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Duncan Mitchell Shane K. Maloney Helen P. Laburn Michael H. Knight Gernot Kuhnen Claus Jessen 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1997,167(5):335-343
We used miniature data loggers to record temperature and activity in free-ranging springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) naturally exposed to severe nocturnal cold and moderate diurnal heat. The animals were active throughout the day and night,
with short rests; the intensity of activity increased during daylight. Arterial blood temperature, averaged over many days,
exhibited a circadian rhythm with amplitude <1 °C, but with a wide range which resulted from sporadic rapid deviations of
body temperature. Peak blood temperature occurred after sunset. Environmental thermal loads had no detectable effect on blood
temperature, even though globe temperature varied by >10 °C from day to day and >20 °C within a day. Brain temperature increased
approximately linearly with blood temperature but with a slope <1, so that selective brain cooling tended to be activated
at high body temperature, but without a precise threshold for the onset of brain cooling. Low activity attenuated selective
brain cooling and high activity abolished it, even at high brain temperature. Our results support the concept that selective
brain cooling serves to modulate thermoregulation rather than to protect the brain against heat injury.
Accepted: 7 January 1997 相似文献
2.
Brain temperature and limits on transcranial cooling in humans: quantitative modeling results 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
D. A. Nelson S. A. Nunneley 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,78(4):353-359
Selective brain cooling (SBC) of varying strengths has been demonstrated in a number of mammals and appears to play a role
in systemic thermoregulation. Although primates lack obvious specialization for SBC, the possibility of brain cooling in humans
has been debated for many years. This paper reports on the use of mathematical modeling to explore whether surface cooling
can control effectively the temperature of the human cerebrum. The brain was modeled as a hemisphere with a volume of 1.33 1
and overlying layers of cerebrospinal fluid, skull, and scalp. Each component was assigned appropriate dimensions, physical
properties and physiological characteristics that were determined from the literature. The effects of blood flow and of thermal
conduction were modeled using the steady-state form of the bio-heat equation. Input parameters included core (arterial) temperature:
normal (37°C) or hyperthermic (40°C), air temperature: warm (30°C) or hot (40°C), and sweat evaporation rate: 0, 0.25, or
0.50 l · m−2 · h−1. The resulting skin temperatures of the model ranged from 31.8°C to 40.2°C, values which are consistent with data obtained
from the literature. Cerebral temperatures were generally insensitive to surface conditions (air temperature and evaporation
rate), which affected only the most superficial level of the cerebrum (≤1.5 mm) The remaining parenchymal temperatures were
0.2–0.3°C above arterial temperatures, regardless of surface conditions. This held true even for the worst-case conditions
combining core hyperthermia in a hot environment with zero evaporative cooling. Modeling showed that the low surface-to-volume
ratio, low tissue conductivity, and high rate of cerebral perfusion combine to minimize the potential impact of surface cooling,
whether by transcranial venous flow or by conduction through intervening layers to the skin or mucosal surfaces. The dense
capillary network in the brain assures that its temperature closely follows arterial temperature and is controlled through
systemic thermoregulation independent of head surface temperature. A review of the literature reveals several independent
lines of evidence which support these findings and indicate the absence of functionally significant transcranial venous flow
in either direction. Given the fact that humans sometimes work under conditions which produce face and scalp temperatures
that are above core temperature, a transcranial thermal link would not necessarily protect the brain, but might instead increase
its vulnerability to environmentally induced thermal injury.
Accepted: 11 March 1998 相似文献
3.
Cold tolerance and dehydration in Enchytraeidae from Svalbard 总被引:4,自引:1,他引:3
L. Sømme T. Birkemoe 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1997,167(4):264-269
When cooled in contact with moisture, eight species of arctic Enchytraeidae from Svalbard were killed by freezing within
minutes or hours at −3 and −5 °C; an exception was Enchytraeus kincaidi which survived for up to 2 days. When the temperature approached 0 °C the enchytraeids apparently tried to escape from the
moist soil. The supercooling capacity of the enchytraeids was relatively low, with mean supercooling points of −5 to −8 °C.
