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Tissue Peculiarities of Energy Metabolism Enzyme Activity and ATP Content In Black Sea Ruff Scorpaena porcus (Scorpaenidae)

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The activities of cytosolic oxidoreductases (malate and lactate dehydrogenases) and the level of ATP production in the hypoxic resistive tissues of Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 were studied. It was found that “oxyphilic” tissues (structures of the brain, gills) are pre-adapted to hypoxia, since under normal conditions they had high MDH activity and an increased MDH/LDH ratio, the value of which was 10 to 20 times higher than that in the liver and white muscles. Moreover, in the relatively “young” brain divisions (forebrain, diencephalon, midbrain) the aerobic pathway of carbohydrate metabolism predominated. The ATP content decreased in a line of examined tissues as follows: white muscles → liver → medulla oblongata → gills → forebrain, diencephalon and midbrain. The ATP level in white muscles was an order of magnitude higher than in “oxyphilic” tissues and it probably served for the provision of throwing strategy for hunting of bottom predator.

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The study was carried out within the framework of state tasks no. 0828-2019-0003, 0828-2019-0005 and with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-44-920001 (data on oxyphilic tissues).

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    A. A. Soldatov, I. V. Golovina, E. E. Kolesnikova, I. V. Sysoeva, A. A. Sysoev, T. A. Kukhareva & E. S. Kladchenko

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Soldatov, A.A., Golovina, I.V., Kolesnikova, E.E. et al. Tissue Peculiarities of Energy Metabolism Enzyme Activity and ATP Content In Black Sea Ruff Scorpaena porcus (Scorpaenidae). J. Ichthyol. 61, 299–306 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945221010161

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