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| Bettencourt, Raul; Costa, Valentina; Laranjo, Mario; Rosa, Domitilia; Pires, Luis; Colaco, Ana; Sarradin, Pierre Marie; Lopes, Humberto; Sarrazin, Marie Josée; Santos, Ricardo Serrao. |
| Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are considered as some of the most adverse environments in the world, yet the animals dwelling around the vent sites exhibit high productivity and therefore must cope with unusual levels of heavy metals, pH, temperature, CO2 and sulfide, in addition to environmental microbes. In an attempt to understand the physiological reactions of animals normally set to endure extreme conditions we investigated molecular indicators of acclimation processes during which the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus was maintained over long periods of time under without methane and/or sulfide supplementation, vent mussels seem to endure well aquarium conditions. The presence and induction of a Rel Homology Domain containing gene was investigated along... |
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Palavras-chave: Bathymodiolus azoricus; Innate immunity; Gene expression; IPOCAMP; Physiological adaptation; Hydrothermal vent. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00019/13042/10154.pdf |
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| Shillito, Bruce; Jollivet, Didier; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Rodier, Philippe; Lallier, François; Desbruyeres, Daniel; Gaill, Françoise. |
| For the first time, in vivo heat-exposure experiments were conducted on the hydrothermal vent polychaete Hesiolyra bergi from the hottest part of the vent biotope. Using a pressurised incubator equipped with video-facilities, we found that H. bergi, which forages around and in the tubes of the thermophilic Alvinella sp., became hyperactive once temperature exceeded 35 degreesC and further lost co-ordination in the 41 to 46 degreesC interval, just before death occurred. Another exposure experiment at 39 degreesC for 3 to 4 h led to 80 % mortality (max) 9 h after heat shock, and 100 % thereafter. In view of the much higher temperatures recorded in this organism's habitat, these results suggest that tolerance to high temperatures (exceeding 40 degreesC) is... |
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Palavras-chave: IPOCAMP; Adaptation to heat; Behaviour; Hydrothermal vents. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-811.pdf |
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| Cottin, D; Ravaux, J; Leger, N; Halary, S; Toullec, J; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Gaill, F; Shillito, B. |
| The annelid Paralvinella grasslei is a deep-sea vent endemic species that colonizes the wall of active chimneys. We report here the first data on its thermal biology based on in vivo experiments in pressurized aquaria. Our results demonstrate that P. grasslei survives a 30 min exposure at 30 degrees C, and suggest that the upper thermal limit of this species is slightly above this temperature. The first signs of stress were noticed at 30 C, such as a significant increase in the animal's activity and the expression of HSP70 stress proteins. A preliminary investigation of the kinetics of stress protein expression surprisingly showed high levels of HSP70 proteins as late as 3.5 h after the heat shock. Finally, we provide here the first sequences for vent... |
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Palavras-chave: IPOCAMP; Annelids; Heat stress; Stress response; Heat shock proteins; Hydrothermal vents. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4570.pdf |
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