Mitochondrial membrane fluorescence and temperature adaptation in Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)

Parasitology ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Walker ◽  
J. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Arrhenius Plot ◽  
Gallus Domesticus ◽  
Temperature Adaptation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Acclimation Temperature ◽  
Membrane Composition ◽  
Mitochondrial Membranes ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus

The fluorescent probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalene suiphonic acid (ANS) was used to investigate the effect of temperature on the physical state of the mitochondrial membranes of adult and larval schistocephalus solzdus together with that of their hosts Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gallus domesticus. Arrhenius plots of ANS/membrane fluorescence for S. solidus plerocercoids was linear over the temperature range 15 to 58 °C, while that for the adult was biphasic with a discontinuity at 39·9 °C. This was interpreted as a physical change which occurred in the adult membrane but not in the plerocercoid membrane and pointed to an alteration in membrane composition during infection. Gasierosteus aculeatus showed a linear Arrhenius plot for membrane fluorescence, irrespective of acclimation temperature. Gallus domesticus showed a discontinuity in the Arrhenius plot for membrane fluorescence at 46·9 °C, outside the normal physiological temperature range.

Mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase activity and temperature adaptation in Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)

Parasitology ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Walker ◽  
J. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Compensation ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphatase ◽  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Arrhenius Plot ◽  
Fish Host ◽  
Temperature Adaptation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Mitochondrial Atpase ◽  
Arrhenius Plots ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus

SUMMARYDuring its life-cycle, the cestode Schistocephalus solidus is parasitic in both an ectotherm (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and an endotherm (Gallus domesticus) host, and so provides an excellent model with which to study temperature adaptation in parasites. A mitochondrial fraction was prepared from the adults and plerocercoids of S. solidus and from their respective hosts; the activities of the mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) were then measured over the temperature range 1–45 °C. The plerocercoids of S. solidus show evidence of immediate temperature compensation; this would provide a mechanism for withstanding the abrupt temperature change experienced during infection of the final host. Analysis of the Michaelis constant data suggests that variation of Km, a with temperature may be a major factor in this immediate temperature compensation. In response to acclimation at 5 and 19°C, plerocercoid ATPase showed inverse or paradoxical rate compensation, as did the enzyme from the fish host. Acclimation at the two temperatures had no effect on the Q10 or on the linearity of the Arrhenius plots for the plerocercoid mitochondrial ATPase and only a small effect on the Km a. Acclimation of the fish host again had only a small effect on the Km, a of the fish mitochondrial ATPase but, in contrast to the plerocercoid, there was also a significant effect on the Q10 and the Arrhenius plots. Adult S. solidus ATPase showed partial rate compensation and had a biphasic Arrhenius plot, suggesting that after infection there had been a change in the enzyme or its micro-environment. In terms of the effect of temperature on the Q10 amd Km, a and in the biphasic nature of the Arrhenius plot, the mitochondrial ATPase of adult S. solidus showed similarities with the enzyme from its bird host.

scholarly journals Effect of temperature on growth of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PRD-10 in LB Lennox medium

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfa Ng
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Optical Density ◽  
The Other ◽  
Temperature Adaptation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Metabolic Processes ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Ph Variation ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Other Hand

