scholarly journals Incubation temperature and physiological aging in the zebra finch

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0260037
Author(s):  
Henrik H. Berntsen ◽  
Claus Bech
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Incubation Temperature ◽  
Phenotypic Variability ◽  
Body Growth ◽  
Optimal Incubation

In birds, incubation temperature has received increased attention as an important source of phenotypic variability in offspring. A lower than optimal incubation temperature may negatively affect aspects of nestling physiology, such as body growth and energy metabolism. However, the long-term effects of sub-optimal incubation temperature on morphology and physiology are not well understood. In a previous study, we showed that zebra finches from eggs incubated at a low temperature (35.9°C) for 2/3 of the total incubation time suffered a lower post-fledging survival compared to individuals that had been incubated at higher temperatures (37.0 and 37.9°C). In the present study, we investigated whether these variations in incubation temperature could cause permanent long-lasting differences in body mass, body size, or basal metabolic rate. Furthermore, we tested whether the observed differences in survival between treatment groups would be reflected in the rate of physiological deterioration, assessed through oxidative damage and decreased metabolic rate with age (i.e. ‘metabolic aging’). Incubation temperature did not significantly affect embryonic or nestling body growth and did not influence final adult body mass or body size. Nor was there any long-term effect on basal metabolic rate. Birds from eggs incubated at the lowest temperature experienced an accumulation of oxidative damage with age, although this was not accompanied by an accelerated rate of metabolic aging. The present results suggest that the low survival in these birds was possibly mediated by increased oxidative stress, but independent of body growth and the basal metabolic rate.

scholarly journals Abnormal Sympathoadrenal Activity, but Normal Energy Expenditure in Hypopituitarism

2003 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 5689-5695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henriette Mersebach ◽  
Ole Lander Svendsen ◽  
Arne Astrup ◽  
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Lean Body Mass ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Urinary Catecholamines ◽  
Sympathoadrenal Activity

Abstract In this study of 23 hypopituitary patients and 26 healthy controls, we have addressed whether the obese state of substituted hypopituitary patients is facilitated by abnormal sympathoadrenal activity or energy expenditure (EE). All patients received adequate substitution therapy including GH therapy. The investigation program included assessment of sympathoadrenal activity (urinary catecholamines), body composition (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry), appetite sensations (visual analog scale), and EE (indirect calorimetry in respiration chamber). Twenty-four-hour urinary epinephrine adjusted for lean body mass and fat mass was significantly lower in patients compared with controls. GH and hydrocortisone were single negative predictors of urinary epinephrine. The major determinants of EE in patients were lean body mass and fat mass, explaining 96, 95, and 80% of the variance in 24-h EE, sleeping EE, and basal metabolic rate, respectively. Addition of urinary catecholamines explained another 1–4% of the variance in 24-h EE and basal metabolic rate, respectively. Lean patients exhibited significantly more hunger than obese patients and lean controls. In conclusion, hypopituitary patients have lower sympathoadrenal activity but normal EE, compared with healthy controls. This may reflect a central defect in hypopituitarism, however the possible impact of long-term GH and hydrocortisone treatment requires further attention.

The relationship between body mass and rate of rewarming from hibernation and daily torpor in mammals

1990 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 349-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Geiser ◽  
R. V. Baudinette
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
The Other ◽  
Daily Torpor ◽  
Pronounced Increase ◽  
The Relationship

1. Rewarming rate from torpor and body mass were inversely related in 86 mammals ranging in body mass between 2 and 8500 g. 2. Most of the mammalian taxa investigated showed a similar change of rewarming rate with body mass. Only the insectivores showed a more pronounced increase in rewarming with a decrease in body mass than did the other taxa. The rates of rewarming of marsupials were similar to those of placentals. 3. At low air temperature (Ta), the rate of rewarming of marsupials was not related to body mass, although a strong relationship between the two variables was observed in the same species at high Ta. 4. The slopes relating rewarming rates and body mass of the mammalian groups and taxa analysed here were similar to those obtained earlier for mass-specific basal metabolic rate (BMR) and body mass in mammals, suggesting that the rate of rewarming and BMR are physiologically linked.

