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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 200, Issue 21 2675-2683, Copyright © 1997 by Company of Biologists

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Possible involvement of somatolactin in the regulation of plasma bicarbonate for the compensation of acidosis in rainbow trout

D. Kakizawa, A. Ishimatsu, T. Takeda, T. Kaneko and T. Hirano

Somatolactin is a putative pituitary hormone of the growth hormone/prolactin family in fish. Its function is still unknown. The effects of environmental hypercapnia and hypoxia, acid (HCl) infusion and exhaustive exercise on plasma somatolactin levels were examined in the chronically cannulated rainbow trout to study the possible physiological roles of somatolactin. Respiratory acidosis induced by hypercapnia (2% CO2) did not affect plasma somatolactin level. In contrast, metabolic acidosis induced by acid infusion and exercise increased plasma somatolactin level. Blood pH was depressed to a similar extent by both types of acidosis, whereas plasma [HCO3-] was elevated by respiratory acidosis but reduced by metabolic acidosis. A moderate hypoxia (water PO2 9.3kPa) affected neither acid- base status nor plasma somatolactin level. A more severe hypoxia (water PO2 6.1kPa) resulted in metabolic acidosis accompanied by an apparent rise in plasma somatolactin level, although the difference in somatolactin level from the control value was not statistically significant. Somatolactin immunoneutralization retarded recovery of plasma [HCO3-] following acid infusion. These results indicate that somatolactin is involved in the retention of HCO3- during metabolic acidosis but not in the active accumulation of HCO3- for acid-base compensation of respiratory acidosis in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.


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