Effects of thermal acclimation on the proteome of the planarian Crenobia alpina from an alpine freshwater spring.

ABSTRACT: Species' acclimation capacity and their ability to maintain molecular homeostasis outside ideal temperature ranges will partly predict their success following climate change-induced thermal regime shifts. Theory predicts that ectothermic organisms from thermally stable environments have muted plasticity, and that these species may be particularly vulnerable to temperature increases. Whether such species retained or lost acclimation capacity remains largely unknown. We studied proteome changes in the planarian Crenobia alpina, a prominent member of cold-stable alpine habitats that is considered to be a cold-adapted stenotherm. We found that the species' critical thermal maximum (CTmax) is above its experienced habitat temperatures and that different populations exhibit differential CTmax ac

SUBMITTER: Ebner JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440759 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature