:37:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Goolish, Edward M.; Burton, Ronald S.; (1988). "Exposure to fluctuating salinity enhances free amino acid accumulation in Tigriopus californicus (Copepoda)." Journal of Comparative Physiology B 158(1): 99-105. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47130> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-136X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0174-1578 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47130 | |
dc.description.abstract | Intracellular concentrations of free amino acids (FAA) in the intertidal copepod Tigriopus californicus increase in response to hyperosmotic stress and decrease in response to hypo-osmotic stress. The purpose of this study was to determine if exposure to repeated bouts of osmotic stress resulted in changes in FAA accumulation or the degree of FAA retention in subsequent episodes. Five groups of T. californicus were exposed for 22 days to a fluctuating salinity regime which consisted of 24 h at 100% seawater followed by 24 h at either 90, 80, 70, 60 or 50% seawater (11 cycles). After the tenth exposure to 100% seawater, individuals from each treatment group were analyzed for alanine and proline concentration. Alanine and proline accumulation generally increased in proportion to the osmotic stress up to 60–100% seawater — additional osmotic stress failed to increase total accumulation. Prior exposure to fluctuating salinity increased the extent of alanine and proline retention observed upon transfer to a hypo-osmotic medium. The treatment group which had experienced the most extreme fluctuation (50–100% seawater) retained alanine and proline levels approximately 10- and 20-fold higher, respectively, than controls. A less severe salinity fluctuation was required to elicit this response for alanine (90–100% seawater) than for proline (60–100% seawater). Previous exposure to fluctuating salinity also resulted in increased alanine and proline accumulation in subsequent episodes of hyperosmotic stress. 24 h after transfer from 50 to 100% seawater, alanine and proline levels in the conditioned copepods were approximately 3- and 7-fold higher, respectively, than in copepods which had not been cycled. This facilitation in alanine and proline accumulation occurred after 10 and 11 cycles, respectively. Of the increased accumulation in alanine and proline, 7.0% and 22.5%, respectively, could be accounted for by the higher degree of FAA retention while under hypo-osmotic conditions. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Biochemistry, General | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Biomedicine General | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Human Physiology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Zoology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Animal Physiology | en_US |
dc.title | Exposure to fluctuating salinity enhances free amino acid accumulation in Tigriopus californicus (Copepoda) | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, University of Pennylvania, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology, University of Houston, 77004, Houston, Texas, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47130/1/360_2004_Article_BF00692733.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00692733 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Comparative Physiology B | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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