In contrast, specimens of several species were extracted from soil cores that had been frozen in their intact state at −15 °C
for up to 71 days. Compared to freezing in a moist environment, higher survival rates were obtained during cooling at freezing
temperatures in dry soil. Survival was recorded in species kept at −3 °C for up to 35 days, and in some species kept at −6 °C
for up to 17 days. Slow warming greatly increased survival rates at −6 °C . The results strongly suggest that arctic enchytraeids
avoid freezing by dehydration at subzero temperatures. In agreement with this, weight losses of up to ca. 42% of fresh weight
were recorded in Mesenchytraeus spp. and of up to 55% in Enchytraeus kincaidi at water vapour pressures above ice at −3 to −6 °C. All specimens survived dehydration under these conditions.
Accepted: 12 December 1997 相似文献
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Maloney SK Fuller A Meyer LC Kamerman PR Mitchell G Mitchell D 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2009,179(3):241-251
Marsupials reportedly can implement selective brain cooling despite lacking a carotid rete. We measured brain (hypothalamic)
and carotid arterial blood temperatures every 5 min for 5, 17, and 63 days in spring in three free-living western grey kangaroos.
Body temperature was highest during the night, and decreased rapidly early in the morning, reaching a nadir at 10:00. The
highest body temperatures recorded occurred sporadically in the afternoon, presumably associated with exercise. Hypothalamic
temperature consistently exceeded arterial blood temperature, by an average 0.3°C, except during these afternoon events when
hypothalamic temperature lagged behind, and was occasionally lower than, the simultaneous arterial blood temperature. The
reversal in temperatures resulted from the thermal inertia of the brain; changes in the brain to arterial blood temperature
difference were related to the rate of change of arterial blood temperature on both heating and cooling (P < 0.001 for all three kangaroos). We conclude that these data are not evidence for active selective brain cooling in kangaroos.
The effect of thermal inertia on brain temperature is larger than might be expected in the grey kangaroo, a discrepancy that
we speculate derives from the unique vascular anatomy of the marsupial brain. 相似文献
5.
Michael J. Price Ian G. Campbell 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1997,76(6):552-560
The thermoregulatory responses of ten paraplegic (PA; T3/4-L4) and nine able-bodied (AB) upper body trained athletes were
examined at rest and during prolonged arm-cranking exercise and passive recovery. Exercise was performed for 90 min at 80%
peak heart rate, and at 21.5 (1.7)°C and 47.0 (7.8)% relative humidity on a Monark cycle ergometer (Ergomedic 814E) adapted
for arm exercise. Mean peak oxygen uptake values for the PA and AB athlete groups were 2.12 (0.41) min−1 and 3.19 (0.38) l · min−1, respectively (P<0.05). At rest, there was no difference in aural temperature between groups [36.2 (0.4)°C for both groups]. However, upper
body skin temperatures for the PA athletes were approximately 1.0 °C warmer than for the AB athletes, whereas lower body skin
temperatures were cooler than those for the AB athletes (1.3 °C and 2.7 °C for the thigh and calf, respectively). Upper and
lower body skin temperatures for the AB athletes were similar. During exercise, blood lactate peaked after 15 min of exercise
for both groups [3.33 (1.26) mmol · l−1 and 4.30 (1.03) mmol · l−1 for the PA and AB athletes, respectively, P<0.05] and decreased throughout the remainder of the exercise period. Aural temperature increased by 0.7 (0.5)°C and 0.6 (0.4)°C
for the AB and PA athletes, respectively. Calf skin temperature for the PA athletes increased during exercise by 1.4 (2.8)°C
(P<0.05), whereas a decrease of 0.8 (2.0)°C (P<0.05) was observed for the AB athletes. During the first 20 min of recovery from exercise, the calf skin temperature of the
AB athletes decreased further [−2.6 (1.3)°C; P<0.05]. Weight losses and changes in plasma volume were similar for both groups [0.7 (0.5) kg and 0.7 (0.4) kg; 5.4 (4.9)%
and 9.7 (6.2)% for the PA and AB athletes, respectively]. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that the PA athletes
exhibit different thermoregulatory responses at rest and during exercise and passive recovery to those of upper body trained
AB athletes. Despite this, during 90 min of arm-crank exercise in a cool environment, the PA athletes appeared to be at no
greater thermal risk than the AB athletes.
Accepted: 7 May 1997 相似文献
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Janssen FP Bouten CV van Leeuwen GM van Steenhoven AA 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal》2008,44(3-4):81-86
Cancer chemotherapy treatment often leads to hair loss, which may be prevented by cooling the scalp during drug administration.
