Comparative histochemical analysis of intestinal glycoconjugates in the blunthead pufferfish Sphoeroides pachygaster and grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes). Issue 1 (10th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carlucci, Roberto; Mentino, Donatella; Semeraro, Daniela; Ricci, Pasquale; Sion, Letizia; Scillitani, Giovanni
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish biology. Volume 94:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 122
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2019-01-10
• Subjects: alien species -- Balistes capriscus -- glycans -- intestine -- north‐western Ionian Sea -- Sphoeroides pachygaster; Fishes -- Periodicals; Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13871
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1112

Abstract

Abstract : The localization of intestinal glycoconjugates of the blunthead pufferfish Sphoeroides pachygaster and the grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus from the north‐western Ionian Sea was analysed by histochemical methods (PAS, AB pH 2.5, HID) and lectin binding experiments (WGA, LFA, SBA, sialidase‐SBA, PNA, sialidase‐PNA, ConA, AAA, UEA‐I, LTA) to assess how evolutionary loss of a functional stomach in S. pachygaster affects intestinal secretions relative to the B. capriscus, which retains the plesiomorphic gastric condition . Sphoeroides pachygaster had a lower content of acid mucins but more complex sialylation patterns than B. capriscus . GalNAc and GlcNAc residuals were present in both, but GalNAc residuals in S. pachygaster were subterminal to sialic acid. Balistes capriscus lacked galactosylated residuals and its enterocytes had a glycocalyx that differed in composition between the small intestine and the rectum and was missing from S. pachygaster . Functional and ecological implications of these findings are discussed.