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Table 2 Hepatic mRNA levels in Atlantic salmon exposed to 24 and 48 h SW exposures in two separate experiments (March and May)

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

Target Gene

Experiment

0 h

24 h

48 h

ghr1

March

1.00 ± 0.30a,b

0.36 ± 0.04b

1.95 ± 0.55a

May

1.00 ± 0.14

5.38 ± 4.00

1.79 ± 0.25

igf1

March

1.00 ± 0.21

0.67 ± 0.22

0.84 ± 0.30

May

1.00 ± 0.04b

0.61 ± 0.17b

1.55 ± 0.15a

igf2

March

1.00 ± 0.27

0.63 ± 0.14

0.72 ± 0.20

May

1.00 ± 0.19

4.39 ± 3.35

0.95 ± 0.27

igfbp1a1

March

1.00 ± 0.44b

6.06 ± 2.81a,b

20.15 ± 8.67a

May

1.00 ± 0.39

20.26 ± 10.23

144.97 ± 88.44

igfbp1b1

March

1.00 ± 0.21b

4.45 ± 0.39a

4.55 ± 1.15a

May

1.00 ± 0.13

0.79 ± 0.09

1.38 ± 0.47

igfbp1b2

March

1.00 ± 0.16

2.41 ± 0.31

2.79 ± 0.89

May

1.00 ± 0.14a

0.52 ± 0.04b

1.24 ± 0.21a

igfbp2a

March

1.00 ± 0.10

0.98 ± 0.22

0.84 ± 0.17

May

1.00 ± 0.09

0.85 ± 0.11

1.27 ± 0.23

igfbp2b1

March

1.00 ± 0.10

0.91 ± 0.06

0.65 ± 0.12

May

1.00 ± 0.11

1.02 ± 0.14

1.53 ± 0.32

igfbp2b2

March

1.00 ± 0.12

0.87 ± 0.06

0.97 ± 0.13

May

1.00 ± 0.09

0.82 ± 0.10

0.91 ± 0.19

  1. Expression levels are presented as a fold-change from the 0 h groups. Means ± S.E.M. (n = 8). Within an experiment, means not sharing the same superscript letter are significantly different (one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD test, P < 0.05)