The current hypothesis for the hair preservative effect of scalp cooling is that cooling of the scalp skin reduces blood flow
(perfusion) and chemical reaction rates. Reduced perfusion leads to less drugs available for uptake, whereas the reduced temperature
decreases uptake of and damage by chemotherapy. Altogether, less damage is exerted to the hair cells, and the hair is preserved.
However, the two mechanisms in the hypothesis have not been quantified yet. To quantify the effect of reduced drug damage
caused by falling temperatures, we investigated the effect of local drug concentration and local tissue temperature on hair
cell damage using in vitro experiments on keratinocytes. Cells were exposed for 4 h to a wide range of doxorubicin concentrations.
During exposure, cells were kept at different temperatures. Cell viability was determined after 3 d using a viability test.
Control samples were used to establish a concentration–viability curve. Results show that cell survival is significantly higher
in cooled cells (T < 22° C) than in non-cooled cells (T = 37° C), but no significant differences are visible between T = 10° C and T = 22° C. Based on this result and previous work, we can conclude that there is an optimal temperature in scalp cooling. Further
cooling will only result in unnecessary discomfort for the patient and should therefore be avoided. 相似文献
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Acclimation of chlorophyll biosynthetic reactions to temperature stress in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The adaptive responses of the greening process of plants to temperature stress were studied in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Poinsette) seedlings grown at ambient (25 °C), low (7 °C) and high (42 °C) temperatures. Plastids isolated from these
seedlings were incubated at different temperatures and the net syntheses of various tetrapyrroles were monitored. In plastids
isolated from control seedlings grown at 25 °C, the optimum temperature for synthesis of Mg-protoporphyrin IX monoester or
protochlorophyllide was 35 °C. Temperature maxima for Mg-protoporphyrin IX monoester and protochlorophyllide syntheses were
shifted to 30 °C in chill-stressed seedlings. The net synthesis of total tetrapyrroles was severely reduced in heat-stressed
seedlings and the optimum temperature for Mg-protoporphyrin IX monoester or protochlorophyllide synthesis shifted slightly
towards higher temperatures, i.e. a broader peak was observed. To further study the temperature acclimation of seedlings with
respect to the greening process, tetrapyrrole biosynthesis was monitored at 25 °C after pre-heating the plastids (28–70 °C)
isolated from control, chill- and heat-stressed seedlings. In comparison to 28 °C-pre-heated plastids the percent inhibition
of protochlorophyllide synthesis in 40 °C-pre-heated plastids was higher than for the control (25 °C-grown) in chill-stressed
seedlings and lower than for the control in heat-stressed seedlings. Maximum synthesis of total tetrapyrroles and protoporphyrin
IX was observed when chloroplasts were heated at 50 °C, which was probably due to heat-induced activation of the enzymes involved
in protoporphyrin IX synthesis. Prominent shoulders towards lower or higher temperatures were seen in chill-stressed or heat-stressed
seedlings, respectively. The shift in optimum temperature for tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in chill- and heat-stressed seedlings
was probably due to acclimation of membranes possibly undergoing desaturation or saturation of membrane lipids. Proteins synthesized
in response to temperature-stress may also play an important role in conferring stress-tolerance in plants.
