Prolonged Fasting Increases Glutathione Biosynthesis in Postweaned Northern Elephant Seals

• Main Authors: José Pablo Vázquez-Medina, Tania Zenteno-Savín, Henry Jay Forman, Daniel E. Crocker, Rudy M. Ortiz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Experimental Biology 2011
• Subjects: prolonged fasting; glutathione; northern elephant seal pup; Medina; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/118195

Northern elephant seals experience prolonged periods of absolute food and water deprivation (fasting) while breeding, molting or weaning. The postweaning fast in elephant seals is characterized by increases in the renin–angiotensin system, expression of the oxidant-producing protein Nox4, and NADPH...