Temperature affects growth of bacteria by influencing enzyme and growth kinetics. Specifically, evolution selects for specific temperature range in which a microbe could thrive, and thus fix the temperature range in which biomolecule structure and function are finely tuned for coping with the thermal conditions prevailing within a cell at a particular temperature. Using aerobic culture in LB Lennox medium in shake flasks, this study aimed to understand the growth of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 (ATCC BAA-477) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PRD-10 (ATCC 15442) at 25, 30 and 37 oC. Experiment results revealed that P. protegens Pf-5 grew very poorly at 37 oC (with maximal optical density of 0.66), while better growth was observed at 25 and 30 oC. Specifically, P. protegens Pf-5 appeared to be better adapted to growth at 25 oC, where the maximal optical density obtained was 5.3 compared to 4.6 at 30 oC. More importantly, two phase growth behaviour was observed during growth at 30 oC where a faster initial phase of growth was followed by a slower one. Growth at 25 and 30 oC exhibited similar pH trend, which suggested similar metabolic processes was activated during growth. On the other hand, P. aeruginosa PRD-10 demonstrated a more efficient conversion of LB Lennox medium into biomass where the maximal optical density obtained at all three growth temperatures were higher than those of P. protegens Pf-5. More importantly, growth of P. aeruginosa PRD-10 exhibited a clear adaptation to growth at 25 and 37 oC, while growth at 30 oC resulted in a lower biomass yield compared to that of 25 and 37 oC. On the other hand, pH variation during culture revealed that P. aeruginosa PRD-10 likely activated similar metabolic processes at all three growth temperatures, where a higher growth temperature would result in the net secretion of more alkaline metabolites. Collectively, P. protegens Pf-5 and P. aeruginosa PRD-10 demonstrated clear temperature adaptation at an evolutionary level. In addition, experiment data suggested that P. aeruginosa PRD-10 might have co-evolved with humans on a substantial time scale resulting in a temperature preference of 37 oC over 30 oC.

scholarly journals Effect of temperature on growth of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PRD-10 in LB Lennox medium

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenfa Ng
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Optical Density ◽  
The Other ◽  
Temperature Adaptation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Metabolic Processes ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Ph Variation ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Other Hand

Temperature affects growth of bacteria by influencing enzyme and growth kinetics. Specifically, evolution selects for specific temperature range in which a microbe could thrive, and thus fix the temperature range in which biomolecule structure and function are finely tuned for coping with the thermal conditions prevailing within a cell at a particular temperature. Using aerobic culture in LB Lennox medium in shake flasks, this study aimed to understand the growth of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 (ATCC BAA-477) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PRD-10 (ATCC 15442) at 25, 30 and 37 oC. Experiment results revealed that P. protegens Pf-5 grew very poorly at 37 oC (with maximal optical density of 0.66), while better growth was observed at 25 and 30 oC. Specifically, P. protegens Pf-5 appeared to be better adapted to growth at 25 oC, where the maximal optical density obtained was 5.3 compared to 4.6 at 30 oC. More importantly, two phase growth behaviour was observed during growth at 30 oC where a faster initial phase of growth was followed by a slower one. Growth at 25 and 30 oC exhibited similar pH trend, which suggested similar metabolic processes was activated during growth. On the other hand, P. aeruginosa PRD-10 demonstrated a more efficient conversion of LB Lennox medium into biomass where the maximal optical density obtained at all three growth temperatures were higher than those of P. protegens Pf-5. More importantly, growth of P. aeruginosa PRD-10 exhibited a clear adaptation to growth at 25 and 37 oC, while growth at 30 oC resulted in a lower biomass yield compared to that of 25 and 37 oC. On the other hand, pH variation during culture revealed that P. aeruginosa PRD-10 likely activated similar metabolic processes at all three growth temperatures, where a higher growth temperature would result in the net secretion of more alkaline metabolites. Collectively, P. protegens Pf-5 and P. aeruginosa PRD-10 demonstrated clear temperature adaptation at an evolutionary level. In addition, experiment data suggested that P. aeruginosa PRD-10 might have co-evolved with humans on a substantial time scale resulting in a temperature preference of 37 oC over 30 oC.

Acetylene chemisorption at palladium: Effect of temperature and structure of the surface

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1448-1458
Author(s):  
Josef Kopešťanský
Keyword(s):  
Work Function ◽  
Atomic Hydrogen ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Thermally Stable ◽  
Template Effect ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Adsorbed Layers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Adsorption Complexes ◽  
Low Coverage

The effect of temperature and structure of the palladium surfaces on acetylene chemisorption was studied along with the interaction of the adsorbed layers with molecular and atomic hydrogen. The work function changes were measured and combined with the volumetric measurements and analysis of the products. At temperature below 100 °C, acetylene is adsorbed almost without dissociation and forms at least two different types of thermally stable adsorption complexes. Acetylene adsorbed at 200 °C is partly decomposed, especially in the low coverage region. Besides the above mentioned effects, the template effect of adsorbed acetylene was studied in the temperature range from -80° to 25 °C. It has been shown that this effect is a typical phenomenon of the palladium-acetylene system which is not due to surface impurities.

Host mortality and variability in epizootics of Schistocephalus solidus infecting the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus

Parasitology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 137 (11) ◽  
pp. 1681-1686 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. HEINS ◽  
E. L. BIRDEN ◽  
J. A. BAKER
Keyword(s):  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Infected Fish ◽  
Threespine Stickleback ◽  
Intensity Of Infection ◽  
Host Fish ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus ◽  
Second Intermediate Host ◽  
Host Mortality ◽  
Abiotic And Biotic Factors ◽  
Host Behaviour

SUMMARYAn analysis of the metrics of Schistocephalus solidus infection of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, in Walby Lake, Alaska, showed that an epizootic ended between 1996 and 1998 and another occurred between 1998 and 2003. The end of the first epizootic was associated with a crash in population size of the stickleback, which serves as the second intermediate host. The likely cause of the end of that epizootic is mass mortality of host fish over winter in 1996–1997. The deleterious impact of the parasite on host reproduction and increased host predation associated with parasitic manipulation of host behaviour and morphology to facilitate transmission might also have played a role, along with unknown environmental factors acting on heavily infected fish or fish in poor condition. The second epizootic was linked to relatively high levels of prevalence and mean intensity of infection, but parasite:host mass ratios were quite low at the peak and there were no apparent mass deaths of the host. A number of abiotic and biotic factors are likely to interact to contribute to the occurrence of epizootics in S. solidus, which appear to be unstable and variable. Epizootics appear to depend on particular and, at times, rare sets of circumstances.

The Effects of Acclimation Temperature on a Neuromuscular System of the Crayfish, Astacus Leptodactylus

1979 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-293
Author(s):  
MIKKO HARRI ◽  
ERNST FLOREY
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Lipids ◽  
Characteristic Temperature ◽  
Resting Membrane Potential ◽  
Acclimation Temperature ◽  
Muscle Fibres ◽  
Astacus Leptodactylus ◽  
Tension Development ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Warm Acclimation

1. Crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus, were acclimated to 12 °C and to 25 °C. Nerve muscle preparations (closer muscle of walking legs) were subjected to temperatures ranging from 6 to 32 °C. 2. The resting membrane potential of muscle fibres was found to increase with temperature in a linear manner, but with a change in slope at around 170 in cold-acclimated preparations, and around 24 °C in warm-acclimated ones. 3. Temperature acclimation shifted the temperature range of maximal amplitudes of fast and slow e.j.p.s toward the acclimation temperature. Optimal facilitation of slow e.j.p.s also occurred near the respective acclimation temperature. 4. E.j.p. decay time is nearly independent of temperature in the upper temperature range but increases steeply when the temperature falls below a critical range around 17 °C in preparations from cold-acclimated animals, and around 22 °C after acclimation to 25 °C. 5. Peak depolarizations reached by summating facilitated e.j.p.s are conspicuously independent of temperature over a wide range (slow and fast e.j.p.s of cold-acclimated preparations, fast e.j.p.s of warm-acclimated ones) which extends to higher temperatures after warm acclimation in the case of fast e.j.p.s. In warm-acclimated preparations the peak depolarization of slow e.j.p.s first falls then rises and falls again as the temperature increases from 8 to 32 °C. 6. Tension development elicited by stimulation of the slow axon at a given frequency reaches maximal values at the lower end of the temperature range in cold-acclimated preparations. The maximum is shifted towards 20 °C after warm acclimation. Fast contractions decline with temperature; possible acclimation effects are masked by the great lability of fast contractions in warm-acclimated preparations. 7. It is suggested that changes in the composition of membrane lipids may be responsible for the effects of acclimation on the electrical parameters and their characteristic temperature dependence.

