Emersion behavior of the semi-terrestrial crab Neohelice granulata during hypoxic conditions: Lactate as a trigger.

Autor: de Lima TM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil. Electronic address: tabatalimafac@gmail.com., de Ramos B; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerenciamento Costeiro, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil., de Souza Tavares M; Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil., Leidens D; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil., Ayres BS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil., Maciel FE; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil., Nery LEM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande, RS 96201-300, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology [Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol] 2021 Feb; Vol. 252, pp. 110835. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110835
Abstrakt: Climate changes affecting aquatic environments are increasing, and the resultant environmental challenges require animals to adopt alternative compensatory behavioral and physiological strategies. In particular, low levels of dissolved O 2 are a regular problem for estuarine animals, leading to activation of a series of behavioral and physiological responses. This study on the semi-terrestrial crab Neohelice granulata examined patterns of emersion behavior under different levels of dissolved O 2 availability and the role of lactate in this behavior. Emersion behavior was recorded for 4.5 h for crabs in water at four different levels of dissolved O 2 (6, 3, 2, and 1 mg O 2 /L) and with free access to air. Oxygen consumption and hemolymphatic lactate levels were measured using the same experimental design. Emersion behavior was also recorded for 70 min in normoxic water after lactate or saline injections. Crabs increased their emersion behavior only in severe hypoxia (1 mg O 2 /L), and O 2 consumption decreased under more severe hypoxic conditions. Despite the increase in emersion behavior, which leads to higher O 2 availability, an increase in hemolymphatic lactate levels indicates that the animals still need to resort to anaerobic pathways to fulfill their metabolic demand. Furthermore, animals injected with lactate showed higher emersion behaviors than animals injected with a saline solution even in normoxia. These results suggest that the increase in hemolymphatic lactate can act directly or indirectly as a trigger for the increase in emersion behavior in the semi-terrestrial crab N. granulata.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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