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Effects of calcium and phosphate on the corpuscles of Stannius of the teleost fish, Oreochromis mossambicus

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Removal of the corpuscles of Stannius (CS) in Oreochromis mossambicus leads to hypercalcemia and hypophosphatemia. The effects on CS size and ultrastructure of different calcium and phosphate concentrations of the ambient water and of the food were investigated. A six-fold increase of the calcium concentration of the water leads to a four-fold increase in CS volume; this is mainly caused by an increase in the size and number of the type-1 cells. The effect of external calcium is most probably mediated by the calcium concentration of the blood plasma. Plasma ionic calcium may be the relevant factor. Changes in the calcium concentration of the food had no effect on the CS. Similarly, hyperphosphatemia or hypophosphatemia induced by high phosphate concentrations of the water or the food, or by a phosphate-deficient diet, had no noticeable effect on the CS. The results support the hypothesis that the type-1 cells produce the hypocalcemic factor of the CS. There is no evidence for the production by the CS of an endocrine factor involved in the control of phosphate metabolism.

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  2. Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    S. E. Wendelaar Bonga

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Urasa, F.M., Wendelaar Bonga, S.E. Effects of calcium and phosphate on the corpuscles of Stannius of the teleost fish, Oreochromis mossambicus . Cell Tissue Res. 249, 681–690 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00217340

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