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Peculiarities of the Mesonephros Cell Ultrastructure of the Prussian Carp Carassius gibelio (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) under Various Salinity Conditions

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The mesonephros ultrastructure has been studied for 12 specimens of sexually mature Carassius gibelio Bloch 1782 living in the freshwater Finogenov Pond and in the middle reaches of the Khara River (salinity of 6‰). Both reservoirs belong to the basin of the Volga River. A slight increase in the water salinity up to 6‰ primarily caused changes in the quantitative characteristics of leukocyte mitochondria and in all types of epithelial cells, as well as specialized types of inclusions in eosinophils, macrophages, proximal tubules type I, and distal tubules of the nephron. There were also changes in the nuclear structures of some types of interstitial cells and epitheliocytes. In the nephron tubules, epithelial cells of smaller sizes were registered, in the epithelial cells of the tubules, there was a more developed smooth endoplasmic reticulum, as well as a shorter brush border of the proximal tubule cells. As the water salinity increased, the area of the renal corpuscles, of glomerular capillaries, and of podocytes decreased, the thickness of the basement membrane and mass transfer in the renal corpuscles and tubules changed as well. Cytological rearrangements during the transition of the stenohaline freshwater species to brackish water testified to the high adaptive capacity of the cellular structures of the mesonephros.

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The authors are grateful to N.V. Lobus (Laboratory of Ocean Chemistry, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) for invaluable assistance in sampling.

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Flerova, E.A., Evdokimov, E.G. Peculiarities of the Mesonephros Cell Ultrastructure of the Prussian Carp Carassius gibelio (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) under Various Salinity Conditions. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 49, 1024–1036 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022080064

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