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Osborne P, Hall LJ, Kronfeld-Schor N, Thybert D, Haerty W. A rather dry subject; investigating the study of arid-associated microbial communities. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2020; 15:20. [PMID: 33902728 PMCID: PMC8067391 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-020-00367-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Almost one third of Earth's land surface is arid, with deserts alone covering more than 46 million square kilometres. Nearly 2.1 billion people inhabit deserts or drylands and these regions are also home to a great diversity of plant and animal species including many that are unique to them. Aridity is a multifaceted environmental stress combining a lack of water with limited food availability and typically extremes of temperature, impacting animal species across the planet from polar cold valleys, to Andean deserts and the Sahara. These harsh environments are also home to diverse microbial communities, demonstrating the ability of bacteria, fungi and archaea to settle and live in some of the toughest locations known. We now understand that these microbial ecosystems i.e. microbiotas, the sum total of microbial life across and within an environment, interact across both the environment, and the macroscopic organisms residing in these arid environments. Although multiple studies have explored these microbial communities in different arid environments, few studies have examined the microbiota of animals which are themselves arid-adapted. Here we aim to review the interactions between arid environments and the microbial communities which inhabit them, covering hot and cold deserts, the challenges these environments pose and some issues arising from limitations in the field. We also consider the work carried out on arid-adapted animal microbiotas, to investigate if any shared patterns or trends exist, whether between organisms or between the animals and the wider arid environment microbial communities. We determine if there are any patterns across studies potentially demonstrating a general impact of aridity on animal-associated microbiomes or benefits from aridity-adapted microbiomes for animals. In the context of increasing desertification and climate change it is important to understand the connections between the three pillars of microbiome, host genome and environment.
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- Peter Osborne
- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park Innovation Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK.
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- Gut Microbes & Health, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UQ, UK
- Chair of Intestinal Microbiome, School of Life Sciences, ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, CB10 1SD, UK
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park Innovation Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UZ, UK
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Llewelyn VK, Berger L, Glass BD. Can models of percutaneous absorption based on in vitro data in frogs predict in vivo absorption? PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235737. [PMID: 32726322 PMCID: PMC7390353 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The primary aim of in vitro testing of chemicals delivered via the percutaneous route is to predict the absorption that would ensue if exposure occurred in live animals. While there is mounting evidence that in vitro diffusion studies in mammalian skin can provide valid information regarding likely in vivo absorption, little is known whether such a correlation exists between in vitro diffusion testing and in vivo blood levels in amphibians. The current study used previously-reported in vitro absorption data for caffeine, benzoic acid, and ibuprofen across isolated skin from the cane toad (Rhinella marina) to produce a series of linear mixed-effect models of the absorption parameters flux and permeability coefficient (Kp). Models investigated the relative impacts of animal weight, physicochemical characteristics of the applied chemical (logP or molecular weight), and site of application. The top models were then used to predict the flux, Kp and serum concentrations of the same three model chemicals. Finally, the absorption of these chemicals was determined in live cane toads, and results compared to the model predictions. LogP and site of application were included in all top models. In vivo absorption rates were lower than predicted for all chemicals, however, the models provided reasonable predictions of serum concentration, with factors of difference (FOD) ranging from 2.5–10.5. Ibuprofen, the chemical with the highest relative lipophilicity, had the poorest predictive performance, consistently having the highest FOD for all predictions. This report presents the first models of percutaneous absorption in an amphibian. These models provide a basic method to establish the approximate in vivo absorption of hydrophilic and moderately-lipophilic chemicals through frog skin, and could therefore be used to predict absorption when formulating such chemicals for treatment of disease in frogs, or for risk-assessments regarding chemical pollutants in frog habitats.
