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There is increasing evidence for complex dosage effects on gene expression, enzyme activity and phenotype resulting from induced ploidy change. In this study, ocean-type chinook salmon were bred using a 2 × 2 factorial mating design to create four families and test whether triploidization resulted in changes in growth performance and smolting. Eggs were pressure shocked after fertilization to create triploid fish from a subset of each family. In June, fish were sampled for size, plasma insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), gill Na+–K+-ATPase activity, and expression of two Na+–K+-ATPase α subunits in the gill. Diploids were significantly heavier than triploids, and there were significant differences due to family. Despite a significant positive correlation between plasma IGF-1 and fish size, plasma IGF-1 did not differ between diploid and triploid smolts. Diploids also had significantly greater gill Na+–K+-ATPase enzyme activities than triploids and there was a strong family effect. Gill Na+–K+-ATPase α1b isoform expression differed significantly by family, but not ploidy, and generally families with lower Na+–K+-ATPase enzyme activity had higher α1b isoform gene expression. Na+–K+-ATPase α1a isoform expression did not differ among any of the groups. Although diploids were larger and had higher specific activities of Na+–K+-ATPase in the gills, there was no difference in gene expression or circulating hormone levels. The strong family effect, however, suggests that strain selection may be useful in improving performance of triploids for aquaculture.
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Support for this project was provided by an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant to DDH. AMCS was supported by an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award and an NSERC Discovery Grant to JMS. RHD was funded by the Canadian Regulatory System for Biotechnology. We wish to thank Grace Cho and Kevin Mernickle for assistance with sampling and laboratory analysis.
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Shrimpton, J.M., Sentlinger, A.M.C., Heath, J.W. et al. Biochemical and molecular differences in diploid and triploid ocean-type chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts. Fish Physiol Biochem 33, 259–268 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-007-9138-5
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