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Vornanen M. Feeling the heat: source–sink mismatch as a mechanism underlying the failure of thermal tolerance. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:223/16/jeb225680. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.225680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A mechanistic explanation for the tolerance limits of animals at high temperatures is still missing, but one potential target for thermal failure is the electrical signaling off cells and tissues. With this in mind, here I review the effects of high temperature on the electrical excitability of heart, muscle and nerves, and refine a hypothesis regarding high temperature-induced failure of electrical excitation and signal transfer [the temperature-dependent deterioration of electrical excitability (TDEE) hypothesis]. A central tenet of the hypothesis is temperature-dependent mismatch between the depolarizing ion current (i.e. source) of the signaling cell and the repolarizing ion current (i.e. sink) of the receiving cell, which prevents the generation of action potentials (APs) in the latter. A source–sink mismatch can develop in heart, muscles and nerves at high temperatures owing to opposite effects of temperature on source and sink currents. AP propagation is more likely to fail at the sites of structural discontinuities, including electrically coupled cells, synapses and branching points of nerves and muscle, which impose an increased demand of inward current. At these sites, temperature-induced source–sink mismatch can reduce AP frequency, resulting in low-pass filtering or a complete block of signal transmission. In principle, this hypothesis can explain a number of heat-induced effects, including reduced heart rate, reduced synaptic transmission between neurons and reduced impulse transfer from neurons to muscles. The hypothesis is equally valid for ectothermic and endothermic animals, and for both aquatic and terrestrial species. Importantly, the hypothesis is strictly mechanistic and lends itself to experimental falsification.
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- Matti Vornanen
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences , University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
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Tripp-Valdez MA, Bock C, Lannig G, Koschnick N, Pörtner HO, Lucassen M. Assessment of muscular energy metabolism and heat shock response of the green abalone Haliotis fulgens (Gastropoda: Philipi) at extreme temperatures combined with acute hypoxia and hypercapnia. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 227:1-11. [PMID: 30195088 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The interaction between ocean warming, hypoxia and hypercapnia, suggested by climate projections, may push an organism earlier to the limits of its thermal tolerance window. In a previous study on juveniles of green abalone (Haliotis fulgens), combined exposure to hypoxia and hypercapnia during heat stress induced a lowered critical thermal maximum (CTmax), indicated by constrained oxygen consumption, muscular spams and loss of attachment. Thus, the present study investigated the cell physiology in foot muscle of H. fulgens juveniles exposed to acute warming (18 °C to 32 °C at +3 °C day-1) under hypoxia (50% air saturation) and hypercapnia (~1000 μatm PCO2), alone and in combination, to decipher the mechanisms leading to functional loss in this tissue. Under exposure to either hypoxia or hypercapnia, citrate synthase (CS) activity decreased with initial warming, in line with thermal compensation, but returned to control levels at 32 °C. The anaerobic enzymes lactate and tauropine dehydrogenase increased only under hypoxia at 32 °C. Under the combined treatment, CS overcame thermal compensation and remained stable overall, indicating active mitochondrial regulation under these conditions. Limited accumulation of anaerobic metabolites indicates unchanged mode of energy production. In all treatments, upregulation of Hsp70 mRNA was observed already at 30 °C. However, lack of evidence for Hsp70 protein accumulation provides only limited support to thermal denaturation of proteins. We conclude that under combined hypoxia and hypercapnia, metabolic depression allowed the H. fulgens musculature to retain an aerobic mode of metabolism in response to warming but may have contributed to functional loss.
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- Miguel A Tripp-Valdez
- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany; University Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359, Germany
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Díaz F, Denisse Re A, Salas A, Galindo-Sanchez CE, Gonzalez MA, Sanchez A, Rosas C. Behavioral thermoregulation and critical thermal limits of giant keyhole limpet Megathura crenulata (Sowerby 1825) (Mollusca; Vetigastropoda). J Therm Biol 2015; 54:133-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Noyola Regil J, Mascaro M, Díaz F, Denisse Re A, Sánchez-Zamora A, Caamal-Monsreal C, Rosas C. Thermal biology of prey (Melongena corona bispinosa, Strombus pugilis, Callinectes similis, Libinia dubia) and predators (Ocyurus chrysurus, Centropomus undecimalis) of Octopus maya from the Yucatan Peninsula. J Therm Biol 2015; 53:151-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hyde D, Pearson T, Qari S, Bowler K. Adaptive considerations of temperature dependence of neuromuscular function in two species of summer- and winter-caught Crab (Carcinus maenas and Cancer pagurus). J Comp Physiol B 2015; 185:629-36. [PMID: 25994492 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0912-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine seasonal differences in the temperature dependence of neuromuscular parameters of the dactylopodite walking leg closer muscle in two species of freshly caught summer and winter decapod crabs. The relatively stenothermal Cancer pagurus (Cp) and eurythermal Carcinus maenas (Cm) muscle resting potential (RP) hyperpolarised significantly with increasing experimental temperature. The muscle RP in Cm was seasonally dependent at acute temperatures above 20 °C whereas in Cp no seasonal effect was observed. The latent period of the muscle excitatory junction potential (EJP) following tonic motor nerve stimulation was significantly longer in winter-caught crabs in both species, although the effect was significantly more marked in Cp than Cm. Summer-caught Cp had larger excitatory junction potentials (EJPs) than did winter-caught crabs, a seasonal effect not seen in Cm. In contrast, marked seasonal differences were found in the EJP decay time constant in Cm having significantly longer time constants in winter-caught crabs, where no seasonal difference was found in Cp. These results suggest that different seasonal effects of neuromuscular parameters between Cm and Cp may reflect different strategies of response to their different seasonal temperature environments.
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- D Hyde
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK,
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Thermopreference, tolerance and metabolic rate of early stages juvenile Octopus maya acclimated to different temperatures. J Therm Biol 2013; 38:14-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Combined effect of temperature and salinity on the Thermotolerance and osmotic pressure of juvenile white shrimp litopenaeus vannamei (Boone). J Therm Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Wittmann AC, Pörtner HO, Sartoris FJ. A role for oxygen delivery and extracellular magnesium in limiting cold tolerance of the sub-antarctic stone crab Paralomis granulosa? Physiol Biochem Zool 2012; 85:285-98. [PMID: 22494984 DOI: 10.1086/665328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A low capacity for regulation of extracellular Mg(2+) has been proposed to exclude reptant marine decapod crustaceans from temperatures below 0°C and thus to exclude them from the high Antarctic. To test this hypothesis and to elaborate the underlying mechanisms in the most cold-tolerant reptant decapod family of the sub-Antarctic, the Lithodidae, thermal tolerance was determined in the crab Paralomis granulosa (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) using an acute stepwise temperature protocol (-1°, 1°, 4°, 7°, 10°, and 13°C). Arterial and venous oxygen partial pressures (Po(2)) in hemolymph, heartbeat and ventilation beat frequencies, and hemolymph cation composition were measured at rest and after a forced activity (righting) trial. Scopes for heartbeat and ventilation beat frequencies and intermittent heartbeat and scaphognathite beat rates at rest were evaluated. Hemolymph [Mg(2+)] was experimentally reduced from 30 mmol L(-1) to a level naturally observed in Antarctic caridean shrimps (12 mmol L(-1)) to investigate whether the animals remain more active and tolerant to cold (-1°, 1°, and 4°C). In natural seawater, righting speed was significantly slower at -1° and 13°C, compared with acclimation temperature (4°C). Arterial and venous hemolymph Po(2) increased in response to cooling even though heartbeat and ventilation beat frequencies as well as scopes decreased. At rest, ionic composition of the hemolymph was not affected by temperature. Activity induced a significant increase in hemolymph [K(+)] at -1° and 1°C. Reduction of hemolymph [Mg(2+)] did not result in an increase in activity, an increase in heartbeat and ventilation beat frequencies, or a shift in thermal tolerance to lower temperatures. In conclusion, oxygen delivery in this cold-water crustacean was not acutely limiting cold tolerance, and animals may have been constrained more by their functional capacity and motility. In contrast to earlier findings in temperate and subpolar brachyuran crabs, these constraints remained insensitive to changing Mg(2+) levels.
