Gill Phospholipids of Mitochondria in Euryhaline Crustaceans as Related to Changes in Environmental Salinity |
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Authors: | S Chapelle JM Chantraine A Pequeux |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of General and Comparative Biochemistry, University of Liège, 17, Place Delcour, B-4020 Liège, Belgium;2. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Bavière, 66, Bd. de la Constitution, B-4020 Liège, Belgium;3. Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, 22, quai Van Beneden, B-4020 Liège, Belgium |
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Abstract: | The distribution of different phospholipids and their variation in fatty acids composition were studied in mitochondrial fractions isolated from anterior and posterior gills of the two euryhaline crabs, Enocheir sinensis and Carcinus maenas, as a function of the environmental salinity. No matter what the salinity, the three more posterior located gills of E. sinensis were shown to contain more unsaturated phospholipids (PE, DPG) and more eicosapentaanoic acids (20:5ω 3) than the three more anterior ones. This was particularly significant when crabs were acclimatized to fresh water. The lipid content of the anterior and posterior gills of the seashore crab C. maenas, on the contrary, showed no significant differences. These results are discussed by taking into consideration the different osmo- and ion-regulation capabilities of the two euryhaline crabs studied and it is proposed that a possible viscotropic regulation might check the activity of membrane-bound enzymes among which the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase related to the Na+-active transport processes involved in maintaining Na+ balance. |
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Keywords: | crabs gills mitochondria phospholipids |
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