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Prejuveniles of Mugil liza (Actinopterygii; Fam. Mugilidae) show digestive and metabolic flexibility upon different postprandial times and refeeding

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Many animals face periods of feeding restrictions implying fasting and refeeding. The determination of digestive/metabolic and body condition parameters at different times of food deprivation and after refeeding allows to evaluate the postprandial dynamics, the transition from feeding to fasting and the capacity to reverse digestive and metabolic alterations. In spite of its physiological importance, studies on estuarine-dependent detritivore fish are lacking. We determined total mass (TM), relative intestine length (RIL), hepatosomatic index (HSI), digestive enzymes activities in the intestine and energy reserves in liver and muscle at 0, 24, 72, 144 and 240 h after feeding and at 72 h after refeeding in prejuveniles of Mugil liza (Mugilidae) as a model species. After feeding, a decrease occurred in: TM (144 h, 25%), RIL (144 h, 23%); amylase and maltase (72 h, 45 and 35%), sucrase (24 h, 40%) and lipase (24 h, 70%) in intestine; glycogen and free glucose (72 h, 90 and 92%) in liver. In muscle, glycogen (72–144 h) and free glucose (144 h) (170% and 165%, respectively) peak increased; triglycerides decreased at 24–240 h (50%). After refeeding TM, RIL, carbohydrases activities in intestine, glycogen and free glucose in liver were recovered. In muscle, glycogen and free glucose were similar to 0 h; lipase activity and triglycerides were not recovered. Trypsin and APN in intestine, triglycerides in liver, protein in liver and muscle and HSI did not change. The differential modulation of key components of carbohydrates and lipid metabolism after feeding/refeeding would allow to face fasting and recover body condition. Our results improve lacking knowledge about digestive and metabolic physiology of detritivore fish.

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Abbreviations

MCh:

Mar Chiquita Coastal Lagoon

TL:

Total length

ST:

Standard length

TM:

Total mass

HSI:

Hepatosomatic index

RIL:

Relative intestine length

AMS:

Amylase

MAL:

Maltase

SUC:

Sucrase

LIP:

Lipase

TRY:

Trypsin

APN:

N-Aminopeptidase

GLY:

Glycogen

GLU:

Free glucose

TAG:

Triglycerides

PROT:

Protein

RF:

Refeeding

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This work was financed by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) (PIP Nº 112 201301 00009 and PIP 112-201301-00339); the Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT) (PICT 2019-1344) and the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. C. Albanesi was supported by scholarship from CONICET (Argentina). We want to thank to Agustín Texeira-Moreira, Damián Castellini, Cristian Di Paolo, Daniel and Juan Pablo Gaudioso for their help in specimens collect, and also to MCh authorities/forest guard for logistic support.

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This work was financed by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) (PIP Nº 112 201301 00009 and PIP 112–201301-00339); the Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT) (PICT 2019–1344) and the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. C. Albanesi was supported by scholarship from CONICET (Argentina).

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Albanesi, C., González-Castro, M. & López-Mañanes, A. Prejuveniles of Mugil liza (Actinopterygii; Fam. Mugilidae) show digestive and metabolic flexibility upon different postprandial times and refeeding. J Comp Physiol B 192, 561–573 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-022-01438-5

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