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Santos MRBD, Moreira Filho ALDB, Freitas Neto OC, Andrade MDFDS, Silva NMVD, Sales GFC, Oliveira CJBD, Givisiez PEN. Shifts in microbiota and gene expression of nutrient transporters, mucin and interleukins in the gut of fast-growing and slow-growing chickens infected by Salmonella Enteritidis. Braz J Microbiol 2024; 55:1987-1996. [PMID: 38485903 PMCID: PMC11153419 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-024-01297-y] [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: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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Slow-growing breeds are more resistant to Salmonella infection compared to fast-growing broilers. However, it is unclear whether that is associated with innate resistance or rather rely on differences in Salmonella-induced gut responses. We investigated the microbial composition and gene expression of nutrient transporters, mucin, and interleukin in the gut of a fast-growing (Cobb500) and a slow-growing naked neck (NN) chicken breeds challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis. Hatchlings were inoculated at two days of age using sterile broth (sham) or Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) and distributed according to a completely randomized design into four treatments: Cobb-sham; Cobb-SE; NN-sham; and NN-SE. Cecal SE counting and microbial composition by 16 S rRNA sequencing were determined at 24-, 96-, and 168-hours post-inoculation (hpi). Gene expression of amino acid (Asct1) and peptide transporters (PepT1), glucose transporters (Sglt1, Glut2 and Glut5) and mucin (Muc2) in the jejunum and expression of interleukins (IL1 beta, IL8, IL17 and IL22) in the cecum was assessed by qPCR at 24 and 168 hpi. NN birds were colonized by SE just as Cobb birds but showed innate upregulation of Muc2, IL8 and IL17 in comparison to Cobb. While nutrient transporter mRNA expression was impaired in SE-challenged Cobb birds, the opposite was observed in NN. There were no differences in microbial diversity at different sampling times for Cobb-SE, whereas the other groups had higher diversity and lower dominance at 24 hpi compared with 96 hpi and 168 hpi. NN birds apparently develop earlier gut microbial stability, have higher basal level of mucin gene expression as well as differential nutrient transporter and interleukin gene expression in the presence of SE which might mitigate the effects of SE infection compared to Cobb birds.
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- Maylane Rayane Brito Dos Santos
- Departamento de Zootecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Areia, PB, 58397-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, 31710-220, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Areia, PB, 58397-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Areia, PB, 58397-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Areia, PB, 58397-000, Brazil.
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Crossley DA, Crossley JL, Conner JL, Smith B, Elsey R, Nelson D, Wang T. Short communication: Characterizing arterial and venous blood gases over the gas exchange surface, the chorioallantoic membrane, of embryonic American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) at two points of development. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2024; 290:111575. [PMID: 38220130 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Assessments of arterial and venous blood gases are required to understand the function of respiratory organs in animals at different stages of development. We measured blood gases in the arteries entering and veins leaving the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) in embryonic alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). The CAM accounts for virtually all gas exchange in these animals, and we hypothesized that the CAM vasculature would be larger in eggs incubated in hypoxia (10% O2 for 50% or 70% of incubation), which would be reflected in a lower partial pressure of CO2 (PCO2). Contrary to this hypothesis, our measurements revealed no effects of hypoxic incubation on PCO2, and seemingly no increase in vascularization of the CAM in response to incubation in 10% O2. PCO2 was lower on the venous side, but only significantly different from arterial blood at 70% of incubation. The calculated blood flow to the CAM increased with development and was lower in both groups of alligators that had been incubated in hypoxia. Future studies should include measurements of blood parameters taken from embryos held in conditions that mirror incubation O2 levels, in combination with direct measurements of CAM artery blood flow.
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- Dane A Crossley
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Grand Chenier Louisiana, LA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Cummins JB, Crossley DA. Cardiovascular physiology of embryonic neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2024; 287:111539. [PMID: 37884170 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.111539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Cardiovascular maturation in avian species has primarily been studied in precocial species of birds, with few studies conducted on altricial species, which make up the majority of avian species. In the precocial species of birds studied to date, cardiovascular regulation is derived primarily from an adrenergic receptor stimulation that is present from approximately 50% to 60% of incubation until hatching. Conversely, the cholinergic modulation of heart rate differs in its timing of activation, as it is reported to be present in some studies at 60% of incubation to as late as after hatching in others. This has led to the speculation that, although adrenergic stimulation is critical to cardiovascular homeostasis, cholinergic stimulation prior to hatching in birds is species-specific and therefore is not critical for cardiovascular homeostasis in embryonic birds. In this work, we conducted a series of studies on an altricial species, the neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), to gain novel data regarding cardiovascular development in a largely unstudied group of birds. We investigated cholinergic and adrenergic receptor mediated control of both arterial blood pressure and heart rate. We predicted that, given the state of this altricial species at hatching, both cholinergic and adrenergic tone on the cardiovascular system would be functional in the embryo. Our findings indicate that cholinergic tone was present at 90% of incubation. However, there was a pronounced adrenergic tone on the cardiovascular system that was relatively greater than that reported in the other studies of avian embryos. Therefore, our findings support our prediction regarding the function of cholinergic tone and adrenergic tone prior to hatching.