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- Astrid C Wittmann
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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Hyde D, Qari S, Hopkin R, Bowler K. Thermal acclimation, heat shock and photoperiod: Do these factors interplay in the adaptive responses of crab neuromuscular systems to temperature? J Therm Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Diaz F, Salas A, Denisse Re A, Gonzalez M, Reyes I. Thermal preference and tolerance of Megastrea (Lithopoma) undosa (Wood, 1828; Gastropoda: Turbinidae). J Therm Biol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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González RA, Díaz F, Licea A, Denisse Re A, Noemí Sánchez L, García-Esquivel Z. Thermal preference, tolerance and oxygen consumption of adult white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) exposed to different acclimation temperatures. J Therm Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hamilton JL, Edwards CR, Holt SR, Worden MK. Temperature dependent modulation of lobster neuromuscular properties by serotonin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 210:1025-35. [PMID: 17337715 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In cold-blooded species the efficacy of neuromuscular function depends both on the thermal environmental of the animal's habitat and on the concentrations of modulatory hormones circulating within the animal's body. The goal of this study is to examine how temperature variation within an ecologically relevant range affects neuromuscular function and its modulation by the neurohormone serotonin (5-HT) in Homarus americanus, a lobster species that inhabits a broad thermal range in the wild. The synaptic strength of the excitatory and inhibitory motoneurons innervating the lobster dactyl opener muscle depends on temperature, with the strongest neurally evoked muscle movements being elicited at cold (<5 degrees C) temperatures. However, whereas neurally evoked contractions can be elicited over the entire temperature range from 2 to >20 degrees C, neurally evoked relaxations of resting muscle tension are effective only at colder temperatures at which the inhibitory junction potentials are hyperpolarizing in polarity. 5-HT has two effects on inhibitory synaptic signals: it potentiates their amplitude and also shifts the temperature at which they reverse polarity by approximately +7 degrees C. Thus 5-HT both potentiates neurally evoked relaxations of the muscle and increases the temperature range over which neurally evoked muscle relaxations can be elicited. Neurally evoked contractions are maximally potentiated by 5-HT at warm (18 degrees C) temperatures; however, 5-HT enhances excitatory junction potentials in a temperature-independent manner. Finally, 5-HT strongly increases resting muscle tension at the coldest extent of the temperature range tested (2 degrees C) but is ineffective at 22 degrees C. These data demonstrate that 5-HT elicits several temperature-dependent physiological changes in the passive and active responses of muscle to neural input. The overall effect of 5-HT is to increase the temperature range over which neurally evoked motor movements can be elicited in this neuromuscular system.
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- Jonna L Hamilton
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health Science Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0230, USA
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Denisse Re A, Díaz F, Valdez G. Effect of salinity on the thermoregulatory behavior of juvenile blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris Stimpson. J Therm Biol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Powell ML, Watts SA. Effect of temperature acclimation on metabolism and hemocyanin binding affinities in two crayfish, Procambarus clarkii and Procambarus zonangulus. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 144:211-7. [PMID: 16647285 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2005] [Revised: 02/21/2006] [Accepted: 02/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Procambarus clarkii and Procambarus zonangulus are two of the most widespread crayfish species in North America. In regions where their ranges overlap species composition can vary greatly. The physiological basis for this variable species composition is unknown. Temperature and oxygen level are two parameters that vary in shallow water habitats. We examined the metabolic rate and hemocyanin binding affinities in relation to thermal history. Temperature acclimation did not have the predicted effect on metabolic rate. Acclimation to high temperature (30 degrees C) decreased metabolic rate at 35 degrees C for both species. Low temperature acclimation (10 degrees C) resulted in 20% mortality in P. clarkii and 100% mortality in P. zonangulus when exposed to 35 degrees C. The range of P. clarkii is known to extend farther south than that of P. zonangulus, and this response may be a consequence of adaptations to higher temperatures in this range. Hemocyanin binding affinity was directly affected by assay and acclimation temperature. The highest P(50) values were recorded for crayfish of both species acclimated to 10 degrees C and assayed at 30 degrees C. There was also a shift in the isoelectric points of hemolymph proteins (possibly due to structural changes) that correlated with and an increase in the hemocyanin binding affinity following acclimation to high temperatures (30 degrees C) in both species.
