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Negrete B, Ackerly KL, Esbaugh AJ. Implications of chronic hypoxia during development in red drum. J Exp Biol 2024; 227:jeb247618. [PMID: 39092456 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.247618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
Abstract
Respiratory plasticity is a beneficial response to chronic hypoxia in fish. Red drum, a teleost that commonly experiences hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, have shown respiratory plasticity following sublethal hypoxia exposure as juveniles, but implications of hypoxia exposure during development are unknown. We exposed red drum embryos to hypoxia (40% air saturation) or normoxia (100% air saturation) for 3 days post fertilization (dpf). This time frame encompasses hatch and exogenous feeding. At 3 dpf, there was no difference in survival or changes in size. After the 3-day hypoxia exposure, all larvae were moved and reared in common normoxic conditions. Fish were reared for ∼3 months and effects of the developmental hypoxia exposure on swim performance and whole-animal aerobic metabolism were measured. We used a cross design wherein fish from normoxia (N=24) were exercised in swim tunnels in both hypoxia (40%, n=12) and normoxia (100%, n=12) conditions, and likewise for hypoxia-exposed fish (n=10 in each group). Oxygen consumption, critical swim speed (Ucrit), critical oxygen threshold (Pcrit) and mitochondrial respiration were measured. Hypoxia-exposed fish had higher aerobic scope, maximum metabolic rate, and higher liver mitochondrial efficiency relative to control fish in normoxia. Interestingly, hypoxia-exposed fish showed increased hypoxia sensitivity (higher Pcrit) and recruited burst swimming at lower swim speeds relative to control fish. These data provide evidence that early hypoxia exposure leads to a complex response in later life.
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- Benjamin Negrete
- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaV6T 1Z4
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- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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De Boeck G, Lardon I, Eyckmans M, Vu TN, Laukens K, Dommisse R, Wood CM. Spiny dogfish, Squalus suckleyi, shows a good tolerance for hypoxia but need long recovery times. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 12:coae054. [PMID: 39139733 PMCID: PMC11320369 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coae054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Pacific spiny dogfish, Squalus suckleyi, move to shallow coastal waters during critical reproductive life stages and are thus at risk of encountering hypoxic events which occur more frequently in these areas. For effective conservation management, we need to fully understand the consequences of hypoxia on marine key species such as elasmobranchs. Because of their benthic life style, we hypothesized that S. suckleyi are hypoxia tolerant and able to efficiently regulate oxygen consumption, and that anaerobic metabolism is supported by a broad range of metabolites including ketones, fatty acids and amino acids. Therefore, we studied oxygen consumption rates, ventilation frequency and amplitude, blood gasses, acid-base regulation, and changes in plasma and tissue metabolites during progressive hypoxia. Our results show that critical oxygen levels (P crit) where oxyregulation is lost were indeed low (18.1% air saturation or 28.5 Torr at 13°C). However, many dogfish behaved as oxyconformers rather than oxyregulators. Arterial blood PO2 levels mostly decreased linearly with decreasing environmental PO2. Blood gases and acid-base status were dependent on open versus closed respirometry but in both set-ups ventilation frequency increased. Hypoxia below Pcrit resulted in an up-regulation of anaerobic glycolysis, as evidenced by increased lactate levels in all tissues except brain. Elasmobranchs typically rely on ketone bodies as oxidative substrates, and decreased concentrations of acetoacetate and β-hydroxybutyrate were observed in white muscle of hypoxic and/or recovering fish. Furthermore, reductions in isoleucine, glutamate, glutamine and other amino acids were observed. After 6 hours of normoxic recovery, changes persisted and only lactate returned to normal in most tissues. This emphasizes the importance of using suitable bioindicators adjusted to preferred metabolic pathways of the target species in conservation physiology. We conclude that Pacific spiny dogfish can tolerate severe transient hypoxic events, but recovery is slow and negative impacts can be expected when hypoxia persists.
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- Gudrun De Boeck
- ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, 100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield BC V0R 1B0, Canada
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- ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, 100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield BC V0R 1B0, Canada
- INVE Aquaculture, Hoogveld 93, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium
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- ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, 100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield BC V0R 1B0, Canada
- Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Adrem Data Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, 171 65 Solna, Sweden
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- Adrem Data Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, 100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield BC V0R 1B0, Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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Waller MJ, Humphries NE, Womersley FC, Loveridge A, Jeffries AL, Watanabe Y, Payne N, Semmens J, Queiroz N, Southall EJ, Sims DW. The vulnerability of sharks, skates, and rays to ocean deoxygenation: Physiological mechanisms, behavioral responses, and ecological impacts. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2024; 105:482-511. [PMID: 38852616 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Levels of dissolved oxygen in open ocean and coastal waters are decreasing (ocean deoxygenation), with poorly understood effects on marine megafauna. All of the more than 1000 species of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) are obligate water breathers, with a variety of life-history strategies and oxygen requirements. This review demonstrates that although many elasmobranchs typically avoid hypoxic water, they also appear capable of withstanding mild to moderate hypoxia with changes in activity, ventilatory responses, alterations to circulatory and hematological parameters, and morphological alterations to gill structures. However, such strategies may be insufficient to withstand severe, progressive, or prolonged hypoxia or anoxia where anaerobic metabolic pathways may be used for limited periods. As water temperatures increase with climate warming, ectothermic elasmobranchs will exhibit elevated metabolic rates and are likely to be less able to tolerate the effects of even mild hypoxia associated with deoxygenation. As a result, sustained hypoxic conditions in warmer coastal or surface-pelagic waters are likely to lead to shifts in elasmobranch distributions. Mass mortalities of elasmobranchs linked directly to deoxygenation have only rarely been observed but are likely underreported. One key concern is how reductions in habitat volume as a result of expanding hypoxia resulting from deoxygenation will influence interactions between elasmobranchs and industrial fisheries. Catch per unit of effort of threatened pelagic sharks by longline fisheries, for instance, has been shown to be higher above oxygen minimum zones compared to adjacent, normoxic regions, and attributed to vertical habitat compression of sharks overlapping with increased fishing effort. How a compound stressor such as marine heatwaves alters vulnerability to deoxygenation remains an open question. With over a third of elasmobranch species listed as endangered, a priority for conservation and management now lies in understanding and mitigating ocean deoxygenation effects in addition to population declines already occurring from overfishing.
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- Matt J Waller
- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institue for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS, Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal
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- Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Negrete B, Ackerly KL, Dichiera AM, Esbaugh AJ. Respiratory plasticity improves aerobic performance in hypoxia in a marine teleost. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 849:157880. [PMID: 35944637 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ocean deoxygenation is a pressing concern in the face of climate change. In response to prolonged hypoxia, fishes have demonstrated the ability to dynamically regulate hemoglobin (Hb) expression to enhance oxygen (O2) uptake. Here, we examined hypoxia-inducible Hb expression in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and the subsequent implications on Hb-O2 binding affinity and aerobic scope. Fish were acclimated to 30 % air saturation for 1 d, 4 d, 8 d, 2 w, or 6 w, and red blood cells were collected for gene expression and biochemical profiling. Hypoxia acclimation induced significant up-regulation of one Hb subunit isoform (hbα 2) relative to control by 4 d with consistent upregulation thereafter. Hematocrit increased in hypoxia, with no changes in the allosteric modulator [NTP] at any time point. Changes in Hb expression co-occurred with a reduced Root effect (~26 % in normoxia, ~14 % in hypoxia) at a physiologically relevant pH while increasing O2 binding affinity (i.e., lower P50). These changes correlated with increased maximum metabolic rate and aerobic scope relative to controls when fish were tested in hypoxia. These results demonstrate an important role for Hb multiplicity in improving O2 affinity and maximizing respiratory performance in hypoxia.
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- Benjamin Negrete
- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA.
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- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA; Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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Bouyoucos IA, Trujillo JE, Weideli OC, Nakamura N, Mourier J, Planes S, Simpfendorfer CA, Rummer JL. Investigating links between thermal tolerance and oxygen supply capacity in shark neonates from a hyperoxic tropical environment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 782:146854. [PMID: 33853007 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Temperature and oxygen limit the distribution of marine ectotherms. Haematological traits underlying blood-oxygen carrying capacity are thought to be correlated with thermal tolerance in certain fishes, and this relationship is hypothesised to be explained by oxygen supply capacity. We tested this hypothesis using reef shark neonates as experimental models because they live near their upper thermal limits and are physiologically sensitive to low oxygen conditions. We first described in situ associations between temperature and oxygen at the study site (Moorea, French Polynesia) and found that the habitats for reef shark neonates (Carcharhinus melanopterus and Negaprion acutidens) were hyperoxic at the maximum recorded temperatures. Next, we tested for in situ associations between thermal habitat characteristics and haematological traits of neonates. Contrary to predictions, we only demonstrated a negative association between haemoglobin concentration and maximum habitat temperatures in C. melanopterus. Next, we tested for ex situ associations between critical thermal maximum (CTMax) and haematological traits, but only demonstrated a negative association between haematocrit and CTMax in C. melanopterus. Finally, we measured critical oxygen tension (pcrit) ex situ and estimated its temperature sensitivity to predict oxygen-dependent values of CTMax. Estimated temperature sensitivity of pcrit was similar to reported values for sharks and skates, and predicted values for CTMax equalled maximum habitat temperatures. These data demonstrate unique associations between haematological traits and thermal tolerance in a reef shark that are likely not explained by oxygen supply capacity. However, a relationship between oxygen supply capacity and thermal tolerance remains to be demonstrated empirically.