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- Victoria K. Llewelyn
- Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- One Health Research Group, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
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- Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Haramura T, Ikegami T, Wong MKS, Takei Y. Preparatory Mechanisms for Salinity Tolerance in Two Congeneric Anuran Species Inhabiting Distinct Osmotic Habitats. Zoolog Sci 2019; 36:215-222. [PMID: 31251490 DOI: 10.2108/zs180091] [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] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Anurans occupy a wide variety of habitats of diverse salinities, and their osmoregulatory ability is strongly regulated by hormones. In this study, we compared the adaptability and hormonal responses to osmotic stress between two kajika frogs, Buergeria japonica (B.j.) and B. buergeri, (B.b.), which inhabit coastal brackish waters (BW) in the Ryukyu Islands and freshwater (FW) in the Honshu, respectively. Both hematocrit and plasma Na+ concentration were significantly higher in B.j. than in B.b. when both were kept in FW. After transfer to one-third seawater (simulating the natural BW environment), which is slightly hypertonic to their body fluids, their body mass decreased and plasma Na concentration increased significantly in both species. After transfer, plasma Na+ concentration increased significantly in both species. We examined the gene expression of two major osmoregulatory hormones, arginine vasotocin (AVT) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), after partial cloning of their cDNAs. ANP mRNA levels were more than 10-fold higher in B.j. than in B.b. in FW, but no significant difference was observed for AVT mRNA levels due to high variability, although the mean value of B.j. was twice that of B.b. Both AVT and ANP mRNA levels increased significantly after transfer to BW in B.b. but not in B.j., probably because of the high levels in FW. These results suggest that B.j. maintains high plasma Na+ concentration and anp gene expression to prepare for the future encounter of the high salinity. The unique preparatory mechanism may allow B.j. wide distribution in oceanic islands.
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- Takashi Haramura
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan,
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan
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Hillyard SD, Willumsen NJ. Chemosensory function of amphibian skin: integrating epithelial transport, capillary blood flow and behaviour. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2011; 202:533-48. [PMID: 21029392 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02200.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Terrestrial anuran amphibians absorb water across specialized regions of skin on the posterioventral region of their bodies. Rapid water absorption is mediated by the insertion of aquaporins into the apical membrane of the outermost cell layer. Water moves out of the epithelium via aquaglyceroporins in the basolateral membrane and into the circulation in conjunction with increased capillary blood flow to the skin and aquaporins in the capillary endothelial cells. These physiological responses are activated by intrinsic stimuli relating to the animals' hydration status and extrinsic stimuli relating to the detection of osmotically available water. The integration of these processes has been studied using behavioural observations in conjunction with neurophysiological recordings and studies of epithelial transport. These studies have identified plasma volume and urinary bladder stores as intrinsic stimuli that activate the formation of angiotensin II (AII) to stimulate water absorption behaviour. The coordinated increase in water permeability and capillary blood flow appears to be mediated primarily by sympathetic stimulation of beta adrenergic receptors, although the neurohypopyseal hormone arginine vasotocin (AVT) may also play a role. Extrinsic stimuli relate primarily to the ionic and osmotic properties of hydration sources. Toads avoid NaCl solutions that have been shown to be harmful in acute exposure, approx. 200-250 mm. The avoidance is partially attenuated by amiloride raising the hypothesis that the mechanism for salt detection by toads resembles that for salt taste in mammals that take in water by mouth. In this model, depolarization of the basolateral membrane of taste cells is coupled to afferent neural stimulation. In toad skin we have identified innervation of skin epithelial cells by branches of spinal nerves and measured neural responses to NaCl solutions that elicit behavioural avoidance. These same concentrations produce depolarization of the basolateral membrane in isolated epithelial preparations. As with salt taste in mammals, the neural responses and depolarization of basolateral membrane potential are partially inhibited by amiloride. In addition, toads are more tolerant of sodium gluconate solution which is consistent with the phenomenon in mammalian taste physiology termed the anion paradox in which sodium salts with larger molecular weight anions produce a reduced intensity of salt taste. Finally, toads also avoid concentrated solutions of a non-electrolyte, mannitol, which differs from NaCl solutions in not affecting transepithelial conductance and requires a longer time to depolarize the basolateral membrane. Osmotic stimuli may mediate sensory processes for longer term detection of conditions with low water potential while ionic stimuli are more important for shorter term analysis of rehydration sources.
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- S D Hillyard
- School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
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Costanzo JP, Lee RE. Urea loading enhances freezing survival and postfreeze recovery in a terrestrially hibernating frog. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 211:2969-75. [PMID: 18775934 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that urea, an osmolyte accumulated early in hibernation, functions as a cryoprotectant in the freeze-tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Relative to saline-treated, normouremic (10 micromol ml(-1)) frogs, individuals rendered hyperuremic (70 micromol ml(-1)) by administration of an aqueous urea solution exhibited significantly higher survival (100% versus 64%) following freezing at -4 degrees C, a potentially lethal temperature. Hyperuremic frogs also had lower plasma levels of intracellular proteins (lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase, hemoglobin), which presumably escaped from damaged cells, and more quickly recovered neurobehavioral functions following thawing. Experimental freezing-thawing did not alter tissue urea concentrations, but did elevate glucose levels in the blood and organs of all frogs. When measured 24 h after thawing commenced, glucose concentrations were markedly higher in urea-loaded frogs as compared to saline-treated ones, possibly because elevated urea retarded glucose clearance. Like other low-molecular-mass cryoprotectants, urea colligatively reduces both the amount of ice forming within the body and the osmotic dehydration of cells. In addition, by virtue of certain non-colligative properties, it may bestow additional protection from freeze-thaw damage not afforded by glucose.