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- Mickie L Powell
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA.
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Zamir O, Charlton MP. Cholesterol and synaptic transmitter release at crayfish neuromuscular junctions. J Physiol 2005; 571:83-99. [PMID: 16339182 PMCID: PMC1805643 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.098319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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During exocytosis of synaptic transmitters, the fusion of highly curved synaptic vesicle membranes with the relatively planar cell membrane requires the coordinated action of several proteins. The role of membrane lipids in the regulation of transmitter release is less well understood. Since it helps to control membrane fluidity, alteration of cholesterol content may alter the fusibility of membranes as well as the function of membrane proteins. We assayed the importance of cholesterol in transmitter release at crayfish neuromuscular junctions where action potentials can be measured in the preterminal axon. Methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) depleted axons of cholesterol, as shown by reduced filipin labelling, and cholesterol was replenished by cholesterol-MbetaCD complex (Ch-MbetaCD). MbetaCD blocked evoked synaptic transmission. The lack of postsynaptic effects of MbetaCD on the time course and amplitude of spontaneous postsynaptic potentials or on muscle resting potential allowed us to focus on presynaptic mechanisms. Intracellular presynaptic axon recordings and focal extracellular recordings at individual boutons showed that failure of transmitter release was correlated with presynaptic hyperpolarization and failure of action potential propagation. All of these effects were reversed when cholesterol was replenished with Ch-MbetaCD. However, focal depolarization of presynaptic boutons and administration of a Ca2+ ionophore both triggered transmitter release after cholesterol depletion. Therefore, both presynaptic Ca2+ channels and Ca2+-dependent exocytosis functioned after cholesterol depletion. The frequency of spontaneous quantal transmitter release was increased by MbetaCD but recovered when cholesterol was reintroduced. The increase in spontaneous release was not through a calcium-dependent mechanism because it persisted with intense intracellular calcium chelation. In conclusion, cholesterol levels in the presynaptic membrane modulate several key properties of synaptic transmitter release.
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- Orit Zamir
- Physiology Department, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Room 3308, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S1A8
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Effect of salinity and temperature on thermal tolerance of brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus (Ives) (Crustacea, Penaeidae). J Therm Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pearson T, Hyde D, Bowler K. Heterologous acclimation: a novel approach to the study of thermal acclimation in the crab Cancer pagurus. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:R24-30. [PMID: 10409254 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.1.r24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The control of the attainment of acclimation in Cancer pagurus has been studied. Homologous (8 or 22 degrees C) and heterologous acclimation [central nervous system (CNS) and periphery of crabs simultaneously held at 8 or 22 degrees C] were used. The dependence of electrophysiological parameters of dactylopodite closer muscles of walking legs on nerve stimulation was determined between 6 and 26 degrees C. Muscle resting potential (RP) hyperpolarized linearly with increasing measurement temperatures and showed a 69% compensation between 8 and 22 degrees C on homologous acclimation. With the CNS temperature constant at 8 degrees C, the leg muscle RP showed a 72% compensation on heterologous acclimation to 8 and 22 degrees C; when CNS temperature was constant at 22 degrees C, leg muscle RP showed a 48% compensation on heterologous acclimation to 8 and 22 degrees C. In homologous acclimation, the shape of the excitatory junction potential vs. temperature relationship was characteristic of acclimation temperature. In heterologous acclimation, the shape of this plot was related to the temperature experienced by the leg and not by the CNS. Thus acclimation was principally dependent on local tissue temperature and was relatively independent of CNS or hormonal influences.