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- Ian A Bouyoucos
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia; PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France.
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- Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France; Laboratoire d'Excellence "CORAIL", EPHE, PSL Research University, UPVD, CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia; Université de Corse Pasquale Paoli, UMS 3514 Plateforme Marine Stella Mare, 20620 Biguglia, France
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France; Laboratoire d'Excellence "CORAIL", EPHE, PSL Research University, UPVD, CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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Esbaugh AJ, Ackerly KL, Dichiera AM, Negrete B. Is hypoxia vulnerability in fishes a by-product of maximum metabolic rate? J Exp Biol 2021; 224:269306. [PMID: 34184035 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.232520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The metabolic index concept combines metabolic data and known thermal sensitivities to estimate the factorial aerobic scope of animals in different habitats, which is valuable for understanding the metabolic demands that constrain species' geographical distributions. An important assumption of this concept is that the O2 supply capacity (which is equivalent to the rate of oxygen consumption divided by the environmental partial pressure of oxygen: ) is constant at O2 tensions above the critical O2 threshold (i.e. the where O2 uptake can no longer meet metabolic demand). This has led to the notion that hypoxia vulnerability is not a selected trait, but a by-product of selection on maximum metabolic rate. In this Commentary, we explore whether this fundamental assumption is supported among fishes. We provide evidence that O2 supply capacity is not constant in all fishes, with some species exhibiting an elevated O2 supply capacity in hypoxic environments. We further discuss the divergent selective pressures on hypoxia- and exercise-based cardiorespiratory adaptations in fishes, while also considering the implications of a hypoxia-optimized O2 supply capacity for the metabolic index concept.
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- Andrew J Esbaugh
- University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA
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Toro-Chacon J, Tickell F, González R, Victoriano PF, Fernández-Urruzola I, Urbina MA. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolic scaling in the burrowing freshwater crayfish Parastacus pugnax. J Comp Physiol B 2021; 191:617-628. [PMID: 33948707 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-021-01374-w] [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: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Metabolic scaling is a well-known biological pattern. Theoretical scaling exponents near 0.67 and 0.75 are the most widely accepted for aerobic metabolism, but little is known about the scaling of anaerobic metabolism. Furthermore, metabolic scaling has been mainly evaluated in organisms primarily relying on aerobic pathways. Here we evaluate both aerobic and anaerobic metabolic scaling in Parastacus pugnax, a burrowing freshwater crayfish endemic to Chile, which inhabits waters with low pO2 (~ 1 mg O2 L-1, measured in this study). We determined the metabolic rate, total oxidative capacity (Electron Transport System: ETS), critical oxygen tension (Pcrit) and muscular Lactate dehydrogenase (LHD) and Malate dehydrogenase (MDH) enzymatic activities (proxies of anaerobic metabolism) over a wide range of P. pugnax sizes (0.24-42.93 g wet mass). Aerobic metabolism scaled with crayfish size with an exponent of 0.78, remarkably similar to the 0.73 which scaled the ETS, the enzymatic complex behind respiration. Critical partial pressure of oxygen (Pcrit) was calculated as 15.6 ± 2.9 mmHg, showing that aerobic metabolism was efficiently maintained until ~ 10% air saturation. Below this threshold, P. pugnax switched to anaerobic metabolism, evidenced by a reduction in aerobic metabolism and ETS activity under chronic low oxygen conditions. None of the activities of MDH, LDH, their ratio (MDH/LDH), nor Pcrit scaled with crayfish size, indicating that these animals are equally adapted to hypoxic environments throughout their whole ontogeny. Given the particularities of its habitat, the information presented here is valuable for a proper management and successful conservation.
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- Jorge Toro-Chacon
- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.,Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Departamento de Oceanografía, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.,Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica COPAS Sur-Austral, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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- Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía (IMO), Universidad de Concepción, PO Box 1313, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile. .,Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía (IMO), Universidad de Concepción, PO Box 1313, Concepción, Chile.
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de Freitas Souza C, Baldissera MD, Barroso D, de Lima MCM, Baldisserotto B, Val AL. Involvement of purinergic system and electron transport chain in two species of cichlids from the Amazon basin exposed to hypoxia. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2021; 255:110918. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.110918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nay TJ, Longbottom RJ, Gervais CR, Johansen JL, Steffensen JF, Rummer JL, Hoey AS. Regulate or tolerate: Thermal strategy of a coral reef flat resident, the epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2021; 98:723-732. [PMID: 33206373 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Highly variable thermal environments, such as coral reef flats, are challenging for marine ectotherms and are thought to invoke the use of behavioural strategies to avoid extreme temperatures and seek out thermal environments close to their preferred temperatures. Common to coral reef flats, the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) possesses physiological adaptations to hypoxic and hypercapnic conditions, such as those experienced on reef flats, but little is known regarding the thermal strategies used by these sharks. We investigated whether H. ocellatum uses behavioural thermoregulation (i.e., movement to occupy thermally favourable microhabitats) or tolerates the broad range of temperatures experienced on the reef flat. Using an automated shuttlebox system, we determined the preferred temperature of H. ocellatum under controlled laboratory conditions and then compared this preferred temperature to 6 months of in situ environmental and body temperatures of individual H. ocellatum across the Heron Island reef flat. The preferred temperature of H. ocellatum under controlled conditions was 20.7 ± 1.5°C, but the body temperatures of individual H. ocellatum on the Heron Island reef flat mirrored environmental temperatures regardless of season or month. Despite substantial temporal variation in temperature on the Heron Island reef flat (15-34°C during 2017), there was a lack of spatial variation in temperature across the reef flat between sites or microhabitats. This limited spatial variation in temperature creates a low-quality thermal habitat limiting the ability of H. ocellatum to behaviourally thermoregulate. Behavioural thermoregulation is assumed in many shark species, but it appears that H. ocellatum may utilize other physiological strategies to cope with extreme temperature fluctuations on coral reef flats. While H. ocellatum appears to be able to tolerate acute exposure to temperatures well outside of their preferred temperature, it is unclear how this, and other, species will cope as temperatures continue to rise and approach their critical thermal limits. Understanding how species will respond to continued warming and the strategies they may use will be key to predicting future populations and assemblages.
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- Tiffany J Nay
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA
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- Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør, Denmark
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Ackerly KL, Esbaugh AJ. The additive effects of oil exposure and hypoxia on aerobic performance in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 737:140174. [PMID: 32783835 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Aerobic scope, the difference between standard metabolic requirements and maximum metabolic capacity, is considered a particularly important metric influencing ecological success in fishes. Crude oil exposure can impair cardiorespiratory function in fishes, which reduces maximum metabolic rate, aerobic scope, and may impair ecological performance. Oil exposure is not the only environmental stressor that can affect aerobic scope, especially in areas affected by crude oil spills. Hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen) is also known to constrain maximum metabolic rate, yet there has been little effort to explore how hypoxia may influence the magnitude of metabolic injury following oil exposure. Therefore, our goal was to investigate the effects of acute oil exposure and hypoxia on the metabolic performance of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), an economically important fish common in the Gulf of Mexico. Here, sub-adult red drum were exposed to crude oil for 24 h before being exposed to hypoxic conditions following exhaustive exercise. Our results show that hypoxia exposure combined with crude oil exposure results in significantly reduced aerobic scope, which was additive compared to the reductions caused by each stressor alone. We also quantified hypoxia tolerance among treatments following exposure, and our results showed no changes to hypoxia tolerance among individuals, regardless of exposure to hypoxia or oil. These data offer insight into the metabolic constraints facing fishes exposed to oil while concurrently subjected to hypoxia, a notable climate change stressor.
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- Kerri Lynn Ackerly
- The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, United States of America.
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- The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, United States of America.
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Bouyoucos IA, Morrison PR, Weideli OC, Jacquesson E, Planes S, Simpfendorfer CA, Brauner CJ, Rummer JL. Thermal tolerance and hypoxia tolerance are associated in blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) neonates. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:223/14/jeb221937. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.221937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Thermal dependence of growth and metabolism can influence thermal preference and tolerance in marine ectotherms, including threatened and data-deficient species. Here, we quantified the thermal dependence of physiological performance in neonates of a tropical shark species (blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus) from shallow, nearshore habitats. We measured minimum and maximum oxygen uptake rates (ṀO2), calculated aerobic scope, excess post-exercise oxygen consumption and recovery from exercise, and measured critical thermal maxima (CTmax), thermal safety margins, hypoxia tolerance, specific growth rates, body condition and food conversion efficiencies at two ecologically relevant acclimation temperatures (28 and 31°C). Owing to high post-exercise mortality, a third acclimation temperature (33°C) was not investigated further. Acclimation temperature did not affect ṀO2 or growth, but CTmax and hypoxia tolerance were greatest at 31°C and positively associated. We also quantified in vitro temperature (25, 30 and 35°C) and pH effects on haemoglobin–oxygen (Hb–O2) affinity of wild-caught, non-acclimated sharks. As expected, Hb–O2 affinity decreased with increasing temperatures, but pH effects observed at 30°C were absent at 25 and 35°C. Finally, we logged body temperatures of free-ranging sharks and determined that C. melanopterus neonates avoided 31°C in situ. We conclude that C. melanopterus neonates demonstrate minimal thermal dependence of whole-organism physiological performance across a seasonal temperature range and may use behaviour to avoid unfavourable environmental temperatures. The association between thermal tolerance and hypoxia tolerance suggests a common mechanism warranting further investigation. Future research should explore the consequences of ocean warming, especially in nearshore, tropical species.