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- James B Cummins
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
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Flores-Santin J, Burggren WW. Beyond the Chicken: Alternative Avian Models for Developmental Physiological Research. Front Physiol 2021; 12:712633. [PMID: 34744759 PMCID: PMC8566884 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.712633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Biomedical research focusing on physiological, morphological, behavioral, and other aspects of development has long depended upon the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) as a key animal model that is presumed to be typical of birds and generally applicable to mammals. Yet, the modern chicken in its many forms is the result of artificial selection more intense than almost any other domesticated animal. A consequence of great variation in genotype and phenotype is that some breeds have inherent aberrant physiological and morphological traits that may show up relatively early in development (e.g., hypertension, hyperglycemia, and limb defects in the broiler chickens). While such traits can be useful as models of specific diseases, this high degree of specialization can color general experimental results and affect their translational value. Against this background, in this review we first consider the characteristics that make an animal model attractive for developmental research (e.g., accessibility, ease of rearing, size, fecundity, development rates, genetic variation, etc.). We then explore opportunities presented by the embryo to adult continuum of alternative bird models, including quail, ratites, songbirds, birds of prey, and corvids. We conclude by indicating that expanding developmental studies beyond the chicken model to include additional avian groups will both validate the chicken model as well as potentially identify even more suitable avian models for answering questions applicable to both basic biology and the human condition.
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- Josele Flores-Santin
- Facultad de Ciencias, Biologia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico
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- Developmental Integrative Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas Denton, Denton, TX, United States
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Thyroid hormone manipulation influences development of cardiovascular regulation in embryonic Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos domestica. J Comp Physiol B 2018; 188:843-853. [PMID: 29948159 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-018-1166-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Thyroid hormones are key regulators of avian metabolism and may play a significant role in development at hatching. To better understand the role of thyroid hormones in avian development, we examined autonomic control of heart rate and blood pressure while manipulating thyroid hormone levels in the late stage embryonic Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos domestica). Thyroid hormone levels were manipulated on day 24 of a 28-day incubation period with the thyroperoxidase inhibitor methimazole (MMI), triiodothyronine (T3), or saline. On day 25 of incubation, autonomic tone on cardiovascular function was studied by injections of cholinergic and adrenergic receptor antagonists. Embryos from all treatment groups expressed a cholinergic and β-adrenergic tone on heart rate at this age. Cholinergic blockade with atropine produced a larger change in heart rate in the hyperthyroid animals compared with euthyroid animals. In response to β-adrenergic blockade, hyperthyroid conditions produced a larger decrease in heart rate compared with euthyroid animals, with no change in mean arterial blood pressure. In response to α-adrenergic blockade, mean arterial blood pressure decreased in the euthyroid animals and more developed hyperthyroid animals. Collectively, the data indicate that elevated levels of T3 can influence maturation of cholinergic and adrenergic receptor-mediated cardiovascular regulation in developing Pekin ducks near the end of incubation.
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Chronic captopril treatment reveals the role of ANG II in cardiovascular function of embryonic American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). J Comp Physiol B 2018; 188:657-669. [PMID: 29623471 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-018-1157-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Angiotensin II (ANG II) is a powerful vasoconstrictor of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) that plays an important role in cardiovascular regulation in adult and developing vertebrates. Knowledge of ANG II's contribution to developmental cardiovascular function comes from studies in fetal mammals and embryonic chickens. This is the first study to examine the role of ANG II in cardiovascular control in an embryonic reptile, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Using chronic low (~ 5-mg kg embryo-1), or high doses (~ 450-mg kg embryo-1) of captopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, we disrupted the RAS and examined the influence of ANG II in cardiovascular function at 90% of embryonic development. Compared to embryos injected with saline, mean arterial pressure (MAP) was significantly reduced by 41 and 72% under low- and high-dose captopril treatments, respectively, a greater decrease in MAP than observed in other developing vertebrates following ACE inhibition. Acute exogenous ANG II injection produced a stronger hypertensive response in low-dose captopril-treated embryos compared to saline injection embryos. However, ACE inhibition with the low dose of captopril did not change adrenergic tone, and the ANG II response did not include an α-adrenergic component. Despite decreased MAP that caused a left shifted baroreflex curve for low-dose captopril embryos, ANG II did not influence baroreflex sensitivity. This study demonstrates that ANG II contributes to cardiovascular function in a developing reptile, and that the RAS contributes to arterial blood pressure maintenance during development across multiple vertebrate groups.
