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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 202, Issue 7 817-827, Copyright © 1999 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Changes in motor network expression related to moulting behaviour in lobster: role of moult-induced deep hypoxia

S Clemens, JC Massabuau, P Meyrand and J Simmers
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Reseaux, Universite Bordeaux I and CNRS, UMR 5816, Avenue des Facultes, France and Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie et Ecotoxicologie des Systemes Aquatiques, Universite Bordeaux I and CNRS, UMR 5805, Pla.

The well known rhythmically active pyloric neural network in intact and freely behaving lobsters Homarus gammarus was monitored prior to and following ecdysis. Despite long-lasting hormonal and metabolic alterations associated with this process, spontaneous pyloric network activity remained largely unaltered until the last 12-48 h before exuviation. At this time, the most notable change was a progressive lengthening of pyloric cycle period, which eventually attained 500-600 % of control values. It was only in the very last minutes before ecdysis that burst patterning became irregular and the otherwise strictly alternating motor sequence broke down. After the moult, coordinated rhythmicity was re-established within 10 min. Concomitant with these final changes in motor network expression at ecdysis was a drastic reduction in blood oxygen levels which led to a temporary near-anoxia. By imposing similarly deep hypoxic conditions both on intermoult animals and on the pyloric network in vitro, we mimicked to a large extent the moult-induced changes in pyloric network performance. Our data suggest that, despite major surrounding physiological perturbations, the pyloric network in vivo retains stable pattern-generating properties throughout much of the moulting process. Moreover, some of the most significant modifications in motor expression just prior to ecdysis can be related to a substantial reduction in oxygen levels in the blood.
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