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Relative size underlies alternative morph development in a salamander. Oecologia 2020; 193:879-888. [PMID: 32740730 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04723-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Size thresholds commonly underlie the induction of alternative morphological states. However, the respective importance of absolute and relative size to such thresholds remains uncertain. If absolute size governs expression, morph frequency should differ among environments that influence absolute sizes (e.g. resources, competition), and individuals of the same morph should have similar average sizes across environments. If relative size determines expression, the frequency of each morph may not differ among environments, but morphs within each environment should differ in size relative to one another. We tested these predictions in a salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) that develops into either a terrestrial metamorph or an aquatic paedomorph. To generate size variation within and among environments, we reared individuals in mesocosm ponds across three conspecific densities. We found that morph frequency did not differ among density treatments, and the morphs were not similarly sized within each density treatment. Instead, within each environment, relatively larger individuals became metamorphs and relatively smaller individuals became paedomorphs. Relative size therefore determined morph development, highlighting the importance of an individual's social context to size-dependent morph induction.
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Hu K, Zhou L, Gao Y, Lai Q, Shi H, Wang M. Enantioselective endocrine-disrupting effects of the phenylpyrazole chiral insecticides in vitro and in silico. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 252:126572. [PMID: 32224362 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The phenylpyrazole chiral insecticides, including the widely used fipronil, ethiprole, and flufiprole, have generated a worldwide interest due to their environmental toxicity. However, up to now,only few studies focused on their their potential endocrine-disrupting effects (EDEs). In this study, we investigated the endocrine hormonal disorder caused by the fipronil, ethiprole, and flufiprole enantiomers in vitro and in silico approach. Results of the luciferase reporter assay indicated that the enantiomers of fipronil, ethiprole, or flufiprole have shown stereoselective endocrine-disrupting effects. S-(-)-ethiprole and S-(-)-flufiprole have anti-thyroidal disorder effects whereas R-(-)-fipronil, R-(+)-ethiprole, and R-(+)-flufiprole showed anti-estrogenic disorder effects. The results of the molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the happened EDEs could be partially attributed to the enantioselective specific receptor binding affinities. It also suggested that Vander Waals interactions plays an important role in the binding procedure. This study could provide helpful information for the explanation of enantioselectivity in the EDEs of chiral phenylpyrazole pesticides at the molecular level.
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- Kunming Hu
- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, PR China
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210095, PR China.
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Mojica CAR, Ybañez WS, Olarte KCV, Poblete ABC, Bagamasbad PD. Differential Glucocorticoid-Dependent Regulation and Function of the ERRFI1 Gene in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Endocrinology 2020; 161:5841101. [PMID: 32432675 PMCID: PMC7316368 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs; eg, hydrocortisone [CORT]) are routinely used as chemotherapeutic, anti-emetic, and palliative agents in breast cancer (BCa) therapy. The effects of GC signaling on BCa progression, however, remain a contentious topic as GC treatment seems to be beneficial for receptor-positive subtypes but elicits unfavorable responses in triple-negative BCa (TNBC). The mechanistic basis for these conflicting effects of GC in BCa is poorly understood. In this study, we sought to decipher the molecular mechanisms that govern the GC-dependent induction of the tumor suppressor ERRFI1 gene, an inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling, and characterize the role of the GC-ERRFI1 regulatory axis in TNBC. Treatment of TNBC cell lines with a protein synthesis inhibitor or GC receptor (GR) antagonist followed by gene expression analysis suggests that ERRFI1 is a direct GR target. Using in silico analysis coupled with enhancer-reporter assays, we identified a putative ERRFI1 enhancer that supports CORT-dependent transactivation. In orthogonal assays for cell proliferation, survival, migration, and apoptosis, CORT mostly facilitated an oncogenic phenotype regardless of malignancy status. Lentiviral knockdown and overexpression of ERRFI1 showed that the CORT-enhanced oncogenic phenotype is restricted by ERRFI1 in the normal breast epithelial model MCF10A and to a lesser degree in the metastatic TNBC line MDA-MB-468. Conversely, ERRFI1 conferred pro-tumorigenic effects in the highly metastatic TNBC model MDA-MB-231. Taken together, our findings suggest that the progressive loss of the GC-dependent regulation and anti-tumorigenic function of ERRFI1 influences BCa progression and may contribute to the unfavorable effects of GC therapy in TNBC.
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- Chromewell Agustin R Mojica
- National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
- Correspondence: Pia D. Bagamasbad, PhD, National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Science Complex, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila 1101, Philippines. E-mail:
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Goff CB, Walls SC, Rodriguez D, Gabor CR. Changes in physiology and microbial diversity in larval ornate chorus frogs are associated with habitat quality. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 8:coaa047. [PMID: 32577287 PMCID: PMC7294888 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Environmental change associated with anthropogenic disturbance can lower habitat quality, especially for sensitive species such as many amphibians. Variation in environmental quality may affect an organism's physiological health and, ultimately, survival and fitness. Using multiple health measures can aid in identifying populations at increased risk of declines. Our objective was to measure environmental variables at multiple spatial scales and their effect on three indicators of health in ornate chorus frog (Pseudacris ornata) tadpoles to identify potential correlates of population declines. To accomplish this, we measured a glucocorticoid hormone (corticosterone; CORT) profile associated with the stress response, as well as the skin mucosal immune function (combined function of skin secretions and skin bacterial community) and bacterial communities of tadpoles from multiple ponds. We found that water quality characteristics associated with environmental variation, including higher water temperature, conductivity and total dissolved solids, as well as percent developed land nearby, were associated with elevated CORT release rates. However, mucosal immune function, although highly variable, was not significantly associated with water quality or environmental factors. Finally, we examined skin bacterial diversity as it aids in immunity and is affected by environmental variation. We found that skin bacterial diversity differed between ponds and was affected by land cover type, canopy cover and pond proximity. Our results indicate that both local water quality and land cover characteristics are important determinants of population health for ornate chorus frogs. Moreover, using these proactive measures of health over time may aid in early identification of at-risk populations that could prevent further declines and aid in management decisions.
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- Cory B Goff
- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Liberty University, 1971
University Blvd. Lynchburg, VA 24515, USA
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- Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 7920
NW 71st St. Gainesville, FL 32653, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
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- Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
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Sterner ZR, Shewade LH, Mertz KM, Sturgeon SM, Buchholz DR. Glucocorticoid receptor is required for survival through metamorphosis in the frog Xenopus tropicalis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 291:113419. [PMID: 32032606 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Stress hormones, also known as glucocorticoids, are critical for survival at birth in mammals due at least in part to their importance in lung maturation. However, because air breathing is not always required for amphibian survival and because stress hormones have no known developmental impact except to modulate the developmental actions of thyroid hormone (TH), the requirement for stress hormone signaling during metamorphosis is not well understoodi. Here, we produced a glucocorticoid receptor knockout (GRKO) Xenopus line with a frameshift mutation in the first exon of the glucocorticoid receptor. Induction by exogenous corticosterone (CORT, the frog stress hormone) of the CORT response genes, klf9 (Krüppel-like factor 9, also regulated by TH) and ush1g (Usher's syndrome 1G), was completely abrogated in GRKO tadpoles. Surprisingly, GRKO tadpoles developed faster than wild-type tadpoles until forelimb emergence and then developed more slowly until their death at the climax of metamorphosis. Growth rate was not affected in GRKO tadpoles, but they achieved a smaller maximum size. Gene expression analysis of the TH response genes, thrb (TH receptor beta) and klf9 showed reduced expression in the tail at metamorphic climax consistent with the reduced development rate. These results indicate that glucocorticoid receptor is required for survival through metamorphosis and support dual roles for GR signaling in control of developmental rate.