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- T Pearson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Effect of the critical thermal maximum on the preferred temperatures of Ictalurus punctatus exposed to constant and fluctuating temperatures. J Therm Biol 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4565(99)00005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hernández Rodríguez M, Bückle Ramirez L, Díaz Herrera F. Critical thermal maximum of Macrobrachium tenellum. J Therm Biol 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0306-4565(95)00039-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kling KB, Costanzo JP, Lee RE. Post-freeze recovery of peripheral nerve function in the freeze-tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica. J Comp Physiol B 1994; 164:316-20. [PMID: 7962786 DOI: 10.1007/bf00346449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We investigated the restoration in peripheral nerve function and simple neurobehavioral reflexes in the freeze-tolerant wood frog (Rana sylvatica). Thirty-two specimens, allowed to freeze for 39 h and ultimately cooled to -2.2 degrees C, were sampled at various time intervals up to 60 h after thawing at 5 degrees C was initiated. The sciatic nerves of treated frogs were initially unresponsive to stimulation, but usually regained excitability within 5 h. Except for a slight reduction in nerve excitability, characteristics of the compound action potentials of treated frogs were indistinguishable from those of control frogs. Recovery times for the hindlimb retraction and righting reflexes were 8 h and 14 h, respectively. Concentrations of the cryoprotectant glucose increased 8.2-fold in the sciatic nerve and 10.5-fold in the underlying semimembranosis muscle of treated frogs, and remained elevated for at least 60 h after thawing was initiated. These organs lost 47.2% and 15.9%, respectively, of their water during freezing, but were rehydrated within 2 h of the onset of thawing. The accumulation of glucose and the withdrawal of tissue water apparently are cryoprotective responses which enable this species to survive freezing.
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- K B Kling
- Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
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The cellular stress response protects organisms from damage resulting from exposure to a wide variety of stressors, including elevated temperatures, ultraviolet (UV) light, trace metals, and xenobiotics. The stress response entails the rapid synthesis of a suite of proteins referred to as stress proteins, or heat-shock proteins, upon exposure to adverse environmental conditions. These proteins are highly conserved and have been found in organisms as diverse as bacteria, molluscs, and humans. In this review, we discuss the stress response in aquatic organisms from an environmental perspective. Our current understanding of the cellular functions of stress proteins is examined within the context of their role in repair and protection from environmentally induced damage, acquired tolerance, and environmental adaptation. The tissue specificity of the response and its significance relative to target organ toxicity also are addressed. In addition, the usefulness of using the stress response as a diagnostic in environmental toxicology is evaluated. From the studies discussed in this review, it is apparent that stress proteins are involved in organismal adaptation to both natural and anthropogenic environmental stress, and that further research using this focus will make important contributions to both environmental physiology and ecotoxicology.
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- B M Sanders
- Molecular Ecology Institute, California State University, Long Beach 90840
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Macdonald AG. The homeoviscous theory of adaptation applied to excitable membranes: a critical evaluation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1031:291-310. [PMID: 2171657 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(90)90014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- A G Macdonald
- Department of Physiology, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, U.K
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Blundon JA. Effects of temperature and thermal history on neuromuscular properties of two crustacean species. J Comp Physiol B 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00693006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Stephens PJ. The effects of temperature and ethanol on the properties of the fast excitatory axon to the crab limb bender muscle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(88)91126-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Heat hardening in response to two types of heat shock in the lungless salamanders Eurycea bislineata and Desmognathus ochrophaeus. J Therm Biol 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/0306-4565(87)90010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Stephens PJ. Temperature effects on a slow-crustacean neuromuscular system. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 82:591-5. [PMID: 2866880 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(85)90438-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The membrane potential of the E2 axon and the bender muscle fibers increased with temperature. The input resistance of the axon, the spike amplitude and time course declined with temperature. Excitatory junctional potentials (ejps) exhibited maximum amplitudes and minimum facilitation at about the same temperature. Ejp time course and muscle membrane input resistance declined with temperature. Tension produced by the muscle also declined but then increased when additional spikes were generated in the periphery of the E2 axon.
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