Getting to the Heart of Things: Does Heart Rate Determine the Thermal Tolerance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)?
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Abstract
This research examined the cardiac thermal tolerance of Nile tilapia across different levels of biological organization to better understand the heart’s role in determining fish thermal tolerance. First, we performed critical thermal minimum and maximum tests (at 2℃ h-1 ) on 25℃-acclimated adult tilapia (~ 350 g) fitted with Transonic® flow probes [to measure cardiac output (Q) and heart rate (fH )] until the loss of equilibrium (LOE), which occured at ~9.5 and 40.5℃, respectfully. Given that these fish relied predominantly on fH to modulate Q, and that LOE occurs due to the loss of homeostasis at the tissue/cellular level, we then measured cardiac electrocardiograms and electrical conduction in isolated hearts from fingerlings (<10 g) to acute changes in temperature (±0.5℃ min-1 ) until they experienced AV block. Cardiac failure in vitro occurred at ~ 14 and 38℃, respectively, suggesting that isolated hearts had a constrained thermal window (by ~22%). Futher, tilapia studied in vitro had: 1) higher values for both minimum and maximum fH (by 61 and 17%, respectively); 2) a similar absolute scope for fH (i.e., 115.5 beats min-1 in vitro vs. 110.7 beats min-1 in vivo); and 3) a temperature at maximum fH that was 5℃ lower than in vivo. Collectively, these data suggest that while fH (pacemaker function and electical conductance across the AV junction) largely determine the survival of tilapiain vivowhen exposed to acute changes in temperature, other important cardioprotective mechanisms (e.g., hormonal modulation and cholinergic tone) are crucial to preserving cardiac function.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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