Transport of nitrite across fish gills.
The results show that rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) are able to concentrate NO2- ions in the blood plasma. After 24 hr in water containing 0.7 mM/l NO2-, the blood plasma contained about 5 mM/l NO2- suggesting that the gills have the ability to transport NO2 against a concentration gradient.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D005880:Gills / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D014337:Trout
D009573:Nitrites; D002118:Calcium