Hepatopancreas gluconeogenesis during anoxia and post-anoxia recovery in Chasmagnathus granulata crabs maintained on high-protein or carbohydrate-rich diets.
C. granulata is a semiterrestrial crab that lives in the mesolittoral and the supralittoral zones of estuaries and faces hypoxia and anoxia when exposed to atmospheric air. The carbohydrate or protein content of the diets administered to the crabs induced different metabolic adjustments during anoxia and post-anoxia recovery period. During the first hour in anoxia a marked increase in L-lactate concentration in hemolymph was induced, followed by a reduction in its levels accompanied by two peaks in hepatopancreas gluconeogenic capacity. Anoxia exposure did not induce a reduction in the hepatopancreas phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity in either dietary group. Our results suggest that in anaerobiosis this crab uses the conversion of lactate to glucose in hepatopancreas to maintain the acid-base balance and the glucose supply. In post-anoxia recovery, the fate of L-lactate is the hepatopancreas gluconeogenesis in high protein maintained crabs. On the other hand, in the crabs maintained on carbohydrate-rich diet the L-lactate levels decreased gradually in the hemolymph during the post-anoxia recovery; however, the hepatopancreas gluconeogenesis did not increase. In both dietary groups, an increase in the gluconeogenic capacity of hepatopancreas occurred at 30 h of post-anoxia recovery.
Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas- Laboratório de Fisiologia Animal-Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 91530-001, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Guendalina T
GT
Oliveira
Paula
P
Eichler
Isabel Cristina
IC
Rossi
Roselis S M
RS
Da Silva
D000693:Anaerobiosis / Q000502:physiology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000502:physiology*; D001938:Brazil; D004032:Diet; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D043143:Hepatopancreas / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D019764:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP) / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019764:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP)