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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2012

Reactive oxygen species production and discontinuous gas exchange in insects.

Leigh Boardman, John S Terblanche, Stefan K Hetz, Elrike Marais, Steven L Chown

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Does oxygen limit thermal tolerance in arthropods? A critical review of current evidence.Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2016
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  6. Oxygen-induced plasticity in tracheal morphology and discontinuous gas exchange cycles in cockroaches Nauphoeta cinerea.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Leigh BoardmanDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
John S Terblanche
Stefan K Hetz
Elrike Marais
Steven L Chown

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While biochemical mechanisms are typically used by animals to reduce oxidative damage, insects are suspected to employ a higher organizational level, discontinuous gas exchange mechanism to do so. Using a combination of real-time, flow-through respirometry and live-cell fluorescence microscopy, we show that spiracular control associated with the discontinuous gas exchange cycle (DGC) in Samia cynthia pupae is related to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Hyperoxia fails to increase mean ROS production, although minima are elevated above normoxic levels. Furthermore, a negative relationship between mean and mean ROS production indicates that higher ROS production is generally associated with lower . Our results, therefore, suggest a possible signalling role for ROS in DGC, rather than supporting the idea that DGC acts to reduce oxidative damage by regulating ROS production.

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AnimalsCarbon DioxideMicroscopy, FluorescenceMothsOxidative StressOxygenPupaReactive Oxygen SpeciesCarbon DioxideOxygenReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID21865257
PMCPMC3259918

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