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- Zachary R Sterner
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
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Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Reinhardt S, Robinson T, Sabatino NM, Peck MA, Glos J. Post-metamorphic carry-over effects of altered thyroid hormone level and developmental temperature: physiological plasticity and body condition at two life stages in Rana temporaria. J Comp Physiol B 2020; 190:297-315. [PMID: 32144506 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-020-01271-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Environmental stress induced by natural and anthropogenic processes including climate change may threaten the productivity of species and persistence of populations. Ectotherms can potentially cope with stressful conditions such as extremes in temperature by exhibiting physiological plasticity. Amphibian larvae experiencing stressful environments display altered thyroid hormone (TH) status with potential implications for physiological traits and acclimation capacity. We investigated how developmental temperature (Tdev) and altered TH levels (simulating proximate effects of environmental stress) influence the standard metabolic rate (SMR), body condition (BC), and thermal tolerance in metamorphic and post-metamorphic anuran larvae of the common frog (Rana temporaria) reared at five constant temperatures (14-28 °C). At metamorphosis, larvae that developed at higher temperatures had higher maximum thermal limits but narrower ranges in thermal tolerance. Mean CTmax was 37.63 °C ± 0.14 (low TH), 36.49 °C ± 0.31 (control), and 36.43 °C ± 0.68 (high TH) in larvae acclimated to different temperatures. Larvae were able to acclimate to higher Tdev by adjusting their thermal tolerance, but not their SMR, and this effect was not impaired by altered TH levels. BC was reduced by 80% (metamorphic) and by 85% (post-metamorphic) at highest Tdev. The effect of stressful larval conditions (i.e., different developmental temperatures and, to some extent, altered TH levels) on SMR and particularly on BC at the onset of metamorphosis was carried over to froglets at the end of metamorphic climax. This has far reaching consequences, since body condition at metamorphosis is known to determine metamorphic success and, thus, is indirectly linked to individual fitness in later life stages.
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- Katharina Ruthsatz
- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, University of Hamburg, Olbersweg 24, 22767, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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Harris BN. Stress hypothesis overload: 131 hypotheses exploring the role of stress in tradeoffs, transitions, and health. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 288:113355. [PMID: 31830473 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Stress is ubiquitous and thus, not surprisingly, many hypotheses and models have been created to better study the role stress plays in life. Stress spans fields and is found in the literature of biology, psychology, psychophysiology, sociology, economics, and medicine, just to name a few. Stress, and the hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenal/interrenal (HPA/I) axis and sympathetic nervous system (SNS), are involved in a multitude of behaviors and physiological processes, including life-history and ecological tradeoffs, developmental transitions, health, and survival. The goal of this review is to highlight and summarize the large number of available hypotheses and models, to aid in comparative and interdisciplinary thinking, and to increase reproducibility by a) discouraging hypothesizing after results are known (HARKing) and b) encouraging a priori hypothesis testing. For this review I collected 214 published hypotheses or models dealing broadly with stress. In the main paper, I summarized and categorized 131 of those hypotheses and models which made direct connections among stress and/or HPA/I and SNS, tradeoffs, transitions, and health. Of those 131, the majority made predictions about reproduction (n = 43), the transition from health to disease (n = 38), development (n = 23), and stress coping (n = 18). Additional hypotheses were classified as stage-spanning or models (n = 37). The additional 83 hypotheses found during searches were tangentially related, or pertained to immune function or oxidative stress, and these are listed separately. Many of the hypotheses share underlying rationale and suggest similar, if not identical, predictions, and are thus not mutually exclusive; some hypotheses spanned classification categories. Some of the hypotheses have been tested multiple times, whereas others have only been examined a few times. It is the hope that multi-disciplinary stress researchers will begin to harmonize their naming of hypotheses in the literature so as to build a clearer picture of how stress impacts various outcomes across fields. The paper concludes with some considerations and recommendations for robust testing of stress hypotheses.
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- Breanna N Harris
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States.
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Lundsgaard NU, Cramp RL, Franklin CE. Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on physiology, immune function and survival is dependent on temperature: implications for amphibian declines. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 8:coaa002. [PMID: 32467758 PMCID: PMC7245394 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Multiple environmental changes are thought to be contributing to the widespread decline of amphibians in montane regions, but interactions between drivers of decline are not well understood. It has been proposed previously that elevated ultraviolet-B radiation (UBVR) and low temperatures may interact in their negative effects on health, immune function and disease susceptibility in exposed amphibians. In the present study, we chronically exposed larvae of the striped-marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii) to a factorial combination of high and low UVBR and high and low temperature to assess interactive effects on growth, survival and indices of immune function. The high UVBR treatment reduced growth and survival of larvae compared to the low UVBR treatment at both temperatures, but the effects were significantly enhanced at low temperature. High UVBR exposure also induced a chronic inflammatory response as evidenced by an increase in the leucocyte proportion of total cells and altered the ratio of neutrophils to lymphocytes in the blood, highlighting a potential mechanistic basis for increased disease susceptibility in amphibians living at high altitudes. Our findings stress the importance of investigating environmental factors in combination when assessing their effects and highlight the mechanistic basis for how key environmental drivers in montane regions affect amphibian health. Continuation of this work is necessary for the development of targeted conservation strategies that tackle the root causes of montane amphibian declines.
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- Niclas U Lundsgaard
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Goddard Building (8), St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Goddard Building (8), St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Corresponding author: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia. Tel: +61 416 801 116;
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Weeks DM, Parris MJ. A Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki Biopesticide Does Not Reduce Hatching Success or Tadpole Survival at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations in Southern Leopard Frogs (Lithobates sphenocephalus). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2020; 39:155-161. [PMID: 31499575 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Amphibians are in global decline, and anthropogenic activities are known leading causes of their demise. Thus the interaction between agriculture and amphibian health has been examined for decades. Many facets of amphibian physiology and ecology place them at high risk among the nontarget organisms affected by agricultural byproducts. Research has shown that many chemicals and fertilizers affect amphibian growth, reproduction, and survival. The impacts differ based on the type of agricultural byproduct (e.g., chemical pesticide or nutrient-heavy fertilizer) and amphibian species, but the effects are usually negative. However, minimal research exists on how organic biopesticides interact with amphibian populations. Biopesticides utilize insecticidal bacteria as the active ingredient in lieu of synthetic chemicals. The inert ingredients present in biopesticide commercial products are considered safe to nontarget organisms. The present study tested the impacts of a commercial biopesticide on the survival of amphibian embryos and larvae. We found that expected environmental concentrations of the microbial biopesticide Monterrey B.t. did not significantly reduce survival in embryos or larvae. However, the higher doses used to assess threshold toxicity levels caused significant mortality. Our data suggest that biopesticides are not directly harmful to amphibian embryos or larvae in concentrations regularly applied for pest control. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;39:155-161. © 2019 SETAC.
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- Denita Mychele Weeks
- Department of Biological Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Janes TA, Rousseau JP, Fournier S, Kiernan EA, Harris MB, Taylor BE, Kinkead R. Development of central respiratory control in anurans: The role of neurochemicals in the emergence of air-breathing and the hypoxic response. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2019; 270:103266. [PMID: 31408738 PMCID: PMC7476778 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2019.103266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Physiological and environmental factors impacting respiratory homeostasis vary throughout the course of an animal's lifespan from embryo to adult and can shape respiratory development. The developmental emergence of complex neural networks for aerial breathing dates back to ancestral vertebrates, and represents the most important process for respiratory development in extant taxa ranging from fish to mammals. While substantial progress has been made towards elucidating the anatomical and physiological underpinnings of functional respiratory control networks for air-breathing, much less is known about the mechanisms establishing these networks during early neurodevelopment. This is especially true of the complex neurochemical ensembles key to the development of air-breathing. One approach to this issue has been to utilize comparative models such as anuran amphibians, which offer a unique perspective into early neurodevelopment. Here, we review the developmental emergence of respiratory behaviours in anuran amphibians with emphasis on contributions of neurochemicals to this process and highlight opportunities for future research.
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- Tara A Janes
- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval & Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval & Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval & Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval & Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada.
