Korean Journal of Ichthyology (한국어류학회지)

The Ichthyological Society of Korea (한국어류학회)
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Temporal Variations of Skin Mucus Cells of Misgurnus mizolepis (Cobitidae) by a Change of Water Temperature

수온변화에 의한 미꾸라지, Misgurnus mizolepis 표피점액세포의 일시적 변화

  • Oh, Min-Ki (Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Biodiversity Research, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Young (Faculty of Biological Science and Institute for Biodiversity Research, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
  • 오민기 (전북대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과.생물다양성연구소) ;
  • 박종영 (전북대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과.생물다양성연구소)
  • Received : 2011.05.20
  • Accepted : 2011.06.19
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

We studied any variations of skin mucus cells of Misgurnus mizolepis caused by inducing a great change of water temperature including high temperature- and low temperature-adapted groups and then compared them with a control group of normal water condition. The high temperature-adapted group showed no significant different in size and number of the mucus cell (P>0.01), whereas in the low temperature-adapted group, the surface area of mucus cell layer and shape of its mucus cell, and the number of mucus cell remarkably increased in all the skin regions of dorsum, lateral region and occiput (P<0.01). Returned to the same condition as the control group, the low temperature-adapted groups showed the same features that appear in the normal water condition (P<0.01). Based on these results, the skin mucus cells of M. mizolepis seems to be very sensitive to cold water temperature and therefore they may play a key role in assessment of its environmental conditions.

인위적 수온변화에 의한 미꾸라지 피부의 점액세포 반응을 확인하기 위해 고온($32^{\circ}C$)과 저온($4^{\circ}C$)에 적응시킨 실험군의 표피조직을 실온($18^{\circ}C$)의 대조군 집단과 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 고온적응 설험군에서는 대조군과 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 저온적응 실험군에서는 등, 체측, 후두부의 점액세포 수와 크기가 현저하게 증가하는 경향을 보였다(P<0.01). 또한 저온적응 실험군의 수온을 증가시켜 상온에서 재 적응시킨 결과에서도 피부 정액세포의 수와 크기가 현저히 감소하는 경향을 보였다(P<0.01). 따라서 미꾸라지 피부의 점액세포가 저온에 매우 민감하게 반응하는 양상은 어류의 조직학적 환경지표로서 유용할 것으로 여겨진다.

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