Developmental oxygen preadapts ventricular function of juvenile American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis

Developmental oxygen is a powerful stressor that can induce morphological and functional changes in the cardiovascular systems of embryonic and juvenile vertebrates. This plasticity has been ascribed, at least in part, to the unique status of the developing cardiovascular system, which undergoes organogenesis while meeting the tissue oxygen demands of the embryo. We have previously reported an array of functional and morphological changes in embryonic American alligators that persist into juvenile life. Most notably, cardiac enlargement as well as functional parameters of anesthetized juvenile alligators remains after embryonic hypoxic exposure. Because the effects of developmental oxygen in crocodilians have only been investigated in anesthetized animals, we explored the pressure dynamics of both ventricles as well as systemic pressure in response to stressors of acute hypoxia and swimming. Our current findings demonstrate that developmental programming of cardiac function (intraventricular pressure and heart rate) does persist into juvenile life, but it is chamber-specific and depends on the experimental manipulation. Acute hypoxic exposure revealed that juvenile alligators that had experienced 10% O2 as embryos maintain right ventricle function and increase left ventricle function during exposure. Finally, the data indicate blood flow in the left aorta must originate from the left ventricle during acute hypoxia and swimming.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:323

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American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 323(2022), 5 vom: 01. Nov., Seite R739-R748

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Crossley, Janna L [VerfasserIn]
Lawrence, Tyler [VerfasserIn]
Tull, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Elsey, Ruth M [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Crossley, Dane A [VerfasserIn]

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Activity
Cardiovascular
Crocodilian
Hypoxia
Journal Article
Oxygen
Programming
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
S88TT14065

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Date Completed 02.11.2022

Date Revised 15.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1152/ajpregu.00059.2022

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NLM346378443