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Narayan EJ, Forsburg ZR, Davis DR, Gabor CR. Non-invasive Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Stress Physiology in Imperiled Amphibians. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Brannelly LA, Ohmer MEB, Saenz V, Richards‐Zawacki CL. Effects of hydroperiod on growth, development, survival and immune defences in a temperate amphibian. Funct Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Laura A. Brannelly
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA USA
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Gundermann DG, Martínez J, De Kervor G, González-Pinto K, Larraín J, Faunes F. Overexpression of Lin28a delays Xenopus metamorphosis and down-regulates albumin independently of its translational regulation domain. Dev Dyn 2019; 248:969-978. [PMID: 31397023 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lin28 regulates stem cell biology and developmental timing. At the molecular level Lin28 inhibits the biogenesis of the micro RNA let-7 and directly controls the transcription and translation of several genes. In Xenopus, Lin28 overexpression delays metamorphosis and affects the expression of genes of the thyroid hormone (TH) axis. The TH carrier albumin, synthesized by the liver, is down-regulated in limbs and tail after Lin28 overexpression. The molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between Lin28, let-7, and the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid gland (HPT) axis are unknown. RESULTS We found that precursor and mature forms of let-7 increase during Xenopus metamorphosis. In the liver, lin28b is down-regulated and albumin is up-regulated during metamorphosis. Overexpression of a truncated form of Lin28a (Lin28aΔC), which has been shown not to interact with RNA helicase A to regulate translation, delays metamorphosis, indicating that the translational regulation domain is not required to inhibit the HPT axis. Importantly, both full length Lin28a and Lin28aΔC block the increase of albumin mRNA in the liver independently of changes in TH signaling. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that Lin28 delays metamorphosis through regulation of let-7 and that the decrease of the TH carrier albumin is one of the early changes after Lin28 overexpression.
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- Daniel G Gundermann
- Center for Aging and Regeneration, Faculty of Biological Sciences, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Center for Aging and Regeneration, Faculty of Biological Sciences, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Aging and Regeneration, Faculty of Biological Sciences, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile
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De Novo Assembly and Annotation of the Larval Transcriptome of Two Spadefoot Toads Widely Divergent in Developmental Rate. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2019; 9:2647-2655. [PMID: 31217263 PMCID: PMC6686947 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Amphibians are highly vulnerable and diverse vertebrates for which we still have modest genomic resources. Amphibian larvae are key components of continental wetlands, where they have strong influences on energy fluxes, nutrient cycling, and community structure. Amphibian larvae are highly sensitive to environmental conditions and can often alter their physiology, behavior and even morphology in response to the local conditions experienced, although we still know relatively little about the transcriptomic changes that enable such plasticity. Here we contribute the larval transcriptomes of two spadefoot toad species with divergent developmental rates and degree of developmental plasticity in response to pond drying.
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Coordinated transcriptional regulation by thyroid hormone and glucocorticoid interaction in adult mouse hippocampus-derived neuronal cells. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220378. [PMID: 31348800 PMCID: PMC6660079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The hippocampus is a well-known target of thyroid hormone (TH; e.g., 3,5,3’-triiodothyronine—T3) and glucocorticoid (GC; e.g., corticosterone—CORT) action. Despite evidence that TH and GC play critical roles in neural development and function, few studies have identified genes and patterns of gene regulation influenced by the interaction of these hormones at a genome-wide scale. In this study we investigated gene regulation by T3, CORT, and T3 + CORT in the mouse hippocampus-derived cell line HT-22. We treated cells with T3, CORT, or T3 + CORT for 4 hr before cell harvest and RNA isolation for microarray analysis. We identified 9 genes regulated by T3, 432 genes by CORT, and 412 genes by T3 + CORT. Among the 432 CORT-regulated genes, there were 203 genes that exhibited an altered CORT response in the presence of T3, suggesting that T3 plays a significant role in modulating CORT-regulated genes. We also found 80 genes synergistically induced, and 73 genes synergistically repressed by T3 + CORT treatment. We performed in silico analysis using publicly available mouse neuronal chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing datasets and identified a considerable number of synergistically regulated genes with TH receptor and GC receptor peaks mapping within 1 kb of chromatin marks indicative of hormone-responsive enhancer regions. Functional annotation clustering of synergistically regulated genes reveal the relevance of proteasomal-dependent degradation, neuroprotective effect of growth hormones, and neuroinflammatory responses as key pathways to how TH and GC may coordinately influence learning and memory. Taken together, our transcriptome data represents a promising exploratory dataset for further study of common molecular mechanisms behind synergistic TH and GC gene regulation, and identify specific genes and their role in processes mediated by cross-talk between the thyroid and stress axes in a mammalian hippocampal model system.
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Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Reinhardt S, Robinson T, Sabatino NM, Peck MA, Glos J. Endocrine Disruption Alters Developmental Energy Allocation and Performance in Rana temporaria. Integr Comp Biol 2019; 59:70-88. [PMID: 31095322 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Environmental change exposes wildlife to a wide array of environmental stressors that arise from both anthropogenic and natural sources. Many environmental stressors with the ability to alter endocrine function are known as endocrine disruptors, which may impair the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis resulting in physiological consequences to wildlife. In this study, we investigated how the alteration of thyroid hormone (TH) levels due to exposure to the environmentally relevant endocrine disruptor sodium perchlorate (SP; inhibitory) and exogenous L-thyroxin (T4; stimulatory) affects metabolic costs and energy allocation during and after metamorphosis in a common amphibian (Rana temporaria). We further tested for possible carry-over effects of endocrine disruption during larval stage on juvenile performance. Energy allocated to development was negatively related to metabolic rate and thus, tadpoles exposed to T4 could allocate 24% less energy to development during metamorphic climax than control animals. Therefore, the energy available for metamorphosis was reduced in tadpoles with increased TH level by exposure to T4. We suggest that differences in metabolic rate caused by altered TH levels during metamorphic climax and energy allocation to maintenance costs might have contributed to a reduced energetic efficiency in tadpoles with high TH levels. Differences in size and energetics persisted beyond the metamorphic boundary and impacted on juvenile performance. Performance differences are mainly related to strong size-effects, as altered TH levels by exposure to T4 and SP significantly affected growth and developmental rate. Nevertheless, we assume that juvenile performance is influenced by a size-independent effect of achieved TH. Energetic efficiency varied between treatments due to differences in size allocation of internal macronutrient stores. Altered TH levels as caused by several environmental stressors lead to persisting effects on metamorphic traits and energetics and, thus, caused carry-over effects on performance of froglets. We demonstrate the mechanisms through which alterations in abiotic and biotic environmental factors can alter phenotypes at metamorphosis and reduce lifetime fitness in these and likely other amphibians.
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- Katharina Ruthsatz
- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, 20146, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, 20146, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, 20146, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, 20146, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, Hamburg, 21033, Germany
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, University of Hamburg, Olbersweg 24, Hamburg, 22767, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, 20146, Germany
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Clay TA, Steffen MA, Treglia ML, Torres CD, Trujano-Alvarez AL, Bonett RM. Multiple stressors produce differential transcriptomic patterns in a stream-dwelling salamander. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:482. [PMID: 31185901 PMCID: PMC6560913 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5814-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Global biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate and amphibians are at the forefront of this crisis. Understanding the factors that negatively impact amphibian populations and effectively monitoring their health are fundamental to addressing this epidemic. Plasma glucocorticoids are often used to assess stress in amphibians and other vertebrates, but these hormones can be extremely dynamic and impractical to quantify in small organisms. Transcriptomic responses to stress hormones in amphibians have been largely limited to laboratory models, and there have been few studies on vertebrates that have evaluated the impact of multiple stressors on patterns of gene expression. Here we examined the gene expression patterns in tail tissues of stream-dwelling salamanders (Eurycea tynerensis) chronically exposed to the stress hormone corticosterone under different temperature regimes. RESULTS We found unique transcriptional signatures for chronic corticosterone exposure that were independent of temperature variation. Several of the corticosterone responsive genes are known to be involved in immune system response (LY-6E), oxidative stress (GSTM2 and TRX), and tissue repair (A2M and FX). We also found many genes to be influenced by temperature (CIRBP, HSC71, HSP40, HSP90, HSP70, ZNF593). Furthermore, the expression patterns of some genes (GSTM2, LY-6E, UMOD, ZNF593, CIRBP, HSP90) show interactive effects of temperature and corticosterone exposure, compared to each treatment alone. Through a series of experiments we also showed that stressor induced patterns of expression were largely consistent across ages, life cycle modes, and tissue regeneration. CONCLUSIONS Outside of thermal stressors, the application of transcriptomes to monitor the health of non-human vertebrate systems has been vastly underinvestigated. Our study suggests that transcriptomic patterns harbor stressor specific signatures that can be highly informative for monitoring the diverse stressors of amphibian populations.
