Issues of convection in insect respiration: Insights from synchrotron X-ray imaging and beyond

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 173, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Socha, John J ^a   Förster, Thomas D ^b   Greenlee, Kendra J ^c  

^a State University   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Development; Insect gas exchange; Passive suction ventilation; Synchrotron imaging; Tracheal compression

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREATHING; DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT; INSECT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYNCHROTRON; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; INSECTS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAYS;

EID: 77955654656     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.03.013     Document Type: Review

References (69)

1. Bradley T.J. Control of the respiratory pattern in insects. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2007, 618:211-220.
2. Bridges C.R., Kestler P., Scheid P. Tracheal volume in the pupa on the saturniid moth Hyalophora cecropia determined with inert gases. Respiration Physiology 1980, 40:281-291.
3. Brockway A.P., Schneiderman H.A. Strain-gauge transducer studies on intratracheal pressure and pupal length during discontinuous respiration in diapausing silkworm pupae. Journal of Insect Physiology 1967, 13:1413-1451.
4. Buck J. Some physical aspects of insect respiration. Annual Review of Entomology 1962, 7:27-56.
5. 2 capacity of the blood: carbonic anhydrase. Journal of Insect Physiology 1958, 2:52-60.
6. 2 release in diapausing Agapema pupae. The Biological Bulletin 1955, 109:144-163.
7. 2 release rate. Journal of Insect Physiology 1958, 1:327-340.
8. Chapman R.F. The Insects-Structure and Function 1998, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
9. Chown S.L., Gibbs A.G., Hetz S.K., Klok C.J., Lighton J.R., Marais E. Discontinuous gas exchange in insects: a clarification of hypotheses and approaches. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 2006, 79:333-343.
10. Chu Y.S., Yi J.M., De Carlo F., Shen Q., Lee W.K., Wu H.J., Wang C.L., Wang J.Y., Liu C.J., Wang C.H., et al. Hard-x-ray microscopy with Fresnel zone plates reaches 40nm Rayleigh resolution. Applied Physics Letters 2008, 92.
11. Clarke K.U. On the role of the tracheal system in the post-embryonic growth of Locusta migratoria L. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 1957, 32:67-79.
12. Elmes G.W., Thomas J.A., Munguira M.L., Fiedler K. Larvae of lycaenid butterflies that parasitize ant colonies provide exceptions to normal insect growth rules. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2001, 73:259-278.
13. Förster, T.D. and Hetz, S.K. 2008.Spiracular constriction-Obeying the rules of compliance.4th CPB Meeting in Africa:Mara 2008." Molecules to migration:The pressures of life" In: Morris S and Vosoloo A) (Eds), Medimond Publishing Co, Bologna, Italy. pp. 285-292.
14. Förster T., Hetz S.K. Constriction, compression, pressure rise: is passive suction ventilation a matter of tracheal compliance in lepidopteran pupae?. 2nd International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, Abstracts & Scientific Program 2009, 167-168. S.F. Perry, S. Morris, T. Breuer, N. Pajor, M. Lambertz (Eds.).
15. Greenlee K.J., Harrison J.F. Development of respiratory function in the American locust, Schistocerca americana I. Across-instar effects. Journal of Experimental Biology 2004, 207:497-508.
16. Greenlee K.J., Harrison J.F. Respiratory changes throughout ontogeny in the tobacco hornworm caterpillar, Manduca sexta. Journal of Experimental Biology 2005, 208:1385-1392.
17. Greenlee K.J., Eubanks H., Isaak S., Kirkton S.D., Lee W.-K. The hypoxia response in caterpillars: using synchrotron imaging to elucidate tracheal system structure and function. 2nd International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, Abstracts & Scientific Program 2009, 169-170. S.F. Perry, S. Morris, T. Breuer, N. Pajor, M. Lambertz (Eds.).
18. Greenlee K.J., Henry J.R., Kirkton S.D., Westneat M.W., Fezzaa K., Lee W.K., Harrison J.F. Synchrotron imaging of the grasshopper tracheal system: morphological and physiological components of tracheal hypermetry. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 2009, 297:R1343-R1350.
19. Harrison J.F. Ventilatory mechanism and control in grasshoppers. American Zoologist 1997, 37:73-81.
20. Harrison J.F., Roberts S.P. Flight respiration and energetics. Annual Review of Physiology 2000, 62:179-205.
21. Harrison J.F., Lafreniere J.J., Greenlee K.J. Ontogeny of tracheal dimensions and gas exchange capacities in the grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 2005, 141:372-380.
22. Hartung D.K., Kirkton S.D., Harrison J.F. Ontogeny of tracheal system structure: a light and electron-microscopy study of the metathoracic femur of the American locust, Schistocerca americana. Journal of Morphology 2004, 262:800-812.
23. Herford G.M. Tracheal pulsation in the flea. Journal of Experimental Biology 1938, 15:327-338.
24. Hwu Y., Tsai W.-L., Groso A., Margaritondo G., Je J.H. Coherence-enhanced synchrotron radiology: simple theory and practical applications. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2002, R105.
25. Kaiser A., Klok C.J., Socha J.J., Lee W.-K., Quinlan M.C., Harrison J.F. Increase in tracheal investment with beetle size supports hypothesis of oxygen limitation on insect gigantism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007, 104:13198-13203.
26. Kassab G.S. Scaling laws of vascular trees: of form and function. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2006, 290:H894-H903.
27. Keister M., Buck J. Respiration: some exogenous and endogenous effects on rate of resipration. Physiology of the Insecta 1974, 6:469-509.
28. Kendrew J.C., Bodo G., Dintzis H.M., Parrish R.G., Wyckoff H., Phillips D.C. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis. Nature 1958, 181:662-666.
29. Kestler P. Respiration and respiratory water loss. Environmental Physiology and Biochemistry of Insects 1985, 137-183. Springer, Berlin. K.H. Hoffman (Ed.).
30. Kingsolver J.G. Variation in growth and instar number in field and laboratory Manduca sexta. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 2007, 274:977-981.
31. Komai Y. Augmented respiration in a flying insect. The Journal of Experimental Biology 1998, 201:2359-2366.
32. Krogh A. Studien über Tracheenrespiration II: Über Gasdiffusion in den Tracheen. Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology 1920, 179:95-112.
33. Krogh A. Studien über Tracheenrespiration III: Die Kombination von mechanischer Ventilation mit Gasdiffusion nach Versuchen an Dytiscuslarven. Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology 1920, 179:113-120.
34. LaBarbera M. Principles of design of fluid transport systems in zoology. Science 1990, 249:992-1000.
35. Lease H.M., Wolf B.O., Harrison J.F. Intraspecific variation in tracheal volume in the American locust, Schistocerca americana, measured by a new inert gas method. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2006, 209:3476-3483.
36. Lee W.-K. Synchrotron x-ray imaging for the study of small animal physiology. 2nd International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, Abstracts & Scientific Program 2009, p171. S.F. Perry, S. Morris, T. Breuer, N. Pajor, M. Lambertz (Eds.).
37. Lehmann F.-O., Heymann N. Unconventional mechanisms control cyclic respiratory gas release in flying Drosophila. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2005, 208:3645-3654.
38. Lighton J.R.B. Discontinuous gas exchange in insects. Annual Review of Entomology 1996, 41:309-324.
39. Lighton J.R.B. Measuring Metabolic Rates: A Manual for Scientists 2008, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York.
40. Lighton J.R.B. Gas exchange during activity in insects: an overview. 2nd International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, Abstracts & Scientific Program 2009, 172. S.F. Perry, S. Morris, T. Breuer, N. Pajor, M. Lambertz (Eds.).
41. Lighton J.R.B., Garrigan D. Ant breathing: testing regulation and mechanism hypotheses with hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Biology 1995, 198:1613-11613.
42. Matsui J., Kagoshima Y., Tsusaka Y., Yokoyama K., Takai K., Takeda S., Yamasaki K. Live X-ray refraction imaging using vertically and horizontally wide X-rays. X-ray and Inner-Shell Processes 2000, vol. 506:565-576. Amer Inst Physics, Melville.
43. Meyer E.P. Corrosion casts as a method for investigation of the insect tracheal system. Cell & Tissue Research 1988, 256:1-6.
44. Mill P.J. Structure and physiology of the respiratory system. Comprehensive Insect Physiology and Pharmacology 1985, vol. 3:517-593. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
45. Miller P.L. Respiration in the desert locust I. The control of ventilation. Journal of Experimental Biology 1960, 37:224-236.
46. Murray C.D. The Physiological Principle of Minimum Work. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1926, 12:207-214.
47. Röntgen, W.C., translated by Stanton, A., 1896. On a new kind of rays. Nature 53, 274-276.
48. Schmitz A., Perry S.F. Stereological determination of tracheal volume and diffusing capacity of the tracheal walls in the stick insect Carausius morosus (Phasmatodea, Lonchodidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 1999, 72:205-218.
49. Schneiderman H.A., Schechter A.N. Discontinuous respiration in insects-V. Pressure and volume changes in the tracheal system of silkworm pupae. Journal of Insect Physiology 1966, 12:1143-1170.
50. Sherman T. On connecting large vessels to small. The meaning of Murray's law. The Journal of General Physiology 1981, 78:431-453.
51. Slama K. A new look at insect respiration. Biological Bulletin 1988, 175:289-300.
52. Slama K. Extracardiac haemocoelic pulsations and the autonomic neuroendocrine system (coelopulse) of terrestrial insects. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 2008, 1:39-80.
53. Socha J.J. Minimization of energy loss in convective respiratory flows in insects? A test of Murray's law in a beetle tracheal system using synchrotron tomography. 2nd International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, Abstracts & Scientific Program 2009, 173-174. S.F. Perry, S. Morris, T. Breuer, N. Pajor, M. Lambertz (Eds.).
54. Socha J.J., De Carlo F. Use of synchrotron tomography to image naturalistic anatomy in insects. Developments in X-Ray Tomography VI 2008, SPIE, San Diego, CA, pp. 70780A-70787.
55. Socha J.J., Westneat M.W., Harrison J.F., Waters J.S., Lee W.K. Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of animal form and function. BMC Biology 2007, 5:6.
56. Socha J.J., Lee W.-K., Harrison J.F., Waters J.S., Fezzaa K., Westneat M.W. Correlated patterns of tracheal compression and convective gas exchange in a carabid beetle. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2008, 211:3409-3420.
57. Spiegel P.K. The first clinical X-ray made in America-100 years. American Journal of Roentgenology 1995, 164:241-243.
58. Tammaru T., Esperk T. Growth allometry of immature insects: larvae do not grow exponentially. Functional Ecology 2007, 21:1099-1105.
59. Terblanche J.S., Marais E., Hetz S.K., Chown S.L. Control of discontinuous gas exchange in Samia cynthia: effects of atmospheric oxygen, carbon dioxide and moisture. The Journal of Experimental Biology 2008, 211:3272-3280.
60. Wasserthal L.T. Interaction of circulation and tracheal ventilation in holometabolous insects. Advances in Insect Physiology 1996, 26:297-351.
61. Wasserthal L.T. The open hemolymph system of holometabola and its relation to the tracheal space. Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates 1998, 11B:583-620.
62. Wasserthal L.T. Functional morphology of the heart and of a new cephalic pulsatile organ in the blowfly Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and their roles in hemolymph transport and tracheal ventilation. International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 1999, 28:111-129.
63. Wasserthal, L.T.2001. Flight-motor-driven respiratory air flow in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. The Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 2209-2220.
64. Wasserthal, L.T., Cloetens, P., Fink, R., 2006. Synchrotron x-ray-videography and -tomograpy combined with physiological measurements for analysis of circulation and respiration dynamics in insects (Drosophila and Calliphora). Deutsche Tagung für Forschung mit Synchrotronstrahlung, Neutronen und Ionenstrahlen an Großgeräten, Hamburg, F-V55.
65. Wasserthal L.T., Cloetens P., Fink R., Rack A. Physiological measurements combined with synchrotron video-radiography and x-ray-tomography for analysis of respiratory gas exchange and tracheal structure in flies. 2nd International Congress of Respiratory Science 2009, Abstracts & Scientific Program 2009, 175-176. S.F. Perry, S. Morris, T. Breuer, N. Pajor, M. Lambertz (Eds.).
66. Westneat M.W., Betz O., Blob R.W., Fezzaa K., Cooper W.J., Lee W.K. Tracheal respiration in insects visualized with synchrotron X-ray imaging. Science 2003, 299:558-560.
67. Wigglesworth V.B. The regulation of respiration in the flea, Xenopsylla cheopsis Roths. (Pulicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 1935, 118:397-418.
68. Wobschall A., Hetz S.K. Oxygen uptake by convection and diffusion in diapausing moth pupae (Attacus atlas). International Congress Series 2004, 1275:157-164.
69. Woods H.A., Sprague J.C., Smith J.N. Cavitation in the embryonic tracheal system of Manduca sexta. Journal of Experimental Biology 2009, 212:3296-3304.