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The Connection Between Oxidative Stress and Estivation in Gastropods and Anurans

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Aestivation

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In situations of food and water deprivation associated with unfavorable environmental conditions, a number of animal species undergo estivation. This state of locomotor inactivity involves a drastic reduction in the metabolic rate, allowing the estivator to survive long periods of adverse situations. However, the arousal from dormancy causes a rapid increase in oxygen consumption, which may elevate the production of oxygen radicals. Thus, it is expected that animals that arouse from estivation suffer a physiological oxidative stress. The reported mechanisms that protect estivators (anurans and gastropods) from the potential dangers of increased oxyradical formation are discussed. This includes the modulation of endogenous antioxidant defenses (enzymes and glutathione) of gastropods during dormancy, preparing them for arousal. A different strategy used for estivating anurans is also discussed.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from CNPq, Brazil (Projeto Universal) and CNPq-Instituto do Milênio (Projeto Redoxoma). M. Hermes-Lima and M. Ferreira-Cravo were recipients of Fellowships from CNPq and CAPES (Brazil), respectively. A.F. Welker was granted a leave of absence from his teaching duties at UFG, Catalão, to work in this manuscript. The authors thank Dr. Ken Storey (Carleton University, Ottawa) for critical reading of this manuscript. This work is dedicated to Mrs. Eneida S. Hermes – former elementary school teacher – on the occasion of her 90th birthday on September 19, 2009.

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  1. Oxyradical Research Group, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil

    Marlize Ferreira-Cravo, Alexis F. Welker & Marcelo Hermes-Lima

  2. Pós-Graduação em Fisiologia Geral, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil

    Marlize Ferreira-Cravo & Alexis F. Welker

  3. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Catalão, GO, 75704-020, Brazil

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Ferreira-Cravo, M., Welker, A.F., Hermes-Lima, M. (2010). The Connection Between Oxidative Stress and Estivation in Gastropods and Anurans. In: Arturo Navas, C., Carvalho, J. (eds) Aestivation. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02421-4_3

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