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- Jon P Costanzo
- Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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Kristensen K, Koldkjaer P, Berenbrink M, Wang T. Oxygen-sensitive regulatory volume increase and Na transport in red blood cells from the cane toad,Bufo marinus. J Exp Biol 2007; 210:2290-9. [PMID: 17575034 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.002824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYThe red blood cells (RBCs) of cane toad, Bufo marinus, are only partially saturated with oxygen in most of the circulation due to cardiac shunts that cause desaturation of arterial blood. The present study examines the oxygen dependency of RBC ouabain-insensitive unidirectional Na transport,using 22Na, in control cells and in cells exposed to hyperosmotic shrinkage or the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol. Deoxygenation per se induced a slow, but significant Na influx, which was paralleled by a slow increase in RBC volume. Hyperosmotic shrinkage by a calculated 25% activated a robust Na influx that in the first 30 min had a strong PO2 dependency with maximal activation at low PO2 values and a P50of ∼5.5 kPa. This activation was completely abolished by the Na/H exchanger (NHE) inhibitor EIPA (10–4 mol l-1). Hyperosmotic shrinkage is particularly interesting in B. marinus as it withstands considerable elevation in extracellular osmolarity following dehydration. Parallel studies showed that deoxygenated B. marinusRBCs had a much faster regulatory volume increase (RVI) response than air-equilibrated RBCs, reflecting the difference in magnitude of Na influxes at the two PO2 values. The extent of RVI(∼60%) after 90 min, however, was similar under the two conditions,reflecting a more prolonged elevation of the shrinkage-induced Na influx in air-equilibrated RBCs. There were no significant differences in the ability to perform RVI between whole blood cells at a PCO2of 1 and 3 kPa or washed RBCs, and 10–4 mol l-1amiloride reduced the RVI under all conditions, whereas 10–5mol l-1 bumetanide had no effect. Isoproterenol(10–5 mol l-1) induced a significant and prolonged increase in an EIPA-sensitive and bumetanide-insensitive Na influx at low PO2 under iso-osmotic conditions, whilst there was no stimulation by isoproterenol for up to 45 min in air-equilibrated RBCs. The prolonged β-adrenergic activation of the Na influx at low PO2 is distinctly different from the rapid and transient stimulation in teleost RBCs, suggesting significant differences in the signal transduction pathways leading to transporter activation between vertebrate groups.
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Viborg AL, Rosenkilde P. Water Potential Receptors in the Skin Regulate Blood Perfusion in the Ventral Pelvic Patch of Toads. Physiol Biochem Zool 2004; 77:39-49. [PMID: 15057716 DOI: 10.1086/380212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Blood cell flux (BCF) in ventral pelvic skin capillaries was measured in conscious unrestrained Bufo bufo, using a laser Doppler flowcytometer. Hydrated toads responded to water contact with a small but significant increase in BCF. Dehydration alone did not change the BCF in seat patch skin before water contact. However, water contact by dehydrated toads elicited a rapid 600% increase in BCF. The BCF and water uptake of dehydrated toads rehydrating in water declined over 2 h but remained significantly above the low, constant values measured in hydrated toads. Arginine vasotocin injection in hydrated toads did not change skin BCF, but water uptake increased, and urine production decreased. Injection of the beta -adrenergic agonist isoproterenol increased BCF in hydrated toads by 900% and also increased the rate of water uptake. These increases corresponded in magnitude and duration to the response to water contact observed in dehydrated toads. Injection of dehydrated toads with the beta -adrenergic antagonist propranolol significantly reduced both BCF and water uptake. These results are consistent with an autonomic reflex mediated by skin water potential receptors that regulate blood perfusion of ventral pelvic skin.
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- A L Viborg
- Zoophysiological Laboratory, August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100, Copenhagen O, Denmark.
