Anaerobiosis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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- DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(99)00130-3
Anaerobiosis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Abstract
In Caenorhabditis elegans, mortality rates and changes in concentrations of carbohydrate stores and anaerobic end products were determined in anoxic (test) and normoxic (control) animals at two different temperatures (10 and 20 degrees C). The anoxic tolerance of the free-living nematode proved to be well-developed: at 10 degrees C, about 50% of animals had survived a period of 50 h of anoxia. The carbohydrate stores (approximately 30 mmol glycosyl units kg-1 freshweight (FW)) were reduced by two-thirds within 24 h of anoxia at both temperatures. L-lactate, acetate, succinate, and propionate were identified as the main anaerobic end products. The amounts and proportions of the end products were dependent on temperature. They did not accumulate very much in the tissues, but were mainly excreted. During anoxia, the metabolism of C. elegans was depressed to 3-4% of the aerobic value. The food-source Escherichia coli was found to be at least partly alive in the gut of the animals. To separate between anaerobiosis in animals and bacteria, cleaning procedures were applied, and additional control measurements were made: anaerobic end products produced either by E. coli alone or by bacteria-free (axenic) bred nematodes were quantified at identical incubation conditions.
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