Functional morphology of the gas-gland cells of the air-bladder of Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (Teleostei: Cichlidae): an ultrastructural study on a fish adapted to a severe, highly alkaline environment
Identifieur interne : 000C81 ( Main/Exploration ); précédent : 000C80; suivant : 000C82Functional morphology of the gas-gland cells of the air-bladder of Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (Teleostei: Cichlidae): an ultrastructural study on a fish adapted to a severe, highly alkaline environment
Auteurs : J. N. Maina [Afrique du Sud]Source :
- Tissue and Cell [ 0040-8166 ] ; 1999.
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Oreochromis alcalicus grahami is a small cichlid fish that lives in shallow peripheral lagoons of Lake Magadi, Kenya. The internal surface of the air-bladder is highly vascularized, illustrating possible utilization as an accessory respiratory organ. The wall of the bladder consists of five distinct tissue layers. From the outer to the inner surfaces are: a squamous, undifferentiated epithelial cell; a collagen-elastic tissue space; a smooth muscle tissue band; an inner connective tissue space; and columnar gas-gland cells projecting into the lumen. The cell membrane over the perikarya of the gas-gland cells was sporadically broken. The disruptions were ascribed to possible physical damage by discharging gas-bubbles. Juxtaluminally, the gas-gland cells attached across tight junctions. The cells have highly euchromatic nuclei and conspicuously large intracytoplasmic secretory bodies. On the blood capillary facing (basal) aspect, the cell membrane of the gas-gland cells is highly amplified. The cells insert onto a smooth muscle tissue band. The morphological features and the topographical arrangement of the gas-gland cells in O. a. grahami are indicative of an operative exchange of materials between them and the underlying tissue components especially the blood capillaries. For a fish that subsists in hot, highly saline and alkaline water heavily invested by avian predators and where the partial pressure of oxygen diurnally shifts from virtual anoxia to hyperoxia, development of a versatile air-bladder for efficient buoyancy control conforms to the functional demands placed on it by a unique environment. Illustratively, instead of the gas-gland morphology in O. a. grahami resembling that in the freshwater fishes, the group from which the fish has evolved, it compares more closely to that of the marine fish. This similarity suggests amazing parallel evolutionary adaptation to biophysically corresponding aquatic milieus.
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