- Molecular mechanisms underlying active desalination and low water permeability in the esophagus of eels acclimated to seawater.
Molecular mechanisms underlying active desalination and low water permeability in the esophagus of eels acclimated to seawater.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology (2016-12-23)
Yoshio Takei, Marty K-S Wong, Supriya Pipil, Haruka Ozaki, Yutaka Suzuki, Wataru Iwasaki, Makoto Kusakabe
PMID28003213
摘要
Marine teleosts can absorb imbibed seawater (SW) to maintain water balance, with esophageal desalination playing an essential role. NaCl absorption from luminal SW was enhanced 10-fold in the esophagus of SW-acclimated eels, and removal of Na