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- Timothy A Clay
- Department of Biological Science, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 74104, USA. .,Present Address: Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, 70310, USA.
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- Department of Biological Science, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 74104, USA.,Present Address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 74104, USA.,Present Address: The Nature Conservancy, New York, NY, 10001, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 74104, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 74104, USA.
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The influence of land cover and within-pool characteristics on larval, froglet, and adult wood frogs along a rural to suburban gradient. Urban Ecosyst 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11252-019-0830-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Payette W, Sullivan A. The effect of predator kairomones on caudal regeneration by Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus ochrophaeus). CAN J ZOOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Many prey use autotomy as an antipredator mechanism. Rapid regeneration of autotomized appendages is beneficial because forfeited tissues may serve as organs for energy storage, accessories for locomotion, or indicators of social status. We monitored levels of caudal regeneration by Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859) exposed to kairomones from predatory Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)). After the induction of autotomy, salamanders were exposed to one of three treatment regimens: blank (water), or acute (30 min per week) or chronic (constant) exposure to predator kairomones during a 12-week study period. Overall, the mean volume of regenerated tissue, as a percentage of the original tail volume, was highest for individuals exposed to the blank versus predator kairomones. When the combined effects of time elapsed since the induction of caudal autotomy and the different treatment regimens were considered, we found that the mean volume of regenerated tissue was significantly greater for control salamanders beginning 8 weeks after autotomy. The mechanism contributing to the differential rates of regeneration among individuals in our treatment groups is unknown, but previous work suggests that elevated stress related to predation threat can have detrimental effects on wound healing and growth in amphibians.
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- W.I. Payette
- Department of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY 14744, USA
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- Department of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY 14744, USA
- Department of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY 14744, USA
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Abney CR, Balzer SW, Dueckman A, Baylis A, Clements DR. Early Spring and Early Vanishing Wetlands as Harbingers of the Future? The Climate Change Trap for Ephemeral Pond-Breeding Frogs. NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.3955/046.093.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Curtis R. Abney
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd., Langley, British Columbia, V2Y 1Y1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd., Langley, British Columbia, V2Y 1Y1, Canada
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- A Rocha Canada, 1620 192 Street, Surrey, British Columbia V3Z 9V2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, 7600 Glover Rd., Langley, British Columbia, V2Y 1Y1, Canada
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Comparative endocrinology has traditionally focused on studies of the evolution of endocrine systems, regulation of hormone actions in animals, development of model systems, and the role of the environment in controlling hormone functions related to major life-history events. Comparative endocrinology also has made important contributions to basic research and clinical endocrinology. In recent years there has been a shift to a focus on anthropogenic chemical factors and their alteration of major life history events through endocrine disruption. During the 21st century, environmental comparative endocrinologists must play an important role in the identification and assessment of endocrine disruption on vertebrate and invertebrate animals and their environment as well as in monitoring remediation. All comparative biologists are encouraged to communicate their understanding of threats to biological systems to non-scientists to facilitate their understanding of the human impacts of various kinds of pollution and habitat destruction on wildlife and ecosystems as well as their long-term consequences.
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- David O Norris
- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, 354 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Kohli AK, Lindauer AL, Brannelly LA, Ohmer MEB, Richards-Zawacki C, Rollins-Smith L, Voyles J. Disease and the Drying Pond: Examining Possible Links among Drought, Immune Function, and Disease Development in Amphibians. Physiol Biochem Zool 2019; 92:339-348. [PMID: 30990770 DOI: 10.1086/703137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Drought can heavily impact aquatic ecosystems. For amphibian species that rely on water availability for larval development, drought can have direct and indirect effects on larval survival and postmetamorphic fitness. Some amphibian species can accelerate the timing of metamorphosis to escape drying habitats through developmental plasticity. However, trade-offs associated with premature metamorphosis, such as reduced body size and altered immune function in the recently metamorphosed individual, may have downstream effects on susceptibility to disease. Here, we review the physiological mechanisms driving patterns in larval amphibian development under low water conditions. Specifically, we discuss drought-induced accelerated metamorphosis and how it may alter immune function, predisposing juvenile amphibians to infectious disease. In addition, we consider how these physiological and immunological adjustments could play out in a lethal disease system, amphibian chytridiomycosis. Last, we propose avenues for future research that adopt an ecoimmunological approach to evaluate the combined threats of drought and disease for amphibian populations.
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The Costs of Living Together: Immune Responses to the Microbiota and Chronic Gut Inflammation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.02147-18. [PMID: 30530709 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02147-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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While the vertebrate microbiota is critical to the normal function of many host traits, hosts may expend a large amount of energy to constrain and interface with their microbiota via their immune system to avoid the high fitness costs associated with gut dysbiosis, pathobionts, and opportunistic pathogens. All jawed vertebrates share mucosal immunity dedicated to isolating the microbiota, and a breakdown of this system can result in chronic gut inflammation. In humans, chronic gut inflammation negatively affects growth and development. There is little information available on the prevalence of chronic gut inflammation in wild animals, but given that animals with different life histories emphasize different immune responses, it follows that wild animals may vary in their susceptibility to chronic gut inflammation, and most animals will experience signaling that can lead to this state. These can be top-down signals originating from sources like the central nervous system or bottom-up signals originating from changes in the gut microbiota. The sources of these signals might include stress, developmental transitions, food restriction, and dietary shifts. Here, we briefly discuss host-microbiota interactions from the perspective of life history theory and ecoimmunology, focusing on the mucosal immune system and chronic gut inflammation. We also include future directions for research and the tools necessary to investigate them.
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Gabor CR, Perkins HR, Heitmann AT, Forsburg ZR, Aspbury AS. Roundup™ With Corticosterone Functions as an Infodisruptor to Antipredator Response in Tadpoles. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Schoenle LA, Zimmer C, Vitousek MN. Understanding Context Dependence in Glucocorticoid-Fitness Relationships: The Role of the Nature of the Challenge, the Intensity and Frequency of Stressors, and Life History. Integr Comp Biol 2019; 58:777-789. [PMID: 29889246 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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It has been well-established that there is variation in the strength and direction of the relationship between circulating glucocorticoids (GCs) and fitness. When studies demonstrate such variation or the direction of the GC-fitness relationship is unexpected, the results are often attributed to context-dependency. However, descriptors of context can be vague (e.g., "environmental context") and few studies explicitly test how the optimal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to stressors varies across specific contexts. Although existing hypotheses create a strong foundation for understanding GC-fitness relationships, many do not provide explicit predictions of how, when, and why the relationships will change. Here, we discuss three broad factors which we expect to shape the relationships between HPA axis activity and fitness metrics: (1) whether the HPA axis-mediated response matches the challenge, (2) the intensity and frequency of challenges, and (3) life history. We also make predictions for how these factors might affect GC-fitness relationships and discuss ways to test these predictions. Observational studies, experimental manipulations of context, and large-scale cross-species comparisons will be critical to understanding the observed variation in GC-fitness relationships.
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- Laura A Schoenle
- Department of Global Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.,Department of Biology, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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Hoskins TD, Dellapina M, Papoulias DM, Boone MD. Effects of larval atrazine exposure in mesocosms on Blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi) reared through overwintering and to reproductive age. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 220:845-857. [PMID: 33395806 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We exposed Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) tadpoles to atrazine in simulated aquatic communities (outdoor mesocosms) at nominal concentrations of 0, 1, 10, 100, and 200 μg/L and tracked the effects of exposure to spring emergence in the laboratory, as well as to reproductive age in outdoor, terrestrial enclosures. We tested hypotheses that 1) atrazine addition increases the prevalence and intensity of testicular ova (TO) among phenotypic males at metamorphosis and after overwintering, 2) atrazine reduces maturation of ova after overwintering among phenotypic females, and 3) atrazine alters mass, time, and survival to metamorphosis, as well as growth and survival across terrestrial life stages. Atrazine addition increased probability of TO presence at metamorphosis, but only when treatments were pooled and compared to the control, where background atrazine was detected. Atrazine did not influence the intensity of TO among metamorphs. We observed TO among males at spring emergence and at reproductive age regardless of exposure concentration. We found no evidence for effects of exposure on gonadal maturation among females after overwintering. Exposure to 200 μg/L reduced survival to metamorphosis, but atrazine did not affect mass at metamorphosis, time to metamorphosis, or survival or mass after overwintering. We demonstrate that atrazine addition can increase TO prevalence relative to background rates at metamorphosis and that TO are also present among phenotypic males after overwintering. We suggest that this non-model species is sensitive to effects of larval EDC exposures on gonadal development and morphology and that further work with cricket frogs is warranted.
