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Moore CD, Fahlman A, Crocker DE, et al. The degradation of proteins in pinniped skeletal muscle: viability of post-mortem tissue in physiological research. Conserv Physiol. 2015;3(1):cov019doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov019.
Moore, C. D., Fahlman, A., Crocker, D. E., Robbins, K. A., & Trumble, S. J. (2015). The degradation of proteins in pinniped skeletal muscle: viability of post-mortem tissue in physiological research. Conservation physiology, 3(1), cov019. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cov019
Moore, Colby D, et al. "The degradation of proteins in pinniped skeletal muscle: viability of post-mortem tissue in physiological research." Conservation physiology vol. 3,1 (2015): cov019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cov019
Moore CD, Fahlman A, Crocker DE, Robbins KA, Trumble SJ. The degradation of proteins in pinniped skeletal muscle: viability of post-mortem tissue in physiological research. Conserv Physiol. 2015 May 25;3(1):cov019. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov019. eCollection 2015. PMID: 27293704; PMCID: PMC4778441.
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Conserv Physiol. 2015 May 25;3(1):cov019. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov019. eCollection 2015.

The degradation of proteins in pinniped skeletal muscle: viability of post-mortem tissue in physiological research.

Conservation physiology

Colby D Moore, Andreas Fahlman, Daniel E Crocker, Kathleen A Robbins, Stephen J Trumble

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biology, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76706, USA.
  2. Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USA.
  3. Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA.

PMID: 27293704 PMCID: PMC4778441 DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cov019

Abstract

As marine divers, pinnipeds have a high capacity for exercise at depth while holding their breath. With finite access to oxygen, these species need to be capable of extended aerobic exercise and conservation of energy. Pinnipeds must deal with common physiological hurdles, such as hypoxia, exhaustion and acidosis, that are common to all exercising mammals. The physiological mechanisms in marine mammals used for managing oxygen and carbon dioxide have sparked much research, but access to animals and tissues is difficult and requires permits. Deceased animals that are either bycaught or stranded provide one potential source for tissues, but the validity of biochemical data from post-mortem samples has not been rigorously assessed. Tissues collected from stranded diving mammals may be a crucial source to add to our limited knowledge on the physiology of some of these animals and important to the conservation and management of these species. We aim to determine the reliability of biochemical assays derived from post-mortem tissue and to promote the immediate sampling of stranded animals for the purpose of physiological research. In this study, we mapped the temporal degradation of muscle enzymes from biopsied Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) and highlight recommendations for storage protocols for the best preservation of tissue. We also compared the enzymatic activity of different muscle groups (pectoral and latissimus dorsi) in relation to locomotion and measured the effects of four freeze-thaw cycles on muscle tissue enzyme function. Results indicate that enzymatic activity fluctuates greatly, especially with varying storage temperature, storage time, species and muscle group being assayed. In contrast, proteins, such as myoglobin, remain relatively continuous in their increase at 4°C for 48 h. Stranded animals can be a valuable source of biochemical data, but enzyme assays should be used only with great caution in post-mortem tissues.

Keywords: Degradation; enzyme; myoglobin; pinniped

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