NDLI: Development of a modified cortisol extraction procedure for intermediately sized fish not amenable to whole-body or plasma extraction methods

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Author	Guest, Taylor W. Blaylock, Reginald B. Evans, Andrew N.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The corticosteroid hormone cortisol is the central mediator of the teleost stress response. Therefore, the accurate quantification of cortisol in teleost fishes is a vital tool for addressing fundamental questions about an animal’s physiological response to environmental stressors. Conventional steroid extraction methods using plasma or whole-body homogenates, however, are inefficient within an intermediate size range of fish that are too small for phlebotomy and too large for whole-body steroid extractions. To assess the potential effects of hatchery-induced stress on survival of fingerling hatchery-reared Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), we developed a novel extraction procedure for measuring cortisol in intermediately sized fish (50–100 mm in length) that are not amenable to standard cortisol extraction methods. By excising a standardized portion of the caudal peduncle, this tissue extraction procedure allows for a small portion of a larger fish to be sampled for cortisol, while minimizing the potential interference from lipids that may be extracted using whole-body homogenization procedures. Assay precision was comparable to published plasma and whole-body extraction procedures, and cortisol quantification over a wide range of sample dilutions displayed parallelism versus assay standards. Intra-assay %CV was 8.54 %, and average recovery of spiked samples was 102 %. Also, tissue cortisol levels quantified using this method increase 30 min after handling stress and are significantly correlated with blood values. We conclude that this modified cortisol extraction procedure provides an excellent alternative to plasma and whole-body extraction procedures for intermediately sized fish, and will facilitate the efficient assessment of cortisol in a variety of situations ranging from basic laboratory research to industrial and field-based environmental health applications.
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Ending Page	6
Page Count	6
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ISSN	09201742
Journal	Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15735168
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-08-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Cortisol extraction Fish physiology Aquaculture Spotted Seatrout Stress response Stock enhancement Freshwater & Marine Ecology Animal Physiology Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology Animal Biochemistry Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physiology Medicine Biochemistry Aquatic Science

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