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- Ian A. Bouyoucos
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
- Laboratoire d'Excellence ‘CORAIL’, EPHE, PSL Research University, UPVD, CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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Seibel BA, Deutsch C. Oxygen supply capacity in animals evolves to meet maximum demand at the current oxygen partial pressure regardless of size or temperature. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb210492. [PMID: 32376709 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.210492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The capacity to extract oxygen from the environment and transport it to respiring tissues in support of metabolic demand reportedly has implications for species' thermal tolerance, body size, diversity and biogeography. Here, we derived a quantifiable linkage between maximum and basal metabolic rate and their oxygen, temperature and size dependencies. We show that, regardless of size or temperature, the physiological capacity for oxygen supply precisely matches the maximum evolved demand at the highest persistently available oxygen pressure and this is the critical PO2 for the maximum metabolic rate, Pcrit-max For most terrestrial and shallow-living marine species, Pcrit-max is the current atmospheric pressure, 21 kPa. Any reduction in oxygen partial pressure from current values will result in a calculable decrement in maximum metabolic performance. However, oxygen supply capacity has evolved to match demand across temperatures and body sizes and so does not constrain thermal tolerance or cause the well-known reduction in mass-specific metabolic rate with increasing body mass. The critical oxygen pressure for resting metabolic rate, typically viewed as an indicator of hypoxia tolerance, is, instead, simply a rate-specific reflection of the oxygen supply capacity. A compensatory reduction in maintenance metabolic costs in warm-adapted species constrains factorial aerobic scope and the critical PO2 to a similar range, between ∼2 and 6, across each species' natural temperature range. The simple new relationship described here redefines many important physiological concepts and alters their ecological interpretation.
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- Brad A Seibel
- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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- School of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1492 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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Morash AJ, Lyle JM, Currie S, Bell JD, Stehfest KM, Semmens JM. The endemic and endangered Maugean Skate ( Zearaja maugeana) exhibits short-term severe hypoxia tolerance. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 8:coz105. [PMID: 31976076 PMCID: PMC6969080 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The endangered and range-restricted Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) is subjected to large environmental variability coupled with anthropogenic stressors in its endemic habitat, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. However, little is known about the basic biology/physiology of this skate, or how it may respond to future environmental challenges predicted from climate change and/or increases in human activities such as aquaculture. These skate live at a preferred depth of 5-15 m where the dissolved oxygen (DO) levels are moderate (~55% air saturation), but can be found in areas of the Harbour where DO can range from 100% saturation to anoxia. Given that the water at their preferred depth is already hypoxic, we sought to investigate their response to further decreases in DO that may arise from potential increases in anthropogenic stress. We measured oxygen consumption, haematological parameters, tissue-enzyme capacity and heat shock protein (HSP) levels in skate exposed to 55% dissolved O2 saturation (control) and 20% dissolved O2 saturation (hypoxic) for 48 h. We conclude that the Maugean skate appears to be an oxyconformer, with a decrease in the rate of O2 consumption with increasing hypoxia. Increases in blood glucose and lactate at 20% O2 suggest that skate are relying more on anaerobic metabolism to tolerate periods of very low oxygen. Despite these metabolic shifts, there was no difference in HSP70 levels between groups, suggesting this short-term exposure did not elicit a cellular stress response. The metabolic state of the skate suggests that low oxygen stress for longer periods of time (i.e. >48 h) may not be tolerable and could potentially result in loss of habitat or shifts in their preferred habitat. Given its endemic distribution and limited life-history information, it will be critical to understand its tolerance to environmental challenges to create robust conservation strategies.
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- Andrea J Morash
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 15-21 Nubeena Crescent, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia 7053, Australia
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- Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 15-21 Nubeena Crescent, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia 7053, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Acadia University, 15 University Avenue PO Box 107 Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6, Canada
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- Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 15-21 Nubeena Crescent, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia 7053, Australia
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- Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 15-21 Nubeena Crescent, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia 7053, Australia
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- Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 15-21 Nubeena Crescent, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia 7053, Australia
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Lau GY, Arndt S, Murphy MP, Richards JG. Species- and tissue-specific differences in ROS metabolism during exposure to hypoxia and hyperoxia plus recovery in marine sculpins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:jeb.206896. [PMID: 31628206 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.206896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Animals that inhabit environments that fluctuate in oxygen must not only contend with disruptions to aerobic metabolism, but also the potential effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The goal of this study was to compare aspects of ROS metabolism in response to O2 variability (6 h hypoxia or hyperoxia, with subsequent normoxic recovery) in two species of intertidal sculpin fishes (Cottidae, Actinopterygii) that can experience O2 fluctuations in their natural environment and differ in whole-animal hypoxia tolerance. To assess ROS metabolism, we measured the ratio of glutathione to glutathione disulfide as an indicator of tissue redox environment, MitoP/MitoB ratio to assess in vivo mitochondrial ROS generation, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) for lipid peroxidation, and total oxidative scavenging capacity (TOSC) in the liver, brain and gill. In the brain, the more hypoxia-tolerant O ligocottus maculosus showed large increases in TBARS levels following hypoxia and hyperoxia exposure that were generally not associated with large changes in mitochondrial H2O2 In contrast, the less-tolerant S corpaenichthys marmoratus showed no significant changes in TBARS or mitochondrial H2O2 in the brain. More moderate increases were observed in the liver and gill of O. maculosus exposed to hypoxia and hyperoxia with normoxic recovery, whereas S. marmoratus had a greater response to O2 variability in these tissues compared with the brain. Our results show a species- and tissue-specific relationship between hypoxia tolerance and ROS metabolism.
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- Gigi Y Lau
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Ultsch GR, Regan MD. The utility and determination of P crit in fishes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:222/22/jeb203646. [PMID: 31722971 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.203646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The critical O2 tension (P crit) is the lowest P O2 at which an animal can maintain some benchmark rate of O2 uptake (Ṁ O2 ). This P O2 has long served as a comparator of hypoxia tolerance in fishes and aquatic invertebrates, but its usefulness in this role, particularly when applied to fishes, has recently been questioned. We believe that P crit remains a useful comparator of hypoxia tolerance provided it is determined using the proper methods and hypoxia tolerance is clearly defined. Here, we review the available methods for each of the three steps of P crit determination: (1) measuring the most appropriate benchmark Ṁ O2 state for P crit determination (Ṁ O2,std, the Ṁ O2 required to support standard metabolic rate); (2) reducing water P O2 ; and (3) calculating P crit from the Ṁ O2 versus P O2 curve. We make suggestions on best practices for each step and for how to report P crit results to maximize their comparative value. We also discuss the concept of hypoxia tolerance and how P crit relates to a fish's overall hypoxia tolerance. When appropriate methods are used, P crit provides useful comparative physiological and ecological information about the aerobic contributions to a fish's hypoxic survival. When paired with other hypoxia-related physiological measurements (e.g. lactate accumulation, calorimetry-based measurements of metabolic depression, loss-of-equilibrium experiments), P crit contributes to a comprehensive understanding of how a fish combines aerobic metabolism, anaerobic metabolism and metabolic depression in an overall strategy for hypoxia tolerance.
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- Gordon R Ultsch
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Schwieterman GD, Crear DP, Anderson BN, Lavoie DR, Sulikowski JA, Bushnell PG, Brill RW. Combined Effects of Acute Temperature Change and Elevated pCO 2 on the Metabolic Rates and Hypoxia Tolerances of Clearnose Skate ( Rostaraja eglanteria), Summer Flounder ( Paralichthys dentatus), and Thorny Skate ( Amblyraja radiata). BIOLOGY 2019; 8:biology8030056. [PMID: 31357558 PMCID: PMC6783964 DOI: 10.3390/biology8030056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Understanding how rising temperatures, ocean acidification, and hypoxia affect the performance of coastal fishes is essential to predicting species-specific responses to climate change. Although a population's habitat influences physiological performance, little work has explicitly examined the multi-stressor responses of species from habitats differing in natural variability. Here, clearnose skate (Rostaraja eglanteria) and summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) from mid-Atlantic estuaries, and thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) from the Gulf of Maine, were acutely exposed to current and projected temperatures (20, 24, or 28 °C; 22 or 30 °C; and 9, 13, or 15 °C, respectively) and acidification conditions (pH 7.8 or 7.4). We tested metabolic rates and hypoxia tolerance using intermittent-flow respirometry. All three species exhibited increases in standard metabolic rate under an 8 °C temperature increase (Q10 of 1.71, 1.07, and 2.56, respectively), although this was most pronounced in the thorny skate. At the lowest test temperature and under the low pH treatment, all three species exhibited significant increases in standard metabolic rate (44-105%; p < 0.05) and decreases in hypoxia tolerance (60-84% increases in critical oxygen pressure; p < 0.05). This study demonstrates the interactive effects of increasing temperature and changing ocean carbonate chemistry are species-specific, the implications of which should be considered within the context of habitat.