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Warne RW, Kirschman L, Zeglin L. Manipulation of gut microbiota during critical developmental windows affects host physiological performance and disease susceptibility across ontogeny. J Anim Ecol 2019; 88:845-856. [PMID: 30828805 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Colonization of gut microbiomes during early life can shape metabolism and immunity of adult animals. However, most data are derived from antibiotic-treated or germ-free laboratory mammals. Furthermore, few studies have explored how microbial colonization during critical windows influences a suite of other fitness-related traits in wild animals. This study tested whether hatching constitutes a critical developmental window for gut microbiome colonization in wild-caught amphibians and whether perturbations to gut microbiota at hatching shape fitness-related traits of larval growth, metabolism, metamorphosis and disease susceptibility. We sterilized wood frog eggs and then inoculated them with microbes from differing sources, including from another species (bullfrogs) that differ in disease resistance and life history. We measured development, growth and metabolic rates through metamorphosis among individuals from each microbial treatment. A separate group was exposed to an LD50 dose of ranavirus-an emerging disease-to test for microbiome effects on disease susceptibility. We also quantified rates of deformities to test for microbial treatment effects on overall health. Manipulation of microbiota on eggs altered the trajectory of gut microbiome communities across larval ontogeny, though disruption appeared to be transitory. While microbiome structure converged among the treatments by metamorphosis, the effects of disruption on host phenotypes persisted. Larvae inoculated with the bullfrog gut microbiota exhibited accelerated growth and development rates compared to controls. By contrast, sterilized larvae maintained in sterile water for several days after hatching exhibited greater disruption to their gut microbiota across ontogeny, as well as altered metabolism, more tail deformities, and were more likely to die when exposed to an LD50 dose of ranavirus compared to the other treatments. These results suggest perturbations to the microbiota during critical developmental windows can alter the trajectory of the gut microbiome, and have long-term effects on fitness-related traits in larval amphibians. These results suggest that explicit tests of how changes in the composition and abundance of the microbial community shape phenotypes across ontogeny in amphibians could shed light on host-microbe interactions in wildlife, as well as inform conservation efforts to mitigate emerging diseases.
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- Robin W Warne
- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
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- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
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- Biology Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Janes TA, Fournier S, Chamberland S, Funk GD, Kinkead R. Respiratory motoneuron properties during the transition from gill to lung breathing in the American bullfrog. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2019; 316:R281-R297. [PMID: 30601705 PMCID: PMC6459380 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00303.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Amphibian respiratory development involves a dramatic metamorphic transition from gill to lung breathing and coordination of distinct motor outputs. To determine whether the emergence of adult respiratory motor patterns was associated with similarly dramatic changes in motoneuron (MN) properties, we characterized the intrinsic electrical properties of American bullfrog trigeminal MNs innervating respiratory muscles comprising the buccal pump. In premetamorphic tadpoles (TK stages IX-XVIII) and adult frogs, morphometric analyses and whole cell recordings were performed in trigeminal MNs identified by fluorescent retrograde labeling. Based on the amplitude of the depolarizing sag induced by hyperpolarizing voltage steps, two MN subtypes (I and II) were identified in tadpoles and adults. Compared with type II MNs, type I MNs had larger sag amplitudes (suggesting a larger hyperpolarization-activated inward current), greater input resistance, lower rheobase, hyperpolarized action potential threshold, steeper frequency-current relationships, and fast firing rates and received fewer excitatory postsynaptic currents. Postmetamorphosis, type I MNs exhibited similar sag, enhanced postinhibitory rebound, and increased action potential amplitude with a smaller-magnitude fast afterhyperpolarization. Compared with tadpoles, type II MNs from frogs received higher-frequency, larger-amplitude excitatory postsynaptic currents. Input resistance decreased and rheobase increased postmetamorphosis in all MNs, concurrent with increased soma area and hyperpolarized action potential threshold. We suggest that type I MNs are likely recruited in response to smaller, buccal-related synaptic inputs as well as larger lung-related inputs, whereas type II MNs are likely recruited in response to stronger synaptic inputs associated with larger buccal breaths, lung breaths, or nonrespiratory behaviors involving powerful muscle contractions.
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- Tara A Janes
- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec , Québec City, Québec , Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec , Québec City, Québec , Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology and New York University Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center , New York, New York
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- Department of Physiology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, Women and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta , Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec , Québec City, Québec , Canada
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Palomar G, Vasemägi A, Ahmad F, Nicieza AG, Cano JM. Mapping of quantitative trait loci for life history traits segregating within common frog populations. Heredity (Edinb) 2019; 122:800-808. [PMID: 30631147 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-018-0175-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The evolution of complex traits is often shaped by adaptive divergence. However, very little is known about the number, effect size, and location of the genomic regions influencing the variation of these traits in natural populations. Based on a dense linkage map of the common frog, Rana temporaria, we have localized, for the first time in amphibians, three significant and nine suggestive quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for metabolic rate, growth rate, development time, and weight at metamorphosis, explaining 5.6-18.9% of the overall phenotypic variation in each trait. We also found a potential pleiotropic QTL between development time and size at metamorphosis that, if confirmed, might underlie the previously reported genetic correlation between these traits. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the genetic variation linked to fitness-related larval traits segregates within Rana temporaria populations. This study provides the first insight into the genomic regions that affect larval life history traits in anurans, providing a valuable resource to delve further into the genomic basis of evolutionary change in amphibians.
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- Gemma Palomar
- Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO-CSIC-PA), 33600, Mieres, Asturias, Spain. .,Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems, University of Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. .,Molecular and Behavioral Ecology Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, 30-387, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.,Department of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51006, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Freshwater Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 17893, Drottningholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO-CSIC-PA), 33600, Mieres, Asturias, Spain.,Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems, University of Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO-CSIC-PA), 33600, Mieres, Asturias, Spain.,Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems, University of Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Burraco P, Iglesias-Carrasco M, Cabido C, Gomez-Mestre I. Eucalypt leaf litter impairs growth and development of amphibian larvae, inhibits their antipredator responses and alters their physiology. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 6:coy066. [PMID: 30546907 PMCID: PMC6287674 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coy066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Consequences of human actions like global warming, spread of exotic species or resource consumption are pushing species to extinction. Even species considered to be at low extinction risk often show signs of local declines. Here, we evaluate the impact of eucalypt plantations, the best-known exotic tree species worldwide and its interaction with temperature and predators on amphibian development, growth, antipredator responses and physiology. For this purpose, we applied a fully factorial experiment crossing two types of leaf litter (native oak or eucalypt), two temperatures (15 and 20°C) and presence/absence of native predators. We found that leachates of eucalypt leaf litter reduced amphibian development and growth, compromised their antipredator responses and altered their metabolic rate. Increased temperature itself also posed serious alterations on development, growth, antioxidant ability and the immune status of tadpoles. However, the combined effects of eucalypt leaf litter and increased temperature were additive, not synergistic. Therefore, we show that non-lethal levels of a globally spread disruptor such as leachates from eucalypt leaf litter can seriously impact the life history and physiology of native amphibian populations. This study highlights the need to evaluate the status of wild populations exposed to human activities even if not at an obvious immediate risk of extinction, based on reliable stress markers, in order to anticipate demographic declines that may be hard to reverse once started. Replacing eucalypt plantations with native trees in protected areas would help improving the health of local amphibian larvae. In zones of economic interest, we would recommend providing patches of native vegetation around ponds and removing eucalypt leaf litter from pond basins during their dry phase.