scholarly journals Temperature-induced reorganisation of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda) proteome during the transition to the warm-blooded host

Biology Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina V. Borvinskaya ◽  
Albina A. Kochneva ◽  
Polina B. Drozdova ◽  
Olga V. Balan ◽  
Victor G. Zgoda
Keyword(s):  
Model Experiment ◽  
Protein Production ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Tegument Protein ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus ◽  
Induced Genes

ABSTRACT The protein composition of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus was measured in an experiment simulating the trophic transmission of the parasite from a cold-blooded to a warm-blooded host. The first hour of host colonisation was studied in a model experiment, in which sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus infected with S. solidus were heated at 40°C for 1 h. As a result, a decrease in the content of one tegument protein was detected in the plerocercoids of S. solidus. Sexual maturation of the parasites was initiated in an experiment where S. solidus larvae were taken from fish and cultured in vitro at 40°C for 48 h. Temperature-independent changes in the parasite proteome were investigated by incubating plerocercoids at 22°C for 48 h in culture medium. Analysis of the proteome allowed us to distinguish the temperature-induced genes of S. solidus, as well as to specify the molecular markers of the plerocercoid and adult worms. The main conclusion of the study is that the key enzymes of long-term metabolic changes (glycogen consumption, protein production, etc.) in parasites during colonisation of a warm-blooded host are induced by temperature.

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE RATE AND VARIATION OF OPERCULAR MOVEMENT IN FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS DIAPHANUS

1947 ◽  
Vol 25d (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Benjamin N. Kropp
Keyword(s):  
Constant Temperature ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Nervous Activity ◽  
Respiratory Movement ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Sources Of Variation ◽  
Fundulus Diaphanus

The rates of opercular beat of 16 specimens of Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus were recorded over a temperature range from 4.3° to 17.5 °C. in order to determine how this respiratory movement varied with temperature and some of the sources of variation in rate. While the rate of beat varies directly as the temperature, over a period of several hours at any constant temperature continuous recordings of the rate show recurring cycles of rise and fall in beat frequency that are chiefly responsible for the scatter of the observations. Both the duration of a cycle and the limits of rise and fall for each cycle are definitely set by the temperature. The possible dependence of these phenomena upon central nervous activity is discussed.

The consequences of self-fertilization and outcrossing of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its second intermediate host

Parasitology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. CHRISTEN ◽  
M. MILINSKI
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Life History Strategy ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
Infected Fish ◽  
Mixed Mating ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus ◽  
Self Fertilization ◽  
Second Intermediate Host

Many hermaphroditic parasites reproduce by both cross-fertilization and self-fertilization. To understand the maintenance of such mixed mating systems it is necessary to compare the fitness consequences of the two reproductive modes. This has, however, almost never been done in the context of host–parasite coevolution. Here we show the consequences of outcrossing and selfing in an advanced life-stage of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus, i.e. in its second intermediate host, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Each juvenile stickleback was simultaneously exposed to 2 experimentally infected copepods, one harbouring outcrossed the other selfed parasites. At 60 days p.i. parasites were removed from the fish's body cavity and, with microsatellite markers, assigned to either outcrossed or selfed origin. Prevalence was not significantly higher in outcrossed parasites. However, those fish that were infected contained significantly more outcrossed than selfed parasites. Thus the probability of a selfed parasite to progress in the life-cycle is reduced in the second intermediate host. Furthermore, we found that even the multiply infected fish increased in weight during the experiment. Nevertheless, total worm weight in multiply infected fish was significantly lower than in singly infected ones, which thus might be a parasite life-history strategy.

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