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- Gail D Schwieterman
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA.
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- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
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- Marine Sciences Department, University of New England, Biddeford, ME 04005, USA
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- Department of Biology, Marine Biology, and Environmental Science, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI 02809, USA
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- School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ 85306, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, 46615, USA
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- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
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Crear DP, Brill RW, Bushnell PG, Latour RJ, Schwieterman GD, Steffen RM, Weng KC. The impacts of warming and hypoxia on the performance of an obligate ram ventilator. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 7:coz026. [PMID: 31384467 PMCID: PMC6656321 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Climate change is causing the warming and deoxygenation of coastal habitats like Chesapeake Bay that serve as important nursery habitats for many marine fish species. As conditions continue to change, it is important to understand how these changes impact individual species' behavioral and metabolic performance. The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is an obligate ram-ventilating apex predator whose juveniles use Chesapeake Bay as a nursery ground up to 10 years of age. The objective of this study was to measure juvenile sandbar shark metabolic and behavioral performance as a proxy for overall performance (i.e. fitness or success) when exposed to warm and hypoxic water. Juvenile sandbar sharks (79.5-113.5 cm total length) were collected from an estuary along the eastern shore of Virginia and returned to lab where they were fitted with an accelerometer, placed in a respirometer and exposed to varying temperatures and oxygen levels. Juvenile sandbar shark overall performance declined substantially at 32°C or when dissolved oxygen concentration was reduced below 3.5 mg l-1 (51% oxygen saturation between 24-32°C). As the extent of warm hypoxic water increases in Chesapeake Bay, we expect that the available sandbar shark nursery habitat will be reduced, which may negatively impact the population of sandbar sharks in the western Atlantic as well as the overall health of the ecosystem within Chesapeake Bay.
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- Daniel P Crear
- Fisheries Science Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
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- Fisheries Science Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, USA
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- Fisheries Science Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
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- Fisheries Science Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
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- Biology Department, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA, USA
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- Fisheries Science Department, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
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Khursigara AJ, Ackerly KL, Esbaugh AJ. Oil toxicity and implications for environmental tolerance in fish. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 220:52-61. [PMID: 30878452 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Crude oil and its constituent chemicals are common environmental toxicants in aquatic environments worldwide, and have been the subject of intense research for decades. Importantly, aquatic environments are also the sites of numerous other environmental disturbances that can impact the endemic fauna. While there have been a number of attempts to explore the potential additive and synergistic effects of oil exposure and environmental stressors, many of these efforts have focused on the cumulative effects on typical toxicological endpoints (e.g. survival, growth, reproduction and cellular damage). Fewer studies have investigated the impact that oil exposure may have on the ability of exposed animals to tolerate typically encountered environmental stressors, despite the fact that this is an important consideration when placing oil spills in an ecological context. Here we review the available data and highlight potentially understudied areas relating to how oil exposure may impair organismal responses to common environmental stressors in fishes. We focused on four common environmental stressors in aquatic environments - hypoxia, temperature, salinity and acid-base disturbances - while also considering social stress and impacts on the hypothalamus-pituitary-interrenal axis. Overall, we believe the evidence supports treating the impacts of oil exposure on environmental tolerance as an independent endpoint of toxicity in fishes.
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- Alexis J Khursigara
- The University of Texas at Austin, 750 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas, TX, USA.
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- The University of Texas at Austin, 750 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas, TX, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin, 750 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas, TX, USA
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Williams KJ, Cassidy AA, Verhille CE, Lamarre SG, MacCormack TJ. Diel cycling hypoxia enhances hypoxia-tolerance in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): evidence of physiological and metabolic plasticity. J Exp Biol 2019; 222:jeb.206045. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.206045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Many fish naturally encounter a daily cycle of hypoxia but it is unclear whether this exposure hardens hypoxia-intolerant fish to future hypoxia or leads to accumulated stress and death. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a putatively hypoxia-sensitive species found in rivers and estuaries that may routinely experience hypoxic events. Trout were exposed to 1 of 4 135h treatments in a swim-tunnel respirometer: 1) air-saturated control (20.7 kPa PO2); 2) diel cycling O2 (20.7-4.2 kPa over 24h); 3) acute hypoxia (130h at 20.7 kPa PO2 followed by 5h at 4.2 kPa PO2); 4) the mean oxygen tension (12.4 kPa PO2) experienced by the diel cycled fish. Some responses were similar in diel O2 cycled and mean PO2-treated fish but overall exposure to ecologically-representative diel hypoxia cycles improved hypoxia tolerance. Diel hypoxia-induced protective responses included increased inducible HSP70 concentration and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, as well as reduced plasma cortisol. Acclimation to diel hypoxia allowed metabolic rates to decline during hypoxia, reduced oxygen debt following subsequent exposures, and allowed fish to return to an anabolic phenotype. The data demonstrate that acute diel cycling hypoxia improves hypoxia tolerance in previously intolerant fish through the activation of cellular protective mechanisms and a reduction in metabolic O2 requirements.
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- Kenneth J. Williams
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville NB, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville NB, Canada
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HEMATOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL SUMMARY STATISTICS IN AQUARIUM-HOUSED SPOTTED EAGLE RAYS (AETOBATUS NARINARI). J Zoo Wildl Med 2018; 49:912-924. [DOI: 10.1638/2017-0203.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Wood CM. The fallacy of the P crit - are there more useful alternatives? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:221/22/jeb163717. [PMID: 30420494 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.163717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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P crit - generally defined as the P O2 below which the animal can no longer maintain a stable rate of O2 consumption (Ṁ O2 ), such that Ṁ O2 becomes dependent upon P O2 - provides a single number into which a vast amount of experimental effort has been invested. Here, with specific reference to water-breathers, I argue that this focus on the P crit is not useful for six reasons: (1) calculation of P crit usually involves selective data editing; (2) the value of P crit depends greatly on the way it is determined; (3) there is no good theoretical justification for the concept; (4) P crit is not the transition point from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism, and it disguises what is really going on; (5) P crit is not a reliable index of hypoxia tolerance; and (6) P crit carries minimal information content. Preferable alternatives are loss of equilibrium (LOE) tests for hypoxia tolerance, and experimental description of full Ṁ O2 versus P O2 profiles accompanied by measurements of ventilation, lactate appearance and metabolic rate by calorimetry. If the goal is to assess the ability of the animal to regulate Ṁ O2 from this profile in a mathematical fashion, promising, more informative alternatives to P crit are the regulation index and Michaelis-Menten or sigmoidal allosteric analyses.
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- Chris M Wood
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 .,Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1.,Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, FL 33149, USA
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Mandic M, Regan MD. Can variation among hypoxic environments explain why different fish species use different hypoxic survival strategies? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 221:221/21/jeb161349. [PMID: 30381477 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.161349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In aquatic environments, hypoxia is a multi-dimensional stressor that can vary in O2 level (partial pressure of O2 in water, PwO2 ), rate of induction and duration. Natural hypoxic environments can therefore be very different from one another. For the many fish species that have evolved to cope with these different hypoxic environments, survival requires adjusting energy supply and demand pathways to maintain energy balance. The literature describes innumerable ways that fishes combine aerobic metabolism, anaerobic metabolism and metabolic rate depression (MRD) to accomplish this, but it is unknown whether the evolutionary paths leading to these different strategies are determined primarily by species' phylogenetic histories, genetic constraint or their native hypoxic environments. We explored this idea by devising a four-quadrant matrix that bins different aquatic hypoxic environments according to their duration and PwO2 characteristics. We then systematically mined the literature for well-studied species native to environments within each quadrant, and, for each of 10 case studies, described the species' total hypoxic response (THR), defined as its hypoxia-induced combination of sustained aerobic metabolism, enhanced anaerobic metabolism and MRD, encompassing also the mechanisms underlying these metabolic modes. Our analysis revealed that fishes use a wide range of THRs, but that distantly related species from environments within the same matrix quadrant have converged on similar THRs. For example, environments of moderately hypoxic PwO2 favoured predominantly aerobic THRs, whereas environments of severely hypoxic PwO2 favoured MRD. Capacity for aerial emergence as well as predation pressure (aquatic and aerial) also contributed to these responses, in addition to other biotic and abiotic factors. Generally, it appears that the particular type of hypoxia experienced by a fish plays a major role in shaping its particular THR.
