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The Physiological Role and Regulation of Aquaporins in Teleost Germ Cells

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Aquaporins

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 969))

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The unicellular germ cells and gametes of oviparous teleosts lack the osmoregulatory organs present in juveniles and adults, yet during development and particularly at spawning, they face tremendous osmotic challenges when released into the external aquatic environment. Increasing evidence suggests that transmembrane water channels (aquaporins) evolved to play vital adaptive roles that mitigate the osmotic and oxidative stress problems of the developing oocytes , embryos and spermatozoa. In this chapter, we provide a short overview of the diversity of the aquaporin superfamily in teleosts, and summarize the findings that uncovered a highly specific molecular regulation of aquaporins during oogenesis and spermatogenesis. We further review the multiple functions that these channels play during the establishment of egg buoyancy and the activation and detoxification of spermatozoa in the marine environment.

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Abbreviations

AQP /Aqp:

aquaporin

CNGK:

cyclic nucleotide-gated K+ channel

FAA:

free amino acid

IgG:

immunoglobulin

LvH:

lipovitellin heavy chain

LvL:

lipovitellin light chain

MAPK:

mitogen activated protein kinase

PKA:

protein kinase A

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SAC:

stretch-activated channel

Sox:

Sry-related high mobility group [HMG]-box

TEA:

tetraethylammonium

TRPV:

transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V

Vtg:

vitellogenin

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Research in the author’s laboratories is supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (AGL2004-00316, AGL2007-60262, AGL2010-15597 and AGL2013-41196-R), Generalitat de Catalunya (2009 SGR 01050 and 2014 SGR 1351), and the Research Council of Norway (204813/F20, 224816/E40 and 254872/E40).

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    Joan Cerdà Ph.D. & François Chauvigné Ph.D.

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    François Chauvigné Ph.D. & Roderick Nigel Finn Ph.D.

  3. Institute of Marine Research, Nordnes, 1870, 5817, Bergen, Norway

    François Chauvigné Ph.D. & Roderick Nigel Finn Ph.D.

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Cerdà, J., Chauvigné, F., Finn, R.N. (2017). The Physiological Role and Regulation of Aquaporins in Teleost Germ Cells. In: Yang, B. (eds) Aquaporins. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 969. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1057-0_10

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