Effects of prolactin and osmolality on gill ionoregulation

Prolactin 177, prolactin 188 and extracellular osmolality independently regulate 1 the gene expression of ion transport effectors in gill of Mozambique tilapia 2 3 Mayu Inokuchi *, Jason P. Breves, Shunsuke Moriyama, Soichi Watanabe, Toyoji Kaneko, 4 Darren T. Lerner, E. Gordon Grau and Andre P. Seale 5 6 Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA 7 Department of Biology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, USA 8 School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan 9 Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The 10 University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan 11 University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, 12 HI, 96822, USA. 13 14 Running head: Effects of prolactin and osmolality on gill ionoregulation 15 16 *Corresponding author: 17 Mayu Inokuchi 18 Phone: +1-808-236-7453 Fax: +1-808-236-7443 19 E-mail address: [email protected] 20 Address: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology 21 University of Hawaii 22 46-007 Lilipuna Road, Kaneohe, HI 96744 23 24 25 Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (September 16, 2015). doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00168.2015