Skin healing and scale regeneration in fed and unfed sea bream, Sparus auratus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fish scales are an important reservoir of calcium and phosphorus and together with the skin function as an integrated barrier against environmental changes and external aggressors. Histological studies have revealed that the skin and scales regenerate rapidly in fish when they are lost or damaged. In the present manuscript the histological and molecular changes underlying skin and scale regeneration in fed and fasted sea bream (Sparus auratus) were studied using a microarray 3 and 7 days after scale removal to provide a comprehensive molecular understanding of the early stages of these processes.

Results

Histological analysis of skin/scales revealed 3 days after scale removal re-epithelisation and formation of the scale pocket had occurred and 53 and 109 genes sho

SUBMITTER: Vieira FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3199283 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature