Oxygen Consumption of Adrenalectomized and Renal Damaged Frogs

Body Weight, Survival Time, Coloration, and Water Content of Skeletal Muscles of Adrenalectomized Frogs

Strategies of hypoxia and anoxia tolerance in cardiomyocytes from the overwintering common frog, Rana temporaria.

Using ventricular cardiomyocytes of the common frog, Rana temporaria, we investigated the metabolic strategies employed by the heart to tolerate 4 mo of hypoxic submergence (overwintering) as well as acute bouts of anoxia. In contrast to what is observed for the whole animal, there was no change in oxygen consumption in cardiomyocytes isolated from normoxic frogs compared with those isolated fr...

Ups and downs of intestinal function with prolonged fasting during aestivation in the burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata.

Although green striped burrowing frogs (Cyclorana alboguttata) experience large reductions in the mass and absorptive surface area of the small intestine (SI) during aestivation, little is known about how this may affect the functional capacity of the SI. We examined changes in the function (l-proline uptake rate and capacity) and metabolism of the SI (in vitro oxygen consumption, Na(+)/K(+)-AT...

Physiology of hibernation in Rana pipiens: metabolic rate, critical oxygen tension, and the effects of hypoxia on several plasma variables.

Rates of O(2) consumption (.VO(2)) were determined for adult northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) submerged at 3 degrees C at water PO(2)s (P(w)O(2)) ranging from 0-160 mmHg. The critical O(2) tension (P(c)) was 36.4 mmHg. Hematocrit and blood levels of PO(2), glucose, lactate, pH, [Na(+)], [K(+)], and osmolality were determined for frogs submerged for two days. Above a P(w)O(2) of 50 mmHg, bl...

Effect of adrenalectomy on the renal response to chloride depletion in the rat.

These experiments were aimed at investigating renal behavior towards chloride, as distinct from sodium, during dietary deprivation of these ions in adrenalectomized rats. Adrenalectomized and shamoperated control rats were maintained on saline for 3 wk, then chloride conservation during a very low chloride intake was assessed both with an abundant sodium intake (as buffered sodium phosphate in ...