Received: 8 October 1998 / Accepted: 19 November 1998 相似文献
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Maloney SK Mitchell D Mitchell G Fuller A 《American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology》2007,292(5):R2059-R2067
To test whether baboons are capable of implementing selective brain cooling, we measured, every 5 min, the temperature in their hypothalamus, carotid arterial bloodstream, and abdominal cavity. The baboons were unrestrained and exposed to 22 degrees C for 7 days and then to a cyclic environment with 15 degrees C at night and 35 degrees C during the day for a further 7 days. During the latter 7 days some of the baboons also were exposed to radiant heat during the day. For three days, during heat exposure, water was withheld. At no time was the hypothalamus cooler than carotid arterial blood, despite brain temperatures above 40 degrees C. With little variation, the hypothalamus was consistently 0.5 degrees C warmer than arterial blood. At high body temperatures, the hypothalamus was sometimes cooler than the abdomen. Abdominal temperature was more variable than arterial blood and tended to exceed arterial blood temperature at higher body temperatures. Hypothalamic temperature cooler than a warm abdomen is not evidence for selective brain cooling. In species that can implement selective brain cooling, the brain is most likely to be cooler than carotid arterial blood when an animal is hyperthermic, during heat exposure, and also dehydrated and undisturbed by human presence. When we exposed baboons to high ambient temperatures while they were water deprived and undisturbed, they never implemented selective brain cooling. We conclude that baboons cannot implement selective brain cooling and can find no convincing evidence that any primate species can do so. 相似文献
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G. F. Birchard C. L. Reiber 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1996,166(8):461-466
Growth and development can occur over a wide range of physical conditions in reptiles. Cardiovascular function must be critical
to this ability. However, information on cardiovascular function in developing reptiles is lacking. Previous work indicated
that in reptiles the effects of temperature on growth and metabolism are largely restricted to early development. This study
examined whether the previously observed effects of temperature and different perinatal patterns of metabolism observed in
amniotic vertebrates are correlated with cardiovascular function. Embryonic and hatchling carcass mass, heart mass and heart
rate (HR) were compared for snapping turtle eggs (Chelydra serpentina) incubated at 24 ° and 29 °C. Incubation time was shorter at 29 °C (56.2 days) than at 24 °C (71.1 days). Carcass and heart
growth showed a sigmoidal pattern at both temperatures. However, cardiac growth showed a relative decrease as incubation proceeded.
Incubation temperature significantly affected the HR pattern during development. The HR of embryos incubated at 24 °C was
constant for most of incubation (51.8±4.8 min-1). A small decrease was observed just prior to and a large decrease immediately following hatching (posthatch, 22.3±4.1 min-1). At 29 °C embryonic HR was greater than at 24 °C early in development (72.3±3 min-1). The HR steadily decreased to values equivalent to those at 24 °C. The HRs of 24 °C and 29 °C hatchlings were not different.
Cardiac output (estimated as the product of heart mass and HR) increased rapidly during early development and then slowed
dramatically at both temperatures. These data are consistent with the suggestion that temperature exerts its effects primarily
early in development. Furthermore, the changes in cardiovascular function are correlated with metabolic changes in hatching
vertebrates.
Accepted:12 June 1996 相似文献
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Water spray cooling during handling of feedlot cattle 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Tami M. Brown-Brandl Roger A. Eigenberg John A. Nienaber 《International journal of biometeorology》2010,54(6):609-616
Activities involved in receiving or working (e.g., sorting, dehorning, castration, weighing, implanting, etc.) of feedlot
cattle cause an increase in body temperature. During hot weather the increased body temperature may disrupt normal behaviors
including eating, which can be especially detrimental to the well-being and performance of the animals. Sprinkle cooling of
animals has been successfully employed within the pen; however, added moisture to the pens’ surface increases odor generation
from the pen. A study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a single instance of wetting an animal within the
working facility instead of in the pen, which could potentially provide extra evaporative cooling to offset the added heat
produced by activity. Sixty-four cross-bred heifers were assigned to one of eight pens on the basis of weight. On four separate
occasions during hot conditions (average temperature 28.2 ± 1.9°C, 29.1 ± 2.0°C, 28.9 ± 3.0°C, and 26.8 ± 1.6°C; with the
temperature ranging from 22.6 to 32.5°C during the trials), the heifers were moved from their pens to and from the working
facility (a building with a scale and squeeze chute located 160–200 m away). While in the squeeze chute, four of the pens
of heifers were sprinkle cooled and the remaining four pens were worked as normal. The heifers that were treated had a body
