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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
卷 324, 期 2, 页码 R196-R206出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00211.2022
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cryoinjury; cryoprotectant; ecophysiology; freeze tolerance; repeated freeze -thaw
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The freeze-tolerant anuran Dryophytes chrysoscelis mobilizes a cryoprotectant system to minimize damage induced by freezing and thawing, including elevated glycerol and glucose levels. Repeated freeze-thaw cycles can lead to glycerol accumulation and glycogen depletion, which delays postfreeze recovery of locomotor function. This research provides insights into the winter survival of D. chrysoscelis under climate change.
The freeze-tolerant anuran Dryophytes chrysoscelis, Cope's gray treefrog, mobilizes a complex cryoprotectant system that includes glycerol, glucose, and urea to minimize damage induced by freezing and thawing of up to 65% of body water. In this species' eastern Northern American temperate habitat, oscillations of temperature above and below freezing are common; however, the effects of repeated freezing and thawing in this species are unstudied. The biochemical and physiological effects of repeated freeze-thaw cycles were therefore evaluated and compared with cold acclimation and single freeze-thaw episodes. Glycerol was elevated in plasma, liver, and skeletal muscle of both singly and repeatedly frozen and thawed animals compared with cold-acclimated frogs. In contrast, urea was unchanged by freezing and thawing, whereas glucose was elevated in singly frozen and thawed animals but was reduced toward cold acclimation levels after repeated bouts of freezing. Overall, the cryoprotectant system was maintained, but not further elevated, in all tissues assayed in repeatedly frozen and thawed animals. For repeated freeze-thaw only, hepatic glycogen was depleted and plasma hemoglobin, indicative of erythrocyte hemolysis, increased. Postfreeze recovery of locomotor function, including limb and whole body movement, was delayed with repeated freeze-thaw and was associated with glycerol accumulation and glycogen depletion. Individuals that resumed locomotor function more quickly also accumulated greater cryoinjury. Integrated analyses of cryoprotectant and cryoinjury accumulation suggest that winter survival of D. chrysoscelis may be vulnerable to climate change, limited by carbohydrate stores, cellular repair mechanisms, and plasticity of the cryoprotectant system.
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