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Taylor K, Mayer LP, Propper CR. Intra- and extracellular dehydration-induced thirst-related behavior in an amphibian. Physiol Behav 1999; 65:717-21. [PMID: 10073473 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(98)00227-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The behavioral response to dehydration is critical to an animal's survival. Because of their permeable skin, amphibians are particularly sensitive to dehydrating conditions. We tested the hypothesis that different forms of dehydration induce water absorption response (WR) behavior in the desert spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchii. First, we determined the behavioral response to intracellular dehydration by treating fully hydrated toads with increasing concentrations of hypertonic solutions of NaCl or sucrose via intraperitoneal injection (i.p.). Animals that were treated to induce intracellular dehydration with either solute exhibited a significant increase in WR behavior compared to vehicle-treated controls. To distinguish that the response was a result of an increased osmotic gradient between the intra- and extracellular compartments, we treated fully hydrated animals i.p. with urea, which freely passes into the intracellular compartment and increases overall animal osmolarity. Urea treatment did not induce WR behavior. To determine the response to extracellular dehydration, the blood volume of fully hydrated toads was reduced via cardiac puncture, and the WR behavior was measured. Animals who had a reduction in blood volume exhibited a significant increase in WR behavior compared to sham-punctured controls. Our results are the first to demonstrate that multiple forms of dehydration can induce thirst-related behavior in amphibians.
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- K Taylor
- Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences, Flagstaff 86011, USA
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Schmuck R, Linsenmair KE. Regulation of body water balance in reedfrogs (superspecies Hyperolius viridiflavus and Hyperolius marmoratus: Amphibia, Anura, Hyperoliidae) living in unpredictably varying savannah environments. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 118:1335-52. [PMID: 9505437 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9629(97)86804-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The regulation of body water balance was examined in the reedfrogs Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus and Hyperolius viridiflavus ommatostictus. Temperature and stage of post-metamorphic development significantly affected the rate of water uptake. Hydrated reedfrogs prevented hyperhydration by voiding diluted urine when obtaining water. Within 48 hr after rehydration, body fluid osmolality remained at low levels, which may be supportive to counter excessive cutaneous water influx in hydrated frogs. Once evaporative water loss exceeded 10-12% total body mass, reedfrogs became anuric. The rate of water uptake strongly increased with increasing body water deficit. Both the anuric response and the increased rate of water uptake are assumed to strongly enhance the efficacy of using very briefly available water sources during dry-period conditions. Dry-adapted and estivating reedfrogs survived evaporative water losses between 40 and 55% total body mass. Bladder fluid stores contributed substantially to this desiccation tolerance. During a 16-day period of desiccation, H. v. ommatostictus could replace approximately 25% of evaporative water loss from the bladder fluid store. During desiccation, the level of free amino acids selectively increased in the gastrocnemius muscle tissue, which may support cell volume regulation and/or protect cellular structures from osmotic stresses. Even strongly dehydrated reedfrogs rehydrated quickly with no obvious osmoregulatory problem. Rehydration was associated with a higher than expected decrease of free amino acids in the gastrocnemius muscle tissue, a response that may help to protect cells from bursting during fast rehydration.
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- R Schmuck
- Theodor-Boveri-Institut Für Biowissenschaften (Biozentrum) Zoologie III, Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Würzburg, Germany
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McDevitt V, Kenedy A, Parsons RH. Empty bladder and dehydrated pelvic patch water uptake in Bufo marinus: inhibition by captopril. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 111:47-50. [PMID: 7735909 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)98518-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Dehydration (10.3 +/- 2.2%, N = 7) caused a significant increase in pelvic patch water uptake (Jv) from 875 +/- 86 (N = 21) to 2130 +/- 150 (N = 21) cm3.cm-2 x 10(-7), while the pectoral Jv increased from 258 +/- 31 (N = 21) to 545 +/- 75 (N = 21 cm3.cm-2 x 10(-7). Captopril inhibited the pelvic patch Jv in empty bladder toads decreasing the Jv from 978 +/- 45 (N = 27) to 607 +/- 38 (N = 27) cm3.cm-2 x 10(-7). In dehydrated toads (15 +/- 2%, N = 14), captopril reduced the pelvic patch Jv from 1807 +/- 213 (N = 21) to 957 +/- 91 (N = 21) cm3.cm-2 x 10(-7). Captopril injection decreased the blood pressure in dehydrated toads from 25.6 +/- 1.9 (N = 21) to 16.9 +/- 1.5 (N = 21) mmHg with no change in heart rate.
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- V McDevitt
- Department of Biology and Biophysics Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA
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Jørgensen CB, Larsen LO, Rosenkilde P. Water-balance response to salt loads in the toad Bufo bufo: independence of hypophysial pars nervosa function. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1993; 105:73-7. [PMID: 8099874 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(93)90175-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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1. In water, injection of 1 ml of 1 mol/l NaCl/100 g body mass increased the rates of cutaneous water uptake and reduced the rates of bladder urine accumulation both in unoperated and sham operated controls and in toads with denervated or extirpated neuro-intermediate lobe. 2. This initial antidiuretic effect of the salt load gradually changed to a diuretic effect, when the volume expansion caused by cutaneous water uptake overrode the effect of increased osmolarity. 3. In a saturated atmosphere, injections of 0.3 or 0.5 ml of 0.7 mol/l NaCl/toad (mean body mass 33 g) reduced urine accumulation. Only to the largest load was the antidiuretic response significantly smaller in the toads with denervated or extirpated neuro-intermediate lobe. 4. It is argued that the reduced antidiuretic response was due to interference with pars distalis function rather than caused by lack of pars nervosa function.
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- C B Jørgensen
- Zoophysiological Laboratory A, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Shpun S, Huffman J, Nevo E, Katz U. Is the distribution of Pelobates syriacus related to its limited osmoregulatory capacity? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(93)90185-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jørgensen CB. Role of pars nervosa of the hypophysis in amphibian water economy: a re-assessment. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1993; 104:1-21. [PMID: 8094651 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(93)90002-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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1. Responses in renal function and in water permeability of skin and bladder to wet and dry environments are accomplished within the range of normal hydration of the amphibian organism. 2. Urine production is discontinued at moderate dehydration. 3. Strong dehydration is needed to raise plasma arginine vasotocin (AVT). 4. Surgical interference with hypophysial function may repress water balance responses because of pars distalis dysfunction, with no clear effect of elimination of pars nervosa function. 5. Antidiuretic hormones, along with adrenergic agonists, may be potent stimulators of the water permeability of membranes of variable permeability, such as skin of terrestrial anurans. 6. AVT does not play a key role in amphibian water economy, but may exert a modulatory role in the control of renal function, secondary to nervous control.
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- C B Jørgensen
- Zoophysiological Laboratory A, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jørgensen CB. Effect of breeding state, moulting, dehydration, exposure to saturated atmosphere, and arginine vasotocin on cutaneous water permeability in the toad Bufo bufo. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1992; 88:50-61. [PMID: 1426963 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(92)90193-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cutaneous water permeability was assessed in hydrated male toads under a variety of conditions, including dehydration and rehydration, and the effects of exogenous arginine vasotocin (AVT) were determined. Cutaneous water permeability (the rate of water uptake by toads in water) was high in toads collected in the breeding pond and declined steeply during the first week, coincident with reduced activity of the cutaneous mucus glands. The slopes of the dose-response curves relating AVT to cutaneous water influx were about the same at the transition from the breeding to the nonbreeding state, but the level of influx was higher in the breeding state. The dose-response relationship in long-term terrestrial-acclimated toads was similar to that in water-acclimated toads. The threshold dose for effect on the cutaneous water permeability was about 1 ng AVT. Dehydration had a substantially greater effect on the cutaneous water permeability than AVT. The ratio between dehydration and AVT responses tended to increase with increasing water transport capacity of the skin. Moulting and acclimation to a saturated atmosphere in fully hydrated toads more than doubled the water permeability and abolished the response to AVT. It is suggested that AVT and other factors increase the cutaneous water permeability by similar mechanisms, such as insertion of water channels in the apical membrane of the epidermal cells. The effect of AVT on the toad skin is interpreted as reflecting the general high potency of neurohypophysial hormones in stimulating the water permeability of membranes of variable permeability.
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- C B Jørgensen
- Zoophysiological Laboratory A, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Parsons RH, Mobin F. Water Flow across the Pectoral and Ventral Pelvic Patch inRana catesbeiana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1086/physzool.64.3.30158208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jørgensen CB. Water and salt balance at low temperature in a cold temperate zone anuran, the toad Bufo Bufo. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 100:377-84. [PMID: 1685960 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90487-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- C B Jørgensen
- Zoophysiological Laboratory A, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen, Dnemark
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Parsons RH, Thorn LM, Salerno SM, Petronis S. Salt-Load Effects on Osmotic Water Flow, Tritiated Water Diffusion, and the Cardiovascular System in Rana pipiens and Rana catesbeiana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1086/physzool.63.3.30156229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Adaptations of the reed frog Hyperolius viridiflavus (Amphibia, Anura, Hyperoliidae) to its arid environment. Oecologia 1988; 77:327-338. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00378038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/1988] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Adrenergic effectors were shown to play a major role in increasing cutaneous water uptake (the hydroosmotic response) in dehydrated anurans. A beta-adrenergic antagonist, propranolol, blocked 61% of the cutaneous response to dehydration and 67% of the response elicited by salt loading in the toad Bufo cognatus. A beta-adrenergic agonist, isoproterenol, elicited a response in normally hydrated animals equal to the propranolol-sensitive portion of the cutaneous hydroosmotic response of dehydrated animals. The isoproterenol-induced cutaneous water balance response in hydrated animals greatly exceeded the response induced by arginine vasotocin, the endogenous antidiuretic hormone.
