Effects of nitrite exposure on functional haemoglobin levels, bimodal respiration, and swimming performance in the facultative air-breathing fish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 86-93

  Lefevre, Sjannie ^a   Jensen, Frank B ^b   Huong, Do T T ^c   Wang, Tobias ^a   Phuong, Nguyen T ^c   Bayley, Mark ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Aerobic scope; Bimodal respirometry; Blood oxygen carrying capacity; LC50; Methaemoglobin; Striped catfish; Swimming performance

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSYL HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRITE; OXYGEN; PARTITIONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SWIMMING;

AIR BREATHING SPECIES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY; BREATHING; CATFISH; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LC 50; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STRIPED CATFISH; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; HEMOGLOBINS; NITRITES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MYSTUS VITTATUS; PANGASIANODON HYPOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 79955513113     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 0166445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Aggergaard S., Jensen F.B. Cardiovascular changes and physiological response during nitrite exposure in rainbow trout. J. Fish. Biol. 2001, 59:13-27.
2. Bell, W.H., Terhune, L.D.B., Water tunnel design for fisheries research. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. Tecnical Report no. 195, 1970.
3. Brauner C.J., Val A.L., Randall D.J. The effect of graded methaemoglobin levels on the swimming performance of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). J. Exp. Biol. 1993, 185:121-135.
4. Brett J.R. The relation of size to rate of oxygen consumption and sustained swimming speed of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 1965, 22:1491-1501.
5. Brett J.R., Groves T.D.D. Physiological Energetics. Bioenergetics and Growth 1979, vol. 8. Academic Press, pp. 279-352.
6. Chabot D., Claireaux G. Quantification of SMR and SDA in aquatic animals using quantiles and non-linear quantile regression. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 2008, 150:S99.
7. Clark T.D., Ryan T., Ingram B.A., Woakes A.J., Butler P.J., Frappell P.B. Factorial aerobic scope is independent of temperature and primarily modulated by heart rate in exercising Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 2005, 78:347-355.
8. Colt J., Ludwig R., Tchobanoglous G., Cech J.J. The effects of nitrite on the short-term growth and survival of channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Aquaculture 1981, 24:111-122.
9. Doblander C., Lackner R. Metabolism and detoxification of nitrite by trout hepatocytes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Gen. Sub. 1996, 1289:270-274.
10. Doblander C., Lackner R. Oxidation of nitrite to nitrate in isolated erythrocytes: a possible mechanism for adaptation to environmental nitrite. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1997, 54:157-161.
11. Eddy F.B., Williams E.M. Nitrite and freshwater fish. Chem. Ecol. 1987, 3:1-38.
12. Farrell A.P., Clutterham S. On-line venous oxygen tensions in rainbow trout during graded exercise at two acclimation temperatures. J. Exp. Biol. 2003, 206:487-496.
13. Fitzgibbon Q.P., Strawbridge A., Seymour R.S. Metabolic scope, swimming performance and the effects of hypoxia in the mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae). Aquaculture 2007, 270:358-368.
14. Frances J., Allan G.L., Nowak B.F. The effects of nitrite on the short-term growth of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). Aquaculture 1998, 163:63-72.
15. Freeman L., Beitinger T.L., Huey D.W. Methemoglobin reductase-activity in phylogenetically diverse piscine species. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 1983, 75:27-30.
16. Gallaugher P.E., Thorarensen H., Farrell A. Hematocrit in oxygen transport and swimming in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Resp. Physiol. 1995, 102:279-292.
17. Hargreaves J.A. Nitrogen biogeochemistry of aquaculture ponds. Aquaculture 1998, 166:181-212.
18. Huey D.W., Beitinger T.L. A methemoglobin reductase system in channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Can. J. Zool. 1982, 60:1511-1513.
19. Jensen F.B. Nitrite disrupts multiple physiological functions in aquatic animals. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 2003, 135:9-24.
20. Jensen F.B. Nitric oxide formation from nitrite in zebrafish. J. Exp. Biol. 2007, 210:3387-3394.
21. Jensen F.B., Andersen N.A., Heisler N. Effects of nitrite exposure on blood respiratory properties, acid-base and electrolyte regulation in the carp (Cyprinus carpio). J. Comp. Physiol. B 1987, 157:533-541.
