PMID- 29169695 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181127 LR - 20181127 IS - 1618-0372 (Electronic) IS - 0065-1281 (Linking) VI - 120 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan TI - Immunohistochemical analysis of the distribution of molecules involved in ionic and pH regulation in the lancelet Branchiostoma floridae (Hubbs, 1922). PG - 33-40 LID - S0065-1281(17)30206-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.acthis.2017.10.011 [doi] AB - The aim of present work is to analyse the distribution of carbonic anhydrase II (CAII), cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR), vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase (V-H(+)-ATPase), Na(+)/K(+) ATPase, Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) and SLC26A6 (solute carrier family 26, member 6), also known as pendrin protein, in the lancelet Branchiostoma floridae in order to go in depth in the evolution of osmoregulation and pH regulation in Chordates. In view of their phylogenetic position, lancelets may indeed provide a critical point of reference for studies on osmoregulation evolution in Chordates. The results of present work demonstrated that, except to Na(+)/K(+) ATPase that is strongly expressed in nephridia only, all the other studied molecules are abundantly present in skin, coelomic epithelium, renal papillae and nephridia and hepatic coecum. Thus, it is possible to hypothesize that also in lancelet, as in fish, these organs are involved in pH control and ionic regulation. In the digestive tract of B. floridae, the intestine epithelium was weakly immune-reactive to all tested antibodies, while the hepatic coecum showed an intense immunoreactivity to all molecules. Since in amphioxus the hepatic coecum functions simultaneously as stomach, liver and pancreas, these immunohistochemical results proved the secretion of H+ and HCO(3)(-) ions, typical of digestive process. Colocalization studies indicated a co-expression of the studied proteins in all considered organs, excluding NHE and pendrin for renal papillae, since some renal papillae are NHE immunopositive only. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Cuoghi, Ivan AU - Cuoghi I AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/D, I-41125 Modena, Italy. FAU - Lazzaretti, Clara AU - Lazzaretti C AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/D, I-41125 Modena, Italy. FAU - Mandrioli, Mauro AU - Mandrioli M AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/D, I-41125 Modena, Italy. FAU - Mola, Lucrezia AU - Mola L AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/D, I-41125 Modena, Italy. Electronic address: lucrezia.mola@unimore.it. FAU - Pederzoli, Aurora AU - Pederzoli A AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/D, I-41125 Modena, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171121 PL - Germany TA - Acta Histochem JT - Acta histochemica JID - 0370320 RN - 0 (Protons) RN - 0 (Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers) RN - EC 4.2.1.1 (Carbonic Anhydrases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carbonic Anhydrases/chemistry MH - Computational Biology MH - Evolution, Molecular MH - *Immunohistochemistry MH - Lancelets/*chemistry MH - *Models, Biological MH - Phylogeny MH - Protons MH - Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carbonic anhydrase II OT - Cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator OT - Na(+)/H(+) exchanger OT - Na(+)/K(+) ATPase OT - Pendrin OT - Vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase EDAT- 2017/11/25 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/28 06:00 CRDT- 2017/11/25 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0065-1281(17)30206-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.acthis.2017.10.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Histochem. 2018 Jan;120(1):33-40. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2017.10.011. Epub 2017 Nov 21.