PMID- 24194359
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131107
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 0920-1742 (Print)
IS  - 0920-1742 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 6
DP  - 1996 Dec
TI  - Mitochondria-rich cells in the branchial epithelium of the teleost,Oreochromis 
      mossambicus, acclimated to various hypotonic environments.
PG  - 513-23
LID - 10.1007/BF01874924 [doi]
AB  - Branchial mitochondria-rich (MR) cells were examined on the afferent side of gill 
      filaments in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) acclimated to different hypotonic 
      environments, local fresh water (LFW), hard fresh water (HFW) and 5 per thousand salt water 
      (SW). Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) identified three types of apical 
      surfaces of the MR cells, wavy convex, shallow basin and deep hole. In spite of 
      the different types of apical surfaces, light microscopic (LM) and transmission 
      electron microscopic (TEM) studies suggested that these cells were MR cells. The 
      relative abundance of these 3 types of branchial MR cells varied with external 
      hypotonic milieus. Wavy-convexed MR cells were dominant in the gills of fish 
      adapted to HFW, whereas shallow-basined MR cells were evident in LFW-adapted 
      fish. In SW-adapted fish, most of the MR cells were deep holes. Experiments on 
      adaptation to various hypotonic milieus revealed that the changes of the 
      branchial MR cells were reversible and occurred within 24 hours following 
      transfer. The morphological alterations of the MR cells correlated with ionic 
      changes in different milieus, indicating that these distinct types of MR cells 
      may play key roles for osmoregulation in hypotonic media.
FAU - Lee, T H
AU  - Lee TH
AD  - Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, 107, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic 
      of China.
FAU - Hwang, P P
AU  - Hwang PP
FAU - Lin, H C
AU  - Lin HC
FAU - Huang, F L
AU  - Huang FL
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Fish Physiol Biochem
JT  - Fish physiology and biochemistry
JID - 100955049
EDAT- 1996/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 2013/11/07 06:00
PHST- 1996/05/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/11/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1996/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/12/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/BF01874924 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Fish Physiol Biochem. 1996 Dec;15(6):513-23. doi: 10.1007/BF01874924.