Activities of Amphioxus GH-Like Protein in Osmoregulation: Insight into Origin of Vertebrate GH Family

Figure 5

Induction of gh/prllbp expression by rGHl. (a) Expression of gh/prllbp in the cultures of the hepatic caecum in response to rGHl or rzGH (concentrations ranging from 10 ng/ml to 1000 ng/ml). (b) Expression of gh/prllbp in the cultures of the gill in response to rGHl or rzGH (concentrations ranging from 10 ng/ml to 1000 ng/ml). (c) Expression of gh/prllbp in the hepatic caecum of amphioxus injected with saline, rGHl, or rzGH. (d) Expression of gh/prllbp in the gill of amphioxus injected with saline, rGHl, or rzGH. Data were from 3 independent experiments and expressed as mean ± SEM. The symbol shows .

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