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. 2021 Apr;47(2):251-263.
doi: 10.1007/s10695-020-00908-3. Epub 2021 Jan 6.

Effect of hypoxia and air-breathing restricted on respiratory physiology of air-breathing loach (Paramisgurnus dabryanus)

YaQiu Liu  1 , ZhiJian Wang  2
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Effect of hypoxia and air-breathing restricted on respiratory physiology of air-breathing loach (Paramisgurnus dabryanus)

YaQiu Liu et al. Fish Physiol Biochem. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

This aim of this study was to determine the respiratory physiology response in the gill and gut of Paramisgurnus dabryanus under different breathing treatment patterns. The experimental design included the following three conditions: a control group without any stress treatments, an inhibited group with intestinal respiration inhibited, and an air-exposed group with gill respiration inhibited. The results indicated that the total static metabolic rate in the air-exposed group (188.92 ± 13.67 mg h-1 kg-1) was much higher than that of the other group after 7 days, decreased significantly after the first day of recovery (81.64 ± 7.85 mg h-1 kg-1). The air metabolic rate in the air-exposed group increased significantly after 7 days (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference among the groups. Histological observation on the gill and hindgut of P. dabryanus showed that the gill filament area of inhibited group became larger, while the gill structure of air exposed group showed some damage. The number of capillariesin the hindgut mucosal epithelial in air-exposed group showed a rapidly increase (P < 0.05). Likewise, the gas diffusion distance (1.24 ± 0.36 μm) became significantly shorter (P < 0.05). Lactate dehydrogenase activity of gill in the air-exposed group (846.68 ± 88.78 U mg-1 protein) significantly increased after 7 days whereas succinate dehydrogenase (1.02 ± 0.21 U mg-1 protein) and Na+/K+ ATPase (0.57 ± 0.20 U mg-1 protein) activity decreased significantly (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant change in the hindgut. After recovery, there was no significant difference in lactate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, and Na+/K+ ATPase activity in the gill or hindgut in groups. P. dabryanus had a high viability in air-exposed condition. When recovery occurred under normoxic conditions, the physical levels of respiration returned back to the normal level quickly.

Keywords: Air-breathing; Environmental stress; Hypoxia; Paramisgurnus dabryanus; Physiological response.

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