Anoxia tolerance and freeze tolerance in hatchling turtles.
Freezing survival in hatchling turtles may be limited by ischemic anoxia in frozen tissues and the associated accumulation of lactate and reactive oxygen species (ROS). To determine whether mechanisms for coping with anoxia are also important in freeze tolerance, we examined the association between capacities for freezing survival and anoxia tolerance in hatchlings of seven species of turtles. Tolerance to freezing (-2.5 degrees C) was high in Emydoidea blandingii, Chrysemys picta, Terrapene ornata, and Malaclemys terrapin and low in Graptemys geographica, Chelydra serpentina, and Trachemys scripta. Hatchlings survived in a N(2) atmosphere at 4 degrees C for periods ranging from 17 d (M. terrapin) to 50 d (G. geographica), but survival time was not associated with freeze tolerance. Lactate accumulated during both stresses, but plasma levels in frozen/thawed turtles were well below those found in anoxia-exposed animals. Activity of the antioxidant enzyme catalase in liver increased markedly with anoxia exposure in most species, but increased with freezing/thawing only in species with low freeze tolerance. Our results suggest that whereas oxygen deprivation occurs during somatic freezing, freeze tolerance is not limited by anoxia tolerance in hatchling turtles.
Dinkelacker
S A
SA
Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
Costanzo
J P
JP
Lee
R E
RE
D000064:Acclimatization / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D005615:Freezing; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000201:enzymology; D009929:Organ Size; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014426:Turtles / Q000502:physiology*
D007773:Lactates; D002374:Catalase
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