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- Milica Mandic
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 6N5
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- Comparative Biosciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 35706, USA
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Zhang Y, Healy TM, Vandersteen W, Schulte PM, Farrell AP. A rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss strain with higher aerobic scope in normoxia also has superior tolerance of hypoxia. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2018; 92:487-503. [PMID: 29431223 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study compared parr from three strains of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss to examine intraspecific variation in metabolic traits, hypoxia tolerance and upper thermal tolerance in this species. At the strain level, variation in absolute aerobic scope (AAS), critical oxygen level (O2crit ), incipient lethal oxygen saturation (ILOS) and critical thermal maximum (CTmax ) generally exhibited consistent differences among the strains, suggesting the possibility of functional associations among these traits. This possibility was further supported at the individual level by a positive correlation between ILOS and O2crit and a negative correlation between O2crit and AAS. These results indicate that intraspecific differences in hypoxia tolerance among strains of O. mykiss may be primarily determined by differences in the ability to maintain oxygen uptake in hypoxia and that variation in aerobic scope in normoxia probably plays a role in determining the ability of these fish to sustain metabolism aerobically as water oxygen saturation is reduced.
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- Y Zhang
- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Miracle Springs Inc., Fraser Valley, British Columbia V2V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Birk MA, McLean EL, Seibel BA. Ocean acidification does not limit squid metabolism via blood oxygen supply. J Exp Biol 2018; 221:jeb.187443. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.187443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ocean acidification is hypothesized to limit the performance of squids due to their exceptional oxygen demand and pH-sensitivity of blood-oxygen binding, which may reduce oxygen supply in acidified waters. The critical oxygen partial pressure (Pcrit), the PO2 below which oxygen supply cannot match basal demand, is a commonly reported index of hypoxia tolerance. Any CO2-induced reduction in oxygen supply should be apparent as an increase in Pcrit. In this study, we assessed the effects of CO2 (46-143 Pa; 455-1410 μatm) on the metabolic rate and Pcrit of two squid species - Dosidicus gigas and Doryteuthis pealeii - through manipulative experiments. We also developed a model, with inputs for hemocyanin pH-sensitivity, blood PCO2, and buffering capacity that simulates blood oxygen supply under varying seawater CO2 partial pressures. We compare model outputs to measured Pcrit in squids. Using blood-O2 parameters from the literature for model inputs, we estimated that, in the absence of blood acid-base regulation, an increase in seawater PCO2 to 100 Pa (≈ 1000 μatm) would result in a maximum drop in arterial hemocyanin-O2 saturation by 1.6% at normoxia and a Pcrit increase of ≈0.5 kPa. Our live-animal experiments support this supposition, as CO2 had no effect on measured metabolic rate or Pcrit in either squid species.
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- Matthew A. Birk
- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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Russo R, Giordano D, Paredi G, Marchesani F, Milazzo L, Altomonte G, Del Canale P, Abbruzzetti S, Ascenzi P, di Prisco G, Viappiani C, Fago A, Bruno S, Smulevich G, Verde C. The Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus-Hemoglobins and ligand-binding properties. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0186181. [PMID: 29023598 PMCID: PMC5638460 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A large amount of data is currently available on the adaptive mechanisms of polar bony fish hemoglobins, but structural information on those of cartilaginous species is scarce. This study presents the first characterisation of the hemoglobin system of one of the longest-living vertebrate species (392 ± 120 years), the Arctic shark Somniosus microcephalus. Three major hemoglobins are found in its red blood cells and are made of two copies of the same α globin combined with two copies of three very similar β subunits. The three hemoglobins show very similar oxygenation and carbonylation properties, which are unaffected by urea, a very important compound in marine elasmobranch physiology. They display identical electronic absorption and resonance Raman spectra, indicating that their heme-pocket structures are identical or highly similar. The quaternary transition equilibrium between the relaxed (R) and the tense (T) states is more dependent on physiological allosteric effectors than in human hemoglobin, as also demonstrated in polar teleost hemoglobins. Similar to other cartilaginous fishes, we found no evidence for functional differentiation among the three isoforms. The very similar ligand-binding properties suggest that regulatory control of O2 transport may be at the cellular level and that it may involve changes in the cellular concentrations of allosteric effectors and/or variations of other systemic factors. The hemoglobins of this polar shark have evolved adaptive decreases in O2 affinity in comparison to temperate sharks.
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- Roberta Russo
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3–13, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma 3, Viale Marconi 448, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7A, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7A, Parma, Italy
- NEST Istituto Nanoscienze, CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratorio Interdipartimentale di Microscopia Elettronica, Università RomaTre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7A, Parma, Italy
- NEST Istituto Nanoscienze, CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy
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- Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3–13, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma 3, Viale Marconi 448, Roma, Italy
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Acclimation to prolonged hypoxia alters hemoglobin isoform expression and increases hemoglobin oxygen affinity and aerobic performance in a marine fish. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7834. [PMID: 28798467 PMCID: PMC5552867 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07696-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Hemoglobin (Hb) multiplicity is common in fish, yet despite its ubiquitous nature, the functional significance is unclear. Here we explore the hypothesis that Hb multiplicity plays a role in hypoxia tolerance using the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Red drum is an economically and ecologically important species native to coastal regions and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico – habitats that routinely experience pronounced hypoxic events. Using a transcriptomic approach, we demonstrate that red drum red blood cells express 7 and 5 Hbα and Hbβ isoforms, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis grouped these isoforms into distinct isoHb clades, and provided evidence of lineage specific expression of particular isoHbs. In normoxia, three isoHbs predominated (Hbα-3.1, -3.2, and Hbβ-3.1). A three-week hypoxia acclimation (48 mmHg) resulted in significant up-regulation of Hbα-2, Hbα-3.2, and Hbβ-3.1, effectively switching the predominantly expressed isoforms. Changes in subunit expression were correlated with a decrease in non-stripped hemolysate P50. Similarly, hypoxia acclimation resulted in a 20% reduction in whole animal critical oxygen threshold (Pcrit). Hypoxia acclimation was not associated with changes in gill morphology, hematocrit, or relative ventricular mass. Overall, these data provide support for the hypothesis that Hb isoform switching can provide a physiological benefit to counteract environmental stress in fishes.
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Zhang G, Zhao C, Wang Q, Gu Y, Li Z, Tao P, Chen J, Yin S. Identification of HIF-1 signaling pathway in Pelteobagrus vachelli using RNA-Seq: effects of acute hypoxia and reoxygenation on oxygen sensors, respiratory metabolism, and hematology indices. J Comp Physiol B 2017; 187:931-943. [PMID: 28353178 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-017-1083-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Oxygen is a vital element in aquatic environments. The concentration of oxygen to which aquatic organisms are exposed is influenced by salinity, water temperature, weather, and surface water runoff. Hypoxia has a serious effect on fish populations, and can lead to the loss of habitat and die-offs. Therefore, in the present study we used next-generation sequencing technology to characterize the transcriptomes of Pelteobagrus vachelli and identified 70 candidate genes in the HIF-1 signaling pathway that are important for the hypoxic response in all metazoan species. For the first time, the present study reported the effects of acute hypoxia and reoxygenation on oxygen sensors, respiratory metabolism, and hematology indices in P. vachelli. The predicted physiological adjustments show that P. vachelli's blood oxygen-carrying capacity was increased through increased RBC, HB, and SI after hypoxia exposure. Glycolysis-related enzyme activities (PFK, HK, and PK) and LDH in the brain and liver also increased, indicating a rise in anaerobic metabolism. The observed reduction in oxidative enzyme level (CS) in the liver during hypoxia suggests a concomitant depression in aerobic metabolism. There were significant increases in oxygen sensor mRNA expression and HIF-1α protein expression during hypoxia and reoxygenation exposure, suggesting that the HIF-1 signaling pathway was activated in the liver and brain of P. vachelli in response to acute hypoxia and reoxygenation. Our findings suggest that oxygen sensors (e.g., HIF-1α) of P. vachelli are potentially useful biomarkers of environmental hypoxic exposure. These data contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the hypoxia signaling pathway in fish under hypoxia and reoxygenation.
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- Guosong Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China. .,Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang, 222005, Jiangsu, China.
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Wosnick N, Bornatowski H, Ferraz C, Afonso A, Sousa Rangel B, Hazin FHV, Freire CA. Talking to the dead: using Post-mortem data in the assessment of stress in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) (Péron and Lesueur, 1822). FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2017; 43:165-178. [PMID: 27549099 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-016-0276-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sharks are very sensitive to stress and prone to a high mortality rate after capture. Since approximately 50 million of sharks are caught as bycatch every year, and current recommendations to reduce the impact of commercial fishing strongly support immediate release, it is imperative to better understand post-release mortality caused by the stress of capture and handling. Blood samples allow the assessment of stress levels which are valuable tools to reduce mortality in commercial, recreational and scientific fishing, being essential for the improvement in those conservation measures. Biochemical analyses are widely used for sharks as stress indicators, with secondary plasma parameters (lactate, glucose and ions) being the most often employed assays. However, it is virtually impossible to determine baseline plasma parameters in free-ranging sharks, since blood withdrawal involves animal capture and restrain, which are stressful procedures. This study aims at analyzing secondary parameters of five healthy tiger sharks captured with circular hooks and handlines in Fernando de Noronha (Northeastern Brazil) and comparing them with secondary parameters of three dead tiger sharks caught off Recife (also Northeastern Brazil). The results showed that the analysis of some plasma constituents in dead animals may be an efficient tool to assess stress and lethality. However, traditional parameters such as glucose and calcium, need to be used with caution. The results also demonstrated the extreme importance of urea and phosphorus for assessing stress response and mortality in tiger sharks, both parameters frequently neglected and of utmost importance for shark's homeostasis.
