Comparative Study of Physiological Changes in Turbot Scophthalmus maximus in Different Living Conditions

The aim of this study was to compare the organismal responses of farmed and wild-caught turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, based on analyses of biochemical plasma parameters, leukocyte profile, and histological tissue profile of gills, kidney, liver, intestine, and spleen, as well as gene expression of s...

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Published in:Applied Sciences
Main Authors: Silvia Križanac, Natalija Topić Popović, Josip Barišić, Blanka Beer-Ljubić, Maro Bujak, Sanja Babić, Krunoslav Bojanić, Rozelindra Čož-Rakovac, Daniel Matulić, Ivančica Strunjak-Perović
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022
Subjects:
Adriatic Sea
blood biochemistry
histology
heat shock proteins
leukocyte
oxidative stress
Technology
T
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Physics
QC1-999
Chemistry
QD1-999
Scophthalmus maximus
Turbot
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094201
https://doaj.org/article/c5949fc565324490a73f9d6d2916feaf
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Summary:The aim of this study was to compare the organismal responses of farmed and wild-caught turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, based on analyses of biochemical plasma parameters, leukocyte profile, and histological tissue profile of gills, kidney, liver, intestine, and spleen, as well as gene expression of stress proteins in kidney and liver tissue. The results revealed significant differences in plasma triglycerides (TRIG), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), globulin (GLOB), bilirubin (TBIL), creatinine (CRE) levels, creatine kinase (CK), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities that were higher, and A/G ratio, calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) concentrations, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, which were lower in farmed population. The neutrophil-leukocyte (N:L) ratio and gene expression of HSP70, HSP90, and WAP65-2 were increased in the wild-caught turbot. The wild-caught turbot were infested with the gill digenean parasite Dactylogyrus sp. and tapeworm Bothriocephalus scorpii . The obtained results provide valuable data for the assessment of the physiological responses of turbot for future comparative studies of the effects of various endogenous and exogenous factors on homeostasis of this species.

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