title: Adrenocortical involvement during diverse stress in soft-shelled turtle Lissemys p. punctata Bonnoterre.
abstract: Adrenocortical responses to diverse stressful situations (dehydration, formaldehyde treatment and salt loading) were studied in the adult female soft-shelled turtle, Lissenmys p. punctata. Dehydration, formaldehyde treatment (formalin, 1%: 0.1 ml/100 g body weight daily) or salt loading (NaCl, 1%: 0.1 ml/100 g body weight daily) treatments consecutively for 7 days caused hypertrophy of the adrenocortical cells with their nuclear diameter increased, and depletions of adrenal cholesterol and ascorbic acid concentrations followed by decreased acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activities in turtles. Corticosterone levels were elevated in both the adrenal gland and serum of turtles after dehydration and formalin stress, but the hormone level remained unaltered after salt loading in turtles. The results suggest active involvement of adrenal cortex in stress for homeostasis in Lissemys turtles.
authors.affiliation: Histophysiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta (Ballygunge Campus), 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta 700 019, India.
authors.forename: Prajna Paramita
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Santasri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri-Sengupta
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Maiti
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D003681:Dehydration; D005260:Female; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006706:Homeostasis; D012492:Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014426:Turtles
chemical_list: D012492:Salts; D005557:Formaldehyde; D002784:Cholesterol; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D003345:Corticosterone