Basal metabolic rate in adults with growth hormone deficiency and in patients with acromegaly: relationship with lean body mass, plasma insulin level and leucocyte sodium pump activity

1992 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Salomon ◽  
Ross C. Cuneo ◽  
Richard Hesp ◽  
Jenny F. Morris ◽  
Lucilla Poston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Growth Hormone Deficiency ◽  
Lean Body Mass ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Plasma Insulin ◽  
Recombinant Human Growth Hormone ◽  
Hormone Deficiency ◽  
Sodium Efflux

1. The relationship of lean body mass, plasma insulin concentration and leucocyte active sodium transport with basal metabolic rate was investigated in 24 adults with growth hormone deficiency before and after treatment with recombinant human growth hormone and in 10 patients with untreated acromegaly. 2. Based on total-body potassium determined by whole-body 40K counting, patients with acromegaly had increased lean body mass, whereas lack of growth hormone was associated with decreased lean body mass. 3. By indirect calorimetry, patients with acromegaly had increased basal metabolic rates and patients with growth hormone deficiency had decreased values when expressed as percentages of values predicted from the WHO/FAO/UNU equations. Basal metabolic rate expressed in terms of lean body mass was similar in acromegaly and growth hormone deficiency, but was higher than normal in both patient groups. 4. The leucocyte ouabain-sensitive sodium efflux rate constant was decreased in both patients with acromegaly and patients with growth hormone deficiency, and there was no correlation with basal energy expenditure, fasting plasma insulin level or serum growth hormone level. 5. There was no increase in the sodium efflux rate constant in patients with growth hormone deficiency after 1 month on treatment with recombinant human growth hormone. 6. Apparent differences in basal metabolic rate in growth hormone deficiency and acromegaly are due to changes in lean body mass. Both adults with growth hormone deficiency and patients with acromegaly have increased energy expenditure, probably owing to changes in fuel metabolism which are not reflected in the leucocyte sodium pump activity.

scholarly journals Flexibility in basal metabolic rate and evaporative water loss among hoopoe larks exposed to different environmental temperatures

2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (20) ◽  
pp. 3153-3159 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.B. Williams ◽  
B.I. Tieleman
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Cold Exposure ◽  
Basal Metabolic Rate ◽  
Water Loss ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Exposure Group ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Evaporative Water

The ‘energy demand’ hypothesis for short-term adjustments in basal metabolic rate (BMR) posits that birds adjust the size of their internal organs relative to food intake, a correlate of energy demand. We tested this hypothesis on hoopoe larks (Alaemon alaudipes), inhabitants of the Arabian desert, by acclimating birds for 3 weeks at 15 degrees C and at 36 degrees C, then measuring their BMR and total evaporative water loss (TEWL). Thereafter, we determined the dry masses of their brain, heart, liver, kidney, stomach, intestine and muscles of the pectoral region. Although mean body mass did not differ initially between the two groups, after 3 weeks, birds in the 15 degrees C group had gained mass (44.1+/−6.5 g), whereas larks in the 36 degrees C group had maintained a constant mass (36.6+/−3.6 g; means +/− s.d., N=6). Birds in the 15 degrees C group had a mean BMR of 46.8+/−6.9 kJ day(−1), whereas birds in the 36 degrees C group had a BMR of 32.9+/−6.3 kJ day(−1), values that were significantly different when we controlled for differences in body mass. When measured at 35 degrees C, larks in the cold-exposure group had a TEWL of 3.55+/−0.60 g H(2)O day(−)(1), whereas TEWL for birds in the 36 degrees C group averaged 2.23+/−0.28 g H(2)O day(−1), a difference of 59.2%. Mass-independent TEWL differed significantly between groups. Larks in the 15 degrees C group had a significantly larger liver, kidney and intestine than larks in the 36 degrees C group. The total increase in organ mass contributed 14.3% towards the total mass increment in the cold exposure group. Increased food intake among larks in the cold group apparently resulted in enlargement of some of the internal organs, and the increase in mass of these organs required a higher rate of oxygen uptake to support them. As oxygen demands increased, larks apparently lost more evaporative water, but the relationship between increases in BMR and TEWL remains unresolved.

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