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First published online October 31, 2008
Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 3636-3649 (2008)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2008
doi: 10.1242/jeb.022160

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A microarray-based transcriptomic time-course of hyper- and hypo-osmotic stress signaling events in the euryhaline fish Gillichthys mirabilis: osmosensors to effectors

Tyler G. Evans^* and George N. Somero

Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: tevans{at}stanford.edu)

Accepted 18 September 2008

Cells respond to changes in osmolality with compensatory adaptations that re-establish ion homeostasis and repair disturbed aspects of cell structure and function. These physiological processes are highly complex, and require the coordinated activities of osmosensing, signal transducing and effector molecules. Although the critical role of effector proteins such as Na⁺, K⁺-ATPases and Na⁺/K⁺/Cl^– co-transporters during osmotic stress are well established, comparatively little information is available regarding the identity or expression of the osmosensing and signal transduction genes that may govern their activities. To better resolve this issue, a cDNA microarray consisting of 9207 cDNA clones was used to monitor gene expression changes in the gill of the euryhaline fish Gillichthys mirabilis exposed to hyper- and hypo-osmotic stress. We successfully annotated 168 transcripts differentially expressed during the first 12 h of osmotic stress exposure. Functional classifications of genes encoding these transcripts reveal that a variety of biological processes are affected. However, genes participating in cell signaling events were the dominant class of genes differentially expressed during both hyper- and hypo-osmotic stress. Many of these genes have had no previously reported role in osmotic stress adaptation. Subsequent analyses used the novel expression patterns generated in this study to place genes within the context of osmotic stress sensing, signaling and effector events. Our data indicate multiple major signaling pathways work in concert to modify diverse effectors, and that these molecules operate within a framework of regulatory proteins.

Key words: fish, genomics, Gillichthys mirabilis, microarray, osmotic, salinity, signaling, stress, transcriptome

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