How does fish liver gene expression change under confinement stress?
Microarrays track the time course of gilthead sea bream liver transcriptional responses after confinement stress linked to cortisol biology.
Source
Use of microarray technology to assess the time course of liver stress response after confinement exposure in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.)
What they did
Used microarray profiling of liver after confinement exposure in Sparus aurata, relating responses to stress/cortisol physiology.
What they found
Time-dependent liver stress-response transcripts; connects to known cortisol and GHR stress sensitivity in this aquaculture species.
The limits
What it doesn't show
Does not itself complete a full breeding program for low-stress fish.
Key terms
- Confinement stress
- Handling/crowding stressor used in fish physiology.
- Cortisol
- Primary glucocorticoid stress hormone in fish.
- Gilthead sea bream
- Sparus aurata aquaculture species.
- Microarray
- Parallel hybridization assay of many transcripts.
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Common questions
Tissue?
Liver.
Stressor?
Confinement.
Species?
Gilthead sea bream.
Hormone focus?
Cortisol-related stress responses.
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