22. Jensen F.B. The role of nitrite in nitric oxide homeostasis: a comparative perspective. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Bioenerget. 2009, 1787:841-848.
23. Knudsen P.K., Jensen F.B. Recovery from nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia and potassium balance disturbances in carp. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 1997, 16:1-10.
24. Konikoff M. Toxicity of nitrite to channel catfish. Prog. Fish Cult. 1975, 37:96-98.
25. Korsmeyer K.E., Lai N.C., Shadwick R.E., Graham J.B. Oxygen transport and cardiovascular responses to exercise in the yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares. J. Exp. Biol. 1997, 200:1987-1997.
26. Kosaka H., Tyuma I. Mechanism of autocatalytic oxidation of oxyhemoglobin by nitrite. Environ. Health Persp. 1987, 73:147-151.
27. Lefevre S., Huong D.T.T., Wang T., Phuong N.T., Bayley M. Hypoxia tolerance and partitioning of bimodal respiration in the striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 2011, 158:207-214.
28. Lefevre, S., Huong, D.T.T., Ha, N.T.K., Wang, T., Phuong, N.T., Bayley, M., 2011b. A telemetry study of swimming depth and oxygen in a Pangasius pond in the Mekong delta. Aquaculture, in press, doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.02.030.
29. Lewis W.M., Morris D.P. Toxicity of nitrite to fish-a review. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 1986, 115:183-195.
30. Margiocco C., Arillo A., Mensi P., Schenone G. Nitrite bioaccumulation in Salmo gairdneri rich and hematological consequences. Aquat. Toxicol. 1983, 3:261-270.
31. Marras S., Claireaux G., McKenzie D.J., Nelson J.A. Individual variation and repeatability in aerobic and anaerobic swimming performance of European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. J. Exp. Biol. 2010, 213:26-32.
32. Miranda K.M., Espey M.G., Wink D.A. A rapid simple spectrophotometric method for simultaneous detection of nitrate and nitrite. Nitric Oxide 2001, 5:62-71.
33. Mohr A., Wolf W., Bohl M., Hoffmann R. Quantification of methemoglobin reduction in red blood cells of the rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri R. J. Fish Biol. 1986, 29:483-487.
34. Oikari A., Soivio A. Influence of sampling methods and anaesthetization on various haematological parameters of several teleosts. Aquaculture 1975, 6:171-180.
35. Perrone S.J., Meade T.L. Protective effect of chloride on nitrite toxicity to coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 1977, 34:486-492.
36. Plaut I. Critical swimming speed: its ecological relevance. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 2001, 131:41-50.
37. Russo R.C., Smith C.E., Thurston R.V. Acute toxicity of nitrite to rainbow-trout (Salmo gairdneri). J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 1974, 31:1653-1655.
38. Sanchez A., Soncini R., Wang T., Koldkjaer P., Taylor E.W., Glass M.L. The differential cardio-respiratory responses to ambient hypoxia and systemic hypoxaemia in the South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 2001, 130:677-687.
39. Scarabello M., Heigenhauser G.J.F., Wood C.M. The oxygen debt hypothesis in juvenile rainbow trout after exhaustive exercise. Resp. Physiol. 1991, 84:245-259.
40. Scott E.M., Harrington J.P. Methemoglobin reductase activity in fish erythrocytes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 1985, 82:511-513.
41. Steffensen J.F., Johansen K., Bushnell P.G. An automated swimming respirometer. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 1984, 79:437-440.
42. Steffensen J.F., Schurmann H., Bushnell P.G. Oxygen-consumption in 4 species of teleosts from greenland-no evidence of metabolic cold adaptation. Polar Biol. 1994, 14:49-54.
43. Stormer J., Jensen F.B., Rankin J.C. Uptake of nitrite, nitrate, and bromide in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: effects on ionic balance. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1996, 53:1943-1950.
44. Takeda T. Effects of exercise-stress on ventilation, cardiac-output and blood respiratory parameters in the carp, Cyprinus carpio. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 1993, 106:277-283.
45. Tomasso J.R., Grosell M. Physiological basis for large differences in resistance to nitrite among freshwater and freshwater-acclimated euryhaline fishes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39:98-102.
46. Williams E.M., Eddy F.B. Chloride uptake in fresh-water teleosts and its relationship to nitrite uptake and toxicity. J. Comp. Physiol. B 1986, 156:867-872.
47. Woo N., Chiu S. Effects of nitrite exposure on growth and survival of sea bass Lates calcarifer, fingerlings in various salinities. J. Appl. Aquacult. 1995, 4:45-54.
48. Zeng L.Q., Zang Y.G., Cao Z., Fu S. Effect of temperature on excess post-exercise oxygen consumption in juvenile southern catfish (Silurus meridionalis Chen) following exhaustive exercise. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 2010, 36:1243-1252.