A multidisciplinary study of the extracutaneous pigment system of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) : a possible relationship between kidney disease and dopa oxidase activity level
| Autor: | Emanuele De Nitto, Adalberto Brunetti, M Arciuli, Raffaele Tommasi, Daniela Fiocco, Gerardo Centoducati, Antonio Aloi, Arcangela Santeramo, Anna Gallone, Valentina Zacchino |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Macro-Organic Chemistry |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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food.ingredient
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase Dopa oxidase Spleen Aquaculture Aquatic Science Biology SDG 3 – Goede gezondheid en welzijn Melanin Bass (fish) Fish Diseases Immune system food Extracutaneous melanogenesis SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being medicine Environmental Chemistry Animals Sea bass Peroxidase Melanins Kidney Monophenol Monooxygenase General Medicine Pigments Biological medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Melano-macrophages Nephrocalcinosis medicine.anatomical_structure X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Biochemistry Dicentrarchus Bass Electrophoresis Polyacrylamide Gel sense organs Biomarkers Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 42(1), 184-192. Elsevier BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
| ISSN: | 1050-4648 |
| Popis: | Infectious diseases and breeding conditions can influence fish health status. Furthermore it is well known that human and animal health are strongly correlated. In lower vertebrates melano-macrophage centres, clusters of pigment-containing cells forming the extracutaneous pigment system, are widespread in the stroma of the haemopoietic tissue, mainly in kidney and spleen. In fishes, melano-macrophage centres play an important role in the immune response against antigenic stimulants and pathogens. Hence, they are employed as biomarker of fish health status. We have investigated this cell system in the European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax L.) following the enzyme activities involved in melanin biosynthesis. We have found a possible relationship between kidney disease of farmed fishes and dopa oxidase activity level, suggesting it as an indicator of kidney disease. Moreover variations of dopa oxidase activity in extracutaneous pigment system have been observed with respect to environmental temperature. At last, for the first time, using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (Femto-TA), we pointed out that pigment-containing cells of fish kidney tissue present melanin pigments. |
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