Thermal acclimation mitigates cold-induced paracellular leak from the Drosophila gut

Abstract Chill susceptible insects suffer tissue damage and die at low temperatures. The mechanisms that cause chilling injury are not well understood but a growing body of evidence suggests that a cold-induced loss of ion and water homeostasis leads to hemolymph hyperkalemia that depolarizes cells,...

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Main Authors: Heath A. MacMillan, Gil Y. Yerushalmi, Sima Jonusaite, Scott P. Kelly, Andrew Donini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08926-7