temperature that peaked sooner (31.9 ± 0.63 min compared to 37.6 ± 0.62) with a lower peak body temperature (39.55 ± 0.03°C
compared to 39.74 ± 0.03°C), and recovered sooner (70.5 ± 2.4 min compared to 83.2 ± 2.4 min). The treated animals also had
a lower panting score, a visual assessment of level of cattle heat stress (1.1 ± 0.2 compared to 1.16 ± 0.2). The behavior
measurements that were taken did not indicate a change in behavior. It was concluded that while a single instance of wetting
an animal within the working facility did not completely offset the increase in body temperature, it was beneficial to the
animals without needing to add water to the pen surface, thus reducing the potential for odor generation. 相似文献
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Extracellular heat-shock protein 72 (eHsp72) expression during exercise-heat stress is suggested to increase with the level
of hyperthermia attained, independent of the rate of heat storage. This study examined the influence of exercise at various
intensities to elucidate this relationship, and investigated the association between eHsp72 and eHsp27. Sixteen male subjects
cycled to exhaustion at 60% and 75% of maximal oxygen uptake in hot conditions (40°C, 50% RH). Core temperature, heart rate,
oxidative stress, and blood lactate and glucose levels were measured to determine the predictor variables associated with
eHsp expression. At exhaustion, heart rate exceeded 96% of maximum in both conditions. Core temperature reached 39.7°C in
the 60% trial (58.9 min) and 39.0°C in the 75% trial (27.2 min) (P < 0.001). The rate of rise in core temperature was 2.1°C h−1 greater in the 75% trial than in the 60% trial (P < 0.001). A significant increase and correlation was observed between eHsp72 and eHsp27 concentrations at exhaustion (P < 0.005). eHsp72 was highly correlated with the core temperature attained (60% trial) and the rate of increase in core temperature
(75% trial; P < 0.05). However, no common predictor variable was associated with the expression of both eHsps. The similarity in expression
of eHsp72 and eHsp27 during moderate- and high-intensity exercise may relate to the duration (i.e., core temperature attained)
and intensity (i.e., rate of increase in core temperature) of exercise. Thus, the immuno-inflammatory release of eHsp72 and
eHsp27 in response to exercise in the heat may be duration and intensity dependent. 相似文献
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Changes in selected aspects of immune function in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens, associated with exposure to cold 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Gregory D. Maniero Cynthia Carey 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1997,167(4):256-263
The effect of exposure to low temperatures (5 °C) on lymphocyte proliferation, leukocyte populations, and serum complement
levels was examined in the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Proliferation of T lymphocytes in response to phytohemagglutinin stimulation was significantly decreased in frogs kept for
2, 3, and 5 months at 5 °C compared to that of animals kept at 22 °C. A significant increase in the average percentage of
neutrophils and a decrease in the mean percentage of eosinophils was observed in the blood of frogs held for 5 months in the
cold compared to animals held at 22 °C for the same length of time. Mean serum complement activity after 1 month at 5 °C was
significantly reduced in comparison to animals held at 22 °C and was not detectable after 5 months in the cold. Recovery of
complement levels at room temperature (22 °C) was also examined after cold exposure. Complement levels were significantly
higher than controls (at 22 °C) in frogs returned to 22 °C for 7 and 14 days after 5 months in the cold. After frogs were
held at 5 °C for 1 month, serum complement levels increased significantly within 2 days after returning to 22 °C and continued
to rise 5 and 9 days after warming. Injections with Aeromonas hydrophila following a 5-week exposure to 5 °C failed to cause death or observable symptoms of disease in frogs that were returned to
22 °C.
Accepted: 20 November 1996 相似文献
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Wilson RS James RS Johnston IA 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2000,170(2):117-124
Among amphibians, the ability to compensate for the effects of temperature on the locomotor system by thermal acclimation
has only been reported in larvae of a single species of anuran. All other analyses have examined predominantly terrestrial
adult life stages of amphibians and found no evidence of thermal acclimatory capacity. We examined the ability of both tadpoles
and adults of the fully aquatic amphibian Xenopus laevis to acclimate their locomotor system to different temperatures. Tadpoles were acclimated to either 12 °C or 30 °C for 4 weeks
and their burst swimming performance was assessed at four temperatures between 5 °C and 30 °C. Adult X. laevis were acclimated to either 10 °C or 25 °C for 6 weeks and their burst swimming performance and isolated muscle performance
was determined at six temperatures between 5 °C and 30 °C. Maximum swimming performance of cold-acclimated X. laevis tadpoles was greater at cool temperatures and lower at the highest temperature in comparison with the warm-acclimated animals.
