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BIOLOGY OPEN
卷 2, 期 3, 页码 343-350出版社
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20133509
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Myosin heavy chain; Parvalbumin; Muscle; Shortening velocity; Isometric contractile properties; Myotomal muscle
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- Widener University
Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) display an impressive ability to acclimate to very cold water temperatures. These fish express both anti-freeze proteins and glycerol in their plasma, liver, muscle and other tissues to avoid freezing at sub-zero temperatures. Maintenance of glycerol levels requires active feeding in very cold water. To understand how these fish can maintain activity at cold temperatures, we explored thermal acclimation by the myotomal muscle of smelt exposed to cold water. We hypothesized that coldacclimated fish would show enhanced swimming ability due to shifts in muscle contractile properties. We also predicted that shifts in swimming performance would be associated with changes in the expression patterns of muscle proteins such as parvalbumin (PV) and myosin heavy chain (MyHC). Swimming studies show significantly faster swimming by smelt acclimated to 5 degrees C compared to fish acclimated to 20 degrees C when tested at a common test temperature of 10 degrees C. The cold-acclimated fish also had faster muscle contractile properties, such as a maximum shortening velocity (V-max) almost double that of warm-acclimated fish at the same test temperature. Cold-acclimation is associated with a modest increase in PV levels in the swimming muscle. Fluorescence microscopy using anti-MyHC antibodies suggests that MyHC expression in the myotomal muscle may shift in response to exposure to cold water. The complex set of physiological responses that comprise cold-acclimation in smelt includes modifications in muscle function to permit active locomotion in cold water. (C) 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
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