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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
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Distribution and hypoxia-regulation of haemocyanin in springtails (Collembola).
Insect Molecular Biology 2017 October
Haemocyanin is the copper-containing respiratory protein present in many arthropods. In the hexapods, respiratory proteins had long been considered unnecessary as sufficient O2 was thought to be obtained via the trachea. Nevertheless, many ametabolous and hemimetabolous hexapod species actually possess haemocyanin. Here we investigated the occurrence of haemocyanin in Collembola (springtails). Haemocyanin was found in 22 collembolan species of the suborders Symphypleona, Tomoceroidea and Entomobryomorpha, demonstrating its widespread occurrence. No haemocyanin was identified in 16 species of these taxa, and it appears to be absent in Poduromorpha. The presence of haemocyanin does not correlate with either the phylogenetic history or lifestyle of the investigated species. We further investigated the function of haemocyanin in Folsomia candida (Entomobryomorpha) by applying different hypoxia regimes. Whereas short-term (1 h) and mild (10% O2 ) hypoxia led to a decrease in haemocyanin mRNA, strong hypoxia (24 h, 1.5% O2 ) resulted in a ∼4300-fold increase in haemocyanin expression. Hypoxia induction of haemocyanin could not be demonstrated in evolutionarily more advanced Hexapoda, where it is restricted to the embryo. The results indicate (1) an important role of haemocyanin in the oxygen supply of F. candida, which may be adaptive in the potentially hypoxic environment in the soil, and (2) a change in haemocyanin function in hexapod evolution.
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