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  • Adenosinergic and cholinergic control mechanisms during hypoxia in the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), with emphasis on the branchial circulation.

    Author(s)
    Stensløkken, KO
    Sundin, L
    Renshaw, GMC
    Nilsson, GE
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Renshaw, Gillian M.
    Year published
    2004
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    Abstract
    Coral reef platforms may become hypoxic at night during low tide. One animal in that habitat, the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), survives hours of severe hypoxia and at least one hour of anoxia. Here, we examine the branchial effects of severe hypoxia (<0.3 mg oxygen l–1 for 20 min in anaesthetized epaulette shark), by measuring ventral and dorsal aortic blood pressure (PVA and PDA), heart rate (fh), and observing gill microcirculation using epi-illumination microscopy. Hypoxia induced a flow of blood in two parallel blood vessels, termed longitudinal vessels, in the outer borders of the free tip of the gill ...
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    Coral reef platforms may become hypoxic at night during low tide. One animal in that habitat, the epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), survives hours of severe hypoxia and at least one hour of anoxia. Here, we examine the branchial effects of severe hypoxia (<0.3 mg oxygen l–1 for 20 min in anaesthetized epaulette shark), by measuring ventral and dorsal aortic blood pressure (PVA and PDA), heart rate (fh), and observing gill microcirculation using epi-illumination microscopy. Hypoxia induced a flow of blood in two parallel blood vessels, termed longitudinal vessels, in the outer borders of the free tip of the gill filament. Hypoxia also induced significant falls in fh, PVA and PDA, and a biphasic change in ventilation frequency (increase followed by decrease). Adenosine injection (1μ mol kg–1) also initiated blood flow in the longitudinal vessels, in addition to significant drops in PVA, PDA and fh, and a biphasic response in ventilation frequency (decrease followed by increase) indicating that adenosine influences ventilation. Aminophylline (10 mg kg–1), an A1 and A2 adenosine receptor antagonist, blocked the effects of adenosine injection, and also significantly reduced blood flow in the longitudinal vessels during hypoxia. In the second part of the study, we examined the cholinergic influence on the cardiovascular circulation during severe hypoxia (<0.3 mg l–1) using antagonists against muscarinic (atropine 2 mg kg–1) and nicotinic (tubocurarine 5 mg kg–1) receptors. Injection of acetylcholine (ACh; 1μ mol kg–1) into the ventral aorta caused a marked fall in fh, a large increase in PVA, but small changes in PDA (suggesting increased Rgill). Atropine was able to inhibit the branchial vascular responses to ACh but not the hypoxic bradycardia, suggesting the presence of muscarinic receptors on the heart and gill vasculature, and that the hypoxia induced bradycardia is of non-cholinergic origin. The results suggest that adenosine mediates increases in the arterio–venous circulation in the gill during hypoxia. This may serve to increase blood supply to heart and gill tissue.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Experimental Biology
    Volume
    207
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01291
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    Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this journal. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author[s] for more information.
    Subject
    Biological sciences
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    History, heritage and archaeology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/5508
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