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Growth and intermediary metabolism of larval and metamorphosing stages of the landlocked sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L

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Seasonal changes in blood, liver and muscle substrate (glucose, glycogen and lipid) concentrations and enzyme (pyruvate kinase (PyK), fructose diphosphatase (FDPase), NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH), malic enzyme (ME) and the hexose monophosphate shunt dehydrogenases (HMSD)) activities were assessed in ammocoete and metamorphosing stages of a stream stock of the landlocked sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L. In all developmental stages studied, muscle rather than liver tissue served as the main site of carbohydrate and fat storage. Blood glucose and muscle lipid exhibited a positive relationship while liver HMSD and muscle ME activity, a negative relationship, with ammocoete weight. These responses were attributed to a proliferation of red fibers and adipocytes in the ammocoete muscle as the time of metamorphosis approched. Muscle lipid stores of ammocoetes in their last year of larval life increased dramatically during the fall and winter preceding metamorphosis. Changes in tissue enzyme activity of ammocoetes in their last year of larval life indicated that the liver was the site of amino acid incorporation into fat while muscle was the site of lipogenesis from glucose. During the non-trophic period of metamorphosis, stored material was catabolized to provide energy for protein synthesis.

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O'Boyle, R.N., Beamish, F.W.H. Growth and intermediary metabolism of larval and metamorphosing stages of the landlocked sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L. Environ Biol Fish 2, 103–120 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005366

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