Activities of Energy and Carbohydrate Metabolism Enzymes in Rainbow Trout Оncorhynchus mykiss Walb. upon Introduction of 24-hour Lighting in Aquaculture in Southern Russia.

Abstract

Activities of energy and carbohydrate metabolism enzymes (cytochrome c oxidase (COX), pyruvate kinase (PK), glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), glycerol 1-phosphate dehydrogenase (G1PDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and aldolase) were studied in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Walb. fish grown in aquaculture in North Ossetia-Alania after introducing a regime with 24-h lighting and night feeding. COX and PK activities in the liver of fish from the experimental group were found to be significantly higher than in control fish, indicating an increase in aerobic ATP synthesis. Aldolase activity in organs of fish grown with 24-h lighting was lower than in the control fish, indicating a decrease in carbohydrate utilization in glycolysis in muscles and a lower intensity of gluconeogenesis in the liver. The differences made it possible to assume that the introduction of 24-h lighting and night feeding changed energy and carbohydrate metabolism to facilitate biosynthetic processes and, therefore, weight gain in fish.