The temperature dependence of electrical excitability in fish hearts
Journal of Experimental Biology, ISSN: 0022-0949, Vol: 219, Issue: 13, Page: 1941-1952
2016
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- Citations76
- Citation Indexes76
- 76
- CrossRef45
- Captures98
- Readers98
- 98
Review Description
Environmental temperature has pervasive effects on the rate of life processes in ectothermic animals. Animal performance is affected by temperature, but there are finite thermal limits for vital body functions, including contraction of the heart. This Review discusses the electrical excitation that initiates and controls the rate and rhythm of fish cardiac contraction and is therefore a central factor in the temperature-dependent modulation of fish cardiac function. The control of cardiac electrical excitability should be sensitive enough to respond totemperature changes but simultaneously robust enough to protect against cardiac arrhythmia; therefore, the thermal resilience and plasticity of electrical excitation are physiological qualities that may affect the ability of fishes to adjust to climate change. Acute changes in temperature alter the frequency of the heartbeat and the duration of atrial and ventricular action potentials (APs). Prolonged exposure to new thermal conditions induces compensatory changes in ion channel expression and function, which usually partially alleviate the direct effects of temperature on cardiac APs and heart rate. The most heat-sensitive molecular components contributing to the electrical excitation of the fish heart seem to be Na channels, which may set the upper thermal limit for the cardiac excitability by compromising the initiation of the cardiac AP at high temperatures. In cardiac and other excitable cells, the different temperature dependencies of the outward K current and inward Na current may compromise electrical excitability at temperature extremes, a hypothesis termed the temperature-dependent depression of electrical excitation.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84982975793&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.128439; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27385752; https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/219/13/1941/15191/The-temperature-dependence-of-electrical; https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.128439; https://jeb.biologists.org/content/219/13/1941
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