Past articles

2004

Mackenzie, S., Liarte, C., Iliev, D., Planas, J.V., Tort, L. and Goetz, F.W. (2004). Characterization of a highly inducible CC chemokine from differentiated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) macrophages. Immunogenetics 56(8):611-615.

Goetz, F.W., Iliev, D.B., McCauley, L.A.R., Liarte, C., Tort, L, Planas, J.V. and MacKenzie, S. (2004). Analysis of genes isolated from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) macrophages. Molecular Immunology 41(2):1199-1210.

Acerete, L., Balasch, J.C., Espinosa, E., Josa, A. and L. Tort (2004). Physiological responses in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis, L.) subjected to stress by transport and handling. Aquaculture 237(1-4):167-178.

Goetz, F.W., Planas, J.V. and MacKenzie, S. (2004). Tumor necrosis factor. Dev Comp Immunol. 28(5):487-497.

Ribas, L., MacKenzie, S., Planas, J.V., Monetti, C., Bernardini, G., Barton. B. and Tort, L. (2004). Expresión diferencial de genes en doradas (Sparus aurata) como marcadores biológicos. Actas II Congreso Iberoam. Virtual Acuicultura. Zaragoza, 2004.

Montero, D., Socorro,J., Tort, L., Caballero, M.J., Robaina, L.E., Vergara, J.M. and Izquierdo, M.S. (2004). Glomerulonephritis and immunosuppression associated with dietary essentail fatty acid deficiency in gilthead seabream Sparus aurata juveniles. J. Fish Diseases 27:297-306

Wang N., Migaud H., Acerete L., Gardeur J.N, Tort L. and P. Fontaine (2004). Mortality and non-specific immune response of Eurasian perch, Perca fluviatilis, during the spawning season. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 28:523-524.

Llach, A., Huang, J., Sederat, F., Tort, L ., Tibbits, G., and Hove-Madsen, L. (2004). Effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation on the relationship between membrane potential, intracellular [Ca 2+ ] and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ uptake in rainbow trout atrial myocytes. J. Exp. Biol. 207: 1369-1377.

Ribas, L., Planas, J.V., Barton, B., Monetti, C., Bernardini, G., Saroglia, M., Tort, L. and Mackenzie, S. (2004). A differentially expressed gene isolated from the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) under high-density conditions is up-regulated in brain after in vivo lipopolisaccharide challenge. Aquaculture. 241:195-206.

2003

MacKenzie, S., Planas, J.V. and F.W. Goetz (2003). LPS-stimulated expression of a tumor necrosis factor-alpha mRNA in primary trout monocytes and in vitro differentiated macrophages. Dev Comp Immunol. 27(5):393-400.

Rotllant, J., P.H.M. Balm , M. Martinez, M. Pavlidis, D. Montero, S.E. Wendelaar Bonga and L. Tort (2003). Background color influence on the stress response in cultured red porgy Pagrus pagrus. Aquaculture, 223:129-139.

Hove-Madsen, L., A. Llach, G. F. Tibbits, and L. Tort (2003). Triggering of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ release and contraction by reverse mode Na + /Ca 2+ exchange in trout atrial myocytes. Am J Physiol. Re. Integ. Comp Physiol, 284: R1330 - R1339.

Montero, D., Kalinowski, T., Obach, A., Robaina, L., Tort, L., Caballero, M.J. and Izquierdo, M.S. (2003). Vegetable lipid sources for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): Effects on fish health. Aquaculture 225: 353-370.

Hernández, A. and L. Tort (2003). Annual variation of complement, lysozyme and agglutination in serum of the gilthead seabram Sparus aurata. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 15: 479-481.

Tort, L., Rotllant, J., Liarte, C., Acerete, L., Hernandez, A., Ceulemans, S., Coutteau, P. and Padros, F. (2003). Effects of temperature decrease on feeding rates immune indicators and histopathological changes of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata fed with an experimental diet. Aquaculture, 229: 55-65.

Rotllant, J., Ruane, N.M., Caballero, M.J., Montero, D. and Tort, L. (2003). Response to confinement in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is characterised by an increased biosynthetic capacity of interrenal tissue with no effect on ACTH sensitivity. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 136A: 613-620.