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Sirsat SKG, Dzialowski EM. Ontogeny of skeletal and cardiac muscle mitochondria oxygen fluxes in two breeds of chicken. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2017; 215:20-27. [PMID: 29054807 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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From its earliest days of domestication, the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) has been selectively bred for specific traits. Decades of genetic selection have resulted in significant dissimilarities in metabolism and growth between breeds, in particular fast-growing broilers and highly productive layers. A chicken develops the capacity to elevate metabolism in response to decreases in ambient temperature upon hatching, including well-developed methods of regulating thermogenesis. However, a differential timing between incipient endothermic capacities of broiler and layer strains exists. Although both broiler and layer chicks show the hallmark rapid attainment of endothermic capacity of precocial birds, endothermic capacity of broilers matures faster than that of layers. Here we characterized changes in morphology and mitochondria physiology during the developmental transition as the animals become endothermic. Changes in body mass occurred at a faster rate in broilers, with hatching embryos showing significant increases over embryonic body mass, while layers did not exhibit significant differences in mass until after hatch. Heart and liver both exhibited rapid growth upon hatching that occurred with little change in body mass in both breeds. Skeletal and cardiac mitochondrial respiration capacity in broilers increased from the embryonic stage through hatching. Oxidative phosphorylation was more tightly coupled to ATP production in broilers than layer muscles during external pipping. By selecting for faster growth and higher meat yield, the physiological transition from ectothermy to endothermy was also affected: differences in whole-animal, tissue, and organelle responses are evident in these two divergent breeds of chicken.
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- Sarah K G Sirsat
- Developmental Integrative Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, United States
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- Developmental Integrative Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, United States.
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Burggren WW, Elmonoufy NA. Critical developmental windows for morphology and hematology revealed by intermittent and continuous hypoxic incubation in embryos of quail (Coturnix coturnix). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183649. [PMID: 28926567 PMCID: PMC5604962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hypoxia during embryonic growth in embryos is frequently a powerful determinant of development, but at least in avian embryos the effects appear to show considerable intra- and inter-specific variation. We hypothesized that some of this variation may arise from different protocols that may or may not result in exposure during the embryo’s critical window for hypoxic effects. To test this hypothesis, quail embryos (Coturnix coturnix) in the intact egg were exposed to hypoxia (~15% O2) during “early” (Day 0 through Day 5, abbreviated as D0-D5), “middle” (D6-D10) or “late” (D11-D15) incubation or for their entire 16–18 day incubation (“continuous hypoxia”) to determine critical windows for viability and growth. Viability, body mass, beak and toe length, heart mass, and hematology (hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration) were measured on D5, D10, D15 and at hatching typically between D16 and D18 Viability rate was ~50–70% immediately following the exposure period in the early, middle and late hypoxic groups, but viability improved in the early and late groups once normoxia was restored. Middle hypoxia groups showed continuing low viability, suggesting a critical period from D6-D10 for embryo viability. The continuous hypoxia group experienced viability reaching <10% after D15. Hypoxia, especially during late and continuous hypoxia, also inhibited growth of body, beak and toe when measured at D15. Full recovery to normal body mass upon hatching occurred in all other groups except for continuous hypoxia. Contrary to previous avian studies, heart mass, hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration were not altered by any hypoxic incubation pattern. Although hypoxia can inhibit embryo viability and organ growth during most incubation periods, the greatest effects result from continuous or middle incubation hypoxic exposure. Hypoxic inhibition of growth can subsequently be “repaired” by catch-up growth if a final period of normoxic development is available. Collectively, these data indicate a critical developmental window for hypoxia susceptibility during the mid-embryonic period of development.
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- Warren W. Burggren
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America
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Tate KB, Rhen T, Eme J, Kohl ZF, Crossley J, Elsey RM, Crossley DA. Periods of cardiovascular susceptibility to hypoxia in embryonic american alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2016; 310:R1267-78. [PMID: 27101296 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00320.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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During embryonic development, environmental perturbations can affect organisms' developing phenotype, a process known as developmental plasticity. Resulting phenotypic changes can occur during discrete, critical windows of development. Critical windows are periods when developing embryos are most susceptible to these perturbations. We have previously documented that hypoxia reduces embryo size and increases relative heart mass in American alligator, and this study identified critical windows when hypoxia altered morphological, cardiovascular function and cardiac gene expression of alligator embryos. We hypothesized that incubation in hypoxia (10% O2) would increase relative cardiac size due to cardiac enlargement rather than suppression of somatic growth. We exposed alligator embryos to hypoxia during discrete incubation periods to target windows where the embryonic phenotype is altered. Hypoxia affected heart growth between 20 and 40% of embryonic incubation, whereas somatic growth was affected between 70 and 90% of incubation. Arterial pressure was depressed by hypoxic exposure during 50-70% of incubation, whereas heart rate was depressed in embryos exposed to hypoxia during a period spanning 70-90% of incubation. Expression of Vegf and PdgfB was increased in certain hypoxia-exposed embryo treatment groups, and hypoxia toward the end of incubation altered β-adrenergic tone for arterial pressure and heart rate. It is well known that hypoxia exposure can alter embryonic development, and in the present study, we have identified brief, discrete windows that alter the morphology, cardiovascular physiology, and gene expression in embryonic American alligator.
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- Kevin B Tate
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, California
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; and
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- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Grand Chenier, Louisiana
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; and
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Österman H, Lindgren I, Lindström T, Altimiras J. Chronic hypoxia during development does not trigger pathologic remodeling of the chicken embryonic heart but reduces cardiomyocyte number. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2015; 309:R1204-14. [PMID: 26423711 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00499.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fetal growth restriction programs an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, but the actual mechanisms of this developmental programming are not fully understood. Previous studies in mammalian models suggest that hearts of growth-restricted fetuses have reduced cardiomyocyte number due to reduced proliferation and premature cardiomyocyte maturation. Chicken embryos incubated under chronic hypoxia are also growth-restricted, have smaller hearts, and show signs of cardiac insufficiency posthatching. The aim of the present study was to investigate how chronic hypoxia (14% O2) during development affects cardiomyocyte mass and how myocardial structure is altered. Hypoxic incubation reproduced the well-characterized embryonic growth restriction and an increased ventricle-to-body mass ratio (at E11, E15, E17, and E19) with reduced absolute heart mass only at E19. Cell density, apoptosis, and cardiomyocyte size were insensitive to hypoxia at E15 and E19, and no signs of ventricular wall remodeling or myocardial fibrosis were detected. Bayesian modeling provided strong support for hypoxia affecting absolute mass and proliferation rates at E15, indicating that the growth impairment, at least partly, occurs earlier in development. Neither E15 nor E19 hearts contained binucleated cardiomyocytes, indicating that fetal hypoxia does not trigger early maturation of cardiomyocytes in the chicken, which contrasts with previous results from hypoxic rat pups. In conclusion, prenatal hypoxia in the chick embryo results in a reduction in the number of cardiomyocytes without inducing ventricular remodeling, cell hypertrophy, or premature cardiomyocyte maturation.
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- Hanna Österman
- AVIAN Behavioural Genomics and Physiology Group, Division of Biology, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- AVIAN Behavioural Genomics and Physiology Group, Division of Biology, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- AVIAN Behavioural Genomics and Physiology Group, Division of Biology, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- AVIAN Behavioural Genomics and Physiology Group, Division of Biology, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Burggren WW, Mueller CA, Tazawa H. Hypercapnic thresholds for embryonic acid–base metabolic compensation and hematological regulation during CO2 challenges in layer and broiler chicken strains. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2015; 215:1-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Tate KB, Kohl ZF, Eme J, Rhen T, Crossley DA. Critical Windows of Cardiovascular Susceptibility to Developmental Hypoxia in Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Embryos. Physiol Biochem Zool 2015; 88:103-15. [DOI: 10.1086/677683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Taylor EW, Leite CAC, Sartori MR, Wang T, Abe AS, Crossley DA. The phylogeny and ontogeny of autonomic control of the heart and cardiorespiratory interactions in vertebrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 217:690-703. [PMID: 24574385 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.086199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Heart rate in vertebrates is controlled by activity in the autonomic nervous system. In spontaneously active or experimentally prepared animals, inhibitory parasympathetic control is predominant and is responsible for instantaneous changes in heart rate, such as occur at the first air breath following a period of apnoea in discontinuous breathers like inactive reptiles or species that surface to air breathe after a period of submersion. Parasympathetic control, exerted via fast-conducting, myelinated efferent fibres in the vagus nerve, is also responsible for beat-to-beat changes in heart rate such as the high frequency components observed in spectral analysis of heart rate variability. These include respiratory modulation of the heartbeat that can generate cardiorespiratory synchrony in fish and respiratory sinus arrhythmia in mammals. Both may increase the effectiveness of respiratory gas exchange. Although the central interactions generating respiratory modulation of the heartbeat seem to be highly conserved through vertebrate phylogeny, they are different in kind and location, and in most species are as yet little understood. The heart in vertebrate embryos possesses both muscarinic cholinergic and β-adrenergic receptors very early in development. Adrenergic control by circulating catecholamines seems important throughout development. However, innervation of the cardiac receptors is delayed and first evidence of a functional cholinergic tonus on the heart, exerted via the vagus nerve, is often seen shortly before or immediately after hatching or birth, suggesting that it may be coordinated with the onset of central respiratory rhythmicity and subsequent breathing.
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- Edwin W Taylor
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus Rio Claro, São Paulo 13506-900, Brazil
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Mueller CA, Crossley DA, Burggren WW. The actions of the renin-angiotensin system on cardiovascular and osmoregulatory function in embryonic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2014; 178:37-45. [PMID: 25149042 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Using embryonic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus), we examined the role of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in cardiovascular and osmotic homeostasis through chronic captopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. Captopril (5 mg kg⁻¹ embryo wet mass) or saline (control) was delivered via the egg air cell daily from embryonic day 5-18. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (ƒ(H)), fluid osmolality and ion concentration, and embryonic and organ masses were measured on day 19. Exogenous angiotensin I (ANG I) injection did not change MAP or ƒ(H) in captopril-treated embryos, confirming ACE inhibition. Captopril-treated embryos were significantly hypotensive, with MAP 15% lower than controls, which we attributed to the loss of vasoconstrictive ANG II action. Exogenous ANG II induced a relatively greater hypertensive response in captopril-treated embryos compared to controls. Changes in response to ANG II following pre-treatment with phentolamine (α-adrenergic antagonist) indicated a portion of the ANG II response was due to circulating catecholamines in captopril-treated embryos. An increase in MAP and ƒ(H) in response to hexamethonium indicated vagal tone was also increased in the absence of ACE activity. Captopril-treated embryos had lower osmolality, lower Na⁺ and higher K⁺ concentration in the blood, indicating osmoregulatory changes. Larger kidney mass in captopril-treated embryos suggests disrupting the RAS may stimulate kidney growth by decreasing resistance at the efferent arteriole and increasing the fraction of cardiac output to the kidneys. This study suggests that the RAS, most likely through ANG II action, influences the development of the cardiovascular and osmoregulatory systems.
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- Casey A Mueller
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- Developmental Integrative Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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- Developmental Integrative Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
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Iversen NK, Wang T, Baatrup E, Crossley DA. The role of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular response to chronic and acute hypoxia in White Leghorn chicken (Gallus domesticus). Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 211:346-57. [PMID: 24673734 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIM Prenatal hypoxia due to placental insufficiency results in deleterious phenotypes and compensatory mechanisms including increased sympathetic tone. Utilizing the embryonic chicken model, we investigated (i) changes in nitric oxide (NO)-mediated tone in response to chronic hypoxic development and (ii) the in vivo role of NO-mediated tone during acute hypoxic exposure, which has not been previously studied. We hypothesized that NO tone on the cardiovascular system would be unaffected by chronic hypoxic incubation in White Leghorn chicken (Gallus domesticus) embryos. METHODS We measured arterial pressure, heart rate and femoral blood flow (via a Doppler flow probe) in response to acute hypoxia (10% O2 ) and pharmacological manipulations in normoxic- and hypoxic (15% O2 )-incubated embryos. This was performed at 70 and 90% of total incubation time (21 days). At 70% of incubation (day 15), blood volume and chorioallantoic membrane development are maximal; 90% of incubation (day 19) is 1 day prior to lung ventilation. RESULTS Acute hypoxic exposure decreased femoral flow in both 90% groups, but increased femoral artery resistance in the hypoxic group. NO tone increased during development, but was not affected by hypoxic incubation. Inhibition of NO production by L-NAME (100 mg kg(-1) ) revealed that NO plays a significant role in the flow response to hypoxia. CONCLUSION Chronic hypoxic incubation has no effect on cardiovascular NO tone during White Leghorn chicken development. In the intact animal, NO function during acute hypoxic stress is suppressed by hypoxic incubation, indicating that chronic hypoxic stress dampens the NO contribution.
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- N. K. Iversen
- Department of Biological Sciences; Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster; University of North Texas; Denton TX USA
- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster; University of North Texas; Denton TX USA
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Burggren WW, Christoffels VM, Crossley DA, Enok S, Farrell AP, Hedrick MS, Hicks JW, Jensen B, Moorman AFM, Mueller CA, Skovgaard N, Taylor EW, Wang T. Comparative cardiovascular physiology: future trends, opportunities and challenges. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 210:257-76. [PMID: 24119052 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The inaugural Kjell Johansen Lecture in the Zoophysiology Department of Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark) afforded the opportunity for a focused workshop comprising comparative cardiovascular physiologists to ponder some of the key unanswered questions in the field. Discussions were centred around three themes. The first considered function of the vertebrate heart in its various forms in extant vertebrates, with particular focus on the role of intracardiac shunts, the trabecular ('spongy') nature of the ventricle in many vertebrates, coronary blood supply and the building plan of the heart as revealed by molecular approaches. The second theme involved the key unanswered questions in the control of the cardiovascular system, emphasizing autonomic control, hypoxic vasoconstriction and developmental plasticity in cardiovascular control. The final theme involved poorly understood aspects of the interaction of the cardiovascular system with the lymphatic, renal and digestive systems. Having posed key questions around these three themes, it is increasingly clear that an abundance of new analytical tools and approaches will allow us to learn much about vertebrate cardiovascular systems in the coming years.
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- W. W. Burggren
- Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster; Department of Biological Sciences; University of North Texas; Denton TX USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Embryology & Physiology; Academic Medical Centre; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster; Department of Biological Sciences; University of North Texas; Denton TX USA
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- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Zoology and Faculty of Land and Food Systems; University of British Columbia; Vancouver BC Canada
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- Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster; Department of Biological Sciences; University of North Texas; Denton TX USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of California; Irvine CA USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Embryology & Physiology; Academic Medical Centre; Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Anatomy, Embryology & Physiology; Academic Medical Centre; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster; Department of Biological Sciences; University of North Texas; Denton TX USA
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- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- School of Biosciences; University of Birmingham; Birmingham UK
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- Zoophysiology; Department of Bioscience; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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Swart J, Tate K, Crossley DA. Development of adrenergic and cholinergic receptor cardiovascular regulatory capacity in the Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and domestic goose (Anser anser domesticus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2014; 167:59-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Crossley DA, Sartori MR, Abe AS, Taylor EW. A role for histamine in cardiovascular regulation in late stage embryos of the red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonaria Spix, 1824. J Comp Physiol B 2013; 183:811-20. [PMID: 23377695 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-013-0746-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2012] [Revised: 12/24/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A chorioallantoic membrane artery in embryos of the red-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis carbonaria was occlusively cannulated for measurement of blood pressure and injection of drugs. Two age groups of embryos in the final 10 % of incubation were categorized by the ratio of embryonic body to yolk mass. All embryos first received cholinergic and β-adrenergic blockade. This revealed that β-adrenergic control was established in both groups whereas cholinergic control was only established in the older group immediately prior to hatching. The study then progressed as two series. Series one was conducted in a subset of embryos treated with histamine before or after injection of ranitidine, the antagonist of H2 receptors. Injection of histamine caused an initial phasic hypertension which recovered, followed by a longer lasting hypertensive response accompanied by a tachycardia. Injection of the H2 receptor antagonist ranitidine itself caused a hypotensive tachycardia with subsequent recovery of heart rate. Ranitidine also abolished the cardiac effects of histamine injection while leaving the initial hypertensive response intact. In series, two embryos were injected with histamine after injection of diphenhydramine, the antagonist to H1 receptors. This abolished the whole of the pressor response to histamine injection but left the tachycardic response intact. These data indicate that histamine acts as a non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic factor, regulating the cardiovascular system of developing reptilian embryos and that its overall effects are mediated via both H1 and H2 receptor types.
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- Dane A Crossley
- Department of Biological Sciences, Developmental Integrative Biology Cluster, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5017, USA.
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