Branchial chloride cells in sea bass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>) adapted to fresh water, seawater, and doubly concentrated seawater

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Branchial chloride cells (CC) were studied in sea bass (<jats:italic>Dicentrarchus labrax</jats:italic>) maintained in seawater (SW: 35‰) or gradually adapted to and subsequently maintained in fresh water (0.2‰) or doubly concentrated seawater (DSW: 70‰). Changes were observed in the location, number, and structure of CCs, that were discriminated by light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy, as well as by immunofluorescence on the basis of their high Na<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>/K<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>‐ATPase antigen content. The number of CCs increased in both fresh water and doubly concentrated seawater compared to control fish maintained in SW. In both experimental conditions, these cells were found on the gill filament (as in control fish) and even on the lamellae, especially in hypersaline conditions. Structural changes concerned the shapes and sizes of CCs and their apical outcrops and particularly the structures of their functional complexes (mitochondria, tubular system, and endoplasmic reticulum), which developed significantly in DSW adapted fish. The changes in the expression of the Na<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>/K<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>‐ATPase were evaluated by assessing the enzyme's density at the ultrastructural level following immunogold labeling. This parameter was significantly higher in doubly concentrated seawater. The adaptative significance of the quantitative and morphofunctional changes in branchial chloride cells is discussed in relation to the original osmoregulatory strategy of this marine euryhaline teleost. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.</jats:p>

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