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- Natascha Wosnick
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, PR, CEP 81531-990, Brazil.
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- Centro de Estudos do Mar, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Pontal do Paraná, PR, CEP 83255976, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, CEP 52171900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, CEP 52171900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 321, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia Pesqueira, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, CEP 52171900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, PR, CEP 81531-990, Brazil
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Harter TS, Brauner CJ. The O 2 and CO 2 Transport System in Teleosts and the Specialized Mechanisms That Enhance Hb–O 2 Unloading to Tissues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.fp.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Rogers NJ, Urbina MA, Reardon EE, McKenzie DJ, Wilson RW. A new analysis of hypoxia tolerance in fishes using a database of critical oxygen level (P crit). CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 4:cow012. [PMID: 27293760 PMCID: PMC4849809 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cow012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Hypoxia is a common occurrence in aquatic habitats, and it is becoming an increasingly frequent and widespread environmental perturbation, primarily as the result of anthropogenic nutrient enrichment and climate change. An in-depth understanding of the hypoxia tolerance of fishes, and how this varies among individuals and species, is required to make accurate predictions of future ecological impacts and to provide better information for conservation and fisheries management. The critical oxygen level (P crit) has been widely used as a quantifiable trait of hypoxia tolerance. It is defined as the oxygen level below which the animal can no longer maintain a stable rate of oxygen uptake (oxyregulate) and uptake becomes dependent on ambient oxygen availability (the animal transitions to oxyconforming). A comprehensive database of P crit values, comprising 331 measurements from 96 published studies, covering 151 fish species from 58 families, provides the most extensive and up-to-date analysis of hypoxia tolerance in teleosts. Methodologies for determining P crit are critically examined to evaluate its usefulness as an indicator of hypoxia tolerance in fishes. Various abiotic and biotic factors that interact with hypoxia are analysed for their effect on P crit, including temperature, CO2, acidification, toxic metals and feeding. Salinity, temperature, body mass and routine metabolic rate were strongly correlated with P crit; 20% of variation in the P crit data set was explained by these four variables. An important methodological issue not previously considered is the inconsistent increase in partial pressure of CO2 within a closed respirometer during the measurement of P crit. Modelling suggests that the final partial pressure of CO2 reached can vary from 650 to 3500 µatm depending on the ambient pH and salinity, with potentially major effects on blood acid-base balance and P crit itself. This database will form part of a widely accessible repository of physiological trait data that will serve as a resource to facilitate future studies of fish ecology, conservation and management.
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- Nicholas J Rogers
- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- Centre for Marine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (Marbec), UMR 9190 CNRS-Université Montpellier-Ifremer-IRD, Université Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier cedex 5 34095, France
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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Borowiec BG, Crans KD, Khajali F, Pranckevicius NA, Young A, Scott GR. Interspecific and environment-induced variation in hypoxia tolerance in sunfish. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 198:59-71. [PMID: 27085372 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hypoxia tolerance is a plastic trait, and can vary between species. We compared hypoxia tolerance (hypoxic loss of equilibrium, LOE, and critical O2 tension, Pcrit) and traits that dictate O2 transport and metabolism in pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), bluegill (L. macrochirus), and the naturally occurring hybrid in different acclimation environments (wild versus lab-acclimated fish) and at different temperatures. Wild fish generally had lower Pcrit and lower PO2 at LOE in progressive hypoxia than lab-acclimated fish, but time to LOE in sustained hypoxia (PO2 of 2kPa) did not vary between environments. Wild fish also had greater gill surface area and higher haematocrit, suggesting that increased O2 transport capacity underlies the environmental variation in Pcrit. Metabolic (lactate dehydrogenase, LDH; pyruvate kinase, PK; citrate synthase; cytochrome c oxidase) and antioxidant (catalase and superoxide dismutase) enzyme activities varied appreciably between environments. Wild fish had higher protein contents across tissues and higher activities of LDH in heart, PK in brain, and catalase in brain, liver, and skeletal muscle. Otherwise, wild fish had lower activities for most enzymes. Warming temperature from 15 to 25°C increased O2 consumption rate, Pcrit, PO2 at LOE, and haemoglobin-O2 affinity, and decreased time to LOE, but pumpkinseed had ≥2-fold longer time to LOE than bluegill and hybrids across this temperature range. This was associated with higher LDH activities in the heart and muscle, and lower or similar antioxidant enzyme activities in several tissues. However, the greater hypoxia tolerance of pumpkinseed collapsed at 28°C, demonstrating that the interactive effects of hypoxia and warming temperature can differ between species. Overall, distinct mechanisms appear to underpin interspecific and environment-induced variation in hypoxia tolerance in sunfish.
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- Brittney G Borowiec
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada; Department of Animal Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Chahar Mahal Va Bakhtiari, Iran
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada
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Lefevre S. Are global warming and ocean acidification conspiring against marine ectotherms? A meta-analysis of the respiratory effects of elevated temperature, high CO2 and their interaction. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 4:cow009. [PMID: 27382472 PMCID: PMC4922249 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cow009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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With the occurrence of global change, research aimed at estimating the performance of marine ectotherms in a warmer and acidified future has intensified. The concept of oxygen- and capacity-limited thermal tolerance, which is inspired by the Fry paradigm of a bell-shaped increase-optimum-decrease-type response of aerobic scope to increasing temperature, but also includes proposed negative and synergistic effects of elevated CO2 levels, has been suggested as a unifying framework. The objectives of this meta-analysis were to assess the following: (i) the generality of a bell-shaped relationship between absolute aerobic scope (AAS) and temperature; (ii) to what extent elevated CO2 affects resting oxygen uptake MO2rest and AAS; and (iii) whether there is an interaction between elevated temperature and CO2. The behavioural effects of CO2 are also briefly discussed. In 31 out of 73 data sets (both acutely exposed and acclimated), AAS increased and remained above 90% of the maximum, whereas a clear thermal optimum was observed in the remaining 42 data sets. Carbon dioxide caused a significant rise in MO2rest in only 18 out of 125 data sets, and a decrease in 25, whereas it caused a decrease in AAS in four out of 18 data sets and an increase in two. The analysis did not reveal clear evidence for an overall correlation with temperature, CO2 regime or duration of CO2 treatment. When CO2 had an effect, additive rather than synergistic interactions with temperature were most common and, interestingly, they even interacted antagonistically on MO2rest and AAS. The behavioural effects of CO2 could complicate experimental determination of respiratory performance. Overall, this meta-analysis reveals heterogeneity in the responses to elevated temperature and CO2 that is not in accordance with the idea of a single unifying principle and which cannot be ignored in attempts to model and predict the impacts of global warming and ocean acidification on marine ectotherms.
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- Sjannie Lefevre
- Section for Physiology and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences,
University of Oslo, Oslo NO-0316,
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Johnson MS, Kraver DW, Renshaw GMC, Rummer JL. Will ocean acidification affect the early ontogeny of a tropical oviparous elasmobranch (Hemiscyllium ocellatum)? CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 4:cow003. [PMID: 27293755 PMCID: PMC4784014 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cow003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Atmospheric CO2 is increasing due to anthropogenic causes. Approximately 30% of this CO2 is being absorbed by the oceans and is causing ocean acidification (OA). The effects of OA on calcifying organisms are starting to be understood, but less is known about the effects on non-calcifying organisms, notably elasmobranchs. One of the few elasmobranch species that has been studied with respect to OA is the epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum. Mature epaulette sharks can physiologically and behaviourally tolerate prolonged exposure to elevated CO2, and this is thought to be because they are routinely exposed to diurnal decreases in O2 and probably concomitant increases in CO2 in their coral reef habitats. It follows that H. ocellatum embryos, while developing in ovo on the reefs, would have to be equally if not more tolerant than adults because they would not be able to escape such conditions. Epaulette shark eggs were exposed to either present-day control conditions (420 µatm) or elevated CO2 (945 µatm) and observed every 3 days from 10 days post-fertilization until 30 days post-hatching. Growth (in square centimetres per day), yolk usage (as a percentage), tail oscillations (per minute), gill movements (per minute) and survival were not significantly different in embryos reared in control conditions when compared with those reared in elevated CO2 conditions. Overall, these findings emphasize the importance of investigating early life-history stages, as the consequences are expected to transfer not only to the success of an individual but also to populations and their distribution patterns.
