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Variations in carbohydrate metabolism during gonad maturation in female turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

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Several carbohydrate metabolism pathways were studied in four different tissues (liver, gonad, kidney and white muscle) of female turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) at three different stages of gonad maturation, i.e., previtellogenesis, early vitellogenesis and late vitellogenesis. During carbohydrate metabolism in the liver, the only major change noticed throughout vitellogenesis was increased glycolytic activity at early vitellogenesis. The major changes observed in the gonad during vitellogenesis were an increased use of exogenous glucose and increased gluconeogenesis, which were reflected in increased glucose levels throughout vitellogenesis accompanied by a small increase in glycogen levels. Changes observed in carbohydrate metabolism in the kidney pointed to increased gluconeogenesis during early vitellogenesis. Finally, during ovarian maturation, the muscle mobilized proteins whose constituent amino acids could have been used in other tissues either as substrates for gluconeogenesis or for protein synthesis. As an overall conclusion, changes in the carbohydrate metabolism of female turbot during maturation are quite marked in the gonad, kidney and white muscle, in contrast to other species, in which major changes have been previously reported to occur in the liver.

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    J. L. Soengas, P. Barciela & M. Aldegunde

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Soengas, J.L., Barciela, P. & Aldegunde, M. Variations in carbohydrate metabolism during gonad maturation in female turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Marine Biology 123, 11–18 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350318

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