PUBLICATION
Localization of ammonia transporter Rhcg1 in mitochondrion-rich cells of yolk sac, gill, and kidney of zebrafish and its ionic strength-dependent expression
- Authors
- Nakada, T., Hoshijima, K., Esaki, M., Nagayoshi, S., Kawakami, K., and Hirose, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-070813-25
- Date
- 2007
- Source
- American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 293(4): R1743-1753 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kawakami, Koichi
- Keywords
- osmoregulation, salinity, nitrogen metabolism, mitochondria-rich cell
- MeSH Terms
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- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Sequence
- Cation Transport Proteins/chemistry
- Cation Transport Proteins/genetics*
- Cation Transport Proteins/metabolism*
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gills/cytology*
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Kidney/cytology*
- Mitochondria/metabolism*
- Osmolar Concentration
- Phylogeny
- Protein Transport
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Water/chemistry
- Yolk Sac/cytology*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 17686885 Full text @ Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol.
Citation
Nakada, T., Hoshijima, K., Esaki, M., Nagayoshi, S., Kawakami, K., and Hirose, S. (2007) Localization of ammonia transporter Rhcg1 in mitochondrion-rich cells of yolk sac, gill, and kidney of zebrafish and its ionic strength-dependent expression. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 293(4):R1743-1753.
Abstract
Members of the Rh glycoprotein family have been shown to be involved in ammonia transport in a variety of species. Here we show that zebrafish Rhcg1, a member of the Rh glycoprotein family, is highly expressed in the yolk sac, gill, and renal tubules. Molecular cloning and characterization indicate that zebrafish Rhcg1 shares 82% sequence identity with the pufferfish ortholog fRhcg1. RT-PCR, combined with in situ hybridization, revealed that Rhcg1 is first expressed in H(+)-ATPase/mitochondrion-rich cells (vH-MRC) on the yolk sac of larvae at 3 days post fertilization (dpf) and later in vH-MRC-like cells in the gill at 4-5 dpf. Ammonia excretion from zebrafish larvae increased in parallel with the expression of Rhcg1. At larval stages, Rhcg1 mRNA was detected only on the yolk sac and gill; however, the kidney, as well as the gill, becomes a major site of Rhcg1 expression in adults. Using a zebrafish Tol2 transgenic line, whose vH-MRC are labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP), and an antibody against zebrafish Rhcg1, we demonstrate that Rhcg1 is located in the apical regions of (i) vH-MRC on the yolk sac and vH-MRC-like cells (cell population with the expression of Rhcg1 and GFP) in the gill and (ii) cells in the renal distal tubule and intercalated cell-like cells in the collecting duct of the kidney. Remarkably, expression of Rhcg1 mRNA at the larval stage was changed by environmental ionic strength. These results suggest that roles of zebrafish Rhcg1 are not solely ammonia secretion to eliminate nitrogen from the gill. Key words: Rhcg, ammonium transporter, Mitochondria-rich cell, osmoregulation.
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