PUBLICATION
Glucose uptake as an alternative to oxygen uptake for assessing metabolic rate in Danio rerio larvae
- Authors
- Evans, B.L., Hurlstone, A.F.L., Clayton, P.E., Stevens, A., Shiels, H.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-220601-9
- Date
- 2022
- Source
- Current research in physiology 5: 216-223 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hurlstone, Adam
- Keywords
- Cardiorespiratory, Development, Glucose, Metabolism, Method comparison, Respirometry, Zebrafish larvae
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 35637870 Full text @ Curr Res Physiol
Citation
Evans, B.L., Hurlstone, A.F.L., Clayton, P.E., Stevens, A., Shiels, H.A. (2022) Glucose uptake as an alternative to oxygen uptake for assessing metabolic rate in Danio rerio larvae. Current research in physiology. 5:216-223.
Abstract
Respirometry, based on oxygen uptake, is commonly employed for measuring metabolic rate. There is a growing need for metabolic rate measurements suitable for developmental studies, particularly in Danio rerio, where many important developmental stages occur at < 4 mm. However, respirometry becomes more challenging as the size of the organism reduces. Additionally, respirometry can be costly and require significant experience and technical knowledge which may prohibit uptake in non-specialist/non-physiology labs. Thus, using equipment routine in most developmental/molecular biology laboratories, we measured glucose uptake in 96-h post fertilisation (hpf) zebrafish larvae and compared it to stop-flow respirometry measures of oxygen uptake to test whether glucose uptake was a suitable alternative measure of metabolic rate. A Passing-Bablok regression revealed that within a 95% limit of agreement, the rate of glucose uptake and the rate of oxygen uptake were equivalent as measures of metabolic rate in 96 hpf Danio rerio larvae. Thus, the methodology we outline here may be a useful alternative or a complementary method for assessing metabolic rate in small organisms.
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