Accessory cells in the gill epithelium of the freshwater rainbow trout <i>Salmo gairdneri</i>

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Two types of mitochondria‐rich cells were identified in the gill epithelium of the freshwater‐adapted rainbow trout, <jats:italic>Salmo gairdneri</jats:italic>, after selective impregnation of their tubular system with reduced osmium. A first type consisted of <jats:italic>large cells</jats:italic> with a poorly developed and loosely anastomosed tubular system; thus, that resembled the <jats:italic>chloride cells</jats:italic> commonly encountered in the gill epithelium of freshwater‐adapted euryhaline fishes. A second type comprised <jats:italic>smaller cells</jats:italic> with an extensively developed and tightly anastomosed tubular system. These never reached the basal lamina of the gill epithelium and were adjacent to chloride cells, to which they were linked by shallow apical junctions (100‐200 nm); thus, they resembled <jats:italic>accessory cells</jats:italic>, which are currently found in the gill epithelium of sea‐water‐adapted fishes but are usually lacking in freshwater living fishes. Transfer of the freshwater‐adapted trout into seawater induced the proliferation of the tubular system in the chloride cells and the formation of lateral plasma membrane interdigitations between accessory cells and the apical portion of the chloride cells. The length of the apical junction sealing off this ex tended intercellular space was reduced to 20‐50 nm. The tubular system of the accessory cells was not modified. The extension of the tubular system in the chloride cells of the seawater‐adapted fishes indicated that, as in most euryhaline fishes, these cells have a role in the adaptation of the rainbow trout to seawater. In contrast, the function of the presumptive accessory cells in fresh water trout remains to be established.</jats:p>

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