Nitric oxide rectifies acid–base disturbance and modifies thyroid hormone activity during net confinement of air-breathing fish ( Anabas testudineus Bloch)

• Published in: General and comparative endocrinology Vol. 181; no. 15; pp. 115 - 121
• Main Author: Peter, Valsa S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15-01-2013
• Subjects: Acid–base; adenosinetriphosphatase; alkalosis; Anabas testudineus; Animals; blood pH; Cortisol; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Fish; H-transporting ATP synthase; Hydrocortisone - metabolism; hyperglycemia; ion transport; kidneys; liver; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - metabolism; nitroprusside; Nitroprusside - pharmacology; Osmoregulation; oxygen; Perches - metabolism; Perches - physiology; potassium; protons; secretion; sodium; stress response; Stress, Physiological - drug effects; Stress, Physiological - physiology; Thyroid hormone; thyroid hormones; Thyroid Hormones - metabolism; thyroxine; Water-Electrolyte Balance - drug effects; Water-Electrolyte Balance - physiology; Osmoregulation; Fish; Thyroid hormone; Cortisol; Nitric oxide; Acid–base
• ISSN: 0016-6480; 1095-6840
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.011

Highlights ► Effects of NO donor SNP on physiologic processes were examined in fish. ► SNP lowers plasma T4 but promotes compensatory respiratory gas transport. ► SNP integrates the acid–base and osmotic balances in net-confined fish. ► Evidence is presented that NO can mitigate the magnitude of stress response.