Nitrogen metabolism and excretion in the mangrove killifish Rivulus marmoratus II. Significant ammonia volatilization in a teleost during air-exposure

2002 ◽  
Vol 205 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. T. Frick ◽  
P. A. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Whole Body ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase ◽  
Nh3 Volatilization ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate ◽  
Air Exposure ◽  
Exposed Fish ◽  
Rivulus Marmoratus ◽  
Body Tissues ◽  
Total Ammonia ◽  
Mangrove Killifish

SUMMARY The mangrove killifish Rivulus marmoratus can tolerate prolonged periods of air-exposure (>1 month). During these periods of emersion, we hypothesized that R. marmoratus would convert potentially toxic ammonia into urea and free amino acids (FAAs). In air-exposed fish, both ammonia (JAmm) and urea (JUrea) excretion continued at approximately 57 % and 39 %, respectively, of submerged rates. Remarkably, approximately 42 % of the total ammonia excreted during air-exposure was through NH3 volatilization. Ammonia did not accumulate in whole-body tissues of air-exposed fish, but levels of both urea and some FAAs (primarily alanine and glutamine) were up to twofold higher after 10 days. The activities of the ornithine–urea cycle enzymes carbamoyl phosphate synthetase III and ornithine transcarbamylase increased (by approximately 30 % and 36 %, respectively) in whole-body tissues of air-exposed fish, while levels of arginase remained unchanged. The activities of enzymes involved in amino acid and oxidative metabolism were not significantly different between control and air-exposed fish. Partitioning of the anterior and posterior ends of immersed fish revealed that just over half (57 %) of the total nitrogen (ammonia+urea) was excreted through the anterior end of the fish, presumably via the branchial tissues, while emersed fish increased excretion via the posterior end (kidney+skin). R. marmoratus do not undergo a shift towards ureotelism during air-exposure. Rather, we propose that R. marmoratus are able to survive on land for extended periods without significant ammonia accumulation because they continuously release ammonia, partially by NH3 volatilization.

Functional ureogenesis in the gobiid fish Mugilogobius abei

2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (24) ◽  
pp. 3703-3715 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Iwata ◽  
M. Kajimura ◽  
T. Sakamoto
Keyword(s):  
Loading Condition ◽  
Urea Cycle ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Ammonia Solution ◽  
Nitrogen Excretion ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate ◽  
Gobiid Fish ◽  
N Enrichment

To examine the transition to ureogenesis, the gobiid fish Mugilogobius abei was immersed in 2 mmol l(−)(1) NH(4)HCO(3) or a (15)N-labelled ammonia solution [1 mmol l(−)(1) ((15)NH(4))(2)SO(4), pH 8.0] for 4–8 days. When exposed to 2 mmol l(−)(1) NH(4)HCO(3) or (15)N-labelled ammonia solution for 4 days, the rate of urea excretion increased to seven times that of the control (in 20 % synthetic sea water) and remained at this level for 4 days. The proportion of nitrogen excreted as urea reached 62 % of total nitrogen excretion (ammonia-N + urea-N). (15)N-enrichment of the amide-N in glutamine in the tissues of fish exposed to (15)N-labelled ammonia was virtually the same as that of ammonia-N: i.e. approximately twice that of urea-N in the excreta and the tissues. Glutamine contents and glutamine synthetase activities in the liver and muscle increased greatly following exposure to ammonia. Urea and citrulline contents in the muscle and whole body of the exposed fish increased significantly, whereas uric acid contents remained unchanged. Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase III (CPSase III) mRNA expression and CPSase III activity were detected in the muscle, skin and gill, but levels were negligible in the liver. Furthermore, all other ornithine-urea cycle (O-UC) enzymes were also detected in muscle, skin and gill. Thus, M. abei clearly shows the transition from ammoniotely to ureotely under ammonia-loading condition and is able to produce urea mainly via the O-UC operating in multiple non-hepatic tissues as a means for ammonia detoxification.

scholarly journals Product inhibition studies on bovine liver carbamoyl phosphate synthetase

1974 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
pp. 817-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith R. F. Elliott ◽  
Keith F. Tipton
Keyword(s):  
Inorganic Phosphate ◽  
Substrate Binding ◽  
Inorganic Ions ◽  
Bovine Liver ◽  
Product Inhibition ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate ◽  
Product Release ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Inhibition Studies

A study of the product-inhibition patterns of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase from bovine liver is reported. Inhibition by adenosine, AMP and inorganic ions is also reported. The results are in agreement with the previously proposed model in which the order of substrate binding is ATPMg, followed by HCO3−, ATPMg and NH4+. The order of product release on the basis of the reported results is carbamoyl phosphate, followed by ADPMg, ADPMg and inorganic phosphate.

Inactivation by acivicin of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase II of human colon carcinoma

1985 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S. Sebolt ◽  
Takashi Aoki ◽  
John N. Eble ◽  
John L Glover ◽  
George Weber
Keyword(s):  
Colon Carcinoma ◽  
Human Colon ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate ◽  
Human Colon Carcinoma

Spatial relationships among the active and allosteric sites of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip G. Kasprzyk ◽  
Eric Whalen-Pederson ◽  
Paul M. Anderson ◽  
Joseph J. Villafranca
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relationships ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase ◽  
Carbamoyl Phosphate ◽  
Allosteric Sites

Glucose and fatty acid metabolism in cows producing milk of low fat content

1974 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Annison ◽  
R. Bickerstaffe ◽  
J. L. Linzell
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
The Body ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Acetate Production ◽  
Entry Rate ◽  
Blood Concentrations ◽  
Body Tissues ◽  
High Starch ◽  
Starch Diet

SUMMARYThe effects of changing to a high starch: low roughage diet have been studied in two Friesian and two Jersey cows, surgically prepared for the simultaneous study of udder metabolism (arteriovenous difference x udder blood flow) and whole body turnover of milk precursors (isotope dilution).In the Friesian cows milk fat concentration was lower on the high starch diet but in the Jerseys fell only slightly in one animal. In both Friesians and in the one Jersey these changes were accompanied by an increase in total rumen VFA concentration. Rumen acetate concentration did not change but propionate doubled. Thus this confirms that the usually reported fall in ‘acetate:propionate ratio’ is due to a rise in propionate production rather than due to a fall in acetate production.There were significant falls in the blood concentrations of acetate and β-hydroxy-butyrate. The rate of extraction by the udder of acetate and β-hydroxybutyrate did not change but triglyceride extraction fell. Therefore since udder blood flow did not alter the uptake of all three fat precursors fell.The entry rate of glucose into the circulation and its contribution to total body CO2 increased. The entry rate and contribution to CO2 of acetate decreased but this was probably mainly due to a fall in endogenous acetate production by the body tissues. Plasma FFA concentration showed little change but the entry rate of palmitate fell on the high starch diet. There was also an increased proportion of unsaturated and trans fatty acids in the plasma and milk triglycerides.

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