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- Martijn S Johnson
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
- College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
- College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Hypoxia and Ischemia Research Unit, School of Allied Health Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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Du SNN, Mahalingam S, Borowiec BG, Scott GR. Mitochondrial physiology and reactive oxygen species production are altered by hypoxia acclimation in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 219:1130-8. [PMID: 26896545 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.132860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Many fish encounter hypoxia in their native environment, but the role of mitochondrial physiology in hypoxia acclimation and hypoxia tolerance is poorly understood. We investigated the effects of hypoxia acclimation on mitochondrial respiration, O2kinetics, emission of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and antioxidant capacity in the estuarine killifish ( ITALIC! Fundulus heteroclitus). Killifish were acclimated to normoxia, constant hypoxia (5 kPa O2) or intermittent diel cycles of nocturnal hypoxia (12 h:12 h normoxia:hypoxia) for 28-33 days and mitochondria were isolated from liver. Neither pattern of hypoxia acclimation affected the respiratory capacities for oxidative phosphorylation or electron transport, leak respiration, coupling control or phosphorylation efficiency. Hypoxia acclimation also had no effect on mitochondrial O2kinetics, but ITALIC! P50(the O2tension at which hypoxia inhibits respiration by 50%) was lower in the leak state than during maximal respiration, and killifish mitochondria endured anoxia-reoxygenation without any impact on mitochondrial respiration. However, both patterns of hypoxia acclimation reduced the rate of ROS emission from mitochondria when compared at a common O2tension. Hypoxia acclimation also increased the levels of protein carbonyls and the activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase in liver tissue (the latter only occurred in constant hypoxia). Our results suggest that hypoxia acclimation is associated with changes in mitochondrial physiology that decrease ROS production and may help improve hypoxia tolerance.
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- Sherry N N Du
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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Di Santo V, Tran AH, Svendsen JC. Progressive hypoxia decouples activity and aerobic performance of skate embryos. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 4:cov067. [PMID: 27293746 PMCID: PMC4732404 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cov067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Revised: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Although fish population size is strongly affected by survival during embryonic stages, our understanding of physiological responses to environmental stressors is based primarily on studies of post-hatch fishes. Embryonic responses to acute exposure to changes in abiotic conditions, including increase in hypoxia, could be particularly important in species exhibiting long developmental time, as embryos are unable to select a different environment behaviourally. Given that oxygen is key to metabolic processes in fishes and aquatic hypoxia is becoming more severe and frequent worldwide, organisms are expected to reduce their aerobic performance. Here, we examined the metabolic and behavioural responses of embryos of a benthic elasmobranch fish, the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea), to acute progressive hypoxia, by measuring oxygen consumption and movement (tail-beat) rates inside the egg case. Oxygen consumption rates were not significantly affected by ambient oxygen levels until reaching 45% air saturation (critical oxygen saturation, S crit). Below S crit, oxygen consumption rates declined rapidly, revealing an oxygen conformity response. Surprisingly, we observed a decoupling of aerobic performance and activity, as tail-beat rates increased, rather than matching the declining metabolic rates, at air saturation levels of 55% and below. These results suggest a significantly divergent response at the physiological and behavioural levels. While skate embryos depressed their metabolic rates in response to progressive hypoxia, they increased water circulation inside the egg case, presumably to restore normoxic conditions, until activity ceased abruptly around 9.8% air saturation.
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- Valentina Di Santo
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Corresponding author: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Tel: +1 617 496 7199.
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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The adenylate energy charge as a new and useful indicator of capture stress in chondrichthyans. J Comp Physiol B 2015; 186:193-204. [PMID: 26660290 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0948-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Revised: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Quantifying the physiological stress response of chondrichthyans to capture has assisted the development of fishing practices conducive to their survival. However, currently used indicators of stress show significant interspecific and intraspecific variation in species' physiological responses and tolerances to capture. To improve our understanding of chondrichthyan stress physiology and potentially reduce variation when quantifying the stress response, we investigated the use of the adenylate energy charge (AEC); a measure of available metabolic energy. To determine tissues sensitive to metabolic stress, we extracted samples of the brain, heart, liver, white muscle and blood from gummy sharks (Mustelus antarcticus) immediately following gillnet capture and after 3 h recovery under laboratory conditions. Capture caused significant declines in liver, white muscle and blood AEC, whereas no decline was detected in the heart and brain AEC. Following 3 h of recovery from capture, the AEC of the liver and blood returned to "unstressed" levels (control values) whereas white muscle AEC was not significantly different to that immediately after capture. Our results show that the liver is most sensitive to metabolic stress and white muscle offers a practical method to sample animals non-lethally for determination of the AEC. The AEC is a highly informative indicator of stress and unlike current indicators, it can directly measure the change in available energy and thus the metabolic stress experienced by a given tissue. Cellular metabolism is highly conserved across organisms and, therefore, we think the AEC can also provide a standardised form of measuring capture stress in many chondrichthyan species.
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Mislan KAS, Dunne JP, Sarmiento JL. The fundamental niche of blood oxygen binding in the pelagic ocean. OIKOS 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.02650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- K. A. S. Mislan
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University; 300 Forrestal Road Princeton NJ 08540 USA
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- NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; 201 Forrestal Road Princeton NJ 08540 USA
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- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University; 300 Forrestal Road Princeton NJ 08540 USA
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Elasmobranch Cardiovascular System. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801286-4.00001-0] [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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Mandic M, Ramon ML, Gracey AY, Richards JG. Divergent transcriptional patterns are related to differences in hypoxia tolerance between the intertidal and the subtidal sculpins. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:6091-103. [PMID: 25370158 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Transcriptionally mediated phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism of modifying traits in response to an environmental challenge remains an important area of study. We compared the transcriptional responses to low oxygen (hypoxia) of the hypoxia-tolerant intertidal fish, the tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus) with the closely related hypoxia-intolerant subtidal fish, the silverspotted sculpin (Blepsias cirrhosus) to determine whether these species use different mechanisms to cope with hypoxia. Individuals from each species were exposed to environmental O(2) tensions chosen to yield a similar level of tissue hypoxia, and gene transcription was assessed in the liver over time. There was an effect of time in hypoxia, where the greatest transcriptional change in the silverspotted sculpin occurred between 3 and 24 h in contrast to the tidepool sculpin where the largest transcriptional change occurred between 24 and 72 h of hypoxia. A number of genes showed similar hypoxia-induced transcription patterns in both species (e.g. genes associated with glycolysis and apoptosis) suggesting they are involved in a conserved hypoxia response. A large set of genes showed divergent transcriptional patterns in the two species, including fatty acid oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation, suggesting that these biological processes may contribute to explaining variation in hypoxia tolerance in these species. When both species were exposed to a single environmental O(2) tension, large transcriptional responses were seen in the hypoxia-intolerant silverspotted sculpin while almost no response was observed in the hypoxia-tolerant tidepool sculpin. Overall, divergent transcription patterns in response to both magnitude and duration of hypoxia provide insights into the processes that may determine an animal's capacity to tolerate frequent bouts of hypoxia in the wild.
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- Milica Mandic
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, 100 Pachena Rd., Bamfield, BC, V0R 1B0, Canada
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Heinrich DDU, Rummer JL, Morash AJ, Watson SA, Simpfendorfer CA, Heupel MR, Munday PL. A product of its environment: the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) exhibits physiological tolerance to elevated environmental CO2. CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 2:cou047. [PMID: 27293668 PMCID: PMC4806737 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 09/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Ocean acidification, resulting from increasing anthropogenic CO2 emissions, is predicted to affect the physiological performance of many marine species. Recent studies have shown substantial reductions in aerobic performance in some teleost fish species, but no change or even enhanced performance in others. Notably lacking, however, are studies on the effects of near-future CO2 conditions on larger meso and apex predators, such as elasmobranchs. The epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) lives on shallow coral reef flats and in lagoons, where it may frequently encounter short-term periods of environmental hypoxia and elevated CO2, especially during nocturnal low tides. Indeed, H. ocellatum is remarkably tolerant to short periods (hours) of hypoxia, and possibly hypercapnia, but nothing is known about its response to prolonged exposure. We exposed H. ocellatum individuals to control (390 µatm) or one of two near-future CO2 treatments (600 or 880 µatm) for a minimum of 60 days and then measured key aspects of their respiratory physiology, namely the resting oxygen consumption rate, which is used to estimate resting metabolic rate, and critical oxygen tension, a proxy for hypoxia sensitivity. Neither of these respiratory attributes was affected by the long-term exposure to elevated CO2. Furthermore, there was no change in citrate synthase activity, a cellular indicator of aerobic energy production. Plasma bicarbonate concentrations were significantly elevated in sharks exposed to 600 and 880 µatm CO2 treatments, indicating that acidosis was probably prevented by regulatory changes in acid-base relevant ions. Epaulette sharks may therefore possess adaptations that confer tolerance to CO2 levels projected to occur in the ocean by the end of this century. It remains uncertain whether other elasmobranchs, especially pelagic species that do not experience such diurnal fluctuations in their environment, will be equally tolerant.
