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Red and white muscle proportions and enzyme activities in mesopelagic sharks
Pinte, N.; Coubris, C.; Jones, E.; Mallefet, J. (2021). Red and white muscle proportions and enzyme activities in mesopelagic sharks. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (B Biochem. Mol. Biol.) 256: 110649. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110649
In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Pergamon: Oxford. ISSN 1096-4959; e-ISSN 1879-1107
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Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) [WoRMS]; Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
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Deep-sea; Enzyme assays; Metabolism; Muscles; Sharks |
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- Pinte, N.
- Coubris, C., redacteur
- Jones, E.
- Mallefet, J.
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| Abstract |
In the last decade, there has been an increase in the study of the ecology of deep-sea organisms. One way to understand an organism's ecology is the study of its metabolism. According to literature, deep-sea sharks possess a lower anaerobic enzyme activity than their shallow-water counterparts, but no difference has been observed regarding their aerobic enzyme activities. These studies have suggested deep-sea sharks should be slow and listless swimmers. However, other studies based on video observations have revealed differences in cruise swimming speed between different species. The present study examined muscles of squaliform sharks, including both luminous and non-luminous species. We combined measurements of the relative amounts of red and white muscle with assays of enzymes that are used as markers for aerobic (citrate synthase, malate dehydrogenase) and anaerobic (lactate dehydrogenase) metabolism, searching for a relationship with cruising speeds. Non-luminous deep-sea species displayed lower aerobic enzyme activities but similar anaerobic enzyme activities than the benthic shallow-water counterpart (Squalus acanthias). Conversely, luminous Etmopteridae species were found to have similar aerobic enzyme activities to S. acanthias but displayed lower anaerobic enzyme activities. Analyses revealed that red muscle proportion and aerobic enzyme activities were positively related to the cruise swimming speed. In contrast, Dalatias licha, which swims at the slowest cruise swimming speed ever recorded, presented a very low aerobic metabolic phenotype (lower aerobic marker enzymes and less red muscle). Finally, the values obtained for white muscle proportion and anaerobic metabolic phenotype suggested a high burst capacity for D. licha and non-luminous sharks. |
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