At the test temperature of 12 °C, maximum swimming velocity of tadpoles acclimated to 12 °C was 38% higher than the 30 °C-acclimation
group, while at 30 °C, maximum swimming velocity of the 30 °C-acclimation group was 41% faster than the 12 °C-acclimation
group. Maximum swimming performance of adult X. laevis acclimated to 10 °C was also higher at the lower temperatures than the 25 °C acclimated animals, but there was no difference
between the treatment groups at higher temperatures. When tested at 10 °C, maximum swimming velocity of the 10 °C-acclimation
group was 67% faster than the 25 °C group. Isolated gastrocnemius muscle fibres from adult X. laevis acclimated to 10 °C produced higher relative tetanic tensions and decreased relaxation times at 10 °C in comparison with
animals acclimated to 25 °C. This is only the second species of amphibian, and the first adult life stage, reported to have
the capacity to thermally acclimate locomotor performance.
Accepted: 28 October 1999 相似文献
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Booth DT Thompson MB Herring S 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2000,170(4):269-276
Eggs of two small Australian lizards, Lampropholis guichenoti and Bassiana duperreyi, were incubated to hatching at 25 °C and 30 °C. Incubation periods were significantly longer at 25 °C in both species, and
temperature had a greater effect on the incubation period of B. duperreyi (41.0 days at 25 °C; 23.1 days at 30 °C) than L. guichenoti (40.1 days at 25 °C; 27.7 days at 30 °C). Patterns of oxygen consumption were similar in both species at both temperatures,
being sigmoidal in shape with a fall in the rate of oxygen consumption just prior to hatching. The higher incubation temperature
resulted in higher peak and higher pre-hatch rates of oxygen consumption in both species. Total amount of oxygen consumed
during incubation was independent of temperature in B. duperreyi, in which approximately 50 ml oxygen was consumed at both temperatures, but eggs of L. guichenoti incubated at 30 °C consumed significantly more (32.6 ml) than eggs incubated at 25 °C (28.5 ml). Hatchling mass was unaffected
by either incubation temperature or the amount of water absorbed by eggs during incubation in both species. The energetic
production cost of hatchling B. duperreyi (3.52 kJ · g−1) was independent of incubation temperature, whereas in L. guichenoti the production cost was greater at 30 °C (4.00 kJ · g−1) than at 25 °C (3.47 kJ · g−1). Snout-vent lengths and mass of hatchlings were unaffected by incubation temperature in both species, but hatchling B. duperreyi incubated at 30 °C had longer tails (29.3 mm) than those from eggs incubated at 25 °C (26.2 mm). These results indicate that
incubation temperature can affect the quality of hatchling lizards in terms of embryonic energy consumption and hatchling
morphology.
Accepted: 27 January 2000 相似文献
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M. Holmstrup L. Sømme 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1998,168(3):197-203
Specimens of the Arctic Collembolon Onychiurus arcticus were exposed to desiccation at several subzero temperatures over ice and at 0.5 °C over NaCl solutions. The effects of desiccation
on water content (WC), body fluid melting point (MP), supercooling point (SCP) and survival were studied at several acclimation
temperatures and relative humidities. Exposure to temperatures down to −19.5 °C caused a substantial and increasing dehydration.
At the lowest exposure temperature unfrozen individuals lost 91.6% of the WC at full hydration but more than 80% of the individuals
survived when rehydrated. Exposure at 0.5 °C to decreasing relative humidities (RH) from 100% to 91.3% caused increasing dehydration
and increasing mortality. Survival of equally dehydrated individuals was higher at subzero temperatures than at 0.5 °C. Concurrent
with the decline in WC a lowering of the MP was observed. Animals exposed to −3 °C and −6 °C over ice for 31 days had a MP
of −3.8 and < −7.5 °C, respectively. Specimens from a laboratory culture had a mean SCP of −6.1 °C, and acclimation at 0 or
−3 °C had little effect on SCPs. Exposure at −8.2 °C over ice for 8 days, however, caused the mean SCP to decline to −21.8 °C
due to the severe dehydration of these individuals. Dehydration at 0.5 °C in 95.1 and 93.3% RH also caused a decline in SCPs
to about −18 °C. Individuals that had been acclimated over ice at −12.4 °C or at lower temperatures apparently did not freeze
at all when cooled to −30 °C, probably because all freezeable water had been lost. These results show that O. arcticus will inevitably undergo dehydration when exposed to subzero temperatures in its natural frozen habitat. Consequently, the
MP and SCP of the Collembola are substantially lowered and in this way freezing is avoided. The increased cold hardiness by
dehydration is similar to the protective dehydration mechanism described in earthworm cocoons and Arctic enchytraeids.