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- Pablo Burraco
- Ecology, Evolution and Development Group, Doñana Biological Station (CSIC), C/ Americo Vespucio 26, Sevilla, Spain
- Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University Norbyvägen 18 D, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, National Museum of Natural History (CSIC), Calle de José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Herpetology, Aranzadi Society of Sciences, Zorroagagaina, 11, San Sebastian, Spain
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 134, Linnaeus Way, Acton ACT Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Herpetology, Aranzadi Society of Sciences, Zorroagagaina, 11, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Ecology, Evolution and Development Group, Doñana Biological Station (CSIC), C/ Americo Vespucio 26, Sevilla, Spain
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Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Peck MA, Drees C, Sabatino NM, Becker LI, Reese J, Hartmann L, Glos J. Thyroid hormone levels and temperature during development alter thermal tolerance and energetics of Xenopus laevis larvae. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 6:coy059. [PMID: 30464840 PMCID: PMC6240330 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coy059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Environmental variation induced by natural and anthropogenic processes including climate change may threaten species by causing environmental stress. Anuran larvae experiencing environmental stress may display altered thyroid hormone (TH) status with potential implications for physiological traits. Therefore, any capacity to adapt to environmental changes through plastic responses provides a key to determining species vulnerability to environmental variation. We investigated whether developmental temperature (T dev), altered TH levels and whether the interactive effect of both affect standard metabolic rate (SMR), body condition (BC), survival and thermal tolerance in larvae of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) reared at five temperatures with experimentally altered TH levels. At metamorphosis, SMR, BC and survival were significantly affected by T dev, TH status and their interaction with the latter often intensified impacts. Larvae developing at warmer temperatures exhibited significantly higher SMRs and BC was reduced at warm T dev and high TH levels suggesting decreased ability to acclimate to variation in temperature. Accordingly, tadpoles that developed at warm temperatures had higher maximum thermal limits but more narrow thermal tolerance windows. High and low TH levels decreased and increased upper thermal limits, respectively. Thus, when experiencing both warmer temperatures and environmental stress, larvae may be less able to compensate for changes in T dev. Our results demonstrate that physiological traits in larvae of X. laevis are strongly affected by increased TH levels and warmer temperatures. Altered TH levels and increasing T dev due to global change may result in a reduced capacity for physiological plasticity. This has far reaching consequences since the energetic requirement at the onset of metamorphosis is known to determine metamorphic success and thus, is indirectly linked to individual fitness in later life stages.
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- Katharina Ruthsatz
- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, University of Hamburg, Olbersweg 24, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Zoology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
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Gastón MS, Pereyra LC, Vaira M. Artificial light at night and captivity induces differential effects on leukocyte profile, body condition, and erythrocyte size of a diurnal toad. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2018; 331:93-102. [PMID: 30320969 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Light pollution or artificial lighting at night (ALAN) is an emerging threat to biodiversity that can disrupt physiological processes and behaviors. Because ALAN stressful effects are little studied in diurnal amphibian species, we investigated if chronic ALAN exposure affects the leukocyte profile, body condition, and blood cell sizes of a diurnal toad. We hand-captured male toads of Melanophryniscus rubriventris in Angosto de Jaire (Jujuy, Argentina). We prepared blood smears from three groups of toads: "field" (toads processed in the field immediately after capture), "natural light" (toads kept in the laboratory under captivity with natural photoperiod), and "constant light" (toads kept in the laboratory under captivity with constant photoperiod/ALAN). We significantly observed higher neutrophil proportions and neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio in toads under constant light treatment. In addition, we observed significantly better body condition and higher erythrocyte size in field toads compared with captive toads. In summary, ALAN can trigger a leukocyte response to stress in males of the diurnal toad M. rubriventris. In addition, captivity can affect the body condition and erythrocyte size of these toads.
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- María S Gastón
- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, CONICET, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, CONICET, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, CONICET, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
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Buchholz DR, Shi YB. Methods for Investigating the Larval Period and Metamorphosis in Xenopus. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2018; 2018:pdb.top097667. [PMID: 29769395 PMCID: PMC6296376 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top097667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Anuran metamorphosis resembles postembryonic development in mammals, a period around birth when many organs/tissues mature into their adult form as circulating thyroid and stress hormone levels are high. Unlike uterus-enclosed mammalian embryos, tadpoles develop externally and undergo the dramatic changes of hormone-dependent development totally independent of maternal influence, making them a valuable model in which to study vertebrate postembryonic organ development and maturation. Various protocols have been developed and/or adapted for studying metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis and X. tropicalis, two highly related and well-studied frog species. Here, we introduce some of the methods for contemporary cell and molecular studies of gene function and regulation during metamorphosis.
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- Daniel R Buchholz
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244;
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- Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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De Groef B, Grommen SVH, Darras VM. Forever young: Endocrinology of paedomorphosis in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 266:194-201. [PMID: 29777689 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a salamander species that does not undergo metamorphosis, resulting in the retention of juvenile characteristics in the mature breeding stage (paedomorphosis). Here we review the endocrinological studies investigating the proximate cause of axolotl paedomorphosis with a focus on the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. It is well established that axolotl paedomorphosis is a consequence of low activity of the HPT axis. The pituitary hormone thyrotropin (TSH) is capable of inducing metamorphosis in the axolotl, which indicates that all processes and interactions in the HPT axis below the pituitary level are functional, but that TSH release is impaired. In metamorphosing species, TSH secretion is largely controlled by the hypothalamic neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), which seems to have lost its thyrotropic activity in the axolotl. However, preliminary experiments have not yet confirmed a role for faulty CRH signalling in axolotl paedomorphosis. Other hypothalamic factors and potential pituitary inhibitors need to be investigated to identify their roles in amphibian metamorphosis and axolotl paedomorphosis.
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- Bert De Groef
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.
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- Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Ruthsatz K, Dausmann KH, Drees C, Becker LI, Hartmann L, Reese J, Sabatino NM, Peck MA, Glos J. Altered thyroid hormone levels affect body condition at metamorphosis in larvae of Xenopus laevis. J Appl Toxicol 2018; 38:1416-1425. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Katharina Ruthsatz
- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences; Hamburg University of Applied Sciences; Ulmenliet 20 21033 Hamburg Germany
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- Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science; University of Hamburg; Olbersweg 24 22767 Hamburg Germany
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- Institut for Zoology; University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg Germany
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Gallant MJ, Hogan NS. Developmental expression profiles and thyroidal regulation of cytokines during metamorphosis in the amphibian Xenopus laevis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 263:62-71. [PMID: 29656046 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Early life-stages of amphibians rely on the innate immune system for defense against pathogens. While thyroid hormones (TH) are critical for metamorphosis and later development of the adaptive immune system, the role of TH in innate immune system development is less clear. An integral part of the innate immune response are pro-inflammatory cytokines - effector molecules that allow communication between components of the immune system. The objective of this study was to characterize the expression of key pro-inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ), throughout amphibian development and determine the impacts of thyroidal modulation on their expression. Xenopus laevis were sampled at various stages of development encompassing early embryogenesis to late prometamorphosis and cytokine expression was measured by real-time PCR. Expression of TNFα and IL-1β were transient over development, increasing with developmental stage, while IFN-γ remained relatively stable. Functionally athyroid, premetamorphic tadpoles were exposed to thyroxine (0.5 and 2 μg/L) or sodium perchlorate (125 and 500 μg/L) for seven days. Tadpoles demonstrated characteristic responses of advanced development with thyroxine exposure and delayed development (although to a lesser extent) and increased thyroid gland area and follicular cell height with sodium perchlorate exposure. Exposure to thyroxine for two days resulted in decreased expression of IL-1β in tadpole trunks. Sodium perchlorate had negligible effects on cytokine expression. Overall, these results demonstrate that cytokine transcript levels vary with stage of tadpole development but that their ontogenic regulation is not likely exclusively influenced by thyroid status. Understanding the direct and indirect effects of altered hormone status may provide insight into potential mechanisms of altered immune function during amphibian development.
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- Melanie J Gallant
- Toxicology Graduate Program, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B3, Canada
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B3, Canada; Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada.
