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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 214, 期 18, 页码 3062-3073出版社
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.053991
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gas exchange; insect; haemolymph pH; DGC; hypercapnia; hypoxia
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- Australian Research Council [DP0879605, DP0987626]
- Australian Research Council [DP0987626] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
Ventilatory control of internal CO2 plays an important role in regulating extracellular acid-base balance in terrestrial animals. While this phenomenon is well understood among vertebrates, the role that respiration plays in the acid-base balance of insects is in need of much further study. To measure changes in insect haemolymph pH, we implanted micro pH optodes into the haemocoel of cockroaches (Nauphoeta cinerea). They were then exposed to normoxic, hypoxic, hyperoxic and hypercapnic atmospheres while their haemolymph pH, (V) over dot(CO2) and abdominal ventilation frequency were measured simultaneously. Intratracheal O-2 levels were also measured in separate experiments. It was found that cockroaches breathing continuously control their ventilation to defend a haemolymph pH of 7.3, except under conditions where hypoxia (<10% O-2) induces hyperventilation, or where ambient hypercapnia is in excess of haemolymph (>1% CO2). In contrast, intratracheal O-2 levels fluctuated widely, but on average remained above 15% in normoxic (21% O-2) atmospheres. Decapitation caused the cockroaches to display discontinuous gas exchange cycles (DGCs). The alternating periods of ventilation and apnoea during DGCs caused haemolymph pH to fluctuate by 0.11. units. Exposure to hypoxia caused haemolymph pH to increase and initiated brief bouts of spiracular opening prior to the active ventilation phase. The spontaneous occurrence of DGCs in decapitated cockroaches indicates that central pattern generators in the thoracic and abdominal ganglia generate the periodic gas exchange pattern in the absence of control from the cephalic ganglion. This pattern continues to maintain gas exchange, but with less precision.
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