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- Dennis D. U. Heinrich
- School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia
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- School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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He W, Cao ZD, Fu SJ. Effect of temperature on hypoxia tolerance and its underlying biochemical mechanism in two juvenile cyprinids exhibiting distinct hypoxia sensitivities. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2014; 187:232-41. [PMID: 24853206 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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It is increasingly important to investigate the effect of temperature on hypoxia tolerance in fish species, as worldwide hypoxia worsens with increases in global warming. We selected the hypoxia-tolerant crucian carp (Carassius carassius) and the hypoxia-sensitive Chinese bream (Parabramis pekinensis) as model fish and investigated their hypoxia tolerance based on the critical oxygen tension of the routine metabolic rate (M˙O2rout) (Pcrit), aquatic surface respiration (ASRcrit) and loss of equilibrium (LOEcrit) after two weeks of acclimation at either 10, 20 or 30 °C. We also measured the tissue substrate (glycogen and glucose of muscle and liver) and lactate levels of both normoxia- and hypoxia-treated fish (post-LOE). Crucian carp exhibited significantly lower Pcrit and LOEcrit but not ASRcrit. Crucian carp possessed higher hypoxia tolerance, partially due to a higher tissue glycogen reserve, which provides cellular fuel under severe hypoxia, as well as higher lactate tolerance and clearance ability than Chinese bream. The hypoxia tolerance was maintained in crucian carp but was decreased in Chinese bream as the temperature increased. The difference between the two species is based on the greater recruitment of tissue glycogen, resulting in an increased level of cellular fuel during hypoxia in crucian carp than in Chinese bream. In addition, crucian carp possessed the greater liver lactate clearance capacity, and the smaller increase in the M˙O2rout at higher temperatures compared to Chinese bream. Furthermore, substrate shortage and decreased lactate tolerance at high temperatures in Chinese bream might also contribute to the difference in hypoxia tolerance between the two species.
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- Wei He
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Physiology and Behavior, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Physiology and Behavior, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Physiology and Behavior, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China.
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Lapointe D, Vogelbein WK, Fabrizio MC, Gauthier DT, Brill RW. Temperature, hypoxia, and mycobacteriosis: effects on adult striped bass Morone saxatilis metabolic performance. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2014; 108:113-27. [PMID: 24553417 DOI: 10.3354/dao02693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Mycobacteriosis, a chronic bacterial disease of fishes, is prevalent in adult striped bass from Chesapeake Bay (USA). Although environmental factors may play a role in disease expression, the interaction between the disease and environmental stress remains unexplored. We therefore examined the individual and interactive effects of elevated temperature, hypoxia, and mycobacteriosis on the metabolism of wild-caught adult striped bass from Chesapeake Bay using respirometry. Because the spleen is the primary target organ of mycobacteriosis in striped bass, we hypothesized that the disease interferes with the ability of fish to increase their hematocrit in the face of increasing oxygen demands. We determined standard metabolic rate (SMR), maximum metabolic rate under normoxia (MMRN), critical oxygen saturation (S(crit)), and MMR under hypoxia (3 mg O(2) l-1: MMR(H)) for healthy and visibly diseased fish (i.e. exhibiting skin lesions indicative of mycobacteriosis). Measurements were taken at a temperature within the preferred thermal range (20°C) and at an elevated temperature (28°C) considered stressful to striped bass. In addition, we calculated aerobic scope (AS(N) = MMR(N) - SMR, AS(H) = MMR(H) - SMR) and factorial scope (FS(N) = MMR(N) SMR-1, FS(H) = MMR(H) SMR-1). SMR increased with increasing temperature, and hypoxia reduced MMR, AS, and FS. Mycobacteriosis alone did not affect either MMR(N) or MMR(H). However, elevated temperature affected the ability of diseased striped bass to tolerate hypoxia (S(crit)). Overall, our data indicate that striped bass performance under hypoxia is impaired, and that elevated water temperatures, hypoxia, and severe mycobacteriosis together reduce aerobic scope more than any of these stressors acting alone. We conclude that the scope for activity of diseased striped bass in warm hypoxic waters is significantly compromised.
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- Dominique Lapointe
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA Ecosystem Processes Division, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 07732, USA Present address: Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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Leveelahti L, Rytkönen KT, Renshaw GMC, Nikinmaa M. Revisiting redox-active antioxidant defenses in response to hypoxic challenge in both hypoxia-tolerant and hypoxia-sensitive fish species. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2014; 40:183-191. [PMID: 23907525 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-013-9835-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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It is not known whether changes in antioxidant levels always occur in fish in response to the oxidative stress that usually accompanies a hypoxic challenge. The studies of antioxidant responses to hypoxia in fish have mostly focused on very anoxia-tolerant species and indicate that there is an enhancement of antioxidant defenses. Here we present new data on redox-active antioxidants from three species, which range in their tolerance to hypoxia: the epaulette shark, threespine stickleback, and rainbow trout, together with a compilation of results from other studies that have measured oxidative stress parameters in hypoxia-exposed fish. The results suggest that in general, fish do not show an increase in redox-active antioxidant defense in response to oxidative stress associated with hypoxia. Rather, the changes in antioxidant defenses during hypoxia are very much species- and tissue-specific and are not linked to the level of hypoxia tolerance of the fish species.
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- Lotta Leveelahti
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland,
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Mandic M, Speers-Roesch B, Richards JG. Hypoxia tolerance in sculpins is associated with high anaerobic enzyme activity in brain but not in liver or muscle. Physiol Biochem Zool 2012; 86:92-105. [PMID: 23303324 DOI: 10.1086/667938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We assessed hypoxia tolerance in 11 species of fish from the superfamily Cottoidea (commonly called sculpins) that are known to differ in their critical O(2) tensions (P(crit)) and examined whether hypoxia tolerance correlated with larger substrate stores and higher maximal activity of enzymes associated with anaerobic adenosine triphosphate production (especially glycolysis). Among the sculpins studied, there was large variation in time to loss of equilibrium (LOE(50)) at 6.4 ± 0.1 torr, with values ranging between 25 and 538 min, and the variation in LOE(50) was correlated with P(crit). Our measures of time to LOE(50) and P(crit) were regressed against maximal enzyme activities of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), pyruvate kinase (PK), creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and citrate synthase (CS) as well as the concentrations of glycogen, glucose, and creatine phosphate in the brain, liver, and white muscle. In the brain, there was a phylogenetically independent relationship between P(crit) and tissue LDH, PK, CPK, and CS activities expressed relative to tissue mass. Hypoxia-tolerant sculpins (those with low P(crit) values) had higher levels of brain LDH, PK, CPK, and CS than did hypoxia-sensitive sculpins. Similarly, LOE(50) regressed against brain LDH, PK, and CPK activities expressed relative to tissue mass, with the more hypoxia-tolerant species (i.e., those with higher LOE(50)) having higher enzyme activities. However, when the phylogenetic relationship among our sculpins was taken into account, only the relationship between hypoxia tolerance and LDH activity remained significant. When enzyme activities were expressed relative to total soluble protein in the tissue, the only relationships that remained were between brain LDH activity and P(crit) and LOE(50). In liver and white muscle, there were no relationships between the measures of hypoxia tolerance and enzyme activity or metabolite content. Overall, our analysis suggests that hypoxia-tolerant sculpins maintain higher maximal activities of some of the enzymes involved in anaerobic metabolism in the brain, and this may be an adaptation to hypoxia.
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- Milica Mandic
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Speers-Roesch B, Brauner CJ, Farrell AP, Hickey AJR, Renshaw GMC, Wang YS, Richards JG. Hypoxia tolerance in elasmobranchs. II. Cardiovascular function and tissue metabolic responses during progressive and relative hypoxia exposures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 215:103-14. [PMID: 22162858 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cardiovascular function and metabolic responses of the heart and other tissues during hypoxia exposure were compared between the hypoxia-tolerant epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) and the hypoxia-sensitive shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema rostrata). In both species, progressive hypoxia exposure caused increases in stroke volume and decreases in heart rate, cardiac output, cardiac power output (CPO, an assessment of cardiac energy demand) and dorsal aortic blood pressure, all of which occurred at or below each species' critical P(O2) for whole-animal O(2) consumption rate, M(O2) (P(crit)). In epaulette sharks, which have a lower P(crit) than shovelnose rays, routine levels of cardiovascular function were maintained to lower water P(O2) levels and the changes from routine levels during hypoxia exposure were smaller compared with those for the shovelnose ray. The maintenance rather than depression of cardiovascular function during hypoxia exposure may contribute to the superior hypoxia tolerance of the epaulette shark, presumably by improving O(2) delivery and waste removal. Compared with shovelnose rays, epaulette sharks were also better able to maintain a stable cardiac high-energy phosphate pool and to minimize metabolic acidosis and lactate accumulation in the heart (despite higher CPO) and other tissues during a 4 h exposure to 40% of their respective P(crit) (referred to as a relative hypoxia exposure), which results in similar hypoxaemia in the two species (∼16% Hb-O(2) saturation). These different metabolic responses to relative hypoxia exposure suggest that variation in hypoxia tolerance among species is not solely dictated by differences in O(2) uptake and transport but also by tissue-specific metabolic responses. In particular, lower tissue [lactate] accumulation in epaulette sharks than in shovelnose rays during relative hypoxia exposure suggests that enhanced extra-cardiac metabolic depression occurs in the former species. This could facilitate strategic utilization of available O(2) for vital organs such as the heart, potentially explaining the greater hypoxic cardiovascular function of epaulette sharks.
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- Ben Speers-Roesch
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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