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Schneider KA, Shewade LH, Buisine N, Sachs LM, Buchholz DR. A novel stress hormone response gene in tadpoles of Xenopus tropicalis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 260:107-114. [PMID: 29339184 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Previous work identified a transcribed locus, Str. 34945, induced by the frog stress hormone corticosterone (CORT) in Xenopus tropicalis tails. Because thyroid hormone had no influence on its expression, Str. 34945 was dubbed the first "CORT-only" gene known from tadpoles. Here, we examine the genomic annotation for this transcript, hormone specificity, time course of induction, tissue distribution, and developmental expression profile. The location of Str. 34945 on the X. tropicalis genome lies between the genes ush1g (Usher syndrome 1G) and fads6 (fatty acid desaturase 6). A blast search showed that it maps to the same region on the X. laevis genome, but no hits were found in the human genome. Using RNA-seq data and conventional reverse transcriptase PCR and sequencing, we show that Str. 34945 is part of the 3' untranslated region of ush1g. We find that CORT but not aldosterone or thyroid hormone treatment induces Str. 34945 in tadpole tails and that expression of Str. 34945 achieves maximal expression within 12-24 h of CORT treatment. Among tissues, Str. 34945 is induced to the highest degree in tail, with lesser induction in lungs, liver, and heart, and no induction in the brain or kidney. During natural metamorphosis, Str. 34945 expression in tails peaks at metamorphic climax. The role of ush1g in metamorphosis is not understood, but the specificity of its hormone response and its expression in tail make ush1g valuable as a marker of CORT-response gene induction independent of thyroid hormone.
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- Katelin A Schneider
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 Clifton Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 Clifton Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States
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- UMR 7221 CNRS, Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- UMR 7221 CNRS, Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 Clifton Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States.
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Tóth Z, Hettyey A. Egg-laying environment modulates offspring responses to predation risk in an amphibian. J Evol Biol 2018; 31:710-721. [PMID: 29485239 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Predator-induced plasticity has been in the focus of evolutionary ecological research in the last decades, but the consequences of temporal variation in the presence of cues predicting offspring environment have remained controversial. This is partly due to the fact that the role of early environmental effects has scarcely been scrutinized in this context while also controlling for potential maternal effects. In this study, we investigated how past environmental conditions, that is different combinations of risky or safe adult (prenatal) and oviposition (early post-natal) environments, affected offspring's plastic responses in hatching time and locomotor activity to predation risk during development in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris). We found that females did not adjust their reproductive investment to the perceived level of risk in the adult environment, and this prenatal environment had generally negligible effect on offspring phenotype. However, when predator cues were absent during oviposition, larvae raised in the presence of predator cues delayed their hatching and exhibited a decreased activity compared to control larvae developing without predator cues, which responses are advantageous when predators pose a threat to hatched larvae. In the presence of predator cues during oviposition, the difference in hatching time persisted, but the difference in general locomotor activity disappeared between risk-exposed and control larvae. Our findings provide clear experimental evidence that fine-scale temporal variation in a predictive cue during and after egg-laying interactively affects offspring phenotype, and highlight the importance of the early post-natal environment, which may exert a substantial influence on progeny's phenotype also under natural conditions.
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- Zoltán Tóth
- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Sanchez E, Küpfer E, Goedbloed DJ, Nolte AW, Lüddecke T, Schulz S, Vences M, Steinfartz S. Morphological and transcriptomic analyses reveal three discrete primary stages of postembryonic development in the common fire salamander,Salamandra salamandra. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2018; 330:96-108. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Eugenia Sanchez
- Zoological Institute; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Zoological Institute; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Zoological Institute; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Genetics; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology; Plön Germany
- Ecological Genomics; Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences; Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg; Oldenburg Germany
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- Zoological Institute; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Zoological Institute; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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Cramp RL, Franklin CE. Exploring the link between ultraviolet B radiation and immune function in amphibians: implications for emerging infectious diseases. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 6:coy035. [PMID: 29992023 PMCID: PMC6022628 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coy035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Amphibian populations the world over are under threat of extinction, with as many as 40% of assessed species listed as threatened under IUCN Red List criteria (a significantly higher proportion than other vertebrate group). Amongst the key threats to amphibian species is the emergence of novel infectious diseases, which have been implicated in the catastrophic amphibian population declines and extinctions seen in many parts of the world. The recent emergence of these diseases coincides with increased ambient levels of ultraviolet B radiation (UVBR) due to anthropogenic thinning of the Earth's protective ozone layer, raising questions about potential interactions between UVBR exposure and disease in amphibians. While reasonably well documented in other vertebrate groups (particularly mammals), the immunosuppressive capacity of UVBR and the potential for it to influence disease outcomes has been largely overlooked in amphibians. Herein, we review the evidence for UVBR-associated immune system disruption in amphibians and identify a number of direct and indirect pathways through which UVBR may influence immune function and disease susceptibility in amphibians. By exploring the physiological mechanisms through which UVBR may affect host immune function, we demonstrate how ambient UVBR could increase amphibian susceptibility to disease. We conclude by discussing the potential implications of elevated UVBR for inter and intraspecific differences in disease dynamics and discuss how future research in this field may be directed to improve our understanding of the role that UVBR plays in amphibian immune function.
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- Rebecca L Cramp
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Goddard Building (8), St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Corresponding author: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Goddard Building (8), St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Goddard Building (8), St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Buchholz DR. Xenopus metamorphosis as a model to study thyroid hormone receptor function during vertebrate developmental transitions. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 459:64-70. [PMID: 28363743 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2017.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A hormone-dependent developmental transition from aquatic to terrestrial existence occurs in all tetrapod vertebrates, such as birth, hatching, and metamorphosis. Thyroid hormones (TH) and their receptors (TRs) are key players in the tissue transformations comprising vertebrate developmental transitions. The African clawed frog, Xenopus, is a premier model for the role of TRs in developmental transitions because of the numerous and dramatic TH-dependent tissue transformations during metamorphosis and because of the endocrine, molecular, and genomic resources available. TRs are nuclear receptors that repress TH-response genes when plasma TH is minimal and that activate those same genes to induce tissue-specific gene regulation cascades when TH plasma levels increase. Tissue-specific TR expression levels help determine tissue sensitivity and responsivity to TH thereby regulating the initiation and rate of developmental change in TH-sensitive tissues which govern the tissue developmental asynchrony observed during metamorphosis. This review highlighting Xenopus presents the key experimental findings underpinning the roles TRs play in control of vertebrate developmental transitions.
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- Daniel R Buchholz
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 312 Clifton Ct., Cincinnati, OH, 45221 USA.
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Are the adverse effects of stressors on amphibians mediated by their effects on stress hormones? Oecologia 2017; 186:393-404. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-4020-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Jones DK, Hintz WD, Schuler MS, Yates EK, Mattes BM, Relyea RA. Inducible Tolerance to Agrochemicals Was Paved by Evolutionary Responses to Predators. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:13913-13919. [PMID: 29087697 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Recent research has reported increased tolerance to agrochemicals in target and nontarget organisms following acute physiological changes induced through phenotypic plasticity. Moreover, the most inducible populations are those from more pristine locations, far from agrochemical use. We asked why do populations with no known history of pesticide exposure have the ability to induce adaptive responses to novel agrochemicals? We hypothesized that increased pesticide tolerance results from a generalized stressor response in organisms, and would be induced following sublethal exposure to natural and anthropogenic stressors. We exposed larval wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) to one of seven natural or anthropogenic stressors (predator cue (Anax spp.), 0.5 or 1.0 mg carbaryl/L, road salt (200 or 1000 mg Cl-/L), ethanol-vehicle control, or no-stressor control) and subsequently tested their tolerance to a lethal carbaryl concentration using time-to-death assays. We observed induced carbaryl tolerance in tadpoles exposed to 0.5 mg/L carbaryl and also in tadpoles exposed to predator cues. Our results suggest that the ability to induce pesticide tolerance likely arose through evolved antipredator responses. Given that antipredator responses are widespread among species, many animals might possess inducible pesticide tolerance, buffering them from agrochemical exposure.
