Rapid action of testosterone and diethylstilbestrol on enzymes of osmoregulation in a freshwater fish Oreochromis mossambicus.
The rapid action of sex steroids on enzymes of osmoregulation has not been studied in teleosts. In vivo administration of 0.1 microg/g body wt. of testosterone and diethylstilbestrol (DES) significantly enhanced branchial Na+-K+ ATPase, Ca2+ ATPase, and Na+, K+, and Ca2+ ions as early as 30 minutes in a freshwater teleost Oreochromis mossambicus. Treatment with 10(-6) M testosterone significantly stimulated Na+-K+ ATPase as early as 5 minutes in vitro. The same dose of DES also stimulated Na+-K+ ATPase activity within 10 minutes of incubation in a gill culture study. Administration of the transcriptional inhibitor, actinomycin D (0.1 microg/g body wt. in vivo and 10(-6) M in vitro), prior to hormone treatment, did not prevent the steroid-induced ATPase activity both in vivo and in vitro. It seems that stimulation of Ca2+ ion may be responsible for the hormonal effects to increase enzyme activity. A possible nongenomic mode of action for testosterone and DES is suggested in Oreochromis.
Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India.
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D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005880:Gills / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D013739:Testosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017210:Tilapia / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D004798:Enzymes; D003609:Dactinomycin; D013739:Testosterone; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D012964:Sodium; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium