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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 247, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110738
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CHH; Neohelice granulata; Diet; Starvation; Carbohydrate metabolism; Lipid metabolism
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Pro-reitoria de Pesquisa (PROPESQ) from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
- CAPES
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The burrowing crab Neohelice granulata is a key omnivorous species in intertidal areas along the southwestern Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentinean Patagonia. This crab is adapted to starvation and can endure natural periods of food deprivation. The metabolic adjustments during starvation depend on the type of diet the crabs were fed previously. Since eyestalk-crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) is the principal regulator of glucose homeostasis in decapods, we investigated whether CHH transcription was affected by diet composition and starvation. Crabs were maintained in the laboratory for two weeks and subsequently divided in two groups. One received a high carbohydrate (HC) diet, and the other was fed a high protein (HP) diet. After this period, they were starved for four weeks. The full-length cDNA sequence of N. granulata CHH was determined and aligned with CHH sequences of other crabs. Levels of circulating glucose and glycogen were higher in the hepatopancreas and muscle of the HC-fed group and decreased after starvation. Glucose and glycogen concentrations were not altered by starvation in the HP group. Triglyceride levels within the hemolymph were not altered by diet or starvation. However, triglycerides concentration was higher in the hepatopancreas of HC compared to HP-fed group. Long-term starvation and diet composition did not affect CHH transcription.
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