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- Devin K Jones
- Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Shuman-Goodier ME, Singleton GR, Propper CR. Competition and pesticide exposure affect development of invasive (Rhinella marina) and native (Fejervarya vittigera) rice paddy amphibian larvae. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2017; 26:1293-1304. [PMID: 28936635 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-017-1854-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Increased pesticide use in rice agricultural ecosystems may alter competitive interactions between invasive and native amphibian species. We conducted an experiment with two rice paddy amphibians found in Luzon, Philippines, the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) and the endemic Luzon wart frog (Fejervarya vittigera), to determine whether exposure to a common herbicide, butachlor, drives competitive interactions in favor of the invasive amphibian. Our results revealed that competition had a strong effect on the development of both species, but in opposing directions; Luzon wart frog tadpoles were smaller and developed slower than when raised alone, whereas cane toad tadpoles were larger and developed faster. Contrary to our predictions, development and survival of endemic wart frog tadpoles was not affected by butachlor, whereas invasive cane toad tadpoles were affected across several endpoints including gene expression, body size, and survival. We also observed an interaction between pesticide exposure and competition for the cane toad, where survival declined but body size and expression of thyroid sensitive genes increased. Taken together, our findings indicate that the success of the cane toad larvae in rice fields may be best explained by increased rates of development and larger body sizes of tadpoles in response to competition with native Luzon wart frog tadpoles rather than lower sensitivity to a common pesticide. Our results for the cane toad also provide evidence that butachlor can disrupt thyroid hormone mediated development in amphibians, and further demonstrate that important species interactions such as competition can be affected by pesticide exposure in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Molly E Shuman-Goodier
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA.
- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Marina, Kent, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
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Kirschman LJ, Crespi EJ, Warne RW. Critical disease windows shaped by stress exposure alter allocation trade‐offs between development and immunity. J Anim Ecol 2017; 87:235-246. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- School of Biological SciencesWashington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of ZoologySouthern Illinois University Carbondale IL USA
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Kulkarni PS, Gramapurohit NP. Effect of corticosterone on larval growth, antipredator behaviour and metamorphosis of Hylarana indica. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 251:21-29. [PMID: 27613078 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Corticosterone (CORT), a principal glucocorticoid in amphibians, is known to regulate diverse physiological processes including growth and metamorphosis of anuran tadpoles. Environmental stressors activate the neuroendocrine stress axis (hypothalamus-pituitary-interrenal axis, HPI) leading to an acute increase in CORT, which in turn, helps in coping with particular stress. However, chronic increase in CORT can negatively affect other physiological processes such as growth and metamorphosis. Herein, we studied the effect of exogenous CORT on larval growth, antipredator behaviour and metamorphic traits of Hylarana indica. Embryonic exposure to 5 or 20μg/L CORT did not affect their development, hatching duration as well as larval growth and metamorphosis. Exposure of tadpoles to 10 or 20μg/L CORT throughout larval development caused slower growth and development leading to increased body mass at stage 37. However, body and tail morphology of tadpoles was not affected. Interestingly, larval exposure to 5, 10 or 20μg/L CORT enhanced their antipredator response against kairomones in a concentration-dependent manner. Further, larval exposure to increasing concentrations of CORT resulted in the emergence of heavier froglets at 10 and 20μg/L while, delaying metamorphosis at all concentrations. Interestingly, the heavier froglets had shorter hindlimbs and consequently shorter jump distances. Tadpoles exposed to 20μg/L CORT during early, mid or late larval stages grew and developed slowly but tadpole morphology was not altered. Interestingly, exposure during early or mid-larval stages resulted in an enhanced antipredator response. These individuals metamorphosed later but at higher body mass while SVL was unaffected.
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- P S Kulkarni
- Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007 India
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- Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007 India.
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Joshi AM, Wadekar NV, Gramapurohit NP. Does corticosterone mediate predator-induced responses of larval Hylarana indica? Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 251:30-37. [PMID: 27663881 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Prey-predator interactions have been studied extensively in terms of morphological and behavioural responses of prey to predation risk using diverse model systems. However, the underlying physiological changes associated with morphological, behavioural or life historical responses have been rarely investigated. Herein, we studied the effect of chronic predation risk on larval growth and metamorphosis of Hylarana indica and the underlying physiological changes in prey tadpoles. In the first experiment, tadpoles were exposed to a caged predator from Gosner stage 25-42 to record growth and metamorphosis. Further, whole body corticosterone (CORT) was measured to determine the physiological changes underlying morphological and life historical responses of these prey tadpoles. Surprisingly, tadpoles experiencing continuous predation risk grew and developed faster and metamorphosed at a larger size. Interestingly, these tadpoles had significantly lower CORT levels. In the second experiment, tadpoles were exposed to predation risk (PR) or PR+CORT from stage 25-42 to determine the role of CORT in mediating predator-induced responses of H. indica. Tadpoles facing continuous predation risk grew and developed faster and metamorphosed at a larger size reinforcing the results of the first experiment. However, when CORT was administered along with predation risk, tadpoles grew and developed slowly leading to delayed metamorphosis. Interestingly, growth and metamorphic traits of tadpoles exposed to PR+CORT were comparable to those of the control group indicating that exogenous CORT nullified the positive effect of predation risk. Apparently, CORT mediates predator-induced morphological responses of H. indica tadpoles by regulating their physiology.
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- A M Joshi
- Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India
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- Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India
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- Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India.
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Yahnke AE, Grue CE, Hayes MP, Pearman-Gillman S. Effects of the herbicide triclopyr on metamorphic northern red-legged frogs. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2017; 36:2316-2326. [PMID: 28186362 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Aquatic herbicides are used to manage invasive emergent plants in and around wetlands. Metamorphic frogs that emerge during the aquatic weed management season may be at risk of herbicide exposure. Metamorphic northern red-legged frogs (Rana aurora) were exposed to a triclopyr tank mix labeled for control of broadleaf emergent aquatic weeds such as invasive purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). The tank mix consisted of Renovate® 3 (triclopyr triethylamine salt 44.4%), the modified vegetable oil surfactant Competitor®, and the marker dye Hi-Light® . Metamorphs were exposed to the tank mix and a clean-water control for 96 h, and then reared in clean water for 60 d. Exposure to the tank mix resulted in no treatment-related mortalities, no effects on behavior immediately post exposure, and no effects on body or liver condition indices. Exposure to the tank mix resulted in lethargy during exposure and a 1-d delay in completion of metamorphosis. Deformities present in the rearing population confounded results for some endpoints. Observed effects were minimal, especially compared with the potential for ecological impacts from unmanaged invasive plants. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:2316-2326. © 2017 SETAC.
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- Amy E Yahnke
- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, United States Geological Survey, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Habitat Program, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA
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- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Sarah K. Woodley
- Department of Biological Sciences, 600 Forbes Avenue, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
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Burraco P, Díaz-Paniagua C, Gomez-Mestre I. Different effects of accelerated development and enhanced growth on oxidative stress and telomere shortening in amphibian larvae. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7494. [PMID: 28790317 PMCID: PMC5548762 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07201-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Organisms react to environmental changes through plastic responses that often involve physiological alterations with the potential to modify life-history traits and fitness. Environmentally induced shifts in growth and development in species with complex life cycles determine the timing of transitions between subsequent life stages, as well as body condition at transformation, which greatly determine survival at later stages. Here we show that spadefoot toad larvae surviving pond drying and predators experienced marked alterations in growth and development, and in their fat reserves, oxidative stress, and relative telomere length. Tadpoles accelerated development but reduced growth and consumed more fat reserves when facing pond drying. However, oxidative stress was buffered by increased antioxidant enzyme activity, and telomeres remained unchanged. Predators caused opposite effects: they reduced larval density, hence relaxing competition and allowing faster development and enhanced growth of survivors. Tadpoles surviving predators metamorphosed bigger and had larger fat bodies, increasing their short-term survival odds, but showed signs of oxidative stress and had shorter telomeres. Developmental acceleration and enhanced growth thus seemed to have different physiological consequences: reduced fat bodies and body size compromise short-term survival, but are reversible in the long run, whereas telomere shortening is non-reversible and could reduce long-term survival.
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- Pablo Burraco
- Ecology, Evolution, and Development Group, Department of Wetland Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, E-41092, Seville, Spain.
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Development Group, Department of Wetland Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, E-41092, Seville, Spain
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Development Group, Department of Wetland Ecology, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, E-41092, Seville, Spain.
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