Tort, L., Balasch, J.C. and Mackenzie, S. (2003). Fish Immune system: A crossroads between immune and adaptive responses. Inmunologia, 22(3). 277-286

2002

Tort, L., Puigcerver, M., Crespo, S. and Padrós, F. (2002). Cortisol and haematological response in sea bream and trout subjected to the anaesthetics clove oil and 2-phenoxyethanol. Aquaculture Research. 33: 907-910.

MacKenzie, S., Fernández-Troy, N. and Espel, E. (2002). Post-transcriptional regulation of TNF-alpha during in vitro differentiation of human monocytes/macrophages in primary culture. J. Leukoc Biol. 71(6):1026-1032.

Rotllant, J., Montero, D., Caballero, M.J., Robaina,L., Izquierdo, M.S. and Tort, L. (2002). Differences in biosynthetic capaci ty and ACTH sensitivity of the interrenal tissue between fish selected for high or low cortisol response to stress. J. Fish Biol. 62: 744-748

MacKenzie, S., Cutler, C.P., Hazon, N. and Cramb, G.(2002). The effects of dietary sodium loading on the activity and expression of Na, K-ATPase in the rectal gland of the European dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 131(2):185-200.

2001

Hove-Madsen, L., and Tort, L. (2001). Characterization of the relationship between Na2+-Ca2+ exchange rate and cytosolic calcium in cardiac myocytes. Pflügers Arch - Eur J Physiol, 441: 701-708

Rotllant, J., P.H.M.Balm, J. Pérez-Sánchez, S.E. Wendelaar-Bonga and Tort, L. (2001). Pituitary and interrenal function in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.,Teleostei) after handling and confinement stress. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 121: 333-342

Montero, D., Tort, L ., Robaina, L., Vergara, J.M., and Izquierdo, M..(2001). Low vitamin E in diet reduces stress resistance of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles. Fish and Shellfish Immunol. 11: 473-490

Rotllant, J., Balm, P.H.M, Wendelaar-Bonga, S.E., Pérez-Sánchez, J. and Tort, L. (2001). A drop in ambient temperature results in a transient reduction of interrenal ACTH responsiveness in the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.). Fish Physiol. Biochem. 23: 265-273

Tort, L., Montero, D., Robaina, L., Fernández-Palacios, H. and Izquierdo, M.S. (2001). Consistency of stress response to repeated handling in the gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata. Aquaculture Research. 32: 593-598

Montero, D., Robaina, L., Socorro, J., Vergara, J.M., Tort, L. and Izquierdo, M.S. (2001). Alteration of liver and muscle fatty acid composition in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles held at high stocking density and fed an essential fatty acid deficient diet. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 24: 63-72

Hove-Madsen, L., Llach, A. and Tort, L. (2001). The function of sarcoplamic reticulum is not inhibited by low temperatures in trout is not inhibited by low temperatures in trout atrial myocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 181: R1901-1906.

Tort, L. (2001). Estrés y reproducción en los peces. Efecto de los diferentes agentes estresantes sobre los mecanismos de reproducción y éxito reproductivo en los peces. Aulas del Mar. Acuicultura I. Biología Marina, reproducción y desarrollo. pp: 343-358

2000

Owen, L. et al (15 authors) (2000). Education and training in Aquaculture for the new millenium. Ed by L.Owen, M. Eleftheriou and R. Fitzgerald. Aqua-Tnet Socrates thematic network. Dublin.

Aissaoui, A., Tort, L. and Altimiras, J. (2000). Circadian heart rate changes and light dependence in the Mediterranean sea bream (Sparus aurata). Fish Physiol. Biochem. 22(1): 89-94.

