title: The compensatory growth in juveniles of sea bass: gastric distributive pattern of molecules regulating metabolism.
abstract: The aim of this work was to investigate the distribution of regulative molecules in the stomach of juvenile Dicentrarchus labrax during compensatory growth, using immunohistochemical methods. Antisera against galanin, neuropeptide Y, ghrelin, leptin, and serotonin were used on fasted and refed D. labrax. The results show a characteristic distributive pattern for the sought molecules in fish refed after 35 days of fasting, with a high increased presence of both ghrelin and leptin.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Istomorfologia e Biologia cellulare degli Organismi Marini, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy. sara.ferrando@unige.it
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrando
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gambardella
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bottaro
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saroglia
authors.forename: Genciana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Terova
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tagliafierro
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D013270:Stomach / Q000254:growth & development*