FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Otolith growth in trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: supply of Ca2+ and Sr2+ to the saccular endolymph BT AF PAYAN, P BORELLI, G PRIOUZEAU, F DE PONTUAL, Helene BOEUF, G MAYER GOSTAN, N AS 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-DRV-RH-LASAA;5:;6:; C1 Univ Nice, Fac Sci, UNSA, INRA,UMR 1112,Lab ROSE, F-06108 Nice 2, France. IFREMER, DRV, RH, Lab Sclerochronol Anim Aquat, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Paris 06, CNRS 639, Lab Arago, Observ Oceanol, F-66651 Banyuls sur Mer, France. C2 UNIV NICE, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DRV-RH-LASAA IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-univ-france IF 2.418 TC 46 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2002/publication-416.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Inner ear;Perfusion;Otolith;Endolymph;Flux;Calcium;Oncorhynchus mykiss;Trout AB Kinetic and pharmacological characteristics of Ca2+ fluxes across the saccular epithelium of trout were studied using a perfused isolated inner ear. Ca-45(2+) influx from the Ringer solution to the endolymph was 3-4 nmoles h(-1) mu(-1) endolymph, which corresponds to a global turnover rate of the endolymph calcium of 200% h(-1). Ca2+ entry into the proximal endolymph was faster than into the distal fluid. Net Ca2+ movement across the saccular epithelium depended on the direction and intensity of the chemical gradient of calcium between the Ringer solution and the endolymph. Increasing the calcium concentration in the Ringer solution up to 4.4 mmol l(-1) provoked an accumulation of Ca2+ in both proximal and distal endolymphs, and equilibrium was reached about 30 min after the beginning of perfusion. Perfusion with calcium-free Ringer partially emptied the proximal compartment of calcium, whereas the calcium levels in the distal endolymph did not vary during 70 min of perfusion. Verapamil (10(-5) mol l(-1)) and cyanide (CN, 10(-3) mol l(-1)) did not modify the accumulation of Ca2+ within the endolymph in the presence of a favourable calcium chemical gradient. Furthermore the relationship between Ca2+ net fluxes and the chemical calcium gradient across the saccular epithelium was linear, indicating a passive diffusional mechanism via a paracellular pathway. Similar relationships were found for Sr2+ fluxes across the saccular epithelium in the presence of positive chemical gradients (1, 2 and 4 mmol l(-1) Sr2+). In vivo experiments in which trout were intraperitoneously injected with CaCl2 solution confirmed the tight relationship between the calcium levels in plasma and endolymph (both proximal and distal). Sampling proximal and distal endolymphs in trout and turbot saccules revealed a decreasing proximo-distal calcium gradient in endolymph of both fish species. The present results strongly suggest that the endolymph is supplied with Ca2+ and Sr2+ via a paracellular pathway located in the proximal area of the saccular epithelium. PY 2002 PD SEP SO Journal of Experimental Biology SN 0022-0949 PU Company of Biologists VL 205 IS 17 UT 000177957500013 BP 2687 EP 2695 ID 416 ER EF