Rotllant,J., R. Arends, J.M. Mancera, G. Flik, S.E. Wendelaar Bonga and Tort, L. (2000). Inhibition of HPI axis response to stress in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) with physiological plasma levels of cortisol. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 23: 13-22

Hove-Madsen, L., Llach, A. and Tort, L. (2000). Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity regulates contraction and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content in rainbow trout atrial myocytes. Am. J. Physiol. 279: R1856-R1864

Rotllant, J., Balm, P.H.M., Ruane, N.M., Pérez-Sánchez, J., Wendelaar-Bonga, S.E. and Tort, L. (2000). Pituitary ProOpioMelanoCortin-derived peptides and Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Interrenal axis activity in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) during prolonged crowding stress: differential regulation of ACTH and MSH release by CRH and TRH. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 119: 152-163

Verstraete, P., Coutteau, P., de Nigris, G. and Tort, L. (2000). Nutritional solutions to winter syndrome in gilthead seabream. Aquafeed, 2: 23-28

Research on the effects of heavy metals in the physiology of fish

Tort, L., Crespo, S. and Balasch, J. (1982). Oxygen consumption of the dogfish gill tissue following zinc treatment. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 72 C , 145 158

Tort, L., Flos, R. and Balasch, J. (1982). Oxygen uptake in the dogfish gill tissue after several "in vitro" zinc treatments. Rev. Esp. Fisiol., 38: 339 343

Tort, L., Flos, R. and Balasch, J. (1984). Factors influencing tissue oxygen consumption in the dogfish. Comp. Physiol. Ecol., 9(3): 201 206

Tort, L., Flos, R. and Balasch, J. (1984). Dogfish liver and kidney tissue respiration after zinc treatments. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 77,2: 381 384

Tort, L., Flos, R. and Balasch, J. (1984). Metabolic levels in dogfish gill tissue after zinc treatments Rev. Esp. Fisiol., 40: 149 152

Tort, L., Rosell, M., and Flos, R. (1984). Oxygen consumption of dogfish rectal gland after "in vivo" zinc treatments. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 15(7): 253 255

Tort, L., Torres, P. and Hidalgo, J. (1984). Short term cadmium effects on gill tissue metabolism Mar. Pollut. Bull, 15 (12): 448 450

Hughes, G.M., and Tort, L. (1985). Cardiorespiratory responses of rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri during recovery from zinc treatment. Environ. Pollut., 37: 255 266

Tort, L., Planas, J. and Balasch, J. (1985). Gill metabolism after chronic subacute zinc treatments. Acta Physiol. Pharmacol. Latinoamer., 35:375 378

Tort, L. (1985). Metabolisme du tissue branchial chez Scyliorhinus canicula exposé aux metaux lourds Ichthyophysiologica Acta., 9:56 6

Tort, L. (1985). Metabolisme anaeròbic en peixos sotmesos a contaminació per metalls pesants Treballs Soc. Cat. Biol., 38: 7 14

Hidalgo, J. Tort, L. and Flos, R. (1985). Cd Zn Cu binding protein in the elasmobranch Scyliorhinus canicula Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 81C: 159 165

Torres, P., Tort, L., Planas, J. and Flos, R. (1986). Effects of confinement stress and additional zinc treatment on some blood parameters in dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. , 83(C), 89 92

Torres, P., Tort, L. and Flos, R. (1987). Acute toxicity of copper to Mediterranean dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 86(C), 169 171

Flos, R., Tort, L. and Balasch, J. (1987). Effects of zinc sulphate on haematological parameters in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and influences of MS222. Mar. Environ. Res., 21: 289 298

Tort, L., Torres, P. and Flos, R. (1987). Effects on dogfish haematology and liver composition after acute copper exposure. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 87(C), 349 353

Torres, P., Tort, L., Hernández,M.D., and Flos, R. (1987). Effets des metaux lourds sur le métabolisme de la roussette Scyliorhinus canicula. Ichthyophysiologica Acta, 11:73 82

Tort, L. and Torres, P. (1988). The effects of sublethal concentrations of cadmium on haematological parameters in he dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. J. Fish Biol., 71: 99 106

Tort, L. and Rosell, M. (1989). Variation of organ body weight allometric relationship in the dogfish after chronic subacute cadmium treatment. Comp. Physiol. Ecol, 14(2): 49 56

Hernández Pascual, M.D. and Tort, L. (1989). Metabolic effects after short term sublethal camium exposure to dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 94C (1): 261 264

Rosell,M., Tort, L., Torres, P. and Balasch, J. (1989). Effect of short term sublethal cadmium exposures on the biochemical composition of dogfish liver. Rev. Esp. Fisiol., 45(1): 95 98