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Sham JS, Wong VC, Chiu KW, Pang PK. Blood pressure homeostasis in Rana catesbeiana under normal and hypovolemic conditions. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C, COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY 1984; 79:301-4. [PMID: 6151457 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(84)90204-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effects of phentolamine, KBIV24 and captopril on the mean arterial blood pressure of normal and treated (dehydration, hemorrhage) frogs were determined. Hemorrhage but not dehydration led to a decrease in MAP. Only phentolamine attentuated MAP in both normal and treated frogs. KBIV24 and captopril were ineffective. It was concluded that the blood pressure of frogs is regulated by catecholamine. Neither arginine vasotocin nor the renin-angiotensin system play any role in blood pressure homeostasis in normal and hypovolemic conditions.
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Hillyard SD. The effect of isoproterenol on the anuran water balance response. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C: COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY 1979; 62C:93-5. [PMID: 38049 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4492(79)90105-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Brown PS, Brown SC. Water balance responses to dehydration and neurohypophysial peptides in the salamander, Notophthalmus viridescens. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1977; 31:189-201. [PMID: 844677 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(77)90017-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Jungreis AM. Partition of excretory nitrogen in amphibia. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1976; 53:133-41. [PMID: 2408 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9629(76)80043-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Water and Energy Relations of Terrestrial Amphibians: Insights from Mechanistic Modeling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1975. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-87810-7_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Hillman SS. The effect of arginine vasopressin on water and sodium balance in the urodele amphibian Aneides lugubris. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1974; 24:74-82. [PMID: 4416179 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(74)90143-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Jungreis AM. Seasonal effects of dehydration in air on urea production in the frog Rana pipiens. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1974; 47:39-50. [PMID: 4149019 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(74)90049-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Warburg MR. On the water economy of Israel amphibians; the anurans. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1971; 40:911-24. [PMID: 4400099 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(71)90280-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Jungreis AM. Seasonal effects of hyper-osmotic sodium chloride on urea production in the frog, Rana pipiens. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1971; 178:403-13. [PMID: 5315656 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1401780317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Middler SA, Kleeman CR, Edwards E, Brody D. Effect of adenohypophysectomy on salt and water metabolism of the toad Bufo marinus with studies on hormonal replacement. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1969; 12:290-304. [PMID: 5779821 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(69)90201-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Ackrill P, Hornby R, Thomas S. Responses of Rana temporaria and Rana esculenta to prolonged exposure to a saline environment. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1969; 28:1317-29. [PMID: 5786829 DOI: 10.1016/0010-406x(69)90569-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Wingstrand KG, Jorgensen CB, Rosenkilde P. Role of the preoptic-neurohypophysial system in the water economy of the toad, Bufo bufo L. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1969; 12:91-8. [PMID: 5765447 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(69)90141-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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McClanahan L, Baldwin R. Rate of water uptake through the integument of the desert toad, Bufo punctatus. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1969; 28:381-9. [PMID: 5777385 DOI: 10.1016/0010-406x(69)91351-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Middler SA, Kleeman CR, Edwards E. The influence of hypovolemia and curarization on the reabsorption of water from the intact urinary bladder of the toad, Bufo marinus. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1968; 25:335-41. [PMID: 5657209 DOI: 10.1016/0010-406x(68)90941-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Shoemaker VH, Waring H. Effect of hypothalamic lesions on the water-balance response of a toad (Bufo marinus). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1968; 24:47-54. [PMID: 5645521 DOI: 10.1016/0010-406x(68)90956-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Unsworth BR, Crook EM. The effect of water shortage on the nitrogen metabolism of Xenopus laevis. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1967; 23:831-45. [PMID: 6079420 DOI: 10.1016/0010-406x(67)90345-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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