α-Transducin and α-gustducin immunoreactive cells in the stomach of common sole (Solea solea) fed with mussel meal

Fish Physiol Biochem. 2015 Jun;41(3):603-12. doi: 10.1007/s10695-015-0031-3. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Abstract

Vertebrates perceive a variety of exogenous substances using two main chemosensory systems, taste and olfaction. The taste perception occurs through the interaction of taste receptors associated with specific G protein subunits such as α-transducin (Gαtran) and α-gustducin (Gαgust). Aquatic vertebrates are also provided with a chemosensory system consisting of solitary chemosensory cells distributed to the oropharynx and skin. In this study, we identified Gαtran and Gαgust-immunoreactive cells intermingled with non-labeled epithelial cells in the gastric mucosa of the common sole. A long-term diet with increasing concentrations of mussel meal in the protein component of a conventional fish meal-based diet induced a dose-dependent increase in the gastric epithelial area and density of Gαtran and Gαgust immunoreactive cells. These findings suggest that taste-related molecules are regulated by changes in diet formulation in common sole aquaculture.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Feed / analysis
  • Animals
  • Aquaculture / methods*
  • Bivalvia / chemistry
  • Flatfishes / physiology*
  • Food, Formulated
  • Gastric Mucosa / cytology*
  • Gastric Mucosa / metabolism
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Taste / physiology*
  • Transducin / metabolism*

Substances

  • gustducin
  • Transducin