Tort, L. and Hernández Pascual, M.D. (1990). Haematological effects in dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) after short term sublethal cadmium exposure. Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 18 (3): 351 355

Planas,J. Tort, L., Torres, P. and Flos, R. (1991). Cadmium induction of Metallothioneins in several dogfish organs. Rev. Esp. Fisiol., 47(2): 75 80

Tort, L. and Madsen, L.H. (1991). The effects of the heavy metals cadmium and zinc on the contraction of ventricular fibres in fish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 99C (3): 353 356

Torres, P. and Tort, L. (1991). Effects of stress and metal exposure on blood parameters and liver metabolism inn rainbow trout. In: Aquaculture and the environment. De by: N.De Pauw and J.Joyce. European Aquaculture Society, special publication: 312-313

Tort, L., Kargacin,B., Torres, P., Giralt, M. and Hidalgo, J. (1996). The effect of cadmium exposure and stress on plasma cortisol, metallothionein levels and oxidative status in rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) liver. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 114C: 29-34.

Research on the regulation of cardiomyocytes in teleosts

Duthie, G.G. and Tort, L. (1985). Effects of dorsal aortic cannulation on the respiration and haematology of the Mediterranean living Scyliorhinus canicula Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 81 A ,: 879 883

Tort, L., Watson, J.J. and Priede, I.G. (1987). Changes in "in vitro" heart performance in rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri Richardson, infected with Apatemon gracilis (Digenea) J. Fish Biol., 30: 341 347

Tort, L. (1990). Diferències fisiològiques entre el gat de mar Scyliorhinus canicula del Mediterrani i de l'Atlàntic. Revista de l'Alguer (1990) 1: 185 190

Tort, L., González Arch,F. Torres, P. and Hidalgo, J. (1991). On the blood volume of the Mediterranean dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Fish Physiol. Biochem., 9(2): 173 177

Tort, L. and Madsen, L.H. (1991). The effects of the heavy metals cadmium and zinc on the contraction of ventricular fibres in fish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 99C (3): 353 356

Altimiras, J., Champion, S.R., Puigcerver, M. and Tort, L. (1994). Physiological responses of the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata to hypoosmotic shock. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 108(A)1: 75-80

Tort, L., Landri, P. and Altimiras, J. (1994).Physiological and metabolic changes of sea bream Sparus aurata to short-term acclimation at low salinity. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 108A (1): 81-85

Altimiras, J., Aissaoui, A. and Tort, L. (1995). Is the short-term modulation of heart rate in teleost fish physiologically significant? Assessment by spectral analysis techniques. Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 28: 1197-1206

Altimiras, J., Aissaoui, A., Tort, L. and Axelsson, M. (1997). Cholinergic and adrenergic tones in the control of heart rate in teleosts: How should they be calculated? Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118A(1):131-139.

Roig,T., Sánchez, J. Tort, L., Altimiras, J. and Bermudez, J. (1997). Adrenergic stimulation of sea bream (Sparus aurata) red blood cells in normoxia and in anoxia.: Effects on metabolism and on oxygen-carrying capacity of haemoglobin. J. Exp. Biol. 200: 953-961.

Tort, L., Rotllant, J. and Rovira, L. (1998). Immunological suppression in gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata of north-west Mediterranean at low temperatures. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 120(A): 175-179.

Aissaoui, A., Altimiras, J. and Tort, L. (1998). Cardiac conduction times in a teleost fish (Sparus aurata) at different heart rates. Influence of body weight. J. Fish Biol. 52 (6): 1154-1164.

Hove-Madsen, L. and Tort, L. (1998). L-type Ca2+current and excitation-contraction coupling in single atrial myocytes from rainbow trout. Am. J. Physiol. 275 (6): R2061-2069.

Hove-Madsen, L., Llach, A. and Tort, L. (1998). Quantification of calcium uptake in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of trout ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol, 275 (6): R2070-2080.

Hove-Madsen, L., Llach, A. and Tort, L. (1999). Quantification of calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in rainbow trout atrial myocytes. Pflügers Archiv. 438 (4): 545-552.