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Table 1 Branchial and hepatic mRNA levels in Atlantic salmon maintained in FW from March 3 through July 10

From: Variation in branchial expression among insulin-like growth-factor binding proteins (igfbps) during Atlantic salmon smoltification and seawater exposure

Target Gene

March 3

April 8

May 1

July 10

Gill

igfbp4

1.00 ± 0.08b

1.06 ± 0.20b

1.49 ± 0.15a,b

1.61 ± 0.10a

igfbp5a

1.00 ± 0.15a,b

0.79 ± 0.14b

1.51 ± 0.18a

0.73 ± 0.05b

igfbp5b1

1.00 ± 0.06a,b

0.47 ± 0.06c

1.17 ± 0.14a

0.70 ± 0.09b,c

igfbp5b2

1.00 ± 0.12a,b

0.57 ± 0.07c

1.13 ± 0.06a

0.76 ± 0.05b,c

Liver

ghr1

1.00 ± 0.30b

2.75 ± 0.33a

1.09 ± 0.16b

0.38 ± 0.08b

igf1

1.00 ± 0.21b

3.04 ± 0.71a

3.49 ± 0.15a

3.25 ± 0.35a

igf2

1.00 ± 0.27

0.91 ± 0.31

0.56 ± 0.11

0.46 ± 0.07

igfbp1a1

1.00 ± 0.45

0.69 ± 0.37

0.10 ± 0.04

0.02 ± 0.004

igfbp1b1

1.00 ± 0.21b

2.50 ± 0.47a

1.05 ± 0.14b

0.36 ± 0.02b

igfbp1b2

1.00 ± 0.16b

5.75 ± 1.26a

2.01 ± 0.27b

0.21 ± 0.04b

igfbp2a

1.00 ± 0.10

0.83 ± 0.07

0.74 ± 0.06

0.73 ± 0.07

igfbp2b1

1.00 ± 0.10a

0.51 ± 0.06b

0.44 ± 0.05b

0.44 ± 0.03b

igfbp2b2

1.00 ± 0.12

1.29 ± 0.15

0.97 ± 0.09

0.90 ± 0.02

  1. Expression levels are presented as a fold-change from the March 3 group. Means ± S.E.M. (n = 8). For a given transcript, means not sharing the same superscript letter are significantly different (one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD test, P < 0.05)