Accepted: 5 January 1998 相似文献
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Geiser F Brigham RM 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2000,170(2):153-162
Previous studies have suggested that Australian long-eared bats (Nyctophilus) differ from northern-hemisphere bats with respect to their thermal physiology and patterns of torpor. To determine whether
this is a general trait of Australian bats, we characterised the temporal organisation of torpor and quantified metabolic
rates and body temperatures of normothermic and torpid Australian bats (Nyctophilus geoffroyi, 7 g and N. gouldi, 10 g) over a range of air temperatures and in different seasons. The basal metabolic rate of normothermic bats was 1.36 ± 0.17 ml g−1 h−1 (N. geoffroyi) and 1.22 ± 0.13 ml g−1 h−1 (N. gouldi), about 65% of that predicted by allometric equations, and the corresponding body temperature was about 36 °C. Below an air
temperature of about 25 °C bats usually remained normothermic for only brief periods and typically entered torpor. Arousal
from torpor usually occurred shortly after the beginning of the dark phase and torpor re-entry occurred almost always during
the dark phase after normothermic periods of only 111 ± 48 min (N. geoffroyi) and 115 ± 66 min (N. gouldi). At air temperatures below 10 °C, bats remained torpid for more than 1 day. Bats that were measured overnight had steady-state
torpor metabolic rates representing only 2.7% (N. geoffroyi) and 4.2% (N. gouldi) of the basal metabolic rate, and their body temperatures fell to minima of 1.4 and 2.3 °C, respectively. In contrast, bats
measured entirely during the day, as in previous studies, had torpor metabolic rates that were up to ten times higher than
those measured overnight. The steady-state torpor metabolic rate of thermoconforming torpid bats showed an exponential relationship
with body temperature (r
2 = 0.94), suggesting that temperature effects are important for reduction of metabolic rate below basal levels. However, the
75% reduction of metabolic rate between basal metabolic rate and torpor metabolic rate at a body temperature of 29.3 °C suggests
that metabolic inhibition also plays an important role. Torpor metabolic rate showed little or no seasonal change. Our study
suggests that Australian Nyctophilus bats have a low basal metabolic rate and that their patterns of torpor are similar to those measured in bats from the northern
hemisphere. The low basal metabolic rate and the high proclivity of these bats for using torpor suggest that they are constrained
by limited energy availability and that heterothermy plays a key role in their natural biology.
Accepted: 22 November 1999 相似文献
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W. Maartin Strauss Robyn S. Hetem Duncan Mitchell Shane K. Maloney Leith C. R. Meyer Andrea Fuller 《PloS one》2015,10(2)
In artiodactyls, arterial blood destined for the brain can be cooled through counter-current heat exchange within the cavernous sinus via a process called selective brain cooling. We test the hypothesis that selective brain cooling, which results in lowered hypothalamic temperature, contributes to water conservation in sheep. Nine Dorper sheep, instrumented to provide measurements of carotid blood and brain temperature, were dosed with deuterium oxide (D2O), exposed to heat for 8 days (40◦C for 6-h per day) and deprived of water for the last five days (days 3 to 8). Plasma osmolality increased and the body water fraction decreased over the five days of water deprivation, with the sheep losing 16.7% of their body mass. Following water deprivation, both the mean 24h carotid blood temperature and the mean 24h brain temperature increased, but carotid blood temperature increased more than did brain temperature resulting in increased selective brain cooling. There was considerable inter-individual variation in the degree to which individual sheep used selective brain cooling. In general, sheep spent more time using selective brain cooling, and it was of greater magnitude, when dehydrated compared to when they were euhydrated. We found a significant positive correlation between selective brain cooling magnitude and osmolality (an index of hydration state). Both the magnitude of selective brain cooling and the proportion of time that sheep spent selective brain cooling were negatively correlated with water turnover. Sheep that used selective brain cooling more frequently, and with greater magnitude, lost less water than did conspecifics using selective brain cooling less efficiently. Our results show that a 50kg sheep can save 2.6L of water per day (~60% of daily water intake) when it employs selective brain cooling for 50% of the day during heat exposure. We conclude that selective brain cooling has a water conservation function in artiodactyls. 相似文献
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Effects of elevated temperature on bacterial community structure and function in bioreactors treating a synthetic wastewater 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
T M LaPara A Konopka C H Nakatsu J E Alleman 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》2000,24(2):140-145
The impact of elevated temperature on bacterial community structure and function during aerobic biological wastewater treatment
was investigated. Continuous cultures, fed a complex growth medium containing gelatin and α-lactose as the principal carbon
and energy sources, supported mixed bacterial consortia at temperatures ranging from 25–65°C. These temperature- and substrate-acclimated
organisms were then used as inocula for batch growth experiments in which the kinetics of microbial growth and substrate utilization,
efficiency of substrate removal, and mechanism of substrate removal were compared as functions of temperature. Bacterial community
analysis by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) revealed that distinct bacterial consortia were supported at each
temperature. The efficiency of substrate removal declined at elevated temperatures. Maximum specific growth rates and the
growth yield increased with temperature from 25–45°C, but then decreased with further elevations in temperature. Thus, maximum
specific substrate utilization rates did not vary significantly over the 40°C temperature range (0.64 ± 0.04 mg COD mg−1 dry cell mass h−1). A comparison of the degradation of the protein and carbohydrate portions of the feed medium revealed a lag in α-lactose
uptake at 55°C, whereas both components were utilized simultaneously at 25°C. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2000) 24, 140–145.
Received 09 August 1999/ Accepted in revised form 12 November 1999 相似文献
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There is a comprehensive body of literature on how increased air temperature affects the physiology, production and behaviour of sows, while very few studies consider the thermal effects of air humidity and air velocity.This review summarises studies that have investigated effects of air temperature by reviewing published literature in which sows were exposed to at least two different levels of air temperature ranging from 15 °C to 39 °C. Increased rectal temperature was investigated in the majority of the studies (26) and on average, the rectal temperature increased by 0.099 °C per °C increased air temperature above 25 °C. The increase was smaller at lower air temperatures, and it was suggested that rectal temperature is practically unaffected by air temperatures in the range of 15 °C–21 °C. This review elucidates how air temperature also affects performance indicators such as respiration rate, vaginal temperature, skin temperature, feed intake, milk yield, body weight loss during lactation, mortality, litter daily weight gain during lactation and sow behaviour.One study reported how respiration rate, rectal temperature, vaginal temperature and skin temperature were affected by both air temperature and air humidity, and the results suggest that the relative significance of air temperature and humidity may be similar for sows and finishing pigs (e.g. an increase of 40% relative humidity at an air temperature of 30 °C has a similar effect as a 1.9 °C increase in temperature).Studies on mitigation methods against the effects of high temperature and humidity such as snout cooling, drip cooling and floor cooling were reviewed to extract knowledge related to the effects of air velocity, temperatures of surrounding surfaces and the opportunity for sows to moisten their skin. 相似文献
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F. Aujard M. Perret G. Vannier 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1998,168(7):540-548
The lesser mouse lemur, a small Malagasy primate, is exposed to strong seasonal variations in ambient temperature and food
availability in its natural habitat. To face these environmental constraints, this nocturnal primate exhibits biological seasonal
rhythms that are photoperiodically driven. To determine the role of daylength on thermoregulatory responses to changes in
ambient temperature, evaporative water loss (EWL), body temperature (T
b) and oxygen consumption, measured as resting metabolic rate (RMR), were measured in response to ambient temperatures ranging
from 5 °C to 35 °C, in eight males exposed to either short (10L:14D) or long (14L:10D) daylengths in controlled captive conditions.
In both photoperiods, EWL, T
b and RMR were significantly modified by ambient temperatures. Exposure to ambient temperatures below 25 °C was associated
with a decrease in T
b and an increase in RMR, whereas EWL remained constant. Heat exposure caused an increase in T
b and heat loss through evaporative pathways. Thermoregulatory responses to changes in ambient temperature significantly differed
according to daylength. Daily variations in T
b and EWL were characterized by high values during the night. During the diurnal rest, lower values were found and a phase
of heterothermia occurred in the early morning followed by a spontaneous rewarming. The amplitude of T
b decrease with or without the occurrence of torpor (T
b < 33 °C) was dependent on both ambient temperature and photoperiod. This would support the hypothesis of advanced thermoregulatory
processes in mouse lemurs in response to selective environmental pressure, the major external cue being photoperiodic variations.
Accepted: 4 August 1998 相似文献